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ten months and seventeen days." Another early inter- ment here was that of Elizabeth Sutton in 1822. Thomas Simpson, Sr., and wife, Sarah, dying in 1848 and 1865, respectively, and other members of the family, and a number of others are here buried.
In July, 1814, not far from this place of burial, was chosen by Bros. Litteral and MeLaughlin (a com- mittee appointed for such) the site of the first meet- ing-house of the New Bethel Regular Baptist Church. They paid for one acre of ground here purchased of Thomas Simpson, Sr., $2, upon which was erected a log meeting-house 26x20 feet.
Elder Stephen Oldham, Rebecca Oldham, John Keny, Polly Keny, Thomas Simpson (deacon), Sarah Simpson, Rebecca Conner, Katharine Williams, Charles and Jane McLanghlin, James and Sarah Con- naway, John Keny, Sr., Jonathan Keny, Polly Keny, William and Anu Oldham, and Susan White, had, January 15, 1814, made application for a church soci- ety, and on the fourth Friday of February adopted Articles of Faith, and were on the following day con- stituted a Gospel Baptist Church by the name of New Bethel, by the Presbytery, Lazarus Whitehead, from Elkhorn Church, and James Smith.
Until his death, in 1834, Elder Oldham served this people from the beginning. Subsequent pastors have been Elders William Sparks, George Harlan, Daniel Conner, Thomas Lyons and others. Elders Reed and Parker are the present pastors.
In 1821 steps were taken to select another site for a church building, and in 1822 Elder Oldham gave to the society one acre of ground where the present building stands; and upon it was erected a second log meeting-house, under the superintendency of Matthias Dawson, Aaron and Jonathan Haugham. In 1860 the present neat frame structure was erected on the site of the second building, at a cost of over $1,500.
Alongside of this building is another neat frame structure, erected in 1853 by St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was organized about 1851, with the following membership: Jacob, Solomon Henry, Jacob, Sr., Daniel, Benjamin, Abraham John, Sr., John and William Scholl, Jacob and Charles Riebsomer, Isaac Brown, William Roth, Christian Isenhoser, Margaret, Nancy, Elizabeth, Sarah Eliza- beth, Jane and Elizabeth Scholl, Mary A. Tittering- ton, Hester Scholl, Mrs. William Rady, Rebecca and Sarah Rubsamer, Mrs. Brown, Anna M. Roth, Sa- trona Isenhoser, Elizabeth Heinbach, John and Sam- nel Smallwood, Daniel Gise, Thomas Huston, Robert Scarlet, Michael Brown, David Scholl, Sarah Hein- bach, Margaret Smallwood, Mary Huston, Amanda A. Smallwood, Mary and Eve Brown, Matilda Gise, and Hester Huston.
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The church building was dedicated October 16, 1853, by Rev. Riser, of Dayton, O. Regular services and Sabbath-school are held by this society through out the year. Present pastor is Rev. J. A. West. So- ciety is in good condition, with a membership of sev- enty-five. The Sabbath-school numbers 120 scholars.
In the rear of these buildings is a burying- ground, a portion of which comprised a part of the ground given by Elder Oldham when the church was built. The grounds are in possession of the Trustees of the two churches. Among the aged buried here are the following: Samuel Wilson, aged eighty years; Rachel, his wife, sixty-two years; Christian Brown, sixty-five years; Eve, his wife, sixty-six years; John Scholl, seventy-seven years; Sally, his wife, sixty- three years; Jacob Sholl, Sr., ninety-six years; Mary M., his wife, sixty-five years; Elder Stephen Oldham, fifty-nine years; Joseph Baldwin, seventy-six years; his wife, Sarah, seventy-two years; Nathan Roysdon, sixty-four years; William Roysdon, sixty-seven years; James Connaway, eighty-one years; Sarah, his wife, ninety-one years; Samuel Riggs, eighty-eight years; Elizabeth, his wife, seventy-nine years.
