Frederick MARKLEY

                   From Coshocton County, Ohio Family Histories, 1780-1970

"The early settlers in Cochocton County, Ohio were the ealiest of thewilderness conquerors, men in a world of new-found freedom. Theirs wasthe fighting chance: the chains of British bondage had been broken; hereas freemen they were to prove themselves empire-builders in the heart ofthe forest, by sheer strength of might.
The militant spirit found vent in militia organization. Very soon aftertheir arrival they formed companies. Colonel Charles Williams was incommand. In 1809 there were first and second battalions of the secondregiment. fourth brigade, third division of the Ohio militia."
Around the time of the War of 1812, a company commanded by Captain AdamJohnston had among others on it's rolls, Frederick Markley, ThirdSergeant, John M. Bantham, Third Corporal and Henry Carr, Private.