![]() There is yet a large amount of timber in the township, and railroad ties and tan-bark form no inconsiderable portion of the yearly productive wealth. It may be considered an agriculturalTownship so far as the land is susceptible of cultivation. The township has but one voting precinct, which is held at Blue Run, so called. This prevents a full list of township officers being given and much local history which should be found recorded. Like nearly all others a good portion of them are lost, and what are found are of mixed dates here and there a year, but scarcely a decade complete in any place. Jefferson Township is no exception to the general rule as regards its township records. There were one or two others of a similar nature, one taking three miles by one, for about the same reason -local convenient and attached to Madison Township, but the area as given previously is correct at this time, being its present boundary. Myers petitioned for this change on account of convenience, and got it. 5th 1826 was as follows “The east half of the southeast quarter of section 25, of township 3, of range 21 the land and residence of Jacob Myers in Jefferson Township, be taken from said township and attached to Madison.” Mr. For instance, the first change made, Dec. The population in 1840 was 578 1850, 840 1860, 1,226 1870, 559 18S80 919, There have been several small changes in the boundary line of the township since its organization, but they were not of much consequence being made to accommodate the interest of individuals. The population of the township varied, as in 1870 Valley had been taken from it, but it has shown a steadyincrease, and at a greater percent, taking the last four decades than any township. PopulationJefferson Township, while next to the smallest in population, Rush only having a less number of inhabitants, has increased in the past decade more than any township in the county except Union. In 1882 it was assessed upon its lands at $81,330 upon chattel property $27,189 total, $108,519. There is little to give value beyond productions from year to year, which do not accumulate rapidly, and its and land valuation is not rated at a high figure for assessment purposes. It has an uneven surface, and, not having any large quantity of mineral deposit, it is better adapted to stock-raising than to cereal-growing. The assessed valuation of Jefferson Township is the least of any township in the county. The latter’s area is 14,383 acres, of somewhat hilly surface. There are but three smaller townships in the County than Jefferson, and they are Porter, Washington, and Rush, Valley, which was taken from it, has nearly 1,100 acres more land assessed than Jefferson. The township of Jefferson as now defined is bounded on the north by Pike County, east by Madison and Harrison townships, on the south by clay, and on the west by Valley townships. The township then extended further south, and also took in all of the present township of Valley, which was cut off from Jefferson in 1860. Seal Township, which lay on both sides of the Scioto River, was taken from the map, and that portion lying east of the Scioto was added to Jefferson. The loss of the county commissioners’ records from 1803 to 1811 inclusive prevents the dates being given of the organization of the township, but if it is one of the original divisions it was organized May, 1803, and at all events before the year 1810. Four of the original townships named and known in 1810 are not now on the map-Seal, Upper, Lick and Franklin. Jefferson Township was undoubtedly one of the original townships, or was a township before 1810. FROM THE HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY 1884ĬHICAGO:INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO.1884 Jefferson Township
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