![]() ![]() The following are some of the persons to whom Gen. ![]() He had at least three children-Benjamin, John and Austin. Robert Ross died soon after his will was probated December 21, 1803. The plat above mentioned is filed with the other papers, and shows the division between the lands of Gen. The original documents are on file in Hamilton County, as Franklin was then in it. Cooper was persuaded to survey and plat the village, but his work was not realized until eight years later. Cooper, along with Robert Ross, first settled the small town on the banks of the Great Miami River. The list of the founding families below is heavily from the Dutch Freehold community, but also has a number of families from Hanover / East Hanover, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, including Andrew Small, who may have been the first to arrive and may have been the reason others from Hanover moved to Warren County (originally called Hamilton County).įranklin's history goes back to 1796 when Gen. ![]() Biographies frequently mention Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey. In the latter part of the nineteenth century the area was known as the Jersey Settlement. Nearly all these people came from New Jersey and were members of the New Jersey Presbyterian Church.They settled in Franklin Township and southern Montgomery County. The early history of Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio, is peppered with the names Barkalow, Maxwell, McCashen, Campbell, Vanderveer, Dubois, Lane, Schenck, Denise, Conover and Small. ![]()
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