ALLEN TOWNSHIP EARLY SETTLERS

JOSEPH ROBERTS, 1842- VIRGINIA
JUDGE JAMES A. ROBERTSON, 1842-TENNESSEE
THOMAS REYNOLDS,1841-TENNESSEE
DANIEL ROE, 1841-MICHIGAN
PERRY MCCULLY, 1841-DAVIESS COUNTY

HENRY CASNER, 1842
AARON M. ALLEN, 1843-ILLINOIS
LITTLETON SEAT, 1844-TENNESSEE
O. SWAIM, 1844-OHIO
RANSOM COGER; SAMUEL VASSAR-KENTUCKY
MAJ.CALVIN HARTWELL, 1850-OHIO
DR. JAMESE. CADLE, 1847-JACKSON COUNTY
FRANKLIN W.SEAT,1844-COOPER COUNTY
JOHN POST, 1843-ILLINOIS
HENRY N. SEAT, 1844-JASPER SEAT

AMONG OTHER EARLY SETTLERS WERE:

JOHN HUNT, FROM OHIO;
WILLIAM MARTIN, NATHANIEL BLAKELY, RANSOM COGER, TENNESSEE;
JORDAN COGER, TENNESSEE;
ADAM BLACK, DAVIESS COUNTY, MISSOURI;
ADAM WILSON, DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY;
THOMAS REYNOLDS, WILLIAMS SWAIM,WILLIAM MCKNIGHT, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI; JUDGE PATERSON CADLE, LAWRENCE DRY, ILLINOIS;
ANDREW MCELVAIN, ILLINOIS;
CHAUNCY BENSON, IOWA;
G.M. HULL, OHIO; 
JOSEPH HUTTON, WILLIAM RICHMOND, MISSOURI;
DAVID HOBLETT, NORTH CAROLINA;
B. BRANSON, MISSOURI;
JAKE STORMER, JOHN MAUPIN, PERRY MAUPIN, GEORGE SMITH, JOHN SMITH, C.K. DAWSON, TENNESSEE;
JOHN HORTON, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MISSOURI; I.B. GARRISON, ILLINOIS;
CHARLES HOPEWELL, INIDANA;
P. BLACK, JACKSON COUNTY,MISSOURI;
JAMES LOCHART, ROBERT LOCHART, O.P. FALKNER, JOHN FLAKNER, WOODBURN PERRY, JOHN A. FANNIN, ILLINOIS;
CHARLES W. MATTOX, RAY COUNTY, MISSOURI;
JOSEPH, JAKE, IKE, GEORGE AND FRANK FARRIS; ADAM WILSON, DAVID TEAGUE, S.S. MORRISON

FLETCHALL TOWNSHIP

JOHN FLETCHALL, 1844-INDIANA;
DANIEL COX, JOSEPH CAMPBELL-INDIANA;
E.W. LYNCH, 1846;
WIDOW HOPKINS AND SON GEORGE, 1849-PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI;
ALFRED COX;
A MAN NAMED HUTCHISON CAME ABOUT THE YEAR 1853, AND SETTLED ON WHAT IS CALLED THE "DR. E.B. HUNT PLACE.";
PHILIP HASS, JAKE AND HERNY STOPE,CAME FROM OHIO SOMETIMEAFTER 1850;
THOMAS, FREMONT, ROBERT, JAMES, SIM AND GEORGE TRUMP, AND THEIR FATHER, CAME ABOUT THE SAME PERIOD;
ALFRED MCKIM AND HIS SONS, TAYLOR, DANIEL AND ALFRED, SETTLED 1 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANT CITY;
SEATON TAYLOR WAS ONE OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.  HE WENT TO IOWA BEFORE THE LATE WAR.  DANIEL TAYLOR, A SON OF SEATON, RETURNED TO WORTH COUNTY IN 1880;
G.W.FRAKES, 1857-INDIANA;
PETER CURREL, 1855;
JOHN STEWART, ABNER CLARK AND BENJAMIN DRUMMONDS WERE AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS, AND LIVED NEAR HONEY GROVE; 
HARVEY THOMPASON CAME ABOUT 1857 FROM KENTUCKY.

