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These divisions of land six miles square, laid off by the surveyors, do not correspond in meaning nor generally in fact with the civil townships such as Perry, Center, etc. Taking the civil township of Delaware, for example, it lacks six sections of comprising the area of a congressional or surveyed township. The surveyors' description of this area stated that it was Town 21 North, Range 11 East; meaning, in the first place, that it was the zist block of land six miles square surveyed in going north from the base line; and in the second place, that it was the 11th block of similar size surveyed in going cast from the second meridian. The congressional or sur- veyed township comprising the civil township of Delaware also contains the north row of sections in Liberty township. Not one of the twelve civil townships of Delaware county corresponds in both limits and area to a con- gressional township. All the townships in the two east tiers have the regu- lation width of six miles, and the range lines form their east and west boundaries. But the town lines, i. e., the east and west lines, laid off at regular intervals of six miles from the base line, in only one case form the boundaries of the civil townships. The southern boundary of Niles, Union and Washington is the same as Town Line 21 North; but the townships named lack one mile of extending to next town line on the north, and hence are only fractional congressional townships. South of these townships, Hamilton and Delaware both lack a row of sections on the bottom to make them surveyed townships, while Harrison township, though six miles from north to south, extends one mile into Range 8 and therefore contains six sections more than the congressional township. Harrison township is the largest civil township in area in the county. Center and Liberty are the only civil townships in the county that are six miles square; but they are made of two fractional parts of congressional townships. It seems that the
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legislature of Indiana, in forming county boundaries, and the county gov- ernment in dividing the county into civil townships, did not endeavor to make range and town lines correspond with county and township limits. In other states, notably Michigan, the counties usually are made to contain a certain number of complete surveyed townships, and the civil townships are generally the same in area and limits as the congressional townships.
Land Sales.
The survey having been comph fed, the next step was to provide for the disposal of the land to settlers. The land of some of the older cessions had been entered in land offices at Vincennes, Dayton and one or two other places. But for the sale of lands granted by the treaty of St. Mary's, the Fort Wayne land office and district was created, by act of Congress May 8, 1822. Up to this time the lands in the St. Mary's cession east of the prin- cipal meridian had been sold at the Brookville and Jeffersonville land offices, but it appears that all the land in Delaware county was sold at the Fort Wayne office except one or two entries to be mentioned later.
E. Dana was a speculator in western lands and had been very active in directing eastern investors and settlers to various points in the west. In 1819 he published a book, called "Geography of the West," in which he had this to say concerning the tract of land from which Delaware county was carved. "Among the lands purchased of the Indians in 1818 are 8.500,000 in Indiana. . The purchase is now being surveyed. . At the northeast {i. e., of the purchase], although the lands will make val- uable plantations, the surface over a considerable part approaches too near, perhaps, a perfect champaign to embrace all the conveniences of the best agricultural situations. The soil is, however, strong and durable. The pre- vailing growth here is beech, although there be considerable sugar maple and other forest trees that indicate a rich soil. The infrequency of running streams, and level surface in the northeast cause a scarcity of good mill seats. The lands bordering on the waters of the White river and its trib- utary streams are considered among those of the best quality. . .. Much of this tract is delightfully situated, and the surface consisting of gentle undulations, supplied with good water, and variegated with numerous, small, rich, dry prairies."
This description, which would fit Delaware county (though whether the writer ever visited this section is uncertain), no doubt was read by many who afterwards came to Indiana and perhaps by some who became permanent settlers of Delaware county. Such a book as Dana's was not the least of the influences which directed settlers to the western country. We can imagine how eagerly those contemplating the journey west would seize
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upon every piece of information that would be of value to them in selecting a home. That was not the day of railroad emigration bureaus, supplying handsomely illustrated and glowingly written descriptions of every available section of the country. Yet there were various land companies with eastern agencies that supplied prospectuses and other printed matter concerning western lands. The newspapers published letters from easterners who had gone west and become well situated and satisfied with their surroundings. These and other avenues of information were open to the prospective set- tler, and the above quotation may serve to indicate what the pioneer looked forward to when he journeyed toward that part of Indiana now included in Delaware county.
Some of the First Inhabitants.
