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From: "Larry Gosnell" <>
Subject: Athens County History
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:07:21 -0800

Need help with early Athens County history. The first record that I can
find for my
ancestor is the 1820 census information which puts him in Amesville (Ames
Twp)
Athens County Ohio. Haven't found any record of him owning land there or
record
of any GOSNEL family living there pryor to him. 1820 census is the only
record that
he was even there. This census recording was accomplished by Sylvester or
maybe
Sylvanus AMES. He recorded the information on January 27, 1821 and filed
it on
March 21, 1821....which seems very strange since it was supposed to be an
1820
census...maybe this was common way back then??? The names that he recorded
seem to all be in alphabetical order or atleast alphabetized by the first
letter.
Unlike most of the census information that I have seen, this one must not
have been
a house to house recording. I believe Sylvanus AMES was living in the
area as
early as 1800-1803.

Any ideas what would have brought my gggg-gf Nicholas GOSNEL and wife Sarah
McINTYRE to the very small township on Amesville in the year 1820 and where
is the
most likely place that they would have come from.?? How would they have
traveled
inorder to get there and what was going on history wise in that part of
Ohio in 1820??
1820 census says he was engaged in agriculture. But 1830 they are living
in
Spencer Twp... Guernsey County, Ohio and after that we don't know what
happened
to Nickolas.

Appreciate any help or advise
Larry Gosnell

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