Hi, my name is Grace and I would like
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OHGenWeb Project. I'm very glad that
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The name "Portage" comes
from an old Native American path
called "Portage Path", which ran
between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas
rivers, where travelers portaged
their canoes. The location of the
trail today is within the boundaries
of neighboring Summit County.
The first European settler
in what is now Portage County was
Abraham Honey in 1798 in the area
now known as Mantua Township,
followed by Asa Hall in what is now
Atwater Township in April 1799. In
June 1799, Benjamin Tappan, Jr.
arrived and founded Ravenna, David
Daniels came to what is now Palmyra
Township, and Ebenezer Sheldon
settled in what is now Aurora.
When first settled, the
area that presently constitutes
Portage County was part of the
original Jefferson County, which had
been organized in 1797. In 1800, the
area was made part of Trumbull
County, which followed the
boundaries of the Connecticut
Western Reserve. In 1802, all of
what is now Portage County was
organized under the name of Franklin
Township with other townships being
formed later. On February 10, 1807
the Ohio state legislature passed
the act to create Portage County
from Trumbull County and it took
effect June 7, 1807. Portage County
remained attached to Trumbull County
until June 8, 1808, when the first
elections were held. Initially, the
county included a large area of the
Western Reserve that encompassed
most of present-day Summit County,
all of Medina and Huron counties,
and parts of Lorain and Ashland
counties. There were six organized
townships in 1808: Franklin,
Deerfield, Aurora, Hiram,
Springfield, and Hudson with new
townships organized later, reaching
a maximum of 30. The present-day
boundaries of Portage County were
established in 1840 following the
1812 creation of Medina County, a
slight boundary adjustment in 1827
with Cuyahoga County, and finally
the creation of Summit County in
1840, which took 10 townships from
Portage County along with 3
townships from Medina County and two
from Stark County.
Used from Wikipedia
Site
In March and April 1996, a
group of genealogists organized the
Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy
Database Project. The idea was to
provide a single entry point for all
counties in Kentucky where collected
databases would be stored. In
additon, these databases would be
indexed and cross-linked, so that
even if an individual were found in
more than one county, they could be
located in the index.
OHGenWeb is an extension
of that premise.
The Portage County,
OHGenWeb Site is a part of The OHGenWeb
and The USGenWeb
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