Near Grove City in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Orders Road School / The Orders Family
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2008
1. Orders Road School Marker (side A)
Inscription.
Orders Road School, also, The Orders Family. . Side A:
Orders Road School. Educational standards for rural children did not exist during the early 1800s, but by the 1870s most states had enacted compulsory education laws. In rural areas, township school districts built schools like this one and assessed local citizens for upkeep and teacher's salaries. Teachers passed a county examination for certification. Besides instruction duties, they kept records, cleaned the schoolhouse, and kept it heated during the cold months. In 1879, Allen and Mary Orders deeded one acre of land to the Jackson Township Board of Education to build Schoolhouse No. 10, known locally as Orders Road School. Three generations of Jackson Township students between ages five and sixteen received their primary education here. Following consolidation, the school district deeded this building to the farm's owners in 1928. It was restored in 2000-2002. , Side B:
The Orders Family. The family that farmed this land in the 1800s typified nineteenth century Ohio settlement and emigration patterns. After serving with General Anthony Wayne at Fort Greenville in the mid-1790s, English immigrant Jonas Orders came to central Ohio from Virginia in 1805. Neighbor Sarah Ford nursed him through a frontier illness. They married and established a farm here in 1829. Of their ten children, one son, Allen, and his wife Mary Galion Orders farmed here through the mid-1800's, raised seven children, and provided land for the school. Their son Jonas Orders II served in the 113th Ohio regiment during the Civil War and was wounded at Chickamauga. He married Sara Knagi and lived here with their eight children. By the turn of the twentieth century, the family had left the farm.
Side A:
Orders Road School
Educational standards for rural children did not exist during the early 1800s, but by the 1870s most states had enacted compulsory education laws. In rural areas, township school districts built schools like this one and assessed local citizens for upkeep and teacher's salaries. Teachers passed a county examination for certification. Besides instruction duties, they kept records, cleaned the schoolhouse, and kept it heated during the cold months. In 1879, Allen and Mary Orders deeded one acre of land to the Jackson Township Board of Education to build Schoolhouse No. 10, known locally as Orders Road School. Three generations of Jackson Township students between ages five and sixteen received their primary education here. Following consolidation, the school district deeded this building to the farm's owners in 1928. It was restored in 2000-2002.
Side B:
The Orders Family
The family that farmed this land in the 1800s typified nineteenth century Ohio settlement and emigration patterns. After serving with General Anthony Wayne at Fort Greenville in the mid-1790s, English immigrant Jonas Orders came to central Ohio from Virginia in 1805. Neighbor Sarah Ford nursed him through a frontier illness. They married and established a farm here in 1829.
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Of their ten children, one son, Allen, and his wife Mary Galion Orders farmed here through the mid-1800's, raised seven children, and provided land for the school. Their son Jonas Orders II served in the 113th Ohio regiment during the Civil War and was wounded at Chickamauga. He married Sara Knagi and lived here with their eight children. By the turn of the twentieth century, the family had left the farm.
Erected 2001 by The Edna W. Taylor Estate and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 37-25.)
Location. 39° 51.615′ N, 83° 6.219′ W. Marker is near Grove City, Ohio, in Franklin County. Marker is on Orders Road, 0.4 miles east of Harrisburg Pike (U.S. 62), on the right when traveling east. Marker is in the Century Village Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4185 Orders Road, Grove City OH 43123, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Haines-Black House (within shouting distance of this marker); Kegg-Kientz Log House (within shouting distance of this marker);
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2008
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2008
3. Orders Road School / The Orders Family Marker
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2008
4. Century Village Historical Park
Looking east on Orders Road.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2008
5. Concord United Methodist Church Bell
In Century Village Historical Park.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., October 23, 2008
6. Historic Farmstead
In Century Village Historical Park.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,037 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 24, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
