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James Severs is regarded as the first settler of Richview precinct, locating at Greene Point in 1828. Samuel White and M. Castelberry settled at Grand Point in 1829. Other early settlers with their families were William Nichols, Asa Foster. E. Smith, Samuel White. Joseph Barber. John Tate. Josiah Thompson. Thomas Livesay. Wm. B. Livesay. Wm. H. White. Smith Me Williams. James Gore, Matthew and H. G. Whittenberg. All the above came prior to 1840. most of them from Tennessee.
Washington Seminary was projected in 1856. later acquired by R. G. Williams for $1500. The at- tendance was large, but after graded schools were es- tablished, the enrollment decreased. Some of the pro- minent men in the county were trained here. Richview also maintained a fine public library. possibly the largest in the county.
The early settlers of DuBois precinct were prin- eipally from Kentucky and Tennessee. First settler was George Palmer who came in 1827. The following year, W. S. Anderson. Robert MeCord. L. Stewart and L. Waters settled in this township. In 1829 eame David Stilley. Il. Stilley and Peter Sronce. From 1830 to 1832 the following families located here: Hy. Bridges. Abraham Phillips. William Hilley, and Alexander White, a pioneer blacksmith.
The first settlers of Nashville precinet were Sam- uel K. Anderson, John Morgan, Landon Park, a Negro, and Nicholas Darter, Orcenith Fisher. David Ramsey. John D. Wood, Livesay Carter and L. D. Livesay, who settled at various periods from 1818 to 1833.
Nashville was laid out by the proprietors. Robert Middleton and G. Brown on June 8. 1830, and a report and plat of the city was filed with the commissioners by A. W. Cassada, county surveyor. The records show that the proprietors deeded a stipulated number of lots Continued
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to the commissioners for the use of the county, and used the remainder for themselves. David White, Joseph Whittenberg and Livesay Carter were the com- missioners. Carter and Whittenberg, Tennesseeans, christened the town "New Nashville." but the "new" was soon dropped. First house was built by Sam K. Anderson. First marriage was that of Rev. Horatio Burns to Mrs. Martha Morgan, on Nov. 22, 1831.
The first settlement in Okawville precinct was made about 1825. Among the early settlers were the Harrymans, Pitmans, Wheelers, Gallraiths, Chorters, Middletons, Clarks, Johnsons, Kisers and Whites. An- other group, coming later. included the Staudes, Gar- vins, Hughes, Williams. Adams, all of whom had fam- ilies. Okawville was laid out as a town by James Gar- vin and James Davis in 1856. Previous to this, H. P. Morgan had laid out the town of Bridgeport, which was immediately east. across Plum Creek. First school was built in 1828, with Wm. Boyd as first teacher.
John Raney was the first settler in Elkton pre- cinct, a Tennessean, who came in 1822. ( A more de- tailed story of Elkton is printed elsewhere in this book.)
Washington County's first court was held March 9, 1818, and called the Justice Court.
First Board of Commissioners was composed of Wm. Rountree, John Kain and James Gilbreath, elect- ed in 1819.
Wm. H. Bradsy was first clerk of the circuit court, appointed in 1818. serving until 1839.
Daniel S. Swearingen was the county's first sheriff, appointed in 1818, served but one year. First assessor and treasurer was Rufus Recker, appointed in 1819. He resigned soon afterward, for some reason.
Wm. H. Bradsby was first county clerk (1818), also first probate judge (1821). Thomas F. White was first county judge, John Crain the first school com- missioner. Wm. H. Clayton was elected first county superintendent of schools in 1865.
County Weather Man
In the more than forty years that Robert Schleifer of near Nashville served as Washington County's official "rain gauger," he recorded more than 125 feet of precipitation that fell on the county. The late Mr. Schleifer, who worked under the jur- isdiction of the St. Louis Weather Bureau, had his testing equipment set up in the yard of his farm home, and kept a complete record of county rainfall for nearly half a century.
In that time, his records show periods of extreme drought. and very unusual weather conditions, in- cluding the visitation of several tornadoes that roar- ed through the county. Down through the years, his meticulous methods in making a daily weather re- port is an example of a man dedicated to his job. Incidently, there was no salary involved, but with Mr. Schleifer it was a work of love. He was one of the unsung heroes of the county. whose memory will long linger.
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Stacking wheat on a Plum Hill farm prior to the days of the wheat combine.
