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Book Title: THE HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1876.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS.

History of the First Settlement by the Pottowatomie Indians in 1837—Their
Removal in 1854—First Settlement by Whites in 1854, - - - - - - 17

CHAPTER II.
ORGANIZATION.
Organization of the Territory—The several Elections in 1855-6—Organization of
Anderson County, - 22

CHAPTER III.
EARLY  INCIDENTS.
Appointment of County Officers—Locating First County Road—Locating Permanent
County Seat—First Term of District Court—Organization of Pottowatomie Rifle
Company—They Break up Cato's Court at Shermanville, - - 29

CHAPTER IV.
NOTED SETTLERS, ELECTIONS, BORDER RUFFIANS.
Noted Settlers of 1855—Election of Delegates to Topeka Constitutional
Convention—Election on Adoption of Constitution—Election of State Officers under
Topeka Constitution—Noted Settlers of 1856—Territory Overrun with Border
Ruffians—The Probate Judge, County Commissioners and Sheriff Flee the
Country—John Brown with his Company Marching to the Rescue of Lawrence—United
States Troops Sent to Pottowatomie, ------ 35.

CHAPTER V.
POTTOWATOMIE GUARDS, FIRST CELEBRATION, BATTLES, SUFFERING.
Organization of Pottowatomie Guards—Celebration of Fourth of July, 1856—Struggle
between. Free State Men and Border Ruffians—Battle of Middle Creek—How a Ruffian
Lost his Nose—Raid on Pottowatomie—Battle of Osawatomie—Great Suffering among
Settlers, - - 46

CHAPTER VI.
NEW SETTLERS, TOWNSITES, STEAM MILL.
Arrival of C. E. Dewey and Party from Ohio—First Settlement on South
Pottowatomie—Death of Bear—Survey of Government Land—Location of Kansas City,or
Ianthe,Townsite—Selection of Garnett Townsite—Arrival of Louisville Colony, with
Machinery for Steam Mill—Prominent Settlers of Garnett in 1858-9, - 56

CHAPTER VII.
POLITICAL-MEETINGS, COUNTY OFFICERS, ELECTIONS, CELEBRATION, SICKNESS.
Mass Meeting at Hyatt—First Meeting in Garnett—County Officers
Appointed—Election of Delegates to Lecompton Constitutional Convention—Free
State Convention at Sac and Fox Agency—Celebration of the Fourth of July at
Greeley—Dividing the County into Municipal Townships—Free State Conventions at
Simons' and at Hyatt—First Election for County Officers—Vote of the Precincts,
except Shannon, thrown out by Probate Judge—Letter Giving Reasons for Same—Free
State Convention at Grasshopper Falls—Sickness in the Fall of 1857, - 67

CHAPTER VIII.
ELECTIONS, PROBATE COURT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Commissioners to Attend Voting Precincts—Election under Lecompton
Constitution—Resignation of County Officers—Appointment of Agent to Contest
Claim—Election of Delegates to Leavenworth Constitutional Convention—Election of
County Officers—Election- on Leavenworth Constitution—Jurisdiction of Probate
Courts—Troubles in West Part of the County—Contract to Erect Public
Buildings—Vote on Lecompton Constitution, - 83

CHAPTER IX.
CONVENTIONS, ELECTIONS, MAIL ROUTES, BORDER TROUBLES, REPUBLICAN MEETING.
Convention at Ottumwa—Election of Members of Territorial
Legislature—Establishing Mail Routes in Southern Kansas—Free State Men Called on
to Defend Settlers in the. Border Counties—Posse from Coffey County Arrests
Settlers of Anderson County— Burning of Painter's and Fox's Cabin by a Mob—
Marais des Cygne Massacre—John Brown's Parallels —Liberation of
Slaves—Squatters' Court Organized in Anderson, Linn and other Counties—First
Meeting of the Republicans of Anderson County, - 97

CHAPTER X.
POISONING,- HORSE STEALING, MURDERS, TRIALS.
Attempt to Poison Banta—Trial of Theodore Royer for Horse Stealing—His
Suspicious Disappearance—Marriage of Leon Phillips and Sarah Potter—His Death—
Her Arrest for Murder—Examination, Escape. Return, Re-arrest and Trial—Murder of
James Lowry— Trial of his Murderers—Conviction of Ford—His Pardon by the
Governor—Trial and Acquittal of Tusteson and Knouff—Murder of Mrs. Adaline
Duren— Capture and Execution of the Murderer, - - 112

CHAPTER XI.
TAX, VALUATION, ROADS, ELECTIONS, POLITICAL, DROUTH.
First Tax Levy—Valuation on First Assessment—Appointment of County
Superintendent of Public Instruction—Location of Territorial Roads—Election of
Delegates to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention—Adoption of the
Constitution—Organization of Political Parties—Election of State and County
Officers—Drouth of 1860, &c., - - - - - 123

CHAPTER XII.
THE  WEATHER, FIRES, INDIANS.
Severity of the Winters of 1855-6 and 1856-7, and Mildness of those of 1857-8
and 1858-9—Prairie Fires—Sac and Fox Indians- - 136

