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The first disloyality manifested was the declaration of joy at the fall of Sumter, but this sentiment seems to have become dormant during the early summer of 1861. In July and August it cropped out again. One man hoped there would be a big battle, and that many would be killed on both sides. Another thought Lincoln ought to be killed-that some one should cut his throat; and another said "every volunteer who goes to the South is a murderer." During the fall, a soldier who had enlisted in Capt. Cunning's company was persuaded to stay at home by a disloyal friend. It was during the fall elections that an effort was made to organ- ize a distinctive Union party from the antagonistic elements, but the attempt proved largely abortive. At a certain mass meeting in Green Township, one of the speakers said : " The volunteers in the present war are a set of thieves and robbers." In the summer of 1862, a lady in Martinsville said she wished every Union woman of the town could be compelled to sleep with a negro. Another, whose brother had just enlisted, declared she was "disgraced forever." In January, 1863, a detachment of volunteers from Indianapolis entered Green Township to arrest several deserters who were reported to have been concealed there. The men were found and arrested, but as they were being taken away the troops were fired upon by a large body of disloyal citizens, though no one was injured. When the report of this proceeding reached Indianapolis, Col. Carrington sent a strong detachment of troops to arrest the prominent leaders of the " guerrillas." Some six or eight were arrested, taken to Indianapolis, tried, convicted, and each sentenced to pay a fine of $500. Early in March, Lieut. Hayward and a squad of troops arrested five deserters in Martinsville. Several murders occurred in the county, supposed to have been caused by questions growing out of the war. In 1863, the Knights of the Golden Circle instituted several organizations in the county. Let- ters from men in the county to boys in the service, urging them to desert, were captured and published in the Gazette. Union Leagues were organ- ized to counteract the disloyal tendencies. A few houses and barns owned by prominent loyal men, were burned. Threatening letters were sent out. Butternut breast-pins were worn. At a church on Sand Creek, a lady wearing one was assaulted by another lady, who tore the disloyal emblem from her bosom and carried it off in triumph. A division in the
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church was the result. These are samples of what occurred in the county while the war lasted. Nothing very serious occurred except the murders. On the 8th of April, 1865, the Gazette said :
When the news of the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg reached here, not a Butternut smiled! Not a Butternut assisted in raising the flag! Not a Butter- nut participated in the jubilee at night! They all looked sad and gloomy, as if just invited to attend the funeral of their nearest and dearest friends. Comment is altogether unnecessary.
A few publicly rejoiced over the death of Lincoln, but they were pounded out of shape by indignant soldiers and others. Much of the disloyalty manifested was from the lowest and most ignorant class.
RETURN OF THE MORGAN COUNTY BOYS.
During the summer months of 1865, the soldiers returned from the war and were welcomed with throbbing hearts by loved ones and friends. They were usually received with formal ceremony by crowds of grateful people. The flag they had carried through so many bloody campaigns was returned to the citizens who had presented it to the brave boys before they went away so proud and valiant four years before. Fine swords or other elegant memorials were given to those who had done some specially distinguished service. Many a boy who had gone away so bright and brave, followed by a mother's love and blessing, was left in a patriot's grave far down in the Sunny South. Others came home with empty sleeves and frightful scars, or shattered minds and broken constitutions. The sacred dust of some was brought home and buried by loving friends. The county cemeteries contain all that is mortal of the heroes. The silent mounds of sod are lovingly decked with sweet blossoms, and the summer mantle of green velvet is patiently watched by faithful hearts. Sprigs of holly and evergreen, bright clusters of rich flowers and eloquent tributes in eulogy of the noble dead, are the offerings of a grateful people on Decoration Day. The loyal dead must not be forgotten.
CALLS OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR VOLUNTEERS.
April 15, 1861, 75,000 men for three months.
May 3, 1861, 82,748 men for three years.
July 22 and 25, 1861, 500,000 men for three years.
May and June, 1862, about 18,000 men for three months. July 2, 1862, 300,000 men for three years. August 4, 1862, 300.000 men for nine months. June 15, 1863, 100,000 men for six months.
October 17, 1863, 300,000 men for two years.
February 1, 1864, 200,000 men for two years. March 14, 1864, 200,000 men for three years.
