John Reily | |
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Hamilton County delegate to the 1802 Ohio Constitutional Convention | |
In office November 1, 1802 –November 29, 1802 Servingwithnine others | |
Personal details | |
Born | Chester County, Pennsylvania | April 10, 1763
Died | June 7, 1850 87) Hamilton, Ohio | (aged
Political party | Federalist |
Spouse | Nancy Hunter |
Children | five |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1780-1782 |
Unit | Virginia Militia |
Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War |
John Reily (1763-1850) [1] was a soldier in the American Revolution who later held a number of civic positions including helping draft the Ohio State Constitution. Reily Township in Butler County, Ohio is named for him.
John Reily was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania on April 10, 1763, and moved with his parents to Augusta County, Virginia when young. [2] [3] [4]
From the age of 17, Reily served in the Revolutionary War, including the Battle of Camden, the Battle of Guilford Court House, and the Battle of Eutaw Springs. [5]
After the War, Reily moved to Kentucky. In 1790 he moved to Columbia, (now a neighborhood of Cincinnati) [2] [6] to build John Reily's Classical School and became its first school teacher. [7] It was one of the first schools in the territory. [7] The school grew and he soon hired a second teacher, Francis Dunlavy. [8] [9]
In 1799, he was elected clerk of the Legislature of the Northwest Territory, and re-elected to that position in 1800 and 1801. [10] In 1802 he was elected as one of the seven trustees of the new town of Cincinnati. [10] Later that year he was a representative at the Constitutional Convention that drafted Ohio's first Constitution. [10] In 1802 he was also one of the first subscribers who purchased shares to start the Cincinnati Library, one of the first libraries in the state. [11]
He moved to Hamilton, Ohio, and was elected the first Clerk of Court for Butler County by the associate judges of the court of common pleas, a position to which he was re-elected for 37 years. [10] He was concurrently appointed as clerk for the supreme court of Butler County, a position which he also maintained until 1842. [10] He was also a long time Postmaster of Hamilton, and he served as County Recorder from 1803-1811. [10] At first he worked from a small building outside the old fort at Hamilton, before moving the offices to his home, and in 1824 to the newly built court house. [5]
Reily was appointed as one of the first trustees of Miami University, and was president of the board of trustees until 1824. [10]
In 1808 he married Nancy Hunter. [10] The Reilys had two daughters and three sons, [10] one of whom, Robert, founded the town of Wyoming, Ohio. [12]
In 1807, a new township was formed by in Butler County by splitting the existing St. Clair Township. The new township was named Reily Township after John Reily. [10]
In his positions as clerk, Reily used high quality materials. The materials, combined with his "bold" character strokes meant that his hand-written records from the early 1800s were still clearly legible in the early 1900s. [15]
Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,446 people in the township. Originally one of Ohio's largest townships by area at its inception in 1791, it gradually shrank to one of the smallest by the early 1950s.
Millcreek Township is a survey township in south-central Hamilton County, Ohio, that also existed as a civil township from 1810 until 1943. Once the most important township in the county, it was largely absorbed by Cincinnati and its suburbs, nominally remaining as a paper township from 1943 until 1953. It was abolished when the rest of its unincorporated territory, consisting of Wesleyan Cemetery, became part of Cincinnati. As the original survey township covers a large portion of present-day Cincinnati, references to it are frequently encountered by genealogists.
Fairfield Township is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the south central portion of the county. The population was 22,645 at the 2020 census. Before annexations by the cities of Hamilton and Fairfield, it had an area of about 50 square miles (130 km2).
St. Clair Township is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The township consists of three disconnected pieces located along the Great Miami River in the central portion of the county. It had a population of 6,671 at the 2020 census.
Oxford Township, also known as the College Township, is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the northwestern corner of the county, where it meets Preble County, Ohio, and Union County, Indiana. The city of Oxford, the home of Miami University, is located in the township. It had a population of 25,469 at the 2020 census.
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Milford Township is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located between Oxford and Middletown. The township had a population of 3,523 at the 2020 census.
Reily Township is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the west-central part of the county. It had a population of 2,660 at the 2020 census.
Morgan Township is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the county, on the state line with Indiana. It had a population of 5,345 at the 2020 census.
Hanover Township is one of thirteen townships Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the west-central part of the county, midway between Hamilton and Oxford. The population of the township was 8,111 at the 2020 census. It is named for Hanover County, Virginia, where the early settlers originated.
McGonigle is an unincorporated community in northwestern Hanover Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States about seven miles northwest of Hamilton at the intersection of U.S. Route 27 and State Route 130 in sections 17 and 18 of R2ET4N of the Congress Lands. It was formerly a stop on the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad's Indianapolis branch. It was named for Philip McGonigle, an early settler, and is spelled in various ways.
Port Union is an unincorporated community in western West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States, on State Route 747 about three miles north of Springdale and three miles southeast of Hamilton. The town was laid out in 1827 by William Elliott alongside the turning basin for the Miami and Erie Canal and was about midway between Crescentville and Hamilton on the canal. It was originally known as McMaken's Bridge, but took the name its township.. The Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad later laid tracks through Port Union.
Columbia-Tusculum is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1788 and annexed in 1871, it is the city's oldest neighborhood. The population was 1,523 at the 2020 census.
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