Andrew Thompson 1769/MD-1835/OH
and
....Newer granite grave marker of
Andrew and Elizabeth Denbow
Thompson in Allen Cemetery, located on Kilgore Ridge Road, about 3 miles to the NW of New Rumley.
Andrew and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson moved their family of nine children from Maryland
through Pennsylvania into Harrison Co, Ohio, by ox train
accompanied by Elizabeth's brother John Denbow and family. Surnames of interest: Albaugh, Allen, Amos, Capper, Custer, Denbow, Hendricks, Kirby, Sell, Shambaugh,
Sherman, Stewart, Thompson, and other collateral surnames near the Ohio River in E&SE Ohio
starting in the early 1800's. In Fayette Co, of NE Iowa in the early 1850's.
Points west in Oklahoma,
Kansas, Nebraska in the late 1800's; and beyond to the west coast.
THOMPSON, Thomas Andrew b: 1746 in Winter's Run
(river) area, near Bush Town, Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland d: Abt. 1835 in
Bush R. Lower Hundred, Harford (Baltimore) Co, MD Note 3: 1776 In Bush River
Lower Hundred, Harford Co, MD. Note 4: Living on tract called 'Chestnut Ridge.'
Note 9: Minister, Babtist Ch's of Harford Co, MD. Note 11: Death? 1800??
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Thompson pages
1100 Andrew Thompson
X Elizabeth Denbow (parents of Zach
Caleb)
1120 Zachariah Caleb
Thompson X Priscilla Albaugh
(parents of below)
1121 William
Thompson X Jane Capper
1122 Eli Isaac Thompson
X Eliza Kirby
1123 Samuel Andrew
Thompson Martha Sherman
1124 Morris Jackson
Thompson X Sarah Jane Brown & Catherine Holman
1125 Catherine
Thompson X John Mordecai Amos
1126 Alexander
Thompson X Lavina Foster
1127 Martha Thompson
X William J. Allen
1128 Allen Caleb
Thompson X Louisa Sell & Helen Billings
1129a Elizabeth
Thompson X Wm. Henry Moore (2nd/late wife)
1129b David Bradford
Thompson X Mary Ellen Hill
Allen Cemetery, Carroll Co, Ohio
Thompson photo folder with a variety of photo albums
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The name Thompson??
....The pure Scotch add "son" to
a prefix to indicate the sons of a ''father."
....Thomas means twin.
....The pet or nickname for Thomas is "Thom."
....Thus the son of Thom in pure Scotch is Thomson.
....Then with the intrusion of the English "p" the name becomes
Thompson.
....The "p" seems to have been added after the "first
plantation" into northern Ireland of the Scotch-Irish, by the early to
mid 1600's.
Surnames and Hundred Rolls
....In 1085 William the Conqueror sent appointed commissioners into every
province of his realm to check on every estate. It seems to have been a
census of persons and possessions as a basis for establishing tribute (tax).
....The results of this is known as the "The Doomsday Book."
It is probably true that the surname Thompson first appeared in the "Doomsday
Book," about 1085. However, rarely can surnames be researched
back farther than the actual Church records of old England, and in most cases
only a few families into the 1700's, with the 1800's being most common.
....Of particular interest is the fact that for the first time Surnames were
used in the recording in "The Doomsday book. This was the beginning of the
Surname period.
....The "Hundred Rolls" appeared for the first time in 1275, in the
"Doomsday Book." These hundred rolls in a modified form were
used in Colonial Maryland for taking census and collecting taxes. Thus
when reference is made of the Thompson Clan living in the Bush River Lower One
Hundred, they were living up a tributay known as Winter's Run (river) which
opened up into a bay (Bush River) of the northern portion of the Chesapeake
Bay. An area up the Bush River which would support 100 pioneer families
was called the Bush River Lower Hundred, while farther up the river there
would be the Bush River Upper Hundred. This form of land organization was
utilized until the English Survey method of townships and sections started to
be used around 1800 in the northwest territory.
The Earliest
of our Thompson Descendants
in my data files at this time (2004)
1 Unknown THOMPSON
..... 2 Andrew 1THOMPSON 1710 -
............. 3 Thomas THOMPSON
1746 -
................. +Sarah UNKNOWN 1746 -
..................... 4
Andrew 2
THOMPSON 1769 - 1835 Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co.,
Ohio
......................... +Elizabeth
DENBOW 1774 - 1848 Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co.,
Ohio m: Abt. 1794 in Harford Co, Maryland Note: Denbow/Thompson familes,
neighbors in Maryland. Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
..................... 4 Elizabeth THOMPSON 1771 -
..................... 4 Ann Susanna THOMPSON 1772 -
..................... 4 Mary THOMPSON 1773 -
..................... 4 Martha THOMPSON 1776 -
..... 2 Alexander THOMPSON 1710 -
...Andrew (1) Thompson probably was born between 1700-1710, in Ulster of Ireland and came to America with his brother Alexander, and perhaps others siblings before 1735, and landing in the Chesapeake Bay, somewhere in the Baltimore area of the Colony of Maryland, then moving up the Bush River into Winter's Run (river) and settling around the Chestnut Ridge area near Bush Town. The Denbow Clan had been the area since the early 1600's.
....Thomas (son of Andrew 1) and Sarah Thompson, parents of Andrew (2) had a farm on the banks of
Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in
an early Maryland census in Harford Co. The family apparently consisted
of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769. Thomas
fought in the American Revolution. The couple apparently lived and died
in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
Maryland 1826
...Andrew
(2) and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson moved their their family of nine children from Maryland by ox train
accompanied by Elizabeth's brother , John Denbow and family. The Thompson and Denbow Clans homesteaded to the NW of New
Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio, in 1817.
Harrison, Carroll, Monroe, Tuscarawas, and other Counties in SE Ohio had a major concentration of Thompson
and Denbow descendents.
....The Thompson and Denbow Clans were closely linked together by location,
lifestyle and marriage in the Baltimore and Harford County area of Maryland
and in Harrison County, Ohio, beginning in 1817, and then later in other
SE Ohio counties near the Ohio River.
Background History of the Maryland area of the Thompson's
Harford County Timeline
1608--Captain John Smith explored the
Chesapeake Bay and mapped the Harford County area.
1632--Maryland Charter granted - - passed to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
1634--First Maryland settlement, St. Mary’s City.
1658--Havre de Grace was settled. It is first known as Susquehanna Lower Ferry
and was a stop on the old Post Road.
1661--The town of Old Baltimore on the east bank of the Bush River was
established.
1674--Old Baltimore was authorized as the first Baltimore County Seat.
1691--County Seat was relocated to Fork of the Gunpowder.
1709--Joppatowne (called Joppa at the time) became the site of the County
Seat.
1771--Henry Harford, son of Fredrick Calvert the Sixth Lord of Baltimore,
inherited the Province of Maryland. Henry Harford was the last proprietary of
Maryland.
1773--Harford County was separated from Baltimore County. It was named after
Henry Harford. The County Seat was moved to Bush.
1775--The Bush Declaration was signed.
1780--The Town of Bel Air was first planned out by Aquilla Scott on a portion
of his inheritance called Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, also known as
Scott’s Old Fields.
1781--Revolutionary War troops camped in Havre de Grace in September in route
to Yorktowne and once again after Cornwallis’ surrender. As Washington’s
troops came through Maryland they were fully resupplied.
1782--Plans for the Bel Air Courthouse were laid out by Daniel Scott.
Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, Bel Air became the County Seat.
1784--The Act of 1784 changed the name of Scott’s Improvement Enlarged to
“Belle Aire.”
1785--Havre de Grace was incorporated.
1788--Maryland’s Convention ratified (by a vote of 63 to 11) the proposed
new Constitution for the United States. Samuel Chase, William Paca (born in
the Abingdon Area), and Luther Martin argued that it must be amended.
1790--Baltimore has become a boomtown, ranking only behind Philadelphia, New
York, and Boston among American cities (with 13,500 inhabitants in the census
of 1790).
1813--May 3, the British burned and plundered the town of Havre de Grace
during the War of 1812.
1836--The Baltimore and Port Deposit Rail Road was completed as far as Havre
de Grace.
1839--The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal opened.
1852--The Susquehanna River froze so hard that railroad tracks were run across
the ice at Havre de Grace.
Several clips of Harford Co. history
The Colonial History of
Maryland
....The country near the head of
Chesapeake Bay was first explored by Captain John Smith. It afterwards formed
part of the grant that was made by Charles I. to Sir George Calvert, by title
Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic nobleman. Inspired by the same feeling that
had moved the Puritans, he sought to establish a refuge in America for men of
his religious faith, who were persecuted in England. With this purpose he
planted, in 1621, a Catholic colony in Newfoundland. But the unfavorable soil
and climate, and annoyances from the hostile French, soon ended his hopes in
that quarter. He next visited Virginia, but found there a religious
intolerance hostile to his purposes. The territory finally granted him
extended from the upper Chesapeake to the fortieth degree, the latitude of
Philadelphia.
....The charter given to Lord
Baltimore, unlike any previously granted, secured to
the emigrants equality in religious rights and civil freedom, and an
independent share in the legislation of the province. The colony was formed in
1634 by two hundred emigrants, mostly Roman Catholics, who entered the Potomac
and purchased of the Indians a village on the St. Mary's River, about ten
miles from its junction with the Potomac. The policy of paying the Indians for
their land, and their subsequent equitable treatment, inaugurated peaceful
relations, though these did not remain long undisturbed. The treaty of Calvert
with the Indians, though less dramatic, resembled in principle the celebrated
one made many years afterwards by William Penn
....Maryland has the honor of being the first country to establish the principle
of religious toleration to people of all faiths. George Calvert "was the
first," says Bancroft, "in the history of the Christian world, to
seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice and not by
the exercise of power; to plan the establishment of popular institutions with
the enjoyment of liberty of conscience; to advance the career of civilization
by recognizing the rightful equality of all Christian sects." The
religious toleration which already existed by charter was further established
by a law of the Maryland Assembly, of April 2, 1649. Rhode Island had
previously passed a similar law.
Harford County, Maryland (originally
part of Baltimore Co.)
....In 1608, Captain John Smith (of
Pocahontas fame) discovered a neck of the Cheseapeake Bay, reaching into what
would become Harford County, that he would name in honor of the town in
England where he was born, Willowby. He named the narrowing tributary
into the Bay, Willowby's Run. Later this Run would be named Bush River,
and reached a few miles into Baltimore Co (Harford Co), after which the stream name becomes
Winter's Run
....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of
Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run (river). He appears in
an early Maryland census in Harford Co. The family apparently consisted
of 12-13 children, with Andrew (2) being the oldest, born in 1769. Thomas
fought in the American Revolution. The couple apparently lived and died
in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....It is probably that Andrew (1)
Thompson/Thomson was the original immigrant from the Ulster, Irish
migration and probably settled into this area before 1735.
....In 1637, Lord Baltimore took
proprietary possession of Baltimore Co.
....Almost immediately Lord Baltimore directed his brother the appointed governor
of Maryland to appoint six men as a general assembly of free men to meet with
Lord Baltimore at his town of St. Mary's on Jan 25, 1638, to consult and
advise of "affairs of the Province.
....It would appear by 1640 the basic principals of representative legislature
had been established in Maryland, at a time of suppression of political and
religious freedom back in England. Other models of popular government
were also springing up.
....Maryland was originally a Roman Catholic settlement and continued so until
1649, when the great Toleration Act was passed. Thus Maryland would take
the lead in religious freedom, and was the first community in modern times
where the civil and religious power was separated.
....The laws of the times were very stringent. Working on Sunday meant
forfeiting 200 lbs. of tobacco to the county. Bacons Laws stated:
Blasphemy against God, denying our Saviour Jesus Christ or Holy Trinity, or
the God-head of any of the three persons shall be punished with death and
confiscation of lands and goods.
