I I D E D C A T O N .

H anna r u iks h ank . C m y o nl To M rs Kate , y su rviving

I f o f o u r s ister , a fectionat ely dedicate th i s history people

u r o f and o native vall ey the Whi te Water . I herein desi re to

express my gratitude to my cou sin , Mary L e o n ard H a n n a , fo r t o records col lected in her travel s abroad , and also my

nephew , Theoph ilu s Dickerson , for kindly fu rni shing cou rt

T H E R . and county records . A UT H O O M O ’ H A ' I H P E E F IF T H E D IT IO N F R R T S IR S E D IG R , V 2 P E 1 -H A N A H O F 1 892 O L . A G 5 5 N ( ) , IR E L A N D A N T L A D D S C O N .

’ : 2 . A . Aras A r . three roebuck s heads . collared or w ith a

h ir i n bel l pend . and t at g . Crest : ( Scotland ) a cross crosslet tit c h c o u t s a i ssu ing o f a crescent . ; ( N ewry , I reland ) Hands

’ clasping couped at w ri st so ; ( London ) A wol f s head erased

sa. O : ther crests ( Dublin a lion ramp . Couped , h i s dexter paws resting o n a cross crosslet j iteb u ; ( Newry Wi ll )

M o l l ar s n . : Gr au an a scal lop shell of the Kirkdale , , Knock ,

Cair nh il l and ot her branches o f the famil y : Per ardu a an d alta of the Kingsmu i r branch : Cresco et spero ; o f the Bal la houston branch : Per ardua in collum ; and o f the N ewny

: branch Ad alta virtu te . I H A A S YMBO L S MS O F N NAY R MS .

A t— — —s i nifie A rgent silver g s peace and sincerity . ' — i nifi l S es . Roebuck s heads g po icy , peace and harmony — Couped Means cut off .

A z — — i nifi e B lue S g s loyalty and truth .

r— —I O Gold t denoted generosity and elevation of m ind . — Bells Denotes one w ho feared not to signal ize his ap proach in either peace or war . — — Cross Crosslet S ig nifies the fou rfold mystery of the cross . a— — S B lack Constancy and grief . — Crescent S ignifi es one wh o has been enl ightened by an d f honored by the gracious aspect o his sovereign . It i s al so “ borne as the symbol of a Hope o f greater glory . —A n Crest cross crossl et , tehe , issuing ou t of a crescent

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( Taken from B u rke s General Armory , page 453 , ed .

1 88 . . . 4 ) by C T Spohr , Chicago , Ill

TH E H O U S E O F H A N N A .

Of old thi s famil y name was spel led De H annet h e.

a a 1 600 . Hannay , Hanna , up to abou t A . D . It i s now Hanna and Hannay . Al l bearing the name are undoubtedly to be

t o o f traced a lowland clan Scotland , whose chief had hi s residence in S orbie Castle . S ir Bernard B urke says , The fam i ly of Hannay ( original l y w ritten aHannay) i s of very

o f ancient descent ; and the estate Sorbie , in Gal loway , was f ” the seat o the el der branch . Berry ascribes the arms to all bearing the name , although spelled in variou s ways .

a o f S c o dand The Hannays , , in common with other pow er fu l M c D o wel l s famil ies of S cotland , as the Hackies . the , . M c Cu ll o u h s M c Cl el l ans the g , and the , su ccessful ly hel d thei r o wn agai nst Norman and Saxon adventu rers ; and the es tate o f Sorbie remained w ith the Laird u nti l the seventeenth centu r y .

The allegiance of the clan to Ba ll iol , thei r bearing against

o f D o u l as ses the yoke the g . and other notes o f thei r h i story . may be best gleaned from the works of Si r Andrew Agnew

M Kirl ie . . c . . A . and P H , F S , Scotland . B The earl iest mention known is that in the agnon Roll , “

. . 1 2 6 A nnet h e A D 9 , where the n ame appears Gilbert de ,

as inscribed by the Norman cl erk of King Edward I , Gilbert 1 2 r a ts H o u se o r H AN NA .

° — in at taching s seal the mode of signa tu re custo mary thos e

Then c ame jo hn in 1 434 : Gilbert Chaplain in 1 466 ; A h dr w and o t he t he R o val u e . rs of Archer B od y G ard of

F a in 1 6 : Odo 1 88 r w y r nce . 4 9 in 4 ; and afte a rds numerousl eno u gh . was Th is Odo was t he first master o f So rbie . H e s uc

v n o e was ai 1 8 1 e b so . c eed d hi s . R b rt who l ve in 4 4 and 494 ; i t h e t he l ine co nt inu ing through Patr ck . member of S cotch

m in 1 8 t o l x . Pa rl ia ent 5 . to D nal d and A e ander Th e 1 60 l h is latter . about the vear 7, lost a arge part of lands through feuds and quarreling ; an d this bad example was o o w bv so n 1 6 0 t f ll ed hi s until at his death , in 4 , nough remained o f their possess ions of the ancient p ro p ert y of

So rbie. It is no t wi thin ou r scope to trace fu rt her t h e hist o ry of the name in Scotland : it is enough to say that the nam e in va ri o us fo rms became more or less comm on in the shires of

A vr D i D u t and in t h e . um fr es . nbar on . Ren frew

w r i h a il ste art y o f Kirkcu dbr ght . Man y branc es of the f m y are es e by i a Kin srnu ir d i gnat d thei r lands . as K rkd le . g , Gren nan t i . o am i t r . Knock . etc . in Sc l and : and to these f l es are ace

a al l i W e r t able . as ru le . bear ng the name . her ve sca t ered . Th e l os ses o f the lands of Sorbie seems to have bro u ght th e

e t h e a ea t no t t memb rs o f f mil y to Ir l nd . w i h which country , o o a i i i t til g b ck to thei r earl iest Celt c or g n , he y ha d un now no o e t o s fin c nn c i n . Thu we d that the cal en dar of James I has a i i a l a gr nt from the k ng to Patr ck Hann , gent eman ,

! L n fo s o g rd Count y . o f certa in land in that co unt y and to T H E H OUSE o r H A N N A . 1 3

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Robert Hanna cert ain lands adj oining . to hold to Pa t

D u b rick and Robe rt Hanna forever , as of the Castle of

a . lin , in free and common socc ge by feal ty This grant b 1 62 1 be o f ore date . and appea rs to the first mention the name in I reland .