The Methodist Episcopal Churches at Alquina and Mt. Garrison are at least sixty years old, and most likely were the outgrowth of classes formed prior to 1820. In 1828 or 1829 both were appointments on Whitewater Circuit, and to which they belonged for some years thereafter. As early as 1829 or therea- bouts, "Veatch's meeting-house on Mt. Garrison " is referred to. The house as originally built was about half its present size, and was constructed of logs, and is now the northern part of the present structure weather-boarded, the south half being built of frame to the old log building a number of years later. The building is at present about 36x54 feet. Among the early members were some of the Veatches, the Woos- ters, Eyestones and Miliners. The father of James Wooster was a Methodist minister, and at the son's house services were often held.
The first house of worship for the Alquina congre- gation was a log structure about 24x34 feet, and stood on the hill probably 100 yards east of the pres- ent schoolhouse. It occupied such position in 1839, but when built we cannot state. This building was used until the present one constructed of frame was completed. The dedication of the latter took place August 8, 1858-sermon by Rev. John W. Locke, then Presiding Elder of the district. Among the early members were the Darters, the Jonsses and the Mills.
At Mt. Garrison is a very old graveyard, where within the shadow of the old church sleep many to whom she looked for support in by-gone years. The ground for burial purposes was deeded by James
Veatch, and that upon which the church stands was donated by John and Samuel Huff. The earliest grave marked by a tombstone, whose iuscription is legible, is that of Susannah, daughter of James and Mary Veatch, died July 9, 1819, aged one year and four days. Among the aged buried here are: Robert Wooster, died in December, 1830, aged ons hundred and one years; Mary, his wife, in 1832, sev. enty-five years; James Wooster, sixty-six years; Nancy, his wife, eighty-six years; Amos Miliner, a Revolutionary soldier, ninety-one years; Jesse Pigmau, eighty seven years; Adam Ely, seventy-three years; James Veatch, eighty-five years; Elisha Cran- del, seventy-nine years; Margaret, his wife, sixty- eight years; James Bolton, seventy-two years; Jane, his wife, seventy-nine years; Adam Pigman, eighty - six years; Mary, his wife, seventy nine years.
On Village Creek in Section 34 is located another burying-ground, where other pioneers rost, among them Hugh Bell, aged eighty-five years; William Lair, eighty six years; Samuel Bell, seventy-five years; Sarah, his wife, seventy-two years; Robert Shields, seventy-seven years; Margaret Shields, eighty-three years; Mary, wife of Philip Loudenback, eighty years. The oldest grave marked by a legible tombstone is that of John Lair, Sr., died October 7, 1821. The following epitaph is takeu from a tomb- stone in one of the family burying-grounds of the township:
"Not all the pains that e'er I bore Shall spoil my future peace, For death and hell can do no more Than what my Father please."
MILLS AND DISTILLERIES.
Among those who operated distilleries in the early period of the township's history were John Harlan, James Riggs, William Walker, Hige Hubbell and Michael Petro. Then quite extensive peach crops were raised and good peach brandy made. Copper stills at that period were found on nearly every spring or branch. The father of Job Stout distilled some later.
The first and only grist- mill of the township was erected on Simpson's Creek some time prior to 1826, by Henry Cashner, who also run in connection with it a saw-mill and distillery. It subsequently passed into the hands of Peter Fiant, and later was owned by Lewis Monger, and for quite a number of years did considerable business, but finally fell into disuse. The old frame is still standing.
HALF-CENTURY CITIZENS.
The following list contains the names of such cit- izens of the township as had in 1879 resided in the
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connty fifty years and upward: Joseph R. Darter, Abraham Sutton, Abraham Lyons and wife, Nathan Stanley, James R. Darter, Greenbury Hanson, Jarvey
Ball, Sarah J. Murphy, James Hulgan, John Newland, Elizabeth Veatch, Isaac Louderback, Margaret Elliott.
CHAPTER XXI.
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP.
BOUNDARIES AND ORGANIZATION-LAND ENTRIES-PIONEER SETTLEMENT AND BIOGRAPHY-MILLS AND DISTIL LERIES-SCHOOLS-CHURCHES AND GRAVE-YARDS-HAMLETS-HALF-CENTURY CITIZENS.