Nostalgic Farm Scene
Nostalgia is a word often used in the editing of a county history. This farm scene, photographed on the Ray Garlich farm at Plum Hill before the advent of the combine, is nostalgia at its best.
The younger generation have never thrilled to the chug-chug of an old farm threshing engine, coming up the farm lane, pulling its separator. Puffing black smoke to the tune of sizzling steam, it was a sight to thrill any farm boy. It signified a long-heralded event: threshing time. The stacked wheat. usually four stacks in a rectangular unit, spaced just wide enough for the separator to be pulled between, were sent through the separator. bundle by bundle. The newly-threshed wheat was stacked in a conical strawpile that usually graced the barn yard for most of the winter.
The threshing crew. following the "rig" from farm to farm, usually got five meals a day, lunch in the morning, and another lunch in mid-afternoon. This lunch break was even better than the coffee-break of today, for it was a meal in itself, sausage and home- baked bread, topped off with pie or cake.
The water wagon was an institution in itself. The man who rode it had one very important duty to ful- fill: keep enough water on hand to feed the boiler of the steam engine. Usually water was obtained from a nearby creek or pond. A hand pump on top of the water wagon was activated by hand.
The water boy was also an institution at these threshing rigs. Carrying a two-gallon jug. usually with a corncob for a stopper. the boy made the rounds of the crew, several times daily. Augmenting the water jug at some farms was another jug, with slightly stronger liquid, "to cut the dust," before the swig of water. Everyone drank out of the same jug.
Wheat and oats threshing prior to the advent of the combine, was a community affair. an example in neighborliness and warm. continuing friendships. Each community had its threshing rig. One of the most popular type rigs was the Jumbo steam engine and the Harrison separator, both made at Belleville. Another popular engine was the Gaar-Scott and the J. I. Case.
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New Minden, Town with an Old World Culture
At the junction of Illinois routes 127 and 177 is New Minden, the one community within Washington County that reflects a noticeable Old World culture. Perhaps ninety percent of its populace of one hundred and fifty are of true German descent. Some of them are direct descendants of Fred E. Hoffman and F. W. Pra- suhn, the first German immigrants to settle in the area (1830-40).
Like most of the early pioneers, these men chose homesites that were near timber, prairie and water. The prairie was here, so was the forest. Little Crooked, Big Crooked and the Kaskaskia were nearby. To the
east and south the open prairie was hip-deep in grass. This area still is called New Minden prairie.
Other immigrants soon followed Hoffman and Prasuhn. They built their houses true to European cus- toms, with the building close to the street, and space in the rear for a garden, chicken house, a smoke house, and perhaps a small barn. Soon the question arose of naming the new community. Since many of them had emigrated from Minden, Germany, they gave the name, New Minden to their village.
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The old mill slowly falling into decay at New Minden.
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Followed the building of a church, a parochial school, a parsonage for the Rev. M. Eirich, who led the Ev .- Lutheran congregation until he retired in 1899. The frame church was destroyed by a tornado in 1896. But by 1900 it was rebuilt, the center of a parish numbering 1.200 people, although the village itself contained less than one-fourth that number.
The first settlers came to establish farms, as did those who followed. From the beginning, agriculture was the sole purpose of their lives. The only movement toward industrialization was the erection of two mills. a grist mill in the southeast part of the village. and a sawmill to the north, on Crooked Creek. The grist mill still stands. unused for years, but is slowly falling into decay.
The railroad passed New Minden by, leaving it an isolated town, just as it did Venedy, to the southwest. Isolation was even worse during the winter, when mud- dy roads were a barrier to all but emergency travel.
But there was no starvation. The German honse- wives canned and preserved all available fruits and vegetables in the summer, and wheat and corn was ground into flour at the mill. Crocks of sauerkraut were part of every cellar; smoke houses were amply stocked with home-killed meat. mostly pork. Each farmer slaughtered his own meat, and the village store traded produce for other essentials of life. The wood they eut in the timher tracts was used to heat their homes.
Then, in 1896, a vicious tornado completely dis- rupted this peaceful community, leaving in its wake only a twisted, tangled mass of debris. The church was gone, so were most of the dwellings. Only the stone mill survived intact.
But the people rallied, and started to rebuild. The wooden church building was replaced by a sturdier one. Then, in 1907, came a second storm, leveling the school and several houses that stood between the church and the store. And again the people rebuilt.
