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PIKE TOWNSHIP .- Jesse Morris, James Hickenbottom, Jacob Platt. Elisha A. Wood, Jacob Uline, C. L. Moore, John Stuart, Thomas Lyon, Peter Miller, Benjamin Roderick, Oren Cronkhite, Nehemiah Broderick, Sammel Post, J. H. Simpson, Abel Hugh Jackson, John Clinton, Robert Lyon, Hiram Hyatt, Josiah Briggs, M. L. Mitchell, E. Purvance, T. P. Kinkmin, Daniel Garrison, Bernard Seals, Jacob Stingley, Silas Garrison, Alexander Starry, B. Payne, Abel Farshey, C. B. Fleming, Jacob Wason, David Coon, Samuel Kratzer, Joab White, David French, J. H. McIntosh, Samuel Adams, Daniel McGregor, James White, Samuel Woods, Josiah Briggs, John McIntosh. James Piatt, Daniel D. Hall, Peter Fleming, Robert Ringle, William Smiley, J. H. Simpson, Joseph Ewing, Joshua Nixon, Eli Woodard, Nathan Harnar, Right Glen, John Rosebraugh, John Musgrave and Nathaniel Butterfield : total, seventy.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP .- Cyrus Pearson, J. M. Rhodefer. J. R. Har- ris, T. R. Irwin, John Shearer, George Folger, C. M. Hughes, M. Sheffer, George Goodwine, Thomas Brown, John C. Irvin, John F. Irvin, H. S. Lud- (lington, John Higginbotham, John Marshall, Jacob Wilkinson, Miller Wat- kins, James Stanford, Charles McAllister, J. K. Higginbotham, Henry Low- ery, William Search, Joseph Cunningham, Thomas Goodwine, William Brown, James Todd, M. T. Lincoln, George Pugh, Francis Davis, J. J. Sea- man, Hiram Wilkinson, John Spigard, William Bush, William Bunnell, Seth St. John, John Durkey, John Russell, Thomas O'Neill, Daniel Mace, James
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B. McDonald, William Robb, Aaron Taylor, Ichabod Norton, Abraham Hlou- ery, C. M. Thomas, John Johnson, James Goodwine, Jr., William Harring- ton, Moses Case, C. M. Woods, C. Rakestraw, J. L. Johnser Daniel Biggs, Perren Kent, Abraham Hathaway, John Seaman, Roland Harris, J. D. Flein- ing. Freeman Marshall, Freeman Davis, John Bush, Samuel Pearson, James J. Mc. Villy. J. N. Wilson, N. F. Cunningham. William Bristow, John Swank, John Wilkinson, Oliver Wallace, John Merical, James Birch, James Buckles, William Hough, Aaron Stevenson, Robert O'Neill. Robert Watkins, Michael Gill, J. W. Dixson, Elijah Osborn, Newbald Moore, William Barkshire, Sr., Jacob Houghman, Silas Harris, Robert Dougherty, Eden Stovall. W. Al. Ilaines, R. M. Kathers, Mason Tucker, Samuel Tucker, Eli Pritchet, Isaac Forman, David Fleming, Lawrence Russell, Peter Dump, Jacob Saum, Adam Troxall, Benj. Landon, Dennis Slanter, John Swisher, James Stewart. George Tucker, Ilenry Hall. David Forman, Clement Jones, John W. Skillman, John White, John Moore, W. C. Holman, Allen Brown, John Keester, Gideon Bailey, William Barkshire, George Maines, Dempsey Scott, Reuben Biggs. R. A. Chandler, John Landon, John Miller, Nathan Davidson, Thomas Doan, Samuel Campbell, Bartlett Clem, David Entire, Henry Coates, Hiram Brawick, William Farnsworth, E. F. Lucas, Isaac Bennett, Henry Stump, George Pence, Thomas Thomas, James Rowland, Joshua Ray, Elijah Fleming, John Will- iams, C. Tapperry, Aaron Spurrier, William Coldron, Jesse Tumblesom, James II. Buell, Caleb Rhodes, Henry High, John Kent, William Biggs, James Bell, John Rhodes, D. A. Rhodes, Thomas Rhodes, Obediah Little, John Goings, Abner Dooley, George Saum, Jonathan Rhodes, James McCoy, Henry Waymire, Thomas Casad, William Cunningham, Robert Person, Joseph S. Robb, J. W. Shannon, W. A. Crawford, Asa Spencer, Orville Cronkhite, Renben Warbritton, T. D. Marshall, Sidney Cronkhite, George Williams, Augustus Watson, William Collard, David Shanklin, William Boss, Amos Griffith, J. W. Purviance, Jasper Nixon, Seymour Rhodes, Samuel Seeley, William Campbell, Pierce Eggleson, Moses Dooley, Peter Forman, Joseph Spooner, Burrell Cameron, Constantine McMahon, Horatio Thomas, Luther Tillotson, Jacob Casad, Peter Hickman, Z. Foster, William Swisher, William Wallace, Jacob Miller, Hosea Cronkhite, N. L. Coffinberry, J. T. Cratson, Ellis Casad, John Rhodes, Jr., George Oglesby, Jacob Forman, Joseph Wilkin- son. J. K. Fleming, M. Simpson, William White, Silas Bennett, James Shan- non, John Lowrey, George Shrawry, Charles Person, Cyrus Stanley, John Slutton, Thomas Rakestraw, John Crow, Elias Porter, Stephen Schoonover. Thomas Clifton, Wesley Waldrup, Richard Purzue, Benjamin Crow, Wesley Clark, Michael Harness, Isaac Slanter, Wm. Pugh, Jesse Sharrer, Jesse