....In 1659 Thomas Thurston, belonging to the Society of Friends, acquired
about 1000 acres and settled near the present site of Bush town, also known as
Harford Town.
....The Old Post Road established in 1666 started at Philadelphia, and wound
its way through the wilderness to Annapolis and into Virginia. Bush town
was on the Old Post Road, and had a most popular Inn where George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay and many other notables of that early day,
gathered to discuss affairs of State in the 1770's.
....In 1771 the Sixth Lord Baltimore died, leaving no legitimate heirs, so the
title of Lord became extinct. He did have a son born out of wedlock,
Henry Harford, who by his father's will became proprietary of the Maryland
Colony.
....In 1773, after almost 125 years, the self-governing freemen of Maryland,
being petitioned by the populous, passed a
law forming a new county out of the eastern half of Baltimore County, naming
it Harford after the proprietary, Henry Harford.
....The same Assembly of Freemen directed the first term of court for Harford
County be held at Harford Town or Bush Town on March 22, 1774.
....England would impose the Stamp Act but the furor of the colonists caused
it to be repealed. Intolerances for old world presecutions and
institutions would soon lead to an uprising, and the American Revolution would
be started.
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14,
1775. He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army,
April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780.
Discovery and Exploration of Harford County
....Harford County, Maryland was first discovered in
1608 by Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony (the same John Smith of the
Pocahontas legend). He made a fairly accurate map of the upper country
and its islands and shores. On this map, he designated many places whose
names as still in use today.
....The island now called Poole's, he named
"Powell's Isles" after Nathaniel Powell in his crew. He
named Willowbye's River (today's Bush River) after the town in which he was
born and in honor of his friend, Lord Wollowby.
....Smith proceeded northward from the Bush
River, passing what is known today as Spesutia Island and Havre de Grace,
and into the Susquehanna River. He traveled up the Susquehanna to a
stream flowing from the northeast, which is believed to be Deer Creek.
....he first settlement in the region was made
by a young Englishman, Edward Palmer in approximately 1622. Having heard
about the Smith exploration, Palmer decided to establish a fur trading post
in a spot where he could trade with the Indian trappers to the north.
This location, at the mouth of the Susquehanna, was also accessible by water
to other trading posts on the Bay and rivers to the south. The name was
changed to Garrett Island, in honor of the president of the B & O
Railroad John W. Garrett, in 1885.
....One of the first permanent settlements in the
county was on Poole's Island, which was granted to Captain Robert Norris in
1659. About 1649, Col. Utie came from Virginia to explore the upper
bay region and find a place to settle. In 1658, Bearson's Island,
located a few hundred yards south of Havre de Grace, was granted to
Nathaniel Utie. He changed the name to Spesutie, using the latin
Spes-Utie, meaning Utie's Hope. The spelling was later changed
to Spesutia as it is known today.
Harford County Established
....Harford County had its beginnings as a part of
Baltimore County, which was created in 1659 and included the territory of
Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties.
....The first county seat, the town of Old Baltimore
situated on the east bank of Bush River in what is now Aberdeen Proving
Ground, was authorized in 1674. In 1712, the county seat was moved to
"Gunpowder Town", located at Joppa on the east side of the Little
Gunpowder where Joppatowne now stands. In 1768, after many
difficulties in Joppa, including a smallpox epidemic, the county seat was
moved to Baltimore.
....Harford was not organized into a county until
1774. At that time the present territory was fairly well settled; the
population, including blacks, amounted to thirteen thousand people.
Roads had been laid out, bridges made, churches built and our progenitors
lived in a peaceful and well-governed section as citizens of Baltimore
County.
....The Act of the General Assembly of 1773,
called for the division of Baltimore County and for the erecting of a new
one by the name of Harford. The boundaries of the county were established as
follows: "That...all that part of Baltimore county
which is included within the bounds following, to wit: Beginning at
the mouth of the little falls of Gunpowder river, and running with the
said falls to the fountain head, and from thence north to the temporary
line of this province, and thence with the temporary line to Susquehanna
river, thence with Susquehanna to Chesapeake bay, and thence with the said
bay, including Spesutia and Pool's Islands, to the mouth of the Gunpowder
river, and thence up the said river to the beginning aforesaid, shall be
and is hereby erected into a new county, by the name of Harford
county."
....The first court for the new county was held on
March 22, 1774 at Harford Town, or Bush, located at what is now the junction
of Route 7 and Route 136. In 1775, the citizens of Harford county
passed "The Bush Declaration", becoming the first organized body
of men in the country to proclaim independence from Britain.
....After the Revolution, in 1782, an election
was held to move the County Seat to Bel Air, where it remains to this day.
County Hundreds & Boundaries using
Baltimore County as an example:
....When researching Harford county
before 1820, you will encounter two terms referring to an area of land. One
of the terms is Hundreds and the other is parishes. Hundreds
as a political subdivision date back to the Roman occupation of Britain.
....Their are several variations of the original meaning of the term. The most
commonly accepted is that is was an area that contained 100 families.
Another variation is that it was an area that was large enough to
raise an army of 100 men.
....From the late 1600s to early 1800s in Maryland the term was applied as a
political subdivision of the county primarily for tax purposes and judicial
affairs. The latter being that there was a constable appointed for each
hundred and a justice of the peace for each hundred.
....The 1790 and 1810 Federal census for Baltimore and Harford counties are at
least partially broken down by hundreds. The equivalent term today for a
hundred is an election district within the county. Although Maryland was
founded by Catholics (the family of Lord Baltimore), its religion was
dominated by Puritans in the 1650s and then later the Church of England. In
June of 1692 the General Assembly passed an act that essentially established
the Church of England as the "state church", required the
establishment of parish boundaries and also required each parish to establish
a register of births, marriages, and deaths within the province.
When Baltimore and Harrison counties were first settled, there were no roads,
except a few Indian paths; thus, travel was mostly by water, and you will find
persons styled in terms of where they lived. For example in early deeds,
people are styled as: William Boulton of Bush River, Richard Ball of Patapsco,
John Lee planter of Bush River. The early Hundreds were thus often named for
rivers.
....When Baltimore county was fist formed, its boundaries ran from the ridge
dividing the watershed of the Magothy and Patapsco Rivers around to the
Sassafras River. Thus it included today's Cecil county, and Harford county,
parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, and Howard counties. Also since the early
boundaries were not fixed it probably also extended into Delaware and
Pennsylvania. Cecil County was formed in 1674 at which point the northern
eastern boundary of Baltimore county became the Susquehanna River. A formal
boundary between Baltimore and Anne Arundel county was initially laid out in
1698.
....By 1698 is appears there were three
hundreds in Baltimore county, the Patapsco Hundred (which ran from the south
side of the Patapsco River to the north) the Gunpowder Hundred, and the
Spesutia Hundred. The original county seat was at Spesutia Island off the Bush
River. Apparently there was a town of Baltimore in this location in 1683. In
1707 the General Assembly directed that a town be erected on 50 acres called
"Taylor's Choice" and that the county courthouse be erected there.
This land was off the Gunpowder river. However in November 1712 an act of the
Assembly directed that the courthouse be erected in the town of Joppa.
....There were three parishes established
in Baltimore County in the 1690s. These were St Paul's, St John's, and St
George's. The parish boundaries roughly corresponded to the boundaries of the
three hundreds: St Paul's Parish was the Patapsco Hundred, St John's
Parish was the Gunpowder Hundred, and St George's Parish was the Sesputia
Hundred
....In 1727 the Boundary between Anne
Arundel and Baltimore counties was changed so that all land on the south side
of the Patapsco river was to be in Anne Arundel county.
....As the county's population grew, new
hundreds were created. Also because of the distances to the churches,
"chapels of ease" were built. These later became their own parish.
St Thomas Parish was created in 1742 and the chapel was built near Garrison
Forest as part of St Paul's Parish for the western part of the county, and St
James was created at Monkton in 1750 as a chapel of ease for St John's Parish.
St James was recognized as an independent parish in 1777.
Harford County forms:
....Harford County was separated from
Baltimore County in 1773. The County was named for Henry Harford (1759-1834),
last proprietary of Maryland. He was the son of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord
Baltimore, but because of his illegitimate birth did not inherit his father's
title.
....There are three major county streams - Deer Creek, Bynum Run, and Winter's
Run. The initial Thompson farm (s) of our line was on Winter's Run (since the
Thompson's were in the Lower Hundreds, their land was apparently in the
several miles of Winter's Run that directly entered Bush River and the Chesapeake
Bay.
....Harford County is located between Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake
Bay,
bordered by the Susquehanna River on the east, separating it from Cecil
County. Most of Harford County's western border is the Gunpowder River, and on
the other side is Baltimore County.
....The County was originally settled by the English, followed by those from
Virginia and North and South Carolina. The northern areas of the county lie in
the Piedmont Plateau, and have an elevation of two hundred to seven hundred
fifty feet above sea level. The southern areas are part of the Coastal Plain
and range from forty to two hundred feet above sea level.
Who was the father of Thomas Thompson, b 1746???
Proababy Andrew (1), perhaps the original Thompson in
America. (My guess is that Andrew
(1) was born between 1700-1710 in Ireland and came to America around 1730+,
bz2000.)
----Thomas Thompson was born in 1746 in Balitmore County, Maryland (the part
around Bush River/Winter's Run which would in 1773 become Harford County).
.... He is the father of Andrew 2 Thompson, born 1769.
Andrew 2, is the Thompson that removed to Harrison
County Ohio in 1817, starting the line of Thompson's in the Ohio, Iowa
and points west of interest to my family lines.
Records that indicate the
presence of an Andrew 1 Thompson in the Bush Town area of Maryland---
1737 Bounty on Squirrels--For
Andrew Thompson 1, under allowances of 1737 (Apparently there was a
"pest" bounty on squirrels in 1737. The families would have
eaten the meat and turned the scalps in for a Provincial bounty.)
....Squirrel heads, 21 count.
....Bounty paid, 0.4.2
1737--Baltimore County Tax List (Spesutia Upper Hundred)
....Alexander Thompson
....Andrew 2 Thompson
....Alexander and Andrew were likely brothers. These
"hundreds" were flexible and this Spesutia Upper Hundred was in
close proximity to Bush River Lower Hundred
1756--Merchants Log from Bush Town
....The name of Col. Aquilla Hall, a merchant at Bush Town, has been
mentioned as the first signer of the "Bush Declaration" in
1775. In the 1960, J. L. Hughes, of Perryman, MD, was in possession of
Hall's business day book or log, which listed daily transactions.
....There was a Thompson entry of note in 1756, for Andrew 1 Thompson
....1 small gimblet, 0.4 (a stool used for
making holes in furniture or window frames or cupboard doors, etc.).
....1 gorge (gouge), 1.6 (used in shaping a piece of wood for mortise and
tenant, or tongue and groove joints in making furniture, or rabiting over
lapping doors, etc. in carpentry).
....1 pr. neabuckel, 0.8, clamp-like device to hold a piece of wood that had
been soaked with water to keep it in a desired shape after it was thoroughly
dried.
....Total cost 0.2.6.
....Credit by cost of a warrent of Antel Deaver.
1778---Oath of Fidelity
....The worshipful Abraham Whitaker returns; Alexander Thompson and Andrew
2 Thompson (brothers?bz) , Oath of Fidelity, March 24, 1778. Gov. Thomas Johnson,
Governor of the Sate of Maryland, Eden Town.
....There were many Tories (English sympathizers) in Maryland and the authorities
(American) were seeking them
by asking every inhabitant to take the "Oath of Fidelity." And
in 1778 these same two men are declaring their allegiance to the American
Government.