The pattern of the Old World was still evident. The shuttered homes were again close to the streets, the auxiliary buildings to the rear. Today, new ranch- type dwellings along the highway have changed the pattern somewhat, but many of the old homes still stand. The German language is rarely heard on the streets today but that doesn't mean that the Old World culture is gone. Life patterns change more slowly in a rural community than in an urban center, and New Minden is one county town where Old World culture and habits still cast a very definite image.
The County "Poor Farm"
It had an ominous name, and back in grand- father's day, many a youngster, admonished for some spending spree. was cautioned that "he'd end up in the poor house!" But it had its worth. It was the nursing home of yesteryear, with its own kind of Medicare. Dependent people of both sexes were cared for within its walls, fed and clothed at county expenses. Down the lane was the cemetery, with its simple grave markers.
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The Washington County Farm, south of Nashville, now falling into ruin. Here the county cared for its poor dependents in grandfather's day.
The Washington County home shown here, is located three miles south of Nashville. is no longer owned by the county. The building itself has fallen into decay since the above photo was taken. Yet even in its present stage of ruin, it is pointed out as the "poor house." Its image will live long after the phy- sical property has returned to the dust.
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The Kinyon Cemetery as it is today. A church once stood on this site, located four miles south of Okawville.
KINYON SETTLEMENT
Very few of today's generation know of the exist- ence of Kinyon Settlement. But once this site, four miles south of Okawville, was the hub of a community of pioneers in which the Kinyon name dominated. The old cemetery. shown here, is slowly but surely falling into decay. The stone of John Kinyon, left in the photo, shows he was born in 1805. That of his wife, Elvira, stands adjacent to the north. Once this cemetery was the burial place of the Friends, Wilsons, and various
others, but no burial has been made here for at least half a century.
The Grand Prairie Baptist Church, which served the community, stood just south of the cemetery. When it was abandoned, the building was moved to a nearby farm. where it still is being used as a farm shed.
The editor of this book, luckily. has the old Bible used in this church, a gift of his mother. Mrs. Sarah Jane Brinkman.
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"The - Meadow - in - the - Hole"
Perhaps you haven't heard of "The-Meadow-in- the-Hole." But you have heard debates, pro and con, whether George Rogers Clark and his group of "Kentucky's Long Knives" ever marched through Washington County, in their trek from Kaskaskia to Vincennes.
In Clark's company was a young soldier, Maj. Joseph Bowman, who kept a journal of the historic band's daily exploits. Archer Hulbert, who studied this journal at length, writes in his "Historic Highways of America," Vol. 8, to the effect that Clark did cross Washington county.
Hulbert concludes "that on the eighth day of February 1779, enroute from Kaskaskia to Vincennes, Clark and his men were out of Randolph County, through the northwest corner of Perry County and finally gained the prairie south of Oakdale, Washing- ton County, at which point Elkhorn Creek was crossed at the famous 'Meadow-in-the-Hole' of old French days.
"This region was also known as Corne de Cerf, Elkhorn Prairie, Elkhorn Point and Ayers Point. Prai- rie, forest and bottom land were not for apart here. The 'Meadow-in-the-Hole' was a singular little mea- dow, fifty or sixty yards wide, located on a dry branch of the Elkhorn and thirty feet lower than the surround- ing forests-at what is now Oakdale on the Elkhorn."
There has grown up about the area a legend that Clark and his men camped here overnight. But this has surely been based either on a wrong interpretation of facts or romantic fiction. The facts are that "the first night's camp was pitched probably in Flat Prairie, somewhere in the area surrounding Coulterville, likely south or southwest of it in Randolph County."
The next campsite was close to the present town of Richview, as Hulbert again coneludes from his study of the Journal: "The second night's camp may have been pitched on Grand Point Creek. near Richview; and that of the ninth on Raccoon Creek, near Walnut Point, one mile north of Walnut Hill."
If one checks the incorporated map, it will be noted that these are somewhat similar and reasonable distances for the wet, muddy conditions at that early
part of the year when the weather could be exception- ally capricious in southern Illinois.
On the other hand, the 'Meadow-in-the-Hole' could very well have been and probably was used as a camping place by either the Indians or the French. It will be remembered this was not a new trail Clark was cutting across Illinois, but one already in exist- ence used by the French as a land route between Vin- cennes and Kaskaskia, which they in all probability learned from the Kaskaskia Indians, a tribe friendly to them in this era.
William Ayers, founder of Oakdale, is buried on a knob overlooking the "Meadow-in-the-hole." George Rogers Clark marched through this declivity.
