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��among all these not one Long Knife ? All Yen- gess ! ' Then probabl}^ observing me, he said to himself : -No ! one Quakel ! (Quaker).'' It is evi- dent that Rev. John Heckewelder and probably other missionaries had been preaching to these Indians man}' jears, for when Mr. James Copus came and settled near them in 1809, and preached to them occasionally, he found many among them who partiall}" understood the Eng- lish language, and it was evident from their ac- tions and conversation that they were accustomed to the holding of religious meetings. James Cun- ningham and Samuel Lewis were also here in 1809, and settled in the neighborhood of this village. In 1810, the following settlers were found in that vicinity, in addition to those already mentioned : Greorge Crawford, David Davis, Frederick Zimmer, Jr., Phillip Zimraer, John Lambright, Peter Kinney, Edward Haley, John Davis, a widower, Allen Oliver, Charles and Bazel Tannehill, John Coulter, Melzer Coulter, Archibald Gardner, Calvin Hill, and their families. These did not all settle in (Ireen Township, but a few of them did, and all settled so near each other, along the Black Fork and Rocky Fork, as to become neighbors. They were mostl}' of German descent, from Western Penn- sylvania and Virginia. The war of 181 2 stopped the emigration for a year or two, but in 1814-15 the following settlers had been added to those in Green : Trew Peter, William Brown, John Shehan, Ahira Hill, x\sa Brown, Lewis, John and Adam Crossen, Stephen Vanscoyoe, Noah Custard, David Hill, Lewis Pierce, William Slater, John Murph}-, Henry Naugh, John Pool, William Irvin, Moses Jones and Ebenezer Rice. Mr. Rice came in 1811, and settled on Section 29. From 1815 until 1824, the following addi- tional names appear as settlers in the town- ship : James Bj'ers. Section 23 ; Conrad Cas- tor, Section 22 ; Jonathan Coulter, Samuel Graham, Section 17 ; Andrew Humphrey ; William Hunter, Section 26 : William Taylor, Section 21 ; William Wallace, Section 24 ; John

��White, Isaac Wolf, Section 25 ; and many others, whose names are not now recalled. Abraham Baughman and John Davis were among the earliest settlers in this township — perhaps the earliest. They were here when Peter Kinney arrived, in 181(t; how long they had been here, or where they came from, does not appear. Baughman, who was a man of family, lived near Greentown, while Davis, who was a widower and kept "bachelor's hall," set- tled on Section 31. He had been a Revolution- ary soldier, and some years subsequent to his settlement in the township, was found dead on the roadside, al)ove Chillicothe. to which place he been to draw his pension. This township settled very rapidly after the war of 1812 ; Greentown being located on a sort of thorough- fare, over which a majority of emigrants, seek- ing homes in the West must pass. The conse- quence was that many who intended going further west and who halted in the settlement for a day or two, remained and became permanent. When the war of 1812 began this was, of course, a frontier settlement, and having a band of Indians in their very midst, the settlers felt a continual sense of insecurity. They knew not what moment their hitherto friendly red brothers might take a notion to massacre the entire settlement. British agents were in con- tinual correspondence with them, and endeavor- ing to influence them to take up the hatchet, and put on the war paint. It was not strange, therefore, that when 3Iartin RuflJiier and the Zimmer family were murdered, the entire set- tlement were panic-stricken, and made all haste for the block-houses in the vicinity, and discussed seriously the matter of deserting the countr}' entirel}'. There were men among them, however, who had cool heads and 1>rave hearts, whose counsels prevailed. A few, however, left the country entirely, going back where they came from, to remain until after the war, and some never to return again to Ohio. About thirty persons from this settlement went to

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