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History of Rockport, Ohio More notes from The 1880 History of Allen County by R. H.
Harrison
Rockport, Ohio 1880
The village was
laid out by Samuel Rockhill in 1836. It has but one
grocery store, one blacksmith shop one carpenter, one
shoemaker, one broom
maker,
one church M. E. a frame one and one
Presbyterian church a frame. No
bells ( I believe that one of the churches is gone now and
the other is
standing is a brick
one in 2001).
The population is 100 The village is surrounded by
good farming land and
should have a moderate growth in the future. ( It is still
just a small
crossroads in 2001).
Monroe Township including villages by the "Compendium
of the Census of
1870" was 1,739 though now about 2000 ( !880 figures)
Two of the early settlers along with others were
Samuel , William, and Thomas Rockhill, Isaac Parker and their families
1880 from History Of Allen County Reminisces Daniel
Milliken of Richland
Township, who states who the few remaining old settlers who
were still here
Two of the early settlers along with others were
Samuel , William, and
Thomas Rockhill, Isaac Parker and their families.
Notes* 1880 from History Of Allen County Reminisces Daniel
Milliken of
Richland Township, who states who the few remaining old settlers who were still here.
They have been here( 1880) for forty years. William
Rockhill and Thomas
Rockhill ( My 2nd great-grandfather)and others. The first
church was the M.
E. at Rockport.
The first horse mill at Rockport and was owned by
Isaac Parker
Note Source Extracted 10/03/02
Ohio. Putnam County, Kalida Venture, Kalida, Ohio
December 23, 1845
Pg 2 Col 2: Our New Judges - The General Assembly
have just concluded
an election for sundry Associate Judges and Militia
Generals. . .
.among others, two association judges for our
counties in place of
Judges McCRACKEN and COX. The vote stood Jonathan Y.
SACKETT - 59;
George SKINNER - 59; Isaac McCRACKE - 31; Samuel
RAMSAY - 31. The
above is part of a private letter from Columbus. The
Ohio Statesman
has the name of Samuel ROCKHILL in place of Samuel
RAMSAY as voted
for by the Democrats. Both Gentlemen are good
citizens and would have
done credit to the bench . . . .So Jonathan Y.
SACKETT after having
gain and again tried to get in office from the people is at
last
foisted upon the bench. . . .(claims COX resigned two
years early to
ensure SACKETT was elected).
Father: David ROCKHILL II b: 15 DEC 1761 in Mansfield
Twp. Burlington
Co., NJ
Mother: Jamima TAYLOR b: 4 JUL 1707
Marriage 1 Mary Frances PEACOCK b: 24 NOV 1796 in
Mansfield Twp.
Burlington Co., JN
Married: 6 JAN 1817 in Evesham Twp., Burlington, NJ
Children
William B. ROCKHILL b: 6 APR 1817 in Evesham
Twp., Burlington Co., NJ
Thomas Randolph ROCKHILL b: 1819 in Evesham
Twp., Burlington Co., NJ
Eleanor ROCKHILL b: 1824 in Evesham Twp.,
Burlington Co., NJ
Adonijah Peacock ROCKHILL b: 14 JUN 1826 in
Evesham Twp., Burlington
Co., NJ
Sarah Jane ROCKHILL b: 1 JUN 1829 in Evesham
Twp., Burlington Co., NJ
Alfred L. ROCKHILL b: 1832 in Evesham Twp.,
Burlington Co., NJ
Robert Newton ROCKHILL b: 10 JUL 1840 in Rockport,
Allen Co., Ohio
Submitted By Norita Shepherd Moss
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