Here and there in the wilderness of Indiana, and among the Indians, some few white men had chosen a place to live before the transfer of the land from the Indians. Usually such men adopted Indian ways, married Indian wives, and merged their identity so completely with the wildness and the life of their neighbors that the record of very few is left. These men were often misanthropes, fleeing from their natural society because of crime, or sorrow, or morbid desire of loneliness. In some cases their ec- centricities marked them as "characters" among the pioneers, and their queer doings and speech were remembered long afterward. Seldom were they substantial settlers, the kind that clear the forests, raise crops of corn and wheat and contribute the proceeds of their work to the institutions of civil society. Rather, they were hunters or fishermen, having a cabin remote in the woods, surrounded, perhaps, by a small garden plot, and their days were passed in ranging the woods or fishing in the running streams.
When we approach the subject of the early settlement of Delaware county, we find mention of one or two such characters, although the items are too meager to compose anything resembling a portraiture. In the records of Congress for the year 1820 is contained, under date of March 13th, a favorable report to the senate upon a petition from William Connor, who, so the petition averred, had resided for years at a place called Delaware Towns among the Delaware Indians. After the St. Mary's treaty he peti tioned Congress for a pre-emption for 640 acres, on which he claimed to have made a number of improvements, and on which he should be per- mitted to remain and rear his family of half breeds. The lands had not yet been surveyed, hence no method was provided for this sale, and it was for this reason that Connor desired the right to "pre-empt." The location of the land he desired has not been ascertained except that it was at "Dela- ware Towns," which allows the supposition that they were in Delaware
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county. Nothing more is known of Connor, except that it is likely he as- sisted the government forces as scout during some of the Indian campaigns.
In the treaty of St. Mary's ( 1818) one of the articles directs that "one half-section of land shall be granted to each of the following persons, namely: Isaac Wobby, Samuel Casman, Elizabeth l'et-cha-ka and Jacob Dick ; and one quarter of a section of land shall be granted to each of the following persons, namely: Solomon Tindell and Benoni Tindell; all of whom are Delawares ; which tracts of land shall be located, after the coun- try is surveyed, at the first creek above the old fort on White river, and running up the river ; and shall be held by the persons herein named, re- spectively, and their heirs; but shall never be conveyed or transferred with- out the approbation of the president of the United States."
The words of the treaty state that all those named were Delawares; but several of them surely only by adoption into the tribe. Most of those named in the treaty are again mentioned in the records showing the original land entries, and from the two we get some of the earliest history concern- ing Delaware county.
"The old fort" referred to in the above treaty probably meant the Indian town or fortifications along White river toward Anderson. "The first creek," however, is without doubt Buck creek, that joins White river in the village of Yorktown. So it happened that, after the land was sur- veyed, those granted land under the treaty became residents of what is now Mt. Pleasant township and their land was situated near the site of the present village. Samuel Casman, who was to receive a half section of land, was a half-breed. The date of his land entry is the earliest in Dela- ware county, bearing date of September 16, 1820. His land was the north half of section 22 in what is now Mt. Pleasant township. Such facts as are known of him do not honor him in his distinction as the first recorded land owner in this county. He had the Indian thirst for whisky, and had neither the thrift nor industry to develop his land and become a factor of civiliza- tion. His first wife was a negro, and after her death he married again and shortly afterward sold his land to Oliver H. Smith, a transaction that involved obtaining the consent of the president of the United States. Cas- man joined his Indian associates on one of the reserves in Indiana. His existence was unprofitable, and some years later his dead body was dis- covered in the hollow of a tree in Madison county.
Of the other grantees according to the St. Mary's treaty, grants were made on February 25, 1824, to Solomon Tindell of the southeast quarter of section 15 (lying just north of Casman's grant) and to Benoni Tindell, consisting of the northwest quarter of section 23, just east of Casman's. Isaac Wobby, first mentioned in the treaty clause, died before his grant
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could be confirmed to him, and the south half of section 14 was reserved for his heirs. Further up the river, in what is now section 18 of Center town- ship, the southeast quarter, was another reservation under the St. Mary's treaty. At a very early date this came into the possession of Goldsmith C. Gilbert, who also, about 1825 or later, purchased what was known as the Hackley reserve (the widow Hackley being an Indian who inherited this land). The Hackley reserve is now covered by the city of Muncie .*
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CHAPTER V. THE RECORD OF THE ORIGINAL POSSESSORS OF DELAWARE COUNTY'S SOIL ..
