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Kilbourne was born in New Britain in the Connecticut Colony, and moved his family to Ohio in 1803, when he founded the city of Worthington, Ohio. His ancestors came to the Americas from Yorkshire, England. [1] In 1804 a group he led founded St. John's Episcopal Church in Worthington, Ohio. In 1805 he was appointed United States surveyor of ...
[4] [16] The next year, he was a member of the Ohio House, and he made a speech before the legislature on January 12, 1821, advocating immediate construction of such a canal. He left the House, went to his lodgings and died some hours later from what was known as "swamp fever", which he had contracted during his surveying expeditions.
In 1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor General to survey the northern and western border of Ohio “as soon as the consent of the Indians can be obtained.“ [1] In 1817, the northern portion of the Ohio-Indiana border was surveyed and became known as the First Principal Meridian for lands surveyed in the northwest part of Ohio.
The first map of Ohio to show all the actual surveys within the inhabited part of the state. A rare and early large map of Ohio. County boundaries tinted in color. Townships clearly shown. An extensive key is included detailing land ownership history and some land use. Northwest portion of state not surveyed but shows swamplands and plains.
He also served in local political offices and in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. Hough was born in Virginia. [1] He was in Jefferson County, Northwest Territory by 1802 when he surveyed Cross Creek Township into quarter sections. [2] He was elected a county commissioner at the first election, April 2, 1804, after Ohio became a state. [3]
In 1822, the first surveying district was created, namely the state of Ohio, with an officer called Surveyor General in charge. [4] Until the re-organization of the United States General Land Office in 1836, each Surveyor General acted more or less independently, setting his own standards for execution of field work. [18]
In 1796, Ludlow married Charlotte Chambers of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.That year he built the largest house in Cincinnati, known as the "Ludlow mansion". [12] Israel and Charlotte had four children: James Chambers Ludlow (1797–1841), Martha Catharine Ludlow (1799–1834), Sarah Bella Ludlow (1802–1882), and Israel L. Ludlow (1804–1846).
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1.. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before