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A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio
by Hervey Scott 1795-1876
Siebert & Lilley, Columbus, Ohio: 1877

                               TOWNSHIPS
 -82-                    CLEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP
         Clear Creek Township is situated in the south-west corner
       of the county.  Its name was suggested from "Clear Creek," a
       small stream running through it.  Its school district system
       is well arranged.  There are nine school-houses, located re-
       spectively at the cornerings of the sections.
         It contains the villages of Oakland and Stoutsville, the
       former laid out by CHARLES SAGER, and is twelve miles from
       Lancaster, on the Chillicothe pike; the latter by BENJAMIN
       STOUT, in 1854, and is about sixteen miles west, or south-
       west of Lancaster.  Clear Creek formerly extended over parts
       of the Townships of Madison and Amanda.
       
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 -83-
         We note among the early settlers of Clear Creek, JOHN LEIST,
       who came there in 1807.  He was born in 1784, and was a
       member of the Legislature from 1813 to 1820.  Mr. LEIST
       served in the war of 1812, and was under Harrison at Fort
       Meigs and Detroit.  He died several years since, at a very
       advanced age.  Mr. DILLSAVER is said to have built the first
       horse-mill in the township.  MICHAEL NYE was also an early
       settler.  CHARLES FRIEND came in 1800, and built the first
       water-mill on Clear Creek.  Among the first teachers were
       APPLE YOUNG and JOHN YOUNG.  JACOB LEIST was an early
       Lutheran preacher there.  It is believed the Lutherans built
       the first meeting-house, which was a log-cabin.  It was situa-
       ted near the somewhat historic place, known as "Dutch Hol-
       low."  The last census gave Clear Creek a population of 1,743.
       
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