The tract book in the auditor's office establishes a sort of pioneer land- owning aristocracy for Delaware county. There are written the names of ' those who entered the lands of the county from the government, thus in a legal sense becoming the first actual possessors. Those who thus entered land and became permanent settlers upon it are entitled above all others to the honor of being pioneers. It is true that many came to the county, bought land that had already been entered but had not been improved, and by the toil and hardship encountered in reclaiming the land from the wil- derness became as truly entitled to the praise bestowed upon pioneers as those who entered land. Moreover, there was another class of men who made a practice of speculating in public lands, buying up great quantities, and holding them till the general increase in values afforded opportunities for large profits. These men-and there were such among those who en- tered the lands of this county-deserve none of the worthy merit of the pioneer. To discriminate among these classes and point out the actual pio- neers is obviously impossible, even if the tract book were supplemented by extended individual comment. But in the course of the narrative, it will appear that many of the names mentioned among the land entrymen are honored settlers in those localities, and beyond this it is impossible to des- ignate the career of the many names found in this old record.
The tract book is a very matter-of-fact record about facts and persons that are now generally forgotten, and therefore is seldom called for or con- sulted. Mr. John S. Ellis, in his little book on the history of Delaware county, has used the land entries as the basis of his work, in which he has given some historical statement about every section of the county's area. The material of the tract book is worthy of preservation, and perhaps no better way of arranging it could be found than that adopted by Mr. Ellis. For the purpose of this history, however, it has been deemed best to abbre- viate the record as far as possible and arrange it with the view of supple- menting the general narrative that precedes and follows it. In line with this purpose the townships have been considered in the chronological order of the entries. Mt. Pleasant having the earliest entry comes first. Then, in- stead of giving the record concerning the separate sections in the order of
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their position, they are taken up according to the date of their first entries. The advantage of this is that the parts of each township that were first selected and settled are first named in the record. After each section the record first gives the date of the first entry of land therein and then the date of the last entry ; these dates are followed by the names of those who entered the land, usually in the order in which the entries were made.
MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
Sec. 22-Sept. 1820, 1835: Samuel Casman, William Hardwick ( 1827), Abner McCartney, Theodore R. Lewis, Charles Jones.
Sec. 20-Oct. 1822, 1834: Uriah Bulla, Joseph and William Van Matre, Stafford and Madison Hunt, William Miller, Joseph Landry, Thomas Hardwick, William Daugherty Sr., Peter Smelser:
Sec. 29-Oct. 1822, 1835: David Hillis, Line Newland, Joseph Van Matre, David Kilgore, Jefferson Reed.
Sec. 23-1824, 1835: Benoni Tindal, Thomas Brumfield, David Yount, Oliver H. Smith.
Sec. 30-1824, 1835: James M. Van Matre, Isaac Jones, John Neely, Amos D. Kennard, Morgan Van Matre, Oliver H. Smith, Jatob Redding.
Sec. 15-1824. 1835: Solomon Tindal. Robert Gordon (1829), John Gor- don, William Daugherty Sr., Jonas Cummings.
Sec. 21-1825, 1832: Joseph Bell, Joseph Van Matre, William Hardwick, Absalom Daugherty, Timothy and William Jones, Samuel Parkison. Sec. 27-1827, 1835: Samuel Bell, Timothy Stewart, Thomas and Rob- ert Hasket, Henry Enilseizer, Oliver H. Smith.
Sec. 13-1830, 1834: Joseph Emerson, Isaac Norris, James Williamson, John Fuller, John Howell.
Sec. 25-1830, 1833: John B. Brown, James Tomlinson, Purnell Tomlin- son, Edward Aldredge, Kezia Keasby.
Sec. 26-1830, 1835: John B. Brown, Kezia Keasby, Isaac Norris, Thomas Brumfield, Oliver H. Smith.
Sec. 24 (R 8)-1830, 1836: Zimri Moon, Joseph and Jonathan Dillon, Oliver H. Smith, Fleming Reed, Daniel R. Moon.
Sec. 24-1831, 1834: John Beeth, William Templeton, Jeremiah Wilson, John B. Finley, Thomas Brumfield, James Stewart, Oliver H. Smith.
Sec. 1 (R S)-1832: John Gronendyke.
