Tracing our Roots: British deserter becomes first permanent settler of Sheffield Township
I wonder how many residents of the township of Sheffield know that their first permanent settler was a English Army...
Tracing Our Roots: Orwell’s first settler, A.R. Paine, came from New York
Although the land that was to become Orwell was surveyed and purchased, it was years before it was permanently settled...
Tracing our Roots: Denmark Township
The first inhabitants of what would become Denmark Township were the Seneca Indians. In 1798, the hunting grounds were plentiful...
Tracing Our Roots…Part Two of First Settlers in Lenox Township
When the Ashtabula County Courthouse in Jefferson burned in 1850, many documents and early township accounts were lost. The Ashtabula...
Tracing Our Roots: Lisle Asque and family settle in Lenox Township
Lisle Asque and his family left their home in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, in June of 1807 and came to Lenox...
Tracing our Roots: The beginnings of Rome Township, Ohio
Few Ashtabula County townships have as many historians as the township of Rome. Additionally, family photos, records, news clippings and...
Tracing our Roots: Richmond Township’s First Settlers
The first settlers arrived in what would become Richmond Township in 1805, the same year that settlers came to the...
Tracing our Roots: Indians roamed our land before the white settlers came to Ashtabula County, part two
The purpose of our trip was to see the site of Revolutionary forts and battles as well as follow the...
Identified headstones of Revolutionary War soldiers in Ashtabula County cemeteries
There are at least 64 Revolutionary War veterans buried in Ashtabula County cemeteries. Fifty-four of them have headstones still legible....
Tracing our Roots: Indians roamed our land before the white settlers came to Ashtabula County
Two years ago, I was covering the life and travels of Johnny Appleseed for the Jefferson Gazette. While staying at...
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