In The News 19 June 2026

Gist Settlement Legacy Secretary Paige Green to present program June 23 in Hillsboro

By John Levo
Highland County Historical Society

Gist Settlement Legacy Secretary Paige Green will present a program regarding the history of the Highland County Penn Township Gist Settlement on Tuesday, June 23 at the Highland County Historical Society Hodson House conference room at 7 p.m. 

The Hodson House is located next to the Highland House Museum at 149 East Main Street in Hillsboro.

The program will tell of the establishing of the Settlement in the early 1800s when Gist freed his 300 Virginia plantation slaves and relocated them to Highland and Brown counties. Today, the Highland County unit is the only one to fully survive and is currently overseen by a Gist Settlement Legacy Board of Trustees.

This free program is open to the public and Society membership is not needed to attend. information is available at (937) 393-3392, hchistoricalsociety@gmail.com or on Facebook.

The Mission of the Highland County Historical Society is to “encourage community involvement
in the preservation, education and promotion of Highland County history and genealogy for the
benefit of all people for present and future generations.”

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