C YOLUMBIA is the central of the southern tier of townships of the county, and lies south of Connersville Township, west of the river, north of Franklin County, and east of the township of Orange. It was one of the original townships into which the county was divided in 1819, and at that time its boundaries were designated as follows: "Begin- ning at the southeast corner of Section 33 in Town- ship 13, Range 13; thence west along the line divid- ing the counties of Franklin and Fayette to the west- ern boundary of the county of Fayette; thence north along said county line five miles; thenco on a direct line east to the northwest corner of Section 8, in Township 13, Range 12; thence east along the line dividing Sections 8 and 9 in Township 13, Range 13; thence south on the line dividing said Sections 8 and 9, to the southwest corner of Section 16, Township and Range last aforesaid; thonce east to the line divid- ing the counties of Franklin and Fayette; thence south along the said line to the place of beginning."
The township then included, besides its present territory, all of Orange Township as it now is, except- the two northern tiers of sections, and all of Jackson as it now is, except the two eastern tiers of sections south of Jennings Township. This latter territory it lost on the formation of Jackson in 1820, and the former on the formation of Orange in 1822.
The surface of the country is rolling, portions of which are considerably broken, though along the river are fine bottoms of most excellent land. The streams are Fall Creek in the north, West Fork of Whitowater River in the east, and crossing the central and south- western portions are the north and south branches of Garrison's Creek. The land in general is less valu- able than in other subdivisions unless it be Orange. Population in 1880, 803.
LAND ENTRIES.
The land lies in Township 13 north, Range 12 east, and was sold by the government, as follows:
Northeast quarter of Section 27, 1811, to John
Grist. Northeast quarter of Section 28, 1811, to Moses Martin. Southwest quarter of Section 22, 1811, to Charles Scott and R. Russell. Northeast quarter of Section 33, 1811, to Edward Webb. North- east quarter of Section 34, 1811, to Elijah Limpus. Southeast quartor of Section 34, 1811, to M. Huston and H. J. Byram. Southwest quarter of Section 34, to Hugh Reed. Northeast quarter of Section 22, 1811, to Edward Webb. Southeast quarter of Sec- tion 22, 1811, to William Gerard. Northwest quar- ter of Section 14, 1811, to Nicholas Reagan. South- wost quarter of Section 14, 1811, to William Eagan. Northwest quarter of Section 23, 1811, to William Helm. Northeast quarter of Section 15, 1812, to Morgan Vardiman. Southwest quarter of Section 23, 1812, to Gabriel Ginn. Northeast quarter of Section 9, 1812, to Benjamin McCarty. Northwest quarter of Section 34, 1812, to John Richardson. Southeast quarter of Section 28, 1812, to Enoch Limpus. Southeast quarter of Section 29, 1813, to Jonathan Gillam. Southeast quarter of Section 27, 1813, to Allen Crisler. Section 10, 1813, to John Knox, James Hamilton, James Newhouse and Chris- topher Ladd, each a quarter. Northwest quarter of Section 11, 1813, to W. S. Hand. Southwest quarter of Section 11, 1813, to Benjamin Sailor. Southeast quarter of Section 20, 1813, to John Bridges. South- west quarter of Section 22, 1813, to Reuben Conner. Southeast quarter of Section 15, 1813, to William Helm. Northwest quarter of Section 15, 1814, to William Conner. Northeast quarter of Section 17, 1814, to James Buchanan. Southwest quarter of Section 17, 1814, to Robert Mitchell. Fractional Section 18, 1814, to Charles Hardy. Northeast, quar- ter of Section 20, 1814, to Elijah Stevens. North- west quarter of Section 20, 1814, to Wilson Waddams. Northwest quarter of Section 22, 1814, to John Conner. All except the southwest quarter of Section 8, 1814, to Benjamin McCarty, Samuel Logan and Samuel Newhouse each a quarter. Northwest quarterof Sec- tion 9, 1814, to R. Marshall, or Manhall. South half