R BR O “ I S L . F OM P . H U M E H TORY OF SCOT AN D

In there were said to be able -bodied Scot s i n the north of I reland . The plan tations i n counties Down and Antrim were l imited in scope in compari son w ith the “ Grea t w Plantat ion in Ul ster , for which the reign of Jame s I il l be

t t h e forever remembered in I relan d . It was on Galloway hat w greatest grants ere bestowed . Almos t all the great hou ses of t het ime are represented : S i r Robert M c L el l an Laird who afte r ward s became Lord Kircudbright : John

t : Murra y . of Boughton . one o f the secre aries of state S i r

M c Kie L aer : Patrick . of g Dunbar of Mochrum . one of the

Gar l ies : Stewa rts of Hanna y of Sorbie Castl e . and Vance

B m r r k of a ba oc . Then in the next rei gn Ki ng ’ s letters were i ssued i n fa “ "

vor of Robert Hanna y . one of the E squ i res of our B ody ,

c o nfer in g upon h im and upon Thos . Maul e the lands an d

Glanc o V V ic kl o w 8 man sion of pp . in the Cou nty of . dated th

1 2 6 . May . 9 T hi s same Robe rt . whose name i s variou sl y spel led Han

H anna h was na y , Hanna and g . knighted and al so created a “ i st 1 6 0 Ba ronet of S cotland on 3 March . 3 , and st y l ed o f ' ” “ Moch ru m with destination H ar edibu s M ar c u l is quibu s c u m qu e. T H E HO US E OF H A N NA .

o f To recu r to his Scotch ancest r y , he was a relative

o n . I h . last ment ioned of Sorbie and he was a contemporary A o f . . , and . it is thought . a brother Patrick Hannay , M some

wh o 1 6 1 e . t ime of London . cel brated as a Scotch poet in 9 and

1 63 2 o o f no w . in . published a b ok poems rarely seen A copy f o f t hat w o rk has been sold at the ext raordinary price o — nin et y six pound s

S i r Robert appears t o have settled i n Irel and for good . t ) 1 1 t h 1 6 1 o f u the December . 3 . he was made clerk the — i n the I rish Co u rt o f Exchequer a newly created

t i ttic e o n o t h 1 6 . , and he su rrendered the patent the 3 May , 39 H i s dau g hter l ane married S i r Charles Coote , who became first Earl o f Mountrath ; another daughter ma rried S ir

t o George Acheson . Si r Robert i s said have been killed

“ 1 2 A dm inis fight ing as a Ro y al i st i n the Rebell ion o f 64 .

o f 1 t rat io n 6 8 . his will was granted in 5 H i s son , S i r Robert ,

. W h succeeded him hether l ike S i r C arles Coote , he sup

no t ported the Parl iament . we do know , bu t he ev idently fol o w o f l ed him in being a partisan the Restoration intrigue , fo r was o n l t h o f 1 660 he shortl y afterwards , the g M arch , f o . made Captain Foot He resided some time at Moyne ,

o M ay o C unt y . and d y ing was bu ried beneath the ancient N ’ “ ” chu rch of St . iehau s in the subu rbs o f Dubl in o n th e o t h 1 68 3 o f April . 9 .

H is f way s o f name spelled di ferent ( see l ist I ri sh gentry , “ w w t o Th e hen Crom ell came I reland . under the head ing , — F o rt y nine O fficers ) appears among t h elong l ists of Royal ist o f t o o f ficers . whom arrears pa y were du e in the mem o r abl e 1 6 . . . l av y ear . A D 49 H i s title dormant until the vear 1 T H E H OU SE o r H A N NA . 5

1 8 a o f 7 3 , when i t was claimed by S i r Samuel H nnay , th e f — a Ki rkdale branch o Sorbie gentleman l iving in London ,

1 whose male descendants again failed in 1 84 .

T o o f recu r to early settlers the fam ily in I rel and , Patrick

’ o f Hannay , sometime London , received King s letters , dated

“ ’ May 2 8 1 62 , 5 , to have a clerk s place in the Privy Counci l ” “ ac of I reland , having done ou r late dear father good and

t a l o n t h e 2 t h o f c ep b e service beyond the seas and 7 june , “ 1 62 7 was fu rther appoi nted Master o f Ch anc el l ar ie i n Ire

land .

The Edinbu rgh Register , styl ing h im S ir Patrick Han

1 62 . nay , in forms u s that he died at sea i n the year 9 Administration o f h is effects appears to have been granted

t o 1 62 t o hi s nephew , Andrew H anna , in 9 ; and further ,

1 6 0 . James Montgomery , in 3

o That both in the cases of Patrick and R bert , these vari

o u s n t o o ne o f otices refer , from the beginning , indiv idual

xt . each name , who were brothers , i s e remely probable What

became o f their descendants is no t known . “ ” A Captai n Hanna , this time on the other side , i s men t io ned i n a contemporary poem on that event as taking part

i n the siege of Derr y i n 1 689 . It is possible he may have been the Robert H annay who signed the petition o f inh abi

o r tants praying f compensation for property destroyed . How ever thi s may be the name after th is date i s found sparsely in

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Dubl in , Athlone and Derry . B ut in two generations later ,

numerou s colonies of S cots having come to Irel and , the name hiberni cized to “ Hanna ” became more common i n

A r na h T vr o ne Down , g , Antrim , and also reached , Derry , D nn l o ega and Monaghan . T H E HO USE OF H A N NA .

