Sampson, Darke County, Ohio

SAMPSON, DARKE COUNTY, OHIO

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Courtesy of: ALBS
2008

Plat of the Town of Sampson
Darke County, Ohio
(Transcript)

"Plat of the Town of Sampson Darke County, Ohio.
The above town is situate as follows viz. Lots 1 to 6 inclusive in the South west quarter of Section 31, Township 9 Range 3 East and 12 to 18 inclusive* in the South east quarter of Section 36 in Township 11 of Range 2 East the beginning corner from which to make further surveys is a stone at the South west corner of Lot no 1 which is three chains and thirty links north of the corner between Townships 10 & 11 of Range 2 East and Townships 8 & 9 of Range 3 East Lots 1 to 6 inclusive are seventy five links front and one chain and seventy five links deep the residue are seventy five links front and two chains and thirty five links deep the front line of lots 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 is the line between ranges 2 & 3 East. Main & Greenville Streets bear due north & South and are each sixty feet wide Mill and Morgan Streets are each forty nine & a half feet wide and bear East and West, the alleys are twenty five links wide

Magnetic varriation 11 degrees 20 East. Surveyed February 6th 1866

             John Wharry
            Surveyor Darke Co. Ohio

To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting
I Jacob Tilman do hereby declare and establish the Town of Sampson of which the foregoing is a correct plat and description.

In faith whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Sixth Day of Feby A.D. 1846.

            (Signed) Jac Tilman (Seal)
            Executed in presence of J.W. Morgan, John Wharry"

*This is an error in transcription, it should read "7 to 18 inclusive".

"While there is this plat of Sampson, there is no abstract book for it under small towns."
Sampson Plat Map, Darke County, Ohio, Book P-1, page 55

The lots, streets, and alleys of Sampson have been vacated March 2nd A.D. 1900. For record of Proceeding of same see old Plat Bok No. 1, Page 228 by Louis Gruber, Deputy Recorder.

The town/village of Sampson today (2008) is more of a hamlet. ASH

SAMPSON

The original 1857 map was a wall map on a roller like what used to hang in schools. The book is a reprint of the old wall map in a much more useable form. In 1857 the printing left a lot to be desired, so reading the names of land owners is difficult. One is whether something is an "A" or an "N". A section is 600 acres, a half section is 320 acres, a quarter section is 160 acres and half of a quarter section is 80 acres; then progressing downward. However, the acreage seems to vary somewhat from this.

1857 Darke County, Ohio Map

Map of Darke County, Ohio, J. Chace Jr., Matthews Publisher, Philadelphia, 1857
(Reprint from original 1857 Wall Map)

[Note: In an attempt to clearly show the almost invisible names and acreage shown on the original map on the scanned reproduction, all have been been darkened and township names added (in red) for clarity. ASH]

Residents or Land Owners in 1857

H. Tillman 87 acres (top left side)¹

Section 25
P. Shields, 170 acres ²
M. Tillman, 164 acres ³
J. Landis, 85 acres ⁴
[No Owner Given], 85 acres
J. Townsend, 164 acres ⁵

Section 30
G. Cox, 100 acres
A. Kitchen, 160 acres
Hs. [Heirs] of J. Childers, 100 acres
J. Tillman, 160 acres

Section 36
J. Brown, 79 acres⁶
P. Brown, 54 acres⁷
C. Brown, 147 acres⁸
J. Brown, 118 acres⁹
J. Tillman, 227 acres

Section 31
J.C., 20 acres
Hs. [Heirs] of J. Childers, 100 acres
H. Brown, 60 acres¹⁰
J. J. Marquith, 93 acres¹¹
H. Tillman, 158 acres

¹ Probably Henry Tillman

² Patrick F.³ Shields, s/o Patrick² Shields. He was also known as Patrick Shields, Jr.

Deed Book C-2, page 3 – Darke County, Ohio
Patrick Shields Junior (residence not given) from William Dougherty and Margaret his wife of Darke County, Ohio; dated 1 August 1855; recorded 2 August 1855; consideration of $250.00; NW Ľ Section 25, Township 11, Range 2 (Neave Twp.). (Signed) Wm Dougherty, Margaret Dougherty. Witnesses: E.S. Smith, John Hufnagle.

