WAYNE TOWNSHIP
By Judge John W. Keys
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     Wayne Township was one of the four original townships into which Warren county was divided by the Associate Judges, May 10, 1803.  The original boundaries of the township were as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 33 in the third township; thence east to the northeast corner of the county; thence south to a point drawn due east from the north boundary of the third military range; thence due west to the southwest corner of Section 25, in the fourth range; thence due north to the place of beginning.  When we take into consideration that the east line of the county was as far east as where the town of Wilmington now is, we see that the township covered a large tract of territory, the west line being two miles farther west than now and the south line being two miles farther south than now.  On the 26th day of June, 1806, Eaton Township was formed, cutting off all of Wayne Township east of Caesar’s Creek.  Turtle Creek Township was formed Aug. 5, 1804, and cut off of Wayne about two miles on the south.
     On the 11th day of September, 1815, Clear Creek Township was formed of the territory of Wayne and Franklin Townships, cutting off of Wayne a strip two miles wide on the west side.  On the 10th day of October, 1850, Massie Township was formed out of Wayne and Washington Townships, and, on the 11th day of June, 1851, some change was made, by which a part of Massie was restored to Wayne Township, since which time there has been no further change.
     The incidents attending the settlement of a new country are of particular interest to the parties, and, in after years. there is no more pleasant enjoyment than for old settlers to get together and relate the scenes through which they have passed, and the part they bore in opening up and developing the country.  The children remember the oft-told tale. and they, too, relate the incidents through which their parents passed; after them comes another generation, the country is opened and settled, they find all things prepared for them and no record kept of the past, and they feel but little interest in matters that transpired so long ago.
     As Samuel Highway, with those who were associated with him and who accompanied him, appear to have been the first settlers.  I think it not improper to here give the contract of purchase by Highway and his partners, of John Cleves Symmes, and their partnership contract:

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHN CLEVES SYMMES AND JOHN SMITH, SAMUEL HIGHWAY AND EVAN BANES.

     Articles of Agreement made this third day of February in the year 1796, between John Cleves Symmes, of North bend in the county of Hamilton in the Terrytory of the United States North West of the River Ohio, of the first part of John Smith, Samuel Highway & Evan Banes of the same County of the second part, are as followeth; (viz.)  The said John Smith, Samuel Highway & Evan Banes, jointly and severally, for themselves, their heirs Executors and Administrators agreeth and hereby covenanteth with the said John Cleves Symmes to purchase of the said John C. Symmes several certain unappropriated sections lying in the northern tier of sections in the fourth Range of Townships, and in the four Southern tiers of sections in the fifth Range of Townships in the Miami purchase, and County aforesaid, ranging the said tiers of sections from Eat to West, every tier of which shall bound easterly on the little Miami River including all the fractions, and extending Westerly into the purchase in the following manner, The most Southward tier shall extend from the Little Miami River not less than three whole sections abreast, Westerly, and not further west than the Eastern boundary line of the second

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Township in Fourth and fifth ranges, which Western extent shall be resolved on with three weeks from the date hereof, by said John Smith, Saml Highway and Evan Banes notifying the said John Cleves Symmes of such their determination, Thence running North from a Western point so to be by the said purchasers resolved in, & ascertained, across the said Several tiers of sections, not further North than the uper side of the fourth tier of section in the fifth entire Range of Townships but falling as much short of that line as the said purchasers may think proper, they giving due notice thereof to the said John Cleves Symmes within three weeks as aforesaid, they retaining however twenty sections at least not exceeding fifty sections inclusive of all fractions.  And the said John Smith, Saml Highway & Evan Banes, covenanteth and agreeth to pay for all such lands as they retain nine shillings and four pence half penny currency of seven shillings and six pence to the dollar - equal to one dollar and twenty five cents per acre for each & every acre of the land hereby contracted for reserved sections always excepted with which purchase money  MORE TO COME

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AGREEMENT BETWEEN SMITH, HIGHWAY AND BANES.

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SAMUEL HIGHWAY'S JOURNEY TO WAYNESVILLE

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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES.

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SCHOOLS.

PHYSICIANS.

