Portrait of Maj. John Belli, Recorder's Office, Adams County Court House, West Union, Ohio
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Prior to the creation of Scioto County in 1803, Major Belli served as the first Recorder for Adams County and his fine penmanship can still be found in the bound volumes of property deeds in the county courthouse in West Union.
This file appears in: Major John Belli and the First American Settlement on Turkey Creek
Major John Belli and the First American Settlement on Turkey Creek
In the summer of 1787, John O'Bannon surveyed a one-thousand acre parcel at the Mouth of Turkey Creek in what would become Scioto County, Ohio. O'Bannon selected these lands for Larkin Smith, a…