Link to information about The Eager Inn. https://www.newswatchman.com/blogs/pikes_past/article_7924736a-eeb3-531b-8120-2b3415abe625.htmlOne. of my first articles of this series (the third in fact) of Oct. 14, 1976 featured the Eager Inn. Since then, Mr. Noble Wilt has added much information concerning this subject and the route of Zane's Trace or the Limestone Road. The sketch was made from a photo taken in August 1911 by Mr. Wilt.
"In recent years articles have been published stating that the old stone house, known as Eager's Inn, near Morgantown, Pike Co., Ohio was built in 1797. The purpose of this article is to present recorded data which make it unreasonable to believe the stone house was built at the early date."
The writer of this article became interested in the history of this house in 1964 when he began research as to when John Eager brought his family to Ohio. Eager's daughter, Catherine, married Thomas Wilt and they became great-grandparents to this writer. The date — 1797 — was found crudely cut in the stone (corner of the Eager house). As the incisions showed no weathering, it was quite evident that it has been done recently. The writer doubted that date.
The next step in research was to trace the chain of title from the present owner to the date it was entered from the Va. Military Tract in Ohio. Records of titles to the land on which the Eager Inn stands are listed in the following paragraphs.
Deeds to the farm starting in 1834 list 140 acres on two Va. Military surveys, Entries 3255 and 8475 — April 28, 1798. Simon Morgan, assignee enters 800 acres on 6 military warrants. The above entry was surveyed by John Beasley, D.S. starting April 21, 1799 and finishing Oct. 3, 1800.
Entry No. 8475 — July 17, 1815 — Abraham Kirkpatrick enters 100 acres on military warrant No. 5 on the waters of Morgan's Fork of Sunfish beginning at the northwest corner of Simon Morgan's Entry No. 3255. The stone house stands in the north west corner of entry 3255, Pike Co. deed Vol. 1 pg. 72, Dec. 10, 1805 covers conveyance of 240 acres in the northern part of entry No. 3255 by John Beasley and Andrew Ellison and their wives, both of Manchester, Adams County, to Issac Penister, said land being surveyed in the name of Simon Morgan and patented to John Beasley and Andrew Ellison on Jan. 8, 1805. Morgan, Beasley and Ellison were surveyors and land speculators living in Manchester, Adams County, then a small village enclosed by strong pickets or palings with blockhouses as the corners, for defense in case of Indian attack. Land records show Morgan had entered 8,027 acres in Ross and adjacent counties between 1793 and 1799. The early surveyors entered choice tracts, made a small down payment, and later sold to settlers. It does not seem reasonable to believe that any of these speculators would build the stone house in 1797 before the land had been entered in 1798 by Morgan.
In 1834, Issac Penisten and wife, Sally conveyed to Andrew Kirkpatrick. The metes and bounds of this tract are the same listed in all deed to this tract until 1917. As Issac Penisten owned this tract for 28 years, it is the writer's opinion that he had the stone house built probably before 1808. Andrew Kirkpatrick sold the 140 acres to Stephen Graves in 1835. Graves sold to John Eager in 1836. John Eager died in 1850. By 1856 John's sons Lewis and Robert had quit claimed their interest to brother George who died in 1902 and willed it to his sister Eleanor Eager-Penisten-Decker. She left it to her children John and Sarah Penisten. On Aug. 28, 1917 they sold it to Hattie Greening of Cincinnati which ended the Eager family ownership.
An article published by the state of Ohio stated that the first capitol building of Ohio was erected in Chillicothe in 1801, being the first stone building in the Northwest Territory. This is another reason for believing that the Eager Inn was not built in 1797.
The addition on the north end, (this end of sketch) one room up and one room down, was added in 1858.
The inn was operated for some time after this.
Note: The writer, Noble Wilt, visited his Uncle George (great-grand) Eager in 1899 with his mother and family and he remembers well that George gave him his first penny.
This article is dedicated to Noble Wilt and to all those who have passed this stone house for years or just on their way to Pike Lake State Park nearby.∼Husband of Catherine (RONEMUS) EAGER (m. 8 Sept. 1798 Jefferson County, West Virginia), son of Robert and Elizabeth (?) EAGER, father of Phoebe, Catherine, Barbara, Lucy Louisa, Mary, Eveline, Louis, William Jesse, Elizabeth Ann, Samuel, John Ronemus, and Eleanor EAGER.
