When Columbiana county was erected from Jefferson, Mar. 20, 1803, nearly all, of what is now Bush Creek township, was within the limits of the new county, but the Legislature passed an act Dec. 5, 1832, re-arranging the line between the two counties, which placed the territory of this township, again in Jefferson.
     The county commissioners Mar. 5, 1833, detached one tier of sections from the north side of Ross, and attached them to the territory recently acquired from Columbiana county, and organized it into a township, which they called Brush Creek, after the principal stream of water, that passes through it.

TOPOGRAPHY.

SOIL.

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES
[By W. B. Derrick]

THE FIRST TAVERN.

A FEW OF THE EARLY SETTLERS

THE FIRST SCHOOLS

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THE OLD LOG SCHOOL HOUSE

SCHOOLS

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VILLAGES.

MONROEVILLE

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POSTOFFICES

CROXTON.

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CHURCHES

THE STONE CHURCH - ITS ORIGIN

CHESTNUT GROVE M. E. CHURCH

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GRANT HILL U. P. CHURCH

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

     WILLIAM MOORE - In presenting a history of the Moore family, we first give a traditional account of Benjamin, which is as follows:  He was a baker's boy in one of the English seaport towns; was stolen and brought to Philadelphia and there sold for the passage money until he was of age.  He was then presented an axe an mattock with which to begin his career in life on his own responsibility.  He finally located in New Jersey, about four miles from where Mt. Holly has since been founded.  This was over two hundred years ago.  The land on which he settled was taken by what was then known as the tomahawk right.  Here he begun clearing and improving his new habitation.  That old farm still remains in the possession of his descendants.  Next in descent was his son, Joseph Moore, born on the old homestead in New Jersey.  John Moore, a son of Joseph Moore, follows next in order, and was born on the above named farm in New Jersey, in the year 1755, and located in Washington county, Pa., with his family in 1775.  Cyrus Moore, a son of John and Bathsheba B. Moore, was born in New Jersey, Nov. 1, 1783.  He was reared a farmer, and married Sarah Horner, of Harford county, Maryland, in 1803.  She was born Mar. 5, 1779.  They became the parents of the following children, viz.:  Mary, deceased, her husband's name was Blythe; Susan, deceased, she was married to a Blazer; William; Bathsheba, deceased, married a Boring; John, deceased; Dr. Joseph, of Athens count, Ohio; Sarah, married a Willis; Cyrus, deceased; Elizabeth's husband's name was Elliott; and Dr. Mordecai  Moore.  In 1816, Cyrus Moore and family arrived in what was then Columbiana county, Ohio, now the northwest section of Branch creek 17, Jefferson county, Ohio, and located on 160 acres of land situated in said section.  He had entered this land the year previous to his arrival and employed a man to erect a cabin on this tract; save this there were no improvements.  On this farm he passed his remaining days.  He departed this life in the year 1861, and his wife died in 1859.  Our subject, William Moore, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born July 6, 1809; was reared a farmer and educated at schools common to those days.  Married Eliza Lawrence, of Fayette county, Pa., Apr. 10, 1834.  She was born Feb. 22, 1810.  They have but one child, viz.: George L. Moore.  In 1834 Mr. Moore came to his present location.  He owns 574 acres of land, most of which is in Carroll county, Ohio.  Mr. Moore and wife were members of the Disciples' Church, of which he has been an elder for forty years.  George L. Moore, the only child of William and Eliza Moore, was born in Brush Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio, Mar. 28, 1835.  He was reared a farmer and educated at Hiram College, and at Hopedale and Mt. Union schools.  Married Ann Lister, of Washington county, Pa., Nov. 19, 1856.  She was born August 20, 1834.  They are the parents of seven children, viz.:  Emma, who married Lewis Moore, William J., Frank C., Margaret A., John R., Eliza B. and Mary E.  George L. and his parents reside in the same house.  His business is farming and stock dealing.  Cyrus Moore was a soldier in the war of 1812.  He was the justice of the peace for twenty-one years.  The old family were Friends or "Quakers."

