Between 1835 and 1850 many newcomers settled in Union
County and many of the earlier settlers expanded their holdings In many
instances the second generation of the first settlers bought government land
near that on which their parents had already settled.
Rich Precinct which
had had no settlers before 1835 now had a few. In 1836 George Rich for whom the
precinct was named and whose house was the voting place, entered 120 acres;
later, before 1850 the following entries were made: Wm. H. Latham, 448.88 acres;
Wm. Grammer, 121.62 acres; James K. Cochran, 343.27 acres; Simm P. Hiller, 80
acres; Tilford Brooks, 280 acres, and Wm. B. Elmore, 280 acres.
In Lick
Creek Precinct the following settlements were entered between 1835 and 1850:
John M. Cochran, 320 acres; George E. Stokes, 160 acres; Wm. A. Roberts, 200
acres; Larkin S. Brooks, 40 acres; Elijah Brooks, 200 acres; Uriah Anderson, 120
acres; Wiggs and Ashley, 120 acres; Nancy Boswell, 40 acres; Nathan Boswell, 120
acres; Lazarus Wiggs, 80 acres; Jefferson Anderson, 40 acres; Hiram Penoyer, 40
acres; John Anderson, 40 acres; George A., Goddard, 200 acres; Jeremiah White,
40 acres; Stephen Howard, 40 acres; Permele Anderson, 40 acres; Thomas Boswell,
40.78 acres; Martin Walts, 40 acres; Jacob Trees, 40 acres; Stephen Howard, 40
acres; Rollins Henderson, 40 acres; Arthur Allen, 160 acres; Littleberry Allen,
40 acres; and Henry Hileman, 280 acres.
The following settlements were
added in Saratoga Precinct: Calvin A. Goodman, 40 acres; Jessie and John M.
Owens, 43.72 acres; John Bevans, 226.98 acres; J. W. Owens, 40 acres; Alexander
M. Jenkins, 40 acres; Solomon Henry Sitter, 232.78 acres; John Skelton, 40
acres; Wiggs and Ashley, 40 acres; William Miller, 120 acres; Benjamin F.
Preston, 40 acres; Wm. H. Reed, 248 acres; Urias Martin, 46.14 acres; Conrad
Sitter, 92.29 acres; Hezia Martin, 44 acres; Preston Anderson, 44 acres; Thomas
Shearer, 160 acres; Tobias Verble, 44.61 acres; Lewis Bryant, 40 acres; John
Worsham, 40 acres; William Miller, 80 acres; Henry C. Hileman, 40 acres; John
Lemley, 80 acres; Frederick Johnson, 80 acres; Henry Kolpe, 40 acres; Samuel
Clutts, 40 acres; Matthias Caraker, 40 acres; Jacob Caraker, 40 acres; Thomas
Lingle, 40 acres; George Lemley, 40 acres; John Jumpers, 40 acres; Thomas
Stokes, 40 acres; Christian Lookingbee* 40 acres; Jacob Trees, 80 acres; William
Miller, 40 acres; Jacob W. Haire, 80 acres; James Kelley, 40 acres; Jacob Lence,
40 acres; Jonathan Rich, 40 acres; Michael Dillow, 40 acres; David Lence, 40
acres; Martin Mull, 40 acres; Henry Lingle, 250.93 acres; Daniel Mull, 80 acres;
George Hartland, 40 acres; David Lingle, 80 acres; Jacob Burlman, 40 acres;
Joseph Kestler, 40 acres; John J. Lingle, 86.78 acres; Caleb Hartline, 136.29
acres; Henry Mull, 48.15 acres; Alex W. Lingle, 80 acres; David Lentz, 80 acres;
Paul Lingle, 40 acres; David Green, 40 acres, and Thomas Rich, 40 acres.
Stokes Precinct added George Hileman with 285.06 acres; John Hileman, 80 acres;
Daniel Beets, 45.05 acres; John H. Williams, 45.05 acres; John Penninger, 90.43
acres; Edna Stokes, 120 acres; George E. Stokes, 80 acres; Thomas Stokes, 40
acres; Zilpha Sivia, 40 acres; Needham Wiggs, 200 acres; John Stokes, 40 acres;
James Williams, 37 acres; Caleb Musgrave, 40 acres; Arthur Allen, 80 acres;
William Standard, 80 acres; Thomas Standard, 80 acres; Joel M. Huffman, 206.78
acres; James S. Miller, 80 acres; Daniel Gore, 80 acres; Mary Gore, 80 acres;
John McLane, 40 acres; Morgan Bryant, 120 acres; Calvin Bridges, 40 acres; Abner
Cox, 120 acres; Henrietta A. Williams, 40 acres; James Bishop, 120 acres; Doctor
H. Toler, 40 acres; Jones Stokes, Sr., 240 acres; John McGinnis, 240 acres;
Stephen Toler, 40 acres; Thomas C. Bozier, 80 acres; James I. Toler, 40 acres;
Jessie Toler, 520 acres; Jacob Sivia, 40 acres; John Quinn, 40 acres; John
Hinkle, 40 acres; William Wiggs, 40 acres; William Penninger, 165.37 acres;
Priscilla Frogg, 45.37 acres; Green B. Harrison, 40 acres; Robert Throgmorton,
228.75 acres; Jacob Verble, 44.55 acres; John Verble, 40 acres; George Davis, 80
acres; Jacob Peler, 40 acres; Clarissa Bishop, 80 acres; Meredith Spence, 252.98
acres; Sylvester Adams, 86.78 acres; Barnett Weaver, 40 acres; Joshua Patterson,
40 acres; Wilson Arnold, 40 acres; Jessie N. Miles, 80 acres; Joshua Peterson,
40 acres; William S. Davis, 87.68 acres; Sylvester Adams, 233.10 acres; Nancy A.
Davis, 86.78 acres: Joseph Davis, 40 acres; Francis Brown, 40 acres; Charles
Smith, 40 acres, and James H. Rankin, 40 acres.
