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Welcome to
BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA
History & Genealogy

Source:
EARLY LIFE and TIMES
of
BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA
Giving an Account of the Early Settlement of Each Locality
Chruch Histories, County and Township Officers from
the First Down to 1886; Histories of Some
of the Pioneer Families of
the County
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Biographical Sketches
of some of the Prominent Men and Women
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Communications From Well-Informed Citizens Throughout The
County; List of Soldiers Who Went To
The Late War of 1861-5.
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Compiled By
Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind.
May, 1887

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOWNSHIPS
Boone County, Past & Present 7
Center 12
Clinton 14
Eagle 16
Harrison 19
Jackson 20
Jefferson 23
Marion 24
Perry 26
Sugar Creek 28
Union 31
Washington 33
Worth 36

TOWNS AND CITIES
Lebanon 37
Thornton 41
Jamestown 45
Zionsville 49
Whitestown 52
Mechanicsburg 53
Eagle Village 54
Dover 57
Northfield 60
Clarkstown 61
Fayette 62
New Brunswick 62
Millagevlile 63
Hazelrigg Station 63
Ward 64
Advance 64
Royalton 65

MISCELLANEOUS
Boone Co. Agricultural Society 147
County Poor Farm 150
Probate Court 150
Common Pleas Court 151
Circuit Court 151
State Senators 152
County Sheriffs 152
" Recorders 153
" Surveyors 153
" Coroners 153
" Clerks 154
" Auditors 154
County Representatives 154
"Commissioners 154
Prosecuting Attorney 155
Court Houses 155
Attorneys, Past and Present 156
Secret Orders of the County 157
Variety Chapter 163
The Press of the County 167
Early Physicians 172

GEOLOGY OF BOONE COUNTY
S. S. Gorby and S. E. Lee
Pg. 179
Topography and Drainage 182
Soil and Products 185
Geology 186
Section of John M. Shelly's Well 188
Section of Mr. Isaac Emerts' Well 189
Section of Witt & Elizer's Well, Thorntown 190
Section of the Gas Well 191
Section of Mr. Cain's Well 192
Section of the Well on Washington Street, Lebanon 193
Section of Mr. Chamber's Well, Ratsburg 194
Section of George Dishman's Well, Slabtown 194
Section of Average Wells at Rosston 194
Section of Average Well at Northfield 195
Section of Average Well at Clarkstown 195
Section of Wells at Zionsville 195
Section of Foster & Leap's Well, Royalton 195
Section of Well at the Saw Mill, Jamestown 196
Section of Well at the Grist Mill, Jamestown 196
Average Section of Wells at Brunswick 196
Average Section of Wells at Milledgeville 196
Section of Thomas M'Daniel's Well 197
Section of Mr. Vandeveer's Well 197
Section of Mr. Dunbar's Well 198
Section of Well on Mr. Wm. Mills' Farm, One Mile West of Thorntown 198
Section of Mr. Harris' Well 198
Section of Mr. Woody's Well 199
Section of Well Near Union Church 199
PALEOZOIC GEOLGY 199
ARCHAEOLOGY 200

CHURCHES
Eagle Creek Regular Baptist Church 201
Antioc or Poplar Grove Baptist Church 201
Baptist Church at Dover
     by Lewis Denney		 202
Sketch of the Elizaville Baptist Church 203
Mount Tabor Baptist Church 204
Mounts Run Church - Baptist 205
The Church of Christ, called Lebanon Baptist Church
     By B. F. Whitaker		 206
Bethel M. E. Church, Eagle Township 207
Historical Sketch of the M. E. Church at Thorntown 208
Big Springs Methodist Church 209
M. E. Church, Jamestown 211
M. E. Church, Lebanon 212
Mt. Zion M. P. Church, Jackson Township 213
Christain Church, Zionsville 214
The Church of Christ at Ward
     By Elder D. H. Heckathorn		 215
Christian Church, Jamestown 216
Presbyterian Church at Lebanon
     By D. B. Banta		 216
Christian Church, Lebanon
     By Stephen Neal		 218
Presbyterian Church at Elizaville 219
Hopewell Presbyterian Church
     By F. C. Phillips		 220
Salem U. Presbyterian Church, or Mud Creek Church in Clinton Township 222
Lutheran Church at Whitestown
     By Rev. J. C. Barb		 222
Pleasant View Church. (NewLight) 224
Old Union Christian Church.
     By F. M. Trotter		 225