Deed Book D-2, page 363 – Darke County, Ohio
Deed of Lease Agreement
Patrick Shields Junior to John L. Hoffman, all of Preble County, Ohio; dated 12 July 1856; recorded 28 July 1856; lease to be from 1st September 1856 to 1st September 1861; land being leased is 170 acres NW Ľ Section 25, Township 11, Range 2 (Neave Twp.). Hoffman is to build a substantial frame bank barn and to be built according to directions of Patrick Shields with cost to be taken from rent; also to put up rail fence. Shields is to pay all taxes. (Signed) Patrick Shields Jr., John B. (his mark) Hoffman. Witnesses: John (his mark) Campbell, Moses Nelson.

Deed Book 54, page 180 – Darke County, Ohio
Patrick Shields and Elizabeth his wife of Preble county, Ohio to Phillip Huett of Preble County, Ohio; dated 31 July 1869; recorded 23 November 1869; consideration of $5160.00; 86 acres off North side or end NW Ľ Section 25, Township 11 Range 2, originally containing 170 acres (Neave Twp). (Signed) Patrick Shields, Elizabeth Shields. Witnesses: James A. Gilmore, T.J. Longnecker.

Deed Book 66, page 177 – Darke County, Ohio
P. F. Shields and Elizabeth his wife of Preble County, Ohio to John Landis (residence not given); dated 9 October 1874; recorded 19 October 1874; consideration of $1320.00; 20 acres part of South half NW Ľ Section 25, Township 11, Range 2 (Neave Twp.). (Signed) P.F. Shields, Elizabeth Shields. Witnesses: Louis Belott, H.M. Cole.

Patrick F. Shields and Elizabeth his wife of Preble County, Ohio to Martin C. Smith (residence not given); dated 2 April 1875; recorded 8 April 1875; consideration (did not get); 54 73/100 acres part S half NW Ľ Section 25, Township 11, Range 2 (Neave Twp.). (Signed) Patrick F. Shields, Elizabeth Shiellds. Witnesses: Wm Shields, Winfield Freeman.

(Other References: 74-251; 74-252; 74-253; 78-142; 78-143)

³ Martin Tillman [1860 Census, #1161]

⁴ John Landis [1860 Census #1178]

⁵ John Townsend [1860 Census, #1188]

⁶ "J. Brown" could have been one of the following children of Phillip Brown (~1760-~1848 Neave Twp., Darke Co., OH) & Catherine Slyger: Julius Brown or Jacob Brown.

⁷ Possibly land still owned by Catherine (Slyger) Brown, widow of Phillip Brown.

⁸ Caleb Brown, s/o Phillip Brown (~1760-~1848 Neave Twp., Darke Co., OH) & Catherine Slyger. Caleb Brown was the father of Mary Jane Brown, who married Patrick S.⁴ Shields, s/o Isaac³ Shields (Patrick², Daniel¹) and Elizabeth Rust. [1860 Census, #1168]

⁹"J. Brown" could have been one of the following children of Phillip Brown (~1760-~1848 Neave Twp., Darke Co., OH) & Catherine Slyger: Julius Brown or Jacob Brown.

¹⁰ Probably Henry Brown, s/o Phillip Brown (~1760-~1848 Neave Twp., Darke Co., OH) & Catherine Slyger.

¹¹ This surname is spelled MARQUITH, MARQUETH, MARKWITH. This is probably James Jones Markwith who married as his 2nd wife, Barbara Brown, dau/o Phillip Brown (~1760-~1848 Neave Twp., Darke Co., OH) & Catherine Slyger.

By the 1860 U. S. Federal Census, apparently some of the landowners shown above on the 1857 map, have died and land was passed to the heirs and/or sold. Some land owners have moved elsewhere; some have moved into Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio. Some perhaps merely owned the land and never resided on it, then by 1860 sold the land they owned. ASH

Created: 30 August 2008
Revised: 06 September 2008