CHAPTER XIII.
BRIGHT AND GLOOMY PROSPECTS, RAILROAD COMPANIES, VOLUNTEERS, NEW PARTY.
Bright Prospects of 1858-9—Organization of Railroad Companies—Gloomy Forebodings
of 1860—Relief Committees—Organization of Volunteer Companies —Hardships Endured
by the Women of the County— Organization of New Party, Called "Farmers' and
Mechanics' Union Association"—Election in 1861, - - 139

CHAPTER XIV.
SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES, JUDGES, COUNTY OFFICERS.
Successive State Senators—Members of the House of Representatives—Judges of the
District Court—County Officers, - - 149

CHAPTER XV.
ACCIDENTS AND MISFORTUNES.
Shooting of Tipsword—Drowning of Lester Dart—Christian Feuerborn Killed by
Indians—Josiah Kellerman, his Wife and two Children Burned to Death in a Prairie
Fife—James A. Town and Son Drowned in Pottowatomie Creek—Levi L. Hayden frozen
to Death, &c., - - 152

CHAPTER XVI.
AID TO  RAILROADS.
Various Bond Propositions to Aid Railroad Companies to Build Railroads—The
Orders for Submission and the Result of the Elections thereon, - - 160

CHAPTER XVII.
GARNETT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BUSINESS MEN, OFFICERS.
Contest over Townsite—Removal of J. Y. Campbell, Probate Judge—Appointment of
Charles Hidden-Pre-emption of Townsite—Public Buildings—Business Houses—Business
Men—Successive City Officers and Postmasters, - - - - - -	169

CHAPTER XVIII.
NEWSPAPERS, FAIR ASSOCIATION, RAILWAYS, SOCIETIES, POSTOFFICES.
The Garnett Plaindealer, the First Paper in the County —Garnett Courant,
Established in 1868—Garnett Journal, Established in 1873—Organization of
Anderson County Fair Association—Organization of the Paola & Fall River Railway
Company—Charitable Societies—Postoffices and Postmasters, - - 188

CHAPTER XIX.
CATTLE DISEASE, GRASSHOPPERS, THE SEASONS.
Spanish Fever among Cattle—Locusts, or Grasshoppers—Synopsis of the Seasons, -	194

CHAPTER XX. 
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS.

Religious Zeal of the Early Settlers—Churches—Educational Interests—Formation of
School Districts—Building School Houses—Value of School Buildings, &c., - - 201

CHAPTER XXI.
PROMINENT MEN.
Names of Prominent Men, and Incidents, - - 205

CHAPTER XXII.
MURDERS AND TRIALS.
Murder of Allen G. Poteet—Escape of his Murderer— Murder of James Jackson by D.
R. Pattee—Murder of James Day by David Stewart—Murder of William Hamilton by
John W. Chamberlain—Trial of Dr. Medlicott for the Murder of I. M. Ruth, - - 222

CHAPTER XXIII.
THE ARMY.
Names of Soldiers who Served in the Army for the Suppression of the
Rebellion—Names of the Heroic Dead who Sacrificed their Lives in the cause of
their Country, - - 229

CHAPTER XXIV.
FELONIES.
Trials of Felonies, less than Murder, - - -  239

CHAPTER XXV.
WALKER TOWNSHIP.
Organization—Settlement—Prominent Men—Elections —Successive Officers. -  - - 245

CHAPTER XXVI.
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
Organization — Settlement — Towns — Elections—Successive Officers, - - 255

CHAPTER XXVII.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
Boundaries—Organization—Streams— Soil — Timber-Prominent Settlers from 1855 to
1860—First School-First Marriage—First Deaths—Successive Officers, 259

CHAPTER XXVIII.
BEEDEB TOWNSHIP.
Early Settlements — Boundaries — Organization—Officers, etc. – 263

CHAPTER XXIX.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Organization—Streams—Timber—Settlement—Successive Officers, - 274

CHAPTER XXX.
PUTNAM TOWNSHIP.
Organization—Prominent Settlers—First School District—First Church
Building—Mount Carmel College—Successive Officers, - 279

CHAPTER XXXI.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.
Boundaries— Organization—Prominent Settlers—Elba Town Company—Successive
Officers,  -  -  281

CHAPTER XXXII.
OZARK TOWNSHIP.
Organization—Streams—First Election—Town of Colony—Ohio and Indiana
Colony—Successive Officers, 283

CHAPTER XXXIII.
RICH TOWNSHIP.
Boundaries—Soil—Streams—Timber—Coal—Early Settlers—First Election—Successive
Officers, -  -  286

CHAPTER XXXIV.
INDIAN CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Organization—First Settlement—Soil—Streams—Successive Officers,      288



Additional Comments:
THE HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY,
FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1876.
BY
W. A. JOHNSON,
CHAIRMAN OF HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.

PUBLISHED BY KAUFFMAN & ILER, GARNETT PLAINDEALER,
1877.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1877, by
KAUFFMAN & ILER, In the office of the Librarian of Congress,Washington, D. C.


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