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Ross
County is located in the Appalachian region of the state of Ohio, United States. The county is named for Federalist Senator James Ross of Pennsylvania. Its county
seat is Chillicothe, which 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. Ross County was established 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.
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. The
following counties are adjacent to Ross: Pickaway County (north); Hocking County (northeast); Vinton County (east); Jackson County (southeast); Pike County (south); Highland County (southwest); and Fayette County (northwest). |
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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. Names in dark red denote direct ancestral
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McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied
families (MMPS) |
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Boggs; Cadwallader; Callahan;
Eubanks;
Evans; Hause; Hixson;
Lease; Melson; Middleton; Sherill; Ross; Sommers; Vanderford |
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Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart
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In 1803 Ohio was admitted to the Union
as the seventeenth state (and the first under the Northwest Ordinance). By 1806 our
Eubanks ancestors had moved from Fleming County, Kentucky to Mifflin Township
in Ross County, Ohio. This group would
include our 6th great-grandparents John
and Sarah (Vanderford) Eubanks along with several of their children and their
families. Most notable among this
group were our 5th great grandparents Richard and Alice (Peachee) Eubanks, as well as two of John and Sarah’s other sons George Eubanks and William Eubanks, (our 5th great-grand
uncles). Around
1807 both John and Sarah Eubanks would pass away at the original homestead
along Ohio Route 41
in Perry
Township (now in Pike County). This place is located near where the present day
community of Cynthiana.
This locale would become a part of Paxton
Township by 1809 and upon the
establishment of Pike County in 1815 this area fell into what is now Perry
Township of Pike County. Richard
Eubanks is found on the Ross County
tax lists from 1807 to 1810. It is
believed that Richard Eubanks passed away at this locale around 1810-13. George Eubanks is first found on the Ross County tax
rolls in 1806. Records show that, in
1807, he completed a transaction for 200
acres of land for $700.00. This
property was probably the aforementioned original homestead
along Ohio Route 41 in Perry Township, Pike County. As one of the early settlers to this area
George quickly became active in the local community and in 1807 was one of
several supervisors of highways. On
April 2, 1810, in a local election he is listed as one of several to do house
appraisals. In April 1811 he is named
as one of two listers of taxable property and
appraisers in Paxton Township. In the election of April 1813 he is elected as
a trustee. Our extended Ross Family removed west
from Virginia to Ohio prior to 1819. According to
the 1820 census Joshua Ross settled in that area of Ross County which now encompasses
the townships of Paint and Twin. Joshua and his wife Jane produced at least
eight known off-spring between 1798 and 1820 one of whom is our 4th
great-grandfather Joseph Ross. Joshua Ross continued to live in Paint Township
until his death in 1842. In 1821 Joseph Ross married Anna Eubanks, daughter of
Richard and Alice (Peachee) Eubanks,
in nearby Highland County. It
is most probable that Joseph and his family lived in Paint Township between 1823
and 1842 eight known children were born to them including our 3rd
great-grandmother Elizabeth Ross. Joseph
Ross passed away in 1854, and is buried at the Bourneville
Methodist Church Cemetery, in Twin Township. It is believed that Elizabeth
Ross was
born in Ross County around 1824. In 1843 she married James McVicker and lived in Washington
Township, Hocking County, Ohio after their marriage. |
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Chillicothe
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LOCATION: |
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DESCRIPTION
OF GEN-SITE: Chillicothe a
city in and the county seat of
Ross County, Ohio. Chillicothe was the first and
third capital of Ohio and is located in
southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The town's name comes from the
Shawnee Chala·ka·tha, named after one of the five major divisions of the Shawnee people, as it was the chief settlement of that tribal division. It was after
the American Revolution
that most European settlement came to this area. Migrants from Virginia and Kentucky moved west along the Ohio River in search of land. The Ross County
Courthouse is located at 2 North Paint Street, Suite H,
Chillicothe, OH 45601-3109 |
Ross County Court House Click on photo for larger image |
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
see Family History Notes above. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Official Site of the City of Chillicothe Ohio |
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Bourneville Methodist
Cemetery
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LOCATION: |
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DESCRIPTION
OF GEN-SITE: The cemetery is located on Upper Twin Road
about 100 yards off of U.S. Route 50 in
Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio. It is also known as the
Old Bourneville or Twin Township Cemetery.
