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Perrysville is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 735 at the 2010 census. The area was first permanently settled in 1810, but the village was not laid out until 1812. One of the settlers, Judge Coulter, picked the most beautiful spot for a village with the intentions of laying out a village, and although he had no name planned his neighbors jokingly called it "Coulterville."〔Rice, Rosella. "Rosella Rice (1827-1888)" A collection of short stories and histories, ed. Mary Jane Armstrong Henney. p 6.〕 Following news in the fall of 1813 regarding the monumental victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie, the residents decided to name the village in his honor. Although both Freeport and Coulterville are commonly thought to have been names of Perrysville prior to the Battle of Lake Erie, there is no known evidence to support either claim. Perrysville is the birthplace of the famous nineteenth-century female author Rosella Rice, and home to retired boxer "Raging" Craig Weber. Explorer Jedediah Smith moved to Perrysville with his family as a teenager, it was here that he gained an appreciation for the wild frontier and learned to survive in the woods before heading west. Perrysville acts as headquarters of Mansfield Plumbing Products, one of the largest sanitation manufacturers in the world, and is also the location of a primary plant of Step 2 Industries. ==History== In the early 19th century, the area was rife with tension between white settlers and native Americans. The massive Greentown Indian Village was located only a few miles away, and originally on good terms, the War of 1812 resulted in hostilities between the two factions. American soldiers convinced Reverend Copus, who was a friend of the Greentown Indians, to convince the men of the Indian Village to join the Americans in attacking natives allied with the British. Copus succeeded, and the Greentown Warriors headed West. However, by the time they reached the horizon the American soldiers set fire to the village, having deceived both Reverend Copus and the Indians. The warriors noticed the plumes of smoke, and turned back. Finding their village in ashes, they assumed Reverend Copus had tricked them and in turn massacred his family in what is now known as the Copus Hill Massacre. In addition to the Greentown Indians, an early unknown tribe inhabited the area. Upon laying out the Village, settlers excavated numerous burial mounds. Unfortunately as archaeology and conservation were not popular, the gravel from the mounds was used to form the roads of the village and all artifacts were either disposed of or kept by local families. Johnny Appleseed fell in love with the area during his travels, and frequented the area often. He became close friends of all the area residents, often staying longer than he would in other regions. He became close friends with the young Rosella Rice, who recorded his stories and habits. Her writings have become the foremost primary source on the subject of John Chapman. Chapman was known to have had a home built in Perrysville with the intentions of marrying a local woman, presumably Nancy Tannehill, but shortly before the wedding he went to check on his orchards in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he fell ill and died. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perrysville, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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