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ROSS COUNTY,
OHIO
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ROSS CO. AN INTRODUCTION
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Ross County is a county
located in the state of Ohio, United States was formed on August 20, 1798 by proclamation of
Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory. It included a large
part of what is now the State of Ohio. The establishment of Franklin County
and the later organization of other counties reduced Ross County’s huge size
in 1803. Ross County was named for The
county is named for Federalist Senator James Ross of Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, a close friend of Governor St. Clair, although many thought it
should be named after Nathaniel Massie who surveyed the area. In 1800, the
capital of the Northwest Territory was moved to Chillicothe, the present
county seat. Chillicothe |
also
served as the first capital of the State of Ohio from 1803 until 1816, except
for an interval from late 1809 to 1812 when the state legislature met in
Zanesville. In 1817, the state capital moved 40 miles north of Chillicothe to
Columbus, the state's present capital city, because it was more centrally
located. Today, in addition to Chillicothe, Ross County encompasses sixteen townships and six villages. The County includes 687 square miles, the second largest in the state. As of the 2000 census, the population was 73,345. According to the Federal Census Bureau. Ross County ranks 34th in population among the 88 counties in the state. |
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Ross County, OhioFamily Surnames
The
following are surnames of persons, found within our data bases, who were
either born, married or died in this county. |
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Boggs; Cadwallader;
Callahan; Eubanks; Evans;
Hause; Hixson; Lease; Melson; Middleton; Ross; Sommers |
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To find out more about each surname listed
above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information regarding these
surnames may also be found at: |
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Ross County, Ohio |
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Bourneville Methodist
Cemetery
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LOCATION: Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio |
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COORDINATES: Bourneville Methodist Cemetery 391707N 0830943W |
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DIRECTIONS: Located along U.S. Route 50
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HISTORY / DESCRIPTIVE INFO.: Bourneville is an
unincorporated community in central Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United
States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP
code of 45617. Twin Township is one
of the sixteen townships of Ross County, It has a population of 3,146. |
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ANCESTRY: Joshua Ross (c.1775-1842) is buried here. |
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Hixon-
Sutton Cemetery
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LOCATION: Buckskin Township,
Ross County, Ohio |
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COORDINATES OF
IDENTIFIED SITE(s): Hixon- Sutton Cemetery - 391816N, 0831734W |
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DIRECTIONS TO
IDENTIFIED SITE(s): From SR28 at Lyndon, take Lyndon -Salem Rd s of South Salem. Go on
Mt. Olive Rd. TR47 and turn left near top of hill on Turkey Ridge Rd.
Cemetery about 1/4 mi on right. |
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s): |
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ANCESTORAL
NOTE(s): David Ross is
buried at Hixon Cemetery. |
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Paint
Township
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LOCATION: Paint
Township, Ross County, Ohio |
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COORDINATES OF
IDENTIFIED SITE(s): Edminston-Ziegler Cemetery - |
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DIRECTIONS TO
IDENTIFIED SITE(s): The cemetery is located in Paint Twp. southeast of Fruitdale in the
southwest corner of the county. It is on the south side of Pricer Ridge Road,
1 mile northwest of Whetstone Road, as per the following source: |
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s): Ross County, Ohio
History; Edmiston
Cemetery |
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ANCESTORAL
NOTE(s): Joshua C. Ross is
listed in the 1860 census as residing in Paint Township. He may also be buried at the Edminston-Ziegler Cemetery. Richard William Ross born, 1823, in Paint
Township. |
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BACKGROUND / HISTORY: |
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Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships
of Ross County, Ohio, United
States. The 2000 census found 1,169 people in the
township. It is one of six Paint Townships statewide. Topographically, this township enjoys
the distinction of being the most irregular in outline in Ross county. The
township was organized by the county commissioners on March 9, 1808, from
territory then embraced within the townships of Buckskin and Paxton. Buckskin creek flows nearly through the
township, maintaining a southerly course until it reaches the west central
portion, when it makes an abrupt turn to the eastward and empties into Paint
creek just over the line in Paxton township. This is the principal interior
stream. Paint creek forms the entire western boundary, and about half of the
southern, leaving the township line near the mouth of Buckskin creek. Other
small streams are Lower Twin, which drains the eastern end of the township
for a short distance, and Cliff run, Core run and Whetstone creek, which cut
through the hills in the interior, and are bounded, generally, by rugged
bluffs instead of the usual fertile valleys. The choice farming land
of the township lies in the valleys of Paint creek, Buckskin creek and Lower
Twin. The valleys of these streams are usually wide and fertile bottom lands,
which, together, comprise about one-third of the township. But little level
farming land is to he found along the small interior streams. The bluffs
often rise abruptly from the very banks of the creeks and terminate in broken
and hilly lands, of thin clay soil.
Fruitdale is the main village in the township, 100 years ago it was a
station on the Ohio Southern railroad which crossed the western end of the |
township from
northwest to southeast, with stopping places at Humboldt and Spout Springs,
but no stations. But, notwithstanding the meager facilities within the
boundaries of Paint township, the people are well provided for in the
existence of nearby towns in adjacent territory, Greenfield, Bainbridge,
South Salem and Bourneville being conveniently accessible at the four
cardinal points. The old Indian Ford across the Paint
was a point to which the warrior's trails seemed to converge from all
directions, and council fires burned in the adjacent camps on the margins of
the stream. Long years before the white man entered the territory, this was a
favorite rendezvous for the Indians in passing through the valley. The honors of first settlement are due
to the Woodbridge family, descendants of Jelahiel Woodbridge who was one of
the original members of the Ohio company, organized in Boston, March 1, 1786. Following settlers include Jacob Hare who emigrated from
Virginia and settled in the northern part of Paint township during the year
1799. Jacob and Enos Smith, brothers, sought a home in the Scioto country in
1796. John Gray came from Pennsylvania
in the fall of 1799. He settled, temporarily, on Pee Pee creek, in Highland
county; but early in 1800 he removed to Paint township, and settled on Twin
creek. Other
early settlers in the Twin creek neighborhood, who located there prior to
1800, or in that year, were George Brown, George Walker, Thomas Mahan, Jacob
Myers and Thomas McDonald. These families, with the Grays, constituted the
settlers on Paint creek, within the bounds of the township in the year 1800. Source: Ross County, Ohio
History |
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Ross County, Ohio The red star in the map at the left designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Source: MapQuest The list below will assist
in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage,
death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have
occurred. Source: Wikipedia |
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Municipalities: Adelphi; Bainbridge; Chillicothe;
Clarksburg;
Frankfort;
Kingston;
South Salem Townships: Buckskin; Colerain; Concord; Deerfield; Franklin; Green; Harrison; Huntington; Jefferson; Liberty; Paint; Paxton; Scioto; Springfield; Twin; Union Census-designated
place: North Fork Village Other places; Bourneville;
Denver; Hallsville;
Knockemstiff; Londonderry;
Richmond Dale (also known as "Richmondale");
Roxabell; |
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Ross County, Ohio Genealogy Information Websites The following are links to
websites that will provide you with specific genealogical information to assist with your research for this county. |
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Use the
following LINKS to find more information that may pertain to this location. |
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Ross
County, Ohio
Image Gallery During our research we have collected and images and photographs
that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past
lives. |
Ross Co.
Court House, Chillicothe, Ohio |
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If you have any
photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we
would greatly appreciate hearing from you. |
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Use the
following LINK to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this
location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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Contact Information
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Pony Express: Tom |
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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