The following Clark County, Ohio, tax list data was transcribed from microfilm at the Allen County Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.  Bazel Harrison's household on the 1820 Federal Census listed:

Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio

1 male 45+
1 female  26-45
2 males 18-26
1 female 10-16
2 males 10-16
3 males under 10
2 females under 10
 

1820 Tax List Clark County, Ohio:

Proprietors names                  acres by rates                     Original Proprietors       Water Course         Original tract

                                                 1st     2nd     3rd
Shadrie Harrison                                    100                         O. Smith                     L. Miami                200
Bazel Harrison                                                  94                Thos. Browder             Mad? River             350
Same                                                             333 _1/3           John White                 same                     333 _1/3
Same                                                               55 ½            Thomas Browder         same
 

1821 Clark County, Ohio:

Non Resident          Resident                  No Entry              Water                 Year

                             Harrison Bazil               5174                  Mad R                 1820, 21
                             Do                              4551                  Mad R                 1821
                             Do                              4773                  Mad R                 1821
                             Harrison Shadrach         1332                  Mad R                 1820, 21
 

1822 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:

Non Resident          Resident              No Entry     Original Proprietor          acres          Water          Year

                             Harrison Bazel         5174             John White                 333 1/3       Mad R         1820&Ow
                             Same                      4551             J Browder                   350              Do            1822
                             Same                      4773             Thos Browder                                 Do            1822
 

Military Title

                             Harrison Shadrach       1332              H Smith                       200             Mad R      1820&Ow
 

1823 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:

Duplicate for 1823 Continued

Harrison Bazil         4551                          J Browder                        350                 Mad R
Same                     4773                         Thos Browder                    Do
 

1824 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:

Duplicate for 1824 Continued

Harrison Bazil          4551                       J Browder                           350                 Mad R         1823&24
Same                      4773                      Thos Browder                                            Do               “       “
 

1825 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:

Duplicate for 1825 Continued

Harrison Bazil         4551                     J Browder                           350                     Mad R          1825
Same                     4773                    Thos Browder                                                 Do               “  “
 

    The following is copied from the “History of Clark County, Ohio”, published 1881; Pleasant Township page 663:
 

“Jeremiah Curl, the father of Mrs. William Coffey, and Bazill Harrison, were early settlers.  The former located on the north side of Buck Creek Valley, a short distance to the southwest of the present residence of Albert Cheney, and the latter on the Columbus road, at a cabin on the eastern part of the farm now owned by Nelson Hammond.  It will be noticed that the first settlements were established in the western part of the township.  This circumstance deserves a brief explanation.  The eastern portion of the township, it will be remembered, is Virginia Military land, and one hindrance to its settlement was the question of conflicting claims—a difficulty peculiar to these lands—and another, was the fact that large tracts were owned by Thomas Bailey, who, like most land speculators, deferred the sale of his lands for a great many years; hence the settlement of the Bailey lands has been of comparatively late date.”

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