FIRST SETTLERS AND FIRST EVENTS

NAMES OF VOTERS IN 1859.

NAMES OF VOTERS IN 1859

SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES

 

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PIONEER INCIDENTS

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THE ANDERSON MURDER.

SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE PIONEERS

     ISAREL P. ADAMS came to Jackson township in 1853, before its organization.  There were then only three white families living in the township, those of Payne, Thatcher and Semer  He cleared a small piece of ground and built himself a cabin without any help.  The nearest road was four miles away.  The nearest place of worship was eight miles distant.  With the help of his wife and one horse he rolled the logs and cleared 40 acres of land.  Mr. Adams served continuously with the exception years.
     GEORGE LONGWELL moved to Jackson township in 1851 and located in the woods with his wife and children.  His nearest neighbor was two miles distant.  After he built his cabin and cleared a few acres of land, he found he was victim of a mistake and had located

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on another man's land.  He then lost a year's labor and was compelled to commence anew again.  There is a very fine sulphur spring near his house that at an early day was frequently visited for the benefit to be derived from its healing waters.
     ISRAEL DOWNING lived in Ridge township, where he first located, until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he volunteered and left his family there.  Upon his return at the close of the war, he moved to Jackson township.

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