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First Settlement -
The first white man of whom we have knowledge that came to what is known
as Wayne county now for the purpose of permanent settlement was
William Larwill, a native of Kent, England, whose
advent in the wilderness dates as far back as 1806. He was a
brother of Joseph and John Larwill, who came out the ensuing year
(1807), the former in the employment of John Bever, United States
Surveyor, who was then engaged in running off the county in sections for
the United States government. And here, on the present site of
Wooster, was made the first settlement of the county.
Second Settlement -
James Morgan, a native of old Virginia, but of Welsh ancestry,
settled in Franklin township early in the spring of 1808. He
removed to Ohio, and squatted on the Mohican in 1806, but removed to
Franklin township in the year just mentioned, entering the lands
composing the farm owned at this time by Thomas Doty.
Thomas Butler, born in the Old Dominion, also, emigrated
to this township in 1808, and married Rebecca, daughter of
James Morgan, Apr. 12, 1809.
Third Settlement. -
James Goudy, father of John Goudy, at present living in
Dalton, Sugarcreek township, removed from Jefferson county, Ohio, and
settled two miles south-west of Dalton, in the fall of 1809.
James Goudy was in St. Clair's defeat, Nov. 4, 1791,
was wounded in the thigh with a bullet, which for many years he carried
in his body, and which ultimately caused his death.
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Fourth Settlement -
Oliver Day,* in 1809-10, removed to East Union township, not far
from "Cross Keys," and settled on the farm now owned by Jonas
Huntsberger. He was a native of the State of Vermont, as were
his companions Ezekiel Wells, M. D., old Jonathan
Mansfield and Vestey Frary, who accompanied him.†
"'Squire Day," as he was called, was keeping a place of entertainment at
what was long afterwads known as "Carr's tavern" when
General Beall's army passed; and the first transfer of real
estate on the public records of the Recorder's office of Wayne
county was made by Oliver Day.
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*Hon. John Larwill was of the opinion that the
Day colony came in 1809.
†First introduction of New
England element.
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