'The first settlement was made in 1818, and the first settlers were James
BENNETT, John SHEETS, John RAY, Henry KUYKENDALL, John REESE, Reuben NEWTON,
James HICKLIN, Joseph MALCOM, Miccajah GOODMAN, Henry HEARN, Henry MIDDLETON
and John CRUSE. Joseph MALCOM was the first road supervisor, and John RAY
was the first inspector of elections; they were appointed by the county
commissioners on May 9, 1820. John REESE was the first justice of the peace;
he was chosen at an election (the first held in the township) held at the
house of John RAY on the first Saturday in June. It is said that Daniel
KUYKENDALL was the first child born. The first saw-mill was built by James
STURGESS, in 1820, on the S.W. ¼ of Sec. 24, T. 12, R. 9 W, About this time
James BENNETT built a grist-mill on the N.W. ¼ of Sec. 30, T. 12, R. 9 W.,
and sometime after connected with it an oil-mill and carding machine, and on
the same section, in 1824, built the first brick house. In 1831 Joseph
MALCOM was granted permission to establish and keep a public ferry over the
Wabash river, now known as COX's ferry. In the autumn of 1846 George
BROADHURST sank the first coal shaft, in the S.W. corner of the S.W. ¼ of
Sec. 19, T. 12, R. 9 W. Previous to this date coal had been dug at different
places, but no regular mining for profit was carried on until Mr. BROADHURST
had sunk his shaft.'
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From: <bbaughn(a)aol.com>
To: <INVIGO-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: [InVigo] Re: RAY
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Surnames: RAY BROWN
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ek.2ADE/381.105.1
Message Board Post:
Hi David,
None of my RAY family lived in Bath or Montgomery Co., KY in the time
period your
looking at that I know about. However, i don't know every line
by 1840, so it could be possible your John RAY is connected.
My William RAY (b. 1740 Ireland) had 11 children, six were males.
One was
named John RAY (bc 1788 Jefferson Co., KY - d. 12 Mar 1820 Riley Twp, Vigo
Co., IN).
William's children were born between 1779 to 1795 in KY and it could be
that
one of them had a son John RAY that I am missing data on. I have data
on many of the grandchildren of William RAY and Ann BROWN, but not all of
them.
If you contact me on email I will email you my current working-papers on
the RAY
family that may be of some help.
Brent
bbaughn(a)aol.com
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