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- At genealogylibrary.com:
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE MAHONING VALLEY: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TWO PIONEER REUNIONS:
TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ANECDOTES, ETC., RELATING TO THE
SALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY, AND HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES, BOTH GENERAL AND LOCAL. VOLUME I.
YoungSTOWN: PUBLISHED BY THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1876.
1805.
This year there were thirty families in the township, namely: Chester Lewis, Wm. Scott, George Matthews, Uriel Driggs, Paul Rice, Wm. Matthews, Jacob Ford, Walter Davis, John Little, Wm. Knox,(*) Joseph M'Michael, John Wade, George Gordon Dement and brother, John Neil, Robert Neil,(*) Robert Henry, James Hill, Peter Yetmen, Martin Tidd, Capt. David Randall, Ebenezer Reeve; Thomas Gillis, boarding his brothers, John and William, who commenced building a saw-mill and grist-mill on Stratton Creek, soon after they came; Stephen Splitstone, Capt. William Westby and three sons, James,(*) John,(*) and Ebenezer; Wm. Christy, Andrew Christy,(*) James M'Connel, John Brekin and sons, David(*) and Ezekiel;(*) Thomas Potter, Leonard Blackburn, Samuel Tidd, John Kinsman, Isaac, John, and Betsey Mathews, Joshua Budwell; Charles and Zopher Case were citizens of the town in the early part of the year, but probably removed to Williamsfield in the Fall; David(*) and Elam Lindsley, carpenters, on the Brocket Farm; Michael Mathews on the Bennet Farm, Alexander Clark.
The first military company was organized in 1806. David Randall was chosen captain, Zopher Case, Lieutenant, and George Gordon Dement, Ensign. Case afterward received the appointment of major. The first military trainings in Kinsman were this year. They had trained before at the Burgh in Hartford, also in Vernon after 1804.
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