Benjamin Archer

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...Benjamin Archer, brother of Aaron Nutt, Sr.'s wife, Mary Archer was born in Mansfield Township, Burlington county, New Jersey. he later moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was a judge of the courts. from there he continued west into Kentucky where he remained until about 1798, when he arrived in Montgomery County, Ohio, he was quickly appointed an Associate Judge. He and John Ewing were two of the first three judges in Montgomery County being named in 1803.
...Benjamin with his wife Margaret (Brown) and his family came to Centerville in 1798, he owned 496 acres of land in section 19. As associate Judge, Benjamin Archer took part in the first court in the County on 27, July, 1803. Court was held upstairs in the Newcom Tavern in Dayton, Ohio where the presiding judge, Francis Dunlevy, informed the Associates of their duties.
...Benjamin also operated the first store in Washington township out of a log cabin on his farm. He worked as a building contractor from time-to-time and was active in church affairs as well. he was appointed as Deacon in 1801, and was also the church treasurer. He was elected as a trustee of Washington Township each year from 1812 until 1819 and again in 1822 and 1823.
...In 1824 Benjamin and his family moved to Washington township, F. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. He died in 1833. From the Publication: "A Sense of Place: Published by the Centerville Historical Society - 1977. (Source: Compiled by Irene L. Shrope, Nutt Family of Ohio and New Jersey: , Revised and Up-Dated 1993 (Vandalia, Ohio: Authorized Distributor Donald A. Nutt, 1992). pg. 39)