April 23, 1864, 85,000 men for 100 days.
July 18, 1864, 500,000 men for one, two and three years.
December 19, 1864, 300,000 men for one, two and three years.
MORGAN COUNTY ROLL OF HONOR .*
Seventh Regiment, three months' service .- John McDaniel, died at Phillippi, Va., June, 1861.
* This record is imperfect, but is the best that can be given.
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Eleventh Regiment, three years' service .- James Olleman, killed at Champion Hills May, 1863.
Twelfth Regiment, three years' service .- Eli Bray, Jr., died at Grand Junction, Tenn., February, 1863 ; Asa G. Ballard, killed at Richmond, Ky., August, 1862; A. H. Ballard, died at Snyder's Bluff, Miss., June, 1863; Henry H. Bailiff, killed at Atlanta, Ga., August, 1864; Richard Berge, died of wounds September, 1862; Harmon B. Cox, killed at Richmond, Ky., August, 1862 ; William Curnutt, died near Atlanta, Ga., August, 1864; Thomas F. Carter, died of wounds at Chattanooga May, 1863 ; John Curnutt, died at Nashville, Tenn., July, 1864; Elisha Deering, died of wounds at Chattanooga December, 1863; Evan Day, died at Iuka, Miss., October, 1863; Wiley Estis, died at Holly Springs, Miss., January, 1863; William H. Ely, killed at Kenesaw, Ga., June, 1864 ; Harvey Evans, died in Libby Prison April, 1864; Jacob Gruson, died at Memphis April, 1863 ; William Hutchinson, killed at Richmond, Ky., August, 1862; David Hadley, died at Memphis June, 1863 ; James A. Hudson, died in Libby Prison November, 1863 ; James Johnson, died in Indiana October, 1862; Reuben Marshall, died at Snyder's Bluff, Miss., July, 1863 ; Gustavus McCrary, died at Scottsboro, Ala., March, 1864; James E. McNabb, died at Camp Sherman, Miss., September, 1863 ; Milton V. Pettitt, killed at Richmond, Ky., August, 1862; Peter Patram, died at Memphis October, 1863 ; Joseph Pointer, killed at Rich- mond, Ky., August, 1862 ; Hiram Patram, died at Camp Loomis, Tenn., April, 1863; Thomas Parker, died in Libby Prison December, 1863 ; Jefferson Rains, died at Chattanooga October, 1864; Robert Stafford, died at Camp Sherman, Miss., September, 1863; Daniel Thompson, died at Camp Loomis, Tenn., April, 1863; John Thompson, died at Grand Junction February, 1863 ; John C. Thornburg, died at Mooresville, Ind., October, 1862; Hiram Wood, died at Anderson Station, Tenn., Novem- ber, 1863 ; John D. Williams, killed at Richmond, Ky., August, 1862 ; William Weare, died at Grand Junction, Tenn., May, 1863.
Twenty-first Regiment .- First Lieut. Thomas Grimstead, died at New Orleans of wounds received at Baton Rouge; William Fishback, died at Baton Rouge June, 1862 ; William H. Ruth, died at Baton Rouge June, 1864; Enos Bailey, died at Mobile June, 1865 ; David Bailey, died at New Orleans March, 1865 ; John Bryant, died at Baton Rouge July, 1862 ; Zachariah Hall, died at New Orleans July, 1864; John R. Hast- ings, died at Baton Rouge August, 1862; Isaac Kiphart, died in August, 1862, of wounds received at Baton Rouge; George W. Fry, died of wounds received at Baton Rouge in 1862; A. H. Vanvalkenburgh, died at Ship Island April, 1862; William Pitcher, killed at Baton Rouge August, 1862; John W. Blackburn, died at New Orleans March, 1864; Daniel Colvin, died at New Orleans May, 1864; Caleb S. Collier, died at New Orleans December, 1864; James Gooch, died at Indianapolis October, 1864; F. M. Gooch, died at New Orleans March, 1864; James O. Gamble, died at New Orleans March, 1864 ; William C. Hobbs, died at New Orleans April, 1864 ; George R. Northern, died at New Orleans March, 1864; William A. Rooker, died at Baton Rouge May, 1864; Andrew Stines, died at New Orleans April, 1864.
