Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter
Volume 23, Number 4, July-August 2009
A PUBLICATION OF:
THE HENRY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
P. O. BOX 231
DESHLER, OHIO 43516
www.henrycountyohiogenealogy.org
The Henry County Genealogical Society Newsletter is now published bi-monthly. The editor reserves the right to accept or reject any material submitted. The Newsletter is copyright protected, but the Society gives permission for material to be copied for personal research and to other chapter newsletters for their use. Any other use of this material should carry written permission from the Henry County Genealogical Society and acknowledge the source. Annual membership is $10.00 for 1-2 people at the same address.
Meetings will be held quarterly or as announced in the newsletter. Publications for sale are listed on the last page with the newest ones appearing on the first page.
We print all queries that are related to Henry County – membership is not required. Send queries to Henry Co. Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 231, Deshler, OH 43516 or to the editor as “Query” at wendypen@wcnet.org. After May 2016, queries may be directed to our website and will appear there.
Officers:
President – Jim Rebar
Vice President – None elected
Treasurer/Membership Chmn. – Lucille Van Scoyoc
Corresponding Secretary – Phyllis LaRue
Recording Secretary and First Families Chmn. – Kathy Bishop
News Reporter – Clara Ellen Courtney
Newsletter Editor – Karen Sunderman
Webmaster – Jim Rebar
Meetings
July 20, 2009, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Cemetery reading at Forest Hill Cemetery on Route 110, Napoleon.
August, 2009, No Meeting
See you at the Fair!
September 21, 2009, Monday, 6:30 p.m.
Phyllis LaRue will speak about her trip to Germany to the town where her ancestors lived.
October 19, 2009, Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Business meeting and election of officers. Please come ready to serve. Only a handful of people keep our organization running.
New Members
No new members.
Membership is $10 per year. Dues are paid the first of each year and newsletters are mailed from that date. Please address correspondence to the website, the editor, or to our P. O. Box. Include your membership # (on address label). All Henry Co. queries are printed free.
We Are Publishing…
Northwest Signal Obituaries. Vol. XXIII (2008), published in two volumes. Price is $22. plus $2.00 postage, tax and handling for the two-volume set.
First Families of Henry County Deadline
Applications for First Families of Henry County are due Aug. 1st. See our website for information or write to Kathy Bishop.
At the Edwin Wood Library in Deshler…
“Wahl Reunion” the Wahl Family in Pleasant Twp. and “Franz-Frantz Family History” both by Michael T. Wahl. The ancestors of this family were Johann Franz/Frantz was born in 1688 and died 2 Apr 1744 in Germany. He married Anna Elizabeth Weber, born 1691 and died 1753 in Germany. Donated by Michael Wahl.
“An American Family” by Norman Gibat, Gloria Leedy and Richard Wilier about the Notestine family including members who lived in Henry County in the late 1800’s. Donated by Sherrie Wells.
“History of McClure/Damascus Twp.” donated by McClure/Damascus Twp. Hist. Soc. -see below.
Queries
McMICHAEL, BRAKEBILL, WAXLER, THOMPSON
Looking for info on Matthew McMICHAEL. He m. Marie (BRAKEBILL) WAXLER in Hancock Co. Sept 1863 (2nd marriage for each). They and their Children soon moved to Henry Co. and appear in Freedom Twp. in 1870 Census. The listing includes 6 ch: Caroline, Joseph, George, Christian, William and Amos. Some records indicate Matthew d. 1874. Henry Co. records show Maria m. Able THOMPSON May 1875. Cannot find confirmed death info on Matthew, who may have been Presbyterian.