Whether or not Clark camped at the 'Meadow-in- the-Hole,' or merely passed through the tiny valley will perhaps never be known for certain. But all indications point to the fact that the historic march did encompass this bit of terrain inside Washington County's borders.
Any citizen of Oakdale will point out 'Meadow-in- the-Hole' today. It is much as it was, back in 1779.
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The First Families of Washington County By Cdr. Earl R. Smith
On the following pages are the names of the heads of the families who lived in Washington County, Illinois, at the time of the taking of the 1820 census.
This census was chosen for this publication for sev- eral reasons:
First, it was known that some of the families listed here also appeared on the 1810 and 1818 censuses. These are identified by an asterisk.
Second, the 1820 census taker, unlike some others, gave the name of the precinct (township) in which the family lived. Since Clinton County was not formed until 1824, Carlyle, for instance, is shown as a precinct of Washington County, which added a note of interest.
Finally, it was believed that any reader who found one of his ancestor's names among the pioneer families shown here might be moved to explore his personal his-
tory still deeper, and, using this reference as a guide might be motivated to do some work on his family tree to be deposited eventually with the Washington County Historical Society.
Any census or record as old as this one must, of course, be viewed with reservation. The original docu- ments now lodged in the National Archives at Washing- ton, D.C., are often hard to read. The handwriting is often illegible, the spelling quixotic. The early settlers were just as suspicious of census takers as they were of tax collectors, and were not above evasiveness. Thus there may be gaps, ommissions and mistakes.
Generally speaking, however, most of the names and families shown here are too well known in the cen- tury and one half history of Washington County not to be quickly recognized.
1820 Census - Washington County, Illinois
ABBOT, Christopher
Carlyle
CALLAHAN, Robert
Sugar Creek
FRENCH, Martha
Crooked Creek
ABBOT, John
Carlyle
CARR, Samuel
Sugar Creek
GILBERTY, James
Covington
ADAMS, John
Crooked Creek
CARRIGAN, James
Crooked Creek
GILLEHAN, Thomas
Sugar Creek
* ALLEN, Elizabeth
Crooked Creek
*CARRIGAN, John
Crooked Creek
GILMORE, John
Crooked Creek
ANDERSON, Isaac
Crooked Creek
CARRIGAN, William
Crooked Creek
GODFREY, Hanson
Sugar Creek
ANDERSON, James
Crooked Creek
*CARTER, John
Crooked Creek
GORDON, james
Covington
*ANRDUS, Archibald ARTHUR, Samuel
Carlyle
*CARTER, Richard
Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Sugar Creek
*GREEN, Bowling GRIFFIN, Jepy
Shoal Creek Crooked Creek
* APLING, Pleasant
Covington
*CHAFFIN. Ellis
CHANDLER, Anderson
Crooked Creek
*HAGERMAN, Benjamin
Covington Covington
AYERS, William
Covington
CHAPIN, Samuel
Carlyle
*HARREL, Theophilus HARRYMAN, Charles
Covington
BAKER, Elizabeth
Carlyle
Crooked Creek
BALES, Elijah
Shoal Creek
*CHESNEY, Alexander CHESNEY, Benjamin CLARK, John COCKRAM, James
Carlyle
*HAWKINS, Lemuel HERBERT, Thomas F.
Carlyle
BANDY, Elihu
Covington
*COLE, Edward
Crooked Creek
HERRIN, Simon
Covington
BARWELL, Henry
Covington
COOPER, Hermon
Carlyle Carlyle
*HILL, Jonathan HILLHOUSE, William
Covington Carlyle
BERRY, Frederick
Crooked Creek
*COX, Charles
Sugar Creek
HILTON, Seth
Carlyle
BERRY, Nancy
Carlyle
Crooked Creek
BERRY, William H.
Covington
Shoal Creek
* BITTO, John
* HUEY, John
Sugar Creek
BLACK, C. P.
*HUEY, Thomas
Sugar Creek Covington
BLACKMAN, William
Shool Creek
*HUGGINS, Dovid
BOYD, Joseph
*HUGGINS, Lewis
Covington
BRAKE, John
*HUGGINS, William
Covington
BRADFORD, John
HUGHSON, Isaac
Crooked Creek
* BRADSBY, William H.
HUTCHINS, John R.
Covington
*BRASELTON, Benjamin BREWER, Jocob
* DEAS, John DILLON, Thomas
Covington
IRIE, William
Covington
* BROWDER, Jonathan
* BROWN, Collier
JOHNSON, David
Covington
*BROWN, George
Covington
EASON, Pomeroy
Crooked Creek Sugar Creek Covington
*JOHNSTON, Hugh
Sugor Creek
* BROWN, Samuel
Shoal Creek
EDWARDS, Susanna ELLIOTT, E.
