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Highland County is located in
the state of Ohio, United States.
Its county seat is Hillsboro. Higland County is named for the topography which is hilly and divides the
watersheds of the Little
Miami and Scioto Rivers. Highland County was created on February 18, 1805
and was formed from Adams,
Clermont
and Ross
Counties. Founded in 1807, Hillsboro
was constructed to be the county seat.
Before this community's establishment, New Market served as the
Highland County seat of government. Counties adjacent to Highland County are Fayette
County (north), Ross
County (northeast), Pike
County (east), Adams
County (southeast), Brown
County (southwest),
and Clinton
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gen tool-kit
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located in the area. It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions. When visiting an ancestral county for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are the county courthouse; the county library; and the county historical and/or genealogical societies. It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies. We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family historian. |
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All Departments below are
in the Highland County Courthouse 105 North High Street,
Hillsboro, OH 45133; Phone: +1-937-393-9957, unless otherwise noted below.
The Official County website is located at http://www.highland-co.com/ .
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Your
LINK to the Historical Places and
Districts in HIGHLAND
County
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surnames
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link. |
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Eubanks; Ross |
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Additional information regarding these and other
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches
using tips or "tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results. The different searches will give you many
different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about this or
any other Surname. |
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Click on the LINK to the right to see more information about the World distribution of any
surname. You can |
get greater detail for any of the maps by clicking on the area, i.e state, county that you are interested in. |
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ancestral
gen-sites
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Map of the county
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Family history notes
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When Richard Eubanks died at Mason
County, Kentucky around 1813 he left his wife Alice (Peachee)
Eubanks with five children the eldest only ten years old. As such his Alice became dependent upon her
Peachee and Eubanks relatives who lived in Mason
County. Alice’s brother James Peachee had removed to Daviess County Ohio by 1821. Her father-in-law John Eubanks and some of
his sons had moved to the area of Ross and Pike counties prior to 1810. A William Eubanks, probably Alice’s
brother-in-law, and a David Ross, possibly a relative of Joseph Ross, are
listed in the 1807 census of Highland County as living in Liberty Township*. Thus it is surmised that Alice and her
children were living in Highland County with William Eubanks when her
daughter Anna Eubanks married Joseph Ross in 1821. Also it is known that Anna’s brother
Absalom Eubanks eventually settled in Brush Creek Township, Highland County
and in shown in the 1840 census as living there. The following gen-sites have been
identified as places located within this county where our direct ancestors
are known to have been, born, married, died or resided. * A history of the early settlement of Highland County,
Ohio, by Daniel Scott, published 1890, page, 144 |
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Gen-site profiles
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Hillsboro
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LOCATION: Place: Hillsboro; Coordinates/Map: 39° 12′ 21″ N,
83° 36′ 50″ W |
Highland County Courthouse, Hillsboro, Ohio Click on thumbnail for larger image |
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DESCRIPTION: Hillsboro is the county seat of Highland County, Ohio.
Founded in 1807. Hillsboro grew relatively quickly, having 868 inhabitants in 1840. By
1846, the community contained three churches, two newspaper offices, fourteen
stores, and an academy for men and another school for women. The town
continued to grow over the next four decades. In 1880, 3,234 people resided
in Hillsboro, with approximately one-third of the townspeople being
school-aged children. One of the principal reasons for this growth was
Hillsboro's location of two separate railroad lines. The town became a center
of agricultural trade. In 1886, most of Hillsboro's manufacturing businesses
produced items, including flour, carriages, and lumber, for farmers living in
the surrounding countryside. Hillsboro's largest employer was J.M. Boyd &
Company, with twenty-one employees. This firm processed flour. The town also
contained three newspaper offices, eight churches, and three banks in 1886. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see
notes above |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): City
of Hillsboro; Hillsboro, Ohio - Ohio History Central |
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Liberty Township
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LOCATION: |
Map showing the location of
Liberty Township Click on thumbnail for larger image |
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DESCRIPTION:
One of the original four townships of
Highland County, Liberty had 232 adult males enumerated when the county was
established in 1807, by 1870 the township, including the County seat of
Hillsboro, had a population of 5,189.
At that time there were 13 churches, 5 mills, 7 factories, and 4
hotels in Liberty Township. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: It
is believed that Joseph Ross married Anna Eubanks at Liberty Township,
Highland County in 1821. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Liberty Township (Histopolis); |
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LOCATION: |
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DESCRIPTION: |
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populated places
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gazetteer
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The
list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your
ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality
at which these events may have occurred. |
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Highland County Physical,
Cultural & Historic Features Highland County ZIP Codes
| Area Codes Highland County Land -
Property, Farms & Ranches Profiles
for 55 cities, towns and other populated places in Highland County Ohio |
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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Townships
Unincorporated communities
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* includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches, Locales,
Military Installations;
Populated Places, Post Offices, Schools, Streams, and Trails |
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State-Wide Resources
For more information about the U.S. State in which this
county is located click on
these LINKS: |
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Where in
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
The LINK |
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the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and other helpful resources
that will assist you in discovering Ancestral Locations. |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
who may have settled in this locality. |
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Gallery
During our research we have collected 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. |
A
Former Tavern and stagecoach stop now houses the Highland County Historical
Society, located at 151 East Main Street, Hillsboro, OH 45133 |
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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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Snail mail: Fred
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Email Pony
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