Old Settlers of Monroe County (Pre-1850)
The Old Settlers of Monroe County, Indiana
(C) 1996 Monroe County Historical Society, All Rights ReservedThis searchable database is provided, courtesy of the Monroe County Historical Society, as a supplement to the meager census data collected prior to the 1850 census. Should printed material or substantial investigation of any individual found here be needed, please access the Monroe County Society's webpage for their services.
In order to qualify for this list (recorded at the courthouse) the applicant had to be fifty years of age and thirty years a resident of the county on September 17, 1858. In the case of many of those listed, the remark "Dead" was added. This was in the same handwriting as the name entry so it is conceivable those individuals may have been deceased at the time they "applied" for the listing or shortly thereafter. Various modifications of the rules were added and appear within the list. We regret the lack of alphabetization, but the "order" of the list is presumably that in which it was taken from the applicants.
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Name Came Age Born in
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1. Benjamin Rogers 1817 60 Kentucky
2. John Ketcham 1818 76 Maryland
3. James V. Buskirk 1820 61 Ohio
4. George Whisnand 1818 77 Virginia
5. Peter Able 1820 69 Virginia
6. John Whitsell 1820 85 N. Carolina
7. James Dunning 1818 70 Delaware
8. Luke Ward 1820 60 N. Carolina
9. James Slocumb 1819 72 Maryland
10. Elias Abel 1824 58 Virginia
11. George W. Ritter 1820 56 Kentucky
12. Samuel Collins 1827 63 N. Carolina
13. Alexander Kelley 1827 63 Virginia
14. John Hight 1818 63 Kentucky
15. James Parks 1816 76 N. Carolina
16. John S. Owens 1817 68 N. Carolina
17. Solomon Butcher 1819 62 Tennessee
18. Joseph Polley 1826 59 Kentucky
19. David Finley 1821 Kentucky
20. Joshua 0. Howe 1819 74 Maryland
21. Benjamin Ridge 1819 72 Maryland
22. Benjamin F. Rogers 1816 Indiana
23. James Borland 1818 69 Pennsylvania
24. Samuel Boruff 1820 60 Tennessee
25. Edward Borland 1818 62 Pennsylvania
26. William McNeeley 1827 55 Tennessee
27. Dudley C. Smith 1819 61 Vermont
28. James Everman 1823 57 Kentucky
29. John M. Sadler 1816 74 Virginia
30. Milton McPhetridge 1825 55 Tennessee
31. Johnson McCollough 1819 52 Kentucky
32. Lewis Carroll 1821 58 Virginia
33. James G. Fleenor 1828 51 Indiana
34. William Batterton 1819 63 Kentucky
35. John M. Sluss 1829 51 Kentucky
36. Lewis G. Shryer 1825 58 Maryland
37. Jesse Rader 1827 68 Virginia
38. Matthew Flora 1823 75 Pennsylvania
39. Noble S. Stockwell 1825 59 Kentucky
40. William C. Foster 1829 59 Kentucky
41. Andrew Reeves 1817 50 Kentucky
42. John Orchard 1823 58 Kentucky
43. James Starnes 1822 60 Virginia
44. Joseph Thomas 1823 50 Kentucky
45. James Knuckolls 1823 58 Virginia
46. George A. Johnston 60 Virginia
47. Alfred Houston 1826 53 Kentucky
48. George W. Mattock 1816 55 Tennessee
49. John S. Hardesty 1827 66 Virginia
50. James Dearmin 1822 50 Virginia
51. Joseph Messor 1819 71 Pennsylvania
52. David Batterton 1819 56 Kentucky
53. Thomas Carter 1821 63 Kentucky
54. Solomon Lucas 1817 62 North Carolina
55. Daniel Stout 1818 82 Virginia
56. Wesley Whitson 1818 65 Virginia
57. James Davis 1828 52 Virginia
58. Isaiah Payne 1821 81 Maryland
59. David McHolland 1815 69 Tennessee
60. Nicholas Shipman 1820 51 Indiana
61. Allen Sims 1827 58 North Carolina
62. Austin Seward 1821 60 Virginia
63. Ellis Stone 1819 70 Kentucky
64. Isaac Gillaspy 1820 68 Tennessee
65. Alexander Murphy 78 North Carolina
66. Eli P. Farmer 1822 60 Kentucky
67. Richard M. Houston 1826 59 Kentucky
68. George W. Hardin 1826 64 Kentucky
69. Robertson M. Farmer 1823 60 Kentucky
70. James Rawlings 1816 57 Kentucky
71. Nicholas Whisnand 1818 58 Virginia
72. Emsley Wilson 1818 54 North Carolina
73. William Edmondson 1817 65 Kentucky
74. Isaac Buskirk 1820 67 Virginia
75. Robert D.Alexander 1827 58 Kentucky
76. John A.M. Lemon 1827 54 Kentucky
77. John Garrison 1820 58 North Carolina
78. Samuel Snoddy 1820 61 Kentucky
79. David Byers 1827 52 Kentucky
80. Phineas Coatney 1823 63 Virginia
81. James H. Houston 1826 57 Kentucky
82. James P. Eeless 1824 69 Virginia
83. William B.Alexander 1825 52 Kentucky
