Evansville: n.p., 1975. Accessed July 20, 2014. By the 1860 census Penn Townships African American population increases to twenty, while Jackson and Greene Townships lose all their African American residents. It appears that this early unnamed settlement was in Washington Township. : B. F. Bowen, 1915. [40][42] The FBI defines violent offenses to include forcible rape, robbery, murder, non-negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault. Register of Negroes and Mulattos 1853-1854 for Vigo County Indiana. Indiana State Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana. She suggested that visitors notice city signage that welcomes people to Bluffton as an inclusive town.. These organizations include Southern Indiana Minority Enterprise Initiative, Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Tourism, Indiana Humanities, Indiana State Library, Indiana State Archives and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. This drop in the black population could be attributed to harsh racial attitudes (black laws) that hampered the liberty of free persons and also to better opportunities elsewhere, as theorized in the article Early African American Heritage in Bartholomew County. No information found during this search would indicate the presence of a community or settlement, as the population of free persons of color decreased every decade. It will only actually be on the 5th of Iyar when this date happens to be a Wednesday.[27]. Welcome to books on Oxford Academic. Some of the early surnames listed in Coy D. Robbins Black Pioneers in Indiana 1830, includes Bolin, Evans, Gray, Griffin, Jackson and Stafford. Negro Education In Indiana From 1816 To 1860. Ph.D. The Genealogy Center- Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN. The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is a public research university in San Antonio, Texas.With over 34,000 students across its four campuses spanning 758 acres, UTSA is the largest university in San Antonio and the eighth-largest by enrollment in the state of Texas. Ben and Venus McGee are better documented as being among the first residents of Guinea Bottom. Samuel Webster (also from Ohio) became Findleys business partner and they were both leaders in the growing community. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Quinn, Angela M. [Boundunpublished notesin UGRR notebook-Angela QuinnAllen County Public Library]. Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 00294 1860. Standard Atlas of Newton County, Indiana: Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County Patrons Directory, Reference Business Directory. Robbins, Coy D., ed. North Carolina born Richard Goin was a farmer. Of those households, 24 were headed by an African American. The three brothers migrated from the Lost Creek settlement in Vigo County to Kendallville at various times during the 1860s. Audrey Werles 1870 Black Heads of Households lists two men, Elias Washington and James Reeves, who were farmers and part of those original eight families on those three census pages, as owning large amounts of land ($6000 and $2000 of property respectively). Records show that slavery also existed in this county. the threat of hostile Indians and the lack of roadways made settlement in Newton County difficult. It was razed during the 1930s. [70] University of Utah and Veterans Affairs operate large clinics in the city. In good years, alfalfa could produce three crops that were stored for winter. 28, Number 1 ( 2006). They left Rowan County, North Carolina, with a few slaves for Clark County, Indiana, where some of the freed slaves remained with the Copples while others apparently migrated to Shelby County. William Henry Smith Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. She later married Jim Caloway, one of three Calaway brothers. He noted that he and his father, Andrew Perley (difficult to read) weretaken prisoners by the British and whipped with cat-o-nine tail. History of Cass County, Indiana From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time : with Biographical Sketches and Reference to Biographies Previously Compiled. Emanuel is remembered as the only black man in the little town, everyone [knew] his name, and very soon knew he was an ardent Methodist. He settled near the Clear Lake Quaker community, which could inform why his son, Alfred, settled in the Clear Lake area. Buy Admission Tickets, Register for Special Events! William Lewis owned a mill near Monmouth in the 1830searly 1840s. IGN is the leading site for television show expert reviews, previews, episode guides, TV show wikis, video clips and cast interviews Vincent, Stephen A. Accusations were made concerning the formation of a chapter of Knights of the Golden Circle. Bigham, Darrel E. We Ask Only a Fair Trail: A History of the Black Community of Evansville, Indiana; Indiana University Press, 1987. Roundtree Settlement was located by the Patoka River. By 1850 Marion Townships colored population was on the decline, after the Bass, Harris, Russell and Powell families all left for Vigo and St. Joseph counties. Accessed July 15, 2014. In the decades between 1840 and 