Deardurff history

B TRACY TURNER (Columbus AP) Pairs of volunteers watched anxiously as a screen sifted archaeological treasures from cold damp dirt. The group of about 20 professional archaeologists. Ohio State University students and history buff’s shared a quiet sense of excitement and urgency as each historical find was unearthed yesterday at the Deardurff House a 193-year-old log house in Columbus. The house is the oldest known…

On Oct. 3, 1798, a wagon carrying Abraham Deardurff and his family rolled into the settlement of Franklinton in the heart of central Ohio. Located on the west side of the Scioto River, slightly south of the forks of the Scioto and Olentangy, Franklinton had been laid out by frontier surveyor Lucas Sullivant in the…

The Deardurff house, at 72 S. Gift St. In Columbus Ohio, is the oldest known structure in Franklin County still on its original foundation. It was built in 1807, just four years after Ohio achieved statehood. The Deardurff house was built by David Deardurff for his mother. You can read more about that in this…

NOTE: The following is from an archive of a site from Ken Hough. his website no longer exists that I can find other than the wayback machine. I felt it was important to document this piece of history for anyone interested either in the Deardorff camera’s or the Deardorff/Deardurff family history. A Brief History Lesson –…

Defending The Alamo William Dearduff, b. about 1811, 25 or older, arrived single from Tennessee 20 Mar 1830 and received title for one fourth sitio in the DeWitt Colony on 5 Nov 1831 with arrival date on 20 Mar 1830. His grant was on Sandies Creek north of current Cuero. He owned four lots, a…