Twenty-sixth Regiment .- John Boyd, died on steamer " J. J. Roe"
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August, 1863; Thomas A. Bunch, died at Springfield, Mo., September, 1862; William Cassady, died January, 1863, of wounds received at Prairie Grove ; Peter Coble, died December, 1862, of wounds received at Prairie Grove; Isaac Corder, killed in a skirmish near Glasgow, Mo., September, 1861; Hiram Hand, died at Camp Hunter, Mo., November, 1861; Philip Harrold, died at New Orleans July, 1864; William M. Harrold, died May, 1864, while prisoner at Shreveport, La .; William Mackey, died at Camp Hunter, Mo., November, 1861; David W. Pool, died at St. Louis, Mo., October, 1861; Sergt. Jeremiah W. Shepler, died at Tipton. Mo., January, 1862; Isaac W. Tacket, died at Otterville, Mo., February, 1862; Richmond Boaz, died at New Orleans September, 1863; Isaac Carder, died March, 1864 ; Jacob B. Duke, died at Carroll- ton, La., October, 1863 ; Elijah T. Harriman, killed at Prairie Grove December, 1862.
Twenty-seventh Regiment .- The list of dead in this regiment cannot be given.
Thirty-third Regiment .- Thomas M. Rhea, killed at Altoona May, 1864; Francis Dane, killed at Peach Tree Creek July, 1864; Daniel Page, died at Chattanooga August, 1864, of wounds received at Kene- saw ; Jesse T. Shipley, died of disease in Tennessee ; Alexander C. Boyd, died of disease in Kentucky; James M. Carpenter, died July, 1864, of wounds received at Peach Tree Creek ; Enos C. Hadley, died in Tennes- see ; Noah Hadley, died in Libby Prison, 1863; Talburt G. Hale, died in Kentucky ; Simon H. Lasley, died at Crab Orchard, Ky .: Henry H. Mathews, died near Crab Orchard; Alfred Mathews, died of wounds at Nashville; Henry H. Major, died at Crab Orchard ; David N. Marshall, died in Georgia; Martin V. McKinley, died in Kentucky ; James A. Medaris, died at Nashville August, 1864, of wounds; Isaac N. Park, died of wounds while a prisoner at Pulaski, Tenn .; John Turner, died in the service; George W. Whetstine, committed suicide while insane at Raleigh, N. C., April, 1865; Wiley B. Baker, missing in action in Ten- nessee ; Dillian Asher, died in the service ; John R. Burkhart, killed at Resaca May, 1864; Samuel P. Knight, killed in battle February, 1865; James H. Brewer, killed at Peach Tree Creek July, 1864; Caleb Fletcher, killed in battle February, 1865; Prettyman H. Long, killed in battle February, 1865.
Fifty-ninth Regiment .- Maryfield Walters, killed in action at Vicks- burg May, 1863 ; William T. Baldwin, died at Gosport, Ind., January, 1862; Warren Baldwin, died before muster; Peter Demott, died at Huntsville, Ala., April, 1864; James R. Mannon, died at Gosport Feb- ruary, 1862; William Ogles, died at Paducah, Ky., January, 1863; Levi Watson, died at Jacinto, Miss., August, 1862.
Seventieth Regiment .- Calvin Johnson, died at Gallatin, Tenn., March, 1863; Benjamin F. Ballard, died at Gallatin March, 1863; Samuel Ballentine, died at Nashville, Tenn., June, 1864; Henry W. Costin, died at Gallatin February, 1863; Jacob Farmer, died at Nash- ville of wounds June, 1864; David Fugate, died at Resaca of wounds May, 1864; Alonzo B. Greeson, died at Resaca of wounds May, 1864; Alfred Greeson, died at home July, 1864; Andrew Jordan, died at Gal- latin March, 1863; Daniel Lockwood, died at Jeffersonville, Ind., June,
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1864; Peter White, died at Bowling Green, Ky., January, 1863; Calvin Ward, died of wounds at Resaca May, 1864; John H. Poe, died at Chattanooga August, 1864, of accidental wounds; George W. Flake, died of wounds at Nashville June, 1864; William H. Gibbs, killed at Resaca May, 1864; William Olds, killed at Kenesaw June, 1864; Abra- ham G. Butterfield, died at Bowling Green November, 1862; William W. Weaver, killed at Resaca May, 1864; Henley Albertson, died at Bowling Green October, 1862; Milton Boyd, killed at Dallas, Ga., May, 1864; Marshall Dane, died at Scottsville, Ky., February, 1863; James E. De Coursey, died at Scottsville, Ky., December, 1862; Elias L. Ray, died May, 1864, of wounds received at Resaca; Charles W. Roberts, died at Gallatin May, 1863; Jacob Reedy, died at Washington, D. C., May, 1865; James Singleton, killed at Peach Tree Creek July, 1864; James W. Tout, died at Gallatin May, 1863; Hiram Voyles, died of wounds at Resaca May, 1874; Mason Warner, died August, 1864, of wounds received near Atlanta ; Joseph Whitson, died at Nashville, Feb- ruary, 1864 ; Isaac Benge, died at Lookout Valley May, 1864; James Hatley, died at Lookout Mountain August, 1864; Joshua Hammond, died at Atlanta October, 1864; Alexander Long, died at Chattanooga August, 1864.
Fifth Cavalry (Nineteenth Regiment) .- James F. Roberts, died in prison at Florence, S. C., February, 1865 ; David R. Badgley, supposed to have died in Andersonville Prison ; Dutton Loveall, died of wounds at Knoxville, Tenn., January, 1864; John Underwood, died at Covington, Ky., September, 1863.
One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment .- William B. Harryman, died at Camp Nelson, Ky., January, 1864; William H. H. Little, died at Knoxville, Tenn., November, 1863; Joseph H. McGinnis, died at Knoxville November, 1863 ; Stephen Ogden, died at Knoxville Novem- ber, 1863; Paris Pearce, died at Tazewell, Tenn., January, 1864; George W. Toutt, died at Knoxville November, 1863; Isaac Wilcox, died at Cumberland Gap October, 1863.
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment .- Isaac Kennedy, died at home in March, 1865; Francis J. Perry, died at home in March, 1865; David Griffin, died at Nashville in April , 1865 ; James S. Teague, died at Pulaski in January, 1865.
Second Battery Light Artillery .- William H. Gurley, killed by guerrillas in May, 1864.
Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Colored Troops .- Andrew Evans, died at Alexandria, Va. ,in October, 1864; Edward Findley, died of wounds in the field in Virginia in September, 1864; James Goss, died at Alexandria, Va., in January, 1865 ; Zachariah T. Langford, died at Alexandria, Va., in October, 1864 ; Dempsey Porter, died at Indianap- olis in March, 1864; Thomas Riley, died of wounds in the field in Vir- ginia in August, 1864 ; George W. Richey, died at Indianapolis in Feb- ruary, 1864.
Fifteenth Regiment .- Robert B. Gilbert, killed in the charge on Mis- sion Ridge.
Twenty-ninth Regiment .- James B. Russell, died of disease in Febru- ary, 1865.
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MORGAN COUNTY'S PENSIONERS.
The following is a complete list of the pensioners of Morgan County, prepared by order of the United States Senate on the 1st day of January, 1883 :
Allen, Thomas J., rheumatism $ 6 00
Black, William, rheumatism.
8 00
Kitchen, David, eyes ..
4 00
Woods, Andrew J., hand.
Pointer, Benjamin, hands. 4 00
18 00
Welty, Walter W., finger.
3 00
Greeson, William C. H., leg.
6 00
Roe, Milton, diarrhoea.
4 00
Beem, Phebe, widow.
8 00
Ware, Mary J., widow.
8 00
Lang, Polly, widow. 8 00
Laughlin, Thomas J., minor of. 12 00
8 00
Campbell, Lewis E., diarrhea.
8 00
Baber, Levi, rheumatism
8 00
Taylor, John H., hip ... 5 00
Struder, Brantley, paralysis.
18 00
Allen, Samuel, minor of ...
10 00
Miller, William P. T., varicose veins.
Mills, Thomas, side .. 12 00
4 00
Kennedy, James C., varicose veins. .
8 00
Knoy, Ephraim R., diarrhea.
6 00
McGinnis, John C., diarrhea.
8 00
Shumaker, Jesse, heart disease
8 00
White, James J., diarrhoea.
4 00
Phea, John L., diseased liver.
4 00
Patrick, Noah A., diseased eyes.
4 00
Watson, John, diarrhea.
6 00
Donaldson, Elizabeth K., widow, 1812.
8 00
Tincher, John D., diarrhea.
4 00
McQuistion, Hugh, leg.
10 00
McNaught, Robert W., injured eyes.
8 00
Seaton, George W., legs ..
6 00
Fletcher, Vardeman, finger.
3 00
Brown, Andrew C., arm.
18 00
Kivett, Daniel, insane. 50 00
Lee, John C., ankle. 4 00
Hawthorne, James, paralysis. 50 00
Young, Hannibal, bronchitis.
2 00
Elmore, Mary F., widow ..
8 00
Williams, Levi, minor of.
7 33
Sturgeon, Ellen, widow. 8 00
Holmes, Mary J., widow.
8 00
Pearce, Elijah J., arm.
4 00
Johnson, Thomas W., hand.
1 00
Creed, John M., heart ..
18 00
Miller, Henry R., diarrhoea.
6 00
Vooheis, Simon L., leg. 4 00
Rouey, Peter, minor of .. 10 00
Collier, James, disease of abdomen
6 00
Collier, Jeremiah, diseased ear. . 6 00
Bright, William H., foot. 6 00
Burns, John, disease of heart. 4 00
6 00
Blana, Jesse, injury to back.
8 00
Johnson, Jarvis J., disease of abdomen.
25 00
Farr, Uriah H., rheumatism.
6 00
Fisher, Nathaniel, bronchitis. 6 00
Holton, Rebecca, mother 8 00
Spain, Maria E., widow .. 8 00
Dooley, Moses, varicose vein.
10 00
Burton, Joseph, diarrhea ..
Campbell, William A., diarrhea.
Laposey, Joseph, diarrhœa. 8 00
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Evans, Thomas D., neck. $4 00
McGowen. James N., arm. 6 00
McNair, Francis M., diarrhoea. 8 00
Goble, Lewis, abdomen. 4 00
Mass, William A., diarrhoea. 4 00
Miller, John, elbow.
6 00
Dilley, William A., leg.
4 00
Crider, Lewis, abdomen.
4 00
Burton, James E., thigh.
15 00
Rodgers, Anderson N., hip.
2 00
Carroll, Francis M., heart disease.
8 00
Crone, Henry, thigh ..
4 00
Warner, George W., abdomen.
8 00
Sturgeon, Thomas R .. lungs.
2 00
Singleton, Thomas, diarrhea.
8 00
Shields, Abel P., rheumatism. .
4 00
Ribison, William, rheumatism.
12 00
Kimble, Elijah, eyes.
8 00
Maher, William, hand.
8 00
Faulker, Squire, abdomen.
6 00
Fulcher, Erasmus D., lungs
4 00
Harvey, Mary, widow.
12 00
Bonner, Ann, widow
10 00
Haywood, Louisa, widow.
8 00
Simons, Malinda, widow.
8 00
8 00
Griffin, David C., survivor 1812.
10 00
Bowlin, Elizabeth A., widow
8 00
Ryan, Elizabeth A., widow.
8 00
Rigg, Sarah, widow.
8 00
Roberts, Rachel, widow.
8 00
Naughton, Margaret, widow.
8 00
Garrison, William T., minor of.
14 00
Basker, Delilah, mother.
8 00
Groves, Jane, mother 8 00
12 00
Persinger, Barbary, widow, 1812.
8 00
McConn, Mourning, widow, 1812.
8 00
King. Eliza. widow, 1812.
8 00
Hensley, John, diarrhea. 2 00
Lafaver, Samuel, lungs. 2 00
4 00
Townsend, Thomas J., leg.
2 00
Kennedy, Thomas A., head.
8 00
Kennedy, Daniel P., pharyngitis.
8 00
Hocker, Malclon, lungs ..
8 00
Hatleg, Leroy T .. shoulder.
6 00
Johnson, William C. W., leg.
18 00
Payton, Harrison, foot.
6 00
Payne, James M., abdomen.
6 00
Ruder, Wesley, both eyes. 72 00
Northern, Lewis G., side. 4 00
Troxel, Jacob, rheumatism.
