The Ohio Company Joshua Sprague & Family, William Sprague and Family, and Jonathan Sprague arrived in Ohio in 1789, Nehemiah arrived in 1790.
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The following is from the W.P.A. Historical
Records Survey: Inventory of the County Archives of Ohio, No. 5, Athens County, Columbus,
Ohio, May, 1939. The Survey can be found in the Special Collections at Ohio
University's Alden Library.
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Athens County was created by an act passed 20
February 1805. The area within the political boundary of Athens County was part of the
original grant to the Ohio Company, which was formed in Boston, Mass. 1 Mar 1786, by the
Congress of the Confederation 27 October 1787 for 1,781,760 acres for $1,000,000.
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A group men from Massachusetts and Connecticut,
started for the Ohio Purchase in the winter of 1787-88. They arrived at the mouth of
the Muskingum River 7 April 1788, founded what is now the city of Marietta.
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The following men landed at the mouth of the Muskingum River 7 April 1788:
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General Rufus Putnam, superintendent of the settlement and surveys | |
Colonel Ebenezer Sproat | |
Colonel R.J. Meigs (Arrived April 24, 1788) | |
Major Anselm Tupper, and Mr. John Mathews, surveyors | |
Major Haffield
White, steward and quarter master
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Captain Jonathan Devoll |
Captain Josiah Munroe |
Captain Daniel Davis |
Captain Jethro Putnam |
Captain William Gray |
Captain Ezekiel Cooper |
Peregrine Foster, Esq. |
Jarvis Cutler |
Samuel Cushing |
Oliver Dodge |
Isaac Dodge |
Samuel Felshaw |
Hezekiah Flint |
Hezekiah Flint, Jr. |
Amos Porter |
Josiah Whitridge |
John Gardner |
Benjamin Griswold |
Elizur Kirtland |
Theophilus Leonard |
Joseph Lincoln |
William Miller |
Jabez Barlow |
Daniel Bushnell |
Ebenezer Corey |
Phinehas Coburn |
Allen Putnam |
David Wallace |
Joseph Wells |
Gilbert Devoll, Jr. |
Israel Danton |
Jonas Davis |
Earl Sproat |
Josiah White |
Allen Devoll |
Henry Maxon |
William Maxon |
William Moulton |
Edmond Moulton |
Simeon Martin |
Benjamin Shaw |
Peletiah White |
The remainder of the emigrants arrived in 1788, 1789, and 1790 |
1788
Bazaleel Bryant |
Ebenezer Battelle & family |
Nathaniel Cushing & family |
James Converse |
Fredrick Crary |
Lot Cheever |
Asa Coburn & family |
Dana Luther |
Samuel Denney |
Samuel Dorrenie |
Sylvanus Eldridge |
Oliver Fuller |
Richard Greene |
Charles Greene & family |
Maj. Nathan Goodale & family |
Selah Hart |
_____ Holland |
Ephraim Kimble |
Theophilus Knight |
John Lasa |
William P. Lunt |
Thomas Lord |
James Minot |
John Mitchell |
Jeffrey Matthewson |
Neil McGuffey |
James Owen & family |
Robert Oliver & family |
Launcelot Oliver |
Israel Putnam |
Oliver Rice |
John Stratton |
John Skinner |
Elias Stanley |
Gen. Benjamin Tupper & family |
Dean Tyler |
Edward W. Tupper |
James Varnum (died Jan., 1789) |
Levi Woodward |
Ebenezer Whittemore |
James Backus |
James Brayman |
Benjamin Converse & family |
Archibald Crary |
Joshua Cheever |
Jeffrey Chouchip |
Asa Coburn, Jr. & family |
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William Dana & family |
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Edmund Dana |
Nathan Dicks |
Cornelius Delano |
Richard Elliott |
Paul Fearing |
Griffin Greene & family |
Philip Greene |
Jonathan Gilbert |
Timothy Goodale |
Benoni Hurlburt & family |
Thomas Hutchinsen |
George Ingersoll |
Charles Knowles |
Hamilton Kerr |
Ezra Lunt |
James Leach |
Dick Laughton (half Indian) |
John Miller (half Indian) |
Samuel Mitchell |
Abel Mathews |
Nathaniel Moody & family |
Ichabod Nye & family |
Samuel H. Parsons |
Israel Pierce & family |
Alexander Oliver & family |
William Oliver |
Waldo A. Putnam |
Winthrop Sargent |
Samuel Stratton |
Samuel Stebbins |
Jabez True |
Judah Tupper (died in war) |
Benjamin Tupper Jr. |
Simeon Wright |
Andrew Webster & family |
1789
William Gridley & family |
Daniel Dunham & famlily |
Stephen Pierce & family |
Col. William Stacy & family |
Jonathan Stone & family |
Joshua Shipman & family |
Ebenezer Ayres & family |
David Brown & family |
Abijah Babcock |
Thaddeus Baker |
Howell Bull |
William Breck |
Robert Bradford & family |
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Asa Bullard |
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Abel Baldwin |
Aaron Bell |
Silas Bent & family |
Silas Bent, Jr. |
Benjamin Beadle |
Joseph Barker & family |
Davis Baldwin (Gallipolis) |
Isaac Barker & family |
Simeon Blake |
William Burnham |
David Baldwin |
Benjamin Baker |
Eleazer Bullard |
Henry Bagley |
Joseph Cummins |
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Arnold Cald |
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Wanton Casey |
Squire Cady |
Elijah Cushing |
Daniel Cogswell & family |
Arnold Clark |
Aaron Clough |
Thomas Corey |
Joseph Clark |
John Dodge & family |
Benjamin Miles & family |
Gilbert Devol, Esq. & family |
Wanton Devol & family |
Gideon Devol |
Jonathan Devol |
Solomon Drown |
William Davis |
John T. Dodge |
Samuel Davis |
Daniel Dunham, Jr. |
Gershom Flagg & family |
Paul Foster |
Thomas Farley |
Major Fairchild |
Noah Fearing |
John Greene |
Abraham Greene |
Thomas Gibson |
Joseph Gilman & family |
Caleb Griffin |
Nathaniel Hamilton |
Jonathan Haskell |
James Kelley & family (killed 1791) |
Nathan Kinney |
Zebulon King (killed 1789) |
Joseph Leaveus & family |
John Lathbe |
Isaac Lucas |
John Leaveus |
Elisha Lord |
John May |
Andrew McClure |
Robert Mitchell |
Isaac Mixer |
William Mills |
Edward Miller |
Levi Munsell & family |
Daniel Mayo |
Richard Maxon & family |
Picket Mervin |
Charles Mills |
John Miles |
Moses Morse |
Sylvanus Newton & family |
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Samuel Newell & family |
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William Newell |
Joel Oaks |
James Patten |
Ezra Putnam, Jr. |
David Putnam |
Phineas Pierce |
Enoch Parson |
James Patterson & family |
Nathaniel Patterson |
Ebenezer Porter & family |
Thomas Porter & family |
Joseph Prime & family |
William Parker & family |
Smith Platt |
Jonathan Plummer |
Ezra Phillips |
John Russell |
Michael Rouse |
John Rouse & family |
Daniel Rowel |
James Smith & family |
Joshua Sprague & family |
Daniel Story |
Joseph Story |
Joseph Strong |
Enoch Shepherd & family |
Enoch Shepherd Jr. |
William Shiner |
William Story |
Benjamin Slocumb & family |
William Stacy Jr. |
Joseph Stacy & family |
John Stacy |
Philip Stacy |
John Smith |
Andrew Story & family |
Nathaniel Sawyer & family |
William Sprague & family |
Jonathan Sprague |
David Blake & family |
Thomas Stanley & family |
Peleg Springer |
Jonathan Smith |
Rufus Stacy |
Stephen Smith |
Benjamin Smith |
Joseph Thompson |
Eliphalet Tilas |
Alexander Tilas |
Daniel _______ |
Joel Tuttle & family |
Linus Tuttle |
John White |
Nathan Woodbury |
Dudley Woodbridge & family |
Luke Webster |
James Walker |
Elisha Whiting |
Elijah Warren |
Christopher Winsor & family |
David Wells & family |
George Wilson & family |
William Wilson & family |
Jeremiah Wilson & family |
Abraham Whipple & family |
John H. Whipple |
Thomas Wells |
1790
Thomas Shaw & family |
Joseph Buell & family |
Benjamin Gilman & family |
Isreal Stone & family |
Justus Allen |
Robert Allison & family |
______ Andre (French) |
_____ Arvin (French) |
Joseph Applegate |
____ Athone (French) |
John Andrews (Gallipolis) |
Elijah Backus |
Timothy Baker |
Edward Bethel |
Caleb Bailey |
John Buck |
Jonathan Baldwin (Gallipolis) |
Andrew Blackburn |
Amos Bliss & family |
Peter Bureau (French) |
____ Begnear (French) |
Elijah Badwell (Gallipolis) |
Ezekiel Barber & family |
Rufus Bent |
William Browning |
Samuel Barnes |
William Bridge |
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Christopher Burlingame & family |
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Samuel Bridge |
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David Brown Jr. (Gallipolis) |
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Aaron Brown (Gallipolis) |