H annet t ff Man y persons of the name , of an enti rely di er

L ec al e ent origin . and chiefl y represented i n , County Down , became Hanna i n t he seven teenth centu r y . w To come do n to da y s nearer ou r own . variou s spel l ings o f h ave : the na me . as been al read y noted . occur i n Scotland bu t more recent settlers o f the fami l y of I reland have pre

' h o ne fo r m w ic h . served Scotch , had hitherto been lost S u ch

" “

w . . a re . or ere . the Hall ida y Hannays . of Bongor ; Rev R

l l y l o u h . Ba . Hanna y . D D Bel fast : Col . Hanna y . of g Older

by W . . settlers of the famil y are represent ed toda y T Hanna . R . P . e . . D . : y . Esq J . Donegal H ugh Hanna , D . w . . . H Bel fast Such also ere the late Rev Prof Samuel anna , / B . D f el fast . father of Re y Hanna , D . . . Edinbu rgh ; ” - i - . n au thor of Li fe of Dr Chalmers . hi s father law and w , hose son . John Chalmers Hanna . of Edinbu rgh . was l iv ing in 1 88 1 .

2 . . No Hanna . of New r y . Count y Down . — 1 . Arms Same as Hanna N o .

Thi s old famil y whose ancestor hel d a command u nder

1 62 0 Gustavus Adolphus in the Bohem ian war of . traces

' " to the Scot t ish stem of Hanna y becau se establi shed a cen

tu r y and a hal f ago at Newr y . They acqu ired property in

w al l ac es f ro Count y Do n b y intermarriage w ith the W . o C baneg . and thei r descent from thence is as fol lows

1 . W ( 1 1 1 80 il l iam Hanna born about 75 , d ied 7) mar

, W ried Jane daughter of Robert al lace . Esq . , of N ewr y . and g r \V al lac e g . r o anddau hter of James . Esq . of C bane by h is w g , i fe Anne Ross . Thei r children were T H E O F H OUSE H A N NA . I 7

1 . , 1 O 1 2 1 8 Samuel born abou t 759 , died c tober , 79 ,

London .

2 . Jane ma rried John B radshaw , Esq .

. r 3 Robe t died unmarried i n China .

V . Wi f i 4 o V lm o t . married lhelmina Stewa rt .

. T wnx l y o e . w 5 Mar y ma rried Samuel , Esq , of Ne ry .

6 . James married daughter of Ogle , Esq . , o f \ ' ewr y .

. 7 Margaret married ( first ) Barnard Crose , Esq . , and

( second ) Connell y , Esq .

8 . George , last surv ivor of the fami l y in N ewry , was l i in 1 2 v g in 8 0 . He di ed unmarried .

’ \l liam 1 6 1 0 Samu el s el dest son . , marr ied i n , Lou ise

Ch o m l ey Mari a , and their el dest son , Samu el , married Anne , \ daughter of Rev . James Fitzgerald . Thei r el dest son , Vi l A \ . . . V l iam , Captai n R , married Iza , daughter of Lawless ,

Esq . . of Ardeen , B lackrock Count y Dubl in . ’ From Lesl ie Stephen s Dictionar y of National Bio g r a " 2 0 phy , vol . 4 , page 3 4, from information suppl ied by Cap

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A . . a W . . t in Hanna , R , and other sources

i was Patr ck Hannay ( died poet , p robably the

r thi rd son of Al exander Hannay , of Ki rkdale . in the stewart y

Kir br i h t sh ir c u d e. o f g H i s grandfather , Donal d Hannay , o f i Sorbie , ha d distingu ished h m sel f in the border warfare and " ” E ar l wel l was known to the Engl ish by h i s sword . v i n b James I reign Patrick Hanna y , w ith a cou si n Ro e rt ( creat 1 8 TH E H O U S E o r H A N N A .

ed a ba ronet of N o va Scot ia in came to the Engl i sh

o was . C u rt . and favorabl y noticed by ! ueen Anne

About 1 6 3 0 both Patrick and Robert received grants o f

1 62 1 land in Count y Longford , Ireland . and in Patrick visit

-\ e ed S weden . ft r his retu rn he received a clerksh ip in the o ffi ce of the I ri sh Priv y Counci l in Dubl in . Attempts , w hich

fo r we w a t ime re success ful . ere made to ou st h im from th is

o s 1 62 o n p t . but Charles I reinstated him in 5 the ground of

o u r . e. his having done la te father ( i . James I I ) good and

e acc eptable servic be y ond seas . w ith great charge and danger

bv o u r o f hi s l i fe . and having been recommended to u s dear mother

In 1 62 7 he became M aster o f Chancery i n Ireland . H e

s i said to have died at sea i n 1 62 9 .

One of hi s works , Songs and Sonnets , contains a dedicator y epistle to a sol d ier under whom Hannay had “

served abroad . Si r Andrew Gray , knight , colonel of a Foot f Reg iment and General o Artillerie to Prince Ferdinand , “ ‘ o ne f King of Bohemia . From o the poem s in Songs and Sonnets ” we learn that Hanna y had resided for some ti me in

f r o n o C avd . the neighborhood . Surre y

A fac -simile reprint o f the 1 62 2 collection o f Patri ck

' 1 8 Hanna y s poems was i ssued in 75 by the H unterian Club , w ith a memoir of the author b y Dav id Laing . Mr . Heath

o f has a fine copy the rare origi nal .