1870, seven of Delaware Countys twelve townships enumerated no African Americans on the decennial censuses. Indianapolis: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1985. U.S. Bureau of the Census. There is evidence that he could have been there earlier, however no connection has been solidified between Cossey and an earlier account of an interpreter working with John McClure at a trading post southeast of Peru. The 19th century African American population in Madison County was minimal. Later, his granddaughter Augusta Toren taught at the school. The Richland Settlement land is now part of the Crosley State Fish and Wildlife Area. His land was located around a basin of the Elkhart River in section 24 of the 1874 LaGrange County Atlas. Thornbrough, Emma Lou. Tipton, Indiana: Tipton County Publishing, 1976. Jasper County was formed in 1835. Bigham, Darrell E. On Jordans Banks: Emancipation and its Aftermath in the Ohio River Valley. Also illustrative of progressive racial attitudes, Randolph was also one of only four Indiana counties to vote in opposition to Article XIII of the 1851 State Constitution [Tucker (p 134) Thornbrough (p 68) Rotman, (p52)]. Carl Kramers description of the county as a major black population center (p 120) provides insight into the challenges of the research process. Beckwith, H.W. Quinn speculated that the Cannady family (residing in Washington Township, Allen County in the 1850 census) likely had contact with the Pompey family (early settlers of the Jefferies Settlement in Smith Township, Whitley County). Collection of Charlestown-Clark County Public Library). He distinguished himself as the minister of a large Baptist Church in St. Louis and as the founder of a freedom school that was conducted on a Mississippi River vessel since it was illegal for African Americans to attend school in Missouri. Harrison Twp., Southwest Webster Twp., Northwest Heth Twp., Northwest Boone Twp. [An annotatedmap reflecting successive generations and presumably descendants of Mitchem migration living wherefour townships meet. The Trials of William Trail. Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History,Winter 2013. Another known settlement was Underwood in Linton Township. Additional family names include Chanous (Virginia), Brown (Tennessee), Burden and Cotman (South Carolina), Benson (North Carolina) McKeon/McKown/McCown, Stokes and Tann. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records, Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 0014 1820. County histories note that colored children were admitted to free common school privileges by an act of May 13, 1869. (Scott County Library). In 1863 he crossed into Union troop lines eventually making his way to Indiana. As the twentieth century opened, the black population continued to grow. Newby, Thomas. The rally was led by Jon Stewart, host of the satirical news program The Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert, in-character as a conservative political pundit, as on his program The Colbert Report, both then seen on Comedy Central. Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. The nineteenth century African American population of Johnson County was small but does show a substantial increase between 1860 and 1870. U.S. Bureau of the Census. [27], However, nowadays Independence Day is rarely celebrated on the 5th of Iyar itself, and on most years is moved forward or backwards by one or two days. Editorial. Robbins, Coy D. African Heritage in Morgan County, Indiana. When Grier died, his children continued to own land in Montgomery Township. : The pre-1870 African American Rural Communities of the Kankakee River Valley. Black History News & Notes,November, 1997. Armed and masked vigilantes from three counties broke into a jail and took their victim to the county fairgrounds where they hung him. The African American community in Logansport established the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church around 1867, and finished building their church in 1870. Taylor, Andrew M. Uncle Jimmie: The True Story Of A Slave Life, As Dictated To His Ten-Year Old Daughter Two Years After The Civil War. In 1850, two families from Covington William Findlay (formerly of Tippecanoe County) and Henry Fry sailed to Liberia. The population was still concentrated in the town of Shelbyville and in Addison Township as a whole. Fletcher, Calvin. Benton County IN Gen Web. Dehart, Richard Patten. In 1850, there were 46 black landowners whose real estate was collectively valued at $35,480. Edinburgh did not build a school for African American students until 1891. Morgan County was formed in 1822. [44][45], The city has 35 municipal parks and playgrounds that includes areas for baseball, softball, football, soccer, and lacrosse, volleyball, pickleball, tennis and skateboarding. Family names associated with Trails Grove settlement include Trail, McCowan/McCown/McGowan/McKown, Fears, Dempsey, Freeman, Johnson, Gapin and Fix. Accessed on August 22, 2014. Mitchem Property Record. John W. Lydas book, The Negro in the History of Indiana, identifies Greencastle as one of the urban settlements that benefitted from the black migration after the Civil War. Accessed June 25, 2014. : 71.1998.1. Bangerter Highway (State Route 154), a six-lane expressway, traverses the center of the city with interchanges at 9800 South, 10400 South and 11400 South. An African Methodist Episcopal Church Congregation in Columbus was identified as being a part of the Salem Circuit with 4 members in 1841 (Minutes, Indiana Annual Conference, AME Church). : Gradeless, 1979. The Otter Creek Cemetery which is located north on Highway 59 may be affiliated with the church. Putnam County was formed in 1821. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1998. Families raised animals for meat and kept gardens. On an 1879 Spencer County atlas (B. N. Griffing), there is a black school located in the in this township. Intermountain Healthcare Riverton Hospital is a 87-bed, full-service hospital in Riverton. In 1864, family members were freed and given land by Corvan. In another example of racial fluidity (and again, more careful research is needed) it would seem that John H. Cambridge (farmer, born in Maryland) and Matilda Malson Cambridge, (possibly born in Ohio), residents in the Sugar Creek vicinity, were the parents of several children. South Jordan was the first municipality in the world to have two temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Jordan River Utah Temple and Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple), it now shares that distinction with Provo, Utah. Lexington, KY: University Press. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2014. Henry County Interim Report. Mayhill, R. Thomas. It is also possible that the settlement was located on the border between Campbell Township and Ohio Township, where a large African American population resided after the Civil War. This unnamed settlement appears to be connected to Lyles Station and other black rural communities in Gibson County. [22][23], One of the worst school bus accidents in United States history occurred on December 1, 1938. All suggest that African Americans coalesced in some ways as community here that merit further examination. Accessed July 10, 2014. : Pike Central High School, ca. Robbins, Coy D., ed. News accounts also mention the Goodwins brought the second colored family as slaves and settled them in Guinea Bottom The article continues with the dubious claim and so formed the first Negro settlement [in Indiana]; then, hedging, they make a possible exception for Vincennes. By the 1860 census the count is 19 African Americans. This early population was distributed among Cloverdale Township and Union Township, as well as the city of Greencastle. Most of these African Americans were in and around the town of Rockville, as well as Adams Township and Penn Township. Charles, C.E. Cemetery Association erected markers recognizing sites where Negro People had been buried or there had been an African American Community. Thus, black pioneers were honored but remained blanketed in anonymity. U.S. Census, 1850: Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States. This rare and obscure book could help provide insights to the challenges faced by African Americans living in a post-Civil War community in Indiana. Indianapolis: Historic Landmarks Foundation, 1985. WebWatch full episodes, specials and documentaries with National Geographic TV channel online. Copy of Original 1850 Census, Kosciusko County, Indiana: Schedule I, Free Inhabitants. U.S. Census, 1850: Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States. Jim fought in the Revolutionary War and supplied one of the Sullivan forts with meat. It appears that African Americans were scattered throughout the county, with the largest number living in Lawrenceburg and Manchester townships. As a sixteen year old slave in 1769, he had run away from his owner. History of Northeastern Wayne County. In that letterit was noted that Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson were paupers living at the expenseof the county at the time of their deaths. Trustees included William Bug, Ezekiel Gillespie and Henry Jackson. Bureau of Land Management. Vernon, Indiana: Jennings County Preservation Association, Inc., 1998. Gas City, IN: L.I. Next to them, the McDonald family also owned land. In addition, four mulatto or black farmers lived in the Huston home with the surnames Griffin, Graham, Bourk, and Wanser. The State of Indiana placed a historic marker at the original site of the Speed Cabin in 1995. Parke County Public Library, Rockville, IN. The black community was concentrated on the near east side of town. Accessed on August 23, 2014. U.S. Census, 1870: Population Schedules of the Ninth Census of the United States. Perry Township was the only other outlying townships to note separate schools. The 19th century African American population in Jay County was minimal. Fort Wayne, Ind. Holdings were valued at $10,240 in 1850 (Thornbrough p140). Like neighboring counties Wayne and Randolph, Henry County was populated by significant numbers of Quakers from North Carolina. Produced by Virginia Ball Center for Creative Inquiry. The counterpoint to these attitudes is the evidence of the countys Underground Railroad activity. Atlas of Franklin County, Indiana. (Reprint) Philadelphia: S.H. History of Whitley County, Indiana. Population of Civil Divisions Less Than Counties; Table IIIState of Indiana, 1: 128. County revenue and deed records suggest these three unnamed, black pioneer settlements in Washington County were largely agrarian and robust. : Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1985. (Robbins). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 into a Gujarati Hindu Modh Bania family in Porbandar (also known as Sudamapuri), a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula and then part of the small princely state of Porbandar in the Kathiawar Agency of the British Raj.His father, Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi South Jordan is the first city in the world to have two LDS Temples, Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple and the Jordan River Utah Temple, the second city being Provo, Utah. In addition to the surnames mentioned above, there are records of names that include Jeffries, Roberts, Archey, Hill, Walden, and Winburn. The growth of African American population in Edinburgh is reflected in research done for Rest Haven Cemetery. Exhibitionist & Voyeur 11/22/20: My Buddy's Daughter (4.71) An age-gap relationship works out quite well. The population decreased slightly in 1860 with small increases in other areas of the county. South Jordan is a city in south central Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, 18 miles (29km) south of Salt Lake City. Webput it all together. Viewing 1971 plat maps, it appears that the McDonald family owned several acres. When an English traveler Edward S. Abdy toured Madison, Indiana in 1834, he met John and Melinda Cosby (Crosby). For example, Arthur Larter and his family are in the North Carolina census in 1850 and Perry Township, Lawrence County, Indiana in 1860. Dittlinger, Esther. Morgan Tracey Cemetery. Directory of Cemeteries Newton County, Indiana. Woodward, Ronald and Helen Bruss and Linda Robertson comp. Chicago: Chicago Printing Co., 1889. No outstanding repositories of African American heritage in Marshall County were found, likely because of the low census numbers. In the 1870 census when the black population increases to twenty-four persons, the Goines are enumerated as mulatto rather than white. We are also saving the oceans to save the fish. It dropped again in 1870 and rallied in 1880. Some of the African American surnames in the county included Evans, Morgan, and Simpson. Caesar Embree bought land in 1827. The book, Southern Seed, Northern Soil by Stephen Vincent exhaustively documents the community. Manuel went on to purchase 40 acres of land in 1852 and 80 acres in 1854 (Federal Land Patents website). Accessed on August 22, 2014. Black Pioneers in Indiana. Cord, Xenia. Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 299, 26 October 1901, pg. More recently, Alexander Basilevsky related an account in which on May 9, the rover's open lid touched a crater wall and became covered with dust. The majority of the black population was found in Cicero Township (1860, 23 persons; 1870, 37 persons) and in the town of Tipton (1860, 7 persons; 1870, 17 persons). Southeastern Indianas Underground Railroad routes and operations: a project of the State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. After marrying an enslaved woman from Kentucky, he followed her to St. Louis after her master took her there. Crenshaw, Gwen, Bethel Church Cemetery and Swamp District, Indiana Landmarks, Fountain County Folder, 1994. Wood, Clarence. Black HeritageShelby County. Cantrell, Martha. For the next three censuses, the number of blacks hovered around 100, and it escalated to 250 by 1870. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records, Indiana Federal PopulationCensus Schedules, Volume: Reel 00149 1850. With the help of our ERG, we strive to maintain a strong culture of diversity and equality by building a safe Historical Sketches of the Wabash Valley, reprinted from the Attica Ledger, 1916. Co., [1899?]. Accessed July 10, 2014. Des Moines, Iowa: Northwest Publishing Company, 1910. William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. Black Settlers in Indiana. The Indiana Junior Historian February 1993. The Burdine family built a cabin by the creek east of the Polke home, and continued to work for the Polke family for many years. Information concerning the earliest evidence of an AME Church in Hanover is in 1842, taken from Minutes, Indiana Annual Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Church 1840-1845, as published in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Magazine, George Hogarth, editor. Aggregate Amount of Each Description of Persons within District of Indiana, 1: 352. Liberty Township enumerated 12 African Americans in 1860. (They would remain in the county until well into the 1900s.) A curious artifact stands in Liberty Township: Africa School constructed ca. A small number accompanied Quakers migrating from the Old South (Cary, Lassiter, Winslow). Wells County, Indiana, Deed Books A-N, 1837-1868. Kentucky leads as place of birth with Indiana a close second. After experiencing racial hostility in Blackford County he traded the tract for eighty acres in Fayette County and returned to the area in 1854. Their citizens provided a subscription school for their children before public schools were opened (Lyda). Robbins, Coy, compiler. In 1870 there are a total of 14 African Americans in Blackford County all residing in Licking Township. When groups of African Americans made attempts to settle in Hancock County warnings were posted, barns burned and livestock killed (Thornbrough, p 222-223). Franklin, Fulton Counties. 