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buried in Edger-Eden Baptist Cemetery
"In recent years articles have been published stating that the old stone house, known as Eager's Inn, near Morgantown, Pike Co., Ohio was built in 1797. The purpose of this article is to present recorded data which make it unreasonable to believe the stone house was built at the early date."
The writer of this article became interested in the history of this house in 1964 when he began research as to when John Eager brought his family to Ohio. Eager's daughter, Catherine, married Thomas Wilt and they became great-grandparents to this writer. The date — 1797 — was found crudely cut in the stone (corner of the Eager house). As the incisions showed no weathering, it was quite evident that it has been done recently. The writer doubted that date.
The next step in research was to trace the chain of title from the present owner to the date it was entered from the Va. Military Tract in Ohio. Records of titles to the land on which the Eager Inn stands are listed in the following paragraphs.
Deeds to the farm starting in 1834 list 140 acres on two Va. Military surveys, Entries 3255 and 8475 — April 28, 1798. Simon Morgan, assignee enters 800 acres on 6 military warrants. The above entry was surveyed by John Beasley, D.S. starting April 21, 1799 and finishing Oct. 3, 1800.
Entry No. 8475 — July 17, 1815 — Abraham Kirkpatrick enters 100 acres on military warrant No. 5 on the waters of Morgan's Fork of Sunfish beginning at the northwest corner of Simon Morgan's Entry No. 3255. The stone house stands in the north west corner of entry 3255, Pike Co. deed Vol. 1 pg. 72, Dec. 10, 1805 covers conveyance of 240 acres in the northern part of entry No. 3255 by John Beasley and Andrew Ellison and their wives, both of Manchester, Adams County, to Issac Penister, said land being surveyed in the name of Simon Morgan and patented to John Beasley and Andrew Ellison on Jan. 8, 1805. Morgan, Beasley and Ellison were surveyors and land speculators living in Manchester, Adams County, then a small village enclosed by strong pickets or palings with blockhouses as the corners, for defense in case of Indian attack. Land records show Morgan had entered 8,027 acres in Ross and adjacent counties between 1793 and 1799. The early surveyors entered choice tracts, made a small down payment, and later sold to settlers. It does not seem reasonable to believe that any of these speculators would build the stone house in 1797 before the land had been entered in 1798 by Morgan.
In 1834, Issac Penisten and wife, Sally conveyed to Andrew Kirkpatrick. The metes and bounds of this tract are the same listed in all deed to this tract until 1917. As Issac Penisten owned this tract for 28 years, it is the writer's opinion that he had the stone house built probably before 1808. Andrew Kirkpatrick sold the 140 acres to Stephen Graves in 1835. Graves sold to John Eager in 1836. John Eager died in 1850. By 1856 John's sons Lewis and Robert had quit claimed their interest to brother George who died in 1902 and willed it to his sister Eleanor Eager-Penisten-Decker. She left it to her children John and Sarah Penisten. On Aug. 28, 1917 they sold it to Hattie Greening of Cincinnati which ended the Eager family ownership.
An article published by the state of Ohio stated that the first capitol building of Ohio was erected in Chillicothe in 1801, being the first stone building in the Northwest Territory. This is another reason for believing that the Eager Inn was not built in 1797.
The addition on the north end, (this end of sketch) one room up and one room down, was added in 1858.
The inn was operated for some time after this.
Note: The writer, Noble Wilt, visited his Uncle George (great-grand) Eager in 1899 with his mother and family and he remembers well that George gave him his first penny.
This article is dedicated to Noble Wilt and to all those who have passed this stone house for years or just on their way to Pike Lake State Park nearby.∼Husband of Catherine (RONEMUS) EAGER (m. 8 Sept. 1798 Jefferson County, West Virginia), son of Robert and Elizabeth (?) EAGER, father of Phoebe, Catherine, Barbara, Lucy Louisa, Mary, Eveline, Louis, William Jesse, Elizabeth Ann, Samuel, John Ronemus, and Eleanor EAGER.