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good physician.  After remaining a few years, he removed to Clark County.  In 1804, Dr. Kemper, from Cincinnati; in 1807, Dr. Joseph Canby; in 1814, Dr. Martin D. Lathrope.  Sylvanus Cornell informed me some years ago that he brought Dr. Lathrope with his movable effects, including a horse, from New York, down the river on a raft; that he was engaged at that time in rafting lumber to Cincinnati.  Dr. Lathrope died in Waynesville in 1823.  Dr. John E. Greer came here about 1823 and practiced until about 1837, when he moved to Indiana.  Horace Lathrope, a nephew of the Doctor above mentioned, practiced a few years with his uncle and after his death.

TAVERNS.

     James Corey, about the year 1800, put up a log building in Waynesville, on Wabash square, on Main street, and opened a house of public entertainment there (long since known as the Hammel House stand), and was probably the first to keep a house of public entertainment in the township.  Previous to 1806, the premises were sold to James Jennings, from New Jersey, who continued the business and erected a frame building.  As no absolute title could be given for lots until after David Faulkner got a patent for the land in 1807, in June of that year, Faulkner deeded to Jennings in that square, Lots No. 7, 8, 4
and north half of 6, for $350.  I am unable to state how long Jennings continued in the business, but he was succeeded by Samuel Beck. Robert Way and Rich ard Cunningham.  In 1817, Jennings deeded the stand. including Lots No. 4, 7, 8 and parts of 3 and 6, to John Warrell, for $600.  In 1822, Warrell improved the stand by building thereon a large brick building, and sold out and moved away in 1831.  Between that date and 1841, a tavern was kept there by Keene, Barnhart & Durand, and N. McLean became the owner, and, at the date above mentioned, sold to Enoch Hammel, from New Jersey, who continued there until about 1863.  In 1804, a public house was kept by a Mr. Goodwin, and the first election in the township was held at his house.  In 1810, Samuel Test sold to David Hammett Lots 5 and 6. in Miami square, for $50.  Mr. Hammett built a large two-story house thereon, plastered outside, with a walk around front to the second story.  It was peculiar in its structure, facing three sides to the streets.  A tavern was kept there by Hammett and Richard Cunningham until 1819, when it was kept by Levi Johnson, and after him by Brady.  No hotel was kept there after 1824.  The building will be remembered by the older citizens as the “Old Penitentiary.”
     A house of entertainment was opened at a very early day on Third street - probably 1805, by David Holloway, and another at the upper end of Main street in a large two-story log house as early as 1808. by Samuel Martin, who continued until after the war. The tavern house at the crossing of Main and North streets, Waynesville, was built in 1826. by Joshua Ward.  Israel Woodruff was the first to keep a tavern there. who only remained one year.  Then by Josuha Ward; 1828 and 1830, by Brice Curran; 1835, by S. M. Linton.  I will not pursue its occupants: it is now (1881) the property of Samuel Cornell & Son.
     A tavern was opened previous to 1820 on the Lebanon road, at the crossing of the Middetown road, in a log building, by Adam Morris.  It was for wagoners and travelers a favorite stopping-place; after the building of the turnpike road it was rendered valueless as a tavern.  Taverns were opened at an early day at Mount Holly and Raysville, but by whom or when I am not advised.  The tavern at Mount Holly, in 1836, was kept by Peter Dehaven.  The editor of a paper published in Cincinnati in 1810, called the Freeman’s Journal, made a tour through the State. and, in August of that year, on his return, says: “Crossing the Little Miami River, I arrived in Waynesville.

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The town was laid out on a high and healthy tract. *  *  There are about fifty families, three or four stores and about as many taverns."  It is unfortunate that he did give the names of the owners of the stores and taverns.

DISTILLERIES.

EARLY INDUSTRIES.

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BRIDGES.

STORES

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John Satterthwaite; in 1813, by Satterthwaite & Linton; in 1819, David Brown and others.  At that date, no knives and forks or cups and saucers (except of potter's ware) could be bought in the town.

PRICES OF LAND.

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MARRIAGES.

