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From: "Joseph Larry Helton, Jr." <>
Subject: Fw: [OHBUTLER-L] kennedys
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:52:01 -0400

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From: Joseph Larry Helton, Jr. <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] kennedys

>Butler County was formed in 1803, same year Ohio became a state, with the
>city of Hamilton being its county seat. The county is named for General
>Richard Butler who was killed in Arthur St. Clair's defeat by the Indians
in
>1791.
>
>Hamilton County was formed in 1790 and included all of what would be the
>following counties today: Butler, Warren, Montgomery, Preble, Darke,
Miami,
>along with small parts of counties that border these.
>
>Prior to that, Butler County was part of the Congress Lands and part of the
>Symmes Purchase. Even before that it was part of the Northwest Territory
of
>1787 and of course before that Indian Lands.
>
>Larry Helton
>

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