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Swisher, Fred Zinunerman, Thomas Clawso ., N. Saum, William Buckles, H. It. Crawford, Jolin Baird, William Billings. J. H. Norduft, Jacob Halstead, David Wilburn, Oliver Swank, George Brier, Abraham Houser, Andrew Fleming, James Hopkins, David Crisman, Asa Wortman, E. B. Tillotson, John Swingler, James McCord, Constadt Harris, Solomon Sharret, Jesse Doan, John Stufflebeam, Francis Boggs, W. S. Simpson, Walter Paw ley. Henry Heester, John Prichart. Clement Hopkins. Jacob Miller, William Miller, O. S. Hunter, C. Brown, Wilfred Pugh, Abel Potter, Daniel Hutson, N. G. Crawford, Richard Pitman, Thomas Morris, Jackson Purque, Isaac Higg, George Owens, W. E. Williams. Jacob Entire, F. C. Paine, Henry Jack- son, Thomas Brewster, Jacob Hanaway, Peter Crisinan. W. R. Boyer. Samuel Williams, Thomas Martin, David Evans, Jarret Davis, James Quick, Jeremiah Pritchart, Henry Milby, John Cox, Gilbert Vannatta, Robert Robb, Eli Strat- ton, Isaac Bunnell, Gibson Hurst, Charles Barkshire. Total, 296 votes.
PINE TOWNSHIP .- Jessie Endicott, Henry Rubble, Isaac Ellis, Jacob Bert, James Gregory, Benjamin Longman, Albert Campbell, Jefferson Bert. Isaac Brier, Stephen Haneman, Isaac Templeton, John Huffman, John A. West, J. B. Harris, George Brown, Madison Collins, Michael Creekpaum, Branson Sanders, Nathan Beeson, Gideon Cox, Jolin Dinwiddie, Silas Hooker, Aaron Coffinberry, Thomas A. Johnson, Manden Cook, John Oilar, Baldwin Heaton, James Thornton, Samuel L. Coffinberry, John Lewis, Thomas Collins, Jesse Sergeant, George Sigler, John Cassell, John Jones, William Truelinger. William Lewis, James McConnell, Enoch Fenton. Daniel Brier, Martin Beaver. John Brier, David Lane, John Lane, Samuel Richards, Lewis Lewis, William Smith, Thomas Smith, David Dawson, John Orr, John Campbell, M. Milford, George Sergent, Samuel Harris, Joseph Stump, John Melcher, John Welch, Joseph Welch, Ransom Brown, John Bartlett, Joseph Beeson, John Ray, James Richardson, Seymour Cobb, J. J. Wilson, Jacob Coffinberry, Henry Beaver, Jesse Harlin, Harvey Robbins, Reuben Mitchell, Thomas Bartlett. Abner Mitchell, Fred Fenton, James Brier, Harry Eggleston, William Hick- man, Thomas Monell, Henry Manes, James Armstrong, Jacob Mills, Benja- min Freeman, Joseph Whitney, Silas Dawson, Benjamin Monell, William Carson, Henry Robertson, William Monell, Hugh Monell, Samuel Monell, John Hunter, John Jolly, Reeves Lewis, Ira Cobb, William Trueblood, Eli Carmon, Nathan Mendenhall, Bazil Justice, Thomas Smith, Madison Lewis, Stephen Milton, Lawrence Rains, Thomas Pennell. James Rains, Stephen Rains, William Hooker, Sr., Samuel Freeman, James Jolly, David Horner, Enoch Evans, Henry Miller, Isaac Lewis, John Hodson, John Smith, William Gray, Nathan Ballou, Bazil West, Adam Glaze, A. B. Harris, Nathan Rains,
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Urim Sergeant, Jacob Mendenhall, William Smalley, Ebenezer Hooker, John Sergeant, William Rhodes, Jr., Carpenter Morey. L. L. Freeman, James Barnes, Joseph Osborn, Caleb Cobb, William Dickson, Joseph Clark, Thomas Taylor, Burrell Eggleston, Jantes Musgrave, Jesse Rains, William Hooker. Edward Michael, Jeremiah Williants, Nathan Endicott, William Pringle, John Brown, Charles High, Jacob Dickson, Lawrence Reem, Jonas Heag and Chris- topher Pepper. Total vote in 1836, 155.