     I will now give some of the early marriages of the township.  Many, no doubt, will be omitted that might with propriety be inserted.  Previous to 1803, license had to be obtained from Cincinnati and among Friends, previous to 1803, by the authority of their monthly meeting in Pennsylvania.  It was not unusual, however, if a couple desired to marry, to advertise it, and then appoint a public meeting and unite in marriage by a public declaration -after the manner of the Friends.  I have been informed that William Mills, who came here from Carolina in1799, was married in that way.  By furnishing proof of publication to a Justice or minister, parties could be married without license:
     1803 - Benjamin Jones and Hannah Julien
     1804 - Matthew Compton and Rachel Campbell; Ennnis Baldwin and Sarah Hunt.
     1805 - William Pope and Grace Lupton; William Edwards and Jemima Bridges; Thomas Perkins and Sarah O'Neall; Henry Millhouse and Jane Strawn; John Cook and Dinah Spray; David Linton and Letitial Silvers.
    1806 - Samuel Jay and Bethsheba Pugh; Joseph Cloud and Jane McCoy; Job Carr and Ruth Mason; Jacob Paxton and Sidney Richards; Isaac Waldrup and Kitty Campbell; Joseph Chenoweth and Nancy James; Burwell Goode and Elizabeth Smith; Nathan Linton and Elizabeth Smith; Jonathan Mote and Susanna Hollingsworth; Eli Jenkins and Ruth Mendenhall.
     1807 - John Compton and Ann Pearick; Jonathan Sanders and Lydia Lupton; Thomas Sanders and Elizabeth Pope; John Sears and Penelope Johnson; Isaac Mills and Catharine Richards; John Jay and Mary Steddom; James

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Cook and Elenor Matlock; Thomas Clark and Rachel Martindall; Alexander Stewart and Rebecca Clark.
     1808 - Thomas Swift and Verlinda Pugh; Job Pugh and Nancy Swift; Robert Sale and Magdalene Smith; David Brown and Mary ____; Noah Haines and Ann Silvers; William Gray and Mary Cleaver; John Jeffreys and Esther Prewett.
     1809 - Allen Clutch and Rachel Austin; John Satterthwaite and Elizabeth Linton; Samuel Tamset and Sarah Clark;
     1810 - Israel Wright and Leah Ferree; Frederick Stanton and Hannah Suffrins; James Edwards and Martha Manning; Cornelius Morford and Margaret Ray; Jonathan Clark and Ruth Elmore; Samuel Highway and Mary Jennings.
     1811 - Robert Cummings and Polly O'Harro.
     1812 - Samuel Brown and Rebecca Evans; Abraham Cook and Ruth Hawkins; Stephen Cook and Elizabeth Evans.
     1813 - David Evans and Rachel Burnet Micaja Johnson and Rebecca O'Neall; Thomas Evans and Hannah Pedrick; John Shaw and Elizabeth Wright; Daniel Wharton and Margaret Cunningham.
     1814 - George Phillips and Ann McCoy; Joshua Carman and Jane James; Obediah Smith and Margaret Holloway; William Chenoweth and Catharine Chenoweth; David Morgan and Rebecca Brown; George Hatton and Margaret Foulk.
     1815 - Benjamin Ninde and Jane Whitacre; Abner Hibbs and Esther Lynch; John W. Smith and Sarah Evans; Martin Robinson and Abigail Swift.
     1816 - William O'Neall and Martha Smith; George Moss and Fannie ____; Benjamin Barnhart and Elizabeth Holloway; Aaron Chandler and Hannah Ward; Jesse O. Jones and Mary Ward; Sylvanus Cornell and Sarah Florer; Josiah Rogers and Abigail Cleaver; Martin D. Lathtrope and Rebecca Wright; Joel Wright and Ann Bateman.
     1817 - Samuel Rogers and Pamelia Heaton; Clement Messick and Sarah Suffrins; Abraham Gause and Jane Mullen; Stephen Covert and Elizabeth Wicker; Gamaliel Davis and Ann Smith; Edward Hatton and Rachel Lukens; Abraham Hollingsworth and Sarah Pigeon; Henry Millhouse and Sarah Horner.
     1818 - Seth Cook and Ruth Cook; Samuel Brown and Ruth Gause; Benjamin Butterworth and Ruth Welch; Josiah Davis and Anice Little; Ellis Pugh and Sarah Mills; Stephen Pardee and Patty Welch; Uriah Farquer and Sarah Jennings; Joseph Mannington and Lydia Lynch.
     1819 - Robert Huston and Sarah Shaw; Ishmael Pugh and Tabitha Cunningham; Thomas Bunting and Catharine Holloway; David Wilson and Eliza Kay; David Montgomery and Anna Barton; Levi Cook and Ann Hasket; Peter Cleaver and Sarah Crews.
     1820 - Nathan David and Lydia Cleaver;George Mather and Mary Ricket; James R. Johnson and Rhoda O'neall; Samuel Stephenson, Jr., and Hepsiba Evans; Joshua Jones and Harriet Pugh; John Woods and Sarah A. Lynch; Caleb Sattterthwaite and Rebecca Ward; Jacob Chenoweth and Charlotte Cabe.
     1821 - Samuel Barton and Nancy Holloway; Samuel Cornell and Susanna Crane; William Graham and Ary Clymer; Jesse Flora and Nancy Wilson; Jonathan Hillman and Dorothy Moore; Curtis Mills and Sarah Stratton; Evan Ward and Catharine Jeffers; Benjamin Brown and Sarah Chapman; George Evans and Sarah Hasket; John Buret and Elizabeth Hawkins; Joseph Lukins and Hannah Brown.
     1822 - John Lashley and Grace Borton; Horace Lathrope and Jane Worrell; Cornelius Ratcliff and Mary Kinley; Jacob Doan and Hannah Stubbs; Benja-

