Hamilton County Pioneers
"Those who came first"
Transcribed for the IAGenWeb Project by Janelle Martin, with permission of Martin "Ed" Nass.
In 1849 no survey had been made north of Boone County. In
1850 our county was called Risley County, in 1852 it became part of Webster
County, and finally ,in 1857, it was named Hamilton County. The first
recorded land entry was to Thomas Williams on June 25, 1853.
| 1849 | 1850 | 1851 |
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Preston C. Bell
(Sec. 30, 87, 26)
Osborne Brannan
(Sec.
28, 87, 26)
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Thomas Hogan
John Tolman
(Sec. 21, 87,26)
Minter Brassfield
Wilson Brewer
Nathan Brewer
William Stanley
(First white man to
die in Hamilton Co. |
Isaac Hook
James Hook
(Isaac's brother)
John Everhart
D. S. Jewett
(Sec. 21, 87, 26)
Jacob Crooks
|
Nick Bonnett
Ed Leastman
James Brock
Peter Lyon
Isaac Lyon
Joth Lyon
|
| 1852 | 1853 | 1854 |
|---|
Benjamin Bell
Jasper Bell
David
Carroll
W. W. McKinney
Elziar Russell
(Sec. 9, 87, 26
)
Andrew Groseclose
(Sec.15, 87, 26)
Sarah Groseclose
John
Whaley
Washington Neese
W. W. McLaughlin
Dan Devore
Philamen Johnson
David Eckerson
John Cofer
E. H.
West
|
Lewis McCrary
William Strickler
John N. Maxwell
Jacob M. Funk
William W. Funk
J. Ross
Payne
N. Branch
Elisha Neese
George Neese
(Sec.21, 87,
26)
Susan Neese
Patrick Frakes
Rosco Royster
Huitt
Ross
Thomas Williams
(Sec. 31, 88, 25 and
Sec. 36, 88, 26)
First recorded land entry
was recorded on June 25, 1853 |
T. J. Ament
H. Gage
Judge John D.
Maxwell
W. J. Silvers
L. B. Hill
Benjamin Beach
David Beach
Than Beach
B. B. Segar
Tolman Wiltsey
R. D. Remmington
S. K. Boak
H. V. Boak
Joseph Fisher
A. Brock
Bailey
Brock
H. M. Barstow
Robert Scott
|
John. F. Butler
W. C.
Royster
George Cooper
Alanson Dickinson
A. J. Barr
E. Lakin
Luther Lakin
A. B. Lakin
Dr. Cochran
Oscar M. Lakin
O.
W. Story
J. W. Paine
Robert Willis
W. J. Silvers
A.
J. Barr
Dr. Hampton Corbin
|
| 1855 |
|---|
Walter C. Willson
Sumler Willson
William Hammond
Levi D.
Stearns
Joseph Adams
Richard Sacket
W. I. Worthington
John
McFarland
Israel Woodard
James Duckett
E. P. McCowen
G. F.
Kent
William Kent
A. Hazwell
Morgan Hill
Jackson Groves |
B. S. Mason
Alonzo Thompson
Cyrus Smith
Mr. Hancock
Col. Dewey
Toby Dewey
M. Sweeney
Huitt Ross
Zera Hayden
Jacob Duckett
P. Clayball
Benjamin Millard
Mr. Snell
W. D. McFerrin
John McFarland
|
N. Osbourne
Mr. Bradshaw
Mr. Griffith
W. W. Boak
P. C.
Babcock
James Key
I E. Church
Mrs. Swanger
G. T. Adams
Jimmy Adams
Mr. Butterworth
George Staley
Henry Staley
Reuben Bennet
Arthur Haswell
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| 1856 |
|---|
David Power Day
Simon Day
W. H. Frazier |
Angus McLaughlin
Ulysses Briggs
|
Jesse Burgess
Carlon Buffum
H. C. Hillock |
After these persons listed, many settlers arrived. It is
difficult to determine in which year they came. There is some minor
dispute in the exact dates of arrival in those listed. In one case, Huitt
Ross was listed in one source at arriving in 1853, in another he arrived in
1855. I listed him in both years.
The sources for this listing is Lee's 1912 History of Hamilton County, and Early Days of Hamilton County, Then and Now, by Bessie L. Lyon, 1946,
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