The Bush Declaration
....The Bush Declaration was made in Harford County, Maryland,
two days
after Patrick Henry's speech were he said, "What would you have? Is
life so dear, or peace so sweet to be purchased at the price of chains and
slavery? I know not what course others will take, but as for me, give me
liberty or give me death."
....This was the first such declaration
made by duly elected representatives
of any people and stated, "We, the committee of Harford County having
most seriously and maturely considered there solved and association of the
Continental Congress and the resolves of the Provincial Convention, do most
heartily approve of the same, and as we esteem ourselves in a more particular
manner intrusted by our constituents to see them carried into execution, we do
most solemnly pledge ourselves to each other and to our
country, and engage
ourselves by every tie held sacred amount mankind, to perform the same at the
risque of our lives and fortunes."
....This was signed by the 34 duly elected representatives of Harford County,
the first being Aquilla Hall.
....A historian states, "This cry from the obscure community of 'Bush
Town' was but the beginning of fires to be kindled during the intervening
sixteen mounts before the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, July 4,
1776.
Thomas Thompson's Oath of Fidelity
....The Oath: "We whose names are subscribed, do hereby enroll
ourselves into a Company of Militia, agreeable to the resolutions of the
Provincial Convention, held at Annapolis, July 26, 1775, and we do promise,
and engage that we will respectively march to such places within the Province,
and at such times, as we shall be commanded by the Convention or Council of
Safety of this Province or by out officers in pursuance of the orders of the
said Convention or Council, and thee with out whole power fight against
whomsoever we shall be commanded by such authorities as aforesaid."
....On September 14, 1775, ten months before the Declaration of Independence,
Thomas Thompson, after taking the Oath of Fidelity, enrolled in the Harford
County Militia, and was in Captain John Love's Company #10.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson on the Census Rolls of Bush River Lower
Hundred, taken August 15, 1776, by Joseph Renshaw. Later the same Joseph
Renshaw sold a farm to Thomas Thompson.
1778---Oath of Fidelity
....The worshipful Abraham Whitaker returns; Alexander Thompson and Andrew
Thompson, Oath of Fidelity, March 24, 1778. Gov. Thomas Johnson,
Governor of the Sate of Maryland, Eden Town.
....There were many Tories in Maryland and the authorities were seeking them
by asking every inhabitant to take the "Oath of Fidelity." And
in 1778 these same two men are declaring their allegiance to the American
Government.
Descendants of Andrew (1) Thompson
The Andrew (2) Thompson family apparently consisted of 12-13 children,
and is the family of our central focus as it moves from Harford Co, Marryland,
west to Harrison and Carroll Co, Ohio, and on to Fayette Co, Iowa and parts
west.
1 Andrew (1) Thompson b: Bet. 1710 - 1720 in Ulster, Ireland (Scotch-Irish)
..... 2 Thomas Thompson b: 1746
in Winter's Run (river) area, near Bush Town, Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland
......... +Sarah Unknown b: 1746 in Winter's Run (river) area, near Bush Town,
Baltimore (Harford) Co, Maryland
............. 3 Andrew (2) Thompson b:
1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio
Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio}
................. +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in
Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery,
Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
..................... 4 Josiah Thompson b: 1795
......................... +Cassandra Denbow b: 1805 in Maryland d: 1879 m:
1825 Father: Thomas Denbow
..................... 4 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in
Hartford Co, Maryland d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington,
Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
......................... +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near
Kilgore, Carroll Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later
Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
m: January 15, 1822 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh
Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
..................... 4 Eli M. Thompson b: 1798 d: 1876
......................... +Sarah Sell b: 1812 d: 1873 m: February 12, 1829 in
Allen Church, Harrison Co, Ohio
..................... 4 Sarah Denbow Thompson b: 1801 d: 1878 in Osage, Allen
Co., Kansas
......................... +William Albaugh b: 1802 in Harford County, Maryland
d: November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas m: September 18, 1823 in
New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine
Beamer
..................... 4 Gabriel D. Thompson b: April 28, 1803 d: February 09,
1879 Burial: Allen Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.
......................... +Elizabeth b: July 27, 1811 d: August 29, 1866
..................... 4 Daughter? Thompson b: 1806
..................... 4 Eliza Thompson b: 1808
......................... +Emanuel Hendricks
..................... 4 Clemency Thompson b: August 04, 1810
..................... 4 Basil Thompson b: 1813
............. 3 Elizabeth Thompson b: 1771
............. 3 Ann Susanna Thompson b: 1772
............. 3 Mary Thompson b: 1773
............. 3 Martha Thompson b: 1776
....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of
Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in
an early Maryland census in Harford Co. The family apparently consisted
of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769. Thomas
fought in the American Revolution. The couple apparently lived and died
in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14,
1775. He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army,
April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780 (age 34).
Many of the Thompson and Denbow men fought in the wars in America, from the
Revolution through the Civil War. Life throughout the Clans history was
tough, hard work, and consistently around wars. Most of the families
lived by farming, often having another craft.
Thomas Thompson's Revolutionary
War Records
....Up to the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson was in the Maryland
Militia for duty only in the Province of Maryland, according to the "Oath
of Fidelity."
....On Page 169 of the Archives of Maryland, Vo. 18, is listed Second Regiment
of Maryland, beginning with muster rolls for January 1778, Thomas Thompson,
rank Private, enlisted April 2, 1778, discharged April 1, 1780. In the
remarks, Joined and December 4, 1780 discharged. Captain John Ecclestons
Co., 2nd regiment.
Full record of service (found in the Archives at Washington, D.C.)
....Thomas Thompson, private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas
Price. Muster roll July 1778. Roll dated, White Plains, August 12,
1778. Term of enlistment, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Time of service, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas
Price. Muster roll, September 1778. Roll dated Fishkill, Oct. 5, 1778.
Term of enlistment 3 years. Remarks, hospital, September 11, 1778.
...Thomas Thompson, private. Roll of Captain John Esslestorn's Co, 2nd
Maryland Regiment, roll dated September 1778. Muster roll, November and
December. Roll dated, Middlebrook, January 21, 1779. Term of enlistment
3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Section, Maryland regiment of men, re-enlisted in 2nd
Maryland regiment, commanded by Otho H. Williams Esp. Commandant from
7th, until February 1779. Revolutionary War. Return dated, Camp
Middlebrook, February 24, 1779. Bounty paid,$100.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Captain John Gale's Company of foot in 2nd
Maryland Regiment. Commanded by Col. Thomas Price. Muster roll,
Jan. and Feb. 1780. Camp near Morristown, March 8, 1780, term of
enlistment--War. Remarks, on furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Private 1st Company, 2nd Maryland Regiment. Foot,
commanded by Col. Thomas Price. Muster roll, March, 1780. Roll dated,
Camp Wicks Farm, April 4, 1780. Term--War. Remarks--Furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Register or balances due non-commissioned officers and
privates of Maryland line for Oct. 1, 1783. Sum paid, $80.
Thomas Thomas as a Land Owner,
1778-1779
....During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson had several land
transactions.
....October 30, 1778, Thomas Thompson secured from Jacob Bull (son of John),
for 240 pounds, a tract of land called Aston's and Deal's Chance, 30 1/2
acres, "with all and singular, the buildings and improvements, etc."
....January 28, 1779, Thomas Thompson secured from Joseph Renshaw, "for
all that part of the tract of land called by name of Aston's and Deal's Chance
or otherwise called Rachael's Delight, which lyeth on the west side of road,
leading from said Renshaw's, by Daniel Thompson's or the place where James
Everett now lives, and between Wilson's Choice and that part of Aston's and
Deal's Chance lately sold by Jacob Bull to the said Thomas Thompson,
containing by estimation 4 1/2 acres more or less. As also that part of
the tract called Chestnut Ridge, heretogore patented to Benjamin Amos (son of
James) which lyeth on the south east side of Winter's Run containing by
estimate 25 acres more or less, with all improvements, advantages, and
hereditaments whatsoever. For this land he paid 100 pounds.
....From the early descriptions it is nearly impossible to find names and
descriptions of these land tracts, and markers as, "two bounded Spanish
oaks" and names such as "Chestnut Ridge" have disapperared.
....There are reasons to find the exact tract of early ancestors; to view the
habitat from which they made a living, to know their neighbors and often their
marriage partner's families, to understand their religious and cultural
connections, and often to locate the burial area, as often the family burial
ground was on their property.
....T.W. Thompson and relatives helping, searched every burying ground,
private and public in Harford County by 1960, without finding a single grave
of Andrew and his family. They did find on the Old Brick Church rolls,
the Thompson names, Martha, Susanna, Elizabeth, Cassandra, Clemency (now
surname Arthur) and Elen. The last three girls could be those born
between the 1776 census and the 1790 census. Elen was the last to
subscribe to the articles of faith "Baptist Church, 4th Lord's (day) of
August, 1839.
....Of interest is that Martha Thompson bought a lot with buildings on
Chestnut Ridge tract when she was bout 66 years old, from Gabriel and
Elizabeth Denbow.
....The Denbow family was
neighbor to the Thomas Thompson family on Chestnut Ridge. T.W. Thompson
felt that Martha bought this home after the estate of her father Andrew had
been settled, and it was within walking distance of the Church she loved and
attended from her early childhood.
....In the 1800 census Thomas Thompson is listed in the 4th District which
includes the neighborhood around the "Old Brick Chruch," and very
probably was a part of the original "Bush River Lower Hundred" when
the first Colonial Census was taken in 1776.
First Property Tax Return for
Thomas Thompson, 1783
....Pt. of Aston's and Deal's Chance, 31 1/2 acres, sorry soil (poor)
....Rachael's Delight, 4 1/2 acres
....Chestnut Ridge, 25 acres
....Horses, 2
....B. Cattle, 4
....Assessed land value was 52lb (he had paid 340lb for the land)
....Assessed livestock value was 25lb
....His tax was 1pound, 2 shllings, 6 pence.
....Number of whites listed in the family was 10.
1783 Tax Returns for Harford County, Maryland
....There were listed two Aquilla's, Alexander, Andrew, James, two
Joshua's, Daniel, Thomas, two John's.
....These Thomson/Thompson's were likely sons of the two early pioneer
Thompson's, Alexander and Andrew (1), who were part of the first great
migration from Ulster, occurring between 1718 to 1750.
Maryland Census of 1776
Daniel Thomson, born 1740
....Daniel Thomson 36, Mary Thomson 39,
John Thomson 15, Ann Thomson 13, Mary Thomson Jr. 11, Thomas Thomson 8, Sarah
Thomson 6, Margaret Thomson 3, Alex Thomson 1, Elizabeth Thomson 1, Negro
Rachael 19.
....Daniel is the man that sold a farm to James Everett, close to the farm
that Thomas Thompson bought in the Chestnut Ridge tract during the
war.
....It can be noticed the similarity of the names with those in the Thomas
Thompson family of the same census. The son Alexander could be named for
the uncle who appears to be the brother of Thomas.
Elizabeth Thomson, born 1745
....Elizabeth Thomson 29, Thomas Thompson 5, Mary Thomson 3, Caterine
Thomson 3 wks, Elenor Edelton 23.
....Elizabeth is a widow. Her husband very likely is a brother of Thomas
and Daniel. The first child is often a name-sake and in this case names
Thomas. ....Elenor 23 and Elizabeth 29 are likely sisters. She is
taking care of her sister until she is able to care for her family. It
seems to have been customary to include all those who were in the household at
the time of this census.
....At this time, these Thompson were all living in the Bush River Lower
Hundred.
....There were 13 Baltimore
County Hundreds during the mid 1700's.
1783 Tax Returns for Harford County, Maryland
....There were listed two Aquilla's, Alexander, Andrew, James, two
Joshua's, Daniel, Thomas, two John's.