The new landowners of
Dongola Precinct were John Davis, 50.13 acres; Henry Verble, 49.04 acres; James
Lingal, 98.09 acres; Alex S. Penninger, 80 acres; Daniel Hileman, 40 acres;
William Penninerer, 47.50 acres; John Verble, 56.82 acres; George W. Otrich,
107.25 acres; Spence Laws, 105.25 acres; Paul Hofner. 40 acres; Caleb Linger, 40
acres; Henry Kellar, 40 acres; John Corzine, 80 acres; Martin Hoffner, 48.54
acres; Thomas Allen, 49.24 acres; Charles Lence, 49.27 acres; Lewis Misenheimer,
80 acres; John Allen, 80 acres; Terna Misenheimer, 40 acres; Daniel Lingle, 120
acres; Mose Misenheimer, 160 acres; Henry Misenheimer, 80 acres; Silas Jones,
160 acres; Absolom Keller, 120 acres; Francis Brown, 120 acres; James A. Penrod,
40 acres; Daniel W. Jones, 40 acres; Thomas Gore, 40 acres; Morton Cai'ter, 40
acres; Daniel Penrod, 40 acres; John Fink, 80 acres; Winstead Davie, 124.90
acres; Reuben H. Corzine, 80 acres; George Davalt, 120 acres; David Penrod, 40
acres; Robert Baggs, 80 acres; Young D. Garner, 80 acres; Eli Coss, 40 acres;
Elias Misenheimer, 80 acres; Rachel Karraker, 40 acres; Eli Corzine, 80 acres;
Daniel Karraker, 80 acres; Henry Hinkel, Jr., 80 acres; Sarah Hinkle, 40 acres;
William Hinkle, 80 acres; George Corzine, 50.41 acres; Charles Lentz, 100.91
acres; Henry Barringei, 80 acres; David Ernest, 40 acres; John Trexler, 80
acres; Philip Hinkle, 40 acres Abner Keller, 40 acres; Elkono Keller, 160 acres;
Nancy Karraker, 80 acres; John J. Carter, 80 acres; James Cress, 40 acres; David
Beggs, 120 acres; Stephen T. Barton, 200 acres; John Beggs, 80 acres; David
Peler, 40 acres; Jacob Peeler, 40 acres; Henry Sticker, 80 acres; Willoughby
Gales, 80 acres; Thomas Mcintosh, 80 acres; Alexander Beggs, 120 acres; Alley D.
Boren, 40 acres; A. Misenheimer, 80 acres; Tobias Misenheimer, 40 acres; Hosea
Mcintosh, 40 acres; John Mcintosh, 80 acres; John C. Albright, 120 acres; Monroe
G. W. Lingle, 80 acres; John Hoffner, 160 acres; Bazil Boren, 160 acres; John
Knup, 80 acres; Henry Sowers, SO acres; James Noel, 34.92 acres; Elizabeth Noel,
34.92 acres; Daniel Trees, 40 acres; Charles Littlejohn, 40 acres; Harmon F.
Whitacre, 40 acres; John J. Denning, 97.03 acres; Thomas Brewster, 40 acres;
Debar Deming, 40 acres; Hezekiah C. Hardin, 124.23 acres; Napoleon B. Walker,
120 acres; Young J. Vancil, 40 acres; James Warren, 40 acres; William Hagler, 40
acres; John Hagler, 40 acres; William J. Biggs, 40 acres; Timothy Anderson, 40
acres; Alfred Anderson, 44.90 acres; Anslem Guthrie, 340 acres; Henry Hope, 80
acres; Sampson Keith, 40 acres; John O. Daniel, 120 acres; Hezikiah C. Hodge, 80
acres; John Lockard, 120 acres; Robert C. Armstrong, 40 acres; Joseph Battson,
80 acres; Daniel Barringer, 40 acres; Jacob Linsley, 40 acres; John D. Fly, 80
acres; William Oaks, 80 acres; Anna Roberts, 40 acres; Larkin F. Brooks, 240
acres; Henry C. Stout, 200 acres; Evan Roberts, 40 acres; Jefferson T. Denning,
80 acres; James C. Swinford, 160 acres; Henry Casper, 160 acres; James Guthrie,
80 acres; Jacob Simmerman, 400 acres; Phtilip Clutts, 120 acres, William
Brocker, 80 acres; Evasmus Hardin, 80 acres; Charles Hagler, 80 acres; James
Ferril, 40 acres; Ignatius O'Daniel, 40 acres; Thomas Ferril, 84.77 acres;
William Griffin, 44.77 acres; Rebecca Scott, 44.90 acres; Daniel Ireland, 89.80
acres; Reuben A. Morris, 44.90 acres; Jacob Chitts, 80 acres; James L. Wallace,
80 acres; John Fer« rill, 211.92 acres; Singleton P. Tweedy, 45.96 acres;
William L. Lamer, 45.97 acres; Ary McGraw, 40 acres; William Neal, 40 acres;
Alfred Vancil, 40 acres; Peter Sifford, 240 acres; M. S. Allen, 40 acres; John
Lence, Jr., 500 acres; William Rich, 80 acres; Solomon Lence, 120 acres; Nancy
Lence, 40 acres; Joseph West, 80 acres; George Snyder, 40 acres; Henry
Barrington, 80 acres Peter Rymer, 160 acres; George Sevar, 40 acres; Wiley
Davidson, 40 acres; Adam Clapp, Jr., 40 acres; John Dillow, 160 acres; Anthony
George, 40 acres; Silas Corzine, 40 acres; Frederick Barringer, 80 acres; Edward
Mowery, 40 acres; Pete Barringer, Jr., 40 acres; Alexander H. Corzine, 80 acres;
George P. Sheffola, 40 acres; Washington McLane, 40 acres; Samuel Seals, 40
acres; Henry W. Otrich, 80 acres; Joseph Rinehart, 80 acres; John File, 40
acres; Aaron Barringer, 40 acres; John Peeler, 120 acres; Simon Albright, 40
acres; George Devolt, 40 acres; Andrew Shaffer, 40 acres; George Mowery, 80
acres and Jacob Dillow, Jr., 40 acres.
