History

Ross Township History George's Stone House Ross Twp. History, Source, The Pathfinders of Jefferson County, Ohio by W. H. Hunter.

Churches & Cemeteries
Holt Lutheran Church Deed Record

The First Lutheran Church of Ross Township
(Also known as the Holt Church/Cemetery)

Jefferson Co., Deed Bk. V, Pg. 272
(Abstracted By Flora L VerStraten)

No. 5. John McClain, and Sarah McClain, his wife and Adam Culp, to James Mitchell, John G. Wiles, David Notestine, John S Graham and Aaron Maple for The First Lutheran Church of Ross Township.

General Warranty Deed. Dated May 13, 1837. Acknowledged same day before John Stoakes, J.P. 2 witnesses. Signatures: John McClain, Sally McClain, Adam Culp. Separate examination of wife. Recorded Nov. 12, 1840. Deed Book V, page 272. Consideration, $1.00

Grants, bargains, sells, conveys and confirms unto the said James Mitchell, John G. Wiles, David Notestine, John S. Graham and Aaron Maple, and their associates and successors, known as abody corporate by the name and style of The First Lutheran Church of Ross Township, all the following described lot of parcel of land, lying and being in Ross & Knox Townships, County and State aforesaid, Beginning on rod South of the South-west corner of Section No. 4, Township 11 in Range 3, and running S. 45.5 W. 18 rods to a post.; thence S. 33 N. 17.2 rods to a post; thence N. 54 N. 12 rods to a post in a meadow; thence N. 37 W. 10 rods into range line; thence with said line 14.4 rods to the place of beginning, containing three fourths of an acre, be the same more or less.

To have and to hold the above described lot or parcel of land and promises to the above named grantees, and their associates and successors, forever.


Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions

Holt Cemetery Tombstone Index Holt Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
Hilderbrand Cemetery Tombstone Index Hilderbrand Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
Bacon Ridge/Montgomery Cemetery Tombstone Index
Tombstone Inscriptions & Spreadsheet recorded by Flora L. VerStraten
Bacon Ridge/Montgomery Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions
Tombstone Inscriptions & Spreadsheet recorded by Flora L. VerStraten

Cemetery Tombstone Photos

   
   

Google Earth Cemetery Images

Bacon Ridge/Montgomery Cemetery McClelland Farm Private Cemetery Pine Grove Church Cemetery
Dorn Private Cemetery Mooretown Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Seever Private Cemetery
Hilderbrand/Hildebron/Hildenbrand Private Cemetery Mooretown United Presbyterian Yellow Creek Cemetery Shane/Lebanon Cemetery
McClain/McConnells Private Cemetery Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery Wade Private Cemetery

Schools

Jefferson County Board of Education – 2023 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville, OH 43952. The county office has access to all students school records back to 1912 for Buckeye, Edison, and Indian Creek.
Jefferson County School Deeds Elliott's One Room School
Ross Twp School History  

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