84. Joseph Campbell 1819 62 Kentucky
85. Jefferson Wampler 1827 53 Virginia
86. Nicholas Smith 1828 69 Tennessee
87. Samuel Smith 1822 56 Virginia
88. Edward Jackson 1828 52 Kentucky
89. John Tate 1822 65 Virginia
90. Thomas Rader 1826 72 Virginia
91. Lankston Brummett 1819 52 Tennessee
92. John Burton
93. William Smith
94. Jonatham Hinkle 1820 56 North Carolina
95. David Barrow 1824 57 Kentucky
96. Solomon Wooden 1818 67 Maryland
97. John Hanson 1818 56 Virginia
98. Lewis Harmon 1825 63 Kentucky
99. Basil Hill 1818 55 Kentucky
100. Sylvanius Tarkington 1816 65 North Carolina
101. David Wright 1817 52 Indiana
102. Stephen Hovious 1826 57 Kentucky
103. John Kutch 1817 72 Virginia
104. Alexander Gillaspie 1824 72 North Carolina
105. James Rogers 1810 69 Pennsylvania
106. Thomas Fullerton 1820 74 South Carolina
107. John L. Shirley 1821 54 Kentucky
108. David Young 1827 77 Virginia
109. Jacob B. Lowe 1815 60 North Carolina
110. Paris C. Dunning 1823 53 North Carolina
111. John M. Beny 1827 67 Virginia
The following were admitted as honorary members:
112. James Johnson
113. A Croucher
114. Isaac S. Buskirk
115. Isaac Cox
116. William C. Saddler
117. James Woodburn
118. John T. Rogers
119. Henry Rogers
120. Benoni Denny 1827 53 Kentucky
121. A.W. Rogers
122. James Rogers
123. James D. Robertson 60
124. Pleasant S.D. Mitchell
125. Nelson Robinson
126. Hugh Campbell
127. John J. Woodburn
128. Samuel H. Buskirk
Admitted at second meeting, Sept. 17,1859:
129. Richard Carmichael 1827 85 Virginia
130. John Mitchell 1816
131. John Hubbard 64
132. Daniel Ketcham 1818 54
133. Samuel Pennington 1830 63 North Carolina
134. Daniel Butcher 64
135. Domas Smith 56
136. Daniel McCoy
137. Solomon Butcher
139. John Rader 81
140. Albert Parks 56
141. Jonathan Kegley 56
142. Frederic L. Butler Virginia
143. Virgil Empson
144. Caleb Hazel
145. John Armstrong 65
146. Rebecca Ellett 62
147. William Ross 1818 83 North Carolina
148. Elizabeth Ketcham 78
149. Mary Rogers 73
150. Catherine Gabbeti 69
151. Elizabeth Buskirk 45
152. Amanda Batterton 47
153. Matilda Slocomb 55
154. Elizabeth Buskirk 74
155. Hannah Able 54
156. Elizabeth Rogers 62
157. Elizabeth Hite 61
158. Elizabeth Gillaspie 68
159. Nancy Houston 47
160. Rebecca Rawlings 72
161. Jane Seward 60
162. Elizabeth Wampler 53
163. Elizabeth Kegley 55
164. Rhoda McNeeley 53
165. Susanna Rogers 63
166. Jane Rogers 45
167. Elizabeth Farmer
168. Sally Dunning 51
169. Martha Berry 50
170. Conney Butcher 67
171. Margaret Knuckols 67
172. Catherine Butcher 62
173. Nancy Hubbard
174. Fanny Ketcham
175. Rebecca McCollough 47 Kentucky
176. Sarah McPhetridge 1825 49 Tennessee
Admitted September 17, 1860: (3rd Meeting)
177. Barney Brummett 1817 70 Virginia
178. James Gentry 1833 60 North Carolina
179. Tanzy Gentry 1833 61 North Carolina
180. Eliza Baker 1833 54 Maryland
181. Malden Baker 1833 59 Maryland
182. Benjamin Neeld 1820 64 Kentucky
183. Eliza Neeld 1819 45 Kentucky
184. Sally Ann Reeves 1819 49 Kentucky
185. Andrew Parks 1826 50 Indiana
186. Absalom Baker 1826 59 North Carolina
187. Paulina V. Hardin 1826 61 Kentucky
188. Alexander Givens
189. John McCrea (Honorary Member)
190. Mrs. Sara Williams Kentucky
191. Mrs. Nancy Anderson 1819 66
192. Isabella Smith 1830 50 North Carolina
193. Elizabeth Morgan
194. James Miller
195. Morton C. Hunter
196. George Eller
197. William E Browning
198. Henry Eller
199. William N. Roseberry
200. Robert Houston
201. John Knight 65
202. Jonathan Brannum
203. James McBride
204. Felix G. Mercer
205. Ellis G. Sluss
206. William N. Anderson
207. George Sluss
208. Peter Whitesell 79
209. Stanford Jacobs [?] 77
210. John W. Throop 67
211. Morton S. McCollough 42
212. Wm. J. Alexander 55
213. George W. Payne 55
214. Wm. H. Slocumb 40
215. William Blackeley [?] 63
216. B.E Adams 50
217. J.M. May 45
218. Miller (?] 45
219. John E May 49
220. Jonas May 44
221. David May 75
222. Jackson Sewel 60
223. Joseph Jamison 60
224. John M. Armstrong 50
225. James Stout 60
226. Felix G. Dunn 60
227. Ezra Perring 60
228. Alex C. Weir 57
229. Charles Moore 63
230. Jacob Bunger 69
231. W.S. Walker 56
232. Joseph Walker
233. William Hale 51
234. Thomas Kellough 46
235. James A. Ward
236. Thomas Gillaspy 61
237. Thomas J. Sharp
238. J.J. Whisnand 48
