TOWNSHIP NO. 6, in the ninth range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve, is situated in the southwest corner of Geauga county, and contains sixteen thousand one hundred and thirty-eight acres of land.  Originally it was divided into three tracts, the lines of which run from the east to the west lines of the township.  Tract one consists of all the north part of the township, and contains six thousand and three acres of land, and was purchased of the Connecticut Land company, Nov. 3, 1798, by Samuel Lord.  The south line of tract one is the north line of land now owned by Pierce Whipple.  Tract two is the central part of the township, and contains four thousand and forty-three acres, and was purchased of the Connecticut Land company, in 1800, by Judson Canfield, David Waterman, James Johnson, Nathaniel Church, Elijah Wadsworth and Frederick Wolcott, in common.  In 1801 a deed of partition was executed, giving to each of the above named purchasers their proportion of the tract, viz: Judson Canfield, 1,636 acres; David Waterman, 680 acres; James Johnson, 868 acres; Nathaniel Church, 346 acres; Elijah Wadsworth, 512 acres, and Frederick Wolcott, the balance.  The south line of tract two is the south line of land now owned by Rufus Pettibone.  Tract three contains 6,002 acres of land, and is that part of the township south of the south line of land now owned by Rufus Pettibone, and was purchased of the Connecticut Land company, September 10, 1798, by Nathaniel Gorham and Warren Parks, and, Dec. 19, 1798, was sold by Gorham and Parks to Benjamin Gorham.  March 7, 1815, Simon Perkins purchased of Benjamin Gorham the west part of tract three, containing 4,000 acres.  Soon after Calvin Austin purchased the balance, and for a time township No. 6 was called Austintown, in honor of Mr. Austin.  Each of the tracts one, two, and three, were subdivided into lots.  Tract one has forty-eight lots, numbering south to north across the tract.  Tract two has twenty-eight lots, of unequal size, numbering from west to east.  Tract three has thirty-two lots, of nearly equal size, commencing to number at the northeast corner of the tract, thence south and north across the tract.

TAX SALE.

     All of lots fifteen, thirty-four, thirty-seven to forty-eight inclusive, containing one thousand and nine hundred and fifty-eight acres, in tract three, was sold to Asa Foot, Dec. 26, 1826, for the sum of forty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents, being the tax due for 1824 and 1825.  It was subsequently redeemed by Samuel Lord, for one hundred dollars.

ROADS.

STREAMS.

TIMBER AND SOIL.

ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN.

SCHOOLS.

CHURCHES.

EARLY SETTLERS.

PHYSICIANS.

EARLY MANUFACTURERS.

PRESENT INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.

BOX FACTORIES.

     In 1871 Brewster and Reed put in operation a mill for making cheese boxes, located one mile south of the center.  They also make spring beds, shingles, brooms, etc.  Another mill and box-factory are owned by James Larne, to which he has added a cider mill and apparatus for making apple-jelly.
     The only blacksmith now in town is C. E. Chase.

MERCHANTS.

     The following are the names of those who have engaged in the mercantile business since the settlement of the town: Daniel Leech, Dr. Loomis, John Mayhew, William Smith, Eggleston & Blossom, William Harpham, A. . Treat and A. G. Kent.
     A. M. Treat has been engaged in the business at the center since 1844.  A. G. Kent has recently sold out to the Johnson Brothers, one of whom succeeds him as P. M.

TEMPERANCE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

STATISTICS FOR 1878.

MILITARY ROSTER
 - WAR OF THE REBELLION
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