Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-09-29

COS VI tnc Wnito wafer voilcy.
BRooKvILLE FRASKLIS Co. IND. I
September 6. 1865. I
I will now give some Of my recollec
lions and what have learned from 9th
or persons of the early settlement o
FrsukIin County. q l.''i q
My father moved to RichIand Greek
about four miles below Brookviiie. IL
1907, A. that time Ralph wildridg'
and the Freads and perhaps John arc
Samuel RocksfsIIsr lived about New
Trenton. and over the river opposite tn.
Big Nsrrows I-aac Levi and man by
the name of Brownies were the frs
ssttIe1 Lcvi was from Kentucky snc
was q thief cons,itntionaiiy have
heard my fa,her say when he was bat q
lad he saw The Sheriff at Lexington
KY, whip him for stealing, and that
when the Sheriff had got through, EevI
pimped up and cracked his feet ,ogeth
or and swore he could whip any man
that ever walked ihs streets Of Lexing
'oss Faad father said he supposed he
could have done il, for he was very
powerful man He w.s only petty
uUcf is.s sneJ fi af f0
.ilobp Van bisricum settled at the up
per end Of the Big Nsrrows. Zrchsrish
Cesksey settled next above. and George
RudiciI's father settled where Major
kudIcil now lives. About that time
Michael RudiciI settled about n mile
casl,on the upland. Major Rudicii has
lived where he now does ever since |
can remember. and in his younger days
traded TO New Orleans and brought
mofe money into the country than any
M o | was acquainted with, and was al
ways eorfeetahd honorable IN his deal.
ings
Nathaniel Porter and Joseph Mormop
setiied fret above RsdiciI. Juhn Hs-
gnrmau built mil ut the lower end OF
What is called Bcnnett- Bntom; there
alec WIS perhaps the trst carding ma
chine in,the County aud goud grirt
mill nathan ildnt hvrd sl The up
per cad uf the B tiom. x chard Con
TIER aud CGmbrrs settled ~htte David
Power now liv,s. J.mcs p,icr .citied
A,r.r- The aver frYm Pp~,rs, pnd & -
IA gh Use on the bill nor,b IL Cedar
Gf.ve. J"hp Conner aud P.lky, ipdy.n
trhd.tr, had u store in ,he bot'om ab. 70
ii ckh' u-e-, near where ,hn L crp-
ley i"rmcrly lived Coz n r hid an Ia
81 - wife aud children. went %
school with his son James, 10 halt hre, q
Ab"u, 1910 ,r 1872. Conner mnrricd
i.ayiua Winship. abandoning his Indian
wife, 80 uudcraood. Jacob Harvey
kT<t3kbuye Conner IN the same b't,om
1IHh R'msey settled tho farm OF.
which John Harden now iives; John
Th, nj sen se,tl,d where Tho- Shauk-
nov lives, and s'rlhen G ,ble scIo.s on
the o,Issr side of the river John Cor
net had u M !; ai the big uam, -. Jyhr
j. hsfge and Anthony lIaibcrs,adt lly
I'd hrar The mill. z chnriah Cooksey
so"n moved into that ncIghborhood -
Halberstadt was ono Of tho thousand
H'ssisns taken prisoners By General
Washington near Treoton.
Or Tie fsis und on l.chlpnd Creek
there lived, 10 early times, Samuel aud
William Logap, John Qaick, John and
Thomas Miihoiland, Henry and Gipson
Eadr, 'Jobn Clayton. Samuel Ensley.
Conrad J"cvb, MIchssl and pcnjnmin
Sailors, William MeC.y. coIli.s, Hen.
derson, John II, burn and Hugh Reid,
Jabss winshIp. Across the river from
the mouth Of Little Cedar Grove lived
Samuel Scott. John and Jacob uaeLle.
man, aud old Mr. Trusler Abraham
uaeklemsn and soms ~ the Lyons
lived on Little Cedar l,erjsmia fIood
think settled where Spencer Wiley
nowiIv DR. John Dradbarn lived In
early times. In the bottom above WI.
IsSr, and William Lyons on the oppo,
tIIe aide OF The river,
A man BY the name Of Brown setlled
on the farm whore the Widow Ryburn
nos, lise, from whIeh originated The
name Of Drowas illlI. William Tyne,
ssstled on the next farm above, John
lisIl on shs Msyneke farm. William
Apsss ssiliaa where pr, John II, Quick
now lives, A Ne Henderson aud WI
s.ungeF settled al The mouth Of Blai
Greek,
hIus Greek Was settled mosuy b,
South oarolInians, among whom wers
thssiiIggs. hIadss, Lyons, Jaoksen's
atuekIes, Hsrndons. charrys, apt
James Itpbesen, who ! believe il lh'
only one of The old Caroline stock nov
lIviag In The Valley OF White Water
beIow BroatyilIe,
AZ sBrookvIls and near by on sh'
wesl Fork there were. Amos Butler
JohrAilen, James Knight, John Test
Thomas Williams. ths Moores, Patrick
Mecarty. David sloops. the Wilson's