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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ5_brick-church-and-cemetery_Stockport-OH.html
The Windsor Township Baptist Association was organized January in
1818 by Elder William Davis with 35 members who met in homes, barns
and schoolhouses. At the death of the six-year-old granddaughter of
Samuel and Tabitha Davis Henery, this plot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IVE_two-riverboat-pilots_Stockport-OH.html
In the heyday of steamboating on the Muskingum, many people made
their livelihood on the river. Jane McMillan, known as Old Jane, was one
of the few women reported to have piloted boats on the river. In the
1840s she was co-owner of the "Zanesv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IVD_underground-railroad_Stockport-OH.html
Front Text : "Underground Railroad"
Some of the main Ohio Underground Railroad lines that fugitive slaves
used on their way from the Ohio River toward Canada and freedom
followed the Muskingum River. These lines, however, were not
easy. Under …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWP_the-stockport-mill_Stockport-OH.html
The Stockport Mill, the third on this site since 1842, was built in 1906 by the Dover brothers. Using a pair of 40-inch Leffel turbines, it harnessed water power for both milling and generating electricity for the town. Known for its Gold Bond, Se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWO_big-bottom-massacre_Stockport-OH.html
Following the American Revolution, the new Federal government, in need of operating funds, sold millions of acres of western lands to land companies. One such company, the Ohio Company of Associates, brought settlement to Marietta in 1788. Two yea…