Excerpt from Journal of the Convention, of the Territory of the United States North-West of the Ohio, 1897: Begun and Held at Chillicothe, on Monday the First Day of November, A. D. 1802, and of the Independence of the United States, the Twenty-Seventh

Begun and held at the town of Chillicothe, in the county of Ross, and territory aforesaid, on the first Monday in November, (being the first day thereof) in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the twenty-seventh.

On which day, being the time and place appointed for the meeting of the Convention, for the purpose of forming a constitution and state government, by the act of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north-west of the river Ohio, to form a constitution and stale government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes, " the following members appeared, who produced certificates of their having been duly chosen to serve in the Convention, and having severally taken the oath of fidelity to the United States, and also an oath faithfully to discharge the duties of their office, took their seats, to wit:

From the county of Adams - Joseph Darlinton, Thomas Kirker and Israel Donalson.

From the county of Belmont - James Caldwell.

From the county of Hamilton - Francis Dunlavy, John Paul, Jeremiah Morrow, John Wilson, Charles Willing Byrd, William Goforth, John Smith and John Reily.

From the county of Jefferson - Rudolph Bair, John Milligan and George Humphrey

From the county of Ross - Edward Tiffin, Nathaniel Massie, Thomas Worthington, Michael Baldwin and James Grubb, and

From the county of Trumbull - Samuel Huntington.

On motion, The Convention proceeded to the choice of a President pro tempore, when William Goforth, Esquire, was chosen and took the chair.

On motion, The Convention proceeded to the choice of a Secretary, pro tempore, whereupon, Mr. William M'Farland was chosen and proceeded to the duties of his office.

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