Thank you for this bit of nostalgia, I'm glad someone is doing some lookups here and
there for us ol' reminisce'rs!
Andrea Burke
Stephens and
Atkinson families researcher
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#1 History of Grant County ["Jackie C. Thomas"
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______________________________Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:12:19 -0500
From: "Jackie C. Thomas" <nanny(a)comteck.com>
To: INGRANT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: History of Grant County
Marion Chronicle June 24, 1979
A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA by Glen Allen
There were four veterans of the Revolutionary war who settled and died in the Marion area
- an area that in their lifetime was a wild, primitive frontier.
The four verified veterans of the war were:
Barnabas VanDevanter, a man who fought at the final battle of the Revolution - the Battle
of York town, under the command of George Washington. He is buried in a field east of
Marion along 38th Street.
Isaac Sudduth, an " Old Revolutioner : died in 1854 and is buried in the Bethel
Cemetery along Muncie Pike southeast of Jonesboro.
James Campbell, a native of Massachusetts, he died in Grant County in 1859. He is buried
in the Maple grove Cemetery, north of Sweetser.
William Grimes is a man about whom nothing is known. He is buried near Campbell in the
Maple Grove cemetery.
When Lincoln was first elected the Knights of the Golden Circle were organized in Grant
County, and even had their guns ordered from England. The labeled " Sunday School
Books" and got as far as Indianapolis where they were used by soldiers in the war.
The Knights of the Golden Circle even had the night set when they were to raid the homes
of their foes, but the word got out, and they dropped their plans.
By 1830, 105 families - 634 persons - had settled in the area that now includes grant and
Wabash counties. The area was known as Mississineway Township, a part of Delaware County.
The time was right to mold a new county, and that was Grant County.
Its history begins on Sept. 5, 1831. In accordance with the law of the day, several men
were appointed by the state to locate and plan the county seat. They were given three
choices for the town: The farm of William Hiatt near Jonesboro; the Beatty farm, now part
of the Veteran's administration Hospital; or 60 acres owned by Martin Boots and David
Branson along the river.
The commissioners met at Branson's home and made their decision. After examining the
proposed sites they selected the tract on the southwest side of the Mississinewa.
JCT
ANDREA BURKE
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