Old Settlers Meeting, extracted from “Clark County Herald,” 26 September 1877, page 5

 

The following is the name, age, place of birth and date of settlement of Clark County, of all the old settlers present at the meeting.

 
Name                                      Where born                When                          When Settled
Bartlett, Jane                            Kentucky                     Sept. 1800                   Nov. 1817

Beadle, Jno.                             Kentucky                     March 1812                 Nov. 1848

Beadle, John                             Clark Co., IL               Jan. 1833

Bendle, Barbara B.                   Indiana                         March 1814                 Nov. 1843

Bennett, Wm. P.                       New York                    June 25, 1808              March 1817

Binndell, Wm.                           Virginia                         Dec. 25, 180-              April 1831

Brown, W. R.                           Virginia                         Nov. 9, 1817               March 1835

Dunlap, Andrew                       Tennessee                    Nov. 1809                   Nov. 1835

Falley, Abigail                           Clark Co., IL               Oct. 15, 1819

Falley, Richard                         Massachusetts              Oct. 31, 1813              Dec. 1838

Fishback, Jacob                       Virginia                         Dec. 29, 1815              Nov. 16, 1830

Forsyth, Ester                           East Tennessee             March 19, 1801           Nov. 1828

Gallespie, Rachel                      Ohio                             Feb. 11, 1816              Jan. 1842

Garner, John                             Ohio                             April 1814                    Sept. 1852

Griffin, Milinda                          Virginia                         Oct.1800                     Oct. 1825

Grissom, Rena                          Kentucky                     Jan. 1812                     Oct.

Handy, Chester                        Clark Co., IL               Mar. 17, 1830

Harlan, Lucinda                        Indiana                         Oct. 4, 1812                Dec. 1814

Hoge, Jonathan                         Virginia                         Dec. 1814                    May 1840

Hoge, Tamer                            Virginia                         Sept. 1812                   Nov. 1817

Hogue, Elizabeth                       Ohio                             July 1803                     Nov. 1817

Hollingsworth, C.                      Kentucky                     April 1809                    Nov. 1843

Kain, John M.                          Delaware                      April 2, 1810                Sept. 1842

Kimlin, W.                                Ohio                             Sept. 1816                   April 1840

King, Debora                           Virginia                         Aug. 1817                    Nov. 1838

King, John R.                           Ohio                             Aug. 20, 1814              April 17, 1836

Kline, David                             Pennsylvania                 March 1801                 Oct. 1842

Kline, Susan                             Pennsylvania                 Dec. 1903                    Oct. 1842

Lane, Mary                              Scotland                       1809                            June 16, 1838

Lawrence, Sarah A.                  Clark Co., Il.                April 10, 1818

Legore, Dan                             Maryland                      Feb. 8, 1803                June 1839

Lockard, Diadanne                   Ohio                             Feb. 17, 1814              Oct. 1837

Lockard, Wm.                          Ohio                             1811                            Oct. 1837

Lycan, Jacob G.                       Kentucky                     Nov. 1809                   April 1831

Lycan, Mary                             Ohio                             Sept. 1815                   Apr. 1816

Lycan, Rebecca                        Kentucky                     Jan. 1811                     Jan. 1831

Lycan, Wm.                             Virginia                         Sep. 11, 18-7               Jan. 11, 1831

Madison, Maria                        Kentucky                     July 1793                     Nov. 1837

Mark, Elizabeth                        Pennsylvania                 May 8, 1797                Sept. 1834

McCube, Wm.                         Tennessee                    Mr. 29, 1806               Nov. 1817

Montgomery, Elizabeth             Ohio                             March 1811                 Nov. 1829

Moore, Amy                            Ohio                             May 14, 1818              Nov. 1841

Moore, James                          England                                                            Sept. 1830

Murphy, William                       Virginia                         Oct. 7. 1823                Nov. 1827

Myers, Harden                         Kentucky                     Sept. 1809                   Feb. 1823

Neal, Jane                                Indiana                         July 1812                     Nov. 1837

Patten, Hannah                         Kentucky                     Jan. 16, 1819               Nov. 1836

Pease, Angeline                                                            1809                            Oct. 1811

Plasters, James                         Virginia                         June 3, 1791                Apr. 20, 1831

Reynolds, David                       Tennessee                    Mar. 6, 1802                Dec. 1802

Reynolds, Dolly C.                   Edgar Co., IL               May, 1820                   Mar. 11,

Rhodes, Isaac                           Kentucky                     Feb. 2, 1803                Oct. 1819

Rockwell, Joseph                     Vermont                       Apr. 13, 1805              Oct. 1837

Rose, Ira B.                              New York                    Oct. 1805                    April 1830

Routt, Henry T.                        Virginia                         Oct. 13, 1802              Oct. 1840

Routt, Mary                              Kentucky                     Oct. 4, ------               Oct. 1817

Shaw, Albert                            York, IL                       Dec. 16, 1820

Shaw, Virginia                          Virginia                         Sept. 18, 1829             Sept. 1831

Sheaply, Hannah                       New York                    May 1812                    Jan. 1818

Staggs, Perlina                          Kentucky                     March 1812                 Dec. 1830

Stockwell, John                        Massachusetts              Oct. 18, 1799              May 1824

Stockwell, Nancy G.                Kentucky                     May 1813                    Dec. 1820

Wallace, Cynthia                      Ohio                             July 23, 1799               Nov. 1852

Wallace, Joseph                       Tennessee                    June 1797                    Nov. 1852

 

Mrs. Lucinda Harlan who was born near Vincennes, Indiana October 4, 1812.  Her parents, David and Sarah Hogue, moved into this county, near where the town of York now stands, in December 1814, when their daughter was but a little over two years old, and she has resided here ever since.  Her father died in 1823.  She was married to Justin Harlan, now County Judge, the 4th of March, 1832.  Her mother died in 1846.  Mrs. Harland is the mother of nine children, eight of whom are now living, and a more respected and useful family than hers cannot be found.  The boys are all regarded as our best men, there being Howard, Cyrus, Edward, William, Justin and Wilson, all residents of this place, while her daughters are Emily Payne the wife of Alex, and Mary the wife of W. A. Wright.

 

James Plasters of this who was born in the State of Virginia, June 3, 1791 and is consequently, in his eighty-seventh year.  He is yet spry, and does considerable work about his garden and place.  He was married only about a year ago, to Mrs. Batlou, of this city.  The oldest settler, and the one who received the LARGE, FAMILY BIBLE, presented by M. O. Frost, editor of the Herald. (James was the oldest individual to this meeting)