First Settlements in Wayne County

The first settlement in Wayne County - The first white man of whom we have knowledge that came to what is known as Wayne County now for the purpose of permanent settlement was William Larwill, a native of Kent, England, in the year 1806. His brothers, Joseph and John, came the following year, 1807, and on the present site of Wooster, was made the first settlement of the county.

Second settlement - James Morgan, a native of old Virginia, settled in Franklin Township in the early spring of 1808.

Third settlement - James Goudy came to Wayne County in the fall of 1809 and settled two miles southwest of Dalton.

Fourth settlement - Oliver Day, in 1809-1810, moved to East Union Township from the state of Vermont. “Squire Day”, as he was called, was the first person to transfer real estate in the county and to be put on the public records of the Recorder’s Office of the county.

From the publication, “Wayne County Scrapbook”, compliments of McIntyre, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill Street, Wooster.