The Allens,
Ananias and his sons, came from Pennsylvania, about
1809 or 1810, and settled near Bloomingburg, on what was
then called the "New Purchase," which was so called because
it was the first purchase on the east fork of Paint Creek.
The Allens all took part in the war of 1812.
Enoch Harvey, with
his father, Samuel, and brother, James, came
from Virginia, and settled on Deer Creek, near Yankeetown,
about 1810.
The Coons also came from Virginia, and in about
1800 located near the site of the Harveys, putting up
four or five little cabins for their accommodation.
Albert Ogden was a Virginian; came to
this county in 1803 or 1804, and settled north of
Yankeetown.
Isaac Dickinson came from Virginia, and
located near Yankeetown, on the farm now occupied by Tom
Jones.
John Page was a
settler of 1804, and a Virginian; was one of the first
justices of the peace of the county. Settled near the
Dickinsons.
James McCafterty and his brothers were
Virginians, and came here about 1804, and settled northwest
of Yankeetown.
William Morgan came also from the Old
Dominion, in about 1808, and settled first in Ross County;
then located adjoining Samuel Myers, on
Duff's Fork of Deer Creek.
Charles White came from Maryland, about
1809 or 1810; settled west of Myers' on Long Branch
of Deer Creek.
Thomas Barton, son of Stephen
Barton, came from Virginia,
about 1804 or 1805, and settled just across Deer Creek from
Yankeetown.
Jesse Stretch came from Pennsylvania in
1804, and located south of Yankeetown.
William Sawyer came from the ''Emerald
Isle" in 1810, and put up a cabin near Stretch.[Pg. 256]
James Rozzell, from Pennsylvania, and
Amos Hawkins, from Virginia, came in 1810, and
stopped near Yankeetown.
Amstead Carder, from Virginia, settled on
the Springfield road, south of Bloomingburg. He was a
son of Sanford Carder, an old revolutionary
soldier, who drew a pension for his services in the same.
John McGowen was cook in the war of 1812,
in S. Myers' company.
Two bachelors, by the name of George Kyle
and Alexander Riley, lived together in a cabin near
Bloomingburg, but finally quarrelled and parted, because one
accused the other of being intolerably filthy.
Riley subsequently moved to Compton's Creek, but cut hay
and fed cattle on his farm. He would go in the evening
to. feed his cattle, crawl into the hay stack and remain
till morning, feed again, and return home. These old
bachelors came to the county some time previous to 1810.
Daniel Hinkle, a tall swarthy Virginian,
was a powerful man, and noted fisticuffer.
John and Samuel Herrod, were
sons-in-law of Sanford Corder; both came from
Virginia, and in, about, 1808, settled on the west side of
Madison Township.
Thomas Cook came from Maryland in 1808.
James Thompson, son-in-law of James
Hayes, came from Kentucky, and settled on a fork of
the north fork of Paint Creek, which afterwards took his
name.
George Busic, in 1806, settled on Deer
Creek, hailing from the "Old Dominion."
Sol. Parker, also a Virginian, settled on
the Springfield road in 1808.
George Jamison, from Kentucky, settled on
Deer Creek, near the old trace leading to Chillicothe.
James Kerr, from Virginia, settled on the
Springfield road.
John Mclntire, a very early settler,
located south of Yankeetown.
Gideon Veezey settled on the farm now
owned by Nathaniel Veezey, on Paint Creek.
_____ Salmon settled on a
part of the old Veezey farm. He came
from Delaware in about 1805 or 1806.
In the spring of 1811, Joel Wood, Adam
Harper, and Michael Kerr, settled on a tract
of land embracing 1,035 acres, survey Nos.
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5780, 7043, and 6879, lying partly in Paint and partly in
Jefferson townships, with Paint Creek running through the
center.
Mr. Wood moved from Pendleton County,
Virginia, and being a man of intelligence was created one of
the first justices of the peace of the county.
Mr. Harper came from Ross County and
remained about a year,when he returned, and his son
Benjamin took charge of the farm.
Mr. Kerr came from Pendleton County,
Virginia, and first settled in Jefferson Township. He was a
farmer, and the father of Col. S, F. Kerr, of
Washington.
Thomas McDonald came from Kentucky to
Ross County in 1794, with Nathaniel Massie,
and in about 1811 removed to Fayette and settled.
In 1810, or 1811, there was a large family of Allens
left Pennsylvania, and settled in this county. Many of
their descendants are still living: Elijah
lived near the old Myers place, on the Bloomingburg
and Danville pike, about four miles from the former;
James and John lived near the present site of
Bloomingburg. There were also George, David,
and Ananias.
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