MEDINA TOWNSHIP .- W. B. Bailey, William Moore, John Rittenour, B. Isely, John Peniwell, A. Davis, S. Benson, C. Henry, E. H. Bailey, G. Little, J. Allen, T. Benson, El. Nichols, I. Metsker, A. Stewart, A. Fisher, S. Davis, WV. German, T. Literal, J. Truitt, G. Wolf. I. Bowyer, D. Nichols, J. Stewart, R. G. Smith, J. D. Bailey, D. McConnell, J. Benson, James Benson, Phillip Williams, William Burk, J. Burk, Moses Doty, J. Coughenour, William Burk, Jr., S. White, Eli Mendenhall, G. Argabright, A. More, C. Dawson, Daniel Smith, J. D. White, J. W. Newell, G. W. Coffinberry, J. Anderson, William Odell, H. C. Benson, J. Ward, William Newell, Orren Munson, L. Foster. William Mears, R. Doty, E. Jackson, J. Carswell, William Shockey, J. Camp- bell, W. Pease, S. Munson, G. Reed, N. Lemons, Daniel Harp, T. M. Cahan, C. Benson, R. Odell, M. Thomas, G. Davis, T. Mitcham, T. Odell, J. Doty, L. Lindsey, J. Clark, J. Simpson, P. Brown, J. E. Thompson, I. Myrove, J. Crouch, William Dillman, C. Crouch, S. Bone, J. A. Franklin, C. Vredenburg. John Moore, John Mathers, J. Southard, T. Dawson, Ed Dawson, Ezra Daw- son, E. Allen, M. Wagner, S. Green, R. Anderson, T. Johnson, J. B. Foster, G. Johnson, N. F. Brown, John Machan, J. McClatchey, J. Smiley, E. Moore, T. Bowyer, J. Harmon, P. Randle, J. Dillman, J. Bone, John Bone, R. Myers, J. Reed, E. Shockley, H. Bailey, L. Guthridge, W. Smiley, W. Carter, W. Doty, A. Bowyer, I. Bowyer, P. Woodfield, W. Cantrell, J. Dills, John -Burk. John Gillour, L. Williams, G. Burk, and M. Henry. Total, 125.
TOWNSHIP SETTLEMENTS.
In Adams.township, the first actual settler is not known, but the list of voters in 1836 shows the pioneers.
In Jordan township, the first to settle were Harrison Goodwin and a Mr. Wilcox, in 1837; David E. Evans and David Wilhollin came in 1840 and George Pence in 1842.
. In Kent township, Nathaniel Butterfield came in 1823 and claimed the land on which Harrison's army camped and where his two men were buried. In 1824 came Augustus Watson, James Watson, Dr. Boyd. In 1825 came
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William Hall; 1826, Perrin Kent, who was appointed by the governor as sur- veyor of Warren county and held the position for thirty-five years in succes- sion; 1827-28 canie Amos Clark, John Tyler, Nicholas Hiser; in 1830 came Jolin B. King and three years later came John Williams.
In Liberty township the first settler was John Pugh and James Good- wine in 1826; Isaac Slaughter, John Landon, Joseph Stump, Henry Stump, Samuel Lester, Isaac Brier all came in 1827; James McCord, John McCord, Peter Chrisman and William Warbetton in :828; John Huffman, Benjamin Craw and his son William, 1830; Dr. Woolsey Clark, 1832, and James Schonour in 1836.
Medina township was settled in 1825 by James Bedle, John Stanley and John Reed. In 1826 came in Jeremiah Davis and son George.
Mound township was first settled by Thomas Cunningham, Benjamin Beckett and William Henderson in 1824: in 1828 came William Bell, Joseph Foster, Isaac Switser and Captain Stone; in 1835 came D. Lape and Elisha Rodgers.
Pine township was settled at first by Edward Mitchell in 1828; the same year came Isaac Rains, John Harris, near Rainsville.
Prairie township was settled first in 1828 by Char High, at Walnut Grove; also George Sigler and Buttler Harris and Harve, Downs came about that date, as did William W. Nixson, Nathan Perry and Leander Templeton.
Steuben township was first settled by Nathaniel Butterfield, Luther Tillot- son, James Johnson and son James, Zachariah Norton, Jolin High and Holden Sisson, in 1827.
Warren township was settled long before Indiana was a state. It was Zacharialı Cicott, the half-breed who came here as early as 1800, and who in 1811 piloted General Harrison with his army, from Vincennes to Battle Ground, as now called, in Tippecanoe county. William and Francis Boggs were next to locate. In 1825 came Enoch Farmer; in 1826, Sylvanus Cox; in 1827, Obediah, Little; 1828, William Fincher; 1829, John and James Cassell ; 1832, Alex. Canutt and Thomas Arnold.
Washington township was settled in 1827 by James Win, Mr. Collier, Giles and George Billings, William Harrington, Nicholas Shafer and John Seaman.
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