McLean County, Illinois History and Genealogy

Early Settlers
of
McLean County, Illinois

In alphabetical order by township
The below listing is the Table of Contents from the original printing of:
"The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois"; Dr. E. Duis; Bloomington;1874
 This book is located at the Peoria, Peoria County, IL, Main Library. Call No. Ref 977.359 DUI
Transcribed by: Candi Horton ©2004.

The listing below contains the names and dates of settlement
of the early settlers by township.

Allin Township
Presley T. Brooks	Winter of 1830
Greenberry Larison	1831
Richard A. Warlow	Fall of 1834
Arrowsmith Township
John B. Thompson	Oct., 1829
Jacob Smith	1833
Bloomington Township
John Hendrix	Spring of 1822
John W. Dawson	Spring of 1822
John Dawson	June, 1822
William Orendorff	Spring of 1823
Thomas Orendorff	Spring of 1823
John B. Orendorff	Spring of 1823
James K. Orendorff	Spring of 1823
Oliver H. P. Orendorff	Spring of 1823
Rev. Ebenezer Rhodes	Spring of 1824
Jeremiah Rhodes	Spring of 1824
William H. Hodge	Spring of 1824
William R. Goodheart	Fall of 1824
William Evans, Sr.	1824
William Dimmitt	1825
Robert Guthrie	1826
Rev. Robert E. Guthrie	1826
Adam Guthrie	1826
David Cox	1826
William McCullough	1826
Dr. Isaac Baker	July, 1827
George Hinshaw, Jr.	July, 1827
Dr. William Lindley	1828
Hon. James Allin	1829
William H. Allin	1829
Jonathan Maxson	Sept., 1830
David Simmons	Fall of 1830
Hon. John Moore	Oct., 1830
Amasa C. Washburn	1831
Dr. Stephen Ward Noble	1831
Abraham Stansberry	1832
James C. Harbord	Oct., 1832
Ephraim Platte	Spring of 1833
Hon. James B. Price	Oct., 1833
George Price	Oct., 1833
John L. Price	Oct., 1833
Lewis Bunn	1833
William C. Warlow	1833
John Lindley	1833
Allen Withers	1833
Dr. John F. Henry	1833
General A. Gridley	Fall of 1834
Judge David Davis	1835
Elder William T. Major	1835
Chastine Major	1835
Dr. Laban S. Major	1835
Dr. John M. Major	1835
Thomas Fell	Oct., 1835
John Magoun	1835
Thomas Jefferson Karr	1835
Hon. James Miller	1835
William H. Temple	1835
James Depew	1835
Matthew H. Hawks	1835
Samuel Lander	Fall of 1835
William Thomas	Spring of 1836
Thomas Williams	Spring of 1836
Kersey H. Fell	Spring of 1836
William F. Flagg	1836
Judge John E. McClun	Spring of 1837
Abraham Brokaw	Spring of 1837
Andrew W. Scoggin	1837
Dr. C. Wakefield	1837
William O. Viney	Aug., 1837
John T. Gunnell	1837
John W. Billings	1837
Henry Richardson	1837
Joshua Fell	1837
Jonathan Glimpse	1837
Dr. Henry Conkling	Fall of 1838
Cheney's Grove Township
Jonathan Cheney	1825
Hon. William Haines Cheney	1825
George Cheney	1825
James Vanscoyoc	1829
Thomas Cunningham	1829
King Solomon Cunningham	1829
James R. Means	March, 1830
Ephraim S. Myers	April, 1830
William Riggs	1830
Snowden Ball	1831
Hilleary Ball	1831
William K. Stansberry	Oct., 1833
Otha Owen	Sept., 1834
Joseph Newcom	1835
Isaac Stansberry	1836
Dale Township
Robert Johnson	Dec., 1828
William Beeler	Fall of 1830
William Beeler, Jr.	Fall of 1830
Jesse Hill	Oct., 1830
Abram Enlow	Fall 1835
Richard Rowell	Oct., 1836
Danvers Township
Ebenezer B. Mitchel	March, 1825
Hon. Matthew Robb	Spring of 1827
Thomas McClure	Spring of 1827
Robert McClure	Spring of 1827
Jonathan Hodge	Spring of 1827
Uriah S. Hodge	Spring of 1827
William F. Hodge	Spring of 1827
James O. Barnard	March, 1828
James G. Reyburn	Sept., 1828
Levi Danley	Feb., 1829
The Conger Family	1829
Isreal W. Hall	1834
Jeremiah S. Hall	1834
John Hay	1834
George F. Hay	1834
Jonathan B. Warlow	1834
Downs Township
Lawson Downs	1829
William Weaver	1832
William Bishop	1833
Elias H. Hall	1833
John Price	1834
Rev. Sylvester Peasley	Fall of 1834
Alexander P. Craig	Fall of 1834
Henry Welch	March, 1835
Hon. John Cusey	Fall of 1836
Samuel Troop Richardson	Summer of 1838
Dry Grove Township
Henry Vansickles	1826
Stephen Webb	July, 1827
