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- In 1798, Walter Wall settled on the Heath Survey of 1000 acres in the south central part of Pleasant Township in Brown County, Ohio. He was from western Pennsylvania where he had been engaged in farming, but, for a few years prior to his emigration here, he had been occupied largely in trading and boating between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, it then being an incident of a farmer's life to seek a market for his product. He also operated a heavy distillery in Pennsylvania and supplied Cincinnati with a fair share of its early popular beverage. He descended the Ohio in a flat-boat, bringing with him his family, a few farm implements, a team and several cows, and landed at the mouth of Straight Creek. Thence he followed an Indian Trail northward to his purchase. He had bought the entire Heath Survey, the southern half for himself, the northern half for his deceased brother. They came years after and settled on it. Mr. Wall was accompanied here by two Yankees, names unknown, who were only sightseeing in the then great West, and by John Davis, his brother-in-law, who settled just east of Wall's place and was drowned a few years later in Kentucky. The flat-boat that conveyed them down the Ohio was taken apart by Mr. Wall, hauled to his land, and converted into a camp, which served them for shelter for a week or two, until his log cabin was completed. His two New England acquaintances remained with him until he was safely domiciled in his new home, and then returned East. Mr. Wall and his wife reared a large family of children here, all of whom, except the eldest four, were born in this township.
1 - Hester was married to George Van Eman and moved near Dayton, Ohio
2 - Abigail remained at home
3 - Sarah died in girlhood
4 - James remained a resident of the farm until his death
5 - Aseneth, the wife of James Young, went to Illinois
6 - Daniel became a citizen of Clermont County, Ohio
7 - Mary was the wife of Henry Pierce
8 - John resided in the northwest part of the county
9 - Elizabeth, wife of John Pierce, resided in Clermont County
10 - William still occupies the old place
11 - and Ann was the wife of Griffith Leming of Clark Township.
Mr. Wall was Brown County, Commissioner from 1818 until 1824.
Mr. Wall died about 1857, at the age of 83 years. His wife survived him several years. In the rude pioneer times he was Justice of the Peace for many years.
The elections of Pleasant Township were held for awhile at Mr. Wall's house, but were discontinued there at the request of Mrs. Wall. Certain citizens, it seems, were accustomed to take a good supply of whiskey on the day of the election to the house, and sell it there to the voters assembled. As election day was regarded as a holiday, the consequence was that a large number of the citizens became so intoxicated that they were unable to get away at nightfall, and remained in a semi-conscious or totally unconscious state upon the premises. The compassionate housewife was loath to leave them to the mercy of the elements without, and provided them with sleeping rooms in the cabin, but the discomfort arising from this became unbearable, and the elections were held elsewhere.
Mr. Wall was buried in Wall cemetery, also known as Straight Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, located south of Georgetown, off Freesoil Road, on Drake and Marshall Roads, in a field in Pleasant township.
Beers' History of Brown County, 1883
Page 439 Genealogy of Allegheny County
(Middlesex County, New Jersey) moved in 1776 to Pennsylvania
A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania by Thomas Cushing. Paperback (January 2000)
William Pangburn and His Wife Hannah Fitz Randolph Their Ancestry and Descendants 1620-1909 by Cicero Pangburn McClure LDS film 1036282
A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania LDS fiche #6049252.
A Family Record of Peter Johnson And His Descendants LDS film 1035524.
His wife was named in the will of her father Daniel Applegate, written October 2, 1802, and probated February 4, 1812, in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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