– John Golen, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
KOENIG, KING, DEITZEN, RICHHOLT
Henry KOENIG was ordained by Pastor DETZER in Knipps Settlement in Flatrock Twp. in a log schoolhouse 14 Aug 1853 near where St. Paul’s Luth. Church stands now. My gr-grandfather, Jacob RICHHOLT, and his brothers’ confirmation records look like they could have been signed by H. KIENIG. My gr-grandmother Hulda Emilie was a KING (KOENIG), so I’m wondering if she could have been related to H. KOENIG. Her parents were John Christian and Anna KING who eventually settled in the Defiance area, but perhaps lived in Florida, OH for a time. Also, my grandfather, Charles Richholt, Holgate, OH, was m. to Margaret “Maggie” DEITZEN Nov 1891 by Justice of the Peace G. W. FISHER. She d. 24 Sept 1901 of TB and is buried in Cole Cemetery. I have been trying to confirm her place of death.
– Joanne (Richolt) Allison, Bryan, OH 43506
A Brief History of McClure and Damascus Township, Ohio
This book has 150 pages of photos (both black and white and color) plus a brief history of the area beginning with the first family of McClure. It is soft-bound, 8 1/2 x 11 inches with a surname index. The McClure/Damascus Twp. Historical Society is using the sale of this book as a fundraiser towards the construction of a history center for the community. The price is $25. plus shipping. Order by calling Pat Little at 419-748-8914 or stop at the McClure office of The Huntington Bank where copies are available.
From The Henry County Signal, 11 Sept. 1924
Mrs. Anna Christine WAHL, wife of Fred Wahl, Civil War veteran, passed to her reward at her home in Holgate, Sunday evening. Mrs. WAHL was born at Nassau, Germany, on October 5, 1846. At the age of 5 she came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John FRANS, to America, settling first in Richland County for one year, then coming to Flatrock Township, Henry County, where the deceased spent nearly 72 years of her life. The FRANS family were charter members of St. John’s Reformed congregation and Mrs. WAHL was a member of the first class confirmed in the first church.
Fifty-five years ago last February she was united in marriage to Mr. Fred WAHL. This union was blessed with 6 children who, with the exception of John, who died at the age of 3, survive the mother. Mr. and Mrs. WAHL resided on a farm north of Holgate for 36 years, and for the past 20 years lived in Holgate. Mrs. WAHL had been ailing for more than 10 years. . . Her age is four weeks short of 78 yrs. She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, her sons, Charley of Napoleon, Albert of Omaha, William of Toledo and her daughters, Mrs. Nick TRITCH of Toledo, and Mrs. Fred LESCH of Holgate. There are 14 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One brother, Mr. Peter FFtANS of Holgate, and one sister, Mrs. R. T. BUTLER of Tyron, NC, survive her.
Excerpted from the History of Northwest Ohio, by Nevin Winter c. 1917
John FRANZ. Mr. FRANZ is a citizen of Monroe Twp., Henry Co. He lives in Malinta Village and has a farm of 100 a. in section 13 including a barn 40 x 76 ft. for stock and and a substantial 9-room house. A valuable piece of property is his 20 a. situated within the village limits of Malinta which has a complete equipment of farm buildings.
Mr. FRANZ is of German ancestry. His grandfather John FRANZ was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and married a Miss GEORGE. They brought their family in Aug. 1850 from Antwerp on the vessel Vista to NY City. Besides John FRANZ and his wife their ch. were at that time William, Henry, Elizabeth, Christina, August and Jacob. William was born in Hesse Darmstadt Dec. 11, 1833.. The family came to Galion in Crawford Co. and bought 20 a.near there where they stayed 3 yrs.
They then came to Flatrock Twp. in Henry Co. Here they started out in typical pioneer fashion, living in a log house and on land that had practically never been touched by the plow. There grandfather John and wife spent their remaining years. He was 72 and his wife not quite so old when she died. They were members of the Reformed Church. In Germany John FRANZ had been an official in the forestry service, as his father had been before him and had no practical knowledge of farming. William FRANZ was the mainstay of the family so far as farming was concerned, and had almost a natural genius for it.
