At Zane's Town, early to feel the impulse of immigration, the family of Isaac Zane, with its sons and daughters-in-law, already made the nucleus of a town, in the settlers' sense, when the frst newcomers arrived. The Zanes were a notable race of men wherever the name appears in colonial records. The grandfather of Isaac, who came to America from England (the family originated in Denmark), with William Penn, left his mark on the city of brotherly love in one of its streets, which bears the name of Zane. Ebenezer Zane, the eldest brother of Isaac, had taken as deep root in the Scioto valley, while Isaac himself, while yet a captive in the wilderness, had merely by force of personality impressed the name of Zane indelibly on the Indian village which sheltered him. Isaac and his wife were, from the first, powerful instruments in promoting friendliness between the Indians and the whites.
Their children, three sons and four daughters, were: William, Ebenezer and Isaac, Jr., and Nancy, Elizabeth, Kitty and Sally. Of the sons, the names of whose helpmates are not disclosed, the first is William, who removed, in 1820, to the Upper Sandusky, and became leading counselor for the Wyandot Indians; Ebenezer, who built the one story log part of the house now known as the McCormick house, in 1804. (This is the oldest house now standing either in the village or the county.) The two-story part was added in or near 1814. Ebenezer removed to Wyandot county in 1832. Isaac, Jr., by his father's will, settled on the farm afterward owned by E. O. Wickersham, near "Wickersham's Corners." The house, still standing, was a fine residence for the times in which it was built, and became known as "Zane Mansion." It was constructed by a man named Bishop, who received for his compensation a farm, which is now owned by the Pennock estate. Isaac also removed to Wyandot county in the thirties, dying there.
Of the daughters, Nancy, the oldest, had made a visit, about the date of 1796-7, to her grandfather, Tarhe, who was at the time living in the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, and while there had met her fate, a happy one, in the person of William McColloch, who was assisting her uncle, Ebenezer Zane, Sr., in cutting the early thoroughfare known as "Zane Trace." William and Nancy were married in 1797, and did not come to Zane's Town to live until 1803, when their son, Noah Zane McColloch, was five years old. (Little Noah was already distinguished as the first white child born in the village of Zanesville.) It may be told that the Zanes and McCollochs had long been neighbors and friends in the Culpeper vicinity in Virginia, and that the marriage of William and Nancy was the second tie of wedlock between different branches of the family. Solomon and Samuel McCulloch arrived to settle permanently in Zane's Town in the same year (1803), bringing their families.
Job Sharp had, before the date 1803, built on his own farm on Darby creek a small mill operated by water power obtained from two fine springs which he united in a headgate. Very rude and primitive the mill was, and designed for the use of his own family, but it produced a meal that was far superior to the grits which the settlers had thus far produced for themselves by pounding corn between stones, or by using a boulder for a pestle with a hollowed stump for a mortar, so the fame of "Sharp's Mill" spread rapidly and settlers came from far and near to patronize it.
But, closely following the Sharp mill, William McColloch, who settled with Nancy a little south of the village at Zane's Town, had built a mill expressly for public patronage, the first real mill in the county, distinguished by a millrace one mile long, traces of which may still be seen.
In 1812, William McColloch organized a company of volunteers to serve the country in the war with Great Britain. He furnished the necessary horses and cattle, and maintenance for the same without remuneration, and, at the head of his scouts, joined Gen. Hull at Belleville. He was killed in the defeat of Browntown, the site of Detroit, when the British were commanded by Gen. Brock and the Indians by Tecumseh. There is a story that Tecumseh commanded McColloch's heart to be eaten by his braves, to imbue them with the courage of the valiant pioneer soldier. His body lies in an unknown spot.
Nancy, his widow, a few years later (1816) built a school house and employed a teacher for it, the whole being a free offering in the interest of education. This was the first free school in Logan county. Nancy died in 1848 and was buried, by her own request, in the orchard of her home farm.
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Their children, three sons and four daughters, were: William, Ebenezer and Isaac, Jr., and Nancy, Elizabeth, Kitty and Sally. Of the sons, the names of whose helpmates are not disclosed, the first is William, who removed, in 1820, to the Upper Sandusky, and became leading counselor for the Wyandot Indians; Ebenezer, who built the one story log part of the house now known as the McCormick house, in 1804. (This is the oldest house now standing either in the village or the county.) The two-story part was added in or near 1814. Ebenezer removed to Wyandot county in 1832. Isaac, Jr., by his father's will, settled on the farm afterward owned by E. O. Wickersham, near "Wickersham's Corners." The house, still standing, was a fine residence for the times in which it was built, and became known as "Zane Mansion." It was constructed by a man named Bishop, who received for his compensation a farm, which is now owned by the Pennock estate. Isaac also removed to Wyandot county in the thirties, dying there.
