Michael FISHER

                   Michael Fisher (Adam, Sebastian) was born on Sept. 15, 1767,
on the Fisher lands which were at first leased by Adam Fisher from
Lord Fairfax, and later deeded to him. It would seem, so the story
goes, that Lord Fairfax did not wish to sell any part of his grant, but
desired to establish a tenanted Manor such as was common in England.
Finally, the Courts decided against him, and Adam Fisher and other
settlers were given title to their lands.

Michael Fisher went to Bourbon County, Ky., after he grew up,
and was married there to Sarah Petty, daughter of Joseph and Mary
Ann Petty, who had previously migrated from Hampshire County, Va.
Michael bought land in Kentucky, but about 1798 he removed to
Ohio, and purchased a military claim consisting of 800 acres of land
in Franklin County, west of the Scioto River, opposite the present
city of Columbus, Ohio. This was new country, and it was declared
that there were one hundred Indians to one white man when Michael
Fisher settled there ; but there were only two white men besides
Michael.

After a few years, Michael Fisher sold part of his tract, and bought
about 600 acres across the Scioto, and on higher ground. On the bank
of the river he built a home and a sawmill, about four miles south of
the present court house, on the Chillicothe Road. This sawmill re-
mained in operation until a canal which was put through necessitated
the removal of the mill.

Maxamilla Fisher, the fourth child of Michael and Sarah Fisher,
was the first white child born in Hamilton Township, where Columbus
is situated.

Michael Fisher was an early Justice of the Peace in Hamilton Twp.
He died January 15, 1824, and Sarah, his wife, died January 2, 1843.
Some of their descendants still reside in Columbus. In 1901, William