Cindy,
That is what I was babbling about in my previous post, Marble Corner is mentioned in
Jennings County newspapers, as is Westport which is in Decatur County and Holton in
Ripley.
In most cases those old newspapers (which is where 100 years ago comes from) had
people from the different areas who reported what was going on in their neighborhood.
I work at the Jennings County Public Library, and we have the newspaper microfilm there
Tracy (who writes 100 years ago) and I, have often tried to figure out where some of
these
little neighborhoods were. Clinton County was just too far away as it is above
Indianapolis.
Back then Townships were very important because the Township Trustee's had a lot
more say over people's lives. Even in wills and Legal Documents people tended to give
where they lived by listing the name of the Township. If you lived above Sand Creek in
Jennings County you might have gone north to Westport and Greensburg rather than come
to North Vernon or Vernon to do most of your business because of the lack of bridges
across Sand Creek. Travel was so much more difficult back then.
Sheila Kell
-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Abrams <cat2397(a)decaturwb.com>
To: injennin <injennin(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 8:03 am
Subject: Re: [INJENNIN] Antioch
Just my $.02. I live in Columbia twp. and there is an Antioch cemetery on
he way to Greensburg that is is Decatur Co. , perhaps it was named after
hat community. I know my great-grandparents lived in Jennings Co., but were
onsidered part of the Marble Corner community even though Marble Corner was
n Ripley Co.
-Cindy
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