Gabriel Hutchings served in the Revolutionary War. Is confirmed being atthe battle of Trenton, Princeton and Springfield. Is said to have servedat least two enlistments, with the last being from March 1782 to May1783. He applied for a pension in 1819. He was a shoemaker by trade.
Gabriel enlisted August 8, 1775 in the 4th new York Regiment. He servedto September 12, 1775. He served in the 4th New Jersey Regiment fromSeptember 13, 1776 to January 12, 1777. He served in the 4th New JerseyRegiments until January 25, 1783 where he wad discharged in New York.
On July 27, 1782 Gabriel and a Rhoda Hutchins were administrators of theestate of Levy Holloway of Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.Bondsmen for the will was Joseph Winget and the witness was Joseph Lewis,all of Morristown. (Rhoda Holloway-Hutchings was the first wife ofGabriel Hutchings.) They had at least one child (Mary) who was born inNJ on January 3, 1782.
On September 12, 1795 Gabriel had a letter in the Cincinnati NorthwestTerritory post office. He is in the 1799 census of NW Territory inCincinnati. On November 19, 1819 he applied for a pension and it wasapproved on July 17, 1820. He was 5 feet, 10 1/2 inches tall. In the1820 census he was living in Butler County, OHio and in 1830 he wasliving in Fayette County, IN.
Gabriel was confirmed by the DAR as being buried in Fayette County, IN inBurke's Cemetery. The cemetery is in the middle of a farmer's corn fieldwith very few stone remaining. Gabriel's stone is one of the missing.Directions to the cemetery are:
From Connersville, IN, take State #1 South*, turn left on Alquina Roadand go southeast down road 350. At Road 350E go north to CharlieWeiler's house -- first house on right side on hill. Burke Cemebery isin field past the house.
*Cross bridge and immediately turn right following #1 South (Vine Street)5 blocks. As soon as you pass the IN Police Post take the first left(Alquina Road). The first 4 way intersection is Road 200 and the nextintersection is Road 350E. (This is approximately 3.1 miles after youturned onto Alquina Road). At the intersection of Road 350E, turn leftand Charlie Weiler's farm is the first and only farmhouse on the rightside of the road at the top of the hill.
Lydia Hutchings is said to have died and been buried in Franklin County,IN. I have checked with the Franklin Co. Court House and library andhave found no record of a death or burial. I was told that there were noHutchings, Hinkles, Payton, Mulkins, etc. in Franklin Co at the time ofher death. I feel strongly she probably died in Fayette County (sinceshe died only a few months after Gabriel's and was probably buried nextto him and the stones have just eroded away.
From an article found in Montgomery County, Indiana regarding JohnHutchings (grandson to Gabriel) regarding Gabriel: "Gabriel Hutchingswas a native of Connecticut and served seven years and seven months inthe Revolutionary War. He was severely wounded and bruised in anengagement with Indians. He lay in an unconscious condition for a longperiod. During his sickness he was nursed by a widow lady whose husbandhad been killed by the Aborigines and upon his recovery he married her."
Another article: "The immediate ancestors of John Hutchings were nativesof the "sunny south", but the founders of the Hutchings family in Americawere Welshmen. They were people of rugged honesty of character,intelligent and industrious and emigrated to the New World not only tomake their fortunes but because of the true liberty and independence theymight there enjoy. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Hutchings, Gabriel,bravely served seven years and six months the privations, sacrifices andsuffering shared by the noble patriots of those troublesome days. Peacehaving been declared the veteran soldier returned to home and family andthere resumed the even tenor of his ways."
Jesse Davis (1762-1857) enlisted, 1779, in Capt. Thomas Young's company, Col. Joseph Crockett's Western Battalion, Virginia troops. In 1832 he applied for a pension. His claim was allowed. He was born in Stafford County, Va.; died in Rowan County, Ky.
BIRTH: 1)From Family Group records of Jean Evans, Champaign, IL, 1971-1972.
!MAR: Will of Aaron Hougham. Married _______ Davis.There is a question whether Elizabeth is #3 or #7 child as there is now
two different birth dates. 1774 & 1785
BIRTH: 1)Family Group records of Jean Evans, Champaign, IL, 1971-1972. 2)IGI listing. 3)Butler Co, OH, Will Records. Will of Aaron Hougham, made 20 May 1815, prob. 8 Sep 1824. "...Sarah McFerrew...." [looks like]. She is listed fifth in order.
!MAR: Will of Aaron Hougham. Married _______ McFerrin.
