====== Meeks Ferry ====== Although Edward Meeks owned the ferry in what is now [[Belleview]] for a short time, the name has persisted for 200 years. Meeks Ferry License * **2 Dec 1805** James Talbot and Jameson Hawkins paid 20 pounds for a license to "keep a ferry across the Ohio at the mouth of Willoughby Creek. * **ND** James Talbot and Thomas Noble paid $1000 for a license to "operate a ferry from land of James Talbot in Boone County across river to opposite shore." * **27 Aug 1813** Edward Meeks purchased 180 acres from James Talbot at the mouth of Willoughby Creek along the Middle Creek bottoms. (BC Deed Book C121) * **6 Dec 1813** Edward Meeks and William Vawter paid $1000 for a license to operate a ferry from "the land of Meeks across the Ohio River to the opposite shore." (Boone County Court Order Book 2/198) * **15 Apr 1819** Edward Meeks sells his property at Willoughby Creek to John Bruce for $7,500. (BC Deed Book D294) * By **1820**, Edward Meeks and his family were living in what became Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucky. ===== Related Topics ===== * [[ferries|Ferries]] * [[edward_meeks|Edward Meeks]] * [[ohio_river|Ohio River]]