Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio

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Historical Information

Franklin Township was established June 7, 1820 and was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin.[1]

The township composed part of the originally surveyed townships 14 and 15 of range 13.[2]

Reportedly James Morgan, a native of old Virginia, started the second permanent white settlement in Wayne County when he arrived in Franklin Township in the early spring of 1808.[3]

Place Names

Present Name Former Name(s) Plat Date
Guerne
Kauke Station
Moreland Moorefield 17 Jan 1829
Morgan Settlement
South Franklin

Maps

The department has several plat maps for viewing. Plat maps include land owners names and the location of their property.

1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Franklin

  • Moreland

1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Franklin Township

  • Moreland

Index to Maps

Businesses

Churches

Lutheran

  • Jacob's Lutheran Church[4]
  • Trinity English Lutheran Church[5]

Methodist

  • M. E. Church[6]

Unknown Denomination

  • The Church of God[7]

Photos

Schools

Active

Historical One Room Schools

In early 2015, several school records for Franklin Township were discovered. These school records were brought to the Wayne County Public Library Genealogy and Local History Department. These include:

  • Certificate of Local Directors to the Township Clerk.
  • Copy of School Examiners' Certificate.
  • Teacher's Report to the Clerk of the Board of Education.
  • Teacher's Term Report to the Township Clerk.

Both reports include the names of the children, their ages, the number of days each child was present, and the subjects of study.

Most of the school records are from the mid-1880s to late-1880s with a few from the mid-1870s.

Digital copies of these records are found on the schoolhouse's Wiki page.

Photos

  • Beacon Light School building c.1877.

Residents

Early Settlers[8]

Census Records

Directories

Photos of Residences

Cemeteries

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Full-Text Articles

  • OhioOneRoomSchoolsVanishing.jpg

Newspaper Ads

Newspaper Citations with Not Attached Images

References

  1. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 596.
  2. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 58.
  3. ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
  4. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 605.
  5. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 605
  6. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 605
  7. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 605
  8. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 599-604.

External links

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