BIRTH: 1)Family Group records of Jean Evans, Champaign, IL, 1971-1972. 2)IGI listing. 3)Butler Co, OH, Will Records. Will of Aaron Hougham, made 20 May 1815, prob. 8 Sep 1824. "...Susannah Harper...." She is listed sixth in order.
!MAR: Will of Aaron Hougham. Married _______ Harper.
BIRTH: According to IGI entry, Aaron may possibly be the son of Jarvis Hougham and wife Rebecca; this entry gives his date of b as 14 May 1801 (a possible transcription error) in Ohio. He is temporarily assigned [as of 28 Nov 1994] to this couple until more research can be done. B date calculated from age at d.
!MAR: Indiana Magazine of History, Vo. 52:78, 1956: Mar date and pl.
!DEATH: Tombstone shows d date and age: 67y 8m 5d.
!CENSUS: Henry Co, IN, 1830, 1840; Parke Co IN, 1850; Guthrie Co, IA, 1856,
!DEEDS: 1)Henry Co, IN, Original Land Entries. 20 Aug 1823, Hougham, Aaron of Fayette Co.; 1 Oct 1829, Hougham, Aaron of Henry Co. 2)Parke Co, IN, Deeds. Sep 1835, Aaron Hougham from Henry Van Meter; Nov 1836, Aaron Hougham from Isham Burton; Sep 1837, Aaron Hougham to William Phelps (or Phillips); Dec 1837, Jonathan Hougham to Aaron Hougham; May 1839, Aaron Hougham from Chas. W. Smith; Dec 1839, Aaron Hougham to Isaac Redfern.
!HISTORY: Past & Present of Guthrie County, Iowa, p. 501-02, under biog. of son Aaron Hougham, Jr.: The father accompanied his parents to Indiana when a samll boy, and it was in that state that he was reared, educated and married. He followed general farming in that state until 1850, when, hoping to enjoy better advantages in a new district, he moved by team and wagon to Iowa, locating on a tract of land which he entered from the government, this being situated in Jackson, now Penn township, Guthrie county. He erected a log cabin on his farm and there took up his abode, the family sharing in the hardships and privations incident to the establishment of a home on the frontier. After four years, however, he removed to another farm west of Dale City, where he continued his operations as a farmer, and that he was successful in his undertakings is indicated by the fact that he acquired five hundred acres of land and in 1863 retired to Panora, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. In 1857 he was elected judge of Guthrie county....he also served as justice of the peace in Jackson township and was the first justice who held a legal trial in Guthrie county.Guthrie County
Brief County History
Guthrie County was named by Theophilus Bryan, sheriff and later county judge of the county. He named it in honor of his friend Captain Edwin B. Guthrie, a commanding officer of a company of Iowa volunteers in the Mexican War.
The county was organized, and the search for a county seat began. The State Legislature, at its 1850-1851 session, appointed David Bishop of Madison County and Lewis Whitten of Polk County to designate a county seat. After taking location and the center of the population at that time into consideration, the town of Panora was selected.
In June of 1853 there was a contract let to build the courthouse, but for some reason it was never built. It stayed this way until March 16, 1857, when Edward Serry made plans and specifications for a courthouse. Soon afterwards James Cline was hired to build the courthouse. Again the contract was annulled and the courthouse was not built. Mr. Cline received $200 for his troubles.
On March 7, 1859 William Tracy and E.B. Newton presented county judge Aaron Hougham with a petition asking that the location of the courthouse be moved to Guthrie Center, since it was more towards the center of the county than Panora. It was sent to the voters of the county, and Panora won by a count of 297 to 277. The first courthouse was finally built later in 1859.
This setback did not stop the people of Guthrie Center. On March 1860 another petition was filed on behalf of Guthrie Center. James Cline then filed a petition against the Guthrie Center petition. After the court took these petitions and testimony of the citizens under advisement, it was decided that another election would be held on April 2, 1860. This time Panora lost, and, on April 7, the court decreed that Guthrie Center was the new county seat and ordered all the papers moved to Guthrie Center.
A wagon train set out for Panora to obtain the safe and county records. They returned in full force with the safe, records and county judge T.B. Harbour. All of these were housed in a building prepared by E.B. Newton.
A petition was brought before the September session in 1861 by the people of Panora to relocate the county seat. Again the people voted and this time Panora won the right to house the county seat. So the safe, records and county judge were all packed up and moved back to Panora.