Cobden Precinct increased its
occupied area by the settlement of Alexander Smith who occupied 40 acres; Moses
Trees, 80 acres; Aaron Trees, 120 acres; William Russell, 40 acres; Peter
Luce,'4u acres; Mathiaa Caraker, 40 acres; Jacob Caraker, 80 acres; Jacob W.
Haire, 40 acres; David Dillow, 40 acres; Abraham Cover, 235.82 acres; Caleb S.
Sitter, 120 acres; Boston Lentz, 75.83 acres; Paul Hofner, 40 acres; Andrew
Lence, 40 acres; Peter Lence, 172.96 acres; Calvin Armstrong, 40 acres,
Jefferson Menard, 160 acres; Solomon Sitter, 34.53 acres; Conrad Sitter, 103.60
acres; John Barringer, 80 acres; Daniel Barringer, 40 acres; John Beaseley, 40
acres; Jacob Clem, 30.89 acres; Isaac Trees, 40 acres; Eli Beaver, 80 acres;
David Miller, 28.31 acres; Paul Lingle, 27.82 acres; Charles Lingle, 107.52
acres; Stephen Casper, 40 acres; John Shuesnig, 40 acres; Eli Beaver, 80 acres;
Isaac Hartline, 66.01 acres; Benedict Mull, 46.50 acres; John Lingle, 160 acres;
Henry Ferril, 40 acres; John D. Lamer, 200 acres; Henry Randleman, 200 acres;
Samuel Mackey, 40 acres; Mary Renthman, 40 acres; James Holloway, 40 acres;
James B. Coulter, 40 acres; Thomas Cox, 80 acres; Frank W. Coulter, 40 acres;
David Masters, 80 acres; Jacob Rendleman, 160 acres; Christopher Houser, 160
acres; George Smith, 80 acres; Perry Hauser, 160 acres; Nicholas Hunsaker, 90
acres; Andrew Smith, Jr., 40 acres; Adam Smith, 80 acres; David Smith, 80 acres;
Moses Fite, 40 acres; Edmund Vancil, 40 acres; Catherine Landrith, 80 acres;
Joseph Hickman, 40 acres; George Bean, 101.62 acres; George Simpson, 34 acres;
and Henry Lyerle, Jr., 97.75 acres.
The expansion of Anna Precincts was
made by Henry Casper, 45.66 acres; Charles Miller, 45.66 acres; Stephen Casper,
45.66 acres; James Trees, 45.66 acres; Conrad Sitter, 200 acres; Charles
Barringer, 160 acres; John Frogge, 120 acres; Henry Trees, 80 acres; Alex J.
Nimmo, J.20 acres; Charles M. Northern, 40 acres; John Barringer, 80 acres; John
Williams, 120 acres; James Fike, 200 acres; Peter Simmerman, 160 acres; Luther
Armstrong, 40 acres; Henry Barringer, 40 acres; Benjamin Evans, 40 acres; Ransom
Beaseley, 40 acres; David Armstrong, 80 acres; John Boss, 160 acres; William
Murphy, 40 acres; John Ballard, 40 acres; Arthur Frogge, 80 acres; Urias Martin,
40 acres; I. and Wm. Bizzel, 80 acres; Wesley Nimmo, 40 acres; Mary Mills, 80
acres; Basil B. Craig, 80 acres; William J. B. Hanners, 40 acres; Robert
Hamilton, 160 acres; Isaac Bizzel, 40 acres; William C. Millis, 160 acres;
Walter Bearhope, 40 acres; Joseph M. Spence, 200 acres; Calvin W. Sessions, 80
acres; Peter Barringer, 80 acres; William H. Mills, 40 acres; James A. Nash, 40
acres; Thomas Hodges, 80 acres; Samuel T. Hunsaker, 40 acres; William Henry, 160
acres; Aaron Barringer, 40 acres; Richard W. Sessions, 80 acres; Herman Bailey,
40 acres; George Davis, 40 acres; David Spence, 40 acres; Emanuel Davis, 40
acres; John M. McElhaney, 120 acres; Martin Brown, 40 acres; Joseph Martin, 160
acres; James West, 40 acres; Samuel Martin, 160 acres; David Davis, 280 acres;
Solomon Davis, 80 acres; Silas Hess, 40 acres; Caleb Frick, 40 acres; Luther
Armstrong, 4D acres; John Williams, 40 acres; Cerenthy Barringer, 40 acres;
Catharine Williams, 40 acres; Timothy Goddard, 80 acres; Curtis Stonecipher, 80
acres; Henry Barringer, 40 acres; Preston Anderson, 40 acres; Samuel M. Goddard,
80 acres; Willis Willard, 40 acres; Benjamin Eaves, 160 acres; Richard Henson,
40 acres; Daniel Barringer, 120 acres; Talbert Sainer, 40 acres; Christian
Hileman, 120 acres; Winstead Davie, 80 acres; Jacob Hunsaker, Jr., 160 acres;
James Ellis, 40 acres; Caleb Casper, 40 acres; Alison and Daniel Cover, 40
acres; Charles Trees, 165.50 acres; Peter Casper, 40 acres; Alexander Trees,
45.50 acres; W. Willard and J. Rinehart, 181.62 acres; James A. Grover, 49.59
acres; John Rinehart, 45.59 acres; Peter Cruse, 40 acres; Levi Craven, 120
acres; Jacob Hileman, 40 acres; Mary Campbell, 80 acres; Abraham Miller, 120
acres; Solomon Davis, 40 acres; Wiley Davis, 40 acres; Joseph M. Spence, 120
acres; John E. Rance, 40 acres; Nathan Sames, 80 acres; Samuel T. Hunsaker, 40
acres; John Hess, 40 acres; Jane Hess, 40 acres; Tolbert Sames, 40 acres;
Abraham F. Hunsaker, 40 acres; John Rinehart, 80 acres; Elias V. Winget, 200
acres; James B. Powell, 40 acres; Jonathan Woolsey, 40 acres; James A. Smith, 80
acres; Washington McLane, 40 acres; Edward B. Ohusted, 40 acres; Wesley G.