....These Thomson/Thompson's were likely sons of the two early pioneer
Thompson's, Alexander and Andrew 1, who were part of the first great
migration from Ulster, occurring between 1718 to 1750.
The Colonial History of
Maryland
....The country near the head of
Chesapeake Bay was first explored by Captain John Smith. It afterwards formed
part of the grant that was made by Charles I. to Sir George Calvert, by title
Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic nobleman. Inspired by the same feeling that
had moved the Puritans, he sought to establish a refuge in America for men of
his religious faith, who were persecuted in England. With this purpose he
planted, in 1621, a Catholic colony in Newfoundland. But the unfavorable soil
and climate, and annoyances from the hostile French, soon ended his hopes in
that quarter. He next visited Virginia, but found there a religious
intolerance hostile to his purposes. The territory finally granted him
extended from the upper Chesapeake to the fortieth degree, the latitude of
Philadelphia.
....The charter given to Lord Baltimore, unlike any previously granted, secured to
the emigrants equality in religious rights and civil freedom, and an
independent share in the legislation of the province. The colony was formed in
1634 by two hundred emigrants, mostly Roman Catholics, who entered the Potomac
and purchased of the Indians a village on the St. Mary's River, about ten
miles from its junction with the Potomac. The policy of paying the Indians for
their land, and their subsequent equitable treatment, inaugurated peaceful
relations, though these did not remain long undisturbed. The treaty of Calvert
with the Indians, though less dramatic, resembled in principle the celebrated
one made many years afterwards by William Penn
....Maryland has the honor of being the first country to establish the principle
of religious toleration to people of all faiths. George Calvert "was the
first," says Bancroft, "in the history of the Christian world, to
seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice and not by
the exercise of power; to plan the establishment of popular institutions with
the enjoyment of liberty of conscience; to advance the career of civilization
by recognizing the rightful equality of all Christian sects." The
religious toleration which already existed by charter was further established
by a law of the Maryland Assembly, of April 2, 1649. Rhode Island had
previously passed a similar law.
County Hundreds & Boundaries using
Baltimore County as an example:
....When researching Harford county
before ca 1820, you will encounter two terms referring to an area of land. One
of the terms is Hundreds and the other is parishes. Hundreds
as a political subdivision date back to the Roman occupation of Britian.
....Their are several variations of the orginial meaning of the term. The most
commonly accepted is that is was an area that contained 100 families.
Another variation is that it was an area that was large enough to
raise an army of 100 men.
....From the late 1600s to early 1800s in Maryland the term was applied as a
political subdivision of the county primarily for tax purposes and judicial
affairs. The latter being that there was a constable appointed for each
hundred and a justice of the peace for each hundred.
....The 1790 and 1810 Federal census for Baltimore and Harford counties are at
least partially broken down by hundreds. The equivalent term today for a
hundred is an election district within the county. Although Maryland was
founded by Catholics (the family of Lord Baltimore), its religion was
dominated by Puritans in the 1650s and then later the Church of England. In
June of 1692 the General Assembly passed an act that essentially established
the Church of England as the "state church", required the
establishment of parish boundaries and also required each parish to establish
a register of births, marriages, and deaths within the province.
When Baltimore and Harrison counties were first settled, there were no roads,
except a few indian paths; thus, travel was mostly by water, and you will find
persons styled in terms of where they lived. For example in early deeds,
people are styled as: William Boulton of Bush River, Richard Ball of Patapsco,
John Lee planter of Bush River. The early Hundreds were thus often named for
rivers.
....When Baltimore county was fist formed, its boundaries ran from the ridge
dividing the watershed of the Magothy and Patapsco Rivers around to the
Sassafras River. Thus it included todays Cecil county, and Harford county,
parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, and Howard counties. Also since the early
boundaries were not fixed it probably also extended into Delaware and
Pennsylvania. Cecil County was formed in 1674 at which point the northern
eastern boundary of Baltimore county became the Susquehanna River. A formal
boundary between Baltimore and Anne Arundel county was initially laid out in
1698.
....By 1698 is appears there were three
hundreds in Baltimore county, the Patapsco Hundred (which ran from the south
side of the Patapsco River to the north) the Gunpowder Hundred, and the
Spesutia Hundred. The original county seat was at Spesutia Island off the Bush
River. Apparently there was a town of Baltimore in this location in 1683. In
1707 the General Assembly directed that a town be erected on 50 acres called
"Taylor's Choice" and that the county courthouse be erected there.
This land was off the Gunpowder river. However in November 1712 an act of the
Assembly directed that the courthouse be erected in the town of Joppa.
....There were three parishes established
in Baltimore County in the 1690s. These were St Pauls, St Johns, and St
Georges. The parish boundaries roughly corresponded to the boundaries of the
three hundreds: St Paul's Parish was the Patapsco Hundred, St John's
Parish was the Gunpowder Hundred, and St George's Parish was the Sesputia
Hundred
....In 1727 the Boundary between Anne
Arundel and Baltimore counties was changed so that all land on the south side
of the Patapsco river was to be in Anne Arundel county.
....As the county's population grew, new
hundreds were created. Also because of the distances to the churches,
"chapels of ease" were built. These later became their own parish.
St Thomas Parish was created in 1742 and the chapel was built near Garrison
Forest as part of St Paul's Parish for the western part of the county, and St
James was created at Monkton in 1750 as a chapel of ease for St John's Parish.
St James was recognized as an independent parish in 1777.
Harford County forms:
....Harford County was separated from
Baltimore County in 1773. The County was named for Henry Harford (1759-1834),
last proprietary of Maryland. He was the son of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord
Baltimore, but because of his illegitimate birth did not inherit his father's
title.
....There are three major county streams - Deer Creek, Bynum Run, and Winter's
Run. The initial Thompson farm (s) of our line was on Winter's Run (since the
Thompson's were in the Lower Hundreds, their land was apparently in the
several miles of Winter's Run that directly entered Bush River and the Chesapeake
Bay.
....Harford County is located between Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay,
bordered by the Susquehanna River on the east, separating it from Cecil
County. Most of Harford County's western border is the Gunpowder River, and on
the other side is Baltimore County.
....The County was originally settled by the English, followed by those from
Virginia and North and South Carolina. The northern areas of the county lie in
the Piedmont Plateau, and have an elevation of two hundred to seven hundred
fifty feet above sea level. The southern areas are part of the Coastal Plain
and range from forty to two hundred feet above sea level.
The Bush Declaration
....The Bush Declaration was made in Harford County, Maryland, two days
after Patrick Henry's speech were he said, "What would you have? Is
life so dear, or peace so sweet to be purchased at the price of chains and
slavery? I know not what course others will take, but as for me, give me
liberty or give me death."
....This was the first such declaration made by duly elected representatives
of any people and stated, "We, the committee of Harford County having
most seriously and maturely considered there solved and association of the
Continental Congress and the resolves of the Provincial Convention, do most
heartily approve of the same, and as we esteem ourselves in a more particular
manner intrusted by our constituents to see them carried into execution, we do
most solemnly pledge ourselves to each other and to our country, and engage
ourselves by every tie held sacred amount mankind, to perform the same at the
risque of our lives and fortunes."
....This was signed by the 34 duly elected representatives of Harford County,
the first being Aquilla Hall.
....A historian states, "This cry from the obscure community of 'Bush
Town' was but the beginning of fires to be kindled during the intervening
sixteen mounts before the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, July 4,
1776.
Thomas Thompson's Oath of Fidelity
....The Oath: "We whose names are subscribed, do hereby enroll
ourselves into a Company of Militia, agreeable to the resolutions of the
Provincial Convention, held at Annapolis, July 26, 1775, and we do promise,
and engage that we will respectively march to such places within the Province,
and at such times, as we shall be commanded by the Convention or Council of
Safety of this Province or by out officers in pursuance of the orders of the
said Convention or Council, and thee with out whole power fight against
whomsoever we shall be commanded by such authorities as aforesaid."
....On September 14, 1775, ten months before the Declaration of Independence,
Thomas Thompson, after taking the Oath of Fidelity, enrolled in the Harford
County Militia, and was in Captain John Love's Company #10.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson on the Census Rolls of Bush River Lower
Hundred, taken August 15, 1776, by Joseph Renshaw. Later the same Joseph
Renshaw sold a farm to Thomas Thompson.
The First Maryland Census in
1775
....Lists: Thomas Thompson 30, Sarah Thomson 30, Andrew Thomson 7 born
1769, Elizabeth Thomson 5 born 1771, Ann Thomson 4 born 1772, Mary Thomson 3
born 1773, Martha Thomson 8mo born 1776, servant John Thomas.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson in the Bush River Lower Hundred of proper
age to enter the militia and the age of Andrew fits the age of the Andrew
Thompson who migrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817, with his wife and
nine children, and in 1835 was buried in Allen Cemetery, near his Thompson
farm.
....Note the spelling of the name of the family was different, being Thomson,
but that apparently was common in that day, to have different spelling within
the same household.
....Apparently while Thomas was serving in the Militia and later the
Continental Army, the servant John Thomas was taking care of the farm and
family. Servants working off passage money or other debt were common in
the day. Also slave ownership was common in Maryland. The census of 1790
shows a number of Thompson families in Harford County and several were slave
owners.
Thomas Thompson's Revolutionary
War Records
....Up to the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson was in the Maryland
Militia for duty only in the Province of Maryland, according to the "Oath
of Fidelity."
....On Page 169 of the Archives of Maryland, Vo. 18, is listed Second Regiment
of Maryland, beginning with muster rolls for January 1778, Thomas Thompson,
rank Private, enlisted April 2, 1778, discharged April 1, 1780. In the
remarks, Joined and December 4, 1780 discharged. Captain John Ecclestons
Co., 2nd regiment.
Full record of service (found in the Archives at Washington, D.C.)
....Thomas Thompson, private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas
Price. Muster roll July 1778. Roll dated, White Plains, August 12,
1778. Term of enlistment, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Time of service, 3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Maryland Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas
Price. Muster roll, September 1778. Roll dated Fishkill, Oct. 5, 1778.
Term of enlistment 3 years. Remarks, hospital, September 11, 1778.
...Thomas Thompson, private. Roll of Captain John Esslestorn's Co, 2nd
Maryland Regiment, roll dated September 1778. Muster roll, November and
December. Roll dated, Middlebrook, January 21, 1779. Term of enlistment
3 years.
....Thomas Thompson, Section, Maryland regiment of men, re-enlisted in 2nd
Maryland regiment, commanded by Otho H. Williams Esp. Commandant from
7th, until February 1779. Revolutionary War. Return dated, Camp
Middlebrook, February 24, 1779. Bounty paid,$100.
....Thomas Thompson, Private, Captain John Gale's Company of foot in 2nd
Maryland Regiment. Commanded by Col. Thomas Price. Muster roll,
Jan. and Feb. 1780. Camp near Morristown, March 8, 1780, term of
enlistment--War. Remarks, on furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Private 1st Company, 2nd Maryland Regiment. Foot,
commanded by Col. Thomas Price. Muster roll, March, 1780. Roll dated,
Camp Wicks Farm, April 4, 1780. Term--War. Remarks--Furlough.
....Thomas Thompson, Register or balances due non-commissioned officers and
privates of Maryland line for Oct. 1, 1783. Sum paid, $80.
Thomas Thomas as a Land Owner,
1778-1779
....During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Thompson had several land
transactions.
....October 30, 1778, Thomas Thompson secured from Jacob Bull (son of John),
for 240 pounds, a tract of land called Aston's and Deal's Chance, 30 1/2
acres, "with all and singular, the buildings and improvements, etc."