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win L. Satterthwaite and Ruth Evans; Richard Pedrick and Mary Evans; William Edwards and Elizabeth Newman; Benjamin Lukins and Mary Satterthwaite; Ellis Ward and Mary E. Newman.
     1823 - Thomas Kersey and Letitia Craig; James Smith and Mary C. Brown; William Cox and Rachel Tamset; Jeffrey Truman and Dorothy Isham; Edward L. Kenrick and Patience Barton; Levi Pugh and Sarah Naylor.
     1824 - John King and Rachel Billingsley; Henry J. Goode and Margaret McKay; Peter Dutterow and Charlotte Roberts; William Brown and Lucinda Blackford; Conrad Smith and Sarah Ridge; Ezekiel Cleaver and Elizabeth Carr; Ezekiel L. Cleaver and Mary Taylor; Moses Kelly and Abigail Satterthwaite.
     1825 - Moormon Butterworth and Fanny Smith; Isaac Engle and Mary E. Haines; John Brown and Rebecca Barton; Noah Jones and Sarah Copner; Joshua Jones and Catharine Lawrence; James Spray and Biddy Fox; William White and Agnes Wilson; Mason Borden and Louisa Small; John McGahee and Polly Smith; Benjamin Barnhart and Polly Holloway; Benjamin Clifton and Mary Williams.
     1826 - William Butterworth and Elizabeth Linton; Seth Furnas and Dinah Kindley; Henry Small and Kesiah Ware; Thomas Bispham and Eliza Jennings; Vachel Tharp and Jane Hunt; James Clutch and Deborah Ray; Charles Bradshaw and Phebe Morris; Ustacy and Mary Ann Filer; Shepherd Flora and Mary Crossley; Philip Mintle and Mary Smith; Dayton Holloway and Cynthia A. Conner.
     1827 - Joseph Oats and Elizabeth Gray; Henry Clark and Ann Antram; Samuel Silvers and Tamson Haines; John McGinnis and Mary Ann Crispin; Richard Hopkins and Hannah Wharton.
     1828 - Jason Evans and Amyra Haines; Samuel Kelly and Achsa Stubbs; Joel Satterthwaite and Phebe Watson; Thomas Phillips and Catharine Davis; Samuel Gordon and Martha Montgomery; Nathan Everhart and Aseneth Howe; Ellis Pugh and Mary Edwards; Abijah O'Neall and Eleanor Hall.

SOME EARLY SETTLERS.