William FRANZ was 20 yrs. of age when the family came to Flatrock Twp. He m. Elizabeth RICKER. She was b. May 4, 1840, near Berlin, Germany. When she was 9 yrs. old her family came in a sailing vessel to the U.S. Her parents were John and Catherine RICKER. They lived in Crawford Co. and later moved to Flatrock Twp. where they bought land covered with heavy timber and developed it as a farm. John RICKER d. there in Sept. 1871 at the age of 72 and his widow in Feb. 1902 at the age of 89. They were of the Lutheran faith in Ger. and became identified with the German Reform Church here.
After his marriage William FRANZ and wife lived on the old homestead in Flatrock Twp., finally selling and buying a smaller farm. From that he retired to Holgate where he d. June 22, 1912. His widow is still living with her son George and is 76. They were members of the German Reform Church.
Mr. John FRANZ is one of a family of 7 sons and 4 daughters, all but 2 still living and married. John was b. on the old homestead May 4, 1868. He has owned several farms in Henry Co. In Flatrock Twp. Dec. 24, 1892 he m. Mary Dunbar. She was b. in Napoleon Twp. October 12, 1874. Her gr-father, Boyd DUNBAR, Sr., m. a Miss YOCKEE, and they spent their yrs. in Nap. Twp. Boyd DUNBAR, Jr., father of Mrs. FFtANZ, was b. in PA and m. Anna PENNEL, b. in Tuscarawas Co. OH. They were m. in Napoleon Jan. 1861. Boyd entered the army as a private in Co. F of the 68th OVI. He was in active service 4 yrs. In the battle of Champion Hill during the Vicksburg campaign he was struck twice by enemy bullets. He was at one time captured by the enemy. He is now 73 yrs. old and his wife is still living.
Mr. and Mrs. John FARNZ’ children are Gladys, who married Harry MEYERS; Inez M., who m. Floyd CUNNINGHAM; Boyd William, who d. when nearly 8 mo. old; J. Harold, who was b. Mar 35, 1905; Bernadine, who was b. Feb. 19, 1907; Dallas D who was b. June 7, 1909; Cleo M., who was b. Mar. 12, 1911 and d. Aug, 1912. The family attends the English Lutheran Church.
From HISTORY OF THE MAUMEE RIVER BASIN, by Charles Slocum, 1905
Noah and Eva A. (TURK) LONG, of Monroe Twp., Henry Co., OH, was bom in Wayne Twp., Butler Co., OH, July 25, 1851, the son of George D. and Elizabeth (WEAVER) LONG, both also natives of Butler Co. The subject’s principal occupation has been farming, though he was employed as clerk in a store and for a time was in the boot and shoe business in Napoleon. In 1889 he located on his present farm of 160 A., which at that time was not improved to any extent. He also owns 93 A. in Flat Rock Twp. and an interest in 160 A. in Richfield Twp. He also raises Aberdeen Angus cattle. His splendid residence was built in 1895 as well as two modem bams and three covered yards for stock.
In June, 1889, Mr. LONG was untied in marriage with Miss Eva A. TURK, of Maple Rapids, MI, a daughter of John F. and Ann Elizabeth (DEMUTH) TURK. She was bom near Waterville, Lucas Co., OH, December 16, 1864 and was a public school teacher for five years before her marriage. To this union have been bom: Neva E., March 28, 1891; Enid L. May 9, 1893; and George A., April 14, 1896.
It is thought the LONGS came from England. The paternal grandfather, Armel LONG, a farmer, died ca. 1823. His brother and a Mr. SHAFER were killed by the Indians on the Blanchard River, being in company with other Butler Co. men in a canoe and being shot from ambush. Armel LONG’S mother, whose maiden name was GAPPEN, was English either by birth or descent. The wife of Armel LONG, whose maiden name was Hannah GRUNDEN, was bom at Hagerstown, MD, ca. 1780. Her father sold his property for Continental money, but the latter becoming worthless, he was not able to care for his large family, so that Hannah, at the age of 11, and her brother James, at the age of 9, were compelled to earn their living. They drifted from that locality and never knew what became of the rest of the family. Hannah died at the age of 87.