Sec. 6-1832, 1836: John D. Jones, Thomas Draper, Peter Shepherd, James Wiley, Nathan Williams, Solomon Mclaughlin, John Mc- Laughlin, Mark Martin.
Sec. 9-1832, 1836: Robert Gordon, Andrew Cummings, Samuel Danner, Thomas M. Gordon, William Mckinley.
Sec. 12-1832, 1836: James Williamson, Martin J. Williamson, John Howell, Henry Merritt, Samuel W. Harland, Jonathan T. Merauda. Sec. 14-1832, 1836: Isaac Wobby, Lemuel G. Jackson, William Daugh- erty, Sophia Prince, William T. Scott, Oliver H. Smith, Christo- pher Wilson.
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Sec. 16-Sold 1832: James Reed, William Antrim, Willis Hardwick. Sec. 10-1833, 1836: Washington Reed, John Antrim, Jefferson Reed, Samuel Mckinley, William Mckinley, Robert Antrim, Christo- pher Terrell, Christopher Wilson.
Sec. 11-1833, 1836: James Williamson, Samuel Mckinley, Benjamin Owen.
Sec. 19-1833, 1837: Amos D. Kennard, James T. Watson, William Van Matre, Peter Smelser, Oliver H. Smith, Fleming Reed, Adam Antrim, Timothy Stewart.
Sec. 28-1833. 1835:' Timothy Stewart, Thomas Hardwick, Theodore R. Lewi . Willis Hardwick, Joseph Stewart.
Sec. 5-1834. 1837: Thomas Palmer, Thomas Draper, James Cummings, Robert Antrim, James Justice, Israel H. Shepherd, James Wiley, Beltshazer Dragoo, Samuel Proud.
Sec. 17-1834, 1837: Peter Smelser, Beltshazer Dragoo, Stephen Brewer, Oliver Il. Smith, Benjamin F. Laing, William Antrim, James Clark, Zadoc Stewart, John Reed, Robert Watkins.
Sec. 18-1834, 1837: Peter Smelser, Edward Redington, Oliver H. Smith, Phylonzo Redington, Joseph Danner, James H. Jones, William Stewart.
Sec. 1-1834. 1836: Sarah Swisher, Thomas C. Anthony, John Hayhurst. Sec. 12 (R 8)-1835. 1836: Robert Griffis, James Gronendyke, Aaron Adamson, William Jones, Purnell F. Peters, Harlan Stone, Rob- ert S. Jones, Bethene Morris.
Sec. 13 (R 8)-1835, 1836: Robert Griffis, Thomas H. Sharpe, Thomas Fife, Abner Ratcliff.
Sec. 25 (R 8)-1835, 1836: Absalom Van Matre, Oliver H. Smith, John Walters, Daniel R. Moon.
Sec. 4-1835, 1836: Jolin Danner, William Reed, James Cummings, Sam- nel Danner, William Palmer, William N. Stewart.
Sec. 7-1835, 1837: Thomas Draper, William C. Parks, John Greer, John H. Moore, William Palmer, Joel Clem, Isaac Darter.
Sec. 2-1835, 1836: Martin Williamson, John Van Buskirk, Oliver H. Smith, John T. Drummond.
Sec. 3-1835, 1836: Andrew Danner, Oliver H. Smith, Stacia Haines, Jesse Coil.
Sec. 8-1836, 1837: Thomas Danner, Phineas B. Kennedy, Samuel Parker, William C. Parks, Stephen Reed, Samuel Proud, Wesley Oliver.
PERRY TOWNSHIP.
Sec. 31-Nov. 1822, Oct. 1830: Cornelius Van Arsdoll, George Ribble. Lewis Reese, Thomas Hackett, Garret Gibson.
Sec. 32-Dec. 1822, Sept. 1833: Wilder Potter, Daniel Ribble, Daniel Thompson, Aaron Cecil, John W. Cecil, George Ribble. Sec. 33-Dec. 1822, Mar. 1836: William Poff, Isaac Jackson, Martin Keesling, Wilder Potter, Jacob Marshall.
Sec. 1-Oct. 1822, Mar. 1837: William King, .John Fetters, Bowater Bates, John Connor, William Locke, Thomas Clevenger, William Baird, Norris Fleming, Joseph Whitaker.