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of Section 9, 1814, to Benjamin McCarty. Northwest quarter of Section 27, 1814, to William Conner. Southwest quarter of Section 21, 1814, to James Wiley. Northeast quarter of Section 30, 1815, to Robert Glidwell. Southwest quarter of Section 15, 1815, to Benjamin Sailor. Northwest quarter of Section 28, 1816, to Elijah Allen. Northeast quarter of Section 29, 1816, to Enoch Hills. Northwest quarter of Section 29, 1816, to Lewis Bishop. South- west quarter of Section 8, 1817, to Cale Smith. Northwest quarter of Section 17, 1817, to Gale Ham- ilton. Fraction of Section 7, 1817, to S. Todd and William C. Drew. Eighty acres of Section 33, 1818, to Enoch Limpus. Eighty acres of the same section 1819, to Horatio Mason. (The remaining quarter of same section, 1831, in eighty-acre tracts to James Con- well, Henry Vandalson, Hugh Reed and Isaac Thomas.) East half of the southwest quarter of Section 27, 1818, to Allen Crisler. West half of same qnar- ter, 1831, to William Wherrett. East half of the southwest quarter of Section 19, 1818, to Wilson Waddams. The rest of Section 19, from 1820 to 1835, mostly in forty and eighty -acre tracts, to Charles Hardy, Benjamin F. Utter, James Conwell, George Klum, John G. Gray, John Ronald, John Combs, Horatio N. Burgoyne and William Jacobs. South- west quarter of Section 20, 1832, to Elijah Stevens. The rest of Section 21, from 1829 to 1834, mostly in eighty-acre tracts, to Wilson Waddams, James Conwell and Isaac Limpus. The rest of Section 17, from 1832 to 1835, in forty and eighty-acre tracts, to H. N. Burgoyne, W. C. Plummer and James Conwell. The rest of Section 30, from 1832 to 1836, in small tracts to Charles Stevens, Benjamin Tharpe, Job Waltz and James Conwell. Forty acres, Section 32,1834,to James Wells, Jr. Eighty acres of the same Section, 1826, to F. A. Conwell. A portion of fractional Section 7, 1830, to Thomas Hibbs; 1832, to John G. Gray. The rest of Section 29, from 1831 to 1834, small tracts, to Cornelius and Rinerd Rinerson. Section 31, from 1826 to 1836, in small tracts, James Moore, Charles Melond, James Linville, Charles Morrow and S. Resum. Section 32, from 1831 to 1836, in small tracts, Rinerd Rinerson, Moses Harrell, John J. Shaw and F. A. Conwell.
PIONEER SETTLEMENT AND BIOGRAPHY.
Similar tracts of land in this township to those in most others were chosen by the first settlers, namely, those along the water courses. It will be noticed that all entries of land made in 1811 were along the river and on other streams.
The settlement of the township may be said to have been begun in the year 1811; however, it is quite probable that William Eagan, an Irishman,
though from Maryland here, settled earlier. His brother, John, it is reliably said, was living in a cab- in just over the river from the Nulltown bridge, in Jackson Township, in 1809. The writer has been unable to learn anything definite as to this settle- ment, bnt inasmuch as John and his father resided on the east side of the river, and almost on its very banks, and from the fact of William entering land among the first, upon which he lived and died, it is not unreasonable to suppose that he most likely came at the same time the other members of the family came.
The settlers who came in 1811, 1812 and 1813 settled along the streams named, and were with little, if any, exception, from the State of Kentucky. Those of whom any definite or satisfactory information could be obtained are William Helm, who on the 10th of March, 1811, with family emigrated from Mason County, Ky. He and his wife had been inmates of Bryant's Station during its memorable siege by the Indians, and the husband had been engaged for some time in the border wars. At the beginning of the war of 1812 he was commissioned Major, and placed in command of the troops guarding the frontier. Judge Helm was deeply imbued with the hospitality of his countrymen. He was a strong and good man, and for a number of years was one of the Associate Judges of the county. "His judgment was sound, and his in- tegrity above question." He was the father of Mere- dith Helm, of this county, Dr. Jefferson Helm, of Rush, and Robert D. Helm, of Wabash.
