Jericho Friends Meeting P17
And Its Community
Randolph County, Indiana
1864
Page 17
Typed by Lora Radiches
Surnames in this are: Manor, Cox, Rhoads, Wysong, Roberts, Thomas, Oiler,
Oyler,
Moffitt, Way, Tygart, Smith, Gray, Lawman, Hickman
Other Jericho Residents and Land Owners
Two other names should be listed as probably residents of the Jericho
neighborhood during this period. The first of these is a Rachel Rhoads)
Manor. She is
stated to have been buried in the old Jericho burying-ground in 1825. It is
unlikely that
she would have been buried at Jericho unless she was a resident. Her mother,
simply
designated as "Old Mrs. Rhoads" (probably Mrs. William Rhoads) is also stated
to have
been buried in the old burying-ground about 1850. This was long after the new
burying-
ground was begun, and her burial in the old would require the supposition of
long
association with the folks buried there. Where either of these ladies lived
is not evident. It
is most probable that "Old Mrs. Rhoads" was mother-in-law to Benjamin Cox of
White
River, who married her daughter Ann Rhoads, and it is possible that she was
also mother-
in-law to Jeremiah Cox, whose second wife was Jemima Rhoads. Research makes
it seem
most probable that she lived much of the time with her son, John Rhoads, in
1820-30.
Land records indicate he lived north of Jericho. David Wysong owned land in
or on the
fringe of the community during this period. It is probable that he lived
there. He sold this
land, however, in 1825, and there is no record of further purchases. He as a
bricklayer of
German descent. There is no evidence that he ever participated in affairs of
Jericho
Meeting. He is the progenitor of the Wysongs who presently live mostly south
of
Winchester. Other names which appear in land transactions during this period
re: Jesse
Roberts, Jesse Thomas, Abraham Oiler (Oyler), Seth Moffitt, Mathew Way, Joseph
Tygart, and Durant Smith. Durant Smith is known to have been a life-long
resident of the
White River Community, his daughter, Nancy, married Simon Gray, Absalom's
son. The
others, like Durant Smith, were undoubtedly men who lived on the outer
fringers of the
community and were speculating in land. John and Henry Lawman purchased a
quarter
of land from the Government in S26 R14E in the year 1825. In 1829, this was
sold to P.
I. Lawman and in 1832 a George Lawman sold it to Stephen Moffitt. The name
Lawman
does not appear in the 1830 census for the White River Township, and it is
probable that
these men were land speculators, non-resident. Joseph Hickman purchased the
NE1/2
NE1/4 S1 T19N R14E in 1826. There is no record of a Hickman in the White River
Township Census of 1830. Further there is no Hickman record in the minutes of
the
White River Monthly Meeting till the year 1832. It is probable that Joseph
Hickman did
not live on his land till after 1830.