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Sec. 4-Dec. 1822, -: James Bryson, Joseph Walling, David Hoover, William N. Rowe, John Will, Louisa Thayer, William J. Cecil.
Sec. 13-June 1822. Feb. 1837: Benjamin Carr, Edward Thornburg Sr., Isaac Thornburg, Joseph Mcclurkin, Isaac Beeson, Alexander Thornburg, John A. Locke.
Sec. 17-1823, 1836: Solomon Sanford, William Underhill, William Ben- nel, Harvey Bates, Jesse Jackson.
Sec. 5-()ct. 1826, Oct. 1834: Aaron Cecil, Benjamin Walker, George Ribble, William J. Cecil.
Sec. 8-1829, 1836: Aaron Richardson, Benjamin J. Blythe, Solomon Johnson, Calvin Cecil, James Cary, William Cecil, Almeron Spencer, William Drum, Ephraim Cary.
Sec. 9-1829, 1835: William Powers, William R. Roc, Eli Hoover, Will- iam Baltimore, William J. Cecil, Stephen Bunnel.
Sec. 21-Sept. 1829, 1836: Leonard Stump, James Lindley, Thomas Keener, Hosca Sisk, Joseph Cowgill, Hervey Bates, William Lind- ley, Rachel D. Ummit, Daniel Kessler, Charles Lindley.
Sec. 23-1829, 1836: Tarah Templin, John Lenington, Eli Fox, Robert Templeton, John Elliott, Michael Wolfe, Isaac Blount, Calvin Ball, Robert Worrell.
Sec. 6-1830, 1836: Samuel Cecil, Joseph Keesling, James Cecil, John Van Arsdoll, Daniel Keesling, Henry Mulkins.
Sec. 16-Sold Aug. 14, 1830: Samuel Harvey, John Armentrout, Israel Shoemaker, Leonard Stump, John Reese, Jesse Delaney, Stephen Bunnell, William H. Underhill.
Sec. 19-1830, 1836: Mahalon Branson, John Lewis, Samuel Poff, Peter Dragoo, Isaac Branson, Robert Franklin.
Sec. 3-1830, 1836: William M. Clark, Lyman Halstead, Peter Halstead, Joseph Walling, Samuel Halstead, David Hoover.
Sec. 12-1830, - Jolin Thornburg, Thomas Clevenger, Norris Flemming, Jacob Branson, Joseph Whitaker, Solomon H. May, Samuel Rooks, Evan Jay, John Helms, Henry Hill, Ephraim Emmons.
Sec. 10-1831, 1837: John Buck, Samuel Halstead, William Locke, Will- iam Ball, Joseph Fifer, Thomas Edwards, Martin Hoover, Henry Hart, Stephen Bunnell.
Sec. 2-1832, 1837: Robert R. Barr, Henry Way, Andrew McAlister, Will- iam Dilts, James Barr, John Brooks, Nelson Thayer.
Sec. 11-1832, 1836: Moses Hudson, Benjamin J. Blythe, George Hol- loway, Charles Miller, Hall Way, John Buck, Henry Way.
Sec. 24-1832, 1837: Hugh McCune, Lemuel Hamilton, James Lindley Jr., William C. Swan, Abraham Lennington, John Beckelshymer, Isaac Wrightsman, Samuel Bedwell.
Sec. 20-1833, 1837: John Armentrout, Isaac N. Delaney, William Hon- nell, David Fetrick, Elias Burkett, Henry Riggs, William Heaton, Abraham Slover, William P. Mathews.
Sec. 7-1834, 1836: James Cecil, David Robinson, John Kirkpatrick Sr., William Drum, Isaiah Gandy, Samuel Hutchings, Joseph R. Pratt, Keder Homan.
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Scc. 18-1834. 1836: Martin Galliher, Thomas C. Anthony, Jesse Jack- son. Isaac Branson, Elijah Harrold, Morgan Thornburg, Joseph Cheeseman, Jonathan Thornburg.
Scc. 14-1835, 1836: James Warren, David Stephens, James Livingston, Robert Hindman, William Locke, Michael Wolfe, Jackson Brewer, Isaialı Templin.
Sec. 15-1835, 1837 : Michael Wolfe, William C. Ball, Henry Way, James Hart, Jesse Pugh, Jonathan Warren, William Locke, Leonard Stump.