     KENNETH McLENNAN, son of Kenneth and Jane McLennan, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1822.  His education was obtained at the common schools and by his own exertions at home.  In 1834, his father died, and he was cast loose upon the world to make his fortune as best he could among strangers.  On the 23d of November, 1847, he chose for his wife Miss Angeline Cosper, of Wayne County, Ohio.  By this union he is the father of twelve children, viz.:  Homer C., (deceased), Georgiana, Marietta, William N., Margaret J., Ida A., Martha E., Lizzie J., Lewis W., Nellie M. and Elihu J.  His wife departed this life Aug. 20, 1868.  For a second wife he married Mary J. Peterman, of Holmes county, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1873.  They are the parents of two children - Bertha A. and Florence M.  After Mr. McLennan's first marriage he located in Brush Creek township, where he yet resides on the upper waters of Brush creek.  Here he owns a farm of 423 acres of land, and in all has 643 acres, most of which is in the township in which he resides.  Mr. McLennan has been called upon frequently by his fellow citizens to hold the different offices of trust in his township, all of which he has cheerfully performed to the best of his knowledge and to the general satisfaction of all concerned.  In 1851, he was elected justice of the peace, which office he has held worthily for twenty-four years.  His father was born in Scotland in 1771.  While in the old country he following droving.  He married Jane McLaughlin in 1800.  They were the parents of eight children, viz:  Daniel, Eliza, (deceased); Margaret, (deceased); Jane, Ann, William, Kenneth and Ellen.  They emigrated to America in 1817, and located in Columbiana county, Ohio, where they remained till 1823, when they removed to Jefferson county, Ohio and settled about one-half mile south of where our subject now resides, and in 1828, located on the tract now owned by him.  As above stated, Kenneth McLennan, Sr., died in 1834, and his wife survived him until the year 1872, when on the night of the 24th of December her house, which stood but a short distance from Kenneth's residence, caught fire and was not discovered till nearly consumed and she perished in the flames.  So ended the life of one of the oldest people of Brush creek, a hale, strong old lady of ninety-two years.

NOTE:  Burial in Brush Creek Cemetery, Monroeville, Jefferson Co., Ohio at Find A Grave Memorial 74778930 at www.findagrave.com

     JOSEPH JACKMAN, son of Richard and Jane Jackman, was born in Island Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1814.  His father was a farmer and miller, at which his son passed his early life, latterly, however, farming has been his chief occupation.  When fifteen years of age our subject's parents removed to Ross township, where he grew to manhood.  On the 14th day of October, 1847, he was married to Nancy Patterson of Island Creek township.  They are the parents of the following named children:  John W., Richard H. and George.  Mr. Jackman resided in Ross township until 1871, when he removed to his present location in Brush Creek township, where he owns a farm of 318 acres, formerly occupied by the Russell family.  In October, 1840, he became a member of the M. E. Church, and his walk  in life fitly exemplifies its teachings.  His father, a native of Ireland, was born in the year 1777.  In 1789 his parents emigrated to America and settled in Washington county, P., where they resided till 1798, when they removed to Island Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio.  They were among the first settlers of this part of the county.  In January, 1803, he married Jane Jackman, a native of Virginia, by whom he became the parent of six children, viz.:  Samuel, Joseph, Margaret, Susan and Jane.  Richard Jackman died in the year 1853, and his wife some ten yeas later.  His oldest brother, Thomas Jackman, was a soldier in 1812.
Note:  See Find A Grave Memorial 22684753 for Jackman family at www.findagrave.com .  There is more information about the family there.  - Burial in Mount Zion Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Ohio.

     JOHN C. McINTOSH, son of William and Elizabeth McIntosh, was born in Nairnshire, Scotland, in 1813.  When seventeen years old he emigrated to America with Laughlin Dallas.  After his arrival in this country he remained for four years in Allegheny, Pa., and from thence came to Jefferson county, O., where he purchased a farm of 120 acres, three and a half miles south of Hammondsville, in Brush Creek township.  He married Jane McLennan, daughter of Kenneth and Jane McLennan, Mar. 1, 1842.  She was born in Scotland in the year 1812.  They became the parents of the following children:  Elizabeth, William, Kenneth, Jane (deceased); John, Alexander, Lydia (deceased); Mary J., Hugh F., James H., and Robert S.  After they were first married they resided for six years where Hugh McIntosh now resides, and from thence removed to where his widow now resides, on the east half of section 33, Brush Creek township.  He was a farmer and drover.  At the time of his death, Dec. 27, 1871, he owned eight hundred acres of land.