' ’ “ W 2 From ill iam Anderson s S cottish Nation , vol . , page

0 . Co . 45 ( publ ished b y A Fullerton , Edinbu rgh , 1 86 1 I S 77)

2 0 T H E H OUSE OF H A N NA .

’ n Hanna y thy worth bewr a es wel l whence t h o u rt sp r u g e; , y

And that tha t honored name thou dost not w rong .

' As i f from S o r by s stock no branch coul d sp rou t , l int should wit h ripening time bear golden fr u it .

Th y ancestors were ever worthy fou nd , ’ i nna s . Else Gal du s g rav e had graced no H a y ground

' kno wne Th y father s father . Donald , well wa s

T o the Engl i sh b y hi s sword , bu t thou art shown ,

‘ .y pen ( times changing) Hannays are

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o f o r . Act ive in arts worth , be t peace warre ( ! o e on in vi rtue . a ftertimes w ill tel l

' \ one but a Hanna y could have done so well .

ld s King Ga u ( that worthy ) , who so bravely fought w ith a the Romans , l ies buried in the l ands of Patrick H ann y , of — o . Ki rkdale . in Galloway J Marshal l

’ Among Patrick Hannay s works were the fol l o w ing : T wo

o f A : L o n Elegies o n the Death ! ueen nne w ith Ep itaphs , “ ” “ ” 1 6 1 1 6 1 don . 9 ; Happ y Hu sband , London , 9 ; Philomel ,

1 62 2 . London . Poems , 5 parts In the thi rteenth centu ry the clan of Hannay bu ilt and occupied a castle since known as Castle Sorbie , still stand

ing , but in hal f ru ins , on the waters of Mu l l o f Gal loway \V i t n o . in g , southern hal f of Ayrsh ire The Hannay fam ily came into prominence about the time of the War of the Roses , and some o f the occupants of the Castle of Sorbie wielded a commanding i nfluence during that period . The Hanna y s continued to occupy and own Castle

o f Sorbie until the close the seventeenth centu ry , when the 2 1 T H E H OUSE OF H AN N A .

t o male membe rs having al l emigrated Ireland , i t passed ,

Gar l ies through intermarriage , to S ir A lexander Stewart , of , a grandson of S i r Alexander Stewart , who had m arried Mar

o f garet , daughter and heir Patrick Hannay of Sorbie . This

no w S i r Alexander , who came into possession of the seat o f the H annays , was in great favor w ith James VI , w ho

1 0 o f knighted him in 54 at the coronation h is consort , ! ueen f o . Anne Denmark S ir Alexander married , first , Christian , d daughter of Si r Wi ll iam Douglass , and , secon , the lady Eli z abet h o f Douglass , daughter Dav id , Earl Angus , and w idow

of seventh Lord Maxwell , Earl of Morton . H e died O cto A l 1 6 . so n ber 9 , 59 , leaving five ch il dren H i s and hei r , S ir ex ander o f o f Garl ies Stewart , was given the title B aron in

1 60 1 62 7 an d i n 3 made Earl of Galloway . He married Grisel ,

o f 1 6 daughter of S i r John Gordon Loch invar ; died in 49 , leaving a daughter and two sons . He was su cceeded by h i s so n , James S tewart , second Lord Gal loway , who , while hi s father l ived , was crested baronet of Nova Scotia . H e mar

1 6 2 ried in 4 N icolas , daughter of S i r Robert Grier of Grier s n P o . . , M , and had two sons and fou r daughters . H is ol d

est son , Alexander S tewart , th ird Lord Galloway , married

O u eensbu r Mary , dau ghter of James , second Earl of y , and

so n had six sons and two daughters . The ol dest . Alexander , f n o . so became fou rth Earl Gal loway The second , James , f T h a o . e became fi fth E rl Gal loway thi rd son , John . was a B rigadier General and died u nmarried at Castle Sor

1 8 . T r bie in 74 he fou th son , Andrew , was killed i n the

1 m Darien expedition in 699 . Will iam and Robert died u married . Castle Sorbie went to the thi rd son , John Stewart

0 2 2 T H E HO USE OF H A N N A . was not occupied b y an y of the S tewa rt fami ly after the w deat h of i t s owner in 1 788 . It is still o ned by the heirs of w the Earl of Gallo a y , all of whom are descendants of Patrick

Hannay of Castle Sorbie . T CHA P ER I .

o f - The Ameri can Hannas a re Scotch Iri sh origin . The

o f original S cotch ancestor was a native Gal loway , Scot

land , and settled in County Down , I reland , w here hi s sons ,

Robert and Hugh , a fter the restoration of Charles I I , became obnoxious t o the favorites of that king becau se o f the ac t iv

t o ity and aggressiveness the father had shown Cha rles I . To better thei r condition and escape persecution they sought a — home i n the A meri can colonies then the a sylum o f that — W class and settled in i lmington , Delaware . Robert had n two sons , Joseph and John ( we have bee u nable to learn i f there were more children ) . John went from there to Vir

’ ’ u ffi gi ni a an d l ived nea r B e s Chu rch . H i s w i fe s mai den name was Ma ry Ervin ( o f Engl ish fam il y ) . Joseph settled

dau h in South Carol ina . Lau rens District , whither the son , g

o f te r an d w idow Joh n fol lowed him . Not far from thei r home was a magnificent spring , and the Coloni sts bu ilt a “ chu rch near by and named it Rocky Spring Chu rch . The battl e of Cowpens was fought on the plantation of Joseph

Hanna . One o f h i s sons fol lowed hi s cousin , Robert Hanna .

