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
Non Resident Resident No Entry Original Proprietor acres Water YearMilitary Title
Harrison Shadrach 1332
H Smith
200
Mad R 1820&Ow
1823 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:
Resident No Entry Original Proprietor acres WaterDuplicate for 1823 Continued
Harrison Bazil
4551
J Browder
350
Mad R
Same
4773
Thos Browder
Do
1824 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:
Resident No Entry Original Proprietor acres Water YearDuplicate for 1824 Continued
Harrison Bazil
4551
J Browder
350
Mad R 1823&24
Same
4773
Thos Browder
Do
“ “
1825 Clark County, Ohio Tax List:
Resident No Entry Original Proprietor acres Water YearDuplicate 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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