Person:William McClelland (17)

Records of William McClelland

From "Butler County, Ohio Chancery Records, 1827-1829", by Anita Short, pg. 128:

Sept. 1827 - Wm. McClelland adms. of John McClelland vs. David Conner and John Sutherland. Petition for money due. Filed Oct. 1823. John McClelland and David Conner became partners in January 1814 in trading firm of McClelland and Conner. That John McClelland was killed by Indians 8-14-1814 while travelling from Greenville to Ft. Recovery.

About William McClelland

William McClelland, the oldest of the three brothers, continued in the employ of the quartermaster's department of the army as captain or pack-horse master, during the campaign of General Wayne against the Indians, and until after the treaty of peace concluded at Greenville, in August, 1795.

Soon after this he married Miss Mary Sterret, of Mercersburgh, Pennsylvania, and settled in Hamilton, where he took possession of the building in Fort Hamilton, which had been erected for the accommodation of the officers of the army. The house stood near the center of High street, about where the west end of the market-house now is. It was a frame building, fifty feet long by twenty feet wide, and two stories high. It had a heavy stone chimney in the center of the building, which divided each story into two rooms, affording a fireplace in each room. On the west, even with the second story, was a porch or piazza the whole length of the building, from which was a fine view up and down the Miami river. On the north was a kitchen of logs, with a fine wide space or hall between the kitchen and the house. Here William McClellan lived and opened a tavern, which was the principal place of entertainment and resort of travelers in Hamilton for many years.

[Source: Pioneer biography: sketches of the lives of some of the early settlers of Butler County, Ohio, Volume 2, by James McBride, 1891]

William McClellan

Birth: Aug. 31, 1767, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: Oct. 2, 1827, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, USA

Wm. McClellan - age 60yrs 2mo 5da Last residence: St Clair Twp., Ohio Soldier in the War of 1812 Quarter Master Department

Son of James McClellan and Martha McCoy; husband of Mary Sterrett. First Sheriff of Butler County, Ohio.

[Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27679979]

Sources

Pioneer biography: sketches of the lives of some of the early settlers of Butler County, Ohio, Volume 2, by James McBride. 1891

Monument of William McClelland

1. ↑ Find A Grave
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27679979.

   Burial:
   Greenwood Cemetery
   Hamilton
   Butler County
   Ohio, USA
   Plot: Lot 689 Grave 11