     The account of the trip through from Philadelphia by Messrs. Bailly and Highway to Waynesville, and of the parties that accompanied them from Columbia, is silent as to the names of the persons.  Enough, however, is known that the young Englishmen whom Mr. Highway hired in Philadelphia for two years for 50 pounds currency, were John and Samuel Tamset and the two women mentioned in the narrative were their wives.  They afterward settled a short distance west of Waynesville on tracts of land each of eighty acres (now owned by S. S. Haines).  Each of them raised large families of children.  John died about 1824, and Samuel, in 1830, sold out, and, with his family,
moved to the St Joseph country.  The wives they brought with them from England both died. and they afterward married sisters by the name of Clark.  Their only descendants remaining are John Tamset, near Raysville, and Sarah Pugh, at Bell Brook, children of John.
     Culbert Watson came to the town from Columbia with Highway, and drove one of the wagons.  He shortly after came to the township and settled on section 33, Town 4, Range 5.
     Rev. James Smith, who was in Waynesville in October 1797 mentions in his journal the fact that there were then about fourteen families settled here.  I have made every effort that has suggested itself to my mind to get their names or a part of them, but without success.
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that Highway had emigrated to this country but a short time before making a settlement here.  I have since seen a record of an oath of his, made for the purpose of becoming naturalized. in 1804, in which he stated he had been a citizen of the State of Ohio and of the Northwest Territory for twelve years; that would have brought him into the territory in 1792.
     I will give the names of such as I have of settlers after those I have mentioned, viz, Abijah O’Neall and family, James Corey, Josiah Sutton, Charles Monroe, Ezekiel Bell, Mr. Isham, John Quigley, William Mills.
     In 1799, Martin Hester lived on a part of Section 10, Town 4, Range 4.  Obidiah Walker lived on the same section; a man by the name of J. Sutton lived on said section at a later date.  Abraham Studybaker and ___ Miller lived on Survey No. 2,464.
     In 1800, Samuel Martin, who lived at the upper end of Waynesville, built a large two-story log dwelling, and sunk a tanyard on the flat on the opposite side of the road as it is now; also under the hill a brewery and distillery; his water supply came from Satterthwaite's spring.  He also kept a hotel.
     In 1801, Samuel Kelly, David Faulkner, David Painter, James Mills, Joshua Carman, William James.  In the fall of that year Ezekiel Cleaver came here from Virginia, leaving his family at Brownsville, and put up a house at the crossing of Third and Miami street, on the east corner of said crossing in Waynesville, and, in the spring of 1802, moved here with his family.  With him came John Mullen, Rowland Richards, David Holloway and others.  The same year, Samuel Linton, of Pennsylvania, moved here with three sons and two daughters.  He afterward settled on Todd’s Fork. Henry Seaman and Jonathan Newman came here that year with their families.  Newman came first from South Carolina and settled in Tennessee, and after that removed here.
     In 1803, I find Jemima Wright and her family - Jane, Joshua, Jemima, Joab and Joel were here with others whose names 1 have been unable to obtain.
     In 1804, among others, Edward Kinley, Robert Furnas, Amos Cook, William Lupton, Samuel Spray, Solomon Lupton, Jordan Whitsen, Amos Hawkins, David Pugh. Matthew Compton, John Jay, Samuel Pearson, Benjamin Evans, Charles Bridges, Asher Brown, John Embree, Thomas Perkins, Isaac Perkins, John Beals,  Joseph Wilson and John Furnas and the families of all that had families, and Noah Haines and John Haines and Isaac Ward.
     In 1805, Azariah Pugh, Ellis Pugh, George C. Ward, Isaac Cook, Nathaniel Edwards and their families, Seth Silver and daughter, Samuel Test, John Sanders. Joseph Cloud, David Jones, Jonathan Wright and the families of such as had them.
     In 1806, Gaines and Philip Goode, Benjamin Hopkins, Jonathan Wright, Isaac Cook, David Suffrins, Hezekiah Sanders, Jonah Wright, Joel Wright, Israel Wright, George Phillips, John Wright, Samuel Gause and their families.
     In 1807, David Faulkner, Isaac Haskit, Edward Thomas, Jonathan Crispin, Nathan and Richard Goodwin.  Also previous to 1810, Joseph Chenoweth, Burwell Goode, Thomas Clark, Alexander Stewart, Robert Sale, Allen Clutch, Cornelius Morford and John Craft were here.  I might here mention that previous to 1820, John Satterthwaite, Obediah Smith, David Morgan, George Isham, Benjamin Jones, James Boyd, Jesse Palmer, Samuel Boyd, Joshua Merryman, Thomas Hall, Elias Hollingsworth, Aquilla West, Philip Pedrick, Luther Ball, Eli Cook, Abram Elliott, Francis Cunningham, William Hendley, Thomas Holloway, Henry Clark, Enoch Gardner, Jesse Johnson, Wright Cook, Moses Martindale, Joseph Rogers, Sr., Joseph Rogers, Samuel Rogers, William Bunting, Thomas and John Bunting, Isaac Keys, James Holland, Thomas Bispham, Ezra Adams, William Barton, Elias