Crooked Creek
* JOHNSTON, John Sr.
Sugar Creek
BURTON, Gideon
Crooked Creek
*EVANS, John
Covington
EVANS, John Jr.
Sugar Creek
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*BUTLER, Charles
Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Crooked Creek Covington
* DARNAL, Isaac
Crooked Creek Crooked Creek
* DARNAL, William
*DAVIS, Robert
Sugar Creek
Covington
*BROWN, John
Covington
*EDON, James
* JOHNSTON John
Sugar Creek
BUCK, James
Carlyle
COLE, Richard
Crooked Creek
HERVEY, John
Sugar Creek
BATES, Thomas
Covington
COOPER, John
BEGOLE, Joshua
Sugar Creek
* COX, Benjamin
Sugar Creek
HITCHCOX, Stephen
CRAYTON, William
Covington
*CREAL, John
HOCKIN, Amy HOLM (Hulm), Peter
Sugar Creek Covington
*CROCKER, Arthur CROCKER, Elizabeth
Sugar Creek Crooked Creek
*CROCKER, Jacob
Crooked Creek
*CROCKER, William
Sugar Creek
HERRIN, Major
Covington
*BANKSON, Andrew
Shool Creek
CHAPIN, Lounso
Crooked Creek
*HANDY, John
Sugar Creek
ATKINS, Henry
Carlyle
Sugar Creek
AYERS, Rupel
Crooked Creek
CARTER, Lewsey
CASTLEBURY, Meredith
Carlyle
Carlyle Sugar Creek
Shool Creek
CARR, James
Shoal Creek
Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Carlyle
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JOHNSTON, Jahn Jr. JOHNSON, Joseph
Sugar Creek Shoal Creek
· JOHNSTON, William
· JOHNSTON, William Sr.
Sugar Creek
OUTHOUSE, Peter
Sugar Creek
THACKER, David . THOMASON, Richard
Shoal Creek
PATMAN, Nathan
Covington
· PEIRCE, Caleb
Shoal Creek
· THOMPSON, James THOMPSON, John
Sugar Creek Cavington
KAIN, John KENNEDY, Demsey
KINTERS, Jahn · KINYON, Joseph KNOWLAN Nathaniel
Covington
PRICE, Leonard
Carlyle
PYLE, Nicholas
Sugar Creek
TILTON, John
Covington
·LARD, John
Covington
RAMSEY, John H
Sugar Creek
TOP, John
Carlyle
·LAUGHLIN. Lewis LEE, Harvey
Crooked Creek
REED Charles
Sugar Creek
THOWNSEND, Martha
Sugar Creek
LEWIS, William
Sugar Creek
REED, John
Cavingtan
· TURMAN, Jacob
Carlyle
RICKERFUSE, Christopher Shoal Creek
RIDDLE, David Carlyle
ROBBINS, Joseph
ROGERS, Elihu B.
Covington
ROLLINS, Hosea
ROPER, David
Crooked Creek
· ROUNDTREE, William
Sugar Creek
ROWE, Hesekiah
Sugar Creek
·WADKINS, Beverly
Sugar Creek
·WADSWORTH, John
Crooked Creek
* McCORD, David · McREAKEN, James
Covington
ROWE, Stephen
Sugar Creek
· MADDUX, Alexander
Carlyle
RYAN, James J.
SAVAGE, Lydia
Sugar Creek
WALL, William
Shaal Creek
SCOTT, Isaac
Cavingtan
WARREN, Edward
Sugar Creek
Carlyle
SCOTT, William
Carlyle
·WASHBURN, Ruth
Covington Croaked Creek
· MATHENY, Collins MATHROP, John MATHROP, John A. MEDLEY, Joel
· MINSON, Abraham
Covington Cavington
· SIMENS, Daniel
Sugar Creek
*WHITE, David
Sugar Creek
* MIDDLETON, William MILLER, Sarah
Sugar Creek
SLADE, Charles, Sr.