T er r it o r no w to Indiana v, and settled i n what i s Union

’ cou nty . To di stingu i sh h im from Robert s son John he was “ ” u e nicknamed Long John Hanna . He waws a Herc l s i n s i ze and height . He had six sons , fou r of hom married fou r 2 4 T H E H O USE OF H AN NA.

n nna l l st . r o Craffo rd s i er s H is g ands . Ha ( ca ed

“ Big rem ain ed in po ssess ion of t h e o l d homest ead

w v r e l t and is em e 1 0 . as e u nt h ea . il d th . Sep t b r 9 4 He y w a hy

o k r ant i fi t o fine l t i i a s to g pr de in ne s ck , c o h ng, fine equ p ge , m ent s and fa r med with al l t h e modern i provem . He erected

a m o n e a lo t es yt ia t r um nt in hi s f mily , in the Pr b er n Ceme e y

lla o in Du a at e t . nl psville . an expen s of five hou sand do rs J i sep h Hanna rem ai ned in So u th Carol ina unt l h is deat h . He

‘ y w fo r e in went o ne da into the ood s to l oo k h i s cows . B com g

v r e d do w o n l o t o was v er o l d e y t i r . he sa t n a g rest . for he y

t t l s and ee . s t him f ble i t ing th ere a ra e nake bit . H e a e H i t died sho rt l y a fter he re c hed the hou s . s dau gh er N anc y m arried Templ et on and Po l l y m ar r ied “i l n t h T em l e Ta o . o u e e l iam y l r Th r gh thes unio s Hannas , p j

o n y t l l . a t s . and Ta lors firs became re ated In ater y e rs the y

e b c ame mo re closel y connected .

no t w e t r are el l in formed on the Jos ph Hanna h is o y ,

k o w o t t o i a n ing nly the one fam il y tha came Ind ana , th t of L w ong J o hn . S o e wil l proceed to t ake up the his tor y of

o J hn Hanna Sr . , and hi s descendants .

- H A N NA H ERV I N .

o s on b w J hn Hanna , of Ro ert Hanna of Gal l o ay , Scot

was a a land . m rried to Mar y Ervin , of Engl i sh f m ily , about

a 1 h 2 w . . t o e t he ve r 74 T e y had chi ldren , Robe rt and Jan m e n i Jane arried John N uge t , to wh om were born three ch l n a n dre c lled Wil liam , John and Be j amin . H er husband hav in m e t g died . she rema ined a w idow for so e y ars , h en mar

Mc Dade — ried James , and they had two chil d ren Jonath an and Marv ( Pol ly ) . T H E H OUSE OF H AN N A . 2 5

\V il l ia c m N eugen t was a bla ksmit h by trade . and d ied

a . in Sou th Carol i na . l y ing a large fami l y Benj am in N eu

his s gent removed to Alabama in company w i th relat ive . t he

M c Dades purchased negr o slaves and by far ming am assed

. c o r e t o a fo rt une . He d ied unmarried John N gent em ig a t d

so o rnin \V h it e \ . u the Vater Ind iana . and a fter i g for a

m . whi le there a ong hi s relat ives . he moved to Parke count y and died near the town of Mon tezuma .

- L L PAR K S I T T E J O H N .

' was 1 James Par s a nat ive 0 P ri nce Edward Count y .

h was Virgi nia . In earl y man ood he united in marriage to

t l L itt l e o h ns M iss Li t lej ohn . a descendant of the historica i i . x of I reland Thei r famil y consisted of s chi ld ren . namel y .

James . Joseph . Ezekiel . Catha rine . M ar y and Margaret .

i n \V al l ac e n Catha ri ne marr ed A drew . of Pri ce Edward

i . cou nt y . Vi rg nia

t Mar y married Rober Hanna . of the same coun t y .

‘ l s \V at so n Margaret . the y oungest . w edded Doug a s . and the y in compan y with An drew \V al l ac e and Catharine r e ' i l moved to Kent uck y . Joseph and Ezek e emigrated to

Georgia . t James spent hi s l i fe in hi s na ive state .

l l was i c s was Mattie Cal we a n e e of Jam e Parks . an d i lh . uni ted in marr age to Calhoun . On e son . John C . Ca oun arose to gr eat prominence through h is adherence t o nu l l ifi cation . Notwi thstanding the Parks fam il y consi sted o f eight w . a sa members incl ud ing the p rents . none of them ever I T H E H OUSE OF H A N NA .

Marv H anna again aft er sh e l eft Car o lina in 1 801 . Two

r nn in 1 8 e ew ea rs aft er t h e dea t h o f M s . Ha a t 35 ) a n ph ,

Par s o d on se a k r m r lina t o isit Jam es k . r e over hor b c f o Ca o v

t st a fewwe s r e ext n his t h e fo l k . A f er re ing e k he he e ded

i t V nc nn s and t h e \V abash i r t h e l li o is r de o i e e . up R ve on I n s e t o er ut and t enc t o ia l is and st e at id T re Ha e , h e Ind napo re d

' s th n wnt t o Gen Ro bert Hanna s for a few day . H e e e “ ” “h ire \V ater aga in An d then was disc overed th e st ar ha that at t r act ed h im back fro m his wanderi n gs . H e d be

l i l et ou c o me e am o o f ea i l u . n red the b ut fu J a A Temp on , y ng est au r o f o T l t o his i t s d gh te Judge J h n emp e n , an d mpe uou So u ther n a rdo r p ro m pted himto ask fo r her hand in m ar

h i l e t r r ia e. S e d bu t t o o his o g k n ly, firm y , refus d acced e p

f h e was ea t t t l l i o o or s o . p sal , al r d y be ro hed Jam es A s n He

t o o i n i ft t v i d . re u rned the S u th , ne er to v s t In ia a aga n A er h is ret u rn t o the Sou th he w ro t e man y l ett er s back to his

c o s r aer n n G a d . e e ev r u ins , Poll y Ever y s nt nce and e y word .

