We are often asked about our first settler Leverett Johnson :
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Born in Connecticut, Leverett Johnson was the first to clear land (in 1811) in what is now Westlake. Three years later, he built a log house at Porter and Center Ridge roads for his bride Abigail Cahoon. They raised nine children on this land and donated some of it for Evergreen Cemetery. Johnson was a Justice of the Peace, a township trustee, a county commissioner and a five-time Ohio state legislature. |
