Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana, published May 1877, republished 1974 AUSTIN DAVENPORT   Mr. DAVENPORT was one of the pioneers of Boone County, settling on Eagle Creek about the year 1824 or '25.  He was elected the first sheriff of the county, and represented the county in the state legislature from 1832 to 1834.  He built the first brick house in the county on the Michigan Road in the year 1835, where he owned a fine tract of land and where he died in the year 1836, highly respected and loved by all who were acquainted with him.  He is the father of Mrs. Eliza LOWE, Indianapolis, Henry DAVENPORT (deceased), Mrs. May HOPKINS (deceased), Milton S. DAVENPORT of Zionsville and William DAVENPORT (deceased).  Mr. DAVENPORT is buried on his old farm on the Michigan road, between Eagle Village and Clarkstown.  The DAVENPORT family was one of the most prominent in the early history of the county.  He was a stanch friend of the poor people, and a Christian gentleman.  Long may his memory live.  He was in the War of 1812, serving as drummer, and his brother Jesse as fifer. DAVENPORT   LOWE   HOPKINS Submitted by Jane A Heine jaheine@in-motion.net Part of the Indiana Biographies Project --------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jane A Heine (© 1999 Jane A Heine)