Nimmo, 40 acres; Alexander Frick, 40 acres; Michael Craver, 240 acres; Tobias
Verbal, 80 acres; David Craver, 40 acres; Joseph Hess, 80 acres; James B.
Powell, 80 acres; Leonard Knup, 80 acres; Benjamin W. Brooks, 160 acres; Isaac
J. Lyerley, 80 acres; R. V. Marshall, 160 acres; Thomas James, 80 acres; Wiley
J. Vinson, 80 acres; Edmund Davis, 40 acres; Benjamin L. Corzine, 40 acres;
George Brown, 240 acres; James J. Hunsaker, 120 acres; James I. Alexander, 80
acres; Marion C. Porthaven, 40 acres; Syrian Davis, 80 acres; Martin M. Brown,
80 acres; and Wilson Corzine, 120 acres.
Jonesboro Precinct added Jacob
Miller, 40 acres; William Rymer, 40 acres; Peter Albright, 80 acres; John Fink,
40 acres; Elizabeth Davidson, 80 acres; Morgan Davidson, 80 acres; William
Penrod, 35 acres; Peter Caubb, 80 acres; Jacob Rhodes, 80 acres; John Crowell,
40 acres; John N. Rhodes, 40 acres; George Bean, 40 acres; John Dougherty, 160
acres; William C. Whitlock, 73.74 acres; John Hartline, 40 acres; James Ellis,
160 acres; Drake H. Huddman, 40 acres; John Reynolds, 40 acres; Robert W.
Waggoner, 66.94 acres; Charles Crowell, 40 acres; James Morgan, 80 acres;
William Louis, 40 acres; George Kimmel, 80 acres; Kenneth Hargrave, 282.04
acres; Hiram Tripp, 40 acres; Elijah McGraw, 40 acres; Crawford Trees, 40 acres;
Christian Fromm, 40 acres; John Parmer, 40 acres; David Amundel, 40 acres;
William Goodbody, 40 acres; Nicholas Tripp, 80 acres; George Foggart, 80 acres;
John Cruse, 40 acres; Andrew Deardorf, 40 acres; Caleb Frick, 40 acres; John J.
Grammer, 40 acres; William Tripp, 40 acres; Aaron Grammer, 40 acres; Sarah A.
Sugar, 40 acres; Willis Willard, 40 acres; Jacob Trees, 40 acres; Lafayette
Damron, 40 acres; Robert Hargrave, 200 acres; John C. Sherro, 80 acres; Philip
Cruse, 40 acres; Thomas Whitaker, 40 acres; James Morgan, 160 acres; Levi White,
80 acres; John Conkey, 80 acres; Levi Lewis, 80 acres; Joel Barker, 40 acres;
Jesse Barker, 40 acres; James H. Whitlock, 36.81 acres; Nancy Goodwin, 40 acres;
Andrew Eaves, 40 acres; Jonathan Eaves, 40 acres; Nicholas Hunsaker, 80 acres;
George Greer, 40 acres; Benjamin Vancil, 66.81 acres; Daniel Kimmel, 80 acres;
Jacob Frick, 40 acres; William Millis, 40 acres; John Wadkins, 26.81 acres;
David Meadow, 26.81 acres; Andrew Braswell, 26.94 acres; Francis H. Brown, 26.94
acres; Laird H. Furguson, 40 acres; Mary Delves, 40 acres; Richard Brotton, 40
acres; and Charles Brown, 24.56 acres.
In Misenheimer Precinct additional
settlements were made by John M. Hileman, 40 acres; Henry Lence, 40 acres; John
Light, 40 acres; Alfred Misenheimer, 80 acres; Edward Dunn, 40 acres; Peter
Dillow, 40 acres; Jacob Dillow, 80 acres; William L. Batner, 40 acres; Willey
Stripler, 40 acres; Jacob Miller, 40 acres; Jacob Psizer, 40 acres; Christian
Rinehart, 40 acres; Joshua Allen, 80 acres; John Phitzer, 40 acres; Noah Mowery,
80 acres; Miles Mowery, 80 acres; Lewis Vick, 40 acres; John Pool, 120 acres;
John Mowery, Jr. 80 acres; John Blown, 40 acres; Isaac Brown, Jr., 40 acres;
George H. Brown, 80 acres; Alexander Douglas, 120 acres; Barbara Mitchell,
40acres; Oscar P. Montgomery, 40 acres; John Smith, 40 acres; John Brown, 40
acres; James M. Phelan, 40 acres; Christopher Keller, 40 acres; Samuel A. James,
40 acres; Jacob Brown, 40 acres; Christopher W. Teller, 40 acres; Peter Cruse,
Sr., 80 acres; Levi Caster, 80 acres; John Knupp, 40 acres; John Weaver, 40
acres; George Smith, 40 acres; Jane Montgomery, 40 acres; Jacob J. Misenheimer,
200 acres; David Misenheimer, 80 acres; Bradford Brown, 40 acres; William C.
Nimmo, 38.50 acres; Jonathan Woolsey, 38.50 acres.
Mill Creek Precinct
added Peter Cruse, Jr., 80 acres; Nathaniel W. Manville, 200 acres and William
Huston, 40 acres.