Edward Webb, John and perhaps Daniel Con- ner (the latter brothers) emigrated from Boone Coun- ty, Ky., and settled on the Big Bottom, where they resided a year or two or more, and while there visited the Whitewater country, and some time prior to the fall of 1813 selected and purchased land, built cab- ins, set out two orchards and in the spring of 1814 removed their families. Mr. Webb was a man of con- siderable ability and figured conspicuously in the early affairs of the county. On the organization of the county he was chosen one of the Associate Judges and was honored with that office for twenty-seven con- secutive years, at the expiration of which time he ten- dered his resignation for the reason that his hearing had become so affected that he could not hear the tes- timony.
In the fall of 1813-not long before Christmas- Allen Crisler and Joshua Crigler, from Boone County, Ky., settled in the same neighborhood, and occupied one or both cabins above referred to until their own homes were built.
Vincent Cooper emigrated from Kentucky, coming some time prior to the Crislers and Criglers.
Michael Hackleman (from Kentucky), Abraham
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Bays, Charles Scott, the Gillams, Jonathan and Dav- id, and James Newhouse (from Virginia) settled in the township prior to 1814; Isaac, Enoch, Levi, Eli- jah and Jonathan Limpus, brothers, natives of Vir- ginia, though they had settled in Kentucky early, going from thence to Butler County, Ohio, and to what is now Columbia Township in 1813.
Many of these early families were related and came from the same locality. The Webbs, Conners, Crig. lers, Crislers, Helms and Hacklemans were all con- nected in some way.
Philip and Horatio Mason with their wives settled on Garrison's Creek in 1817. They emigrated from Herkimer County, N. Y., in the spring of 1816, go- ing by sleigh to Olean Point on the Allegheny River, thence to Cincinnati by raft and to the vicinity of Laurel by wagon. Samuel Jenks, a brother-in-law to Philip Mason, was a resident of that vicinity and with him Philip stopped and shared their cabin home until in January, 1817, when he removed to a cabin upon land on Garrison's Creek, which he had previ- ously purchased. He assisted Mr. Jenks during the season of 1816 in raising a crop of corn. This sea- son was known throughout the United States as the cold season. Dr. Mason thus refers to it in his autobiography: "We finished planting our corn on the morning of the 7th day of June, our fingers suffering from the cold. Though we had frost early in Octo- ber, which injured our corn, yet we had what might be said to have been good crops, yielding at least fif- ty bushels of good corn to the acre."
Dr. Mason became prominent in the affairs of the county. Before Fayette County was formed he served as one of the Commissioners of Franklin County. He was active, useful and conspicuous from the very beginning in the pioneer settlements of the vicinity in which he resided and prominent in sub- sequent life. He was an early teacher, farmer, miller, merchant, physician, practicing at various points throughout the county. He was one of the early militia officers. In 1839 he was chosen the first Judge of the Probate Court of the county and served as such until 1834. He was elected to the State Leg- islature in 1835 with Caleb B. Smith. He served again in that body in 1838 and in 1840. Dr. Mason was a very prominent Free Mason. He served as Master of Warren Lodge of Connersville for a period of thirteen years, and as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State eight years.
The following sketch is taken from the " Reminis- cences" of Hon. Elijah Hackleman, published in the Rushville Republican in 1884:
"George Pogue emigrated from South Carolina in the year 1814, and settled at the 'Block-house' at William Wilson's, on the west fork of Whitewater,
six miles above the town of Brookville, Franklin County. At that time it was necessary for all immi- grants to settle near some military post, for protec- tion against Indian invasions. In the spring of 1816 he moved to Fayette County, about five miles south- west of Connersville, and in 1818 he moved to the town of Connersville, remaining there until 1820, when he fitted up a team, and with two or three of his sons started to locate a home on White River. Mr. Pogue was accompanied by John McCormack and family (a wife and two children), who had resided for many years in the vicinity of Connersville. Mr. McCormack went out with the double purpose, first of boarding Mr. Pogue's hands while engaged in build- ing a cabin and clearing a few acres of ground; and secondly, of locating a home for himself. The site chosen by Pogue for his cabin is about one mile east of the court house in the city of Indianapolis, and about eighty rods north of the National road. After- ward when the location of the city of Indianapolis was made, it was found that a few acres of Pogue's clearing was on the 'Donation,' that is, within the four sections donated for a capital for the State. His family, after the cabin was built, immediately moved from Connersville to their new home. The next year (1821) Mr. Pogue's neighbors were John Willson, Thomas Chinn, and Harris Tyner.
