Noble County 's pioneer settlers arrived soon after the Treaty of Greenville , 1795 ; although the area is near the earliest settlement at Marietta , the northward advance of civilization was delayed by events such as the Big Bottom massacre , 1790 , on the Muskingum River not far to the west . However , the history of Harriettsville began far later , for Moses T. Spencer platted it in 1839 . Among the earliest settlers were a pair of Frenchmen , while numerous Germans were among the small village 's population by the late 1880s
Big Bottom massacre
Big Bottom massacre
St. Henry's Catholic Church (Harriettsville, Ohio)