Guthrie Center tried twice more to regain the county seat. The first time, in 1870, they were unsuccessful, but on the second try, 1873, they won back the county seat. It has been there ever since.
As was mentioned before, the first courthouse was built in 1859, in Panora. It was made of native lumber and was two-stories high. The cost was $2,400.
A beautiful courthouse was built at a cost of $22,500 in Guthrie Center in 1877. The building burned to the ground on March 3, 1883. Bids went out, but all were more than the $15,000 insurance money. The bid finally accepted was for $19,100, and it was two years before the courthouse was completed. This courthouse served the county for 81 years.
During the summer of 1963, construction was begun on a new courthouse. In November the old courthouse was destroyed by fire. For one year, during construction, Guthrie County was without a courthouse.
The present courthouse was occupied in November 1964. It was designed by Dougher, Frevert, and Ramsey of Des Moines and cost $417,000.
Taken from History of County Governments in Iowa, published in 1992 by Iowa State Association of Counties, Des Moines, Iowa
Archaeological Site Information
As of June 1996, there are 68 archaeological sites recorded in Guthrie County.
Aaron HoughamAaron Hougham was the third to occupy this most responsible position [county judge], which was de facto, the government, being duly elected in 1857, and remained at the head of affairs until 1859. He was born in Ohio in 1801, but removed to Indiana with his parents, in an early day, when he was but a small boy. He lived, at home, in Henry and Park counties, Indiana, receiving his education in the common schools of that state, until the spring of 1851, when he came to Guthrie county, locating in Jackson township. He was married to Miss Mary Parkhurst, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he had eleven children. Mr. Hougham was the pioneer justice of the peace in Jackson township, and also the first county-school fund commissioner. He died in October, 1867, in this county, honored by all.
1880 census has her birth place as PA
!BIRTH: Past and Present of Guthrie County, Iowa, p. 501. She was known as
!DEATH: 1)Tombstone for d date and age: 75y 2m 10ds. 2)Past & Present of
!CENSUS: A Mary Hougham, age 60, born OH, was in 1870 Dallas Co, IA, census with the Jacob Hougham family. The age is wrong, but it is probably Mary Parkhurst.Alternative birth date is 26 Nov 1800
This note refers to a Mary Parkhurst but talkes about Franklin Indiana. Is she the same person?
First Baptist Church of Franklin - This history begins at the time when society in Indiana was in a plastic state. The country was quite new,
and was being settled by men of various religious views. Among others, Baptists came. The Franklin Presbyterian Church had been in
existence eight years, and had about sixty members when the Baptist church was formed. Blue River Church, the country church from which
Franklin came, was organized in 1823. As early as January 23, 1829, an "arm" of the Blue River Baptist Church was constituted at Franklin.
Elder Chauncey Butler (father of Ovid butler, founder of Butler University) was chosen moderator of the meeting, and Samuel Harding, of
sacred memory, clerk. Andrew Vannoy (a tanner) was elected church clerk, and Elder Samuel Harding, who lived in the vicinity of Blue River
Church, was requested to preach for the church "once a month."The names of the members who constituted this "arm," are Simon Shaffer, Sarah Shaffer, Andrew Vannoy, Rebecca Vannoy, David Tilson,
Stephen Tilson, Mary Frary (mother of Mr. Frary, of East Franklin), Eleanor Foster, Jefferson D. Jones, Eleanor Jones and Mrs. Sidney
Tilson. On the third Saturday in August, 1832, the Regular Baptist Church of Franklin was formed. Rev. James Woods was made moderator
of the meeting. The constituent members of the church, were Simon and Sarah Shaffer, John Adams, Jefferson D. Jones, Eleanor Jones,
John and Eleanor Foster, Simon Hunt, Stephen Tilson, Mary Frary, Catharine Bennett, Abraham Stark (brother-in-law of J. A. Dunlap),
John Johns, Martha McDaniel, Mary Tracy, Keziah Tracy, Andrew Vannoy, Rebecca Vannoy and Elizabeth Cravens - in all nineteen
members. John foster was elected clerk. The monthly meeting, in September, was held in the house of Simon Shaffer, and John foster, J. D.
Jones, W. G. Eaton and Stephen Tilson were appointed to ask admission for the church into the Flat Rock Association. At the November
meeting, J. D. Jones and Simon Shaffer were ordained deacons. At the December meeting the Articles of Faith of the Flat Rock Association
were adopted. Elder Samuel Harding was the first pastor of the church, having been elected in May, 1843.The church seems to have had uniform prosperity under the pastorate of Elder Harding. The membership the first year was thirty-two;
the second, thirty-six; the third, thirty-four. Elder Harding was an acknowledged leader in all enterprises undertaken by Indiana Baptists.