v n o f es i h is e e the graceful cu rv es h is l i n of writ ng , declared

c u and m e o t l tu re refine n t . His c ns ru ction and ort hogr aph y

w c o st y o c e i l ere s h l a icall c rre t , and hi s p nmansh ip bea ut fu .

r ( . Mrs . Kate Hanna ) Cru ikshank remembe s vet having seen

- him . She des cr ibes h im as being tall and distinguished l ook

s . y s a s ing in per on finel dres ed , and h v ing the o ft wh ite hand s

son u s a u of a per una cc tomed to m n al l abo r .

- RK S H A N NA PA .

o e t R b r Hanna son of John Hanna and Mary Erv in , was

o e w 1 b rn in Princ Ed ard County , Vi rginia , in 774 , an d m ar

e M s e s T ri d ar y Park , dau ght r of Jame Pa rks . hey were ma r

2 8 T H E HO U S E o r H AN NA .

L i t v sal ar v ( Bo zeman . receiving a of per month pai d

. w o . in gold dust ) . ith b ard and a horse kept In the summer

o f 1 8 6 : he went from Bozeman to Helena Cit y . Montana . and being des irous of obtain ing a p racti cal knowledge o f mineralogy along wit h archaeolog y he associated h im sel f

o i with the St . L u is Gold . Silver and Copper M in ng Compan y ,

Cit v v ear s wi th headquarters at Helena . and for two searched

s fo r quart z lodes and placer m ine in the mountain districts . “ ” In the autumn of 1 867 he retu rned to the States v ia Fort Benton and down the M issouri River for a di stance of

bv bv o ff . . mi les boat . stopping at Yankton Dakota thence rail t o the He ear l v in l i fe developed a fond uess for preh isto ri c research and for th e l ast fort y y ears has been an untiring collector of archaeolog ical and other

rel ics . having obtai ned specimens from all over the United S e tates and Eu rope . an d from man y plac s in Au stral ia and

Mexi co . He has one of the most valuabl e and un ique col lee

t ions in Indiana . H e has long been a contribu tor for the w press . mu ch of hi s ri ting being devoted to pioneer l i fe and

as i cha racter . and has been connected editor and sol i c tor for m anv itv publ ications . In the c apac of circu lating manager

h e rep resented the B rookv ille Democrat . Lau rel Review .

Connersvill e Times and News . Connersvill e Exam iner . the

\V eek1v Richmond Even in g and Item . the N ew Castle Demo c rat . the Greensbu rg New E ra . the Rushvil le Jacksonian and

D ail v \V eekl v a t present i s on the B razil an d Democrat .

Po l it ic al l v bu t he is a Democrat . is not an aspi rant for polit

ical honors . pre ferrin g to devote h i s leisu re hou rs to the acqu i ring of a m o re thorough knowl edge of science and t h e prehis toric past . Cl ai m /no M u fti t h e i c g o h il m ! ; ®io £ et r oo n

CH APTER I I .

E ar l v o n s u nnv 1 6 o a bright morning in August . 7 5 , f u r persons coul d have been seen walking slowly and thought fu l l v a long the pathway ( o r trail as it was then called ) that

led from thei r home through fiel d . clearing an d forest up to f the old R u fles Chu rch . The t wo voung men preceded an

l v sm art l v el derl y ad and a voung gi rl . The voung m en were d ressed in clothes made of imported cloth . and the very white hands and u ntanned face o f o ne bespoke seclu sion from sun

- an d ou tdoor toil . The other looked more toil worn , bu t each

W t h ev bore the impress of col lege l i fe and edu cation . hen reached the crest o f a small em inence t h exr al l int u it iv el v pau sed at once and the more rugged of the two y oung men “ : f t o m v said Je f , here i s a v iew that brings back m ind the i l ia good times we had at \V l m an d Ma rv College . I can al most see the boys scampering across the meadow i n ou r ” grand foot races . “ ver v v er v It is l ike , l ike the ol d race t rack . and I . too .

y o u can almost imagine I see the bo y s . w ith Robin . severa l

al wav s f o t bounds ahead . as vou were . and l ittle Tom Je f p ” teri ng along somewhere i n the chase . “ T o m eff e Ah . ves . bu t poor l ittle J never potter d i n the

v class . I can see hi m et hol ding o n to its head l ike g rim

N o w fo r m y al wv r et t v . a s death . part . I thought tail hol ds p

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" s f a ! ! l g him g oo d. Tho ma Je ferson g ve a ha ha an d s app i n

o a T a t h e m ili in i l o n t h e sh u lder s id . h t has ol d fa ar r g of j ov a

" a i o er i us i Robin Hanna. Then rel ps ng int s o ness , he cont n i u e d: S tanding here we t ake in a wi de view of th s l ovel y

l ng i i i l i landscape . Yon spark i brook , w n d ng its r pp ng cou rse

o s in u l i th r ug h gra s and brambles . sparkles the s n ight l ke

bev ond i e m ol ten silver . And j ust we catch a gl mp s of th e

ld c st t i t o o hu rch . sugge ive of the deb o f grat tude we owe our ”

o . G reat Pr tector . God

s i t s A. g rave exp re s ion ca me n o the hand ome face o f

‘ o b v erv t l i R in as he repl ied . I mu ch fear hat I shal g ve a s o f ia i g h regret to l eave it al l , for mv ol d Vi rgin home is be t au ti ful and ver y dear to m e af er al l . “ ! i a it is h ear t so rne H is mother spoke Ah Rob n Hann . a

t oo a no . w t place to me , for here I h ve k wn my s ee est j oys

es and dark t sorrows . The ties that bind my heart to Vi rgin i a ar e any vou tender and stronger than y ou ng people know . " on will soo n find solace in the new home and the new peo

wo m t w pl e h vou will mee . bu t I ill l ive mu ch upon the mem o r ies s of the pa t . The hardest struggle o f all i s t o bi d fare w ” el l to ou r bl essed chu rch .