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Cabe, Daniel Antram, John Clements, Benjamin Barnhart, Joshua Jones, John Worrell, Thomas Swift, Isaac Brazetton, John Everhart, John Archer, John Pool, Jack Brown, Jacob Mintle, Israel Williams, Jacob Clark, ____ Ray, Samuel Cornell, Thomas Ricket, William Moore, James Smith. Joseph Mannington, William Wilkerson, Robert Cummins, Isaac Johns, Samuel Welch, Abraham Bowman, William Martindale, Elias Cabe and many others that do not now occur to me were residents.
     William James came here in 1801, and settled on Section 3 Town 3, Range 5; he was elected as one of eight members of the Legislature from Hamilton County in the first general election under the constitution of 1802, and was a member at the time of the formation of Warren County, and was elected one of the first  Associate Judges of the county, and assisted in dividing the county into townships.  In 1804, he rode horseback to Columbia to attend a Baptist association, of which order he was an active member, and was injured in the ride and died at Columbia and was buried there.
     Intemperance and other follies gave trouble to the Friends; occasionally some of their members would be addicted to them, but it can be said of them as a class that they always bore testimony against those follies, and always exercised at fraternal watchfulness and care over their members.
     In 1812, Ezekiel Cleaver rode horseback from here to Baltimore to attend a Yearly Meeting of the Friends; his daughter Abigail, then about sixteen years of age, made the trip with him.

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OFFICERS.

     There are no records that can be found of township officers previous to 1816.  Early Justices of the Peace, so far as I can learn them, were as follow: John Buckels in 1803; I think he was a Justice under the Territorial organization; he settled and lived on Section 26, Town 3, Range 5; David Pugh, 1805; Jonathan Newman, 1807; John Satterthwaite, most of the time from

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1813 to 1833; Martin Robinson, 1816; Benjamin Barnhart, 1818; George C. Ward, 1825; Ellis Stokes, 1830; Samuel Rogers, 1835; also John Walcott, 1814; Gaines Goode, 1819; Burwell Goode. from about 1818 to 1830, and John W. Smith, 1824.
      Constables.  Thomas Biggs, 1813; Reason Reagan, 1814; Richard Dunningham 1815; Joshua Carman 1816; Samuel Rogers, most of the time from 1820 to 1835, and Jesse Ware, 1824.
     From the time of the first settlement until 1804, the post office was at Cincinnati.  Residents relied more for their letters and news on emigrants than they did on the mail.  Samuel Highway was the first Postmaster; he was appointed Apr. 1, 1804, and held the office until Jan. 1, 1814, when David Pugh was appointed; he held until Jan. 1, 1817, when Noah Haines was appointed; he held the office until the time of his death, which occurred, I think, in 1833, John M. Hadden was then appointed, and held the office for many years.  The mail was carried on horseback.  I have not the route for those early years, but in 1817, Waynesville was on the route from Cincinnati to Detroit.  It was carried in that manner until 1827, when the first line of stages was put on from Cincinnati to Springfield by John Satterthwaite, of Waynesville, and William Worden, of Springfield.  When the weather was pleasant and the roads were good, the regular stage was used; when not, a long square wagon, which“ received the name of “Black Hawk" was used.  Many amusing incidents were related by travelers about having to get out and pry the vehicle out of mud-holes with rails, and the drivers instructing them to hold on to their rails, as there were other mud-holes ahead.  Many of the travelers declared they did not mind walking, but were opposed to carrying a rail.
     In 1838, the first turnpike road was made through the township - the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Springfield.
     Although the citizens of the township have always taken a lively interest in politics, they have never been politicians as generally understood by that term.  Allen Wright was first elected Auditor, while a citizen of this township, in 1824, and held the office until 1843; Burwell Goode was elected Commissioner in 1824, and held the office until 1836; Noah Haines, from 1831 to 1833; David Evans, from 1841 to 1844.
     Allen Wright was County Surveyor from 1803 to 1823.  I will nlot name the county officers further as the county history gives them.
     The following persons, raised in the township, have been members of the Legislature, viz., Hon. George J. Smith, from this county; John Q. Smith, a member of both branches, from Clinton County, and also a member of Congress; Thomas J. Keys, of Stockton City, Cal., both branches; Hon. Seth S. Haines is the only one residing in the township that ever was elected a member of that body.

TOWNS.

