Photos from a June 2001 "Bare hunt" to the Lebanon Ohio area
In 1846, town brickmason John Bare (1807-1891) built this house, still occupied in West Alexandria, OH. He also built the watertower (not the one pictured here).
Deerfield ("Snook") Cemetery, South Lebanon, OH: stones reinterred from present-day city park, including Peter Wintrode & descendants.
Western Star, 6/28/1816. "FOR SALE 125 acres of land about 3 miles from Lebanon...apply to Jacob Bare" Jacob moved from Turtlecreek Twp, Warren County, from 80 acres granted to him by George Washington, to Twin Twp, Preble County, Ohio. Why? My guess is that it was common for entire Brethren communities to move when some had to. Since the Brethren were pacifists, they didn't receive land grants and were squeezed out by those who did. We know that Jacob's wife Mary Wintrode was baptized in the Reformed Church in Frederick, Maryland, so he may not have converted to Brethren until after performing some military service for George. The Wintrodes are documented by the census to have lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania during the time of the Whiskey Rebellion, during which President Washington brought in a militia to enforce the new taxes on stills, and after which he gave land to area war veterans. Jacob was too young to be a revolutionary war veteran but perhaps was part of the militia. The land grant to Jacob from George was dated 1794, according to notes saved in the Wintrode family file by the late Hazel Spencer Phillips, past director of the Warren County Historical Museum in Lebanon, Ohio and another Wintrode descendant.