Alto Precinct was increased by settlements made by
Philip Cripps, 37.40 acres; Peter Cripps, 152.04 acres; Thomas Craft, 40 acres;
Anderson Brown, 40 acres; David Smith, 40 acres; Isaac Miller, 160 acres; Thomas
James, 80.16 acres; Wilson James, 80 acres; John Dougherty, 236.44 acres; Simon
B. Sublett, 406.34 acres; William James, 204.80 acres; Allen W. Kimmel, 42.40
acres; Jacob Rhoades, 42.40 acres; Parish G. Abernathy, 42.10 acres; William
Shurley, 42.10 acres; Franklin M. Bennett, 80 acres; William Green, 240 acres;
Andrew Deardorff, 40 acres; Robert H. Bennett, 160 acres; Enoch H. James, 49.61
acres on Island 26; Jeremiah Hutchinson, 40 acres; Allen W. Kimmel, 42.40 acres;
William C. Whitlock, 120 acres; Levi Lefler, 40 acres; Martin Green, 80 acres;
John Eaton, 120 acres; Jacob Rhodes; John Tweedy, 40 acres.
Union
Precinct added John Smith, 29.75 acres; Mary Smith. 29.75 acres; Henry Sherald,
64.75 acres; Samuel Vancil, 324.25 acres; Daniel Sammons, 74.25 acres; John
Warralle, 40 acres; Joseph Kimmel, 40 acres; Jacob Bennett, 40 acres; William D.
Craier, 80 acres; Charles Conway, 80 acres; Joseph Joy, Jr., 80 acres; Elijah
Willard, 360 acres; Willis Willard, 40 acres; George Kimmel, 80 acres; William
Lewis, 80 acres; Charles C. Gatewood, 40 acres; Jessie Barker, 40 acres; Daniel
Kimmel, 80 acres; Hugh Penrod, 80 acres; David Kimmel, 80 acres; Jacob G rammer,
40 acres; John Grammer, 40 acres; Joel Barker, 40 acres; Andrew J. Dickinson, 80
acres; Ransom Ledbetter, 40 acres and Winstead Davie, 80 acres.
Reynolds
Precinct grew more than any other river section during the period between 1835
and 1850. Entries added here were Jessie Barker, 80 acres; William Ballard, 40
acres; Jacob Trees, 83.24 acres; Hithiper A. James, 80 acres; Josiah Goodman, 40
acres; David Trees, 41.02 acres; Jonathan Eaves, 41.02 acres; Young E. Brown,
41.08 acres; Josiah Goodman, 40 acres; Jacob Rinehart, acres; Young E. Brown,
41.20 acres; Isaac Frick, 82.80 acres; James M. Phelan, 169.62 acres; Peter
Lingle, 80 acres; Robert S. Reynolds, 119.97 acres; Christian Hileman, 80 acres;
Adam Hileman, 40 acres; John Yost, 80.32acres; John Dougherty, 160 acres; Samuel
Vancil, 89.47 acres, on Island 21; Jacob Littleton, 197.16 acres; Jonathan
Madden, 23.58 acres on Island 21; Francis H. Brown, 40 acres; Bradford Brown, 40
acres; Jeremiah Brown, 117 acres; Jacob Brown, 36 acres; Lard H. Ferguson, 80
acres; Washington Brown, 40 acres; John G. Wilkins, 127.75 acres; James Brown,
Sr., 37.34 acres; Jeremiah and James Brown, 35.84 acres; Daniel Kimmel, 318
acres; Caleb Casper, 80 acres; John C. Shore, 80 acres; Robert S. Reynolds, 160
acres; Benjamin W. Brooks, 363.19 acres; Elijah Willard, 40 acres; Adam Hileman,
40 acres; James N. Brooks, 36 acres; John M. Johnson, 98.84 acres; John Masel,
126.58 acres; George W. Green, 155.05 acres on Island 24; John M. Lacy, 160
acres on Island 24; P. Whitney and S. Randall, 36.63 acres on Island 24; Thomas
and William Johnson on Island 24; William Carter and S. H. Poe, 47 acres on
Island 24; Calvin J. Price, 240 acres; George Kimmel. 68.64 acres; Thomas James,
105.30 acres; Wiley J. Sames, 40 acres; Adam Hileman, 160 acres; Allen W.
Kimmel, 54.62 acres; Thomas Hamilton, 157.17 acres; Ralph Thornton, 120 acres;
John W. Rorax. 293.97 acres; Samuel Ballard, 170.48 acres; John Baltzell, 181.71
acres; John A. Woodry, 40 acres; Jacob N. Nealey, 66.25 acres on Island 25 and
Enoch H. James, 97.99 acres.
Preston Township added Elijah Willard,
492.20 acres; William Aldridge, 188.12 acres; Lewis Dowd, 40 acres; George W.
Henson, 80 acres; Jacob Schwartz, 71.46 acres; David Lively, 40 acres; William
Noel, 40 acres; Adam Cauble, 186.37 acres; Henry S. Osborn, 80 acres; James Cox,
80 acres; John Rorex, 160 acres; Hiram Freeman, 40 acres; Delila Cauble, 40
acres; James Y. Johnson, 120 acres; Benedict Johnson, 40 acres; William Harris,
40 acres; George Smith, 40 acres; Abraham Williams, 80 acres; Elizabeth Johnson,
40 acres; Nicholas P. Tripp, 40 acres; John Tweedy, 40 acres; William G. Tweedy,
80 acres; James W. Tweedy, 40 acres; Henry Sherrell, 40 acres; Samuel Ballance,
120 acres; Pearl P. McClintock, 240 acres; William C. Whitlock, 160 acres and
Charles M. Willard, 40 acres; John Freeman, 240 acres; Esther H. Osborn, 80
acres.
It is evident that Anna, Dongola and Reynolds precincts enjoyed
the largest growth during this period. This is probably due to the fact that the
bottom land in Union and Preston had previously been occupied and the rolling
country away from the river was being cleared first because these fields were
more tillable after they were cleared than the hill lands. The bulk of the
population was in the western part of the county because river transportation
was the most important during that period.
The next decade 1850 to 1860
completely changes life in Union county.
