| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Portage County, Ohio |
| Title: | Portage County, Ohio, Records |
| Dates: | 1803-1851 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Portage County, Ohio, was organized in 1808. Early inhabitants included David Hudson, Turhand Kirtland, Benjamin Tappan, Calvin Austin and Owen Brown, father of the abolitionist John Brown. Hudson and Brown were county commissioners, thus frequent signators to these documents. The collection consists of fifty-seven documents relating to the early administration of the county, including seven booklets of county treasurer's records dated 1810-1818, a tax list, legal agreements, receipts, petitions, bills and land surveys. |
| MS Number | MS 4010 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Portage County, Ohio, Records, 1803-1851, consist of fifty-seven documents relating to the early administration of the county, including seven booklets of county treasurer's records dated 1810-1818, a tax list, legal agreements, receipts, petitions, bills and land surveys. There is also an index to the collection.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the early history of Portage County, Ohio and the settlement of the Western Reserve in the early nineteenth century.
While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4010 Portage County, Ohio, Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio