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| − | ===Historical Documents===
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| − | * [http://waynehistoricalohio.org/2012/08/06/1827-letter-from-chester-township-wayne-county/ 1827 letter from Chester Township, Wayne County]
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| − | ==Maps==
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| − | The department has several plat maps for viewing. Plat maps include land owners names and the location of their property.
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| − | ===1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio===
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| − | File:1856BakersMapChesterTwp.jpg|Chester Township 1856
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| − | ===1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio===
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| − | File:Chester.jpg|Chester
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| − | File:Cedar Valley P.O., Chester Township.jpg|Cedar Valley
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| − | File:Lattasburg, Chester Township.jpg|Lattasburg
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| − | File:New Pittsburg, Chester Township.jpg|New Pittsburg
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ===1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio===
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| − | File:Chester Township.jpg|Chester Township
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| − | File:Cedar Valley, Chester Township.jpg| Cedar Valley
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| − | File:Lattasburg, Chester Township.jpg|Lattasburg
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| − | File:New Pittsburg, Chester Township.jpg|New Pittsburg
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| − | File:Overton, Chester Township.jpg|Overton
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ===Indices to Maps===
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| − | * [[1856 Baker Map Index Chester]]
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| − | * Index to [[Caldwell's Atlas (1873)/Chester Township]]
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| − | * Index to [[Caldwell's Atlas (1897)/Chester Township]]
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| − | ==Residents==
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| − | ===Early Settlers<ref>Douglass, Ben. ''History of Wayne County, Ohio''. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 836.</ref>===
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| − | *William and Hugh Adams
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| − | *Joseph Aikens
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| − | *Anthony Camp
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| − | *John Campbell
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| − | *the Cunninghams
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| − | *Phineas Davis
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| − | *Cornelius and Garret Dorland
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| − | *Abraham Ecker
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| − | *John Emery
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| − | *Benjamin Emmons
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| − | *James Fulton
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| − | *Samuel Funk
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| − | *Phillip Hefflefinger
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| − | *John Helman
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| − | *John Hern
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| − | *the Hillis boys and their mother
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| − | *Thomas Johnston
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| − | *John A. Kelley
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| − | *John Lowry
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| − | *Jacob Miller
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| − | *Michael Mowrey
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| − | *John Moyers
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| − | *John, Abram, and Isaac Myers
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| − | *Thomas Osborne
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| − | *Nathaniel Paxton
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| − | *John Piper
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| − | *Daniel and John Pittinger
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| − | *Christian Rice
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| − | *Judge James Robison
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| − | *Adam Rumbaugh
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| − | *Henry Sapp
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| − | *John and David Smith
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| − | *William Stanley
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| − | *Phineas Summerton
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| − | *Samuel Vanosdall
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| − | *Isaac White
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| − | *James and Benjamin Wintermarx
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| − | *Jacob Worst
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| − | ===Census Records===
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| − | * [[1819 Census of Wayne County|1819 Quadrennial Enumeration]]
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| − | * [[1823 Census of Wayne County|1823 Quadrennial Enumeration]]
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| − | ===Directories===
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| − | * 1859-1860
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| − | * 1884-1885
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| − | * 1894-1895
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| − | ===Photos Of Residences===
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| − | ==Cemeteries==
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| − | * Chester Center Cemetery <ref> "Chester Center Cemetery, Chesterland, Geauga, Ohio, United States | BillionGraves Cemetery and Images." Billion Graves Headstone, Grave, and Cemetery Records Site Index - 2018-03-27. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Chester-Center-Cemetery/139303. </ref>
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| − | * Western Reserve Memorial Gardens <ref> "WELCOME." Western Reserve Memorial Gardens | Welcome. Accessed February 05, 2019. http://bsgwesternreserve.com/. Western Reserve Memorial Gardens </ref>
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| − | * B'nai Jeshurun Cemetery <ref> "Cemeteries." B'nai Jeshurun Congregation. February 25, 2014. Accessed February 05, 2019. https://www.bnaijeshurun.org/about-us-facilities-cemeteries. </ref>
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| − | * Maple Hill Cemetery <ref> Find A Grave. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/41966/maple-hill-cemetery. </ref>
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| − | ==Newspaper Articles==
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| − | ===Newspaper Full-Text Articles===
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| − | <strong>Early Wayne County History</strong><br/>
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| − | Chester Township<br/>
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| − | The great growth of chestnut trees in that region resulted in naming this township Chestnut, but upon its organization in 1816, the name was changed to Chester Township.<br/>
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| − | New Pittsburg was the first town laid out. Twenty-two years later in 1851 West Union was surveyed. The name of this village was later changed to Lattasburg.|Harry B. Stapler|The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09
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| − | === Newspaper Ads===
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| − | ==References==
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Township,_Wayne_County,_Ohio Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio - Wikipedia] | | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Township,_Wayne_County,_Ohio Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio - Wikipedia] |