From 1850 to 1860 is a transition period in
Union County because new methods of transportation were introduced which caused
first, another large increase in population; second, immigration from New
England and the Northeastern states instead of entirely from the south (Kentucky
and Tennessee and the southeastern states) as it had been before this period;
third, the introduction of more scientific methods of agriculture; fourth, the
growth of new types of crops; fifth, more sale of more products because of
increased shipping facilities, and sixsh, establishments of new towns.
The new methods of transportation introduced were the Plank Road and the
Illinois Central Railroad.
Instead of the rugged pioneer we first saw in
Union County who came with his family in a covered wagon in which he lived until
he could cut enough trees to build a log cabin and plant the cleared space with
seeds which would yield something for his family to eat, making his family
practically self-sustaining, we see in 1850 a well developed little community
with homes, stores, mills, churches, and schools, in the center of a farming
neighborhood located near a river where the settlers and traders exchanged their
pro ducts for the articles necessary for the comforts of life, manufactured in
the east and shipped by boat to the landings here. Instead of the handmill
originally used for grinding grain into meal or flour, horse and steam roller
mills had been established. Now the farmer took his grain to the mill to be
ground and paid for the work either by cash or by giving the miller enough grain
to pay for his services. Now, instead of spinning and weaving the flax, wool or
cotton into material at home, wool, cotton and flax were sold to the river
traders who took it back east to be made into material and repaid the farmer
with new material. Boots and shoes were still made locally as a rule but by
cobblers who had established small business of their own, buying their leather
from the tanneries and selling their finished product to the people. Before
this, the pioneer father had been the cobbler in the home and frequently, the
mother had done the work. While most of the people still lived in log houses,
saw mills had been established and many houses had been built of sawed lumber.
The most pretentious home in Jonesboro at that time belonged to the Willards and
is standing today, at present used by Mrs. Moore for a hotel. It is located in
the northwest corner of the Jonesboro square but faces the street running
parallel to the square.
August 9, 1850, William Tripp, Sr., who
immigrated into Illinois August 1, 1811, and settled three miles northeast of
old Elvira but who then lived two miles west of Jonesboro, came into court and
requested that it be put in writing in the Records of Union County that he was
the first man who began building in Jonesboro after the town was laid out in
March, 1818. He wished it to be stated that he had lived to see the county
change from a dense wilderness into a fine farming community.
Business
had changed from the small exchanges made by neighbors or from the trips to Fort
Massac and the Saline Salt Works for supplies to the purchase price from stores
whose owners bought their wares from the farmer and from the traders on the
rivers. Some of these storekeepers bought products from the farmers and took
them down the river themselves to New Orleans where they exchanged them for
wares to sell in their stores.
By 1850, Philip Kroh had made a trip east
and had brought back the first matches ever seen in Union County.
As has
been mentioned before, a newspaper had been established and was available to all
families who wished to buy it.
Churches had been established and private
schools had been taught since 1820. By 1850, one had been taught in the building
on the square known as Lincoln Inn, which recently burned, and another in a
building which stood across from the present court house.
Forty-nine road
districts had been established and one laid out in 1850 completed fifty road
districts in the county. They were named Littleton's Ferry, Ridge Number Two,
Ridge Number Two and One-half, Reed Ferry, Sublett, Freeman, T. C. Jones,
Cauble, Vancil, Houser, Parmley, Ridge Number Eleven, Gregory, Rendleman,
Ashburn, Davie, Crise, Arundell, Misenheimer, Brown, Walcker, Paine, Barringer,
Dillow, Ferril, Lence, Brockroad, Roberds, Wilderness, Owen, Roberts, Evans,
Hileman, Pollard, Hoffner, Brady, Ferguson, Eddleman, Hogan, Cowiker, Earnest,
Patterson, Beggs, Abraham Miller and Jonesborough, Armstrong, Tripp, Dughill,
Campbell and Davis. The roads were usually named for the person who circulated
the petition requesting the road or for the community it served. Many of these
roads were hardly more than trails over which one could ride horseback
comfortably and many could be used for wagon travel. There was no machinery in
those days to use in grading or leveling ground so the roads were as level or as
hilly as the country they traversed and as muddy or dry as the weather
permitted.
In the Mississippi Bottoms, due to the swamps and overflow,
the roads were frequently muddy and since it was necessary to travel over this
part of the country in order to take products to the river to be sold or bring
back the articles bought outside Union County and shipped in by boat, the mud
caused great delay in transportation and some losses. A group of men, interested
in transporting products across this part of the county, decided to build a road
over which they could lay logs split in the middle with the flat surface up.
Such a road was built from the east bank of Clear Creek near Dughill to
Willard's Landing on the Mississippi River with all places planked where mud
interfered with travel. The road became known as the Plank Road.
The
county donated the right-of-way and a group of men, Henry Dishon, Willis
Willard, Caleb Frick, William Green, John E. Naill, Lorenzo P. Wilcox and Sidney
S. Condon furnished the money necessary to buy materials and employ labor for
the construction of the road and a toll gate with a house for the gatekeeper to
live in. The gatekeeper was not paid wages but was charged no rent. He was
required to collect a fee from every person who passed thru the gate. This fee
was used by the above men to maintain the road and the part not needed was
divided among them for their share of the proceeds of the business. The road,
four miles and seventy-eight and one-half chains long was to belong to this
group of men for thirty years according to their contract with the county,
provided they should keep it at all times passable by any type of vehicle or
coveyance.
In April, 1851, Samuel Hunsaker, John S. Hacker and Joshua
Roberts were appointed inspectors of the Jonesboro Plank Road Company by the
county board to see that the company kept its contract with the county.
This road was a great improvement at the time it was built but within a few
years a new type of road was to be built which would surpass any type of
transportation yet available to Union County, the Illinois Central Railroad.
