The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-08
Early Settlements About Troy
and 1Iaxyiile.

search Of homes in the West ana sou,
were attracted 20 the beautiful locaIifis
5OlAnd fertile soils along n4il about n,
~ mouth Of Anderson. liiile stream III
now divides Spencer from. Perry counf
ana ~ occasional family would lan
" from their broadhurns ana locate the,
~ ~ l'ini year several iamiiie. were i,
= tracied ~ the beautiful scenery In TN
z. .fiOcality. anfi Olsen. barkcl. among WHOM
:. were the Nrighis. IaylorS. pnlks. Esis
a rlhges, siarks. kellums. DeWiffs ans
r. i-alnars, one Of whom. Trial. Lamar
4. was afterwards sheriff of Spencer conn
iy' Afterwards other families came AZ.
settled, among whom may be named M.
Jones, Anderson. HUI, Evans. Mcdaniel
Lamb. Bates. Basye and Connor al
That time all The country from the pres.
eni city OF New Albany. Ind. M ,he
, CITY Of Shawncetnwn. IN. al the montl,
!, of the Wabash river. was orcunied NJ,
, The Wyandoste. Shawnee. Miami. KicE.
'iapoo and oiher tribes OF rowing indians
Al Southern Indiana M that lime Wa
one 'ast wilderness. filled with ali man
mgr o. wild beasts. game. and savage red
iihti. ~ Was paradise for hunters and
laraPpPrs. lhe settlements in and around
Troy and Maxyilie were not made per-
ihanent until abc:i the year lsl4. on ac-
count OF The war lsl2. with Great Brit
am ana consequent i'll nature of the saw
i4es, VINO seem 10 have taken sides with
England The battle Of Tippecanoe III
1911, however. seemed 10 have crushed
ont ne spiriI "a tie indians. and from
that time on they were more docilc and
timctable. and the whites had but lit,Ie
trouble with them. In 1915 Troy be- !
came the county seat ol Perry comfy
" iiich then also embraced The territorv
now composing the county of Spencar \
ana SO remained until 1918. when Spen,
Ger was organized. During the three or
-four years that Spencer remained AZ ~
tegral part OF Perry county our Deonle
had 10 attend courts al Troy ana nav
Their taxes there. The first courf hell
IN Troy was presided over bv Judve
-aac Blackiord. who was an appointee
81 Territorial Governor posey. ". =
lamb was llle Clerk. Dadc Connor
sheriff, assd ile Associated Judges who J
'at with Judge ;lacktord were James T,
sIcDanltl amt Thomas Morton. They
we're also appointed in 1918 ~ tsovernorl !
to~ey Aiier tie excitement ahont In-
iian troubles died away people locke1 !,
me Perry county rapidly ana settled :,
bDvr al4a below Troy. ana ~ aud dawn
Anderson creek. on river. and by ~. 7.
t'if i7-p great many settlements aad !,
tcu made rhout Maxyil'c. New Boston y
~ o'her points ~ tho northeastern !,
0riion of WHAT IL now spencer county. n
th ~ polni, III Perry, back OF Tell civ. y,
hii' elton. anH aion- Deer creek. AS \,
if LIN A. lnil, inan named Richard -oni 4,
'eriei tili ior grinding corn onl n.
'.fr 'retk. where people for twenty VI
iirs around would repair III have their \,
iriS ground. Prior ~ the building az !.
M mill iiey hah % ~ ID kentnckv IA
Il iheir gfinainy sloMc. The Gvst
hoo eyer taught Ii Troy was presided Ii
fer ~ man named Anderson. who ol
~ ilie reputation of beinga severe die. ia
niiHarial Jut a successful rrlap0ruc lan
~ same Anderson opened the tirxt til
'iei n Troy. TX was log house. with e
ip attachments tor the entertainment Of
horses w guests. During The sessions iiu
rotris tiir lansllord IN ihis Troy tavern pa
4 hil Ike could 10 IN entertaining d \
laf and brasi." lint he l. said Ia have col
Inc lnders and the laWvcrs m re-
nicely sfyie Oh ''llog and hominv.- NJ ria
I" she FIRST paper ever published IN Su
rry county was Issued at Troy. under oI
name Of Troy Gazette. aud was ici
ntca on common "foolscap- paper. mi
editors name has not been prc- ois
ved. 1he only lawyers whose names tiul
How remembered A. having pracfi.- prn
at thc Troy har were John a Brark- shsl
ldgc. Jnrge Pitcher Judge John not
", and Oh Ben Hardin, Of Kentucky and
~ WHO occasionally came over and dre
ended men who were. on trial FOR the
ital crimes. Ii il related Of him bv wis
who remembers the circumstance lati
~ 'he occasion man was on trial ria
Troy FOR murder, and just Al lie chu
'oncr was being arraigned FOR plea. INA,
talked rough-looking back woods it i
!, with coonskin cap on and dressed con
kskin appAie. who edged up TO Tie dur,
oner and whispered im his oar ~ aide
"a not guilty. and made himsclflof
wn q Zen Hardin. his LAWYER. hc tine
ing been retained by friend Of tlc lprie
oner. unbeknown 10 him. The Ill i
e. bar aud spectators seemed astcn- sci !
a M the appearance aud actions of,con,
stranger. but when he arose 10 al Iihe
+ the jury the truth flashed upon All shal
il was old Ben Hardin. Hc sur Ichur
ed IN clearing the alIeg murderer Bisl,
his eloquence and ~kill On oil lin "A
VI, Judge Barkweil, In his early lmats
!. also settled AZ Troy and praciice1 IafIai
there Tor while. Oihcr prominent
'crs Of Indiana Territory, who usedj --
tend the IrOv rourts ~ NM. I.l llafcl