Shaal Creek
· WHITE, Hartshorn
Covington
MORE, Jepy
Covington
SLADE, Charles
Carlyle
Crooked Creek
WHITE, Joseph WHITTENBURG, Daniel
Covington
MORTON, Joseph
Carlyle
* SMITH, Asahel
Carlyle
WHITTENBURG, Joseph
Covington
NEAL, Thomas
Carlyle
NELSON, John
Covington
·STARNATER, John
Sugar Creek
· WILTON, Harry WITTEN, Harry
Crooked Creek
NEWTON, Charles
Carlyle
Craoked Creek
· STEEL, William
Carlyle
WOODRUM, James
Cavington
·WOODROM, Jahn
Covington
WOODROM, John Jr.
Covington
Carlyle
· STEWART, Samuel
Cavington
Shoal Creek
Shoal Creek
·TAYLOR, Archibald
Sugar Creek
OUTHOUSE, Jahn Sugar Creek
Covington OUTHOUSE, Meredith
Sugar Creek
. TAYLOR, William TEMPLE, James
Croaked Creek Covington Sugar Creek
* JOHNSTON, William Jr.
Sugar Creek
· JONES, Benjamin JONES, Tepe
*JORDAN, Briton
* PEIRCE, David
Shoal Creek
POSEY, Hester
Croaked Creek
Croaked Creek
Covington
Craoked Creek
THOMPSON, William Jr. Covington TILTON, Enoch
Carlyle
TILTEN, Richard
Covingtan
KRIEL, John
Crooked Creek Carlyle
RAMSEY, John
Sugar Creek
TILTON, Thomas
Covington
Crooked Creek
RAY, Abram
TOWNSEN, Edmund
Sugar Creek
LINCOLN, Elijah LOUISADA, Isaac LYONS, Thomas
McCART, Edward
VIRGIN, Hyrem
Cavington
McINTYRE, Hugh McGIVER, Samuel
Croaked Creek
Craoked Creek
· MclVER, Robert McCORD, Charles
Covington
ROWE, John
Sugar Creek
· WADSWORTH, Thomas WALKER, James
Craoked Creek Covington
·MADDUX, Alexander Jr. Carlyle
WALKER, William
Carlyle
· MADDUX, Gilles · MADDUX, Leonard · MADDUX, Levin
Craoked Creek
SHARP, Henry
Carlyle
·WAT, Haden
·WATKINS, Thomas WEBSTER, Francis
Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek
· SHORT, Patsey SILKWOOD, Basil
Carlyle
* WELCH, Jahn
Sugar Creek
Carlyle
Carlyle
· SILKWOOD, Brazilla
Sugar Creek
* WHELLES, William WHEELES, Elizabeth
Cavington
Sugar Creek
·SILKWOOD, Hiram
Sugar Creek
*SILKWOOD, Solomon
Sugar Creek
* WHITE, Alexander
Cavington
· MIDDLETON, Rebuen
Sugar Creek
* SIMMS, William
WHITE, David Jr.
Crooked Creek
MORGAN, John
Sugar Creek
SLAVINS, Steward
· SMITH, John SMITH, William
Shoal Creek
· WILLIAMS, Aaron
Covington
·NICHOLS, John
OATS, Mary ORENDORF, Wm.
· ORTON, James ·ORTON, John
Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek
· STEVENS, Charles STEWARD, Peter
Carlyle
Sugar Creek
· SWEARINGEN, David S. SYMS, William
· YARBOROUGH, Absalom Carlyle
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· MADDUX, Wingate · MADDUX, Zachariah MANNING, James · MARTIN. Philip
Carlyle
SHARP, Janathan
Carlyle
SHARP, Samuel
Carlyle
Shool Creek
SHORT, Bennett
Carlyle
Sugar Creek
RUPEL, George
Crooked Creek
· USHER, Caton
Carlyle
Crooked Creek
Covington
VANDERGRIFF, William
Shoal Creek
Crooked Creek
Covington
THOMPSON, Jahn Jr. THOMPSON, William
Cavington
Carlyle Sugar Creek
· POSEY, Leeaiden PHILLIPS, John PIERCE, Elijah
Shoal Creek Cavington Covington
OUTHOUSE, Hardy Sugar Creek
Carlyle
STRANG, Daniel
Craaked Creek
Shoal Creek
Covington
Crooked Creek
Carlyle
Carlyle
Cavingtan
Sheriffs of Washington County
Washington County is justly proud in having one of the lowest crime rates in the State. Even so, there is need for a county sheriff, always has been, always will be. Here-
with are the men who wore the sheriff's badge, down through the years, one of them to his death.
Daniel S. Swearingen, 1818-19.
Salem Goodner, 1854-56.
Harry Wilton, 1819-20.
James Garvin, 1862-1864. James H. Sawyer, 1864-66.
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