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1808 Tax List from Hamilton Co, OH, lists Henry Hanford.

1820 Census. Harmony, Clark Co, OH (unreadable but here is Ancestry's interpretation: Henry Hanford: 1m 26-45. 4f under 10, 1f 26-45.

1830 Census. Harmony, Clark Co, OH
Henry Hanford (next door to Judah Chamberlain): 1m under 5, 1m 5-10, 1m 40-50. 2f 10-15, 1f 15-20, 1f 30-40.

30 Jan 1834 Land Patent to Henry Hanford, Certificate #1085, from the General Land Office of the US at Piqua, OH - NE fraction of Section 7, Twp 7 South, Range 9 East. 37.29 acres.

1840 Census. Washington Twp, Logan Co, OH
Henry Hanford: 1m 10-15, 1m 15-20, 1m 50-60. 1f under 5, 1f 15-20, 1f 40-50

The following article appeared in the History of Logan County and Ohio (O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880), pp. 735.
HENRY HANFORD, farmer, late Washington Tp., was born Dec. 22, 1784, at New Canaan, State of Connecticut; emigrated to Hamilton Co., O., in 1806 ; made his home with his brother, Thaddeus Hanford, who had preceded him to the then new country, and settled at Columbia, on the Ohio river, the site of Cincinnati, and while living at Columbia he was engaged in running a provision boat from Columbia to Natchez. In 1810 he married Miss Harriet Chamberlin, daughter of Judah Chamberlin, who had come out to the new country some years previously from Chatauqua Co., N. Y., and settled at Marietta, Ohio. She was born July 18, 1791. After their marriage in 1812, he and his father-in-law, with their families, moved to what was then Champaign Co., now Clarke Co., O.; settled on Congress land five miles east of Springfield, where they continued to reside until the Indians disposed of their reservation on the Miami river, in Logan Co., Ohio. Mr. Hanford then sold his farm in Clarke Co., and purchased a large tract of land at the government sales at Wapakannetta, a part of which is now owned by his youngest child, Lottie ( Hanford) McKinnon - the homestead-and where Mr. Hanford lived until after the death of his estimable wife, which occurred on the 27th of November, 1865, aged 74 years 4 months and 9 days, after which Mr. H. spent much of his time visiting among his children, and finally died at the house of his son-in-law, Robert Newell, at Lebanon, Indiana, on the 31st day of December, 1866, aged 82 years and 9 days. He never sought for public office, and thoroughly despised the tricks of the professional politician; He was an "Abolitionist " when the name was odious, and continued to battle against negro slavery till it was abolished. Then he was conservative, desiring peace between the sections, and was in favor of the most liberal terms to those who had rebelled against the government. His politics consisted only in a desire to see the negro free, and when that was accomplished he said, "There was nothing more in politics worth contending, save the loaves and fishes," for which he cared nothing.