....January 28, 1779, Thomas Thompson secured from Joseph Renshaw, "for
all that part of the tract of land called by name of Aston's and Deal's Chance
or otherwise called Rachael's Delight, which lyeth on the west side of road,
leading from said Renshaw's, by Daniel Thompson's or the place where James
Everett now lives, and between Wilson's Choice and that part of Aston's and
Deal's Chance lately sold by Jacob Bull to the said Thomas Thompson,
containing by estimation 4 1/2 acres more or less. As also that part of
the tract called Chestnut Ridge, heretogore patented to Benjamin Amos (son of
James) which lyeth on the south east side of Winter's Run containing by
estimate 25 acres more or less, with all improvements, advantages, and
hereditaments whatsoever. For this land he paid 100 pounds.
....From the early descriptions it is nearly impossible to find names and
descriptions of these land tracts, and markers as, "two bounded Spanish
oaks" and names such as "Chestnut Ridge" have disapperared.
....There are reasons to find the exact tract of early ancestors; to view the
habitat from which they made a living, to know their neighbors and often their
marriage partner's families, to understand their religious and cultural
connections, and often to locate the burial area, as often the family burial
ground was on their property.
....T.W. Thompson and relatives helping, searched every burying ground,
private and public in Harford County by 1960, without finding a single grave
of Andrew and his family. They did find on the Old Brick Church rolls,
the Thompson names, Martha, Susanna, Elizabeth, Cassandra, Clemency (now
surname Arthur) and Elen. The last three girls could be those born
between the 1776 census and the 1790 census. Elen was the last to
subscribe to the articles of faith "Baptist Church, 4th Lord's (day) of
August, 1839.
....Of interest is that Martha Thompson bought a lot with buildings on
Chestnut Ridge tract when she was bout 66 years old, from Gabriel and
Elizabeth Denbow.
....The Denbow family was
neighbor to the Thomas Thompson family on Chestnut Ridge. T.W. Thompson
felt that Martha bought this home after the estate of her father Andrew had
been settled, and it was within walking distance of the Church she loved and
attended from her early childhood.
....In the 1800 census Thomas Thompson is listed in the 4th District which
includes the neighborhood around the "Old Brick Chruch," and very
probably was a part of the original "Bush River Lower Hundred" when
the first Colonial Census was taken in 1776.
First Property Tax Return for
Thomas Thompson, 1783
....Pt. of Aston's and Deal's Chance, 31 1/2 acres, sorry soil (poor)
....Rachael's Delight, 4 1/2 acres
....Chestnut Ridge, 25 acres
....Horses, 2
....B. Cattle, 4
....Assessed land value was 52lb (he had paid 340lb for the land)
....Assessed livestock value was 25lb
....His tax was 1pound, 2 shllings, 6 pence.
....Number of whites listed in the family was 10.
Early Thompson Census Data
1775 The First Maryland Colonial Census
Thomas Thompson, 1746
....Lists: Thomas Thompson 30, Sarah Thomson 30, Andrew Thomson 7 born
1769, Elizabeth Thomson 5 born 1771, Ann Thomson 4 born 1772, Mary Thomson 3
born 1773, Martha Thomson 8mo born 1776, servant John Thomas.
....He is the only Thomas Thompson in the Bush River Lower Hundred of proper
age to enter the militia and the age of Andrew fits the age of the Andrew
Thompson who migrated to Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817, with his wife and
nine children, and in 1835 was buried in Allen Cemetery, near his Thompson
farm.
....Note the spelling of the name of the family was different, being Thomson,
but that apparently was common in that day, to have different spelling within
the same household.
....Apparently while Thomas was serving in the Militia and later the
Continental Army, the servant John Thomas was taking care of the farm and
family. Servants working off passage money or other debt were common in
the day. Also slave ownership was common in Maryland. The census of 1790
shows a number of Thompson families in Harford County and several were slave
owners.
1790 Harford County, Maryland,
United States Census
(the first American Census)
Thomas Thompson, 1746
....The purpose of the 1776 census was
to enroll the people loyal to the Colonial Government of Maryland.
....The 1790 Census was a United States Census taken after independence had
been gained. Fourteen years had elapsed.
....Thomas Thompson head of
family born 1746, 3 males under 16yrs, 4 males over 16, 8 females.
....At this time Andrew was 21. The servant John Thomas is still with
the family. Four boys and three girls had been born since the Maryland
Colonial Census of 1776.
....Seven children had been added to the family in 14 years.
1800 Harford County, Maryland
Census
Thomas Thompson, 1746
....Thomas
Thompson head of family (born 1746), 3 males under 16, 2 males 16-26, 1
male over 45, 1 female 16-26.
....The mother Sarah had died.
....Martha would be the female 16-26.
....Andrew has married, heads a family with 3 sons.
....There are still five boys showing, so a boy was born directly after
the1790 census, and therefore was placed in the 10-16 group.
1800 Harford County, Maryland
Census
Andrew Thompson, 1769
....Andrew
Thompson, head of family (born 1789), 3 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1
female 16-26.
....Andrew is 31, and his wife 26.
....They have three boys, Josiah 1795, Zachariah 1 Caleb 1796, Eli M. 1798.
1810 Harford County, Maryland
Census
Andrew Thompson, 1769
....Andrew
Thompson head of family (born 1769), 1 male under 10, 3 males 10-16, 1
male 26-45, 4 females under 10, 1 female 26-45.
....Gabriel, born 1804 is the youngest boy.
....The three boys 10-16 were Josiah, Zach 1 and Eli M.
....Four girls have been born since the 1800 census, Sarah in 1801, unknown
daughter born 1806 and still living in 1848 after the mother died and the
extate was being settled, Eliza born 1808 and Clemency in 1810.
NOTE: This if the final Maryland Census record for the Andrew Thompson Family as they will move to New Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio, in 1817, and the next record of Andrew's family will be in the 1830 Ohio Census.
1830 New Rumley Township,
Harrison County, Ohio Census
Andrew Thompson, 1769
....Andrew
Thompson head of family (born 1769), 1 male 15-20, 1 male 60-70, 1
female 15-20, 1 female 50-60.
....Basil was born in 1813, four years before they removed to Ohio, and was 17
at the time of the Census.
....Clemency was born August 4, 1810, so was under 20 when the census was
taken.
....Andrew was 61, and Elizabeth was 56.
Zachariah I Caleb Thompson, 1796
....Zachariah I Caleb Thompson
head of family (born 1796), 2 males under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1
female 5-10, 1 female 20-30,
....Morris Jackson born 1829 was 1, Samuel born 1827 was 3, Eli born 1824 was
6, William born 1823 was 7.
....Zachariah I Caleb was 34, Priscilla
Albaugh born December 15, 1805 was 24.
....Note: there was a boy named Morris born in 1826 that lived only a short
time. Another boy, Morris Jackson, 1829, was named apparently in honor
of Priscilla's father, Morris Albaugh.
....Note: this the beginning
of the Thompson and Albaugh family relationship.
Eli M. Thompson, 1798
....Eli M. Thompson head of
family (born 1798), 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 15-20.
....Eli was 31 when he married, his wife 17.
....The first child is Anthony Wilkin Thompson.
....Note: Eli M. is the grandfather of Thomas W. Thompson, the author of
"the Thompson Genealgoy," published 1961, 1961, 1979, which is the
basic foundation for what we know about out Thompson Clan, up to 2000.
Gabriel Thompson, 1804
....Gabriel Thompson head of family (born 1804), 1 male under 5, 1 male
20-30, 1 female 15-20.
....The boy is Gilbert Thompson born 1829.
....Gabriel is 26, his wife is Elizabeth
Allen born 1811, 19 years old.
....Note: this is the
beginning
of the Allen and Thompson family relationship.
....Note
Allen
Church and Cemetery:
It is the mother of this Allen family that was so deeply concerned with the
souls of her neighbors, that her loyal husband built her a log church, in
which she proclaimed the message of salvation. It can be assumed this
was also the burning point in the life of her son-in-law, Gabriel Thompson,
and was likely a potent factor in the conversion of her neighbor, Zachariah I
Caleb Thompson, who became an ordained elder in this Allen Church. In
this old Church yard (cemetery) lies Gabriel and elizabeth, and several of
their children as well as the Allen parents and grandparents of Elizabeth
Allen Thompson. In
Allen Cemetery, also rests Andrew and Elizabeth Denbow Thompson, plus their
offspring Eliza Thompson Hendricks and her husband Emanuel Henricks, and
Clemency Thompson Kirby. Zach I Caleb Thompson's son Samuel died on the
way back to Ohio from Brush Creek, Fayette County, Iowa, and his body was
transported the remainder of the way and buried in the first lot in row six in
1865/1866 (The stone was trampled by cattle and broken in the 1960's, and is
missing in 2000, bz).
Josiah
Thompson, 1795
....Josiah Thompson head of family (born 1795), 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40,
3 females under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30.
....Thomas is 6 born 1824.
....The father, Josiah is 35 born 1795, Priscilla born 1830 is an infant,
Elizabeth is 3 born 1828, a girl born 1826 has died in infancy.
....The girl 5-10, was born before the oldest son, Thomas, and died in
infancy.
....The mother was born 1805 and is 25.
....This family is buried in the private cemetery on the old farm near Stone
Creek, Ohio. Thus, Joshia, the oldest child of Andrew from Maryland
followed the same custom of a private burial ground for his
family.
....Andrew Thompson's estate called for the settlement with 9 heirs, but the
4th daughter was never found by Thomas W. Thompson during his quest for
Thompson info in the 1950's.
Emanuel
Hendricks, 1806
....Emanuel Hendricks heat of family (born 1806), 1 male 20-30, 1 female
under 5, 1 female 20-30.
....This is Emanuel Hendricks who married Eliza Thompson, November 16, 1828.
....There appears to be no family record of this little girl, thus she
probably died young and was buried in Allen Cemetery, Harrison Co, Ohio,
where her family is buried.
William Albaugh, 1802
....William Albaugh head of family (born 1802), 2 males under 5, 1 male
5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30.
....Morris born 1829 is 1 yr, Basil born 1827 is 3 yrs, Joseph T. born 1824 is
6 yrs, William born 1802 is 28 yrs, Elizabeth born 1825 is 10, Sarah Denbow
Thompson born 1801 is 29.
1850 New Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio Census
Family 17
Arbaugh Rosa Ann 51 Baltimore Co. Md.
Arbaugh Margaret 27 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Levi 24 farmer Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh John 20 farmer Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Lydia A. 22 Harrison Co. Oh.
Family 39
Thompson H 31 farmer $1,500 Washington Co. Pa.
Thompson Delia 26 Washington Co. Pa.
Thompson James 4 Harrison Co. Oh.
Thompson Alexander W 1 Harrison Co. Oh.
Family 54
Albaugh John 43 farmer $2,400 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Catharine 42 Jefferson Co. Oh.
Albaugh John 18 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Samuel 16 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Margaret Ann 12 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Daniel 10 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Mary 8 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Jacob 6 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Sarah 4 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Leah 2 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Joseph 11/12 Carroll Co. Oh.
Family 55
Albaugh William 21 farmer Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Mary 19 Carroll Co. Oh.
Albaugh Lorenzo 8 Carroll Co. Oh.
Family 78
Shambaugh Michael 38 farmer $4,000 Perry Co. Pa.
Shambaugh Hester 33 [Hettie] Fayette Co. Pa.
Shambaugh James 17 farmer Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Elizabeth 16 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Mary Ann 13 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Simon 11 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Adam 9 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Charlotte 7 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Mariah 5 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Jane 3 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh John 1 Harrison Co. Oh.
Family 81
Shambaugh George 35 farmer Pa.
Shambaugh Matilda 30 Westmoreland Co. Pa.
Shambaugh Sarah Jane 10 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Isaac 6 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh George 2 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh George 68 farmer York Co. Pa.
Family 98
Shambaugh Philip 49 farmer $4,000 Perry Co. Pa.
Shambaugh Catharine 43 Md.