Of the daughters, Nancy, the oldest, had made a visit, about the date of 1796-7, to her grandfather, Tarhe, who was at the time living in the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, and while there had met her fate, a happy one, in the person of William McColloch, who was assisting her uncle, Ebenezer Zane, Sr., in cutting the early thoroughfare known as "Zane Trace." William and Nancy were married in 1797, and did not come to Zane's Town to live until 1803, when their son, Noah Zane McColloch, was five years old. (Little Noah was already distinguished as the first white child born in the village of Zanesville.) It may be told that the Zanes and McCollochs had long been neighbors and friends in the Culpeper vicinity in Virginia, and that the marriage of William and Nancy was the second tie of wedlock between different branches of the family. Solomon and Samuel McCulloch arrived to settle permanently in Zane's Town in the same year (1803), bringing their families.
Job Sharp had, before the date 1803, built on his own farm on Darby creek a small mill operated by water power obtained from two fine springs which he united in a headgate. Very rude and primitive the mill was, and designed for the use of his own family, but it produced a meal that was far superior to the grits which the settlers had thus far produced for themselves by pounding corn between stones, or by using a boulder for a pestle with a hollowed stump for a mortar, so the fame of "Sharp's Mill" spread rapidly and settlers came from far and near to patronize it.
But, closely following the Sharp mill, William McColloch, who settled with Nancy a little south of the village at Zane's Town, had built a mill expressly for public patronage, the first real mill in the county, distinguished by a millrace one mile long, traces of which may still be seen.
In 1812, William McColloch organized a company of volunteers to serve the country in the war with Great Britain. He furnished the necessary horses and cattle, and maintenance for the same without remuneration, and, at the head of his scouts, joined Gen. Hull at Belleville. He was killed in the defeat of Browntown, the site of Detroit, when the British were commanded by Gen. Brock and the Indians by Tecumseh. There is a story that Tecumseh commanded McColloch's heart to be eaten by his braves, to imbue them with the courage of the valiant pioneer soldier. His body lies in an unknown spot.
Nancy, his widow, a few years later (1816) built a school house and employed a teacher for it, the whole being a free offering in the interest of education. This was the first free school in Logan county. Nancy died in 1848 and was buried, by her own request, in the orchard of her home farm.
Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Volume 1 - "The Day of the Settler"
http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/3509113.htm
At Zane's Town, early to feel the impulse of immigration, the family of Isaac Zane, with its sons and daughters-in-law, already made the nucleus of a town, in the settlers' sense, when the frst newcomers arrived. The Zanes were a notable race of men wherever the name appears in colonial records. The grandfather of Isaac, who came to America from England (the family originated in Denmark), with William Penn, left his mark on the city of brotherly love in one of its streets, which bears the name of Zane. Ebenezer Zane, the eldest brother of Isaac, had taken as deep root in the Scioto valley, while Isaac himself, while yet a captive in the wilderness, had merely by force of personality impressed the name of Zane indelibly on the Indian village which sheltered him. Isaac and his wife were, from the first, powerful instruments in promoting friendliness between the Indians and the whites.
Their children, three sons and four daughters, were: William, Ebenezer and Isaac, Jr., and Nancy, Elizabeth, Kitty and Sally. Of the sons, the names of whose helpmates are not disclosed, the first is William, who removed, in 1820, to the Upper Sandusky, and became leading counselor for the Wyandot Indians; Ebenezer, who built the one story log part of the house now known as the McCormick house, in 1804. (This is the oldest house now standing either in the village or the county.) The two-story part was added in or near 1814. Ebenezer removed to Wyandot county in 1832. Isaac, Jr., by his father's will, settled on the farm afterward owned by E. O. Wickersham, near "Wickersham's Corners." The house, still standing, was a fine residence for the times in which it was built, and became known as "Zane Mansion." It was constructed by a man named Bishop, who received for his compensation a farm, which is now owned by the Pennock estate. Isaac also removed to Wyandot county in the thirties, dying there.
Of the daughters, Nancy, the oldest, had made a visit, about the date of 1796-7, to her grandfather, Tarhe, who was at the time living in the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, and while there had met her fate, a happy one, in the person of William McColloch, who was assisting her uncle, Ebenezer Zane, Sr., in cutting the early thoroughfare known as "Zane Trace." William and Nancy were married in 1797, and did not come to Zane's Town to live until 1803, when their son, Noah Zane McColloch, was five years old. (Little Noah was already distinguished as the first white child born in the village of Zanesville.) It may be told that the Zanes and McCollochs had long been neighbors and friends in the Culpeper vicinity in Virginia, and that the marriage of William and Nancy was the second tie of wedlock between different branches of the family. Solomon and Samuel McCulloch arrived to settle permanently in Zane's Town in the same year (1803), bringing their families.