Sec. 22-1836: John Elliott, Ebenezer Elliott, Leonard Stump, William Locke.
LIBERTY TOWNSIIIP.
Sec. 21-Nov. 1822, 1835: James Jackson, David Stout, Parker Truitt, Andrew Collins, John Stout, James Truitt.
Sec. 28-Dec. 1822, 1837: William Blunt Sr., Wilder Potter, William Barnes, William Pallen, Samuel Cecil, James H. Cecil, Henry Bates, William I. Poff.
Sec. 29-Dec. 1822, 1832: Wilder Potter, William Stansbury, John Smith, Asaliel Thornburg, John Richey, Thomas Wilcoxon, Isaac De- Witt. John Smith, John W. Cecil.
Sec. 22-1823, 1836: David Branson, Morgan Thornburg, Thomas Cox, William Wire, James Jackson, John Richardson, Abraham Bush. Sec. 24-1823, 1837: George Blalock, John Connor, Michael Mayer, James Barr, Thomas Wallace, Joseph Lewis, Samuel Cray, Lewis Shroyer.
Sec. 30-1823, 1834: Alson Ashley, Henry Bolton, Samuel Simmons, Thomas Crawford, Jacob Payton, Samuel Hutchings, Samuel Cecil.
Sec. 23-1824, 1837: John G. Decas, Asa M. Thornburg, John and Sol- omon Stout, Levi Bawlsby, John Rush Deeds, Eleazer Coffeen, Christian Life, John Richardson, Loring A. Waldo, Landrine Rash, Thomas Rash.
Sec. 25-1825, 1836: John Fowler. Michael Pepper, John B. Bailes, John Connor, John Gardner, Henry Clyne, Isaac Cline, John Pen- nington.
Sec. 18 -- 1829, 1835: Elijah Casteel, Washington Downing, David Hamer, Joseph Mulkins, James Tilden, John Guthrie.
Sec. 27-1830, 1836: Peter Halstead, Loring A. Waldo, David Stout, Norse Main, William Williams Sr., George Turner Jr., Jonas Hammer, Francis Collins, Joseph Shields.
Sec. 8-1831, 1836: Eli Babb, John Robinson, John Barton, John Richey, Ranzel Barton, Thomas Sweetman, Peter Clark.
Sec. 19-1831, 1833: John Moore, Reuben Preston, William Payton, Jacob Payton Jr .. Joseph Dungan.
Sec. 20-1831, 1839: James Truitt, Reuben Preston, Thomas Whitney, Lewis Smith, Thomas Hamilton, Asahel Thornburg, William N. Smith, Parker Truitt, John Smith, David Rench.
Sec. 31-1832, 1836: Lewis Smith, Jefferson Cox, John Guthrie, Stewart Cecil, Monroe Goff, John Dragoo, John Moody, Jesse Holland.
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Sec. 16-Sold May 12, 1832: Jacob Earhart, William Barnes, Samuel G. Campbell, William Stansbury, William Poland, Frederick Goings, James F. Davis, A. R. East.
Sec. 1-1833, 1836: Benjamin E. Blythe; rest of sec. I and all sec. 2 reserved for school purposes in 1836.
Scc. 7-1833. 1836: Charles Points, Joseph Rash, Willis Hance, Henry Phillips, John Richey, Washington Heck.
Scc. 17-1833. 1837: Josephi Humphreys, William Payton Jr., Jacob Pay- ton, Frederick Goings, George Dickey, John Morgan, Lewis Kendall, Alexander Addis, John Norris.
Sec. 4-1834, 1837: John Morrison, James II. Neal, James Huffman, George Barton, Jonas Huffman, Samuel M. Kinsley, John Givan. Sec. 5-1834, 1836: William Bromfield, Joseph Howrey, George W. Miller, William Broadick. William L. Gough, Willis Ball.
Sec. 6-1834, 1836: Reuben Preston, John Kinsley, Washington Heck, Dr. Samuel P. Anthony.
Sec. 9-1834, 1838: William Barnes, Aaron Stout, John Neal, Gilbert Win- sett, Ranzel Barton, Charles Melone, William M. Clark.
Sec. 33-1835, 1836: John Sparr, Thomas Zarner, Joseph Newman, Thomas Bloom.
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