Shambaugh Levi 12 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Sarah 11 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Samuel 10 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Eliza 9 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh William 8 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Lavina 7 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Margaret 5 Harrison Co. Oh.
Shambaugh Rachel 2 Harrison Co. Oh.
Family 129
Coulter John 30 carpenter $150 Armstrong Co. Pa.
Coulter Mary 27 Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter William 6 Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter James 3 Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter Sarah Jane 1 Harrrison Co. Oh.
Coulter George H. 21 tailor Armstrong Co. Pa.
Family 131
Arbaugh William 28 stone mason $300 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Dianna 23 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Joshua 3 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Chastina 1 Harrison Co. Oh.
Family 134
Heidy Thomas 38 farmer $1,200 Md.
Heidy Susannah 39 Pa.
Heidy Sarah Jane 16 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy John 14 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Thomas 12 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Elizabeth 9 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Jacob 7 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Samuel 5 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Nancy A. 3 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Isabel 1 Harrison Co. Oh.
Heidy Sarah Jane 75 Md.
Family 140
Arbaugh John 27 carpenter Jefferson Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Martha 26 Jefferson Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Thomas 5 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Melancthon 3 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Jacob 1 Harrison Co. Oh.
Family 158
Arbaugh David 35 merchant Adams Co. Md.
Arbaugh Susannah 32 Adams Co. Md.
Arbaugh Mariah 10 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Mary 7 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Rebecca 4 Harrison Co. Oh.
Arbaugh Catharine 1 Harrison Co. Oh.
My
line, therefore my major focus is
Zach Caleb 1 and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson and the Fayette County, Iowa
connection.
....Zachariah Caleb 1 Thompson and
Priscilla Albaugh came to Brush Creek or Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa, in
1865, following the lead of sons Samuel and Morris J. who pioneered in
the Taylorville/Brush Creek area in 1854. Sons William and Alex would soon
remove to Fayette County ....The Thompson's were a true pioneer family in the
southeast corner and central part of Fayette County, Iowa, in the early
1850's, and in Harrison/Carroll County, Ohio in the 1820's. All of
the other Thompson children would migrate to Fayette County, Iowa, and many
descendents would move as pioneer farmers to the west as land opened up in the
1870's through the 1890's.
..... Priscilla Albaugh (1805-1879) would meet and marry Zachariah Caleb
1 Thompson (1796-1880) on January 15, 1822, in New Rumley Twp., Harrison Co.,
Ohio. The Thompson's were of Scottish background, having immigrated to
American as part of the Scotch-Irish movement in the early 1700's. The
Thompson Story will be told on another page. Zach Caleb 1 Thompson had
migrated at the age of 21 from Maryland to Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1817.
Zach and Priscilla would farm and have ten children in Harrison Co., Ohio. In
1854, two of their children Samuel and Morris Jackson Thompson would migrate
and be very early settlers near Taylorsville, three miles to the NxNW of Brush
Creek (later in 1895 renamed Arlington), Iowa. Brush Creek
however, would soon become the dominate village in the area for the Thompson
Clan. Other children would also migrate to Brush Creek with their
siblings, and settle in Fayette County around Brush Creek, Fayette, Wadena,
Elgin, West Union, Grannis Canyon.
.... Samuel (my gggrandfather) would die on the way back to Ohio in 1864 (or
1865, the date being somewhat in question), perhaps to get the parents, and be
buried in Allen Cemetery (the first lot in row 6, the stone probably being
broken and thrown away, so in 2000 the grave would be unmarked) in Harrison
Co. Thus in 1865, Zach C 1, age 69, and Priscilla, age 60, would buy 120 acres
of a government tract on the very southern edge of the tiny pioneer village of
Brush Creek (the history of Brush Creek/Arlington is posted on other pages)
and farm there until their deaths fifteen years later. The farm land was tall
and wet grass prairie, located to the SE of the Six Corner Intersection at the
south edge of Brush Creek. The old Mission Trail from Dubuque to Ft. Atkinson
ran on the western edge of their land. Son Morris J. was farming two miles to
the west of Brush Creek, and directly west of his father Zach 1. Son
Samuel had been farming in the Grannis Canyon area six miles to the north, and
apparently ( my gggrandmother) Samuel's wife Martha Sherman Thompson, with six
children (ages 1-10) were still on that farm when Zach and Priscilla arrived
from Ohio, in 1865. When Samuel died on the way back to Ohio, least
some of Samuel's and Martha's children were taken in by Morris J. Martha
would go on the marry John Little, a Brush Creek farmer and cooper a couple of
miles NW of Brush Creek (about one mile directly north of where Morris J. was
farming and blacksmithing).
.... Thus the Thompson/Albuagh Clan connection to Taylorsville, Brush
Creek/Arlington, Fayette County, Iowa, began in 1854, with the migration of
the sons, and of Zach Caleb I and Priscilla Albaugh Thompson in 1865, and the
migration of several other children. Zach and Priscilla, Morris J. Eli, and
William. are buried in Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Iowa, along with their
spouses and some grandchildren. Many of the grandchildren of Zach
and Priscilla continued the pioneer migration to the west, during the last
decades of the 1800's. The Clans were true American Pioneers.
....Every year the Thompson/Albaugh Clan out of Brush Creek, Iowa, holds an
annual reunion, on the first Sunday in August at the Legion Hall in Arlington.
The 100th consecutive Thompson Reunion will be in the year 2004.
Harford County, Maryland
....In 1608, Captain John Smith (of
Pocahontas fame) discovered a neck of the Cheseapeake Bay, reaching into what
would become Harford County, that he would name in honor of the town in
England where he was born, Willowby. He names the narrowing tributary
into the Bay, Willowby's Run. Later this Run would be named Bush River,
and reached a few miles into Harford Co, after which the stream name becomes
Winter's Run
....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of
Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in
an early Marylnad census in Harford Co. The family apparently consisted
of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769. Thomas
fought in the American Revolution. The couple apparently lived and died
in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....In 1637, Lord Baltimore took
proprietary possession of Baltimore Co, and the county was divided. The
western half becoming Baltimore, the eastern half becoming Harford County.
....Almost immediately Lord Baltimore directed his brother the appointed governor
of Maryland to appoint six men as a general assembly of ree men to meet with
Lord Baltimore at his town of St. Mary's on Jan 25, 1638, to consult and
advise of "affairs of the Province.
....It would appear by 1640 the basic principals of representative legislature
had been established in Maryland, at a time of suppression of political and
religious freedom back in England. Other models of popular government
were also springing up.
....Maryland was originally a Roman Catholic settlement and continued so until
1649, when the great Toleration Act was passed. Thus Maryland would take
the lead in religious freedom, and was the first community in modern times
where the civil and religious power was separated.
....The laws of the times were very stringent. Working on Sunday meant
forfeiting 200 lbs. of tobacco to the county. Bacons Laws stated:
Blasphemy against God, denying our Saviour Jesus Christ or Holy Trinity, or
the God-head of any of the three persons shall be punished with death and
confiscation of lands and goods.
....In 1659 Thomas Thurston, belonging to the Society of Friends, acquired
about 1000 acres and settled near the present site of Bush town, also known as
Harford Town.
....The Old Post Road established in 1666 started at Philadelphia, and wound
its way through the wilderness to Annapolis and into Virginia. Bush town
was on the Old Post Road, and had a most popular Inn where George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay and many other notables of that early day,
gathered to discuss affairs of State in the 1770's.
....In 1771 the Sixth Lord Baltimore died, leaving no legitimate heirs, so the
title of Lord became extinct. He did have a son born out of wedlock,
Henry Harford, who by his father's will became proprietary of the Maryland
Colony.
....In 1773, after almost 125 years, the self-governing freemen of Maryland,
being petitioned by the populous, passed a
law forming a new county out of the eastern half of Baltimore County, naming
it Harford after the proprietary, Henry Harford.
....The same Assembly of Freemen directed the first term of court for Harford
County be hald at Harford Town or Bush Town on March 22, 1774.
....England would impose the Stamp Act but the furor of the colonists caused
it to be repealed. Intolerances for old world presecutions and
institutions would soon lead to an uprising, and the American Revolution would
be started.
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14,
1775. He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army,
April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780.
....Harford County, Maryland was first discovered in
1608 by Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony (the same John Smith of the
Pocahontas legend). He made a fairly accurate map of the upper country
and its islands and shores. On this map, he designated many places whose
names as still in use today.
....The island now called Poole's, he named
"Powell's Isles" after Nathaniel Powell in his crew. He
named Willowbye's River (today's Bush River) after the town in which he was
born and in honor of his friend, Lord Wollowby.
....Smith proceeded northward from the Bush
River, passing what is known today as Spesutia Island and Havre de Grace,
and into the Susquehanna River. He traveled up the Susquehanna to a
stream flowing from the northeast, which is believed to be Deer Creek.
....he first settlement in the region was made
by a young Englishman, Edward Palmer in approximately 1622. Having heard
about the Smith exploration, Palmer decided to establish a fur trading post
in a spot where he could trade with the Indian trappers to the north.
This location, at the mouth of the Susquehanna, was also accessible by water
to other trading posts on the Bay and rivers to the south. The name was
changed to Garrett Island, in honor of the president of the B & O
Railroad John W. Garrett, in 1885.
....One of the first permanent settlements in the
county was on Poole's Island, which was granted to Captain Robert Norris in
1659. About 1649, Col. Utie came from Virginia to explore the upper
bay region and find a place to settle. In 1658, Bearson's Island,
located a few hundred yards south of Havre de Grace, was granted to
Nathaniel Utie. He changed the name to Spesutie, using the latin
Spes-Utie, meaning Utie's Hope. The spelling was later changed
to Spesutia as it is known today.
Harford County Established
....Harford County had its beginnings as a part of
Baltimore County, which was created in 1659 and included the territory of
Baltimore, Harford and Cecil counties.
....The first county seat, the town of Old Baltimore
situated on the east bank of Bush River in what is now Aberdeen Proving
Ground, was authorized in 1674. In 1712, the county seat was moved to
"Gunpowder Town", located at Joppa on the east side of the Little
Gunpowder where Joppatowne now stands. In 1768, after many
difficulties in Joppa, including a smallpox epidemic, the county seat was
moved to Baltimore.
....Harford was not organized into a county until
1774. At that time the present territory was fairly well settled; the
population, including blacks, amounted to thirteen thousand people.
Roads had been laid out, bridges made, churches built and our progenitors
lived in a peaceful and well-governed section as citizens of Baltimore
County.
....The Act of the General Assembly of 1773,
called for the division of Baltimore County and for the erecting of a new
one by the name of Harford. The boundaries of the county were established as
follows: "That...all that part of Baltimore county
which is included within the bounds following, to wit: Beginning at
the mouth of the little falls of Gunpowder river, and running with the
said falls to the fountain head, and from thence north to the temporary
line of this province, and thence with the temporary line to Susquehanna
river, thence with Susquehanna to Chesapeake bay, and thence with the said
bay, including Spesutia and Pool's Islands, to the mouth of the Gunpowder
river, and thence up the said river to the beginning aforesaid, shall be
and is hereby erected into a new county, by the name of Harford
county."
....The first court for the new county was held on
March 22, 1774 at Harford Town, or Bush, located at what is now the junction
of Route 7 and Route 136. In 1775, the citizens of Harford county
passed "The Bush Declaration", becoming the first organized body
of men in the country to proclaim independence from Britain.
....After the Revolution, in 1782, an election
was held to move the County Seat to Bel Air, where it remains to this day.
Harford County Timeline
1608--Captain John Smith explored the
Chesapeake Bay and mapped the Harford County area.
1632--Maryland Charter granted - - passed to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore.
1634--First Maryland settlement, St. Mary’s City.
