Transcribed by Billy J. Baker, Burtonsville, MD.
Part 10
Union City Times-Gazette, Saturday, July 17, 1948 (By Willard C. Heiss)
Jacob Hale was one of the earliest settlers upon Todd's Fork. In 1805,
accompanied by John Hadley, he came to view the country. They travelled on
horseback, coming through Highland Co., Ohio. They found it a 'goodly
land.' They returned to North Carolina, resolved to part with their
possessions there and removed with their families to Ohio as soon as
possible. Jacob Hale was largely engaged in business there, and owning
considerable land, it took him some time to close up affairs.
The three were brothers-in-law, Jacob Hale having married Martha Harvey,
and John Hadley, Lydia Harvey, who were sisters to Isaac Harvey. They
selected a tract of land on Todd's Fork (a branch of the Little Miami
river), then owned by Robert Pollard, as suitable for making them a home, as
also others of their people, who were expected to come with them. The tract
of land contained ovr two thousand acres and was purchased by Isaac Harvey
and his brother, Eli jointly from the owner in Virginia.
In 1807, Jacob Hale came with his family to Ohio, and settled upon three
hundred acres of this tract of land. His children, except the youngest,
were born in Randolph Co., N. C. About this time Allen Langley and his
wife, Ruth, came to Ohio and settled on these lands, where she died in 1828.
Allen survived her and went to Indiana, where he died at the home of one of
his sons by his first wife.
Material for the foregoing account was mainly from the Quaker Records of
Ohio and North Carolina. Also valuable was the 'History of Chester County,
Pa.', by Futhey and Cope. "Hopewell Friends' History,"
'Tucker's History of
Randolph County,' 'History of Clinton County, Ohio,' 'The Genealogy of
the
Harlan Family,' and material from the Bible Record of Hiram Mendenhall,
furnished by Mrs. Coe Botkin of Selma. Also, data on some of the early
Mendenhall's from Mr. Harry Beeson of Dallas, Texas.
I remain ready to help anyone who would like further amplification of any
of the lines not fully developed in this article. I would also appreciate
any additions or corrections that can be offered.
Willard C. Heiss,
P. O. Box 171
Indianapolis, Indiana
(for an actually copy of this story you can contact the Union City Library
or the Indiana State Library, you will need to contact them for pricing -
Andrea)
Thanks to Billy for taking time away from his obituary project to transcribe
this article!