BIOGRAPHIES
 


LETTERS
A Remarkable Crank Who Visited Boone in Pioneer Days 395
   


REMINISCENSES OF EAGLE VILLAGE FORTY YEARS AGO.
Crazy Joe Abrahams, Luke Miller, George Aston and Other Notables of Bygone Days 397
An Old Residents Recollections of Eagle Village Forty Years Ago.
  - Its Early Musicians
  - A Bear Fight
  - Oliphant's Eagle
  - Punishing a Wife Beater		 398
Eagle Village and Some of Its Population Forty Years Ago
  - Samuel Harden Writes of the Merchants and Doctors of That Day		 400
The Preachers of Eagle Village Forty Years Ago.
  - Thomas Lockhart
  - Hugh Wells
  - D. F. Straight
  - James McCoy
  - Madison Hume
  - R. H. Calvert
  - etal.		 402 -
Samuel Harden's Recollections of An Early Visit to Lebanon 404
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
  - The Odd Fellows' Picnic and Other Matters as Seen by Mr. S. Harden		 406
The Garden Spot of Boone 408
On the Wing
  - Mr. Harden Resumes His Work in Harrison Township		 409
Samuel Harden's Observations
  - Wihle Canvasing Worth Township for his Forth-coming Book		 411
OLD SETTLERS DAY.
  - What Mr. Hardin has to Say of the Meeting at Jamestown		 412
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
  - Mr. Harden Continues his Work in the Land of Old People		 414
Som Prominent Hostelries of Eagle Village Forty Years Ago. 416
PORTRAIT Judge Wm. J. Devol  
PORTRAIT Rebecca Devol  
EAGLE VILLAGE in 1847
  - Mexican Soldiers on their Way Stay all Night at Eagle Village		 417
Samuel Harden's First Trip to Mill - The Dye Mill of Long Ago. 419
EARLY ODD FELLOWSHIP.
  - Mr. Samuel Harden Recalls the First Lodge at Eagle Village		 420
OLD BETHEL CHURCH
  - An Ancient Citadel from Which Satan's Forces were Stormed.		 421
UNION TOWNSHIP
  - Mr. Harden Finds i this Township the Subject-Matter for a Very Long Letter		 423
TWO EARLY PIONEERS
 - Sketches of George Dye and Frederick Lowe, Eagle Village Pioneers 		427
THE MICHIGAN ROAD.
  - Prominent Early Settlers Who Reside Along this Old Thoroughfare.		 428
A FEW LEBANON NOTES 429
NEARING THE END
  - Mr. Harden Gets Around to Clinton with his Work		 430
PORTRAIT - WILLIAM R. HOGSHIRE  
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
  - Mr. Harden's Last Proves his Best and Most Interesting Letter		 433


POEMS
Old Settlers Song 437
Boone County 439
   


ADDITIONAL SKETCHES AND BIOGRAPHIES
SUGAR PLAIN CHURCH 443
A BRIEF MEMOIR OF THOMAS CASON AND FAMILY 444
PORTRAIT of HON. NELSON FORDICE  
WILLIAM COBB 451
SILAS A. LEE 452
JOSEPH T. McLOUGHLIN 453
COL. A. O. MILLER 453
THOMAS P. MILLER 454
WILLIAM MILLER 455
CHARLES F. S. NEAL 456
THE ROSE FAMILY 456
WILLIAM STATON 458
SAMUEL S. STRONG 458
BENJAMIN F. WHITTAKER 459
PATRICK H. SULLIVAN 459


CEMETERIES OF OUR COUNTY
Pg 460


SOLDIER LIST
Pg 464 - 492




 


 
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