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A Friends' meeting was also formed at Newport, about 1830, which is still continued.
A meeting was also formed in 1821, at Dover, in the south- west corner of the township. It was composed of the fam-
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ilies of Thomas, Joseph, and Samuel Bond, Walter Roberts, Nathan Hawkins, and others, in all about twelve families.
Still another meeting was organized, about 3 miles north of Dover, on the township west line, date of organization not ascertained. All the meetings mentioned are still main- tained.
At an early period of the antislavery excitement, the peace of the old society was disturbed, by the propagation of the sentiments of the radical or "ultra " abolitionists. The dissension resulted in a separation in 1843. The parties, however, have long been reunited.
The Methodist Episcopal Church is said to have been formed in 1815, by Elder Wm. Holman. He was probably not a min- ister in charge, as the conference that year assigned Wm. Hunt to Whitewater circuit. Names of members of the class at and soon after its formation, given by one of their number, are James Dwiggins, leader, and Mary, his wife, Joseph W. Dwig- gins, John Peelle and Pennina, his wife, Ephraim Bowen and Hannah, his wife, Nancy Bowen, Malachi Moon and Mary, his wife, Samuel Henderson, and Lydia, his wife, Joseph IIender- son and wife, James Loven and Sally, his wife. They held meetings many years in a hewed log-house built on the land of James Dwiggins, a mile north-east of Newport. They after- ward sold their house to the African Methodists, and built their present house in town. Among their preachers are said to have been John P. Durbin, - Lawrence, Elijah Whit- ten, and Amos Sparks; but neither do their names appear among those appointed to Whitewater circuit.
The Wesleyan Methodists organized in 1842 or 1843. The society was formed chiefly or wholly composed of the more radical antislavery members of the Methodist Episcopal church, at the time of the abolition excitement. Among their number were Harvey Davis and Eunice, his wife, Joseph and Hannah Curtis, Josiah Bell and wife, Eli and Molly Morgan, Jediah and Maria Price, Elam Unthank, Griffin Davis, Michael and Henrietta Keever, Wm. R. Williams. Their first circuit preacher was Mifflin Harker, who has been succeeded by Daniel Worth, Alex. Haywood, Emsley Brookshire, Aaron Worth, Alfred Hiatt, George Rogers, Enoch Morris, Lewis
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Beckford, J. W. Johnson, Elijah Cote, John L. Falls, E. Cote, present minister.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church has existed some thirty years, more or less. They bought of the Methodists their hewed log-house, and moved it, in pieces, about half way to Newport.
A Baptist Church was formed in the north-east part of the township. The date of its organization and the names of its early members have not been ascertained. It has ceased to exist.
The first marriage in the township was that of Joseph Rat- cliff and Sarah Shugart, daughter of George Shugart, Jan. 4, 1816.
Joseph Curtis, Joseph Morrow, and Thomas Stanton have been representatives in the state legislature.
About the year 1830, the Temperance reform commenced in this township. Liquor had been to some extent introduced here. Its effects having become serious, the friends of temper- ance joined in efforts to arrest the progress of the evil. A society was formed ; the pledge was circulated, and a number of inebriates were reclaimed. Among the early and active friends of the cause were Dr. Henry H. Way, Eleazar Hiatt, Thomas Frazier, Benj. Thomas, Levi Coffin, Daniel Puckett, George Shugart, Sen., John Shugart, Wm. Hough, Luke Thomas, Josiah Unthank, and others. After years of persist- ent effort the evil was removed. For nearly forty years there has been no retailer of liquors in the town. This is believed by some to have been the first temperance society in Wayne county.
An antislavery paper, called the Protectionist, was started at Newport about the year 1840, edited by Arnold Buffum, of New England. Another paper, called Free Labor Advocate and Antislavery Chronicle, was afterward established by Dr. Way and Benj. Stanton. Both were continued for some time, when Buffum discontinued his, and the other was kept up several years. Also, a free labor store was established in New- port, in which the products of slave labor were not kept for sale.
John Turner, James Morrisson, and Benj. Harris settled
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early 3 or 4 miles south-east of Newport. Morrisson removed to Green township, where, while in company with a man named Henry Way, both were killed by lightning.