Job Sharp had, before the date 1803, built on his own farm on Darby creek a small mill operated by water power obtained from two fine springs which he united in a headgate. Very rude and primitive the mill was, and designed for the use of his own family, but it produced a meal that was far superior to the grits which the settlers had thus far produced for themselves by pounding corn between stones, or by using a boulder for a pestle with a hollowed stump for a mortar, so the fame of "Sharp's Mill" spread rapidly and settlers came from far and near to patronize it.
But, closely following the Sharp mill, William McColloch, who settled with Nancy a little south of the village at Zane's Town, had built a mill expressly for public patronage, the first real mill in the county, distinguished by a millrace one mile long, traces of which may still be seen.
In 1812, William McColloch organized a company of volunteers to serve the country in the war with Great Britain. He furnished the necessary horses and cattle, and maintenance for the same without remuneration, and, at the head of his scouts, joined Gen. Hull at Belleville. He was killed in the defeat of Browntown, the site of Detroit, when the British were commanded by Gen. Brock and the Indians by Tecumseh. There is a story that Tecumseh commanded McColloch's heart to be eaten by his braves, to imbue them with the courage of the valiant pioneer soldier. His body lies in an unknown spot.
Nancy, his widow, a few years later (1816) built a school house and employed a teacher for it, the whole being a free offering in the interest of education. This was the first free school in Logan county. Nancy died in 1848 and was buried, by her own request, in the orchard of her home farm.
Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Volume 1 - "The Day of the Settler"
http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/3509113.htm
Their children, three sons and four daughters, were: William, Ebenezer and Isaac, Jr., and Nancy, Elizabeth, Kitty and Sally. Of the sons, the names of whose helpmates are not disclosed, the first is William, who removed, in 1820, to the Upper Sandusky, and became leading counselor for the Wyandot Indians; Ebenezer, who built the one story log part of the house now known as the McCormick house, in 1804. (This is the oldest house now standing either in the village or the county.) The two-story part was added in or near 1814. Ebenezer removed to Wyandot county in 1832. Isaac, Jr., by his father's will, settled on the farm afterward owned by E. O. Wickersham, near "Wickersham's Corners." The house, still standing, was a fine residence for the times in which it was built, and became known as "Zane Mansion." It was constructed by a man named Bishop, who received for his compensation a farm, which is now owned by the Pennock estate. Isaac also removed to Wyandot county in the thirties, dying there.
Of the daughters, Nancy, the oldest, had made a visit, about the date of 1796-7, to her grandfather, Tarhe, who was at the time living in the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, and while there had met her fate, a happy one, in the person of William McColloch, who was assisting her uncle, Ebenezer Zane, Sr., in cutting the early thoroughfare known as "Zane Trace." William and Nancy were married in 1797, and did not come to Zane's Town to live until 1803, when their son, Noah Zane McColloch, was five years old. (Little Noah was already distinguished as the first white child born in the village of Zanesville.) It may be told that the Zanes and McCollochs had long been neighbors and friends in the Culpeper vicinity in Virginia, and that the marriage of William and Nancy was the second tie of wedlock between different branches of the family. Solomon and Samuel McCulloch arrived to settle permanently in Zane's Town in the same year (1803), bringing their families.
Job Sharp had, before the date 1803, built on his own farm on Darby creek a small mill operated by water power obtained from two fine springs which he united in a headgate. Very rude and primitive the mill was, and designed for the use of his own family, but it produced a meal that was far superior to the grits which the settlers had thus far produced for themselves by pounding corn between stones, or by using a boulder for a pestle with a hollowed stump for a mortar, so the fame of "Sharp's Mill" spread rapidly and settlers came from far and near to patronize it.
But, closely following the Sharp mill, William McColloch, who settled with Nancy a little south of the village at Zane's Town, had built a mill expressly for public patronage, the first real mill in the county, distinguished by a millrace one mile long, traces of which may still be seen.
In 1812, William McColloch organized a company of volunteers to serve the country in the war with Great Britain. He furnished the necessary horses and cattle, and maintenance for the same without remuneration, and, at the head of his scouts, joined Gen. Hull at Belleville. He was killed in the defeat of Browntown, the site of Detroit, when the British were commanded by Gen. Brock and the Indians by Tecumseh. There is a story that Tecumseh commanded McColloch's heart to be eaten by his braves, to imbue them with the courage of the valiant pioneer soldier. His body lies in an unknown spot.
Nancy, his widow, a few years later (1816) built a school house and employed a teacher for it, the whole being a free offering in the interest of education. This was the first free school in Logan county. Nancy died in 1848 and was buried, by her own request, in the orchard of her home farm.
Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Volume 1 - "The Day of the Settler"
http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/3509113.htm
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