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1804 Ordinance Selling Land Lots in Athens
The following data is extracted from Athens County, Ohio Records.
Sec. 1 appointed Rufus Putnam and Samuel Carpenter to survey and lay off the town of Athens agreeably with the rule of the resolution of the legislature of December 18th, 1799.
Sec. 2 directed the treasurer of the university to have the town plat recorded.
Sec. 3 directed Putnam and Carpenter, after due notice, to sell on the first Monday of November, 1804, at public auction, twenty-seven house-lots and an equal number of out-lots at their discretion, excepting and reserving house-lots number 57 and 58. The remaining sections related to the form of certificate and lease to be given.
The sale took place November 5th, 1804, and with the following result:
No. of Purchasers
lot. Purchaser. Price. Residence
1 John Havner $132 00 Athens.
4 William McNichol 46 00 Salt works.
7 Silas Bingham 40 50 Athens.
10 Jarrett Jones 27 00 Middletown.
13 Silas Bingham 62 00 Athens.
16 Silvanus Ames 51 00 Ames.
19 Muses Hewitt 61 00 Middletown.
23 William McNichol 25 00 Salt works.
26 Eliphaz Perkins 30 00 Athens.
28 Eliphaz Perkins 101 00 Athens.
29 Rufus Putnam 59 00 Marietta.
32 John Simonton 27 00 Middletown.
36 John Johnson 20 00 Wheeling.
40 Rufus Putnam 20 00 Marietta.
43 Rufus Putnam 30 00 Marietta.
46 Henry Bartlett 17 00 Middletown.
49 Canaday Lowry 14 00 Middletown.
52 Daniel Mulford 13 00 Middletown.
55 Jehiel Gregory 42 00 Middletown.
59 Timothy N. Wilkins 22 00 Middletown.
63 John Wilkins 10 00 Middletown.
65 Rufus Putnam 30 00 Marietta.
68 William McNichol 23 00 Salt works.
71 William McNichol 30 00 Salt works.
73 William McNichol 101 00 Salt works.
74 William Dorr 65 00 Middletown.
77 William McNichol 42 00 Salt works.
Source: Athens County, Ohio Records
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