Township Organization Dates, Early Settlers, & Towns
Organization
Date
Township
Early Settlers
Towns and Communities
Jul 1837 Harrison Robert C. Bennett
John Casebeer
John Studabaker
Peter Studabaker
William Studabaker
William Winters
Jacob Geary
Bowen Hale
Gabriel Schrock
Reason Chalfant
Chads Chalfant
Lemuel Bachelor
Bluffton
Worthington Crossing/Poneto
Reiffsburg
Newville/Vera Cruz
Riverside
Jul 1837 Rock Creek William Barton
Solomon Sparks
Joseph Lesh
Michael Oldfather
William Mossy
John Crum
Robert Gregg
William Redding
Allen Redding
Charles Ellingham
Jacob Haiflich
Rockford/Barber's Mills
Uniondale
Tracy/Markle
Sep 1837 Jackson Hugh Alexander
George Huffman
Nathaniel Batson
John Banter
John Alexander
Richard McIntire
Matthew Leonard
Dillman
Jeff
McNatts
Mt. Zion
Apr 6 1840 Jefferson James Ferguson
Jacob Bunn
James Glass
Kingsland
Banner City
Eagleville
West Ossian
Ossian
Tocsin
Jan 4 1841 Nottingham Reuben Stout
Abram Stahl
Jacob Stahl
William Kirkwood
Thomas Aker
Henry King
Levi Heller
Nottingham
Petroleum
Domestic
Phenix
Derrick
Terrell
Cudahy Station
Mar 1 1841 Chester Benjamin Starr
Dr. Thomas Morris
John Lancaster
Walter T. Perry
Ephraim Perry
Josiah Twible
Thomas Blount
Keystone
Mar 1 1841 Lancaster Dr. Joseph Knox
Jacob Miller
John Harvey
Lewis Weaver
Murray/New Lancaster
Craigville
Sunnyside/Dodgerville/Villa North
Apr 1842 Liberty James Jackson
James Mossburg
Henry Mossburg
John McFarren
G. H. King
Johnson King
Hiram Jackson
David Chapman
Stuart Bolton
David Mendenhall
David Going
George Sparks
George P. Mann
James P. Merriman
John Hupp
John Muncie
Jacob First
Liberty Center
1846 Union Joseph Seaman
Henry Lipkey
Uniontown
Zanesville