"Early in this year Mr. Pogue's horses strayed away toward the settlements on Whitewater, and soon afterward he took his dog and gun and started in pursuit. Visiting Connersville, and not finding them, he then came through the new settlements on Little Flat Rock, spending some days with his son, William Pogue, and then started on his return home, making Richard Tyner's, on BIne River, near Mor- ristown, the first night. Here he heard of an Indian camp on Sugar Creek, some eight or ten miles west, where horses answering to the description of his had been seen a few days before in possession of the Indi- ans. The next morning Mr. Pogue started for the Indian camp, and the last time he was ever seen was at the crossing of Blue River, near Mr. Tyner's. A few days after this his dog returned home. It was generally thought that the Indians murdered him; if so, it was probably the last murder committed by Indians in central Indiana. If I recollect correctly, a few years later one of his horses was found in pos- session of the Indians, in the Upper Wabash country.
"The widow of Mr. Pogue lived here for a number of years, raising a large family of children. A few years ago she was still living. at an advanced age, with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Fullen, near Crawfords- ville, having spent a life-time in anxiously awaiting some ray of light on the mysterious disappearance of her long lost husband. The land on which the cabin
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stood was bought by Gov. Noble, and the only time I ever visited the site was on the occasion when the "Great Commoner" from Kentucky, Henry Clay, made his first and only visit to the capital of our State, in October, 1842, and made his celebrated speech to 30,000 persons assembled in the beautiful grove near the residence of Gov. Noble. The senti- ments uttered by that great statesman became the key notes for the Presidential campaign of 1848. William Pogue and myself had come over from Rush- ville, by the way of Greenfield, and joined the escort of the State's distinguished guest at the latter place, and had done our share of ' kicking up a dust,' along the National road to the Capitol, the main caravan from Rushville of 250 wagons having taken the direct road to Indianapolis.
"But I must not digress, as these incidents may come up in a future number. What I wish to say is, that after the speech, William Pogue invited me to take a walk with him, a few rods north from the speaker's stand, and visit the site where he, twen- ty-two years before, had helped his father erect the first cabin in all that country, on the banks of a beau- tiful little creek that still bears the name of 'Pogue's Run,' its clear, limpid waters still sparkling and flashing in the sunlight, as in the days of yore, ever reminding the visitor of that sturdy old pioneer, George Pogue, who, in primitive times, marked out the first road through the dense forest, from the White- water Valley to the site of the State capital, but of whose resting-place, no man knows. After the erec- tion of Pogue's cabin, Mr. McCormack located and built up a home somewhere in the vicinity, probably on what was afterward the 'Donation;' but of the exact site neither history nor tradition affords any satisfactory information this late day. Mr. McCor- mack died a little over fifty years ago, and part of his large family found homes in Rush County. One lit- tle waif (Mary Ann) floated to my father's house, and afterward became the wife of James Hawkins, who for a number of years was an honored citizen of the Upper Wabash Valley, and whose oldest son marched at the head of a company with 'Sherman to the Sea.' Mrs. McCormack always claimed to be the first white woman that lived within the limits of the city of Indianapolis, and her claim was probably cor- rect. She died about the year 1878, having lived a number of years with a second husband, a Mr. King, near the Bluffs of White River. On the last visit of Mrs. King to her niece, Mrs. James S. Sailors, of Indianapolis, in 1875, an ovation was given her by some of the old citizens of the place, at which time a Journal reporter snatched from oblivion several inci- dents of olden times, as related by her."
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