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Overseers of the Poor were assigned to determine which families were not able to support themselves in a manner preventing them from needing assistance from the township. Each township was responsible for the welfare of its residents. When people were likely to need welfare, it was costly. Therefore, the overseers reported these families to the trustees and the constable was requested to "Warn them out" or deliver the warrant to leave the township. This was most often for new residents who did not find work, and those who were causing problems. It appears this may actually have been a formality for newcomers to the township to prevent having to pay welfare or to prevent residency, a sort of probationary period of a year before they could attain residency. The names below are taken from the "First Records of Chagrin Township" Copied by William Phillips T. Clerk 1819 from "The First Records of the Township of Chagrin April 3rrd 1815," now located at Western Reserve Historical Society. The handwriting is not always the best, and the ink is mostly brown on now brown paper. There are no page numbers. The items in [square brackets] are this editor's comments. This work was done in haste and was not proofread. It is possible that there are a few entries missing. Should anyone wish to proofread it with the original, please contact the webmaster. An early typical entry would read thus: "April 7th 1817 Solomon Leach & John Leach were personally warned according to law to Depart this town." Later records sound more formal with more boiler-plate legal text. Later ones also have the constable return following, that he served the warrant or could not find the family.
Abstracted by Cynthia Turk. This is intended to direct you to the original record, as mistakes and omissions are possible.
| Date | Name | Remarks |
| Apr. 7, 1817 | Leach, Solomon | |
| Apr. 7, 1817 | Leach, John | |
| Mar. 3, 1817 | Landon, Edward | |
| Feb. 27, 1818 | Martin, Duty | |
| May 19, 1818 | Ciurance, Hezekiah | [last name illegible] |
| Feb. 28, 1820 | Quackenbush, William | |
| Oct. 16, 1820 | Britt, John | |
| Dec. 12, 1821 | Hancock, Thomas | |
| July 1, 1818 | Ellsworth, William | |
| Mar. 8, 1819 | Hall, Levi | |
| Mar. 9, 1819 | Morriss, Joseph S. | [not warned out. Assistance rendered] |
| Apr. 25, 1823 | Wert, Nathan | |
| Jul 26, 1823 | Smith, George W. | |
| Jul. 14, 1824 | Campbell, John & his family | |
| Feb. 26, 1825 | Fowler & his family Johnson, Stephen Johnson, Stephen Johnson, Iva Benjamin Dilano, Nathan G. | [Dilano could be Tilano or ?] |
| Aug. 25, 1827 | Beer, Anna & family Chapman, Daniel , his wife & family | [Bur?] |
| Dec. 25, 1828 | Stanicliffe, Ansel & family | |
| Jun. 25, 1828 | Carwell, Henry | |
| Dec. 28, 1837 | Cooley, Adanyah Bromley, Jas. Thornton, Ira Norton, S. H. Lacy, David Duffy, Aaron Hill, Elias Gilbert, Elias Gilbert, Sherman Fish, Otis Parish, Daniel Y. Fuller, Moris Andrews, Seth Bonts, Abram Norris, Moses R. Brewster, Z. H. Parrish, Abner Higby, Jas. Hill, Jas. | [all repeated later in book] |
| Apr. 29, 1838 | Washburn, George Washburn, Abel | |
| May 4, 1838 | Tibbotts, Henry Miller, John | [repeated later in book] |
| Sep. 12, 1838 | Weckham, James Burns, ______ Burns, John Mills, Cornelius Mentor, Hiram Warren, William | [repeated later in book] |
| Oct. 15, 1838 | Hitt, John Stow, Dennis Carman, Henry Aldridge, Isaac Wallis, Daniel | [repeated later in book] |
| Nov. 2, 1838 | Mead, Henry Harkness, Nancy D. Harkness, Abigail M. Harkness, Nathaniel K. Mitchel, Thos & Sarah Mitchel & their family Featherly, John and family | [repeated later in book] |
| May 7, 1839 | Mead, David Morgan, Enos Sweet, Isaac Harris, Ro____ Stevens, Jeremiah Sweet, Oliver Knap, John Leslie, Catharine Golden, John | [repeated later in book] |
| Dec. 12, 1839 | Oakly, Joseph Eaton, ______ Grey, Alva Fowler, Morris | [all repeated later in book] [Grey could be Gey, Greig, etc.] |
| May 22, 1840 | Harcourt, Leonard | |
| Nov. 23, 1840 | Lacy, David Parish, Daniel I. | |
| May 10, 1840 | Fowler, Solomon Roggers, Wm. Warington, Mr. | Roggers not to be found |
| Aug. 16, 1841 | Willson, William Roper, Adolphus Fowler, Elisha Buel, Salmon | [looks like Kosses] |
| Aug. 24, 1841 | Buel, Salmon Weckham, James | [or Bewel] Weckham served to his wife |
| Dec. 25, 1841 | Ely, Henry | |
| Mar. 7, 1842 | Eaton, Mark Hiram Oakley, Joseph Remington, William Ken, Russel Harris, R. Stevens, J. Knap, John Stedman, Lilynda Loreman, Lorenz | |
| Nov. 22, 1842 | Card, Rosanna Pain, Henry Park, James Johnson, Jacob | [looks like Rosarrores or Reishanna] |
| Dec. 9, 1842 | Stedman, Wm. | [not warned out, $4.68 for his support] |
| May 13, 1843 | Mead, David Washburn, Abel Galoway, Daniel | |
| Apr. 1, 1844 | Garrow, Francis Garrow, Joseph Perry, James | |
| Mar. 17, 1845 | Corlet, Ester Hildreth, Rachael | |
| Mar. 26, 1845 | Crandal, Wm | |
| May 24, 1845 | Larnard, Henry Elliott, Peter Dean, Ira Elliott, Mrs. John Cheesebro, Jabez Haskins, Joel Haskins, Joel Jr. Place, Sulathiel Tillotson, Isaac Lathrop, Ephraim Munn, Warner A. | |
| Jul. 15, 1845 | Worrallo, Amasa Bratt, Wm. B. Stewart, Seymour Phillips, Posiah Andrews, William Bush, Daniel Miller, John Richardson, Uriah Bratt, Amos C. | |
| Jul. 15, 1845 | Robison, James | Paid $30.00 to Edward Goslen for taking James Robison, a child of town Pauper. [not warned out.] |
| Jul. 15, 1845 | Johnson, Margaret | Paid $40,00 to Simeon Fuller for taking Margaret Johnson [not warned out.] |
| Oct. 27, 1845 | Robinson, Elijah | |
| Mar. 3, 1846 | Washburn, Nathaniel | $40.00 to Daniel [?] Mosier [?] to take care of Nathaniel Washburn. [not warned out.] |
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