Amos Spafford - Perrysburg OH
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 33.018 W 083° 39.148
17T E 278779 N 4603246
Amos Spafford (1753-1818), his wife Olive (1756-1823), and their children were early settlers here in 1810. Spafford was granted a 160 acre land patent on River Tracts #64 and #65 in Waynesfield township, signed by President James Monroe.
Waymark Code: WM17KV4
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2023
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TEXT ON THE OHIO HISTORICAL MARKER
Amos Spafford
In 1810, early settlers here were Major Amos Spafford (1753-1818), his wife Olive (1756-1823), and their children Samuel, Aurora , Chloe (Mrs. Almon Gibbs), and Anna (Mrs. Richard Craw). In 1796, Spafford, a native of Connecticut, was a surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company. He drew the first map laying out Cleveland and named the city. He left there in 1810 following appointment as custom's collector and postmaster for the new port at the foot of the Maumee River rapids, Port Miami of Lake Erie. Spafford was granted a 160 acre land patent on River Tracts #64 and #65 in Waynesfield township, signed by President James Monroe and was able to purchase it following the 1817 Treaty of the Rapids that extinguished Native American claim. Two years later, 67 families lived in the area, but most fled at the outbreak of the War of 1812.
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