Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (territory) -- Hamilton (county)


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County Quick Reference

County Seat: Cincinnati

County Name: Named for Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury


Boundary Changes
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Date
Area
Change
04 JAN 17901,358The county was created from unorganized land
11 FEB 179231,23929,881 square miles was gained from Washington County and non-organized land
15 AUG 17968,83322,406 square miles was lost in the creation of Wayne County
10 JUL 17974,0734,760 square miles was lost in the creation of Adams County
22 JUN 17987,5063,433 square miles was gained from Knox County
20 AUG 17986,730776 square miles was lost to creation of Ross County
01 SEP 17986,592138 square miles was lost to Adams County
06 DEC 18005,788804 square miles was lost to the creation of Clermont County
   

 

 

Authority
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Background
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Hamilton County was formed on 04 January 1790 by proclamation of the Governor of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio [click here for more information]. By 1800, the county would go through seven changes to its boundaries before being incorporated into the State of Ohio. Click on a date in the table above to see a map of how the county looked on that date, as well as, the authority changing the boundary (if available).

The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in blue with a red border) and the final borders of the county after the boundary changes (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map

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Hamilton County in 1790 and 1800

Census
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DatePopulationChange
180014,691---


Bibliography
(click on the title of the following works to learn more about life in the area;for those items not available online, check with your local library for availability)


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  • St. Frances Cabrini Church : Colerain, Ohio. Galion, Ohio: United Church Directories, 1994.
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  • Civil War Veterans That Died During the War. S.l.: s.n., 2001.
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  • Bailey, Pamela and Glendale Heritage Preservation. Village of Glendale, 1855-2005. Glendale, Ohio: Glendale Heritage Preservation, 2004.
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  • Camp Washington Methodist Episcopal Church (Cincinnati Ohio), Spring Grove Methodist Episcopal Church (Cincinnati Ohio), Methodist Episcopal Church. West Chester Circuit (Cincinnati Ohio), Methodist Episcopal Church. Miami Circuit (Hamilton County Ohio) and Montgomery and Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church (Hamilton County Ohio). Camp Washington Church Record. microform . Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah Ohio Pioneer Project, 1987.
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  • Craig, Robert D. Revolutionary Soldiers in Hamilton County, Ohio. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Author, 1965.
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  • Critchell, Virginia C., Carol Flum, Maxine Van Aken and Greater Milford Area Historical Society. Bridge to the Past : A History of Milford, Ohio. Milford, Ohio: Greater Milford Area Historical Society, 2001.
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  • Cummins, Virginia Raymond. Hamilton County, Ohio : Court and Other Records. Cincinnati, Ohio: General Print. Co., 1966.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Cincinnati Chapter. 1988 Bicentennial Committee. Soldiers of the American Revolution 1775-1783 : Buried in Hamilton County Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio?: s.n., 1987.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Cincinnati Chapter. Marriage Records, Hamilton County, Ohio. microform .Microfiche. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Chapter D.A.R., 1941.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Cincinnati Chapter. Bible and Family Records, Cemetery Inscriptions ;Family History Early Vital Records of Ohio / Daughters of the American Revolution. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Chapter, 1972.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Cincinnati Chapter. Historic Sites Committee. Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio. Milford, Ohio: Little Miami Pub. Co., 2010.
  • Dickoré, Marie. Census for Cincinnati, Ohio, 1817;and Hamilton County, Ohio, voters' lists, 1798-1799. Cincinnati, 1960.
  • Dickoré, Marie and Natalie Thornburgh. Hamilton County, Ohio, marriage records, 1808-1820, and wills (abstracts) 1790-1810. Cincinnati : Ohio, 1959.
  • Duba, Larry and Sue Schuler Brunsman. The History of Delhi Township. Cincinnati?: Delhi Historical Society, 1994.
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  • Everhard, Lloyd R. St. Timothy's Episcopal Church 1956 to 1980 Neighborhood Studies Project of the Cincinnati Historical Society. Cincinnati, Ohio: Neighborhood Studies Project of the Cincinnati Historical Society, 1980.
  • Faran, Angeline Loveland. Glendale, Ohio, 1855-1955. Cincinnati,: McDonald Print. Co., 1955.
  • Farris, John. "Henry Clay's American System and the Emergence of the National Republican Party in Hamilton County, Ohio, 1816-1836." M.a., Miami University, 1984.
  • Fisbeck, Edw G. A Brief History of Lockland, Wyoming, Reading. Lockland, Ohio: Hussey Pub. and Advertising, 1897.
  • Flickinger, Joe. A Bicentennial History of Green Township : Uncovering a Jewel in the Crown of the Queen City 1809-2009. Westminster, Md.: Heritage Books, 2011.
  • Ford, Henry A. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, Index. S.l.: s.n., 1974.
  • Ford, Henry Allen and Kate B. Ford. History of Hamilton County, Ohio : With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches ;Compiled by Henry A. Ford, A.M., and Mrs. Kate B. Ford. Cleveland: L.A. Williams & co., 1881.
  • Ford, Kate B. Index, History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. United States: s.n., 1975.
  • Garard and Martin Descendents Association. and Greater Anderson Township Bicentennial Commission (Hamilton County Ohio). The Garard and Martin Station : Founded December 23, 1790. Cincinnati, Ohio: Greater Anderson Township Bicentennial Commission, 1993.
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  • McClure, Stanley W. and Crosby Township Historical Society (Ohio). The History of Crosby Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. Special memorial ed. Harrison, Ohio: Crosby Township Historical Society, 2004.
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Alteration in the Boundary of Hamilton, Wayne, and Knox, 1798

The Western boundary of the County of Hamilton shall begin at the spot on the bank of the Ohio River where the general boundary line between the lands of the United States and the Indian Tribes, established at Greeneville on the third day of August 1795 so intersects the bank of that River & run with that general boundary line to Fort Recovery;and from thence by a line to be drawn due north from Fort Recovery until it intersects the Southern boundary line of the County of Wayne, and the said line from the Ohio to Fort Recovery and from thence to the southern boundary of the County of Wayne shall also be the eastern boundary of the County of Knox

Wayne County Proclamation, 1796

Beginning at the mouth of Cuyahoga river, upon lake Erie, and with the said river to the Portage, between it and the Tuscarawa branch of the Muskingum;thence down the said branch to the forks, at the carrying place above fort Lawrence;thence by a west line, to the eastern boundary of Hamilton county, (which is a due north line from the lower Shawnese town upon the Scioto river) thence by a line west-northerly to the southern part of the Portage

Formation of Hamilton County, 1790

On the 2d of January35 His Excellency arrived at Fort Washington in the Purchase of Judge Symmes & on the 4th was pleased to order & direct that the whole of the Lands lying & being within the following Boundaries Viz: Beginning on the Bank of the Ohio River at the Confluence of the little Miami & down the said Ohio River to the Mouth of the big Miami & up said Miami to the standing Stone Forks or Branch of said River & thence with a Line to be drawn due East to the little Miami & down said little Miami River to the Place of Beginning should be a County by the Name & Style of the County of Hamilton36 And the same was accordingly laid off agreeably to the Form, Pages 14th & 15th of this Vol

Alteration of the Boundaries of Hamilton County, 1792

Whereas by the Ordinance of Congress of the thirteenth of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven for the Government of the Territory of the United States North west of the River Ohio It is directed that for the due Execution of Process civil and criminal the Governour shall make proper Division of the said Territory and proceed from Time to Time as Circumstances may require to lay out the Parts of the same where the Indian Titles shall have been extinguished into Counties and Townships

 

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