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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.
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).
Mar 2, 2014 · Microfilms of the original newspapers can be found at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Main Branch at 800 Vine Street in the Magazines and Newspapers Department. The library offers a service to copy and either mail or email copies of these newspapers’ articles.
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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 ...
Jan 5, 2017 · Posted 9:00 AM, Jan 05, 2017. and last updated 7:28 AM, Jan 11, 2017. CINCINNATI -- Six men who established three settlements within several months in Hamilton County 228 years ago qualify to be ...
It was the first settlement in Hamilton County’s interior away from the Ohio River. The village consisted of 106 acres and the fort itself was 1-acre of enclosed land with 10 cabins housing around 30 residents, a rudimentary grist mill (hand-powered corn cracker), and 3 blockhouses.
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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.