George M. Hinshaw	July, 1827
Benjamin S. Beeler	Oct., 1830
Ormond Robison	1832
John Enlow	Fall of 1835
Eleazer Munsell	Spring of 1837
Empire Township
R. Franklin Dickerson	1825
Henry C. Dickerson	1825
Thomas Buckles	1827
James H. Conaway	Feb., 1828
Esek E. Greenman	July, 1829
Otho Merrifield	1829
Henry Crumbaugh	March, 1830
Daniel Crumbaugh	March, 1830
James H.L. Crumbaugh	March, 1830
Silas Waters	Nov., 1830
James Bishop	May, 1831
Thomas Jefferson Barnett	April, 1832
Abram Buckles	1832
James Kimler	1832
Hiram Buck	1833
Hon. Malon Bishop	1834
Thomas D. Gilmore	1836
Funk's Grove Township
Hon. Isaac Funk	April, 1824
Robert Funk	1824
Robert Stubblefield	Dec., 1824
Absalom Stubblefield	Dec., 1824
John Stubblefield	Dec., 1824
Gridley Township
William M. McCord	1827
John R. Messer	March, 1829
John Sloan	Nov., 1835
Jonathan Coon	April, 1836
Isaiah Coon	July, 1837
James S. Coon	July, 1837
George W. Cox	1837
Hudson Township
Young Bilbrey	1827
Joseph Messer	March, 1829
Jesse Havens	Dec., 1829
Hiram Havens	Dec., 1829
Benjamin Wheeler	1830
John Smith	1830
Albert Y. Phillips	1830
Isaac Turnipseed	Spring of 1831
Elijah Priest	July, 1834
Samuel Lewis	May, 1836
Samuel H. Lewis	May, 1836
James T. Gildersleeve	Fall of 1836
Joseph D. Gildersleeve	Fall of 1836
Jacob H. Burtis	Winter of 1836
Enoch A. Gastman	March, 1838
Lawndale Township
David Henline	Fall of 1828
William B. Henline	Fall of 1828
Martin Henline	Fall of 1828
Martin Batterton	Fall of 1833
Lexington Township
Jacob Spawr	Fall of 1826
George Spawr	Fall of 1827
Joseph Brumhead	1828
Henson B. Downey	1828
John Haner	Fall of 1828
Bejamin Patton	1828
Patrick Hopkins	1830
Peter Hefner	1830
John Dawson	Dec., 1832
Croghan Dawson	Dec., 1832
James Adams	Fall of 1834
Shelton Smith	Fall of 1834
Milton Smith	Fall of 1835
Thomas McMackin	Fall of 1838
Martin Township
William Wiley	Fall of 1835
Lytle R. Wiley	Fall of 1835
Curtis Batterton	Spring of 1837
Money Creek Township
Jesse Trimmer	June, 1826
Henry Moats	Fall of 1829
William Stretch	Fall of 1830
Albert Ogden	Fall of 1831
William Wilcox	June, 1832
John Ogden	Fall of 1832
James McAferty	Dec., 1832
Dr. Ethan McAferty	Dec., 1832
Samuel Ogden	Fall of 1833
Jonathan Ogden	Fall of 1833
Madison Young	1833
James R. Wiley	Fall of 1835
Wesley F. Bishop	Fall of 1836
William Crose	1837
Mount Hope Township
George M. Stubblefield	Dec., 1824
Jesse Stubblefield	1825
William Hieronymus	Fall of 1828
Enoch Hieronymus	Fall of 1828
John Hougham	Fall of 1831
Westley Hougham	Fall of 1831
John Longworth	1836
Old Town Township
Lewis Case	July, 1833
Harvey Bishop	1833
F.R. Cowden	1834
Padua Township
William Evans, Jr.	1825
Daniel Jackson	Oct., 1830
Jeremiah Greenman	Fall of 1834
John Bishop	March, 1832
Adolphus Dimmick	Fall of 1832
Josiah Horr	Oct., 1836
Randolph Township
Alfred M. Stringfield	Spring of 1823
Thomas O. Rutledge	Fall of 1824
Robert H. Rutledge	Fall of 1824
Jesse Funk	Dec., 1824
George C. Hand	Dec., 1825
Nathan Low	1829
Purnel Passwaters	Spring of 1830
Richard Passwaters	Spring of 1830
Purnel Passwaters, Jr.	Spring of 1830
Enoch J. Passwaters	Spring of 1830
Clement Passwaters	Spring of 1830
Jacob Bishop	Sept. 1830
Matthew Covardale	Fall of 1830
Samuel Stewart	Fall of 1831
John H. Stewart	Fall of 1831
David Noble	Fall of 1831
William C. Noble	Fall of 1831
Joseph K. Noble	Fall of 1831
Dr. Harrison Noble	1833
Walter Karr	March, 1834
William Rust	Fall of 1834
John F. Rust	Spring of 1834
William M. Rust	Fall of 1834
Harvey J. Rust	Fall of 1834
Campbell Wakefield	June, 1835
Dr. Thomas Karr	Oct., 1835
William Karr	Oct., 1835
George Martin	Oct., 1835
Towanda Township
Jesse Walden	Fall of 1828
White Oak Township
John Benson, Sr.	1823
John Benson, Jr.	1823
James Benson	1823
William T.T. Benson	1823
Elisha Dixon	1828
Smith Denman	Sept. 1829
Abraham Carlock	Spring of 1831
Stephen Taylor	Fall of 1837