In 1882 it was assessed upon its lands at $81,330 upon chattel property $27,189 total, $108,519. There is little to give value beyond productions from year to year, which do not accumulate rapidly, and its and land valuation is not rated at a high figure for assessment purposes. It has an uneven surface, and, not having any large quantity of mineral deposit, it is better adapted to stock-raising than to cereal-growing. The assessed valuation of Jefferson Township is the least of any township in the county. The latter’s area is 14,383 acres, of somewhat hilly surface.
There are but three smaller townships in the County than Jefferson, and they are Porter, Washington, and Rush, Valley, which was taken from it, has nearly 1,100 acres more land assessed than Jefferson. The township of Jefferson as now defined is bounded on the north by Pike County, east by Madison and Harrison townships, on the south by clay, and on the west by Valley townships. The township then extended further south, and also took in all of the present township of Valley, which was cut off from Jefferson in 1860. Seal Township, which lay on both sides of the Scioto River, was taken from the map, and that portion lying east of the Scioto was added to Jefferson. The loss of the county commissioners’ records from 1803 to 1811 inclusive prevents the dates being given of the organization of the township, but if it is one of the original divisions it was organized May, 1803, and at all events before the year 1810. Four of the original townships named and known in 1810 are not now on the map-Seal, Upper, Lick and Franklin. Jefferson Township was undoubtedly one of the original townships, or was a township before 1810. FROM THE HISTORY OF LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY 1884ĬHICAGO:INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO.1884 Jefferson Township
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