Lake County, Indiana


From "Northwestern Indiana from 1800-1900" by T.H. Ball in 1900.

Some descendants have sent emails, where you see "Descendants FOUND"
please refer to http://users.rootsweb.com/~inlake/settlers.htm where
you can click to read the emails sent in by people who's ancestors
helped settle this fine county.

"**********The settlers in 1834**********

In October- Thomas Childers.
In November- Solon Robinson, Lumm A. Fowler and Robert Wilkinson,
on Deep River.
In December- Jesse Pierce and David Pierce, on Deep River and
Turkey Creek, says the Claim Register.

**********Settlers in 1835**********

January- Lyman Wells and John Driscoll.
February- J. W. Holton, W. A. W. Holton, William Clark and family,
from Jennings County.
March- Richard Fancher and Robert Wilkinson, the latter on West
Creek from Attica "Spring," Elias Bryant, E.W. Bryant, Nancy
Agnew, widow, and J. Wiggins.
May- Elias Myrick, William Myrick--Descendants FOUND!! and now More
Myrick descendants FOUND!
Thomas Reid, S.P. Stringham, Vermillion, Ills., and Aaron Cox.
June- Peter Stainbrook
November- David Hornor, Thomas Hornor, Jacob L. Brown, Thomas Wiles,
Jesse Bond, and Milo Robinson.
December- John Wood, Henry Wells--Descendants FOUND!
William S. Thornburg, R. Dunham, R. Hamilton, and John G. Forbes.

**********Settlers in 1836**********

William A. Purdy, New York.
Elisha Chapman, Michigan City.
S. Havilance, Canada.
William N. Sykes.
David Campbell.
W. Williams, La Porte.
Benjamin Joslen.
John Ball.
Richard Church, Michigan.
Darling Church, Michigan.
Leonard Cutler, Michigan.
Charles Cutler, Michigan.
B. Rhodes, La Porte.
J. Rhodes, La Porte.
Jacob Van Valkenburg, New York.
James S. Castle, Michigan City.

Hiram Nordyke, sen., Tippecanoe.
Charles H. Paine, Ohio.
Hiram Nordyke, Jr., Tippecanoe County.
Joseph C. Batton, Boone County.
James Knickerbocker, New York.
John T. Knickerbocker.
G. C. Woodbridge.
H. Bones.
John J. Van Valkenburg.
Horace Taylor.--Descendants FOUND!
S. D. Bryant.
Daniel E. Bryant.
Peter Bernard.
Jonathan Brown.
E.J. Robinson.
David Fowler.
Cyrus Danforth.
M. Pierce, State of New York.
Sprague Lee, Pennsylvania.
John A. Bothwell, Vermont.
Peleg S. Mason.
Adonijah Taylor, "Timber and Outlet." The last according to Claim
Register, "May 15th."
John Cole, New York.
F.A. Halbrook, New York.
Stephen Mix, New York.
Silas Clough, New York.
Rufus Norton, Canada.
Elijah Morton, Vermont.
Francis Barney--Descendants FOUND!.
Hiram Holmes.
Samuel Halstead, "Timber and Millseat." "Nov 29th transferred to
James M. Whitney and Mark Burroughs for $212."
Calvin Lilley, South Bend.
Samuel Hutchins, La Porte.
Jacob Nordyke, Tippecanoe.
Hiram S. Pelton, New York.
Ithamar Cobb.
J.P. Smith, New York, -settled July 5th.
Twelve-Dressler.
G. Zuver, Bartholomew County.
H. McGee.
Henry Farmer, Bartholomew County.
William S. Hunt, "blacksmith," Wayne County.
George Parkinson
S. Wilson
James Farewell
Abel Farewell
Carlos Farewell
M.C. Farewell
Henry Hornor
Ruth Barney, Widow
J. V. Johns
James Anderson
E. W. Centre
Simeon Beedle
Isaac M. Beedle
William Wells
S. D. Wells
W. W. Centre
T.M. Dustin
E. Dustin Jr
C. L. Greenman
Charles Marvin
Mercy Perry, widow
Peter Selpry
Jacob Mendenhall
H.M. Beedle
B. Rich
D. Y. Bond
S. L. Hodgeman
John Kitchel
Henry A. Palmer
Paul Palmer
H. Edgarton
D. Barney
William Hodson
George Earle
Jackson Cady
A. Hitchcock
E.H. Hitchcock
O. Hitchcock
Russell Eddy
C. Carpenter
William Brown
R.S. Witherel
Charles Walton
William Farmer
Jonathan Gray
Nathan D. Hall
Edward Greene
S. T. Greene
Elisha Greene
W. Page
R. Wilder
John McLean
Solomon Russell
Daniel May-- Descendants FOUND!
A. Albee

**********Settlers in 1837**********

James Westbrook
Samuel Sigler
John Bothwell
John Brown
Henry Torrey
S. Hodgeman
Joseph Batton
John Kitchell
N. Hayden
H.R. Nichols
N. Cochrane
A. Baldwin
Lewis Warriner
Josiah Chase
E.T. Fish
Charles R. Ball
John Fish
Hervey Ball
George Flint
Lewis Manning
Benjamin Farley
Ephriam Cleveland
D.R. Stewart
William Sherman
H. Galespie
J.H. Martin
John Hack
T. Sprague
G.L. Zabriska
J. Hutchinson
E.L. Palmer
Lewis Swaney
N. Reynolds
Francis Swaney
B. Demon
O.V. Servis
Joel Benton
Thomas O'Brien
John L. Ennis
Orrin Smith
Dennis Donovan
D.B. Collings
Patrick Donovan
Z. Collings
Thomas Donovan
Timothy Rockwell
Daniel Donovan
Jesse Cross
Oliver Fuller
E. Cross
Thomas Tindal
R. Cross
Orrin Dorwin
A.L. Ball
H. Severns
Daniel Bryant
Hiram Barnes
Wid. Elizabeth Owens
Bartlett Woods
E.D. Owens
Charles Woods
Dudley Merrill
William Vangorder
J.F. Follett
G.W. Hammond
A.D. Foster
J. Rhodes
Adam Sanford
Joseph Jackson
Charles Mathews
O. Higbee
James Carpenter
Z. Woodford
Jacob Ross
William Hobson
Patrick Doyle
P. Anson
W.J. Richards"


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