Plat of Sections 2 and 3 of Sharon Township 1804-08-11, Worthington

The map pictured here was drawn based on James Kilbourn's survey of the area. It shows land in northern Franklin County, including the town of Worthington. James Kilbourn was a leader in the Scioto Company, which consisted of forty subscribers from Connecticut and Massachusetts who settled in central Ohio. They planned their "New England-style" community before leaving the east. The Scioto Company Constitution included a penalty for those signers who failed to settle before 1805 to discourage land speculators. On the back of the plat of sections 2 and 3 of Sharon Township is written, "A Plat of the town of Worthington as laid off by the Proprietors and including the second and third Sections of the Second Township in the 18th Range of the United States Military Lands in the State of Ohio. Dated at Worthington, Aug. 11, 1804, James Kilbourn, Agent and Surveyor for the Company." A description accompanying the map states, "The four south lots were missing from the original plat. On Main Street (High Street) they were: No. 21, the Job Case farm; No. 20 the Bristol farm: No. 19, now owned by R. G. Hutchins: and No. 18, Beach’s farm, now the Webster farm, adjoining the Clinton Tp. Line. On the west tier Nos. 15 and 16 are not shown.

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