1658--Havre de Grace was settled. It is first known as Susquehanna Lower Ferry
and was a stop on the old Post Road.
1661--The town of Old Baltimore on the east bank of the Bush River was
established.
1674--Old Baltimore was authorized as the first Baltimore County Seat.
1691--County Seat was relocated to Fork of the Gunpowder.
1709--Joppatowne (called Joppa at the time) became the site of the County
Seat.
1771--Henry Harford, son of Fredrick Calvert the Sixth Lord of Baltimore,
inherited the Province of Maryland. Henry Harford was the last proprietary of
Maryland.
1773--Harford County was separated from Baltimore County. It was named after
Henry Harford. The County Seat was moved to Bush.
1775--The Bush Declaration was signed.
1780--The Town of Bel Air was first planned out by Aquilla Scott on a portion
of his inheritance called Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, also known as
Scott’s Old Fields.
1781--Revolutionary War troops camped in Havre de Grace in September in route
to Yorktowne and once again after Cornwallis’ surrender. As Washington’s
troops came through Maryland they were fully resupplied.
1782--Plans for the Bel Air Courthouse were laid out by Daniel Scott.
Scott’s Improvement Enlarged, Bel Air became the County Seat.
1784--The Act of 1784 changed the name of Scott’s Improvement Enlarged to
“Belle Aire.”
1785--Havre de Grace was incorporated.
1788--Maryland’s Convention ratified (by a vote of 63 to 11) the proposed
new Constitution for the United States. Samuel Chase, William Paca (born in
the Abingdon Area), and Luther Martin argued that it must be amended.
1790--Baltimore has become a boomtown, ranking only behind Philadelphia, New
York, and Boston among American cities (with 13,500 inhabitants in the census
of 1790).
1813--May 3, the British burned and plundered the town of Havre de Grace
during the War of 1812.
1836--The Baltimore and Port Deposit Rail Road was completed as far as Havre
de Grace.
1839--The Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal opened.
1852--The Susquehanna River froze so hard that railroad tracks were run across
the ice at Havre de Grace.
Descendants of Thomas
Thompson
The family apparently consisted of 12-13 children
1 Thomas Thompson b: 1746 in Scottland
.. +Sarah Unknown b: 1746 in Scottland (Harford Co, MD)
..... 2 Andrew Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835
in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
......... +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in
Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
..... 2 Elizabeth Thompson b: 1771
..... 2 Susanna (Ann) Thompson b: 1772
..... 2 Mary Thompson b: 1773
..... 2 Martha Thompson b: 1776
....Thomas and Sarah Thompson, father of Andrew had a farm on the banks of
Bush River, or more probably farther upstream on Winter's Run. He appears in
an early Maryland census in Harford Co. The family apparently consisted
of 12-13 children, with Andrew being the oldest, born in 1769. Thomas
fought in the American Revolution. The couple apparently lived and died
in the area of their farm in Harford Co, Maryland.
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia Man September 14,
1775. He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army,
April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780 (age 34)
Thompson's Listed in Harford County in the 1790 Maryland Census
Key of numbers:
1st position = free white males under 16
2nd position = free white males over 16
3rd position = all females
4th position = all other free persons
5th position = slaves
Thompson Thomas
A 2 3 7 . 4
Thompson Jms 2 2 3 . 1
Thompson Andw 2 2 6 . 1
Thompson James 1 5 2 . .
Thompson Danl 1 1 6 . .
Thompson Thos 3 4 8 . .
Thompson Josha 1 3 3 . .
Thompson Mary . . 1 . 1
Thompson David 3 4 5 . 6
Thompson John 2 1 2 7 6
Thompson Jas 3 2 1 . 2
Thompson Edward 3 2 4 . .
Thompson Edwd 3 1 1 . 6
Thompson Ingere 3 1 3 . .
Denbow John 2 1 6 . 2
Descendants of Andrew II
Thompson
and Elizabeth Denbow
1 Andrew Thompson b: 1769 in Harford
County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery,
Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
.. +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in
Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
... 2 Josiah Thompson b: 1795
....... +Cassandra Denbow b: 1805 in Maryland d: 1879 m: 1825 Father: Thomas
Denbow
........ 3 Andrew Thompson b: 1832 d: 1870
... 2 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland
d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial:
Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
....... +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll
Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co,
Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: January 15, 1822 in
New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine
Beamer
........ 3 [1] William David Thompson b: January 12, 1823 in New Rumley,
Harrison Co, Ohio d: August 02, 1894 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial:
Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +Eliza Jane Stewart b: 1829 d: April 14, 1848 in Carroll Co.,
Ohio Burial: Perryville Historical M.E. Cemetery, Carroll Co., Ohio m: March
07, 1847 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Mahlon Stewart Mother: Elizabeth Park
........ *2nd Wife of [1] William David Thompson:
............ +Jane Capper b: December 04, 1825 in Carroll Co., Ohio d: 1905 in
Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa m: April 25, 1850 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: John
Capper Mother: Susannah Morrison
........ 3 Eli Isaac Thompson b: November 03, 1824 in Perryville, New Rumley
Twp., Harrison Co, OH d: February 03, 1903 in Sargent, Custer Co., NE Burial:
Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +Eliza Kirby b: 1825 d: January 02, 1881 Burial: Groat Cemetery,
Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa m: December 18, 1845 in Carroll Co, Ohio
........ 3 Morris Thompson b: April 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d:
July 01, 1826 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH
........ 3 Samuel Andrew Thompson I b: August 15, 1827 in Rumley Twp.,
Harrison County, Ohio d: April 07, 1865 in Trip to Harrison County, Ohio
Burial: Allen Memorial Cem,Perry Twp, Carroll Co,Ohio
............ +Martha Jane Sherman b: January 10, 1833 in Harrison County, Ohio
d: January 25, 1921 Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Harper, Kansas m: January 25,
1853 in Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Caleb J. Sherman Mother: Mary Ann Heidy
........ 3 [2] Morris Jackson Thompson b: September 03, 1829 in New Rumley,
Harrison Co, OH d: 1918 in Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery,
Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
............ +Sarah Jane Brown b: 1832 d: 1870 in Brush Creek, Arlington,
Fayette Co, Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: July
06, 1851 in Carroll Co, Ohio
........ *2nd Wife of [2] Morris Jackson Thompson:
............ +Catherine H. Briney b: 1838 d: 1926 in Arlington, Fayette Co,
Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: June 30, 1872 in
Buchanan Co., IA
........ 3 Catherine Thompson b: September 26, 1831 in New Rumley, Harrison
Co, OH d: May 02, 1914 in Custer, Custer Co., Nebraska
............ +John Mordecai Amos b: March 25, 1831 in Pennsylvania d: July 13,
1907 in Wescott, Custer Co., Nebraska m: March 21, 1850 in Carroll Co, Ohio
Father: John Amos Mother: Metsy
........ 3 Alexander Thompson b: November 09, 1834 in New Rumley, Harrison Co,
OH d: 1894 in Carroll Co, Ohio
............ +Lavina Foster b: 1832 d: 1909 m: September 18, 1859 in Carroll
Co, Ohio
........ 3 Martha Thompson b: May 15, 1836 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d:
1911 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +William J. Allen b: 1836 in Carroll Co, Ohio d: 1909 m: April
28, 1859 in Perry Twp., Carroll Co, Ohio Father: Joseph Allen Mother: Sarah
Manchester
........ 3 [3] Allen C. Thompson b: January 30, 1838 in New Rumley, Harrison
Co, OH d: 1913
............ +Helen Matilda Billings b: 1853 d: April 17, 1921
........ *2nd Wife of [3] Allen C. Thompson:
............ +Louisa Sell b: 1841 d: 1912 m: January 26, 1865 in Carrollton,
Carroll Co, Ohio
........ 3 Elizabeth Thompson b: May 05, 1842 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH
d: 1908
............ +Willian Henry Moore b: 1840 d: 1904 m: in Late in life.
........ 3 David B. Thompson b: May 01, 1845 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, OH d:
July 13, 1932 in Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa Burial: Taylorville Cemetery,
north of Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa
............ +Mary Ellen Hill b: 1848 d: 1933 Burial: Taylorville Cemetery,
north of Arlington, Fayette Co., Iowa m: February 12, 1868 in West Union,
Fayette Co., Iowa
... 2 Eli M. Thompson b: 1798
(Grandfather of Thomas W. Thompson, author of "The Thompson
Genealogy.")
... 2 Sarah Denbow Thompson b: 1801 d: 1878 in Osage, Allen Co., Kansas
....... +William Albaugh b: 1802 in Harford
County, Maryland d: November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas m:
September 18, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh
Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
... 2 Gabriel D. Thompson b: April 28, 1803 d: February 09, 1879 Burial: Allen
Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.
....... +Elizabeth b: July 27, 1811 d: August 29, 1866
... 2 Daughter? Thompson b: 1806
... 2 Eliza Thompson b: 1808
....... +Emanuel Hendricks
... 2 Clemency Thompson b: August 04, 1810
... 2 Basil Thompson b: 1813
Andrew II Thompson b: 1769 in Harford County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio
Allen Cemetery
Andrew Thompson died April 10, 1835, age 66+, and is buried in Allen
Cemetery, situated about 3 miles from Scio on the Kilgore Road.
The old, original slab limestone marker leaning on the newer granite marker in
Allen Cemetery reads,
"Andrew Thompson, who departed this life April 10,
1835, in the 67th year of his age."
Close by was his wife's grave marker, being badly disintegrated in the late
1950's, with only the letters "ABETH" being legible.
Where did the children of Andrew and Eliz Denbow Thompson locate?
Where did the children of
Andrew and Eliz Denbow Thompson locate?
....Josiah, remained in Carroll.Co.OH
....Zachariah 1 Caleb---farmed near Lamartine/Perryville, then joined sons in Fayette Co, Iowa
in 1865/66.
....Eli M, remained in Carroll Co. OH.
....Sarah Denbow (William, bro of Priscilla Albaugh), 1877 moved to
farm in Shawnee.Co.KS
....Gabriel D., moved to Jewett, Ohio
....Eliza (Emanuel Hendricks)---farmed near Scio, Harrison Co, Ohio
....Clemency (John Kirby)---farmed near Lamartine/Perryville, New Rumley Twp, Carroll Co, Ohio
....Basil, farmed on Chestnut Ridge, south of Scio, Harrison Co, Ohio
(his father Andrew raised the family on a tract in Maryland known as Chestnut
Ridge).
1 Andrew Thompson b: 1769 in Harford
County, Maryland d: April 10, 1835 in Carroll Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery,
Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
.. +Elizabeth Denbow b: 1774 in Harford County, Maryland d: 1848 in
Harrison Co, Ohio Burial: Allen Cemetery, Perry Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
Father: John Denbow Mother: Martha Unknown
... 2 Josiah Thompson b: 1795
....... +Cassandra Denbow b: 1805 in Maryland d: 1879 m: 1825 Father: Thomas
Denbow
... 2 Zachariah I Caleb Thompson b: February 20, 1796 in Hartford Co, Maryland
d: November 15, 1880 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co, Iowa Burial:
Groat Cemetery, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA
....... +Priscilla Albaugh b: December 15, 1805 in Farm near Kilgore, Carroll
Co., Ohio d: November 06, 1879 in Brush Creek, later Arlington, Fayette Co,
Iowa Burial: Groat Cemetry, Arlington, Fayette Co., IA m: January 15, 1822 in
New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh Mother: Mary Catherine
Beamer
... 2 Eli M. Thompson b: 1798
(Grandfather of Thomas W. Thompson, author of "The Thompson
Genealogy.")