He died at his home near Smiley's Mill, Shelby County, in the latter part of 1835, or early part of 1836. In June, 1836, elder Byram Lawrence
was called to the pastorate for one year. In October, 1837, Rev. A. R. Hinkley, of Sparta Church, was called to the pastorate. Under the
Pastor Hinkley the church bought a lot and built a church-house, the most commodious at the time in the town, and it had few superiors,
if any, in the state. It cost $2,500. Prof. Tilton was of great service to the enterprise. He secured most of the money, and did it in a short
time. The dedication services took place on the 28th day of January, 1841. The sermon was preached by Pastor Hinkley. Pastor Hinkley
came to the church when the membership was forty-one. He left it with 100. During Rev. Mr. Hinkley's pastorate, Judson Benjamin became
a member by experience and baptism. He went to Shurtliff College, Brown University, and Newton Theological Seminary, and then went
as a missionary to Burmah. Failing health obliged him to come home, and he died near Boston, in 1854.The next pastor was Elder s. G. Miner, who began the pastorate in July, 1841, and continued one year. Elder Miner's successor was Rev.
George C. Chandler, who came from the pastorate of the First Church of Indianapolis. He resigned the pastorate sometime before he did
the presiding over the college, and was succeeded by Elder B. C. Morse, or possibly Elder John Currier. Elder Benjamin Reece was elected
pastor sometime in 1850, and continued till August, 1851, when Elder J. C. Post was chosen. During Rev. Post's pastorate, November, 1852,
Dr. S. Bailey and wife, and Prof. A. J. Vawter and wife, joined the church, and in March, 1853, upon petition of A. J. Vawter, J. N. Waggener,
C. A. Whipple, J. W. Dame, R. F. Grubbs, J. S. Houghan, and William Hendricks, letters were granted them to join a new interest in East
Franklin. At the same meeting, Rev. J. C. Post and wife were granted letters to the East Franklin Church, soon to be, and his pastorate of the
First Church ceased.On the 26th day of March, 1855, the following persons met in the college chapel to organize a church: S. Bailey, Mary P. Bailey, J. C. Post,
Adaline Post, Mary Parkhurst, J. S. Hougham, Mary A. Hougham, R. F. Grubbs, Louisa Grubbs, John West, C. A. Whipple, Mary A.
Whipple, Lydia Whipple, Mary L. Whipple, D. T. Whipple, Ithamar Whipple, Caroline Waggener, A. J. Vawter, Maria A. Vawter, G. W.
Grubbs, James N. Waggener, Milas T. Hendricks, Mary Hendricks, Sarah Hendricks, W. T. Brand, M. B. Brand, M. M. Brand, J. W. Dame,
J. D. P. Hungate, W. H. Mitchell, J. W. A. Webb, Mary A. S. Hodge, Melia Shepherd, Rebecca J. Fox, Josephine Mayhall, Elizabeth Johnston,
Julia McGriffin, Cyrene A. Peggs, Sarah L. Peggs, Margaret Eoff and Elizabeth J. Nance. J. S. Hougham was elected chairman, and A. J.
Vawter secretary, and Daniel Trichler was received on a letter. President Bailey was selected to supply the pulpit. In June, Rev. E. J. Todd
was called to the pastorate of the church for one year. The next pastor, Rev. J. W. B. Tisdale, of Ohio, was elected in May, 1855, and
continued till November, 1856.Rev. E. J. Todd was again called to the pastorate in January, 1857, and served until January, 1858. His successor was Rev. John G. Kerr,
during whose pastorate the union of the First Church and East Franklin was consummated. President Bailey was engaged to supply the
pulpit for an indefinite time, and served until July, 1861. Ref. J. S. Read was then elected pastor, and served two years. In August, 1862, the
church was dismissed from the Mt. Zion Association to join the Indianapolis Association. Prof. Brumback acted as pastor from July, 1863,
to July, 1864, and was succeeded by Rev. M. D. Gage, who preached from September, 1865, till July, 1867. August 14, 1867, Rev. J. H. Smith
was called to the pastorate. November, 1868, Rev. I. N. Clark became pastor, and served as such until January, 1871. His successor was
Rev. J. S. Boyden, who preached one year, at the end of which time, February, 1872, Rev. L. D. Robinson was elected pastor. From
December 17, 1876, till February, 1878, the church was without a pastor, but the latter year, Rev. F. M. Huckleberry was called to fill the pulpit,
and served till 1881. October, 1881, Rev. C. S. Scott entered upon the pastorate, and the year following, work began upon the new building,
which was erected in due time, and formally dedicated by Rev. Reuben Jeffrey, D. D., of Indianapolis. It is a commodious brick structure,
elegantly furnished with all the modern conveniences, and represents a capital of about 420,000. The present pastor of the church is
Rev. A. Ogle. The present membership is 360. Superintendent of the Sunday school: Prof. W. J. Williams.