Three WEAVER boys came from Germany, and a grandson of one of these boys was John WEAVER, the father of Mrs. Elizabeth (WEAVER) LONG. John Weaver, at 2 years of age, settled with his father (who came from PA) on General Wayne’s road, in Wayne Township, Butler Co., OH ca. 1802, on land obtained from the government. He accumulated considerable property and held many county and township offices. He died ca. 1880. His wife, Esther (CLARK) WEAVER, who came from New Jersey, lived to the age of 65 years. They were the parents of 9 children, four of whom settled near Florida, in the Maumee Valley.
George D. LONG, son of Armel and Hannah (GRUNDEN) LONG, was bom in 1819 in Wayne Twp., Butler Co., OH, and was reared to manhood there on the paternal farmstead. He was married ca. 1847 and farmed there awhile. In 1853 he came to Flat Rock Twp., Henry Co., where he bought land, to which he added until he owned 300 A., comprising the farm now owned and operated [1905] by Frank BOESHING. To this union were bom John A., Noah and Louisa. His wife died in 1858. George LONG then married Elizabeth TRUBEY and they had William H., George, Frank, Charles, Herman, Nettie and Reuben. His second wife died in 1878 and Mr. LONG then married Mrs. Rebecca (SHELT) ICE, by whom he had Arthur, Fay, Inez and Helen. Mr. LONG sold out in Flat Rock Twp. in 1880 and bought a farm of 100 A. in Napoleon Twp., on the Holgate road, now known as the BLANK farm, where he lived until 1898, when he moved to Napoleon. He died in February of 1899.
The TURK ancestors were among the earliest settlers of northern PA, and were of Irish and Scotch descent. Alexander D. TURK, of Lycoming Co., PA, was bom in 1806, and in 1829 was married to Lydia BEMUR, who was bom in 1809, of German descent. In the year 1834 they settled above Waterville, Lucas Co., OH, where he lived until his death in 1872, his first wife having died in 1841. To this union were bom five children. His second wife was Lavina (SULLIVAN) TAYLOR, who died in 1859, and to them were born seven children.
John F. TURK, the eldest child of Alexander and Lydia, was born in 1831. In March of 1864 he married Ann Elizabeth DEMUTH. He was a mechanic and contractor and taught school. He located west of Waterville where he lived until his death in 1876. He left three children, Eva A., Arthur R., and Clarence C. Ann Elizabeth TURK was bom in 1845, taught school before her marriage and after becoming a widow. In 1882 she married Riley RICE in Clinton Co., MI. In 1896 they moved to Waterville.
HISTORY OF FREEDOM TOWNSHIP 1888
Abstracted from HISTORY OF HENRY AND FULTON COUNTIES, OH, ed. Lewis Cass Aldrich
Freedom was one of the first of the five townships organized in the territory now composing Henry County; it and Napoleon Township in 1840 included nearly, if not all of the said territory north of the Maumee River, together with all of Fulton County, which was organized in 1850. At that time, with all of its territory, it had a population of only one hundred and five.
By the organization of its Fulton county, there was left to Freedom Township only twenty-four sections of land—two tiers of sections having been taken from the north and given to Fulton County. Notwithstanding this, the township has had a wonderful growth both in population and valuation. In 1850 it contained 460 souls, and in 1860, with greatly diminished territory, was 450. In 1870 the population was 812 and by 1880 the census showed 1235.
The township is situated in the northern part of Henry County. It is bounded on the north by Fulton County, on the east by Liberty Township, on the south by Napoleon Township and on the west by Ridgeville township. The topography is level and the soil exceedingly good and fertile. It is devoid of waterways, with the exception of three small creeks, the largest being Napoleon Creek and Oberhaus Creek. These traverse nearly the whole width of the township. Through the southwest comer runs the bed of the defunct Coldwater and Mansfield Railroad.