u o nl v I f we co l d take all the congregation wi th us , sai d “ o we v ting Jane . cou ld be as happ y in ou r new Carol ina h om e ” as we are here . R But that can never be . said obin , and I mu ch fear ” a n be th t eve one cannot induced to go . An d he g ave hi s s T ister a know ing look that she qu ickl y u nderstoo d . hen h v t e tu rned and wal ked more br iskl v an d soon th ey came to t h e chu rch . T H E H O C SE O F E L V XA

h wi a is an t er t o m t . fe or d g 3 4 T H E H OUSE o r H A N N A .

voung peo ple not iced that the preacher and church men had and finished thei r discussion and gone inside , they took that

t h ev for the signal for opening serv ice . so too went up and

r entered the sacred po tals . Three there were of that congre

g a t io n who felt that never more woul d t hey pass in or out

o f that O pen d oo r again .

o t T he l ng sermon d rew to a close , as se rmons d id in hose

( l aw The serv ices nec es sar il v consumed a good lengt h of

fo r t ime . i t was the custom to cal l upon two or three of the

t o f brethren of er up pra y ers . and sometim es a brother got

part ic u lar l v enthusias tic and then the congregation h ad to

wee . t oo bide a on thei r knees Then . time mu st be al lowed for t he mi ni ster to read t wo l ines of the h y mn and the peo ple to sin g those l ines before he p roceeded to read the ne xt

( W u w t h ev w . hen in tu rn ould sing those . and sometimes

h vnm s we t he re not short ones . as it happened on th is occas

o ne ion . the last selected containing nine stanzas of eight

’ T h ev l ines ea ch . sang i t through . Th en came a moment s

s — a ilence c ru cial moment for Robin Hanna . The m ini ster picked up a small piece of paper that l av bv the side of h i s “ B n sl o wl v : ible and , rai si g h is hand . he said I herein h ol d t a cer ificate to three of ou r esteem ed members . whi ch I do

‘ procla im . Then he read from the paper

R I F I CE T CAT E .

w That Ma rv Hanna . idow . her son Rober t and her

ane w v daughter l . ere for some ear s o r der l v members of this

g : so ber l v r i i nl v“ congre at ion have behaved honestl y . . Ch st a

o au v T a re free fr m scandal or chu rch cen su re . h ev h ave

T H E H OU S E OF H A N NA .

' ’ T h ev rode awav and Ma r y s pent - u p feelings found vent

o i n a copi us flow of tears as she reiterated the thought , ” ” R obin i s going awav ! Robin is going away . That we t h ev w awav ek ent . into that newer country , South Caro w l ina . and hether Robert saw Marv be fore they went I have

fo r not been in formed . bu t it is qu ite l ikely that he di d , there s eemed t o ha ve been a posit ive understand ing e ffected be w \ s o o o er m anent l v t een them . . s n as p ssible a fter becom ing p s et tled in thei r newhome Robert retu rned to Vi rgin ia and

o \ l w c o nfidin b re his . a rv back it h him . a young . g . t rusting

\ o w h v w h ev fo r . nd h t e t bride . could know hen j oined their t unes and thei r l ives to g ether that o u t o f thei r hou se would o wh o w o f o f c me those ould be leaders men . and makers law s

i h t v that bind a m g nat ion together . After arriving in thei r newhome the y ingratiated themselves into the friendship s o f

Pinc knev s the proud old fami l ies of the Butlers . the , the

G r a m s nd Gr im s v e a the e s . T CHA P E R I I I .

A great tu rmoil of excited anxiety p revailed throughout

f 0 the length and breadth o the American Colonies . The p pressive acts o f the B ritish Parl iament had arou sed a spi rit o f resistance in the Colonies wh ich was stirring the people

t o f from Ma ssachu setts o the Carol inas . The soft whi te hand “ T o m f o f Little Je f , the college friend Robert Hanna , d id a

v f m igh t thing . I t w rote the Decl aration o America n Inde

endenc e o ne o f w p , the subl imest pol itical documents ever ri t f ten bv the hand o f man . That alone shoul d be Su ficient to

o f f stamp the name Thomas Je ferson w ith immortal ity . Robert Hanna had been regarded as a most loyal subj ect o f the Mother Country , and therefore had been appointed by the King o f England as S u r v evo r General o f South Caro l ina and had su rve y ed the bo u ndar v l ine between the Caro

t o o f R evo l u t io nar v W ar Bv l inas prior the beginning the . some fortunate chance John Adam s ' s Dissertation on the Crown and Feudal Laws ha d founded its wav into h is scant l ibr ar v o t o o f , and p ring over i t it added fuel the fire hi s pat rioti sm . W hen the cri si s came he th rew o ff his allegiance to the

Crown . Thi s so exasperated the Tories that a p rice was set

’ o n his head and du ring the seven v ear s struggle he

o wn slept but two nights in h i s home . When the cal l was. 38 T H E HO U S E o r H AN NA .

mad e for woops he was among the first to respond . Once ”

\ . o . m re . l a rv shed bitt er tears for Robin had gone away

h e o f S . l ike hund reds other brave , cou rageou s women of

e t hos t imes . nerved hersel f to the arduou s task of taking care

o er t v f t he fam il v and p r p .