Apparently settled in Lewistown in Logan Co, OH
Lewistown (also Lewis Town or Lewiston) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Washington Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 202.
Until the 1829 Treaty of Lewistown, the community was the site of a Shawnee Native American reservation, also called Lewistown, named after Captain John Lewis, a Shawnee leader.
Stories posted in tree on Ancestry:
The following information is found in an article appearing in The Weekly index Republican, January, 1916. The town (Lewistown) was later plotted by Henry Hanford who planned for an alley or driveway to extend around the town. He also was among the first to conduct a general store on the lot, now occupied by Harmon Trout.
The following appeared in the book by Todd McCormick, Historic Glimpses of Logan County, Ohio, (The Logan County Historical Society, 2003), pp. 104.
Two villages are located in Washington Township. Henry Hanford laid out the village of Lewistown, named after the Indian Chief, John Lewis. In the early 1835, Mr. Hanford took possession of Captain Lewis' house and tore much of it down, just keeping a portion of it and building onto it for his own home. He opened a general store in 1832 and became Lewistown's first postmaster in1839. He also ran the village's first tavern.
Appears in a book by Mrs. Marty Harpest, former postmaster of Lewistown, (Ted Bunch, 2002),
Major Henry Hanford, a native of Connecticut and an officer in the War of 1812, purchased a tract of 640 acres from the Federal Government that included Lewis' Cabin (Chief John Lewis), and a small indian village. Major Hanford took possession of the old log house and tore away all but what had been built of hewn logs. This part, two stories high, had been lathed and plastered in imitation of white man;s dwelling, although they plastered the outside of the walls on their first attempt....
The Hanfords were the first white settlers in the locality....
In 1835 Major Hanford surveyed a 25 acre tract of land for a town site that he named Lewistown in honor of the Shawnee Chief Lewis or Qautawapea.
The first general store was opened in 1833 by Henry Hanford.... In addition, Major Hanford was the first postmaster in 1839 (when you own a town you can be and do almost anythng)... The land for the first school house was donated by Major Hanford.
the Hanford family built a small mill on Bad Axe Creek in 1835. The Hanford-Stamats-McClauley sawmill was constructed on the edge of town and also served as gristmill for flour and cornmeal...
Dr. B. F. McKinnon, son of Judge and Mrs. McKinnon, married Charlotte the daughter of Major Hanford. Their home was a gift from the bride's father, which is now the old Beatley Hotel (presently owned by the Springs) and formerly the Price Hotel.
In 1853, Major Hanford donated land for the first Church, the Protestant Methodist Church.
Major Hanford donated land... for the first school.

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1808 Tax List from Hamilton Co, OH, lists Henry Hanford.

1820 Census. Harmony, Clark Co, OH (unreadable but here is Ancestry's interpretation: Henry Hanford: 1m 26-45. 4f under 10, 1f 26-45.

1830 Census. Harmony, Clark Co, OH
Henry Hanford (next door to Judah Chamberlain): 1m under 5, 1m 5-10, 1m 40-50. 2f 10-15, 1f 15-20, 1f 30-40.

30 Jan 1834 Land Patent to Henry Hanford, Certificate #1085, from the General Land Office of the US at Piqua, OH - NE fraction of Section 7, Twp 7 South, Range 9 East. 37.29 acres.

1840 Census. Washington Twp, Logan Co, OH
Henry Hanford: 1m 10-15, 1m 15-20, 1m 50-60. 1f under 5, 1f 15-20, 1f 40-50

The following article appeared in the History of Logan County and Ohio (O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880), pp. 735.
HENRY HANFORD, farmer, late Washington Tp., was born Dec. 22, 1784, at New Canaan, State of Connecticut; emigrated to Hamilton Co., O., in 1806 ; made his home with his brother, Thaddeus Hanford, who had preceded him to the then new country, and settled at Columbia, on the Ohio river, the site of Cincinnati, and while living at Columbia he was engaged in running a provision boat from Columbia to Natchez. In 1810 he married Miss Harriet Chamberlin, daughter of Judah Chamberlin, who had come out to the new country some years previously from Chatauqua Co., N. Y., and settled at Marietta, Ohio. She was born July 18, 1791. After their marriage in 1812, he and his father-in-law, with their families, moved to what was then Champaign Co., now Clarke Co., O.; settled on Congress land five miles east of Springfield, where they continued to reside until the Indians disposed of their reservation on the Miami river, in Logan Co., Ohio. Mr. Hanford then sold his farm in Clarke Co., and purchased a large tract of land at the government sales at Wapakannetta, a part of which is now owned by his youngest child, Lottie ( Hanford) McKinnon - the homestead-and where Mr. Hanford lived until after the death of his estimable wife, which occurred on the 27th of November, 1865, aged 74 years 4 months and 9 days, after which Mr. H. spent much of his time visiting among his children, and finally died at the house of his son-in-law, Robert Newell, at Lebanon, Indiana, on the 31st day of December, 1866, aged 82 years and 9 days. He never sought for public office, and thoroughly despised the tricks of the professional politician; He was an "Abolitionist " when the name was odious, and continued to battle against negro slavery till it was abolished. Then he was conservative, desiring peace between the sections, and was in favor of the most liberal terms to those who had rebelled against the government. His politics consisted only in a desire to see the negro free, and when that was accomplished he said, "There was nothing more in politics worth contending, save the loaves and fishes," for which he cared nothing.



