The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-02
THE EARLY HISTORY OF DUBLIN
PAPER Read by Samuel nuddes0n Before the Historical Society
of That Town on Frday--fary Remembrance
of the Historic Village.

At the meeting OF the Historical So
ciety of Dublin on last Friday, Samue
B. HuddIeston read the following in
teresting paper.
Dublin is said to be an old town, but
there are a number of people living
here that are older than the town
and perhaps, no white man had ever
set his feet upon ; the ground now
graced by our beautiful streets, lawns
and flower gardens and adorned by
our peaceful, comfortable and happy
Christian homes until after some OF
our oldest citizens were born.
The land west of the twelve mile
purchase was not surveyed and put
upon the market until the first of the
year 1921, IS years ago.
Paul Custer was the first white man
who brought his family into this VI
cinity and he had to cut his road
through the thicket of underbrush
from Vandalia to his land nearly half
of which is now in the town of Dublin.
He came in the spring of 1921 and liv-
I'D in his wagon until he built cabin.
William McGrear entered the half
section of land joining Paul Custer
On the west His east line was, what
Is now Foundry street, beginning at
Whitacre's corner and extending one
mile south by a half mile west. The
road running south from Needham's
past Rollin Butler and Silas Huddles-
ton being his west line. William Nc
Grear entered this land August is,
1921 and commenced a clearing and
built a CABIN near the center of it at
The big Spring" on what is now
Perry Wilson'S land across the Rail-
road south of the school house.
William McGrear sold all of his
land to his brother Alexander Nc
Grear January II. 1925. and Alexan-
der McGrear sold out to his brother
ln-law Hartman Davis, April Is, 1926.
Hartman Davis sold a forty acre strip
off of the north end to his brother,
Thomas Davis, and another forty acre
strip next to that to his brother Isaac
Davis.
At this time the Old State Road
had been opened by the way of VAN
dalia westward to Whitacre's corner.
thence almost due southwest through
the Section of which the Davis farm
was the east half. The Avenue from
Harry Blacks to Silas Huddleston's
is a part of that old road.
James Griffin entered the south
west quarter of this section and Paul
Custer who entered the eighty east
of Dublin entered the east eighty OF
the northwest quarter. Nathan New
by entered the eighty west of Custer.
A portion of all of this land is now
embraced in the town of Dublin ex-
rept the eighty entered by Newly.
Tho town was laid out and plated
by Hartman Davis and recorded by
him January 90, 1881. Nearly rs years
ago. The first lot was sold to Thomas
Davis for twenty dollars, that being
lot number 1, block number 8. This
lot is now occupied by ]. V. Hoff-
mans residence.
This was five years before the Ma
tional Road was opened, so We can
not see how the name of Dublin could
have been suggested by the practice
of doubling in the teams to draw
heavy loads up the hill from the east
INTO town since there was no road
there at the time the town was man,
ed and the name was recorded. An
other tradition that is equally absurd
although it is quite popular is that
The town took it's name from double
log tavern called the Double Inn. The
facts cleaned from the testimony of
DID citizens who we interviewed years
ago and who have passed away, and
whose testimony is proven to be cor
rect by reference to the county rec
prds and other records that are ac
cessible is that the town was named
and the name was recorded more
shan one year before there was a tav-
ern in the town. Paul Clusters famous
Black Horse Tavern on his farm east.
Of town was the only public house for
The travelling pioneers west OF Van
halia until after Dublin was named.
We are indebted to Professor Hold
rim and Isaac Jenkinson for facts
concerning the date of the opening Of
The National Road, the history of
which can be seen in the Library at
Earlham College and also in the Lii
brary in Richmond Mr.. Jenkinson
wrote further on this matter that
solver III. Smith asked congress to
appropriate fifty thousand dollars to
extend the road through Indiana. The
bill was offered December 4, 1928,
passed January 20. 1880. The work
was commenced at Indianapolis that
spring and extended eastward reach
ing Richmond in about six years."
The first house was built in Dublin
by George Brown for William Owens
to sell goods in. This house was built
on the lot now occupied by Fred Car
mony's residence. Mr.. Owens died be-
fore the house was finished and the
property was sold to Jacob Wore who
opened a store in it when it was fin
ished.
DR.. Beatty was the first physician in
Dublin. He came In 1881 from Rock |
bridge county. Virginia and was fol- |
lowed by Drs. Caleb w. Witt and Lo-
reno d. Jones.
Samuel Schoolfield opened the first |
tavern here in 1882 on the lot now |
vacant, west of DR.. McKee's resi- |
dence
Other early settlers were Dempsey |
Boswell who sold goods on the cor
ner where James Whitacre lives he /