18 00
Toner, James E., thigh.
12 00
O'Neal, Willis, diarrhoea.
50 00
Olds, Henry H., varicose veins.
14 00
Hammans, John T., face .. 18 00
Ferrin, Isaac, disease of abdomen 12 00
Harper, John. heel. 6 00
Graves, Charles M., heart.
8 00
Harrigan, William, cheek. 4 00
8 00
Baker, Levi, arm ...
8 00
Burpo, Jesse B., enlargement of heart.
8 00
Farr, James B., neck.
18 00
Harryman, Emily, widow.
Taylor, Martha, widow.
8 00
Jones, Elizabeth M., widow.
8 00
Rouey, Ellen, widow
Kunkle, William, kidneys
Hardwick, John. disease of abdomen.
Hammond, William, arm. 8 00
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Jordon, James H., hip. $8 00
McKinley, George W., thigh. 4 00
Harper, Isaac N., thigh .. 8 00
Mosier, James R., hip. 12 00
Walker, George M., leg. 4 00
Stiles, Jesse L. R., diarrhoea.
12 00
Smith, Elijah, liver.
Tacket, Thomas, injury to back.
6 00
Thompson, Jesse, neuralgia.
8 00
Bailey, David, ophthalmia ..
18 00
Bennett, William M., part deafness.
12 00
Anderson, William H. H., shoulder.
14 00
Brick, James A., sunstroke ..
24 00
McCracker, William, abdomen.
11 25
Lindley, Jeptha, diarrhoea.
8 00
Lewallen, Alonzo, lungs
4 00
Hayden, John W., left hand.
12 00
Wilhite, William W., shoulder.
4 00
Statzell, Isaac, leg. .
4 00
Jester, Rebecca, widow
8 00
Brown, Lucy M., widow.
8 00
Ruth, Jemima, mother.
8 00
Jordan, Jane R., mother.
8 00
Thomas, Lydia J., widow
12 00
Greeson, Tibby, mother.
8 00
Bly, William G., disease of heart.
8 00
Franc, James N., neck.
5 00
Hornaday, Thomas R., neuralgia.
8 00
Mitchell, Bloomfield, abdomen.
4 00
Hinson, John W., loss of leg.
18 00
Richardson, Robert M., thigh.
4 00
Hensley, Benjamin F., rheumatism.
4 00
Farmer, Peter C., arm. ..
18 00
Hinson, James A., impure vaccine.
8 00
Vansant, Joel D., leg ..
6 00
Rhodes, Mary A., mother.
8 00
Bates, William H., minor of.
10 00
Greeson, Rebecca, widow ..
8 00
Wood, Nancy, widow.
8 00
Ferguson, Mary C., widow
8 00
Painter, Lutitia, widow.
8 00
Thornberry, Francis, survivor 1812.
8 00
Hatfield, Allen A., diseased eyes.
18 00
Jacobs, James, thigh.
24 00
Runde, Francis F., thigh. 2 00
Monroe, Calvin, diarrhea .. 10 00
18 00
Steel, James W., thigh.
2 00
Rushton, William, diarrhoea.
4 00
Power, Jacob B., diarrhoea. .
4 00
Varble, Philip, rheumatism.
8 00
Knight, Deucy M., jaw.
14 00
Kelso, James P., hand.
5 33
Whitstine, Catherine, widow 8 00
8 00
Basker, Elizabeth, widow. 8 00
Neidigh, Adella, widow. 8 00
Morris, Eleanor, widow. 8 00
8 00
Glidden, Margaret, widow.
8 00
Long, Nancy, widow. 8 00
Barnes, Elizabeth, widow, 1812. 8 00
4 00
Mitchell, George W., lumbago.
14 00
Sellars, Peter, disease of heart.
8 00
Fester, William H., side. 4 00
12 75
Prosser, George, thigh. ..
Deaver, James, diseased lungs.
Lake, Sarah, widow .. 10 00
Melton, Martha, widow.
Prosser, Elizabeth, widow
4 00
Wise. Jacob R., disease of abdomen.
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Coleman, Elizabeth, widow
$8 00
Lake, Elizabeth, widow.
8 00
Baker, Andrew J., leg. 4 00
Brown, George M., diarrhoea 6 00
Hodges, Thomas T., eyes.
