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Originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, Portage County, Ohio was legally created a separate county in February,
1807, along with Ashtabula and Cuyahoga counties. The new counties were sold to Samuel P. Lord, his son Richard, and son-in-law
Josiah Barber for development. In 1810 Ravenna, then called Tappanville, was made the county seat. The collection consists
of a set of index books to the Portage County, Ohio 1880 census, keyed to individual villages and townships in the county:
Atwater, Aurora, Brimfield, Charlestown, Deerfield, Edinburg, Franklin, Freedom, Garretsville, Hiram, Kent, Mantua, Nelson,
Palmyra, Paris, Ravenna Township North, Ravenna Township South, Rootstown, Shalersville, Streetsboro, Suffield, and Windham.
Each book contains the compiler's name and the full name, age, sex and race of each person living in the district.
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