This township,
formed from the territory of West Salem in 1844, was named for Gen.
Nathaniel Greene of the Revolution. The township, outside of the
borough of Jamestown, is entirely agricultural [1909].
On other pages is
given an account of the Moreland centennial celebration of 1896, when
the old Moreland homestead south of Jamestown was the scene of many
festivities and reminiscences in commemoration of the settlement of the
Moreland family here in 1796. For more than a century and a decade John
Moreland and his descendants have lived honorably and usefully in
this part of the county.
The Sherbondys,
whose name frequently appears in the annals of Jamestown, came to this
township before the close of the century, the principal members of the
family bearing the names, Philip, John and Jacob.
In 1799 Samuel
Rodgers came from Ireland and located on the land in the south
part of the township and east of the Shenango river which has ever since
been noted as the Rodgers homestead. At
this writing, Robert Henry Rodgers, a son
of the pioneer, is still living, at the age of ninety-two, and said to
be the oldest living native of the county.
The Moats
family was founded in the township by Christian
Moats in 1798, and its members have been prominent farmers in the
western part of the township and also connected with business in
Jamestown for over a century.
Another family
which has numerous connections in the county are the Artmans.
Jacob Artman settled in this township during the first decade of
the last century.
On the state line
in the west part of the township is the old Betts
homestead, where in the early years of the century members of the family
had a distillery and later a grist mill. The oldest member of the family
was a Revolutionary soldier, and the successive generations have
furnished capable citizens to the township.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, pages 175-176