     The following towns have been laid out in Wayne Township as it was and is: Waynesville, by Highway, Smith & Banes, February, 1706; acknowledged and recorded, 1802; Oakland, by James Murray, December, 1806; contained seventy-two lots; Freeport, by Ignatius Brown_ and Nebo Grant, November, 1816; contained twenty-seven lots; Crosswicks, by James Jennings, July, 1821; contained twelve lots; Harveysburg, by William Harvey, January, 1820; contained forty-seven lots; Mount Holly, by Jacob Pearson, July, 1833; contained twenty-five lots; Raysville, by M. Mills & Bro. and others, November, 1855; contained twenty-two lots; it had a name long before it was platted; Corwin, about 1844, by John Johnson and Joel W. Johnson.

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CONCLUDING NOTES.

     Highway & Co. failed to realize out of their purchase what they expected, and were involved in a number of law suits, which continued for a number of years, in reference to the titles of land sold by them, and, as I shall probably not refer to them again, I will observe that Mr. Highway was born in Shropshire, England, and emigrated to the United State in 1791, with an ample fortune of goods and money.  He was about six feet, six inches in height and weighed 300 pounds.  He removed from here to Cincinnati in the latter part of 1813, and there died in 1817.
     The first newspaper was the Miami Visitor, in 1850, by Jesse W. Elliott.
     Mrs. Sarah Keys, now in her ninety-fourth year, and Joseph Rogers, now in his ninety-third, and Charlotte Dutterow, about the same age, and Rebecca Stewart, I believe are the oldest persons in the township.
     The citizens have generally sympathized with the oppressed, and were generally anti-slavery.  In the winter of 1837-38, two negroes ran away from near Lexington, Ky.  They traveled together to Lebanon, and there separated:  one took the road to Dayton and the other came this way.  They were pursued, by two men traveling by stage who, about midnight, discovered one of the slaves, an old man named Hazard, near Genntown, arrested him and brought him to this place.  In the early morning, the citizens discovered the negro tied by a rope above the elbows.  When the natural inquiry was made as to the cause, they were informed he was a runaway “ nigger."  The citizens demanded that he be untied, which was done.  The negro was very penitent, we sorry he had run away, was coaxed away, had a good master, etc.  The agents were informed that they could not take Hazard unless they could produce necessary authority to do so.  It was finally agreed to leave the negro in charge of some persons (Reeve Holland was one), and one of the citizens waste go with one of the agents to Lebanon and take counsel of Judge Smith as to their
authority.  On the return of the party in the evening, the citizens were advised that the agents had no authority.  Hazard was then given his choice the - citizens informed him if he wanted to go back he could do so; if not, he should not be taken by force.  Hazard brightened up and said he preferred to resume his journey.  His little property was demanded and given to him, and a citizen a few days after, informed me he saw Hazard nine miles on the road north, and some time after both got through to Canada. 
     In 1840 or 1841, some Virginians were moving through to Missouri with their slaves.  It was claimed by slave-owners that they had a right to cross the State with their slaves for the purpose of business, or removal, when their destination was another Slave State.  This was denied by the anti-slavery people of Ohio.  A warrant was sworn out before Jonathan Clark, a Justice of the Peace here, by Dr. Brooks, and the slave-owners were arrested between this place and Franklin, and brought back and tried here.  Judge George J. Smith and Robert G. Corwin were counsel for the prosecution, and Charles Anderson of Dayton, for the defendants.  After hearing the case, Squire Clark discharged the defendants.  Some persons about Springboro and vicinity spirited away the slaves, or a part of them; they were afterward indicted by the grand jury and tried, I believe, before Judge Hinkson in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas, convicted and sentenced to fine and imprisonment in the dungeon.  The Supreme Court was in session at Cincinnati, a writ of error obtained therefrom, and the defendants were released from imprisonment.  The case finally came before the Supreme Court of the State, when the question was settled definitely, as claimed by the anti-slavery party.
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have been omitted that should have appeared.  Their descendants will excuse the omission.  When it is remembered that our early settlers are gone and no record of them could be found, it will readily occur to the reader that it is not to be wondered at that some names are omitted.  I only claim that I have used the best evidence I could obtain.  On many points no doubt many will differ with me.  They must remember that they rely on their memory, while I have relied not only on memory but on evidence in all cases where the same was obtainable.

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