4 00
Knight, James H., disease of abdomen.
8 00
Taudy, John A., diarrhea.
2 00
Bastian, Jonathan H., hand.
4 00
Barton, William H., lung ..
18 00
Robinson, Joseph C., diarrhea
12 00
Breeden, John N., ankle.
8 00
Warthen, Rhoda, widow, 1812.
8 00
Hone, Benjamin F., abdomen.
6 00
Keplinger, John E., catarrh.
6 00
Kidwell, Jasper N., thigh.
3 00
Taylor, Henry B., leg.
8 00
Taylor, John, survivor 1812.
8 00
Medsker, John, chest. .
14 00
Briant, George R., loss left arm.
24 00
Singleton, Rachel, widow.
8 00
Pearce, Austice, widow
8 00
McDaniel, Mary, widow.
8 00
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE.
THE FIRST SETTLEMENT.
W "ASHINGTON TOWNSHIP is the largest civil division of the county, being composed, as nearly as can be estimated, of sixty square miles of valley and upland. There are several very beautiful views, one being from the bluffs near the county seat down the river val- ley until sky and timber meet at Gosport, fifteen miles away. The up- land is not good for agriculture, but there is no richer or more productive soil in the State than in the river valley and along the smaller streams.
The first settlement in the township was made by the Cutlers, who located their land in the fall of 1819, and in the early spring of 1820 brought their families out for permanent residence. It is uncertain who came next, but within a few months several other families arrived, among them being those of Joel Ferguson, John Gray, Samuel Scott, John Case, Joshua Taylor, Joseph Townsend, George Matthews, Benjamin Freeland, Benjamin Hoffman, Joshua Gray, Thomas Jenkins, John Sims, Chester Holbrook, Alexander Rowand, Norman Reed, Issac Hol- landsworth, Pressley Buckner, Samuel Elliott, Jonathan Williams, James Reynolds, James and Charles Clark, and a little later George and Morris Baker, Christopher Parker, Simon Bishop, Philip Burns, Moses Voyles, Philip Bass, William Seals, James Burk, William Townsend and many others whose names cannot be learned. After the county seat had been located in 1822, the settlement in the vicinity was rapid. The southern part of the township did not settle up until in the thirties, at which time almost all the land there was entered, a portion of it by capitalists at Martinsville or elsewhere. Almost the whole township was covered with a heavy growth of the choicest native forestry, through which many wild
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animals roamed. It is stated by William Taylor that a man named Perry Jones, who lived a short distance north of the county seat, in one day killed five bears, two of them being cubs. The last one was wounded, and attacked the hunter, who killed it with his gun barrel. This occurred just south of town. It is told of Pressley Buckner that he saw several animals lying in the leaves in the woods one day, and at first thought they were wolves. He fired and killed one, whereupon the others ran. The hunter was astonished to find that his wolf was a big panther. This also occurred near Martinsville.
MARTINSVILLE.
The town of Martinsville had its origin in the act of the State Legis- lature, which brought the county of Morgan into existence. This act was approved by the Governor on the 31st of December, 1821, and provided that James Borland, of Monroe County ; Thomas Beazley, of Lawrence County ; Phillip Hart, of Owen County ; John Milroy, of Washington County, and John Martin, of Washington County, should meet at the house of John Gray on the 1st day of March, 1822, to locate and permanently "set the stake" of the new county seat. It is not certain that all the Commissioners appointed convened as provided in the act, though, if not, a majority met on the day specified at Mr. Gray's residence. There were two or more rival locations in the county for the county seat, one being at Martinsville, another near Centerton, and another. it is stated, at Waverly. The latter's pretensions were easily evaded, owing to its location in the extreme eastern portion of the county. Centerton had every advantage of loca- tion ; but sufficient influence could not be brought to bear upon the locating Commissioners, owing to the fact that there was scarcely a settler in that vicinity. On the contrary, while Martinsville was south of the center of the county, there were four or five intelligent and prominent men living in that vicinity who offered valuable donations of land, and perhaps other property, to secure the prize. Accordingly, after viewing the various rival locations and other portions of the central part of the county, and after weighing all the tendered donations, the locating Com- missioners permanently fixed the seat of justice at Martinsville.
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