James
George was a prominent early settler on a tract of land between
Wolf creek and North Liberty. The place was called Georgetown, and a
village of that name was once started but failed to grow. His brick
house, built about 1828, was a landmark in that section, and his
activity in various works entitle him to distinction in this history
coal was mined on his place about 1822, and just across the line in
Butler county a company of which he was a member struck the first oil
and gas well in this part of the state, in 1838. He was also one of the
early county commissioners.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, pages 160-161
An
embryo village named Georgetown was pushed into life on a portion of [James]
George's farm, but, as it was located near an unhealthy swamp, the
enterprise was abandoned.
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