Bourneville Methodist Cemetery is no longer an active cemetery. Bourneville is an unincorporated community in central Twin
Township. Although it is
unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45617. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Joshua Ross (c.1775-1842) is buried here. There are other members of this family buried here, see Internments at Bourneville Methodist Cemetery. See Family History Notes above. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S):
Bourneville Methodist
Cemetery |
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Edmiston Cemetery
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LOCATION: |
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DESCRIPTION
OF GEN-SITE: Also known as Ziegler Cemetery, the cemetery is located in Paint Twp. southeast of Fruitdale. The
cemetery is on the southwest side of Pricer Ridge
Road (Co. Hwy 20), near the intersection with Fordyce Road, (Twp. Hwy
18). It is located in a thicket of cedar
trees that are visible from the road.
The cemetery is about 50 feet by 75 feet and is partially enclosed wirh barbed wire. |
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
Joshua C. Ross
(c.1834-1862) is buried here. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S):
Find A Grave: Edmiston Cemetery; Edmiston Cemetery, Paint twp.,
Ross county; Edmiston Cemetery |
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Hixon
Cemetery
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DESCRIPTION
OF GEN-SITE: Also known as the Hixton-Sutton
Cemetery. Hixon Cemetery is located in Buckskin Township on
Turkey Ridge Road, one half mile east of Mt. Olive Road. 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. More than half of the stones in
the cemetery are of common field stone, and about two dozen of them have no
inscriptions. |
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: David Ross was buried here in 1869.
See
also Internments at Hixon Cemetery. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S):
Hixon Cemetery; |
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Paint
Township
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DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE: Topographically, this Paint 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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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see Family History Notes above |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Paint Township, Ross
County, Ohio - Wikipedia; Ross County, Ohio History;
Historic Map: Paint Township,1875 |
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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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Profiles for 69 cities, towns and other populated places in Ross County,
Ohio |
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Ross County Physical,
Cultural & Historic Features | Schools Ross County ZIP Codes
| Area Codes Ross County Land - Property,
Farms & Ranches |
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Ross County, OH, United States
for the following information: Overview – Map – Townships – Cities - Cemeteries
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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City & Villages : Chillicothe; Adelphi; Bainbridge; Clarksburg; Frankfort; Greenfield; Kingston; South Salem Townships: Buckskin; Colerain; Concord; Deerfield; Franklin; Green; Harrison; Huntington; Jefferson; Liberty; Paint; Paxton; Scioto; Springfield; Twin; Union |
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Tucson ·
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Vigo ·
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County boundary changes
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Conducting genealogical research in the United States requires an
understanding of county boundaries. As
the population grew more counties were created to meet the public’s need for
localized governments. This phenomena was common in all states during the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. As such you must be sure
that you are not looking for records in the wrong county or state. The web-site for the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project provides interactive maps for all states. This Atlas is meant to be a resource for people seeking records of past events, and people trying to analyze, interpret and display county-based historical data like Land Records, Probate Records, Court Records, Tax Records, and Vital Records that document birth, death, and marriage. Listed below are the boundary changes for this county, the dates they occurred, as well as the government statute that decreed the change. To see actual changes in a mapping format follow this LINK to the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project . |
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ROSS
COUNTY, OHIO: Map(s) and descriptions
of Historical Boundary Changes Click on thumbnail buttons for
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20 Aug 1798 - ROSS
created by the Northwest Territory from ADAMS, HAMILTON, and WASHINGTON. |
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09 Dec 1800 - ROSS lost
to creation of FAIRFIELD. 01
Mar 1803 - ROSS
became a county in the state of Ohio. |
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30 Apr 1803 - ROSS lost
to creation of FRANKLIN. |
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01 May 1803 - ROSS lost
to creation of GREENE. |
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01 May 1805 - ROSS lost
to creation of HIGHLAND. |
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01 Mar 1810 - ROSS lost
to creation of FAYETTE and PICKAWAY. |
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01 Feb 1815 - ROSS lost
to creation of PIKE. |
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01 Mar 1816 - ROSS lost
to creation of JACKSON. |
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01 Mar 1818 - ROSS lost
to creation of HOCKING and lost to JACKSON. |
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01 Mar 1834 - ROSS gained
from HOCKING. |
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11 Jan 1839 - ROSS gained
small area from JACKSON. |
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07 Mar 1843 - ROSS gained
small area from PICKAWAY in the town of Adelphi. |
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01 Apr 1850 - ROSS lost to creation of VINTON. |
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historical changes of county boundaries in all 50
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