proceed, on the 12th day of July, 1851, to elect said justices of the peace; and it is further ordered that the clerk of this court forthwith transmit a certified copy of this pro ceeding to the trustees of said township."

In accordance with this order, an election was held, and James Rich and Abner Williams were chosen the first justices of the township. Rich qualified on the 1st of August, and Williams on the 7th of the same month, 1851.

The following owners of real estate within the present Township of Wayne were taxed on the Richland Township duplicate for 1830. This list gives the names of all land owners in the first twelve sections of township 8, range 8, at that date: Jesse Brown, section 8, 160 acres, valued at $218; Henry Cramer, section 3, 150 acres, $273; Joseph Finley, section 7, 174 acres, $238; William Gladden, section 11, 158 acres, $288; same, 158 acres, $288; Elizabeth Hammond, section 11, 158 acres, $216; John Hague, section 12, 159 acres, $289; John Law, section 11, 80 acres, $146; William Lowrey, section 8, 159 acres, $217; same, 159 acres, $517; Thomas Law, section 11, 80 acres, $146; John Mendenhall, section 1, 75 acres, $102; Isaac Mendenhall, section 1, 75 acres, $102; William Morrison, section 9, 157 acres, $178; John Millhorn, sectión 5, 157 acres, $214; same, 100 acres, $137; Albert Strong, section 5, 80 acres, $109; Thomas Stranathan, section 5, 80 acres, $109; Alexander Sprout, section 4, 151 acres, $276;

same, 151 acres, $276; Robert Thompson, section 6, 177 acres, $403; same, 177 acres, $403; James Thomp son's heirs, section 8, 160 acres, $255; same, section 7, 334 acres, $61, and 160 acres, $255; William Thompson, section 6, 88 acres, $120; same, section 5, 78 acres, $108.

Joseph Reeves was probably the first white man who made his home in the northern part of Noble County. He came here near the close of the last century or about the beginning of the present. He remained but a few years when he was driven out through fear of the Indians. After the country became somewhat settled he returned and became a resi dent of the township. It is said that he frequently went with the Indians on their hunting expeditions and that he had a personal acquaintance with Tecumseh, who gave him a powder horn; this horn is still in possession of the family.

John Vorhies was the first permanent resident of the township, and, if the date fixed by his descendants is correct, the first in the county. As nearly as can now be determined the date of his settlement with his family was in 1802. He located on land

now owned by Millhorn and others. His children were Aaron, Deborah, Daniel, Isaac, John, William, Ephraim, Dolly and Susan, all of whom are dead. Aaron and Ephraim were early settlers of Seneca Township. Mount Ephraim was named for the latter.

In the year 1807 Edward Ward and family came from Pennsylvania and settled in this township. He

died in 1843 in the eighty-third year of his age. His widow lived to be nearly one hundred years old. With them came also their son John and his family. John Ward served in the War of 1812 as first lieutenant. He took several English prisoners near Sandusky, and among them was a silversmith who engraved Mr. Ward's name upon the hilt of his sword. The sword is still in possession of the family. The guard of it is of silver. Mr. Ward died in 1818. His son Edward is among the old residents of Seneca Township. Another son, Joseph, lives in Wood County, Ohio.

Cornelius Bryan and his sons, James and John, were among the earliest settlers. John Perry came a little later.

Joseph Burson was an early settler and a prominent citizen. It is said that Wayne Township was erected through his influence. Burson had a store upon his farm as early as 1825. He also had an early gristmill.

"William Thompson's mill," on Seneca Fork of Will's Creek, is mentioned in a road petition to the commissioners of Guernsey County in 1815, and was probably the earliest mill in the vicinity. He lived on section 6, in the western part of the township.

Jacob Yoho, whose descendants are still in the county, settled at the forks of the creek in 1805. A log house erected by him in that year is still standing with the date upon it. Robert Carpenter, son of Joseph Carpenter, an early settler of Seneca

Township, located on Seneca Fork of Will's Creek, prior to 1812.

John Ferris was among the pioneers. The place on which he settled was afterward occupied by Amos Day.

James Law settled in this township about 1809. He purchased 480 acres of land, on which he made a good improvement. He died in this township. He was the father of twelve children, who lived to mature years and had families, but only three are now living. David Law, of Beaver Township, married Maria, daughter of Amos Day, an early settler. They have six children living.

John Hague came to this township as early as 1812, and died here about twenty years later. His son Joseph is still living. There were still some Indians in the country when the family came.

In 1809, Thomas Richey, with his wife and two children, settled upon 160 acres of land where his son Andrew now lives. Mr. Richey was a native of Ireland. He first settled in Fayette County, Pa., and thence removed to Jefferson County, Ohio. He died in this township at the age of seventy-four years. When he came the entire region was a wilderness. He was a leading farmer, and by continually adding to his land, at his decease he owned about six hundred acres. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his family also belonged.

Andrew Richey was born in September, 1821, on the farm where he