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buried in Edger-Eden Baptist Cemetery
Link to information about The Eager Inn. https://www.newswatchman.com/blogs/pikes_past/article_7924736a-eeb3-531b-8120-2b3415abe625.htmlOne. of my first articles of this series (the third in fact) of Oct. 14, 1976 featured the Eager Inn. Since then, Mr. Noble Wilt has added much information concerning this subject and the route of Zane's Trace or the Limestone Road. The sketch was made from a photo taken in August 1911 by Mr. Wilt.
"In recent years articles have been published stating that the old stone house, known as Eager's Inn, near Morgantown, Pike Co., Ohio was built in 1797. The purpose of this article is to present recorded data which make it unreasonable to believe the stone house was built at the early date."
The writer of this article became interested in the history of this house in 1964 when he began research as to when John Eager brought his family to Ohio. Eager's daughter, Catherine, married Thomas Wilt and they became great-grandparents to this writer. The date — 1797 — was found crudely cut in the stone (corner of the Eager house). As the incisions showed no weathering, it was quite evident that it has been done recently. The writer doubted that date.
The next step in research was to trace the chain of title from the present owner to the date it was entered from the Va. Military Tract in Ohio. Records of titles to the land on which the Eager Inn stands are listed in the following paragraphs.
Deeds to the farm starting in 1834 list 140 acres on two Va. Military surveys, Entries 3255 and 8475 — April 28, 1798. Simon Morgan, assignee enters 800 acres on 6 military warrants. The above entry was surveyed by John Beasley, D.S. starting April 21, 1799 and finishing Oct. 3, 1800.
Entry No. 8475 — July 17, 1815 — Abraham Kirkpatrick enters 100 acres on military warrant No. 5 on the waters of Morgan's Fork of Sunfish beginning at the northwest corner of Simon Morgan's Entry No. 3255. The stone house stands in the north west corner of entry 3255, Pike Co. deed Vol. 1 pg. 72, Dec. 10, 1805 covers conveyance of 240 acres in the northern part of entry No. 3255 by John Beasley and Andrew Ellison and their wives, both of Manchester, Adams County, to Issac Penister, said land being surveyed in the name of Simon Morgan and patented to John Beasley and Andrew Ellison on Jan. 8, 1805. Morgan, Beasley and Ellison were surveyors and land speculators living in Manchester, Adams County, then a small village enclosed by strong pickets or palings with blockhouses as the corners, for defense in case of Indian attack. Land records show Morgan had entered 8,027 acres in Ross and adjacent counties between 1793 and 1799. The early surveyors entered choice tracts, made a small down payment, and later sold to settlers. It does not seem reasonable to believe that any of these speculators would build the stone house in 1797 before the land had been entered in 1798 by Morgan.
In 1834, Issac Penisten and wife, Sally conveyed to Andrew Kirkpatrick. The metes and bounds of this tract are the same listed in all deed to this tract until 1917. As Issac Penisten owned this tract for 28 years, it is the writer's opinion that he had the stone house built probably before 1808. Andrew Kirkpatrick sold the 140 acres to Stephen Graves in 1835. Graves sold to John Eager in 1836. John Eager died in 1850. By 1856 John's sons Lewis and Robert had quit claimed their interest to brother George who died in 1902 and willed it to his sister Eleanor Eager-Penisten-Decker. She left it to her children John and Sarah Penisten. On Aug. 28, 1917 they sold it to Hattie Greening of Cincinnati which ended the Eager family ownership.
An article published by the state of Ohio stated that the first capitol building of Ohio was erected in Chillicothe in 1801, being the first stone building in the Northwest Territory. This is another reason for believing that the Eager Inn was not built in 1797.
The addition on the north end, (this end of sketch) one room up and one room down, was added in 1858.
The inn was operated for some time after this.
Note: The writer, Noble Wilt, visited his Uncle George (great-grand) Eager in 1899 with his mother and family and he remembers well that George gave him his first penny.
This article is dedicated to Noble Wilt and to all those who have passed this stone house for years or just on their way to Pike Lake State Park nearby.∼Husband of Catherine (RONEMUS) EAGER (m. 8 Sept. 1798 Jefferson County, West Virginia), son of Robert and Elizabeth (?) EAGER, father of Phoebe, Catherine, Barbara, Lucy Louisa, Mary, Eveline, Louis, William Jesse, Elizabeth Ann, Samuel, John Ronemus, and Eleanor EAGER.
