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| | Settlement in Ohio |
 | | John Warner, son of Isaac and Mary Warner, who was born at High Bank, Ross County, on July 12, 1798, was, so far as can be determined, the first Quaker child born northwest of the Ohio River. |
 | | Dew and Howard were joined by Aaron Brown, the delegate of the Trent Monthly Meeting of Jones County, North Carolina. |
 | | Then, in 1803, just a few months after Ohio became a state, the two men laid out the village of Mount Pleasant, which was known for some time by its nickname "Jesse-Bob Town." For several years the village remained rather dormant with only a few log houses indicating its existence. |
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