The following information was abstracted from the History of Muscatine County - 1911, Volumn One pg 287-289, found at the Muscatine Public Library, and put into alphabetical order by Diana Muir.
On June 4, 1849, the name of Bloomington, Iowa was changed to Muscatine for the following reasons:
- Frequent miscarriages of letters by mail occur by reason of there being towns in Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois of the same name
- Burlington is sometimes mistaken by postmasters for Bloomington and mail matter is carried to and lies at the former place that is destined for the latter
- The reason for adopting the name of MUSCATINE is obvious - it is the name of one of the most noted and conspicious land marks on the Mississippi River, a name co-eval with the first discovery of the course of the river by LaSalle, at the head of which the town is situated, and is the name of the county of which the town is the seat of justice. There is no other town within the knowledge of your petitioners of the same name.
Petition was sworn and subscribed in open court the 4th of June, 1849 by D.C. Cloud, Justice of the Peace, sworn to by Lyman C. Hine, sherrif of Muscatine County, Iowa. See also A Letter Home dated 26 Sep 1849.
EARLY SETTLERS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION
| Surname | First Name |
| Achter | Johann |
| Albee | E.H. |
| Aller | James S. |
| Ament | W.D. |
| Anderson | Samuel |
| Appler | W.J. |
| Arkin | A.P. |
| Ayrs | W.S. |
| Banks | A.T. |
| Barlow | T.M. |
| Bartholew | B. |
| Beaumar | John M. |
| Becke | ? |
| Beil | Barhardt |
| Benidger | Jackson |
| Bennett | J. |
| Berkshire | M.M. |
| Binna | W. |
| Blake | J. |
| Block | M. |
| Boon | A.T. |
| Borland | Jas. |
| Branhams | G.L. |
| Bridman | Jos. |
| Brisbine | James |
| Brisbine | Joseph |
| Brisbine | Oliver |
| Brown | Malen |
| Browning | C. |
| Browning | Wm. L. |
| Butler | J. |
| Butler | Jacob |
| Butler | Wm. |
| Cadle | Richard |
| Chatfield | Lucian |
| Cloud | D.C. |
| Couch | Moses |
| Crandol | Thomas |
| Crane | Joseph |
| Cullin | B. |
| Cummins | John L. |
| Dawson | John |
| Day | I.C. |
| Dayotn | John H. |
| Deming | Horace |
| Dietz | John C. |
| Dorman | Jim |
| Dougherty | John B. |
| Douglass | Robert |
| Downy | P. |
| Drury | Wm. A. |
| Dunbar | N.S. |
| Dunn | J.H. |
| Dunsmore | D. |
| Fay | Phiny |
| Feifer | X.P. |
| Fenimore | J.S. |
| Fimple | Andrew |
| Fisher | A. |
| Foster | Suel |
| Foushee | James B. |
| Fowler | Chas. |
| Fowler | Henry |
| Freeman | J.P. |
| Fulton | Alexander |
| Fulton | John P. |
| Fyock | John |
| Garners | H.H. |
| Gelchmann | Henri |
| Goldsberry | A.B. |
| Gordon | J.G. |
| Gordon | J.G. |
| Gordon | Wm. |
| Graham | Thos. |
| Grand M.D. | C.H. |
| Green | J.A. |
| Greeno | Michel |
| hagan | Jacob |
| Hallock | Nath |
| Harvey | G.C. |
| Hastings | C. |
| Hatch | E. |
| Hine | H.H. |
| Hine | L.C. |
| Homlbs | T.M. |
| Howland | B.F. |
| Huber | John J. |
| Hudson | I.N. |
| Humphreys | Ansel |
| Humphreys | G.W. |
| Humphreys | Jas. A. |
| Hunt | T.G.F. |
| Isett | Thos. M. |
| Jackson | A. |
| Jackson | Peter |
| Jarboe | Jas M |
| Jennison | H.Q. |
| Kane | J.W. |
| Kelly | Jas. P. |
| Kierck | Carl |
| Kinsley | G.M. |
| Kirkpatrick | Mark |
| LaCossitt | H.D. |
| Lakin | J.S. |
| Leffingwell | Wm. |
| Lemp | John |
| Lilly | W.H. |
| Lucey | John J. |
| Mahin | Jacob |
| Matthews | H. |
| McCloud | D.G. |
| McCormick | Noah M. |
| McCullough | I. |
| McMinomy | Jeremiah |
| Messick | Jos. B. |
| Molis | Henry |
| Moore | H.W. |
| Moore | Thom. W. |
| Mormon | Franklin |
| Norman | Chas |
| Ogilvie | Adam |
| Olmsted | Ed |
| Overman | E. |
| Parmer | Devore |
| Parmer | G.W. |
| Parmer | L.D. |
| Parvin | D.J. |
| Peterson | Lewis Jr. |
| Phelps | C.L. |
| Plummer | E. |
| Purcell | Alfred |
| Purcell | Lemuel L. |
| Reece | Henry |
| Reece | Joseph R. |
| Reed | John |
| Reeder | Geo. |
| Reuling | Adam |
| Richman | J. Scott |
| Richman | J.W. |
| Robbins | A.B. |
| Roth | John |
| Rukee | John |
| Seiler | John |
| Sells | Luke |
| Sherwood | William |
| Shupe | David H. |
| Simpson | Patterson |
| Smalley | Abram |
| Smith | A.H. |
| Smith | Lyman |
| Spring | Cyrus |
| Springer | G.A. |
| St. John | W. |
| Stahl | Conrad |
| Stein | S.G. |
| Stevenson | Geo. D. |
| Stewart | E. |
| Stone | F.H. |
| Stout | N.L. |
| Strong | James |
| Stroup | Geo. |
| Swem | James |
| Terry | G.H. |
| Terry | H.W.G. |
| Thurston | F. |
| Tillard | Robert |
| Wallace & Breading | Breading |
| Wallace & Breading | Wallace |
| Warfield | A.O. |
| Warfield | D.R. |
| Washburn | A. |
| Washburn | P.L. |
| Washburn | Z. |
| Waters | Chas. O. |
| Waters | David K. |
| Way | Jacob |
| Webler | J.C. |
| Weed | Chester |
| Whicher | Stephen |
| White | L.C. |
| White | W.F. |
| Will | Erwin |
| Williams | Charley |
| Williams | J. |
| Williams | W. |
| Willmering | G.W. |
| Wood | Thos. |
| Worsham | W.G. |
| Wreys | Luther |
| Ziegler | John |
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