Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio

Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio was named in honor of General William H. Harrison and was organized as a separate political township in 1820. Previously, it was attached to Clayton. Harrison is not a full township, and contains only twenty-four sections.

It is believed that the first settler is James Clark who owned land on both sides of what is now the county line. Clark was a State Senator, Justice of the Peace, and kept a tavern at Roseville, (then called Milford). Other early settlers are John Iliff, William Iliff, John Dusenberry, John Burley, John Brumage, W. McCaslin, John C. Cox, James Spurgeon, William Combes, Joseph Taylor, Hugh Lennington, Jacob Reed, James Mumford, M. Plummer, William Turner, James Iliff, Nicholas Hitchcock, James Rose, Tubba Taylor, John Hough, Israel Hitchcock, William H. Herron, Jeremiah Rose, Aaron Dennis, Sen., John Barcroft, John Melick, John Moore, John Reed, John Rose, Alexander Brumage, William Cox, Jacob Holcomb. John Carr, Robert Allen, George Moore, Robert Moore, Thomas Taylor, Sen., Thomas Taylor, Jr., John Taylor, George Taylor, John Combes, Israel Combes, Stephen Owens, Bennett Woods, Isaac Hitchcock, Jacob Richards, John Hitchcock, and George Wolf.

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See also:

• Category: Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio
• Wikipedia: Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio
• Wikidata: Item Q5666065, en:Wikipedia