Nathaniel Brow |
David Butler |
Gideon Batchelder (Gallipolis) |
Frederick Bebee |
Daniel Beau |
David Call |
David Carson |
Nathaniel Cushman |
Antoine Chople (French) |
Lansnett Comas (French) |
Francis Choate |
Isaac Choate |
Joshua Choate |
Joseph Chopman |
Michael Carroll (Gallipolis) |
James Caldwell |
John Camp (killed at Big Bottom) |
John Comas |
_____ Calter (French) |
____ Callin (French) |
____ Chevelett (French) |
____ Christophe (French) |
William Crage (French) |
Asa Dudley |
Gould Davenport |
James Dorsey |
John Day |
John Drawn |
____ David (French) |
____ Dennit (French) |
____ Delatre (French) |
Christopher Devol |
Abraham Dodge (Gallipolis) |
Isaac Demsey (Gallipolis) |
William Dunlay |
John Finley |
Jacob Farmer |
William Ford & family |
William Ford Jr. |
Peter Frothingham |
Joseph Frye |
____ Fustlay (French) |
John Fulham |
Jonathan Farewell |
Aride Fleming (Gallipolis) |
Andrew Fleming (Gallipolis) |
Thomas Gilbraith (Gallipolis) |
Asahel Griffin |
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Zaccheus Goldsmith (Gallipolis) |
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Seiphen Guthrie |
Elias Guthrie |
Truman Guthrie |
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Joseph Guthrie & family |
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Casey Greene |
Daniel Goodenough |
Edward Henderson |
William Hart |
Joseph Hackney |
Edward Harris & family |
Christopher Hawkins |
Nathaniel Hinckley |
John Harris |
Zoath Hammon & family |
John Harte (Gallipolis) |
John James & family |
John James Jr. |
William James |
Joshua Jennings |
____ Anthony (French) |
Russell Isham |
Jordan and Son (French) |
____ Jowrdom (French) |
Matthew Kerr (killed 1791) |
Samuel Lewis (Gallipolis) |
Daniel Loring & family |
Isreal Loring |
Thomas Lake & family |
Archibald Lake & family |
____ Lewis (French) |
Andrew Lake |
William Lake & family |
Nathaniel Little & family |
Nathaniel Little Jr. & family |
Joseph Lygnum |
William Lynot |
____ Luxumburgh (French) |
____ Lalorcey (French) |
Alexander Leggett |
David Llyod |
Francis Labelle (French) |
____ Label (French) |
Daniel Maynard (Gallipolis) |
John Moor (Gallipolis) |
John McElwee |
Benjamin Mills |
William McCulloch |
John McNemarre |
Samuel McLeland |
Nathan McIntosh |
Simeon Merrill |
Joseph Miller |
____ Mark (French) |
____ Meacham (French) |
____ Meron (French) |
Thomas Nealy |
Ebenezer Nye & family |
John Neiswanger & family |
Coggswell Olney & family |
Ichabod O'Brien |
____ Ovrey (French) |
Ezra Putnam & family |
Samuel Porter |
Benjamin Patterson & family |
James Potts |
Robert Potts |
Rouse Potter |
Joseph Petal (French) |
Jean Pamey (French) |
____ Piana (French) |
Jean Pierre (French) |
William Potter (Gallipolis) |
Nathan Page (Gallipolis) |
Jocob Proctor (Gallipolis) |
Enoch Reed & family |
Benjamin Potter (Gallipolis) |
Harry Rue |
Frederick Palmer (Gallipolis) |
____ Roder (French) |
Phineas Richardson (Gallipolis) |
Reuben Rue (Gallipolis) |
Joseph Rogers (Gallipolis) |
Joseph Ransford & family |
Isaac Robbins |
Thomas Slih (Gallipolis) |
Roger Sergent (Gallipolis) |
Robert Safford (Gallipolis) |
Jonathan Sheldon (Gallipolis) |
Richard Sholes (Gallipolis) |
David Snow (Gallipolis) |
Joseph Smith (Gallipolis) |
Samuel Semans |
William Smith |
Joseph Simonds (wounded 1792) |
Jacob Stephens |
Noah Sparhawk |
Nehemiah Sprague |
John Smith |
John Shepherd |
David Simkins |
Alexander Scott |
____ Shoemann & family (French) |
George Tenner & family |
Samuel Thomas & family |
Antoine Tantroff (French) |
Francis Thierry & family (French) |
Zebulon Troop (killed at Big Bottom) |
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____ Tryon & family (French) |
Joseph Utter & family |
Samuel Utter |
Reuben Utter |
William Vanmetre |
____ Vellermine |
____ Votier |
Pierre Venard (French) |
John Waterman |
Sherman Waterman (killed 1794) |
John Worth |
Jonathan Weight |
Zachariah Waldow |
Jacob Wiser |
Joseph Wood |
George Worth |
Joseph Waugh |
William Wasson (Gallipolis) |
Robert Warth (killed 1791) |
Ebenezer Randall (Gallipolis) |