A citizen of Newport related to the writer the following : Jesse Gray and Joshua Addington attempted to take the life of an Indian traveling peacefully along the road. Both aimed at him with their guns; but in the act of shooting, Adding- ton's gun missed fire. The other took effect, and the Indian was supposed to be mortally wounded. He was taken by George Shugart to his own house, and the next day by Shugart and his son to an Indian camp on Green's Fork. The Indian recovered. The Indians were pacified by the gift of a horse, saddle, and bridle. Another version of the affair differs from this in a few minor particulars.
At the time of the Indian alarms during the war of 1812, the inhabitants of the township, like those of other settle- ments, fled for safety to the vicinity of Richmond and other places. Only George Shugart and Obadiah Harris, Sen., it is said, remained in the settlement, and were unmolested.
The Town of Newport was laid off September 5, 1818, by Solomon Thomas and Redden Chance. An addition was made by Harvey Davis, in 1830; one by Wm. Hough, in 1832; and another by Robert Green, in 1844. The town was incorporated in September, 1844.
New Garden Lodge, No. 337, I. O. O. F., was organized Dec. 1, 1869. The Charter members were Joseph H. Conner, Abra- ham Brower, Henry HI. Bogue, Levi C. Huff, Edward W. Bailey. First officers-Joseph II. Conner, N. G .; Henry H. Bogue, V. G. ; Levi C. Huff, R. S .; Edward W. Bailey, P. S .; Charles H. Keys, Treasurer.
New Garden Lodge, No. 439, F. A. M., was organized in 1869, under dispensation, and chartered May 23, 1871. Of- ficers-J. C. Grave, Master; Riley Shugart, Senior Warden; Lewis Jeffrey, Junior Warden; Isaac Lovin, Sen. Deacon ; Aaron Lamb, Jun. Deacon; James Jennings, Sec .; Thomas M. Bennett, Treas .; Robert M. Clark, Tyler.
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Biographical and Genealogical.
JONATHAN HOUGH Was born in North Carolina, April 6, 1784, and was married, in 1804, to Gulichma Hutchins, who was born in Virginia, Oct. 18, 1793. He removed to this county with his wife and four children, and settled near where New- port now stands, in November, 1811. On the land he bought, his sons Hiram and Moses, and Thomas Pierson now reside, on the south side of the town. He died Sept. 27, 1867 ; his wife, May 2, 1859. This whole family, it is believed, have had a life-long connection with the society of Friends. There were ten children : 1. William. [Sk.] 2. Thomas, was mar- ried, and died at the age of 28. 3. Israel was married to Lydia Woodward, and died in 1850, aged 42. 4. Hiram mar- ried, first, to Anna Hubbard, and after her death, to Sarah T. Jones, widow of Samuel Jones, of Waynesville, Ohio. 5. Mary, unmarried, died in 1836, aged 23. 6. Lydia, mar- ried to Levi Jessup, in 1838, and died the same year, aged 23. 7. Zeri, married to Miriam Hubbard. 8. Moses, to P. Wood- ward. 9. Susannah, to S. Teas in 1852, and died in 1855. 10. Gulielma, married to John Benson. All the surviving children, William, Hiram, Zeri, Moses, and Gulielma, reside at or near Newport, and the other five died at or in the vicin- ity of the same place.
WILLIAM HOUGH was born in Surry Co., N. C., August 12, 1805, and removed with his father, Jonathan Hough, to where Newport now is, in 1811. He was married in 1826 to Katy Huff. He worked for many years at wagon-making, blacksmithing, and other business. During the last 20 years or more, he has been on his farm adjacent to the town. He is a member of the society of Friends ; and was an early friend and supporter of the temperance and antislavery causes. He had six children. Daniel, who married Theophana Hopkins. Lydia, who married Elias Baldwin, of New Garden. Jane, who married Levi C. Harris, of Cincinnati, where she died. Emily, who was married, and is deceased. Mary, who married Joseph Goddard. Elizabeth, who married Ashley Johnson, and re- sides in Monrovia, Ind. The wife of Wm. Hough died in 1863, and in 1869, he married a second wife.
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JOHN PEELLE was born in Wayne Co., N. C., March 27, 1791. He married, March 6, 1815, Pennina Pate, who was born August 25, 1795. In 1815, he settled in Randolph county ; and in 1817 in New Garden, near where Newport now is. In 1855, he removed to Centerville where he now resides. Both himself and wife, formerly Friends, joined the Methodist Episcopal church ; and in after years returned to the society of their early choice. They had twelve children, all of whom attained the age of majority : William T., who married Sallie C. Jeffrey, and died in Randolph Co .; Celia, who married Jonathan Clevinger, and also died in Randolph Co .; Hiram, who married Ann Maria Jeffrey, and resides in St. Anthony, Minu .; James, who married Mary Clements, and resides in Stark Co .; Harriet, who married Josiah Bogue, and lives in New Garden ; John, who married Lydia Price, and lives in Centerville ; Pasco, who died unmarried; Jane, who married Jesse Morris, and died in Stark Co .; Rebecca, who married Joseph A. Bowen, now a merchant at Whitewater; Calvin, who married Nora Keiffer, and resides in Cincinnati ; Sallie C., who married Reuben Newbern, and died at Centerville; Mary Ellen, who married John Pierce, a Methodist preacher.
GEORGE SHUGART was born in North Carolina, where he was married to Mary Davis ; and in 1811, came to this county. and settled on the quarter section on which the town of Newport now stands. As were most of the carly settlers in this town- ship, he was a member of the society of Friends. He lived many years where he first settled, and removed to Grant Co., where he died. IIe had nine children : 1. John, who married Sarah Ratliff. 2. Sarah, who married, first, Joseph Ratliff; second, David, son of Obadiah Harris, 2d. 3. Mary, who married Thomas Harris. John, Sarah, and Mary died in Grant Co. 4. Tamar, who married Simeon Cox, and died in Randolph Co. 5. George, who resides near Newport. [Sk.] 6. Zachariah, who married Susanna, daughter of Obadiah Harris, 2d, and lives in Tama Co., Iowa. 7. Isaiah, who mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Hough ; both died near New- port. 8. Catharine, who married, first, Daniel, son of Jesse Hough ; second, Daniel Charles, in Green. 9. Gulielma, who married Nathan Coggeshall, and removed to Grant Co.
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GEORGE SHUGART, son of George Shugart, the subject of the foregoing sketch, was born in July, 1804, and came, when a boy, with his father to this township. He was married to Ruth, daughter of Jonathan Marine, and resides about three- fourths of a mile north-east of Newport. He has ever been an esteemed member of the society of Friends. He has had eleven children, namely : Luzena, who died in her 7th year, Riley, Irena, Jonathan, Jane, Angelina, Charles, Thomas C., William, Hannah, Ruth Ann.
THOMAS FAMILY .- Probably no other head of a family, with perhaps a single exception, ever came to this county whose descendants outnumber those of John Thomas. It appears from the following genealogical sketch, that this family has contributed largely to the population of another county of this state; and, we doubt not, to the better class of its citi- zens.
JOHN THOMAS, of South Carolina, came to this county in 1812 or 1813, not so much, probably, with a view to becoming a settler as to see the country and visit his children, who had settled in New Garden. He stopped at Richmond, where he was taken sick, and in a few months died. Of his nine chil- dren, all but one came to this county. They were Isaac, John, Elijah, Mary, Stephen, Francis, Christiana, Benjamin, and Sarah. All were married, as follows: 1. Isaac married Rachel Knight. Their children were Solomon, now residing in Grant co .; Betty, wife of Wm. Way, died in Wisconsin ; Molly, wife of Eli Moorman, died in the township; Achsah, wife of Henry Hill, died in Randoplph co .; Rachel, who married Elijah Cox, and died in Randolph co. ; John, who lives in Grant co .; Anna, who married, first, Asa Jessup, second, Samuel Pitts, and lives in Green. 2. John married Lydia Sneed, and had nine children, all married : Polly, who was married to Eli Overman, and lives in Grant co .; Jesse to Hannah Cox, both dead ; Anna to Aaron Morris, and died in Grant co .; Hannah, to Richard Jones, now in Wabash co .; Lydia, to John Pierson, in Wabash co .; Henley, to Polly HIunt, removed west ; Huldah, to Levi Pierson; both died in Grant co .; Noah, to Betsey Overman, now in Miami co .; William, twin brother of Noah, to -- Addington, and after