The early settlers of this section were few; not more than a score lived in this part of the township prior to 1860; among those who did live in this part of the county, from 1838-1850 may be mentioned Daniel SHINAMAN, John MILLER, Samuel and Lewis ECKHART, John SORRICK, John KNAPP, Harmon KLINE (junior and senior), Conrad CLAY, George STRUBLE, John HARMON and Benjamin HOLLER.
The first church was a United Brethren. It was built about 1852 and stood in section 28. Here the settlers from far and near would congregate on Sabbath day and listen to the word of God interpreted by George STRUBLE.
From 1860 up to the present time there has been an influx of Germans to this county and especially to Freedom Township. To this frugal people may be given a great deal of the credit of converting a wilderness into a garden, for the reason that they were not choice as to the kind of land Uncle Sam gave them, and whether a swamp or a ridge it was the same to them and they went to work. The first brick dwelling was built by Harmon KLINE and the others followed thick and fast, and now as one rides through the county, a palatial brick residence, well-kept grounds—a sure sign of thrift and wealth—is an ordinary sight.
Ed.—Towns in Freedom Township were Gerald and, two miles north, Naomi which is now considered a ghost town. Early residents and subsequent businessmen of Naomi included Mike DONNELLY, Adolph (Fred?) GLANZ, Jim ARMSTRONG, Chris and Fred GARBERS, Gus and Tony BRUNING, Charles GEHRETT, Matt BECKER, Elmer EATON, Frank BARTLETT, Ernie HANSON, and Gene LOCKMAN.
Early businessmen of Gerald were Henry BADEN, Frederick GERKEN, Charlie CORDES, William VON DEYLEN, and Herman DELVENTHAL.
Index to History of McClure and Damascus Township
| Adams | Akerman | Allen | Alspaugh | Amos | Anderson |
| Angel | Anthony | Armbruster | Armstrong | Ash | Ashbaugh |
| Ault | Aultman | Austermiller | |||
| Babcock | Bacon | Baker | Ballard | Ballmer | Banks |
| Banner | Barnett | Barnes | Bartels | Bassett | Battenfield |
| Beals | Beard | Beaver | Beavers | Beck | Began |
| Behnfeldt | Bell | Beosel | Bever | Biggins | Biggons |
| Bilow | Birchfield | Blair | Bland | Bliss | Bock |
| Boesel | Bohling | Bonner | Booher | Booth | Bortel |
| Bortle | Bossa | Bowers | Bowles | Boyd | Boyer |
| Boyle | Brandt | Brannon | Bremer | Brenneman | Brenner |
| Bresler | Bressler | Briggs | Briney | Britton | Brown |
| Browning | Buckingham | Bucklin | Burditt | Burgett | Burling |
| Burt | Burwell | Busch | Businger | ||
| Cantwell | Carlile | Carlisle | Carnahan | Carr | Carrol |
| Carter | Casteel | Chamberlain | Chamberlin | Clapp | Clark |
| Clausen | Clifton | Clipinger | Clippinger | Cobb | Colgan |
| Colgar | Collins | Columber | Conklin | Conn | Connelly |
| Connolly | Conrad | Coombs | Coope | Cordes | Cornell |
| Couch | Counselman | Crawford | Creager | Crocket | Crockett |
| Croll | Cromwell | Croninger | Crowel | Crowell | Crozier |
| Culbertson | Culver | Cundiff | Cunninham | ||
| Damman | David | Davis | Dawson | Debbie | Decant |