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GREENE TOWNSHIP

JUDGE WILLIAM MILLIGAN, LEVI YATES,-EAST VIRGINIA;
JOHN ROTEN, SR.-KENTUCKY;
HIRAM HARMON, -KENTUCKY;
WILLIAM HETERICK, ELIAS MORRIS, THOMAS JACK,-KENTUCKY;
JAMES HOOPER, JAMES COLLINS, THOMAS CARROLL, 1864-OHIO;
GEORGE FOLAND, 1855-KENTUCKY;
THOMAS HAGANS,-PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI;
ASHBURY WILSON, 1855-KENTUCKY;
MATTHEW CURRY, 1860-IOWA;
ELLIS MILLER AND EDWARD DEAN, 1860-IOWA;
GREENBURY SPOONEMORE, 1865-ILLINOIS;
JOHN MAHARRY AND JAMES MORRIS, 1860;
WILLIAM SMITH, SIMEON WILLHITE, WOODSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY;
WILLIAM MCCORD, 1864-PENNSYLVANIA

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MIDDLEFORK TOWNSHIP

JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 1842-INDIANA;
DAVID DAILEY, 1842-JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI;
Z.P. CADLE, 1842-43-JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI;
ABRAHAM CUNNINGHAM, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI;
NOAH COX, SR. 1851-INDIANA;
ZACHARIAH MORGAN, 1856-IOWA;
ZADOCK AND JOSEPH MORGAN, 1856-IOWA;
N.W.HOWELL, 1853-LINCOLN COUNTY, TENNESSEE;
SIMEON B. AND JOSEPH C. HATHAWAY, 1855-INDIANA;
JOHN COSTIN, 1850-INDIANA;
JEHU GOSNELL, 1856-INDIANA;
WILLIAM SIMS, 1854;
NATHANIAL MATTHEWS.

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SMITHTON

ELI SMITH, 1857-OHIO;
CORNELIUS BROWN;
JAMES TALIAFERRO;
D.W. SMITH, 1857-OHIO;
R.P. CADLE;
ELI SHANORE;
HORACE HUNTER, 1860-STUEBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK;

AMONG THE HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO ONCE DWELT WITHIN THE TOWN OF SMITHTON WERE:
THOMAS H. COLLINS, JOHN H. PIERCE, JAMES CURRY, ELI SMITH, P.R.CADLE, P.M. SCOTT, WILLIAM H. MORGAN AND OTHERS.

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SMITH TOWNSHIP

PETER VASSARAND SON SAMUEL, 1846-KENTUCKY;
TILMAN GNESS, 1845-TENNESSEE;
DAVID MORGAN,1845;
WILLIAM ALLEN, 1845;
PLEASANT ADAMS, 1845-COOPER COUNTY, MISSOURI;
FREEMAN O. SMITY, 1845;
A.H. DEHART,1845-ILLINOIS;
JOHN PETTRY, 1847-OHIO;
REUBEN ROACH, 1847-OHIO;
ISAAC KINGLY, 1847-OHIO;
ABRAHAM H. BUTLER, 1845-OHIO;
JAMES ADAMS, COOPER COUNTY, MISSOURI;
J.R.W. ADAMS, 1847;
ALEXANDER DANIELS, 1855-OHIO

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UNION TOWNSHIP

JOHN M. HAGANS, 1848-PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI;
PETER VASSER, 1843-ANDREW COUNTY, MISSOURI;
WILLIS RAY, 1847-KENTUCKY;
ALLEN STEPHENS, 1847-KENTUCKY;
JEFFERSON TALLIAFERRO, 1845-ILLINOIS;
JAMES KAHOON, 1848-KENTUCKY;
JACOB GRINDSTAFF, 1848-KENTUCKY;
JORDAN STRIBLING, 1842-KENTUCKY;
ELIAS MORRIS, 1850-ILLINOIS;
JOSEPH GRAY, 1848;
HENRY WATSON, 1853-INDIANA;
JESSE SISK, 1853-ILLINOIS;
JOEL SIMMONS, 1850-ANDREW COUNTY, MISSOURI;
HENRY TURNER, 1850-ANDREW COUNTY, MISSOURI;

ROBERT WHITE, JOHN GRIFFIN AND GASS FARINGTON, WHO WERE ALSO FROM ANDREW COUNTY, SETTLED HERE IN 1850.

SAMUEL BEEKS; CUMBERLAND WALL, 1856-IOWA;

WILLIAM MINICK AND THOMAS L. DAVIDSON WERE FROM INDIANA, AND ARRIVED HERE SOMETIMES PRIOR TO 1860.  JOSEPH WATSON WAS HERE PRIOR TO 1860.  CHARLES AND DAVID FREEMYER SETTLED HERE BEFORE 1860.  AARON HIBBS CAME FROM OHIO PRIOR TO 1865.  MARION WEST, FROM OHIO; JAMES CASTER, THOMAS GOODSPEED AND ALEXANDER YOUNG CAME FROM OHIO PRIOR TO 1858. ANDY BAKER, ANOTHER OLD PIONEER, WAS HERE ABOUT 1848. JOSEPH ROACH WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS.