| Title | Portage County, Ohio, records, 1803-1805, 1810-1851 [microform].
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| Description | 1 roll of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Fifty-seven documents relating to the early administration of the county, including seven booklets of county treasurer's records dated 1810-1818, a tax list, legal agreements, receipts, petitions, bills and land surveys.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1986. 1 microfilm reel : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | Organized in 1808. Early inhabitants included David Hudson, Turhand Kirtland, Benjamin Tappan, Calvin Austin and Owen Brown, father of the abolitionist John Brown. Hudson and Brown were county commissioners, thus frequent signators to these documents.
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| Subjects | County government -- Ohio -- Portage County -- Records and correspondence.
Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
Portage County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Organizations | Portage County (Ohio). Treasurer.
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| | WRHS Research Library: MS. 4010 Microfilm Cabinet 54 Drawer 1
mq205342: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 132651] |
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