| Delventhal | Dennie | Detmer | Detray | Dewitt | Dibling |
| Dielman | Digby | Dixon | Doll | Dome | Domer |
| Donald | Donaldson | Donnelly | Downey | Drummond | Dubbs |
| Dull | Dunlap | Durbin | Durkins | ||
| Eastman | Eberle | Eckley | Edwards | Eger | Ehlers |
| Eiseman | Ekstrand | Emery | Engers | Ernsberger | Erven |
| Ervin | Erwen | Espinoza | Eular | Euler | Everingham |
| Evingham | |||||
| Farison | Farrison | Feik | Fenstermaker | Ferguson | Fetter |
| Finks | Fiser | Fishbum | Fisher | Fister | Fitch |
| Flick | Flowers | Foltz | Foor | Fortney | Foster |
| Fraizer | Frankfather | Frazier | Frederick | Fredrick | Freppel |
| Fronce | Fryman | ||||
| Gaede | Galbraith | Gallager | Garberson | Garster | Gerdes |
| Gerken | Getzinger | Gillett | Gilliland | Ginder | Good |
| Goodman | Gordon | Grau | Gray | Grisier | Groff |
| Gaede | Galbraith | Gallager | Garberson | Garster | Gerdes |
| Gerken | Getzinger | Gillett | Gilliland | Ginder | Good |
| Goodman | Gordon | Grau | Gray | Grisier | Groff |
| Gustwiller | Guyer | ||||
| Hadley | Hagedom | Hager | Hale | Hall | Hamburger |
| Hanna | Harfst | Hannan | Harmon | Harner | Hartman |
| Hartmann | Hartpence | Hartsing | Hashover | Hatcher | Hatfield |
| Hayden | Heater | Heckler | Hefflinger | Heft | Heilburn |
| Heiserman | Heopf | Herge | Hickerson | Hicks | Higgins |
| Hines | Hinton | Hitchcock | Hock | Hockman | Hoffman |
| Holders | Hollopeter | Hosman | Houser | Howe | Hughes |
| Hughs | Hurley | Hutchenson | Hutcheson | Hutchinson | |
| Ingle | Irven | Irwin | |||
| Jackson | Jacobsen | Jacobson | Jameson | Jennings | Johns |
| Johnson | Jones | Joy | Junge | ||
| Kane | Kaufman | Keller | Kelly | Kelsey | Kerr |
| Kerstetter | Kerwin | Kiefer | Kimberlin | Kinder | King |
| Kinney | Kirk | Kistner | Knapp | Kolbe | Koon |
| Korak | Kramer | Krause | Krout | Kryder | Kuhlman |
| Lally | Lance | Landis | Langhe | Lanzer | Laskey |
| Lauer | Laur | Laver | Lavers | Lawrence | Lazenby |
| Leahy | Leamer | Lee | Leiser | Leist | Lewis |
| Light | Little | Long | Longnecker | Lotz | Love |
| Lowery | Lowry | Lubold | Lucas | Lupinski | Lymangrover |
| McAllister | McCabe | McClain | McClure | McCurdy | McIntosh |
| McLain | McMillen | McVetta | |||
| Macklin | Manhardt | March | Market | Markley | Marshall |
| Mason | May | Meade | Meech | Meienburg | Merriwell |
| Metzger | Meyer | Meyers | Middleton | Miller | Mills |
| Minnich | Mitchel | Mollett | Moon | Mooney | Moorhead |
| Morrison | Motyca | Motycka | Mowery | Mowry | Murry |
| Myers | Myrice | ||||
| Nash | Naugle | Neiderhiser | Nelson | Neuhauser | Nielson |
| Niese | Norcross | Notestine | |||
| Olson | Orwig | Oswald | |||
| Paananen | Packer | Palmer | Parson | Patrick | Patteen |
| Patterson | Payne | Peery | Perkins | Perry | Peters |
| Petersen | Philpott | Pierce | Pittman | Plotts | Pope |
| Porter | Potter | Powell | Pugh | ||
| Rabe | Randolph | Rasey | Rasmussen | Rau | Reams |
| Rechner | Reed | Reid | Reimond | Reimund | Rettig |
