Good 12- Joel Mitchell 23- John Rollins 3- T.T. Original lot owners in the Fairfield Township settlement: Lot 1- Rosanna Good 11- Henry Turner 21 & 22 - Hester Day 2- Mary J. ![]() In 2003 descendants of the freed Gist slaves still inhabited part of the original settlement. In 1857, the Ohio Legislature granted the Highland County Court of Common Pleas control over the freedmen's trust monies. The Gist Settlement in Highland County was the last to be purchased and settled. In 18, an agent of the Gist estate purchased 207 acres in Fairfield Township (now Penn Township), Highland County, and divided the acreage into thirty-one lots. Gist's executors acquired over 2,000 acres of land in Ohio, including two large tracts in Scott and Eagle townships in Brown County in 1819. Through the terms of his will, British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c.1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for their relocation, the purchase of land and homes, and the establishment of schools and churches. It is Near New Vienna in Highland County Ohio This historical marker was erected in 2003 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The P and G Fund, and The Ohio Historical Society. Lawson 9- Ann Eliza Lawson 19- Ann Rollins 30- Board of Education 10- Parmelia Buford 20- Rebecca Rollins 31- Cemetery (Ohio Bi-Centennial logo). Lawson 13- Nancy Carey 24- Peter Rollins 4- Elizabeth Carey 14- John Carey 25- Alexander Hailstock 5- Ann Rollins 15- Hannibal Turner 26- Lucy Good 6- Bartley Lawrence (Rollins) 16- Henrietta Essex 27- David Rollins 7- Alexander Hailstock 17- Lucy Brooks 28- Bartley Lawrence 8- John Carey 18- Henry Turner 29- C.C. Side B, Original lot owners in the Fairfield Township settlement: Lot 1- Rosanna Good 11- Henry Turner 21 and 22 - Hester Day 2- Mary J. ![]() ![]() , Side A, Through the terms of his will, British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c.1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for their relocation, the purchase of land and homes, and the establishment of schools and churches.
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