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May 2, 2019 · Led by Christian Waldschmidt, who purchased land (from John Cleves Symmes), the Germans founded Hamilton County’s first and most successful mill village, “Neu Deutschland.” Waldschmidt systematically laid out the village, rerouted part of the Little Miami to serve as a millrace, and built a gristmill and distillery (which used the grain left over from the mill).
Hamilton County Ohio Genealogy and History. The Story of Hamilton County [Source: "Memoirs of the Miami Valley", vol. 2, 1919] [Presented here are pgs 521-533] HAMILTON COUNTY is in the southwest corner of the Miami valley and was erected January 4, 1790, by a proclamation of Gov. Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory.
On January 2, 1790, Hamilton County became the second county in the Northwest Territory. The name honored Revolutionary War general and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. The words of Hezekiah Flint, “I came down in a flat, loaded with corn, and landed in Cincinnati April 7, 1794. There was a pond at the corner of Main and ...
Mar 2, 2014 · Brown, Cyrus 1799 Hamilton County Cincinnati Weekly Gazette 15, April 1858 1:9 Brown, Israel July 1817 Springfield Twp, OH Cincinnati Pioneer Assn. Member List 107 Brown, Sarah 31, Aug. 1807 Butler Co, OH Herron Cincinnati Commercial 5, Apr. 1890 13:5
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Sep 20, 2010 · Hamilton County (Ohio) -- History Publisher Cleveland, Ohio, L. A. Williams ... Be the first one to write a review. 36,207 Views . 10 Favorites. DOWNLOAD OPTIONS ...
Symmes Township, itself was created between 1820 and 1826. In 1825, it became an independent political entity, including the settlement of Germany. In 1817, James Pollack platted the village of Polktown, frequently called "The Company Mill" due to the number of mills in the area. The Associate Reformed Presbyterians congregation was founded in ...
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May 7, 2012 · He immediately established and organized Hamilton County as the second county, declared the new village to be its county seat, and renamed the town “ Cincinnati ”. Hamilton County was named by Judge Symmes in honor of his friend, Alexander Hamilton, then the first Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-1795.