| Rhoads | Rice | Rich | Richard | Richards | Richardson |
| Richmond | Roach | Roberts | Robison | Rochte | Rodenberger |
| Roechete | Roemaker | Rogge | Rollin | Romaker | Ross |
| Rowland | Royer | Ruder | Rudolph | Rusch | Rutkauskas |
| Ryber | |||||
| Sagers | Salvo | Sampsel | Sanders | Sandoe | Savagew |
| Schie | Schneider | Schofer | Schroeder | Schulze | Schweikert |
| Scott | Seabolt | Seakamp | Seekamp | Seitzq | Senter |
| Shady | Shaffer | Shaneyfelt | Shaneyfield | Shank | Sharp |
| Sharpe | Sheely | Sheets | Shepard | Sherman | Shidler |
| Shively | Shonts | Shufelt | Sickmiller | Sinclair | Singer |
| Sisty | Slaughter | sloan | Smith | Snider | Sniff |
| Snyder | Soliday | South | Spangler | Spencer | Stackhouse |
| Stager | Starll | Staub | Steffey | Steiger | Stonebreaker |
| Stoner | Stough | Sullivan | Swinehart | Switzer | |
| Taraschke | Taylor | Teal | Tebeau | Teegardin | Thrapp |
| Titus | Tittus | Todd | Tonjes | Townson | Tracy |
| Treewiller | Trevino | Turnbull | Turner | ||
| Vance | Vantassel | Verbeke | Vogal | Vogel | Vollmar |
| Vonseggern | |||||
| Wachter | Wade | Wagner | Walker | Wallace | Walters |
| Waltner | Ward | Warner | Washington | Watkins | Watson |
| Watts | Weaks | Weasel | Weaver | Weeks | Weideman |
| Weimer | Wellford | Wenner | West | Wheeler | White |
| Whitman | Whitmer | Whitney | Wiedmann | Wiemer | Wilcox |
| Wildermuth | Wilford | Willford | Williams | Willoughby | Wilson |
| Winch | Wingate | Winover | Winter | Winters | Wolf |
| Wolfe | Woodman | Wright | Wroten | Wulff | |
| Yantis | Yarnell | Yeager | Yoder | Young | |
| Zimmer | Zimmerman | ||||
Land, Town Lots and Chattel Returned Delinquent
By the Treasurer of Henry County, January 11, 1853
More information on the taxes owed is in the book, but not included here. These were early settlers or landowners in these townships.
All in Freedom Township
| Owner’s Name | Sec | Description | Acres | |
| BEEBO, A. & H. | 19 | W pt SW fr | 44 | |
| BATES, Christopher | 29 | W pt SE 1/4 | 75 | |
| CLOUD, David | 14 | W 1/2 SW | 80 | |
| CAMERON, James | 36 | NE SE pt | 40 | |
| CRAIG, Alexander | 17 | NE 1/4 | 160 | |
| CRETES (?), Hector | 23 | NE 1/4 | 160 | |
| HOLDERMAN, David | 31 | NE SE & E side NE | 100 | |
| HOLCOMB, Timothy | 22 | E 1/2 NW | 80 | |
| KEEK (?), Godfrey | 28 | N 1/2 NW | 80 | |
| KEEK (?), Godfrey | 29 | NE NE | 20 | |
| OHIO, State of | 24 | NW 1/4 & N 1/2 NE | 205 | |
| OHIO, State of | 26 | E 1/2 NE | 80 | |
| OHIO, State of | 26 | E 1/2 NE | 80 | |
| OHIO, State of | 20 | NW 1/4 | 160 | |
| OHIO, State of | 28 | E 1/2 NW | 80 | |
| OHIO, State of | 27 | W 1/2 NW | 80 | |
| OHIO, State of | 22 | E pt SW & NW SE | 100 | |
| PONTIOUS, George | 23 | W 1/2 SE | 80 | |
| PARKER, James | 31 | W side NE 1/4 | 100 | |
| SPANGLER, Fred | 36 | SE NE | 40 | |
| SHEFFIELD, Wm. | 24 | SE NW | 110 | |
| OBLENTINE, Geo. | 30 | SW 1/4 | 124 | |
| OBLENTINE, Geo | 31 | NW 1/4 | 122 | |
| CHATTELS | ||||
| Freedom | CLARK, Loyd | Value $365. | ||
Total delinquent taxes due in Freedom Township in 1852 were $605