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her death, to Mrs. Jesse Harvey, sister of Noali's wife. 3. Mary, daughter of John Thomas, Sen., married Moses Men- denhall, in N. C., and never removed to this state. They had six children, all of whom but one came to this county : Mary, who died in Carolina, unmarried ; Francis, who was married to -- Albertson, of Franklin, both dead; Alice, to Alex- ander Beauchamp, in Carolina, where he died; and here, to Nathan Jessup, and died in IIenry co .; Rebecca, to Matthew Beauchamp; both died in Grant co .; Dinah, to -- Spray, and removed to Ohio; both dead ; Moses, to Margery Buck- ingham, and died in Randolph co. 4. Elijah married Susanna Sneed, and died in Cass co., Mich. ; she in Grant co. They had thirteen children, as follows: Daniel, who married Rachel Way, and removed to Grant co., where she died; and he married and lost, in Randolph co., a second wife, and lives at Bloomingsport; Mary, married, and lives in Howard co .; Simeon, who married twice, and died in Michigan; Samuel, who died in Grant co .; Milton, who resides in Grant co .; Henley, who lives in Iowa; Sneed, who married Miriam Lamb, and after her death, Sarah Arnold, and lives in Howard co .; Isaac, who married in Grant co. and removed thence ; John, who lives in Iowa ; Susannah, in Grant co. Three children of Elijah Thomas died young. 5. Stephen married Hannah Mendenhall ; both died in New Garden. Their children were : Mary, who was married to Thomas Hobson, and died in Grant co .; whence he removed to Iowa, and married again ; Sarah, to Lewis Moorman, and died in Grant co .; Celia, to Isaac Schooley, and resides in Grant co .; Charles, to Nancy Moorman, and after her death, to Isabel Maxwell ; Naney, to David Little, and died in Randolph co .; and he, after her death, to Mary Cox, of Wayne township; Lydia, to Thomas Baldwin, Fairmount, Grant co .; Daniel, to Eleanor Newby, and lives in Grant co .; Ann, who died at 25, unmar- ried; Cam, who married Priscilla Crampton, removed to Iowa, and married a second time. 6. Francis, married Lydia Woodward. [Sk.] 7. Christiana married Thomas Knight, and died in Grant co. ; both deceased. Their children were : John, who was married to Phebe Jessup, and after her death was married again; all died in the county; Benjamin, to Anna Bogue ; lives in Iowa, and is married the third time;
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Solomon, to Mary Winslow, and resides in Grant co .; Betsey, to Nathan Puckett; Jimmy, to Rachel Willentts, and re- moved to Grant co .; Rachel to Exum Newby, and lives in Iowa ; Sarah died unmarried ; Manoah was married to Betsey Willentts, and died in Grant co., where she resides; Samuel, to Jane Votaw, and died in Iowa, where she resides; Rnth to Harmon Pitts ; Beulah, to Aaron Hoffman, in Indianapolis, both deceased. 8. Benjamin was married to Anna Moorman, and had twelve children, nearly all married : Gulielma, to Jesse Bogue, and died in Grant co .; he lives in Iowa; Betty, to Cyrus Puckett, and lives in Illinois, where he died ; Nathan, to Caroline Diggs, second, to Ann Reynolds, and died in the township ; Hannah, who died unmarried; George, who was married to Asmath IIill, and lives in Ill. ; Mary, to Wm. Peacock, and lives in Randolph co. ; Clarkey, to John Wright Jackson ; Benjamin, to Penina Howell, and died in Florida ; Achsah, who died unmarried; Anna was married to Eli Hayworth; they live in Florida; Ruth died at about 14; Eli, unmarried, lives with Achsah on the homestead. 9. Sarah married Charles Baldwin. Their children, besides one that died in infancy, were Susanna, who was married to Jesse Dillon ; both died in Grant co .; Thomas, to Celia Will- cutts, removed to Grant co. and married again; Mary, to Lancaster Bell, and is in Iowa; Lindsey, to Mary Osborn, and died in Grant co., where she lives; John, who went to Grant co., married, and removed to lowa, and since to Kan- sas ; Ahira, to -- Newby, and lives in Kansas ; Jane, to Stanfield, in Grant co., and lives in Iowa, where he died ; Abigail, to Joseph Peacock, in Grant co .; second, to Nathan Morris, and lives in Tennessee ; Quiney, first, to Gay ; second, to Elizabeth Pike; Sarah, to -- Stanfield, removed to lowa; Charles, to -- Knight, and lives in Iowa.
All the sons of John Thomas and their wives lived to see their large families raised. The youngest of them died at 60, and the oldest at 91. None were twice married ; yet none had less than nine children. John Thomas was born Feb. 19, 1781 ; died Sept. 23, 1866. The number of his grand- children was 83.
FRANCIS THOMAS, a son of John Thomas, from South Caro- lina to New Garden in 1811. He not only encountered the
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unavoidable hardships of pioneer life in general, and among others, that of going on horseback thirty miles to get bread- stuff, but was obliged, with others, to flee for safety during the Indian troubles. Notwithstanding his fear of attacks from Indians, he held his peace principles too dear not to be pre- served at any hazard, even of life. He took the lock from his gun, and hid the gun at a distance from his house, lest, in case of an attack, he might be tempted to harm the Indians. Farming was his favorite and chosen occupation. But, being naturally ingenious, he turned his hand occasionally to the different trades of carpenter, cabinet-maker, cooper, shoe- maker, and blacksmith. He made an carly profession of religion ; and his well-known honesty and love of peace gave him great influence as a peacemaker in the church and com- munity. He was liberal and charitable; and was during life a member of the society of Friends. He was married to Lydia Woodward, and had eight children : 1. Mary, who was mar- ried, first, to Ahira Ballard; second, to Eli Hadley, and lives in Clinton Co. 2. Luke, to Mildred Fulghum. 3. Sarah, to Joseph Hubbard, and died here; he lives in Missouri. 4. Absellit, to Rollin Green ; settled in Clinton Co., and died in 1871. 5. John, to Smithy Newsom, and lives at Azalia, Ind. 6. Francis W., to Rebecca Corbitt, and lives in IIenry Co. 7. Lydia, to Joseph B. Mills, and died in Hamilton Co .; he resides at Xenia, Ind. 8. Isaac, to Mahala Hadley. 9. Clark- son, to Sarah Jane Pitts, and lives on the homestead.
PERRY TOWNSHIP.
Perry was one of the six townships into which the county was divided after the adoption of the state constitution. It was in the north-west corner of the county. By the formation of Dalton and other townships, its area has been reduced to about 18 square miles, about one-third of its original size. Like other portions of the Twelve Mile Purchase, it had few inhabitants until after the close of the war of 1812.
Of the early settlers, the greater portion were from Tenn.,
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though most of these were probably natives of N. C., and Friends.
Richard Williams, from Tenn., settled, Dec .. 1814, one-fourth of a mile west of town, where his son John M. Williams lives. He had other sons, William, Alfred, Elam, and Millikin, who reside in Westville. Robert Canaday, from Tenn., settled near Economy in 1814, and died there in 1836 or 1837. He had two sons, Joshua and Thomas. Henry and Moses Mills, from Tenn., settled in 1815 on the present site of Economy. Henry sold to Elihu Swain and Wm. Locke, who, in 1818 or 1819, sold to Charles Osborn, who laid out the town. Of the quarter section on which the town stands, those portions which lie outside of the town, are owned by John Osborn, Thomas B. and John M. Williams, Wm. Clark, and Samuel L. MeDonald. Elihu and Samuel Swain, from Tenn., settled on land now owned by the heirs of Elihu Swain, Jun. Elihu Swain and a son, Ira, reside in town. Miles Marshall, from Tenn., settled on Green's Fork, near Washington; returned south in Janu- ary, 1813, and after the war of 1812, came back, and settled, about 1815, near Economy; removed ten or twelve years ago to Iowa, and died there about 1867 or 1868. John Canaday, brother of Robert, settled, about 1816, south side of the town; land now owned by Jesse H. Greenstreet, Jonathan B. Clark, and Philip Replogle, lately by Wm. Lewis. Wm. Blount, from Pa. to Ky., in 1800, and thence, in 1805, to Wayne town- ship, and about the year 1814 to Perry, a mile west of Economy, on land north of Macy's, on which Jesse Willetts afterward settled, now owned by Edwin P. and Julia Thornburg, and Thomas J. Cook. Several of Blount's sons removed to Henry Co., and laid out the town of Blountsville. The father re- moved about 1830 to Delaware Co. Thomas Galion, Ky., set- tled 12 miles south-west of town, on land now owned by George Comer, lately by J. Hartup. James Warren, from Tenn., on land now owned by Elvan Thornburg. Jonathan Maey, from Tenn., next north of Warren; he was an early justice and a merchant. The lands settled by Robert Canaday and Miles Marshall, in or about the year 1814 and 1815, are said to be those now owned by Lindsey Canaday, John A. Shepard, Matilda, widow of Jonathan B. Macy, and others.