Rich
Precinct, which had been sparsely settled enjoyed its first real growth after
1850.. The following land entries were made during the period 1850 to 1855: John
P. Elmore, 80 acres; Daniel Davie, 40.50 acres; Lewis N. Ashley, 360 acres;
Simon P. Hiller, 80 acres; Abel Baker, 40 acres; Jonathan Clark, 40 acres;
Francis Ashley, 40 acres; Elijah L. Hopkins, 40 acres; Allen Brackenbridge, 80
acres; Finas F. McGinnis, 160 acres; Alanson Courtney, 320 acres; John D.
Shoemaker, 80 acres; David Trees, 480 acres; George French, 320 acres; John
Cochran, 160 acres; Daniel Osborne, 40 acres; William B. Elmore, 280 acres; Levi
Dillow, 144.61 acres; William P. Owen, 127.97 acres; Jessie Owen, 122.85 acres;
Sarah Bays, 40 acres; Felix A. Goodman, 199.34 acres; Jeremiah Hiller, 120
acres; Axum D. Farmer, 38.28 acres; Thomas Daniels, 321.94 acres; Alanson
Courtney, 80 acres; Winstead Davie, 53.75 acres; Solomon Sitter, 40 acres; Lewis
P. Holland, 96.82 acres; Henry Thetford, 31.80 acres; William Whitton, 40 acres;
Green Berry West, 40 acres; Lemard Sides, 27.76 acres; Cornelius Anderson, 44.90
acres; Perry Roberts, 40 acres; Joseph Batson, 80 acres; John Roberts, 80 acres;
John Lockard, 120 acres; John D. Fly, 40 acres; Joshua Thompson, 40 acres; Lewis
Ashley, 80 acres; A. B. Walker, and C. Hagler, 40 acres; Lewis P. Limer, 40
acres; Townsend F. Larkin, 40 acres; Wm. Nesbit, 40 acres; Joshua Thompson, 40
acres; Alfred B. Peaks. 120 acres; Henry Mull, 40 acres; Charles M. Willard, 80
acres; Joe! Zimmerman, 40 acres; John O. Daniel, 160 acres; Allen Bainbridge, 40
acres; Charles Hagler, 80 acres; Isaac Hartline, 45.73 acres; Thomas Hartline,
45.73 acres; George W. Robertson, 40 acres; John Fox, 40 acres and Levi Vancil,
80 acres.
Lick Creek Precinct was increased by Absolom W. Coleman, 160
acres; Jones Stokes, 40 acres; John A. Roberts, 120 acres; Lorenzo P. Wilcox, 40
acres; Wilkinson Barringer, 40 acres; John M. Cochran, 40 acres; Thomas M.
Hines, 40 acres; Mikola McGinnis, 40 acres; Lewis Ashley, 40 acres; Andrew
Lilley, 240 acres; Sarah Bays, 40 acres; William Robaids, 40 acres; Jacob
Stonesipher, 320 acres; Silas P. Cochran, 200 acres; William Anderson, 160
acres; John Davis, 40 acres; Andrew J. White, 40 acres; William T. Stokes, 4D
acres; Littleberry Butts, 80 acres; James Butts, 120 acres; John H. Grammar, 40
acres; Jessie Roberts, 40 acres; Robert Harris, 80 acres; Bird Wall, 40 acres;
Tobias Wiggs, 280 acres; Israel W. Davis, 40 acres; George T. McGinnis, 158.23
acres; James Bruff, 40 acres; Alexander L. Penninger, 120 acres; Browning Wiggs,
120 acres; Wesley Grear, 120 acres; Jessie Miles, 40 acres; Wm. N. Corbitt, 40
acres; Levi Lewis, 80 acres; William Murphy, 160 acres; Thomas R. Johnson, 40
acres; Robert Harris, 40 acres; Joseph Boswell, 40 acres; John Allen, 120 acres;
Joshua P. Jenkins, 40 acres; William Morrow, 40 acres; Thomas Boswell, 80 acres;
Abraham Halterman, 160 acres; Alexander Thorne, 80 acres; John Davis, 80 acres;
Caleb Musgraves, 40 acres; Berry Green, 40 acres; and Wesley Grear, 80 acres.
The additions in Saratoga Precinct were Sarah Bays, 40 acres; Elijah Brocks,
40 acres; David Miller, 160 acres; Nathaniel G. Miller, 40 acres; Hams M.
Ridenhower, 40 acres; Win. Cole, 40 acres; Bird Wall, 42.18 acres; Stephen
Garrett, 84.38 acres; William Thornton, 42.19 acres; John M. Jenkins, 171.68
acres; Harvey Armstrong, 43.01 acres; Abraham W. Menees, 40 acres; Thomas Ales,
40 acres; Abraham Willenas, 40 acres; John S. Plater, 40 acres; Jacob M.
Randell, 40 acres; John Murphy, 160 acres; John H. Beggs, 80 acres; Wm. R.
Davis, 40 acres; Thisfield Davis, 40 acres; John Barringer, 40 acres; Abraham
Hotteman, 80 acres; John Hotteman, 120 acres; David Culp, 40 acres; William
Turner, 40 acres; David Treese, 40 acres; Lewis W. Ashley, 80 acres; Rankin S.
Butler, 40 acres; John M. Rich, 120 acres; John Fox, 80 acres; Isaac Hartline,
80 acres; Lard H. Ferguson, 111.20 acres; Catherine Lige, 40 acres; and Charles
M. Willard, 160 acres.
The additions in Stokes Precinct were George W.
Simmerman, 85.05 acres; John F. Sivey, 240 acres; Wm. Murphy, 80 acres; Berry
Green, 120 acres; Alfred Stokes, 80 acres; John M. Toler, 520 acres; Morgan
Stokes, 140 acres; William Corbit, 40 acres; Calvin M. Beard, 240 acres; Wm. M.
