Perrysburg, Ohio

== History == === Early history === Perrysburg lies near the center of the Twelve Mile Square Reservation, a tract of land ceded in 1795 to the United States by the Odawa peop...

In 1796, Spafford, a native of Connecticut, was a surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company.

In 1810, early European-American settlers here were Major Amos Spafford (1753–1818), his wife Olive (1756–1823), and their four children.

Two years later, 67 families lived in the area, but most fled at the outbreak of the War of 1812.

Perrysburg was surveyed and platted by a federal survey team in the summer of 1816.

=== 19th century growth === After the war and the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs, which extinguished the Ottawa claim to this area, Spafford returned to the area.

It served as the county seat from 1822 to 1868.

In 1833, Perrysburg contained a courthouse, jail, schoolhouse, two stores, two taverns, two physicians, two lawyers, about 60 houses, and 250 inhabitants.

Henry Bibb spent the winter of 1837–38 in Perrysburg following his first escape from slavery.

In 1854, an epidemic of cholera devastated the population.