MELCHIOR YODER LINE - Part FIVE M3 thru M7 - Yoder Family ...

from Centre County, PA, settled 1806; Henry Shoch settled in 1815 per Deed Book C,page 120, with Judy Schoch.The town of Leistville is located in Saltcreek Township in the southeast corner ofPickaway County, Ohio at the intersection of Ohio Routes 56 and 159. Jacob Leistsettled in Leistville by 1820; he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Shoemaker. Fourmiles northeast of Leistville on Route 159 is the town of Tarlton on the border ofPickaway and Fairview counties. This village was originally settled and calledNewellstown in 1801, and was probably the first settlement in Pickaway County, Ohio.The famous Zane's Trace passed through both Leistville and Tarlton as well, and wasthe major route between Maysville, Kentucky and Wheeling, Virginia (now WestVirginia).Source: Saltcreek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, Church History & Records.Jerusalem Church, or the Stumpf Church as it is frequently styled, was organized byRevs. George Wise and Jacob Leist about the year 1820 as a German Reformedsociety. Rev. Jacob Leist was one of the earliest of the pioneer preachers of this region.He came to Salt Creek township in its early settlement, began preaching soon after hisarrival and continued in the ministry for a great many years. He proved a valuableaccession to the settlement and during the long period of his ministry was highlyesteemed for his moral worth. He married Elizabeth Shoemaker, daughter of JudgeJacob Shoemaker and fixed his residence where Leistville now stands, there residinguntil his death. The church services were held in a schoolhouse, located in thenortheast corner of section 26, until 1831, when a brick house of worship was built. Thepresent, neat, brick church was erected in 1877 at a cost of $3,000. Rev. Henry Kingand Rev. Jacob Leist – the former a Reformed minister and the latter a Lutheran –preached to the church for upwards of 25 years.LEIST FAMILY (Bible Records)Below is a true copy of Leist Family record taken from original documents writtenabout 1802, and now in the archives of the Ross County Historical Society museum atChillicothe, OH. (copied exactly from original by Cindy Duhamel, 1976, (ref. CindyDuhamel )ANDREW LIST and his wife Elizabeth the was Merriet thetentht Day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand 1776DAVID LIST was Born the 16th October at five o'clock in theMorning and he was Christened on the 18th 1777CATY was Born the 7th Day of Aprile at four o'clock in theafternoon and She was Christenet, the 26th 1779MARY was Born the 15 of December at four o'clock in themorning 1780 and was Christened the first day of Aprile 1781ANDREW was Born the 4th day of October in the morning at