BIRTH-DEATH: 1)West Union Cem, Parke Co, IN: Tombstone: Rebecca, 17 years,
BIRTH: Age 16 in 1850 Parke Co, IN cens.
!DEATH: Past & Present of Guthrie County, Iowa, pub. 1907, p. 501; biog. oA J R Hougham was recorded on the 1875 Nevada census as a rancher in Lyon County He is recorded as being born in Indiana
A Jas R is on the Nevada 1880 census
Early Landowners Johnson County Indiana. Holmes H 977.241 Hol"
purchased some land January 14, 1837
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Johnson Co. Court Records 1823-1853 H 977.241 Hol
Page 22. Mary Sanders and James Hougham were appointed administrators August
17, 1835 of the estate of George T. Saunders deceased with John Smiley as their
security. An inventory and sale bill of the personal property was filed in
court, by JACOB HOUGHAM. Mary brought suit against Jacob and was paid a sum by
him as she had not received the personal property allowed her by law.Minor
heirs were mentioned but not here named. February 13, 1837.
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Johnson Co. Court Records 1823-1853 H 977.241 Hol
Page 17. In a chancery suit JACOB HOUGHAM administrator of the estate of
George T. Sanders(sic) deceased was to pay to Mary Sanders(sic) a sum from the
estate of George as she had not received from this estate theproperty allowed
her by law as George's widow. February 14, 1837.
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Johnson Co. Court Records 1823-1853 H 977.241 Hol
Page 292. on the petition of JACOB HOUGHAM, Daniel Saunders was appointed the
guardian of James, William and Nancy A. Dunbar. November 14, 1843.
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Johnson Co. Court Records 1823-1853 H 977.241 Hol
Page 210. JACOB HOUGHAM administrator of the estate of Daniel Saunders
deceased petitioned the court to sell Daniel's real estate to pay thedebts of
the estate. Daniel owned a tract of land in Missouri in section 34,township
64, range 22 and eighty acres in Johnson Co. in 21-12-5. Danielsheirs were
...
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Johnson Co. Court Records 1823-1853 H 977.241 Hol
Page 230. JACOB HOUGHAM was confirmed as administrator of the estateof Daniel
Saunders deceased. He had been appointed by the court in vacation.August 17,
1848.
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Johnson Co. Court Records 1823-1853 H 977.241 Hol
Page 225. JACOB HOUGHAM administrator was granted permission by thecourt to
sell the real estate in Missouri of Nancy Sanders[sic]-widow and Caroline, Mary
Jane and Nancy Ann Sanders[sic] minors. November 13, 1848
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Henry moved from VA to Shelby Co., IN via KY. Both William S. & James T. SANDERS & their families moved to MO by 1860. Lived in Grundy, Mercer & Sullivan Co MO.
Blue River Township - The time has now come when the first permanent settlement
is to be planted in Johnson County. In 1814 a young man by the name of John
Campbell, born and reared in Tennessee, went to find a home north of the Ohio.
Fate directed his footsteps to the vicinity of Waynesville, in the State of Ohio,
where he married Ruth Perkins, a native of South Carolina. In 1817 he moved to
Connersville, and in 1820 to the "new purchase" on Blue River. It was as early as
the latter part of February, when, with his wife and four sons he set out through the
wilderness to become the first settler of a county that was yet unformed and unnamed.
