Thank you for the great info
How much chance do you think there is that my gggrand father came from VA
to Ky to St .Joesph in 1830's
Since I am brickwalled I wonder if this is incorrect
Sara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Walters" <awalters(a)inil.com>
To: <INSTJOSE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: [INSTJOSE] Fw: migration to St. Joseph Co. in 1833
Hello,
Several people followed up with similar comments as mine re: why there
was
a surge of migration to Northern Indiana in the late 1820s and early
1830s.
John Palmer was kind enough to reply and shed some light. Here is
his
response below...
- Adam Walters
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Palmer" <j.palmer(a)gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us>
To: "Adam Walters" <awalters(a)inil.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: migration to St. Joseph Co. in 1833
> HI Adam,
>
> I will try to make a long story short (although I have very seldom been
> successful at that).
>
> Indiana was one of several states that were created out of what was once
> known as the Northwest Territory. Included in these states were Ohio,
> Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois, and Wisconsin
>
> Indiana was granted statehood in 1816. However, all of the counties
which
> had been developed up until this time were in the southern part
of the
> state. In most cases, settlers from Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and some
> from Pennsylvania settled the lower part of the state. They used the
Ohio
> River and the National Road (now U. S. 40) as their major
migration
> sources.
>
> The land in central and northern Indiana was basically still owned by
the
> Indians.
>
> Fort Wayne, which is in northeast central Indiana, had originally been
> established as a military fort before 1800 and had a fairly large
> population by the time statehood was developed.
>
> As you probably know, counties cannot be established until a specific
> number of individuals are living within the proposed boundaries. Allen
> County, in which Fort Wayne is located, was created in 1824.
>
> It was the first county established north of Kokomo (Howard County),
Indiana.
>
> St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties were both established in 1830. The
> pioneers who came into these counties were from Ohio, Pennsylvania, some
of
> the eastern States and, especially, New York. Many took the Erie Canal,
> which flows into the Ohio Canal, then into the Wabash Canal.
>
> Some pioneers took the Erie Canal only a short distance, then crossed
Lake
> Erie and landed at Detroit. From there they took the road
leading from
> Detroit to Chicago. This road was known as the Detroit to Chicago Road
> (most often called the Chicago Road).. It is now U. S. 12.
>
> Both Detroit and Chicago had military posts. Detroit was much older
than
> Chicago and was founded by the French. The French also
established a
> military post called Fort Saint Joseph in 1696. The fort was a major
> military base until 1781 when it was destroyed during the American
> Revolution. Later, Niles, Michigan was established near the fort.
>
> The Miami Indians settled around Fort Saint Joseph in the late 1690's
and
> early 1700's, but slowly moved out to the east (around Fort
Wayne,
> Rochester, Muncie, etc.) as the Potawatomi Indians moved into the area.
>
> By the time that the French were moving out and some English fur traders
> moving into what would later become St. Joseph County and the
surrounding
> counties (late 1700's and early 1800"s) most of the Miami had left the
> area and the Potawatomi had spread out into many bands.
>
> The first known white man to live in St. Joseph County for any time was
> Pierre Navarre, a French-Canadian fur trader who came in 1820. He lived
on
> Indian land.
>
> In order to get the land that is now Indiana, the Americans signed many
> treaties with the Indians. St. Joseph County is in a unique situation.
> The land that became St. Joseph County was involved with four major
> treaties. Each treaty was signed at a different time and places:
>
> The lands in the northeastern section of the county, Embracing Harris
and
> clay townships, the north part of Penn, the east part of German,
the
east
> part of Portage and the north part of Center, are included in
the lands
> ceded to the United States by the treaty made at Chicago with the
Ottawas,
> Chippewas, and Potawatomies, on August 29, 18121. The sites of
South
Bend,
> Mishawaka, Osceola, the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary's College
> are all within this cession. Only a small part of the lands ceded by
this
> treaty are within the bounds of the State of Indiana. Most of
the land
was
> in southern Michigan.
>
> The lands in the northwestern section of the county, embracing Warren
> township, the north part of Olive, the west part of German, the west
part
> of Portage and the north part of Greene, are included in the
lands cede
to
> the United States by the treaty made with the Potawatomies on
October
16,
> 1826. The Southern boundary of the lands ceded by this treaty
is also
the
> old Michigan boundary line. The site of New Carlisle, and Terre
Coupe
> prairie are in this treaty.
>
> The lands in the southeastern section of the county, embracing the
township
> of Madison, the south part of Penn, the south part of Center and the
east
> part of Union, are included in the lands ceded to the United
States by
the
> > treaty made with the Potawatomi on September 28, 1828. The areas
> included
> > in this treaty include Woodland and Lakeville.
> >
> > The lands in the southwestern section of the county, embracing the
> > townships of Liberty and Lincoln, the south part of Greene and the west
> part of Union, are included in the lands ceded to the United
States by
the
> treaty made with the Potawatomi on October 26, 1832.
>
> The first lands in St. Joseph County which were opened up for official
sale
> to the white man was in 1826.
>
> I hope that this answers your questions.
>
> If not, please feel free to contact me for more information.
>
> Cordially,
>
> John Palmer
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