Receipt from Nathaniel Root to Orange Johnson for Taxes, Fence Rails, and Town Lot Rental

Basic details

Receipt from Nathaniel Root to Orange Johnson for Taxes, Fence Rails, and Town Lot Rental is a manuscript, with genre ephemera.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 3.25 in. x 7.63 in..

It was created around 1814-1862.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

Orange Johnson and Nathaniel Root are the correspondents.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This is an itemized receipt from Nathaniel Root to Orange Johnson documenting money paid for taxes, fence rails, and town lot rental.

Orange Johnson (b. February 7, 1790 - d. November 28, 1876), was a comb maker by trade from Connecticut. Johnson migrated to Ohio in 1814, attracted to the Worthington Manufacturing Company, friends and family.

Nathaniel Root owned a number of land lots in Worthington and surrounding areas. Orange Johnson purchased several of these lots among other items.

Subjects

It features the people Orange Johnson and Nathaniel Root.

It covers the topics taxes, historic districts, historic sites, receipts, Orange Johnson House and real estate.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0986.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2012.0005.18.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on May 16, 2017. It was last updated September 30, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Receipt from Nathaniel Root to Orange Johnson for Taxes, Fence Rails, and Town Lot Rental from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Receipt from Nathaniel Root to Orange Johnson for Taxes, Fence Rails, and Town Lot Rental. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.