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Surnames: various 1812
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from Brandt and Fuller s 1886 History of Jackson County, Iniana
In the War of 1812, the settlement in this county was the most northern of the white men
in the States, and bordered the hunting grounds of the Miami tribe of Indians, the most
hostile of all the tribes in the Territory. The Delaware and Shawnee tribes
professed friendship, but, true to Indian character, were treacherous; and, being near
neighbors, gave great uneasiness to the settlement and often did much by their incursions
and thefts to disturb the already agitated settlement. When war was commenced there were
ninety-three families residing within the borders of this county. Seventy moved off, which
left twenty-three to bear the heat and burden of the day, which were the families of
William Graham, Jesse B. Durham, John Griffith, John Berry, Daniel
McCoy. Samuel Slade, John Sage, Samuel Burcham, James McGee, Abraham Miller, Daniel Beem,
Aquilla Rogers, David Rogers, John Storm, William Taber, Robert Sturgeon, James Hutcheson,
Abraham Huff, John Johnson, John Kitchum, William Ruddick, John Parker and Willson. This
little band got themselves together and built forts at convenient distances and
locations for their security - one at Burcham's, one at Huff's, near the mouth of
Huff's Creek, one near Vallonia, and at other convenient points.