Hi all. While doing some research today at the Allen Co. Library in Fort Wayne today I
came accross the following article and thought it was worth posting. I have scanned it
and pasted it below.
Rex Bertram
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Redkey, IN 47373
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FROM THE 1850 INDIANA GAZETTEER by E. CHAMBERLAIN
RANDOLPH COUNTY, organized in 1818, is said to have been named, at the request of the
settlers, after the county in North Carolina from which they had emigrated, though it is
said also that the name was given in honor of Thomas Randolph Esq., Attorney General of
the Territory, who was killed in the battle of Tippecanoe. It is bounded north by Jay,
east by the state of Ohio, south by Wayne, and west by Henry and Delaware. It contains
about 450 square miles. The civil townships are white River, Jackson, Ward, Green, Monroe,
Stony Creek, Nettle Creek, west River, Washington, Green's Fork and Wayne. The
population in 1830 was 3,912, in 1840, 10,392, and at this time about 14,000. The surface
of the country is nearly level, and portions of it are, at times, wet and marshy, so that
it would seem to be low, though in reality it must be about the highest land in the state,
for in or near Randolph county, the head waters of the Big Miami, white water. Blue river,
white river, the Mi!
ssissinewa, the Salamonie, Wabash, and St. Mary's, all running in different
directions, take their rise.
There are no barrens and but few prairies, all of which are wet in the county. The timber
is of an average quality, the soil well adapted to be farmed in grass and small grain, and
parts of the county are suitable for corn.
There are in the county 14 grist mills, 20 saw mills, propelled by water and three by
steam, five carding machines, one printing office, the usual proportion of mechanics
professional men, two Baptist and eight Methodist churches.
The taxable land amounts to 280,000 acres. There is to be seen on the land of M.W. Way,
near Winchester, a regular built earth wall, enclosing about 20 acres of land, with a high
mound in the centre, and the appearance of a gate at the south-west corner.
winchester, the County Seat of Randolph, is situated on the south side of white river,
near the centre of the county, 75 miles east north-east of Indianapolis, 25 miles north of
Centreville, and 10 miles west of the State line. It was first settled in 1819, and now
contains 151 houses, of which 11 are brick, the others frame. The population is about 750.
The opening of the Bellefontaine and Indianapolis Railroad through it will afford
inducements for its rapid improvement.
A LADY IS A WOMAN WHO MAKES IT EASY FOR A MAN TO BE A GENTLEMAN.
SHARE PAIN AND IT IS LESSENED, SHARE JOY AND IT IS MULTIPLIED.
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