Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Lazarus Hartley
LAZARUS HARTLEY
Lazarus Hartley accompanied Mr. Hamilton from Licking County, conveying
his family and effects to the new home in a two-wheeled cart. He
leased a farm on the Hamilton tract and assisted greatly in clearing
it. Mr. Hartley was illiterate but possessed a remarkable
memory. Whatever he saw or once heard was always remembered, and
it became quite a custom in the neighborhood where he lived to refer
any disputed matter of fact to him for settlement. He after
awhile acquired a farm in Claibourne and some of his children now
occupy it. His death occurred a few years ago.