SOME EARLY SETTLERS OF 1835
The following are the names of more than 70 of the settlers of the
county who were here upon the organization of the county, or in the spring
of 1835. It is believed that this list comprises nearly all of the
voters and heads of families who were in the county at that time: George
Anderson, Josiah Abbott, James Y. Anderson, Thomas J. Bounds, W.B. Broughton,
Anthony Blackford, Samuel Bell, Alexander Buford, Silas Boyce, Samuel Buckner,
Thomas H. Clements, William S. Chinn, Bryant Cochrane, Samuel Cochrane,
J.W. Cochrane, Charles Christian, Obadiah Dickerson, Robert Duncan,
William H. Davidson, Levi Dyer, George Forman, Jesse Gentry, George W. Gentry,
Julius C. Gartrell, James G. Glenn, William J. Holliday, Thompson Holliday,
Elias L. Holliday, Thomas Holeman, Charles A. Holeman, Bradford Hunsucker,
William D.B. Hill, Julius C. Jackson, Robert Joiner, Ezekiel Kennedy, Isham
Kilgore, Robert Lair, Addison Lair, Peter Looney, Oliver Latimer, Michael
Lee, Russell W. Moss, J.M. Moss, John H. Milton, William Moore, William T.
Matson,
J.C. Mayes, S.W. Miller, Henry Musgrove, John McAfee, Samuel J. Parker, George
Parker, Elijah Pepper, W.H. Payne, Peter Roff, John Ralls, Hiram Rookwood,
Robert Reed, James Shaw, Cyrus A. Saunders, Henry Saunders, James Swartz,
Peter Stice, Montillion H. Smith, Hill Shaw, John Sparrow, William Sparrow,
Maj. Turner, William S. Townsend, John Thomas, Abraham Vandiver, Dr. Adolphys
E. Wood, Nicholas Watkins.
The following are some who came in the fall of 1835 or in 1836:
John Dunn, James Graham, Alexander Gillaspy, Lewis Gillaspy, Stephen Miller, James L. Peake, Samuel Bell, John Jacobs, Joseph West, James Ford, William Conner, Robert R. Moffitt, William Moffitt, Jesse Vanskike, Samuel M. Hewett, Francis Leflet, Samuel S. Matson, Elisha Moore, J.T. Tingle, G.H. Edmonds, S.O. Van Vactor, M.J. Priest.
In 1837 the following were the settlers then living in the county:
Township 57, Range 9:
Mr. Hickman, Peter Rinkston, Gabriel Davis, Randolph Howe, Kennedy Mayes, George P. Mayes, Harvey Eidson, Samuel B. Hardy, Samuel Blackburn, George Barker, William B. Broughton, Russell W. Moss, Fontleroy Dye, Ramey Dye, Elijah Moore, John Thomas, Henry Saunders, Cyrus A. Saunders, Hill Shaw, Robert Duncan, Thomas J. Bounds, Joseph Holman, Joel Musgrove, Thomas H. Clements, David Smallwood, Richard Gartrell, Josiah Abbott, Julius C. Gartell, Mrs. Desire Gooch and others.
Township 58, Range 9:
Kindred Feltz, Stephen Gupton, Mrs. Temperance Gupton, William Montgomery, Edward Wilson, Henry Louthan, Robert Lair, Addison Lair, Robert Joiner, Anthony Minter, Alexander Buford, Charles N. Hollyman, Elisah Baldwin, Solomon W. Miller, Mrs. Caroline Looney, Oliver Latimer and George W. Gentry.
Township 59, Range 9:
Caleb Adduddle, Benjamin Jones, Mrs. Morgan, Thomas P. Lear, John Cadle, William White, Kemp M. Glasscock, Benjamin Glasscock, Daniel Wolf, Benjamin Talbot, Thomas G. Turner, Perry Forsythe and Mr. Whitelock.
Township 57, Range 10:
Samuel Buckner, Anthony Blackford, James Blackford, Isaac Blackford, Dr. Wood, George Eaton, Jefferson Gash, Col. William Lewis, John Eaton, Charles Smith, Samuel J. Smith, Maj. Obadiah Dickerson, George Anderson, Peter Roff and Samuel C. Smith.
Township 58, Range 10:
Albert G. Smith, Samuel Beal, Elijah Peper, James Swartz, Mrs. Elizabeth Creel, Lewis H. Gillaspy, Alexander Gillaspy, Abraham Vandiver, Montillion H. Smith, Joseph West, Maj. H. Jones, John Easton, Ezekiel Kennedy, James C. Hawkins, Dr. Hawkins, Elijah Owens, E.L. Holliday, Mrs. Nancy Holliday, John Lemley, Josiah Bethard and Thomas Davis.
Township 59, Range 10
James Ford, John Ralls, Samuel Cochrane, James G. Glenn, Robert McKitchen, Peter Looney, Joseph Moss, James Turner, Ferdinand Carter, John Moss, Peter Stice, John Serat, Lewis Kincaid, Elijah Hall, Hiram Rockwood, Sanford Pickett, James S. Pickett, William S. Chinn and Nathan Baker.
Township 57, Range 11
David D. Walker, David Wood, Malcom Wood, William Wood, James Carothers, William Coard, Nicholas Watkins, Perry B. Moore, Isaac W. Moore, Mrs. Mary Wailes, Pettyman Blizzard, James R. Barr, Lacy Morris, Stanford Drain, James Carroll, Barclay Carroll, John B. Lewis, James Parker, George Parker, Capt. B. Melson, Major Taylor, Robert Brewington and Henry Brewington.
Township 58, Range 11
John Thomas, John Dunn, Elijah Pollard, Philip Upton, John T. Victor, William Victor, Aaron B. Glasscock, Martin Baker and Michael See.