Jackson Township Constable

Little is known about how long Jackson Township elected constables but information has just been made available from Mabel Davis about one man who served in 1911.  William Henry Davis, born in Jackson County in 1866, died in Pickaway County in 1925.  He is the only...

Stage Coach Stop in Harrisburg

Harrisburg, just south of Grove City on the Franklin/Pickaway county line, was once a place where stagecoaches stopped for fresh horses. The stagecoach destination was originally called White Hall, later known as the United States Hotel operated by John P. Bolin,...

Grant Avenue House

According to Southwest Franklin County Historical Society charter member and local historian Earl R. Nicholson, there’s a house at 3407 Grant Avenue, Grove City, Ohio, that was built just after the Civil War in 1865.  It is one of the oldest residential homes in the...

Confederate War Vet Was 16

William Breckenridge of Jackson Township was 16 years old when he answered President Abraham Lincoln’s call for 75,000 Union troops to quell the secession in the Southern states. Young Breckenridge didn’t survive long.  He was captured and became a prisoner of war....

Grove City Tabernacle?

No, it wasn’t a church.   In the late 1920s, Grove City temporarily voted the community dry closing all of the bars in the downtown area.  A simple wood frame building was constructed on Grove City Road at Demorest Road called the Tabernacle.  It was located outside...