Four little girls belonged to his household, but these were left behind to follow on
horseback, when the home was prepared for them. A neighbor, Benjamin Crews, went
with him and helped to clear a path and drive his domestic animals and team. The road
which they cut must have been the most primitive of paths, for, when two years after,
Alexander Thompson, Israel Watts and William Reynolds came over the same general
route, they found a wagon road to Flat Rock, south of Rushville, but thence on they were
compelled to cut their own way.Campbell reached the Blue River on Saturday, the 4th of March, and at once began
the erection of a pole cabin, on the tract of land lying immediately south of the present
site of Edinburg, and the same spring cleared a small field which he enclosed with a brush
fence to keep out his own stock, in time to raise a crop of corn. Crews returned to Connersville
for his family and moved to Campbell's neighborhood the same spring, arriving on the 17th of
April. On a spot already selected by him, which afterward proved to be on the Bartholomew
side of the line, he encamped the evening of his arrival. That night his son Jonathan, a lad eight
years of age, while lying down and looking at the moon, through the limbs of a large tree, "saw
something reach out a hand and pull up a limb," to which he at once called his father's attention,
who said it was a coon. The next morning, on inspection, the tree was found to be hollow, and
Benjamin Crews at once cut it down, and as it fell crashing to the ground, a she bear and her two
cubs tumbled to the earth from their den in a hollow limb. The dogs at once mounted the old beast,
but cuffing them right and left, she made her escape, leaving her cubs in the hands of their captors.
Stripping the horses of their halters the two young bears were soon securely tied, but the horses
now thoroughly alarmed at the unwonted commotion, and finding themselves at liberty, took the
back track for the White Water country and ran eight miles before being overtaken and recaptured.John Campbell's neighbors were Crews and Richard Beny, the latter who lived a little over a mile
below him, but within the present limits of Bartholomew County, whither he had removed the
year before. But he did not have to wait long for others to come in. A half dozen or more families,
it is said, moved into the Blue River woods, the same spring, but this is not certain. A large
number did come in during the year. The lands since incorporated, in part, into Blue River Township,
were surveyed in August of that year, and on the 4th of October, the same year, were exposed for
sale at the land office in Brookville. That day these purchases were made of Blue River lands
(which were the first within the county) by James Jacobs, William W. Robinson, and John Campbell,
(who afterward lived in Sugar Creek), and on the day following, John Campbell, the first settler, and
eight others made entries. Thirty-nine entries in all were made before the close of the year, covering
a total of 4,400 acres.As far as now known, eighteen families moved into the new settlement during the year, of which
Henry Catsinger, Simon Schaffer, Jesse Dawson, Zachariah Sparks, Elias Brock and Joseph Townsend,
were Kentuckians; William Williams, and as already stated, John Campbell, were Tennesseans; Amos
Durbin was from Virginia; John A. Mow and Joshua Palmer, were from Ohio; Isaac Marshall and John
Wheeler were from North Carolina; Samuel Herriott, from Pennsylvania, while the native places of
Louis Bishop, Thomas Ralston and Richard Cormorave are unknown.The second year of settlement, twenty-seven families are known to have moved in. Elisha Adams
came from Kentucky and moved to the north end of the township, and founded the Adams
neighborhood. Richard Foster and John and William, his brothers, Patrick Adams, Patrick Cowan,
Arthur Robinson, Curtis Pritchard, David Webb, William R. Hensley, William C. Robinson, James
Farrell, John Adams, John P. Barnett, Jacob Cutsinger, Isaac Harvey (a Baptist preacher), Lewis Hays,
William Rutherford, Jefferson D. Jones, Thomas Russell and Samuel Aldridge, all Kentuckians; and
Isaac Collier, Israel Watts and Jonathan Hougham, Ohioans; and Alexander Thompson, from Virginia;
Jesse Wells and Thomas Doan, from North Carolina, and William Reynolds, from Tennessee, moved in.
By the close of this year, the lands contiguous to Blue River were taken up, and a line of settlement
extended nearly across the south side of the township, while John Campbell, an Irishman, had laid the
foundation of a settlement at the mouth of Sugar Creek, and Lewis Hays and William Rutherford had
joined John Adams' settlement higher up the creek.In 1822, fourteen families moved in. Of these Able Webb, James Connor, Hezekiah Davison,
William Hunt, James M. Daniels, John Shipp, William Barnett, David Durbin, Hiram Aldridge and
Thomas Russell were from Kentucky; Charles Martin and Samuel Umpstead were from Ohio; and it is
not ascertained whence came Baker Wells and Samuel Johnson, who came in this year. In 1823, William
Freeman moved from Bartholomew County into the township, and Richard Shipp and John Hendrickson
also moved in. All these were Kentucky born. By the close of 1823, there were at least sixty-three
families living in the township.Transcribed by Cheryl Zufall Parker
THe unnamed wife could be Rebeckah Dungan marriage date 23 Oct 1823