They lived in a cabin owned by John Shauck, their brother-in-law on Jennie's side, about 1/2 mile east of the present Johnsville, near Shauck's Mills on the Clearfork of the Mohican creek. They stayed here until spring of 1816. During the past winter, Jehu built a log home on his 160 acre tract at Lost Run Valley (near township road 88 east of intersection of township road 89 in Morrow County). They moved in and began to clear the heavy timber from the ground, which was tedious and slow work.

During the first two years, Jehu purchased breadstuffs at Mt. Vernon in Knox County, and in Newark, 16 to 40 miles away. He was a miller and millwright and aided in building some of the first mills erected in the Country. When they moved into this unbroken wilderness they found wild game and wild men in abundance. The Wyandot Indians camped for some years on his premises, but at this time, being shorn of their war-like propensities, peaceful relations were maintained.

About the time of the settlement there was an encampment of about 150 Wyandots nearby, and they remained there for 7 years. Jehu met a party of three one day while out hunting, he with a gun and they with bows and arrows. The Indians gave a low whistle and waved him back with his hand, and looking down in the hollow, he saw three deer feeding. He shot a deer, skinned and divided it with them. After that, they entertained a very high regard for him, and always called him the "White Chief" - chief being the most honorable titles known to the Indians. Jehu later learned their language and Jennie would often bake bread for them and would exchange bread with them for fresh meat. Their chief Tom Lion, the "Big Foot," however, was full of treachery and vindictiveness. He was killed by a man named Russell, who buried his body in the swamp.

Like all pioneers, Jehu, was an expert with the rifle and as hunting was more a necessity than a pastime, venison was a common occupant of the larder, Jehu, killing 23 deer one year from September to Christmas, and with 'hog and hominy' and wild turkey and 'Johnny Cake' made a feast a king might envy. Wolves made sad havoc of their sheep the first 5 years and bears killed many hogs. Jehu, being a fine marksman, killed many wolves, bears and wild cats.

Jehu and Jennie had six children: Elizabeth, Rachel, Sarah, Joshua, David and Alice. His family grew amid happy peace and plenty.

He helped build the first mills in the area, working with Henry James. Their 5th season there, more wheat was raised than they could use in the family and he took a load to Mt. Vernon, where Gilman Bryant offered him 12-1/2 cents per bushel 'in trade'. But he declared he would feed it to the hogs before he would sell at that price. Jehu took it on to Zanesville, where he sold it for 15 cents a bushel, taking pay in sugar, rice, salt and leather.

He owned 320 acres in Perry and Congress townships and was elected justice of the Peace in 1817. Jehu was a Democrat and cast his first vote for Thomas Jefferson, the 'Father of Democracy.' They belonged to the old school of Baptist church at Salem, Ohio and were baptized in the Clear Fork of the Mohican by Elder Benjamin Green and were among its first members. They became the first members of the Harmony Regular Baptist Church when it was formed. They moved in the spring of 1836 to Beliville, Richland County, stayed three years and before moving back to the farm, Jennie died.

Jehu married again on April 12, 1832, Jennie's sister Rachel Lemmon (born February 12, 1783 and died July 5, 1850).

He was a man of more than average intelligence, good judgement and governed his family well. He was beloved at home and abroad. Jenny Lemmon and Rachel Lemmon, daughters of Captain Alexis Lemmon, who was born in Ireland February 26, 1746, came with his family to Baltimore. He and his six brothers became known as great patriots in the struggle against the 'Mother Country'. He is the only known veteran of the Revolutionary War to be buried at the Shauck Cemetery in Johnsville.

On January 4, 1777, Alexis was commissioned as Captain in Washington's Army, serving under General Stansberry. He married the General's sister, Rachel Stansberry born November 9, 1746. He was a member of the Maryland Legislature and acquired a large plantation called "Eight Sisters" named for his eight daughters born between the war years of 1772 and 1786. The plantation was located in Maple Valley in Baltimore County not far from the Pennsylvania boarder. Those daughters were destined to be the pioneer mothers of Morrow Co., for all who survived to adults were the first to make homes in the great forests along Shauck creek.

Dr. Christian Singrey lived near the Lemmons, and being well acquainted, three Lemmon girls married into the Singrey family: · Mary Lemmon married John Singrey · Jennie (Jane) married Jehu, and after Jennie's death, Jehu married Rachel Lemmon.

The other daughters: · Sarah Lemmon, born September 21, 1772 married Abraham Hetrick. · Rebecca Lemmon, born February 23, 1780 married John Shauck III - these two couples were the first easterners to enter the land in Morrow County, later moving on to Richland County. · Ruth Lemmon, born July 5, 1778 married John Edwards. · Elizabeth Lemmon, born April 16,1776 never married and was not mentioned in her father's will. · Temperance Lemmon, born March 12, 1786 married a Mr. Coltrider and died in Maryland, also not mentioned in the will.

After Alexis' wife died in 1823, he and daughter Rachel moved to Morrow County. He died June 2, 1826 and was buried on a knoll on Shauck Creek. Daughters Ruth and husband John Edwards, and Rachel and husband John Shauck are buried nearby (all at Shauck Cemetery). Jane Lemmon, sister Rachel Lemmon and their husband Jehu Singrey are all buried at Singrey Cemetery at Lost Run.

Alexis left a will recorded in Mansfield, Ohio at the courthouse leaving his 400 acre plantation to this daughters. He also left the family Bible and his gray horse "Buck" to daughter Rachel Lemmon Shauck, and the remaining assets of gold and silver to be divided among the families. Rachel Lemmon Singrey cared for all her nieces and nephews, and could well be the heroine of a great story. She often rode her father's great gray horse "Buck" up and down the old Indian trail from Levering Settlement on Owl Creek in Waterford, Ohio, to Shauck Creek. This trail, running in the general direction of the present township roads #80 and #88 from Shauck's Mill to Lost Run, ran through good hunting ground for both Indians and early settlers. She often traveled north to see her sister's family, the Edwards, and down to the Johnsville-Bellville road to visit the Hetricks.

Most of the families who settled this area following 1815 were neighbors or relatives of the Shauck's and Singrey's in York and Baltimore Counties.