Oldest Inhabitants, of the Tuscarawas
Valley ~ Bucks to Lawrence Township
The following
are lists of the oldest inhabitants of the valley, who were born
prior to the beginning of the present century, and who were,
with a few exceptions, ancestors of the persons of the same name
now living in Tuscarawas and other counties:
Tuscarawas County
Oldest Inhabitants of Bucks
Township
Born between 1750 and 1760
Mary Seldenright
Jacob Lorrey
Mrs. Bennell, mother of
William
Born between 1760 and 1770
Albright Kintlesberger
Stoddard Anderson
Mrs. Cummings, mother of Richard
Mrs. Helwig, mother of Benjamin
Mrs. Jacob Forney
Israel Penrod and wife
Peter Kern
Guy Young
Born between 1770 and 1780
David Hoover
Mrs. Guy Young
Valentine Thompson
Mrs. Peter Kern
Joseph Dormer
George Cutshall
John Spangler, Sr., and wife |
Oldest Inhabitants of Clay
Township
Born between 1750 and
1760
John Taylor
John P. Sargood
Conrad Roemer
Born between 1760 and
17 70
Adam Stocker
Barbara Wheeland
Mary Genter
Mrs. J. P. Sargood
Born between 1770 and
1780
Christian Stocker
Mrs. Adam Stocker
Andrew Stocker
Charles L. Stevens
Martin Kiser
John G. Fox
Elizabeth Rebstock
Mrs. Samuel Dingman
Michael Remmell
Henry Kaler |
Oldest Inhabitants of Dohrman
Township
The territory that comprised this
township was subdivided, and is now Mill Township, Tuscarawas
County, and portions of Harrison and Carroll counties.
Born between 1730 and 1740
Mrs. Utterbach, grandmother
of William.
Born between 1740 and 1750
Stephen Johnson
Born between 1750 and 1760
Solomon Delong
Adam Gott
George Dickinson
Mrs. Hilton, mother of Leonard
Thomas and William Crumm
Born between 1760 and 1770
George Snowdigle
Mrs. Solomon Delong
John Hunter
James McKay
Mrs. George Dickinson
John McElroy
Thomas Drummond
John Black
Stewart Auld and wife
Andrew Sewell and wife
John Niblack, Sr., and wife |
Robert Wilson and
wife
William Blackwell
Mrs. Robert Gracy
William Utterbach
Susannah Blackwood
Tarleton B. Willoughby
Mrs. Robert Carson
Elijah Boston and wife
Mrs. John Johnston
Edward Bennett
Susannah Carroll |
Born
between 1770 and 1780
John
Hooper
John Larry
William Mills
John McBean
Mrs. Moses Rutledge
Mrs. George Snowdigle
Ebenezer Ball
Rebecca Cox
Rezin Pomeroy
Mrs. John McElroy
Nancy McGill
William Corbett
Isaac Eaton
James Aucksom and wife
Samuel Caldwell |
Felix Richardson
William Moore and wife
Asa Hamblin
George Hoskins and wife
Harmon Gitchell
Henry Foster
Thomas Brock
Martha Sterling
Mrs. William Welsh
Griffith Cahill and wife
John Howell and wife
Richard French
John Cahill, Sr
John Moore
Arthur Chenoweth and wife
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Oldest Inhabitants of Dover
Township
Born
between 1730 and 1740
Mrs. Finton, mother of
William
Born
between 1740 and 1750
Mrs. Brown, grandmother of
George W.
Born
between 1750 and 1760,
George Helwig
Elijah Critz
Mrs. Crisswell, mother of John
Mrs. Critz, mother of Andrew
Born
between 1760 and 1770
Adam Snyder
Mrs. Wallack
Mrs. Lower
Philip Baker
William Finton
Christian Kore
Godfrey Imber
Born between 1770 and 1780
Richard Burrough,
William Gibbs, Sr.,
George R. Baer and wife,
William Henderson,
Conrad Lower,
John Mumma,
Benjamin Wallack.
Ludwig Lower,
Henry Frinkenbriuer,
Mrs. William Finton,
Paul Grove, Sr, |
James Harper,
Mrs. Kauffman, mother of Jacob;
John Hildt, Sr.,
Mary Burroughs,
C. Noftsinger and wife,
Mrs. Christian Kore,
Elizabeth Harmon,
John Chesterman and wife,
C. Ritter,
Abraham Share,
Jacob Blickensderfer |
Oldest Inhabitants of Fairfield
Township
Born
between 1750 and 1760
John Bowman and wife
Thomas Cordroy, Sr.
Born
between 1760 and 1770
Jacob Weaver
John McCleary
Mrs. Joseph Herminger
George Kollars
Margaret Long
Matthew Laird
Jacob Smith
Gideon Jennings
Born
between 1770 and 1780,
Peter Wolf and wife
John Davy and wife
James McKee and wife
Jacob Waltz and wife
Charles Stevens and wife
Ludwig Snowland
Nathan Corderay
George Strawn
Oldest Inhabitants of Goshen
Township
Born between 1730 and 1740
William Young
Born between 1750 and 1760
Mrs. Knisely, mother of David
Mrs. Judy, mother of John, Sr.
Mrs. William Young
John Hoopengarner
Born
between 1760 and 1770
Matthias, Gossett and wife
Mrs. Lucinda Baltzley
Henry Espich and wife
Philip Fackler
Isaac Cordray, Sr.
Valentine Flack
Christian Bachman
Henry Meter
Henry Albright
Philip Jacob Fechtling.
Born between 1770 and 1780
Samuel W. Kendrick
Christian Casebeer and wife
David Stiffler, Sr. and wife
John Judy, Sr., and wife
James Wood
John Frederick
Henry Anchenbaugh
Abraham Kniseley, Sr. and
wife
Philip and Jacob Foreman
Mrs. V. Flack
Christian Fuller
George Platz |
Mrs. C. Bachman
Casper Engler
Agnes Ellis
John McPherson and wife
Mrs. J. Hoopengarner
Amelia Hummell
Mrs. Henry Albright
John Suttle and wife
John Walby
Edward Dorsey and wife
George Stiffler, Sr., and
wife |
Oldest Inhabitants of Lawrence
Township
Born between 1740 and 1750
Mrs. Hartser, grandmother of Frederick
Born
between 1750 and 1760
Mrs. Bimeler, mother of Joseph M.
Stephen Hoover
John Baker
Mrs. Torner, mother of John
Born
between 1760 and 1770
James Mock
Christopher Platz
Magdalena Auch
Margaret Ackerman
Jacob Heck
John Keller, Sr
John Fashbaugh
William Fashbaugh
Jacob Palmer
Barney Brown
Christopher Singer
Born between 1770 and 1780
Mrs. Stephen Hoover
Barbara Schock
Godfrey Lent and wife
Casper Fetter and wife
Jacob Shearing
John Miller and wife
Dorothea Dietz
Jacob Kimmerly and wife
Frederick Klotz
Joseph Boyler |
Peter Houseman
John Streby and wife
John Mock
John Machin
John Taylor
Mrs. William Fashbaugh
Michael Schaeffer
George Mock and wife
Benjamin Brown and wife
Elizabeth Kullers |
Online Resources
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Ohio AHGP
Source: Ohio Annals, Historic Events,
Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, The State of Ohio, Edited by
C. H. Mitchener, 1876
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