2011 Historic Places Tour. In 1820 there were a total of nine persons of color. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records, Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 00306 1860. Led by Rev A. R. [or John?] The Elkhart Historical Society and Museum in Bristol, Indiana has a vertical file committed to these and other later African American families in Elkhart County. William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. On June 4, 1973 it was announced that the program was completed, leading to speculation that the vehicle probably failed in mid-May or could not be revived after the lunar night of MayJune. [n.p. Accessed on July 13, 2014. Further research needs to be done on a possible black settlement in Monroe Township. First Colored Persons of La Porte County. Charles Cochran Papers, La Porte County Historical Society Archives. WebYahoo is committed to making our company a best place to work for the LGBTQ community and has been recognized for the past 10 years by the Human Rights Campaigns Corporate Equality Index, scoring a perfect 100 each time. Weir Cemetery Burials. United States Genealogy Network. Census slave schedules for this period reflect approximately 200 enslaved people in Indiana- six in Scott County. Unions population would hover around 7-8, 000 throughout the 19th century and the number of African American population would remain fairly low: In the early 1840s, Hiram Revels (later the first African American to serve in the United State Senate) attended a Quaker Seminary near Liberty, Indiana. History of Wells County, Indiana, 1776-1976. Grier (died in 1872) and other family members are buried in a Montgomery Township cemetery. In 1850, both Huggart brothers and their families appear on the census, and the settlement is comprised of 7 people. Federal Census 1820-1870, accessed June 22, 2014. At one time, it was reported that as many as one hundred of formerly enslaved people lived in the woods, and according to Whickers 1911 account, some of them had continued to live there until the 1880s. It is interesting to note that during this period that the county had a higher number of African Americans born in the New England states than any other northern Indiana county. Louisville, Ky.: Perrine Enterprises, [2001]. In 1854 the Baptists built a church as well followed by a Wesleyan church during the 1860s. SPACEBAR resumes the slideshow. The family of Dennis Bell and their six children, along with a white farmer, first appear in the 1850 census. Blanchard, Charles. Crawford, Delaware, Dubois, Harrison, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen, Perry, Scott, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Wabash, Washington. A.T. Andreas, Map of Cass County, 1876 and A.T. Andreas Plan of Logansport, Cass County, 1876. There were 22,368 people employed over the age of 16 with 17,258 people working in the private sector, 2,744 in the government sector, 1,186 self-employed and 32 unpaid family workers. Further, Thornbrough notes that these figures represent 6 percent of the total population of the city. Goodall reports that in 1880 some thirty to forty black children attended public schools including four pupils in high school. U.S. Census, 1840: Population Schedules of the Sixth Census of the United States. Schools in Connersville offered educational opportunities that were superior to segregated schools in Kentucky. Chicago: Andreas & Baskin, 1874. According to the federal censuses, there were 33 free blacks in the county in 1840, 52 in 1850, 73 in 1860 and 47 in 1870, split almost equally between Logan Township and Covington Township. David Slaughter. Hoenig, Henry. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Office, 1841. She finds that many of the first black settlers had strong connections to individual Quakers and Quaker meetings in their areas of origin (most often North Carolina and Virginia, (p 29)). Kendallville, Indiana: Amanda L. Blackman, 2013. Following a bumpy launch week that saw frequent server trouble and bloated player queues, Blizzard has announced that over 25 million Overwatch 2 players have logged on in its first 10 days. 25.36 min. Some chose to live in a settlement in Mill Township near Jonesboro dubbed Telltale. Sullivan County, Indiana Cemetery Records, Volume 5. Goodall says, Racial matters took a backward step and color became a greater dividing line. Despite the climate of terror Muncie remained free of collective violence. Wright, Richard R. Jr. The Economic Conditions of Negroes in the North: Negro Rural Communities in Indiana. Southern Workman 34 (March 1908): 158-172. The system's true nature was classified with the name and acronym SOSUS themselves classified. Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Did you know that many of our previous exhibits are available online? Handwriting may also account for significant variants in the recording of names. According to this account, Chavous/Chavions established a business turning neck yokes in Portland, Indiana, in 1866. : n.p., n.d.], Johnson County Museum of History. U.S. Bureau of the Census. McFadden, Marian. By 1840 the neighborhood included about 10 families and 900 acres of land.. Land Entry Atlas of Henry County, Indiana, 1821-1849. Twenty-seven students attended classes. Population of Civil Divisions Less Than Counties; Table IIIState of Indiana, 1: 124. Flat Rock and Washington Township: Days-Gone-Bye [sic]. Randolph County Interim Report. Atlas of Johnson County, Indiana, 1820 to 1900. According tothat application , Furgison was colored and a native of Dinwiddie, Virginia. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen, 1909. 2 vols. Historic Landmarks Foundation, 2010. Jeffersonville newspapers in the 19th century reported that General George Rogers Clark brought the first colored family to Indiana, Uncle Tom and Aunt Esther, with twelve children, whom he settled in a spot called Guinea Bottom. General Clarks farm on outlot 127 encompassed a portion of Guinea Bottom. Gall, Morris. For the projects time period (pre statehood through 1870), Indianapolis lead the state in African American population and a rich cultural life continued to evolve. The county had at least one black pre Civil War rural community located in Jackson Township. William J.H. There is also a black school (that may have doubled as a church) on the atlas. Indianapolis, Ind. The Banks Settlements population had declined by the 1870s. 11.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. and Notes. B, p. 1. In addition to birthplaces of Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana, other settlers reported Ohio, and New York. Compton, Etta. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Richmond, Indiana, (1836- ) BlackPast. : Greene County Indiana Historical Society, 1990. There is a significant increase in the black population from the 1860 to 1870 census. 27 (1987). U.S. Bureau of the Census. Robert, age 63, was born in Virginia; his wife, Malinda Green, age 49, was also from Virgina. Through court records and other documents, she demonstrates that he belonged to a family of free African Americans from Virginia. Grant County, Indiana, Marriage Records, 1831-1882. General African American Photograph Collection, ca. Sullivan County, established in 1816, enumerated over 100 blacks by the 1860 census. In 1816, fearing a return to Kentucky and enslavement, he enlisted the aid of friends and escaped to Canada. All on FoxSports.com. This is likely because of the heavy marshes that dominate the land. The list also includes occupations such as gardener, hod carrier, whitewasher, teamster, carpenter, and ice peddler. One of the earliest rural settlements in Jefferson County located about 23 miles north of Hanover was Graysville. Streets around the squares are closed to cars, allowing people to sing and dance in the streets. William Trail and his father-in-law, Archibald McCowan/McGowan/McCown/McKown, a resident of Rush Countys Beech settlement, purchased adjacent 160 acre tracts near present day Shirley, Indiana. The people responsible for the attack were planning revenge against Provost's party for an earlier unexplained incident involving other trappers. Because of their possible ties to settlements prior to the Northwest Territory expansion and earliest settlement days, Whitewater and Brooksville townships may be areas for further investigation. The Roberts kindred were a group of mixed race people with free status who initially emigrated from eastern North Carolina to The Beech, a community in Rush County, Indiana. [12] In 1859, Beckstead became the first settler of South Jordan by moving his family along the Jordan River where they lived in a dugout cut into the west bluffs above the river. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1880. Monroe County was formed in 1818. The Nigger Hill Exodus and Feud Told By Local Historian (Undated newspaper article; has an Editors Note- This paper was read by George Pence before a joint meeting of the Bartholomew County Historical Society and the House Literary Club held in his honor at Donner Park, July 31 1927.), Early Records of African Americans in Bartholomew County, Indiana. [Some of these materials copied for Bartholomew County EAASHI project files, Summer 2014]. Indianapolis: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1993. Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1969. There was a possible settlement in Harrison Township, Knox County, near Monroe City. Zion Baptist (colored) in 1888 meeting in the city hall before constructing a building in 1891. In 1830 the census shows a total of six free people of color residing in the county. [2010?] [27] The crossing was finally closed, but not until crashes occurred in 1997[28] and 2002. Harden, Samuel. This Smithsonian museum is slated to open on the National Mall in 2016. Jackson County was established in 1816. In response, the restaurants in Franklin banned all blacks, both local and military, from their businesses and a separate USO for the black troops was organized. Briar Hill Cemetery Burials. United States Genealogy Network. By 1840, there were over 100 black residents in the county, but like so many other Indiana counties, the black population census numbers fell between 1850 (227) and 1860 (127) and zoomed upward in 1870 (2151). Karst also found evidence that Andrew Huggart was the first black person to seek public office in St. Joseph County, although his extensive research has failed to determine what the office was (Karst, 256). [6] When European settlers arrived, there were no permanent Native American settlements in the Salt Lake Valley, but the area bordered several tribes the territory of the Northwestern Shoshone to the north,[7] the Timpanogots band of the Utes to the south in Utah Valley,[8] and the Goshutes to the west in Tooele Valley. ]: U.S. Dept. Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 00357 1870. Ruth Slevin, comp. There is a black school listed on an 1888 plat map in Washington Township section 160 (near the White River). Bureau of the Census, United States Government, 1830, Fugit Twp. Woodward, Ronald L. comp. Total crimes contain categories that include everything from murder, rape and assault to disorderly conduct and DUI. As in the previous decade the majority, 14 people, live in the town of Franklin. WebOrbiting the Earth since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has helped to answer some of the most compelling astronomical questions of our time, and uncovered mysteries we never knew existed. In 1850, as its black population peaked, anti-black legislation on a national and statewide level advancedthe latter with broad-based public support. History of Posey County, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. Ida (Hagen) Whitaker became deputy postmaster for the city of Ferdinand and later became a pharmacist. Hickman, Russell and Elvis Oats, Quaker Meetings and Cemetery in La Porte. La Porte County Historical Society Archives, Society of Friends [vertical file.]. Thornbrough, Emma Lou. In 1840 the population increases to 20 persons, but the 1850 figure declines to 15. Many of the residents of this settlement are buried here, including some of the later families that joined the Morgans. Of the approximately 100 students, about a quarter of them were black. Co., 1886. Accessed on August 22, 2014. Kemper, G.W.H., Ed. Hoods federal land purchases included two transactions in 1841 for a total of 160 acres. Early black settlers and landowners included John Reed (from Clay County, Kentucky) and John Goss. Sand Hill: Rural area east of Port Fulton along 8th Street/Middle Road. While the existence of a rural African American settlement does not seem likely by 1870, there are many well documented instances of Underground Railroad activity in the county. : ARCH, Inc., 2001. She sums up: While there was generally mutual respectracial lines were clear (p23). Straws is enumerated with property valued at just over $1000. His holdings were sold and his surviving family was escorted to Dallas, a location that has not been identified. From the first federal decennial census for the county in 1820 to 1870, the African American population increased from 36 to 164 people. Accessed June 14, 2014. The FrontRunner extends north to Ogden and south to Provo.[67]. Though the provenance is unknown, there is a house from the time period extant at the location of the settlement. Decatur, Perry and Franklin Townships, Marion County Interim Report. They lived on a 25-acre farm located east of Connersville for a few years before relocating with their growing family to Henry County where they had purchased 160 acres of land. He and others built the Black Bridge. Several entries in volume IV of The Diary of Calvin Fletcher tell the story of Danville resident Daniel Pearson/ Pierson. Population of Civil Divisions Less Than Counties; Table III State of Indiana, 1:124 Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 Washington D.C., 1852. Its graduates were allowed to attend Franklin High School. There were four panoramic cameras mounted on the rover. [31] As a result of this urbanization, South Jordan's economy went from agrarian to being a bedroom community of Salt Lake City. History of Switzerland County, Indiana from Their Earliest Settlement: Containing a History of the Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches Reminiscences, Extracts, Etc. Jefferson County was formed in 1811, and recorded early settlement by African Americans, many before statehood. Read breaking headlines covering politics, economics, pop culture, and more. Chicago: Chas. There is not evidence to suggest this was a rural community. Wabash, Indiana: Wabash Carnegie Public Library, 1980. Kentland, Indiana: Newton County Historical Society, 1996. 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