Corbitt, 40 acres; Mary Stokes, 40 acres; Miles Pender, 80 acres; Wm. D. Toler,
40 acres; Ethelred Benson, 40 acres; John Pickerel, 120 acres; Piety W. Cox, 40
acres; Silas Toler, 40 acres; Hugh A. Gurley, 40 acres; Joseph M. Spence, 40
acres; Josiah P. Gore, 40 acres; John Jones, 47.31 acres; Charles Robertson,
48.03 acres; John C. Rothbrook, 48.03 acres; William Ballard, 40 acres; and
Daniel Lingle, Jr., 40 acres.
Dongola added George Davis, 50.14 acres;
Caleb Lingle, 40 acres; John Allen, 40 acres; Henry Keller, 48.54 acres; Absolem
Keller, 40 acres; Columbus Adams, 40 acres; Archibald Beggs, 120 acres; Abraham
P. Buford, 40 acres; James R. Bartin, 40 acres; Caleb Lentz, 40 acres; Abraham
Misenheimer, 40 acres; Wilson Wilkerson, 50.50 acres; John S. Corzine, 40 acres;
Jacob Kestler, 40 acres; Elkano Elkins, 80 acres; Philip Hinkle, 80 acres;
Monroe G. W. Lingle, 40 acres; and Christopher Lyerly, 40 acres.
Cobden
added Daniel M. McConnell, 40 acres; Joshua Thompson, 40 acres; Butler Treece,
40 acres; Elizabeth Clutts, 40 acres; George W. Burton, 160 acres; William
Ingram, 45.19 acres; William Lamer, 80 acres; James P. Craig, 280 acres; John
O'Neill, 275.80 acres; Henry Casey, 40 acres; David Vaught, 40 acres; James M.
Tweedy, 80 acres; Abram F. Hunsaker, 40 acres; William D. Parker, 40 acres; and
Paul Lingle, 40 acres.
Jonesboro was increased by Nathan Sams, 33.10
acres; John Walker, 40 acres; Charles Corzine, 40 acres; W. R. Corzine, 120
acres; G. H. W. Lippard, 40 acres; William A. Lippard, 40 acres; Michael Brady,
120 acres; Charles Lence, 40 acres; Noah Corzine, 40 icres; Alfred Holshouser,
40 acres; Peter Lence, 40 acres; John Keeley, 40 acres; Lewis N. Ashley, 80
acres; Wilson Wilkerson, 40 acres; Thomas Rendleman, 71.73 acres; Robert W.
Waggoner, 40 acres; Azel Thornton, 34.25 acres; Nathaniel G. Miller, 40 acres;
Charles King, 40 acres; Sarah A. Seegar, 80 acres; Isaac N. Albright, 40 acres;
John C. Shore, 40 acres; Francis H. Brown, 80 acres; and Paul Frick, 24.50
acres.
In Anna the newcomers were John W. Watkins, 80 acres; Isaac
Treese, 40 acres; Jonas G. Mangold, 40 acres; John Medlin, 40 acres; Noah H.
Simmerman, 40 acres; Wm. Eaves, 80 acres; Richard Henson, 80 acres; Wesley
Goddard, 40 acres; Christian Hileman, 80 acres; John B. Jones, 80 acres; John M.
Spence, 40 acres; James Hammons, 40 acres; Joseph Spence, 120 acres; Zephemia
West, 40 acres; Porter Wolcott, 40 acres; Preston Anderson, 40 acres; George
Davis, 40 acres; Alexander Frick, 80 acres; Jacob Kanup, 40 acres; John B.
Miller, 40 acres; Perry Roberts, 40 acres; George Corzine. 80 acres; James R.
Corzine, 40 acres; John Brown, 40 acres; Isaac Brown, 40 acres; Spencer Laws,
39.86 acres; John R. Corzine, 43 acres; John Alms, 40.16 acres; Edmond Davis,
199.17; Edward Lipe, 39.17 acres and Wm. S. Satin, 37.39 acres.
Misenheimer Precinct added John Fluck, 320 acres; Hiram J. Walker, 40 acres;
Alexander Misenheimer, 80 acres; Syrian and Edmund Davis, 470.30 acres; Jacob
Casper, 40 acres; Moses A. Goodman, 40 acres; John Nidermeyer, 40 acres; James
Lively, 348 acres ; John N. Misenheimer, 120 acres; Peter Hileman, 80 acres;
John L. Hale, 40 acres; John M. Hileman, 40 acres; David Burton, 320 acres; Noah
Mowery, 80 acres; John Mowery, 80 acres; Thomas Durham, 80 acres; Hurd Poole, 40
acres and Moses Hutson, 80 acres.
Alto Precinct added Robert T. Shipley,
40 acres; Michael G. Smith, 80 acres; Parrish G. Abernathie, 80 acres; John T.
E. Gore, 40 acres; John Hoefle, 193.36 acres; John Stone, 120 acres;
JosephLamer, 40 acres; Henry Rendleman, 40 acres; George H. Lemley. 40 acres;
Christopher Houser, 80 acres; Philip Lewis, 40 acres; Joseph Miller, 120 acres;
William Sides, 40.86 acres; Alexander Miller, 40 acres; Caleb Lyerly, 120 acres;
John Cauble, 40 acres; Nicholas Hunsaker, 40 acres; Jumatta Wright, 80 acres;
William Gregory, 40 acres; Robert Brown, 40 acres.
Union Precinct added
John Parmley, 120 acres: Andrew J. Lemmons, 72.50 acres; and John Cauble, 40
acres.
Reynolds Precinct added Augustus L. Springs, 80 acres; John
Parmley, 40 acres; Preston Baston, 40 acres; and Willard Gain, 320 acres.
Preston Precinct added Farland Laughlin, 80 acres; John Wright, 80 acres;
John Cauble, 160 acres; James M. Goodbread, 27.04 acres; and Matthew Wright, 80
acres.
It is noticeable that during this period there was very little
expansion in the precincts near the river and the two precincts Rich and Lick
Creek had the largest growth in the county.
Contributed 11 Sep 2017 by Norma Hass, extracted from History of Union County, by Lulu Leonard, published in 1941.
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