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Jesse Baldwin, probably a Carolinian, from Ky. to Perry, is said to have built the first house on the land now owned by Matilda Macy. Though a Quaker, he had the honor of being an acquaintance of the famed Daniel Boone. Boyd Williams, brother of Richard, settled about 1816, where Jonathan Brown lives, a mile west of town. Thomas Stanford, from Ohio, about a mile westerly from town, on land sold to John Under- hill, where his son Jesse P. Underhill lives.
In the south-east corner of the township, Thomas Lamb, from N. C., about 1812 or 1813, and John Bailey, and a few years later, Wm. Elliott, of Tenn., Joseph Luce, and Job Rateliff, settled on sections 9 and 10, which are now, or were lately owned by Adam Oler, Stephen Cox, Elam and Caleb Menden- hall, Allen and Wm. S. Lamb, and Lewis S. Cranor. Wm. Starbuck, from N. C., on land now owned by Martin and Milo Lamb and Jesse Stevens. Azariah and Hezekiah Williams, from Tenn .; on land now owned by Widow Cain, Perry Hurst, and James M. Atkinson. Charles Williams, Tenn .; afterward, 1830, Philip Robbins; present owners, his sons, George W. and Daniel B. Robbins. John Cain, where now Milo Lamb resides.
In the south-west part of the township, Hezekiah Manning, from Conn., settled where George Manning lives. Abraham Lennington, from Pa., about 1815, on land now owned by Stephen Pierce, Richard Smith, Jacob Wilson, Samuel Cromer, Daniel Whitesell. John Hart, from Ky., on land now owned by Solomon Mendenhall. Jonathan Adamson, from Tenn., on land now owned by Pleasant M. Adamson and Nicholas Shaw. Solomon Hodson, where Isaiah II. Hale owns. James Hartup, from O., present owner, David Petty. Jason Howell, about 1816; land now owned by Henry P. Cain. Abel Pew, about 1816, on land now owned by the heirs of Daniel Shaw.
In the west and north-west part of the township, Jesse Green- street, a Carolinian, from Ky., about 1815, settled on the town- ship west line, where Obed Williams resides; Moses Gilmore, on land now owned by Wm. Mendenhall; John Gwinn, in 1815, where now his son Pleasant Gwinn lives. Walter Thorn- burg, from Tenn., where Eli B. Barnard resides. Richard and
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Daniel Mills, from N. C. in 1804, and from Ohio in 1816, on lands now owned by Wilson Pierce, Isaac B. Underhill, and Joseph L. Wood. Miles Marshall, of Tenn., and Thomas Carr, of O., on lands now owned by John M. and Merchant B. Williams and Jonathan Brewer. Thomas Carr also owned land where the heirs of Richard Pugh reside. David Osborn, a Carolinian, from O., in 1816, settled on land now owned by John N. Dean, lately by Thomas B. Williams. John Jordan, who had set- tled in 1810 in what is now Boston township, removed in 1815 to the north-west corner section of this township, where he died. The entire section, a part of which was recently owned by T. D. Barnett, is now owned by his son Wmn. Jordan and his sons John W. and George M., and by John P. Jordan, nephew of Win. Jordan. About the year 1815, Wm. Fife and his son-in-law, Jonathan Thornburg, of Tenn., and Amy Hall, settled where Jonathan Thornburg lives, on the township north line. In 1816, George Hobson, from Teun., on land now owned by Charity Gwinn and Jonathan Brewer.
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