     JOHN W. McINTOSH, son of William and Sarah A. McIntosh, was born in Brush Creek township, ay 12, 1836.  He was reared a farmer and received his education in the common schools.  He married Nannie A. Stewart of Jefferson county, O., Oct. 20, 1863.  They are the parents of five children, viz.:  Florence S., Alexander M. (deceased), Bertha O., Willie J. and Oliver E.  Mr. McIntosh resides on the farm where he was born and grew up to manhood.  When twenty-one years of age he became a member of the Presbyterian church at Chestnut Grove and at the same time was chosen a ruling elder, which position he still holds.  He was elected a justice of the peace in 1875, and re-elected in 1878.  William McIntosh, father of our subject, was born in Caravorie, Scotland, in 1797.  He was a herder while in that country and became a stone mason after coming to America.  He married Sarah A. McKinsey, of Scotland, in 1837.  Their children are as follows:  Nancy  (deceased); Alexander M. (deceased); Mary B. and John W.   Alexander M. had just finished his course at Washington (Pa.) College when the war of the rebellion broke out.  He enlisted as a private in the 126th regiment, O. V. I. Company D, and was promoted to orderly sergeant, but died Feb. 16, 1862, of typhoid Pneumonia, at Martinsburg, West Virginia.  His remains were brought home by John W. McIntosh, who had cared for him during his sickness, and interred in Chestnut Grove cemetery.  Mary B., married John Johnson, and resides in East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio.
     William McIntosh, and his family of two children and wife., emigrated to America in the fall of 1832, and located on 80 acres of land which is now owned by his son, John W. McIntosh.  William McIntosh died May 20, 1857, and his wife Aug. 21, 1876, at the age of 74 years.  Her mother Isabella McKinzie, died at the advanced age of 100 years  John W., now owns 167 acres in one tract in Brush Creek Township.
Note:  See John W. McIntosh's grave in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Irondale, Jefferson Co., OH at  Find A Grave Memorial# 92004425 at www.findagrave.com
There is a William A. and Sarah McIntosh buried in same cemetery but the death dates are different.  Stones are very deteriorated
Alexander M. McIntosh is buried there as well as a Nancy McIntosh Cope as well as other McIntosh burials.

     JOSEPH M. BEARD, son of George and Elizabeth Beard, was born in Chester county, Pa., Nov. 7, 1821.  He was reared a farmer and received his education at the common schools of the country.  When fifteen years of age his parents emigrated to Jefferson county and settled in Brush Creek township.  He married Susan Russell, daughter of Robert and Rebecca Russell, Dec. 28, 1848.  They are the parents of the following children, viz. Oliver J., born Oct. 9, 1849.  He is a lawyer in Steubenville.  Robert R., born Oct. 9, 1851.  Sarah E., born Mar. 27, 1854, died June 23, 1875.  Rebecca L., born July 28, 1857.  Mr. Beard has lived on the tract he now occupies ever since his marriage.  He was assessor of his township for ten years; also township clerk several terms.  His father, George Beard, and his mother, were both natives of Chester county, Pa.  George Beard was a farmer and married Elizabeth Jenkins.   They were the parents of the following children: Michael, deceased; George Watson, deceased; John Sidney, deceased; Mary, deceased; Rebecca, deceased; Leah, Joseph M. and Jacob Z. Beard.  He died in 1852, aged eighty-two years; his wife died in 1860, aged seventy-nine.  Before their death they resided with their children, our subject and Jacob Z.  He was of German extraction, his wife of Welsh.  Our subject, Joseph M. Beard, owns one hundred and eighty acres of land in Brush Creek township.  His wife's father, Joseph Russell, was a soldier in the war of 1812.

END OF BRUSH CREEK TOWNSHIP