The History of Pierpont, Ohio is the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It's stories like that of Amos Huntley, not only was he a pioneer that opened this land, he was a veteran of the American Revolution, having answered the call of the Lexington Alarm in the opening battle of the war. Of Mary Turner, who buried her young daughter and later saw her four sons fight in the Battle of Nashville and all survive to come home.
These homesteading families, with their self-sufficiency, carved out a new country from the wilderness. It's men like Nathaniel Follett that brought ex-slaves to the area, that not only believed in American freedom, he practiced it. It's the story of William Harrison Gaut, killed in action at the Battle of Perryville during the Civil War. It's women like Lydia Hart, who came to Ashtabula County from Connecticut on horseback and her father was present for General George Washington's farewell address to the army. Of Suel Kenny, who enlisted and was killed in action during the Civil War. Of Rhoda Prince who helped the sick and took food to those in need.
Pierpont character can be seen in those that gave their life serving in the Army during the Civil War, to save the union and free the slaves, Myron Allen, Newelll Baker, Edwin Holmes, Herman Holmes, Darius Johnson, George Mordoff, Ambrose Trimmer, Adna Waterman, William Waterman and Luter Waterman. Legends like Leonard Mabane, who went from slave in the south to a land owner in Pierpont. Asa Benjamin, who enlisted and discharged six times in the Revolutionary War, eventually being General Washington's bodyguard in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard. Later he was one of the pioneers to settle Pierpont.
It's the sad stories like Lucy Gaut who died young, on their family's journey to Pierpont and was buried beside the road. Lydia Rock, who walked from Massachusetts to Pierpont to visit family, three times and got caught in a blizzard and froze to death in nearby Kellogsville.
And the courage of Ewins Wright, their first night in their log cabin, with only a blanket for a door and the wolves howling outside nearby. These are not only the stories of the birth of a small town in America, it is the story of America when she was young, with promises of prosperity and freedom to be found in the gentle rolling hills of Pierpont.