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buried in Edger-Eden Baptist Cemetery
"In recent years articles have been published stating that the old stone house, known as Eager's Inn, near Morgantown, Pike Co., Ohio was built in 1797. The purpose of this article is to present recorded data which make it unreasonable to believe the stone house was built at the early date."
The writer of this article became interested in the history of this house in 1964 when he began research as to when John Eager brought his family to Ohio. Eager's daughter, Catherine, married Thomas Wilt and they became great-grandparents to this writer. The date — 1797 — was found crudely cut in the stone (corner of the Eager house). As the incisions showed no weathering, it was quite evident that it has been done recently. The writer doubted that date.
The next step in research was to trace the chain of title from the present owner to the date it was entered from the Va. Military Tract in Ohio. Records of titles to the land on which the Eager Inn stands are listed in the following paragraphs.
Deeds to the farm starting in 1834 list 140 acres on two Va. Military surveys, Entries 3255 and 8475 — April 28, 1798. Simon Morgan, assignee enters 800 acres on 6 military warrants. The above entry was surveyed by John Beasley, D.S. starting April 21, 1799 and finishing Oct. 3, 1800.
Entry No. 8475 — July 17, 1815 — Abraham Kirkpatrick enters 100 acres on military warrant No. 5 on the waters of Morgan's Fork of Sunfish beginning at the northwest corner of Simon Morgan's Entry No. 3255. The stone house stands in the north west corner of entry 3255, Pike Co. deed Vol. 1 pg. 72, Dec. 10, 1805 covers conveyance of 240 acres in the northern part of entry No. 3255 by John Beasley and Andrew Ellison and their wives, both of Manchester, Adams County, to Issac Penister, said land being surveyed in the name of Simon Morgan and patented to John Beasley and Andrew Ellison on Jan. 8, 1805. Morgan, Beasley and Ellison were surveyors and land speculators living in Manchester, Adams County, then a small village enclosed by strong pickets or palings with blockhouses as the corners, for defense in case of Indian attack. Land records show Morgan had entered 8,027 acres in Ross and adjacent counties between 1793 and 1799. The early surveyors entered choice tracts, made a small down payment, and later sold to settlers. It does not seem reasonable to believe that any of these speculators would build the stone house in 1797 before the land had been entered in 1798 by Morgan.
In 1834, Issac Penisten and wife, Sally conveyed to Andrew Kirkpatrick. The metes and bounds of this tract are the same listed in all deed to this tract until 1917. As Issac Penisten owned this tract for 28 years, it is the writer's opinion that he had the stone house built probably before 1808. Andrew Kirkpatrick sold the 140 acres to Stephen Graves in 1835. Graves sold to John Eager in 1836. John Eager died in 1850. By 1856 John's sons Lewis and Robert had quit claimed their interest to brother George who died in 1902 and willed it to his sister Eleanor Eager-Penisten-Decker. She left it to her children John and Sarah Penisten. On Aug. 28, 1917 they sold it to Hattie Greening of Cincinnati which ended the Eager family ownership.
An article published by the state of Ohio stated that the first capitol building of Ohio was erected in Chillicothe in 1801, being the first stone building in the Northwest Territory. This is another reason for believing that the Eager Inn was not built in 1797.
The addition on the north end, (this end of sketch) one room up and one room down, was added in 1858.
The inn was operated for some time after this.
Note: The writer, Noble Wilt, visited his Uncle George (great-grand) Eager in 1899 with his mother and family and he remembers well that George gave him his first penny.
This article is dedicated to Noble Wilt and to all those who have passed this stone house for years or just on their way to Pike Lake State Park nearby.∼Husband of Catherine (RONEMUS) EAGER (m. 8 Sept. 1798 Jefferson County, West Virginia), son of Robert and Elizabeth (?) EAGER, father of Phoebe, Catherine, Barbara, Lucy Louisa, Mary, Eveline, Louis, William Jesse, Elizabeth Ann, Samuel, John Ronemus, and Eleanor EAGER.
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buried in Edger-Eden Baptist Cemetery
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