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Early Pioneers of Madison County, IL

Many other early settlers were members of the Whiteside family who moved from Monroe Co. to a home near Co.. Judy at Goshen in 1802.  William Grotts and Robert Seybold came in 1803, Mr. Seybold living in Jarvis townsihp near Troy.  Dr. George Cadwell settled near Venice, John Messinger near Ridge Prairie between Collinsville and Troy.  John T.Lusk came in 1805, Joseph Newman, a Pennsylvanian came to Fort Russell township in 1804, followed by Maj. Isaac H. Ferguson in 1806.

In 1806 Martin Preuitt came to Sand Ridge. Other very early arrivals: William Jones and John Finley in 1806 at Sand Ridge, Robert Reynolds, father of Gov. John Reynolds, 1807 near Edwardsville, Toliver Wright, 1806 near the mouth of Wood River; John Atkins, 1807 near Mitchell; Thomas Rattan, 1804; George Barnsback 1809, Edwardsville, Abel Moore, 1808 in Wood River ; Joseph Bartlett, 1809, Wood River.

Maj. Isaac H. Gerguson built the first house erected on Marine prairie in 1813. From then until 1816 came John Warwick, John Woods, George Newsome, Joseph and Abolom Fergusonn, Aquilla Dolahide, Abraham Howard, Joshua Dean, Chester Pain, Thomas Breeze, Richard Winsor, John Campbell, John Giger, Henry Scott, John Lord, James Simmons, Henry Peck, Andrew Matthews, Sr. James French and Abram Carlock.

At the same time coming to Edwardsville were: Rowland P. Allen, Elijah Ellison . Near Edwardsville were John Newman, David Robinson, Samuel Delaplane, Hiram Pruitt, Ben Wood, John Stout, John Drum, William Montgomery, William and Isaac Cox, Charles, John and James Gillham, James Tunnell, Jonas Bradshaw, John Springer, Joel Meacham, Thomas G. Davidson, John Wallace, Abraham Prickett and David Gillespie, whose two sons Matthew and Joseph helped organized the Republican party in Illinois

James Renfro in Collinsville township, Jacob Gonterman, Rev. Thomas Ray, Allvis Hauskins, John Minter and Mathias Handlon and the Fruit family in Edwardsville.  Arrivals in St. Jacob township in 1816 were John Giger, Gilmore Anderson, William Faires, John Herrin, Nicholas Kyle and William Parkinson.  Foster township brought Joseph S. Reynolds and Orman Beeman.  Ft. Russell   township, Gaius Paddock, Gershom Flagg, David A. Lanterman.

Flagg, a veteran of the War of 1812, was the father of State Senator Willard C. Flagg and the grandfather of the State Senator Norman G. Flagg  Gaius Paddock was a soldier of the Revolution and the grandfatherof another Gaius Paddock who lived to be 100 years old.

Arrivals in Hamel township were Henry Keley , Robert and Anson Aldrick. Saline township, Archibald Coulter and James East; William Biggs. Alhambra township, James Pearce who  also made the first settlement in Leef township.

First to arrive in Omphghent township ws David Swett who was also the first justice of peace there.  Olive township, James Street  was one of the first arrivals, but moved on.  Isham Vincent lived three years in Troy, then left and set up a horse-mill in the northern part of the county.  His house was the early voting place of Silver Creek precinct.  New Douglas township earliest settler is thought to be Daniel Funderburk who arrived in 1819.

EARLY SETTLERS OF TROY PRECINCT Compiled by James T. Hair, ©1866
GRAGG, Titus	HALL, William Jr.
JARVIS, John	KINGSTON, William
EBERMAN, Joseph	KINGSTON, Samson
VANHOOSER, Abraham Sr.	ST. JOHN, Baptiste
VANHOOSER, Abraham Jr.	CORMACK, Rivers Rev.
VANHOOSER, Valentine	DEWEY, Stephen
PECK, Henry	BEARD, William
REECE, Daniel	POSEY, Jubilee
ARMSTONG, Joshua	HANDLON, Matthias
ROBINSON, William	TURNER, Israel
ROBINSON, Job	RIGGEN, John
CASWELL, Josiah	HALL, Milton
CHURCHILL, George	HALL, William W.
HOWARD, William	BOLTON, George
VINEYARD, William	BOLTON, Thomas
RENFRO, Jesse Rev.	DOWNING, James, of Downing Station
HAGLER, Cleveland	HENDERSHOTT, David
STICE,Andrew	JARVIS, Field
HAGLER, Benjamin J.	VINCENT, Samuel
HALL, William Sr.	SMITH, Anderson
HALL, John	DURHAM, ?
McMAHON, Robert	PIGG, ?
HALL, Noah	SIMMONS, James
GILLETT, Lyman	WADDLE, Andrew W.
SNODGRASS, Joseph	WARREN, Hardy
DENTON, Jonathan	DENNY, Walter
GASKILL, Silvanus	ROBINSON, John
GASKILL, David	CLARK, Isaac
GRAGG, Jacob	KELLEY, Giles
PURVIANCE, William F.	KERR, G. W.
McMAHAN, Isaac K.	RENSHAW, Elijah
McMAHAN, Robert Jr.	RIGGIN, Harry
McMAHAN, Thomas S.	NEWELL, James
MOORE, Andrew	RIGGIN, James
RIGGIN, John C.	HARRINGTON, Whitmill
BAKER, Thomas Dr.	HARRINGTON, John
McCRAY, Calvin	RUSSELL, Nicholas
McCRAY, Horatio	PAINTER, John
WOOD, Samuel Rev.	LANGSTAFF, Henry A.
CONLEE, Alexander Rev.	GARDNER, ?
CONLEE, John	ROUNTREE, Jesse
CONLEE, Isaac	BLACK, Andrew
HAYES, William	WATT, James
MOORE, Gaines	MOORE, David
	HALL, Henry

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