Early Settlements, Rose Hill Township, Johnson County, Missouri >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** The first settlements made in what is now Rose Hill township were in 1832. There were two distinct settlements made in this vicinity at about the same time, one of which was known as the Rose Hill settlement and the other the Bear Creek settlement. The following is said to be a complete list of all the settlers before 1850. Some names are doubtless misspelled: Among the early settlers here were Nicholas Turner, Col. Henry McCarty and sons; Hiram Helm, Jonas Turner, Daniel Quick, Mr. Brumfield, Chesley Quinlan; John, George and James Bradshaw; Watson Lynch; Obadiah, James and O. W. Strange; Frank and Richard Jackson; Aikin, William, Nicholas and John Doak; J. G. Cocke, George Burnett, Isaac A. Hanna, William Bigham, Samuel Reid, Arch. Beard, Richard Anderson, John S. Anderson, James Dolan, John Scaggs, Daniel Scaggs, and Joseph Scaggs, their father; Albert Hall, William Hill; Moses, William and Morris Hodges; John Hunt, Samuel Hunt, George Hammer, Ike Dunaway, James Ross, John Oldham, James Oldham, Henry Gray; Smith and William Phroffit, William Horner, Thomas Anderson, R. Scott, Judge Umstadt, Garrett J. Wood, Letch Brooks, Sidney and Leonard Scott; Daniel Fisher, Benjamin Derrit, Ike Hines, Squire Thompson, Berry Summers, Hansel Green, William Crattic, Jesse Dixon, Martin Foster, Perry Foster, James Cox, Squire John Baker, Peter and Wilson A. Camp- bell; Coleman F. Shamlin; John and Watson Ham, William Payne, Squire Ashby, George Gilliland; Sloan, Jones and Kavanaugh Gilliland; Berry Strange, Maj. William Wood, Alfred White, Benjamin McVey, Elder Abraham Stout, William T. Hulse, John and Martin Orr; Julius, David, James, Garrett and Wilson Davenport; Z. Moore, Daniel Ramey, John Priestly; Marion, Hannah and John Bailey; Harry and Nat Baker; and Elijah Gates. In 1854, C. L. Farnsworth came from Tennessee, where he was born May 1, 1829. Henry Pemberton, a Virginian, came here in 1843. He had several sons, viz.: Jerome B., L. W., William A., Thomas H. and John H. James Harris, from Tennessee, was also an early settler. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================