... 2 Sarah Denbow Thompson b: 1801 d: 1878 in Osage, Allen Co., Kansas
....... +William Albaugh b: 1802 in Harford
County, Maryland d: November 06, 1879 in Richland, Shawnee Co., Kansas m:
September 18, 1823 in New Rumley, Harrison Co, Ohio Father: Morris Albaugh
Mother: Mary Catherine Beamer
... 2 Gabriel D. Thompson b: April 28, 1803 d: February 09, 1879 Burial: Allen
Memorial Cemetery, with Samuel Thompson, in his lot.
....... +Elizabeth b: July 27, 1811 d: August 29, 1866
... 2 Daughter? Thompson b: 1806
... 2 Eliza Thompson b: 1808
....... +Emanuel Hendricks
... 2 Clemency Thompson b: August 04, 1810
... 2 Basil Thompson b: 1813
The Thompson's are Scotch
....This book (Thompson Genelaogy) is not presumed to be an infalible record of the
Thomas and Sarah Thompson family as recorded in the Bush River
Lower Hundred Census, Harford Co, MD, August 15, 1776, taken by J.
Renshaw Jr.
....The primary interest is in the oldest child, Andrew Thompson,
7 years old at the time of the first Colonial census.
....Andrew grew to manhood and married a neighbor girl, Elizabeth
Denbow. They would have 9 children while still in Harford Co,
Maryland, on a farm on a tract of land known as Chestnut Ridge.
....The Andrew Thompson family would migrate to the great
northwest territory in 1817, and settle in New Rumley Twp, Harrison
Co, Ohio.
....The Thompson's were pure Scotch, part of the "first plantation
of Ulster." After the Thompson clan helped proclaim their native
Scotland a Protestant nation, they joined the exodus to northern Ireland
and took their native faith with them. The Scotch Irish were not of
Irish blood, but were purely Scotch.
....The Thompson name is common among the records of Ayrshire, the lowlands
of Scotland from which the Thompson's removed to northern
Ireland.
....The Scotch-Irish immigrated from the lowlands of Ayrshire, to northern
Ireland at the time of the so called "first plantation of Ulster" in
1606-1625. Large land grants in Northern Ireland were given to Scotch
nobles as their reward for faithfulness to the king. These nobles had
subjects under their leadership/command/servitude who supplied goods and
warriors for battle. Thus the nobles were obliged/needed to transplant
thousands of their subjects into Northern Ireland to command and control the
land for the Scottish King.
....After these Scots had saved Ulster for Protestantism and the Scottish
Crown in the revolution of 1688, they were still grievously and unjustly
discriminated against in matters of religion, especially of the Presbyterian
form. Certain enactments of the Bishop's party deprived them of holding
public office and required them to pay tithes (taxes) in support of the Episcopal
Clergy, prohibited marriages from being performed by Presbyterian ministers,
declaring illegitimate the children of such marriages; prohibited marriages
from being performed by any but bishop ordained priests of Episcopal or
Catholic church, and economic causes arising from tariffs levied against their
goods, and raising of rents by land-lords should be sufficient reasons for the
exodus from Ulster to America.
....The first migration of the Scotch-Irish to America took place in
1718-1750. As land leases ran out in Northern Ireland, rents were raised
again and the second migration took place. From 1771-1773, the movement
of the population of Scots out of Northern Ireland grew to such proportions
that the Scottish governemtn feared complete depopulation, so it took stern
measures to stem the migrations.
....It was from this background that the Thompson's forefathers come form and
were discussing the "British" control measures of the new
Americans.
....The Thompson's in America were listed especially as farmers and
tradesmen (carpenters, masons, cabinet-makers, blacksmiths, shoemakers,
educators, lawyers, merchants, bookkeepers, postal service, technicians,
bankers, congressmen, salesmen).
....Thomas Thompson became a Maryland Militia man September 14,
1775. He would later muster (join) into the Continental Army,
April 2, 1778, and be honorably discharged December 4, 1780.
Andrew (age 48) and Elizabeth Denbow
(age 43) Thompson
Remove to New Rumley Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio in 1817
....They came by wagon train, wagons
pulled by ox team, with nine children, live stock and a few scant household
and farming tools. From 1803 to 1829 land in the northwest territory of
Ohio was selling fro $2 per acres with a minimum of 160 acres, 1/4 in cash and
the rest in three equal payments.
....New Rumley town was laid out in 1811, by Jacob Custer. Jacob
Custer's sister Susanna and husband John Hendricks came to New Rumley
Township, Ohio, in 1806, from Cresaptown, Maryland.
....In 1820 two of the Thompson brothers, Josiah (age 25) and Zachariah Caleb
1 (age 24), took up a land grant from the American government, and
situated a short distance from Lamartine, in New Rumley Twp, Carroll County,
Ohio. In 1820, land was just starting to be sold for $1.25 per acre instead of
the $2 in 1803. The minimum was 80 acres, cash.
....It was a custom of homesteaders to mark some new land and build a log
cabin next to a good spring of water, then file claim to the land, and this is
apparently what Andrew's sons, Josiah and Zach Caleb 1 Thompson farmed
together from 1820 until about 1865/1866. The tract of land was still in
the 1960's known as the "Thompson farm."
....In 1865/1866, Zach Caleb 1, would sell out his share of the farm and move
to Brush Creek, Fayette County, Iowa, to buy a 120 acre farm just south of
town and join several of his sons who removed to Fayette County, Iowa starting
in about 1854. All of the offspring of Zach Caleb 1 and Priscilla
Albaugh Thompson would end up living within several miles of Brush Creek
(Arlington), Iowa.
....Many Maryland residents were removing to the Harrison County area in the
first three decades of the 1800's. As one studies the surnames they can be
seen living in close proximity and marrying.
NEW RUMLEY, Ohio (Rumley Twp.)
Established Aug.16, 1813. Jacob Custer, proprietor.
...New Rumley was platted in 1813 by Jacob Custer, an uncle of the General.
....Prior to the building of the railroad in 1856, New Rumley was the half way
point between Steubenville and New Philadelphia, and all stage coaches in both
directions stopped there for the night. The 4 hotels or taverns, as they were
called, did a thriving business. Liquor was said to have flowed freely, and
many nights were filled with excitement.
...According to records, the house where General Custer was born was
originally a tavern. Another stood on the lot occupied by Van Fossan's Garage.
Many of the older, residents remembered Jackie
Shambaugh, who was a stage coach driver in his younger days. He was the
great-grandfather of Sam and Harold Kimmel.
...In the early days farmers who had wheat to sell had. to haul it with horses
to some point of contact with the canal west of Dennison. Also, most of the
articles farmers needed had to be hauled from the canal. One required item was
salt, which was very expensive and was rationed by mothers carefully. The
roads were very bad and the trips to the canal were tiresome for the horses
and men.
...The coming of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad (now the
Penn-Central-Amtrak) was one of the greatest boons ever to come to the
community. No longer was it necessary to make the long, weary trip to the
canal, instead the wheat and other products could be delivered to the Fairview
or New Market, and the needed commodities were readily available.
...New Rumley was platted 46 years before the first oil well was
drilled.. It wasn't until some years after the Civil War that kerosene lamps
came into common use. In the meantime: the only lighting in homes was the
tallow candle: The homes were heated by open fireplaces; using wood for fuel.
Often the only light would be from the fireplace.
...In the early days, the only public conveyance was the stage coach. People
often traveled a long distance on foot. A trip to Steubenville was a day's
journey on poor roads.
...Farm labor was done by hand: All hay was cut with scythes and wheat and
oats were cut with sickles, then replaced by grain cradles. Later, the reaper
appeared and then the self binder. Threshing was done with flails, or the
grain tramped loose from the chaff and straw by having horses walls over it
continuously.
...Schools were one-room log affairs, open for only a few months each year so
that the children could help with chores at home.
...n the early days, much of the land in Rumley Township was covered with
virgin timber. The finest trees were used to build log cabins, barns, and
fences.
State of Ohio
On March 1, 1803, Ohio became the 17th state to enter the Union. Its entry was based upon the Northwest Ordinance, the Enabling Act of April 30, 1802, and the Ohio Constitution, adopted November 29, 1802. Formal Congressional admittance of Ohio into the Union was by a Joint Resolution of Congress (H.J. Res. 121), on August 7, 1953, to take effect March 1, 1803 (Public Law 204, Chapter 337). This 150-year lapse in formal admittance did not affect Ohio’s legal status as a state.
Harrison County, Ohio
Harrison (organized in 1813), named for General William Henry Harrison, a hero of the War of 1812. First U.S. President to have lived in Ohio.
....Harrison county comprises over 400 square miles of the ancient
and deeply eroded Allegheny plateau. In general, the surface of the county
consist of rounded, gently sloping ridges, thickly interspersed with valley's. A
divide, situated in the eastern fourth of the county and not on which Cadiz
stands, seperates the streams flowing to the Upper Ohio from these tributary to
the Tuscarawas.
....Streams east o this divide, Short, Cross and Wheeling
Creeks, are
known for their narrow, stoney valleys and swift currents. These creeks west of
the divide, Big Stillwater, Little Stillwater and Conotton, are noted for their
broad, alluvial valleys, meandering courses and sluggish flow.
....Since early settlement, the limestone and clay soils of Harrison
county has yielded abundant timber, grains, hay and pasture. Beneath this soil,
s considerable mineral wealth, including coal and limestone in the
eastern third of the county, sandstone near Freeport and Tippecanoe, and petroleum
and gas at various points throughout the county.
....Harrison county earliest settlers, who arrived
in 1796,were
mostly Virginians. Later Pennsylvania contributed great numbers of pioneers to
the county, most of whom were scotch-irish. People of German decent settled much
of the northern fifth of Harrison. Other races and nationalities follow the
Scotch-Irish and the Germans. British people, a very few French, Negroes of whom
few were actually manumitted, Italians, Poles, Slovaks,and Hungarians. Of this last
wave of settlers, the polish are probably the largest and most permanent single
group.
....Historically, Harrison County has
always been a prominent
stock-raising area; at one time(1887),it was recognized as one of the nation's
leading producers of fine wool. Large scale coal mining dominates in the eastern
third of the county and timbering ,stock raising and ceramic production in the
western part's. With the construction of Tappan, Piedmont and Clendening Dams
for recreation and to satisfy the Corp of Engineers existence several natural
valleys will become giant siltation ponds with the loss of natural and
agricultural habitat, and the historical grounds of the Indian and Pioneer
cultures (IMO, I am not a fan of land exploitation and overpopulation, bz).
....From Indian times, Harrison county has been a crossroads of paths
linking the Ohio valley and the interior of the state. Improved roads through
the county were established as early as 1802 and railroads by 1856.
....The development of transportation in the county was accompanied by the evolution
of an educational system. Common schools existed as early as 1806 and at one
time the county boasted three colleges, Franklin of new Athens, Hopedale normal
and Scio collage.
....Harrison County political system operated from earliest settlement,
achieved autonomy in 1813 when the county was established from parts
of Jefferson and Tuscarawas Counties,and reached a measure of maturity in 1833
when the present county boundaries and 15 townships were defined
....The Villages 0f Harrison County were Established as follows:
Bowersville, now Bowerston,1852
Deersville,1815
Fairview, now Jewett,1851
Franklin, now Tappan,1837
Freeport,1810
Georgetown,1814
Harrisville,1814
Hopedale,1849
Jefferson, now Germano,1815
Masterville, now Conotton,1851
Moorefield,1815
New Athens,1817
Hanover,1812
New Market, now Scio,1836
New Rumley,1813
Smyrna,1817
Tippecanoe,1840
Butler-Collinsport, now Piedmont, Grew in the Years of 1880
....Cadiz founded in 1804, is the largest village and the county
seat.
Carroll County, Ohio is formed in 1833
Carroll County, Ohio was formed in 1833 and took the name Carroll from Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, who died in Baltimore on November 14, 1832, at the age of 96.
Dates Ohio County Governments were Organized. Some counties were formed earlier.
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