Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

In the spring of 1799, Judge Eliphalet Austin, Roswell Stevens and his new bride, David Allen, Anson Colt, and Samuel Fobes left for the newly purchased land now called Austinburg Township. They soon built rough cabins and a settlement was underway. The first colonists are Deacon Noah Cowles, Capt. Joseph Case, Roger Nettleton, Dr. Orestes K. Hawley, John Wright Jr., Jonah Moses, Daniel C. Phelps, Isaac Butterfield, Ephraim Rice, Calvin Stone, David Allen and Sterling Mills.

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See also:

• Category: Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
• 1874 Austinburg Township, Eagleville, Mechanicsville Map