Apparently settled in Lewistown in Logan Co, OH
Lewistown (also Lewis Town or Lewiston) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Washington Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 202.
Until the 1829 Treaty of Lewistown, the community was the site of a Shawnee Native American reservation, also called Lewistown, named after Captain John Lewis, a Shawnee leader.
Stories posted in tree on Ancestry:
The following information is found in an article appearing in The Weekly index Republican, January, 1916. The town (Lewistown) was later plotted by Henry Hanford who planned for an alley or driveway to extend around the town. He also was among the first to conduct a general store on the lot, now occupied by Harmon Trout.
The following appeared in the book by Todd McCormick, Historic Glimpses of Logan County, Ohio, (The Logan County Historical Society, 2003), pp. 104.
Two villages are located in Washington Township. Henry Hanford laid out the village of Lewistown, named after the Indian Chief, John Lewis. In the early 1835, Mr. Hanford took possession of Captain Lewis' house and tore much of it down, just keeping a portion of it and building onto it for his own home. He opened a general store in 1832 and became Lewistown's first postmaster in1839. He also ran the village's first tavern.
Appears in a book by Mrs. Marty Harpest, former postmaster of Lewistown, (Ted Bunch, 2002),
Major Henry Hanford, a native of Connecticut and an officer in the War of 1812, purchased a tract of 640 acres from the Federal Government that included Lewis' Cabin (Chief John Lewis), and a small indian village. Major Hanford took possession of the old log house and tore away all but what had been built of hewn logs. This part, two stories high, had been lathed and plastered in imitation of white man;s dwelling, although they plastered the outside of the walls on their first attempt....
The Hanfords were the first white settlers in the locality....
In 1835 Major Hanford surveyed a 25 acre tract of land for a town site that he named Lewistown in honor of the Shawnee Chief Lewis or Qautawapea.
The first general store was opened in 1833 by Henry Hanford.... In addition, Major Hanford was the first postmaster in 1839 (when you own a town you can be and do almost anythng)... The land for the first school house was donated by Major Hanford.
the Hanford family built a small mill on Bad Axe Creek in 1835. The Hanford-Stamats-McClauley sawmill was constructed on the edge of town and also served as gristmill for flour and cornmeal...
Dr. B. F. McKinnon, son of Judge and Mrs. McKinnon, married Charlotte the daughter of Major Hanford. Their home was a gift from the bride's father, which is now the old Beatley Hotel (presently owned by the Springs) and formerly the Price Hotel.
In 1853, Major Hanford donated land for the first Church, the Protestant Methodist Church.
Major Hanford donated land... for the first school.

Birth	22 Dec 1784	Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Marriage	Abt 1810	Harriet Diadema Chamberlin
Death	31 Dec 1866	Logan County, Ohio
World Chamberlain Society		I2995

Spouse	Harriet Diadema Chamberlin (1791 - 1865)
Child	Harriet Hanford (1811 - 1882)
Child	Sophronia Bouton Hanford (1814 - 1905)
Child	Juliette Hanford (1817 - )
Child	Eliza Hanford (1819 - 1854)
Child	George Elbridge Hanford (1822 - 1869)
Child	William Henry Hanford (1825 - 1911)
Child	Charlotte Diadima Hanford (1839 - 1909)

Father	Ebenezer HANFORD (1757 - 1833)
Mother	Lucretia [Hanford] (1761 - 1829)
Sibling	Deborah HANFORD (1793 - 1870)