Ro bert Hanna fo ug ht from South Carol ina to Vermont .

was H e in the battle of Cowpens , which was fought on h is

' ' ’ o se h s o l nele l p plantat i n a l so at Bennington , King s Moun

i o H e o ne o f ta n and t her bat tles . captu red a sword from ' ‘ ° n o u ffi ( I t . l ar l et s o cers . is st ill possessed by M r Pi ckney

- o l w H anna f l ro o kv il l e . O . ) , Indiana ing to the prominent po s it i o n o f R o bert Hanna in the communi ty great care had t o be exercised in ev er y movement made and every sentence

no . uttered . For t al l the Col onists were Patriots Some there

e wh o wer like Robert Hanna . had been nu rtu red to show ieal t v t o o the Cr wn , and despite all oppression they remained l o v l w o a to King G eorg e . Som e ere w ill ful a nd s me w ere wit les s spies upon thei r Pat riot neighbors ; and when the

Il r it isl i troops were passing through the c o u nt r v t h ev were o ft en di rected bv thei r l o v al friends t o th e places where the

o o o o r o r Pat ri t s had g ds . stock . provisions concealed . One

' dav a Li eutenant o f General T ar l et o n s and a squad of sol

’ d iers rode up to Marv Hanna s door . On seei ng them she w o u t t o o f ent on the porch receive them , fol lowed by two her child ren . The Lieutenant demanded t o know the where

o o f ab ut s thei r stock . Seeing the l ittl e boy was about to an w “ ’ ” s er , she sa id sharpl y , Don t tel l . John . That angered t h e o fficer and h e ordered o ne o f the soldiers to fl o g the bo y

o P u t unt il he t ld . the intrepid l ittle woman qu ic kl v brought fo rward t h e hand that was conceal ed beh ind her and dis

l aved - p a dangerou s look ing hunting kn i fe . and defied the T H E H O U SE o r H A N N A . 39

f s im man at h is peril to touch the ch ild . The o ficer was o

' pressed. w ith the l ittle woman s br aver v that he count er m anded the order and , w ith a salute wh ich Mary retu rned with a cou rtesy . he rode away w ithout further molestation ,

f m il v o f e l eav ing the l ittle a in a fl utter excitement . Th i r chi ld ish i magination took w i ld fl ight and each l ittle o ne told ii n ii— how they coul d have served the B ritish a d and i f .

o ne Presentl y Jimm y mi ssed and he asked , Mother , where ’ s Margaret ! ” Stru ck w ith fright the mother bade them hu nt her instantly , and a general search was i nstituted fo r o ne - the l ittle . They rai sed the bed valance and peeped

o f o l d under . opened the closet door , raised the l id the chest ,

fi re- drew the cu rtains aside from the place , but no Mar

garet ; they called aloud , bu t no answer . Then John and h i s

mother ran to the barn , and James and l ittle Mary went to

- the corn pen . The search was fu tile and they al l retu rned faint l to the hou se . Then they heard a l ittle voice v call ing , i and runn ing in the d rection whence the soun d came , the

. mother found her l ittle gi rl cu rled up! , in the Dutch oven A fter the close of the Revolutionary War several o f the o l d Colonies revived their claims to lands granted by the charters prev iou sly obtained from the Crown . Those Colo

nies had been transformed into sovereign states , and each ex

t o t er r it o r v be pressed a desi re possess more . There were

si des other claims set forth , su ch a s for extra services and overfull contingents of men and mun ition s fo r the war then

no t o n c j u st cl osed . V irginia alone claimed her lands only a

o f t count former char er rights , but by the undeniable right of conquest . Sh e had fu rnished men and money to conquer and hol d the territory which she called her own .

’ 1 o fiic e I n 779 Vi rginia opened a land , for the sale of her 40 r m : H O U S E o r H A N NA .

was bv , wes te rn lands . This act obj ected to other states sev f eral of which regarded the vacant regions i n the “est as a

o f c o mmon fund fo r the futu re pa yment of the expenses the war in which the Colonies were involved . The United States took the grou nd that these lands had

t o been the p r o per t v o f the Crown and natu rall y fel l the Gen era l ( l o ver u m eu t as t he conquering power . It was contended t hat it was u u iu s t fo r the fewto be benefited to the excl us ion

v o f the m an .

' L po n the Opening of the land o ffice b y Vi rginia Con gress pass ed a j oint resolution ear nest l v recommending that

o t o r ec o m s tate to rec nsider her actions , and en force th is m endat io n Colonel B roadhead was sta tioned i n the W estern c o u nt r v with a s u fficient force t o p revent intru s ion upon the n d isputed ground . The controversy concern ing the Wester lands for a long time darkened the p rospects o f the Am erican

o f o f Union . I t retarded the ratification the Articles Con federat ion i t g r eat l v augmented the embarrassments o f Con

o n o f gress in carr y ing the war . and cheered the enem ies America bv reveal ing a sou rce of d iscord among the mem be rs o f the Union . Congress appealed to the interested states t o avert the danger that threatened the common cau se . New

o was t o 1 80 Y rk the first respond . in 7 , by instru cting her delegates to concede to the demands of Congress . Virgi nia

1 8 1 8 rel inqu i shed her claim i n 7 3 , Massachu setts i n 7 5 and

1 86 . 1 8 last of al l . Connecticu t . in 7 In 7 7 Congress made an ordinance or bo dv o f law fo r the government of th is North

r r it o r v o r b de h h o l in o west T e . That ord inance f a t e d g f s l at ' es in t h e t er r it o r ent ir e r eli io u s r eedo m v. and g ranted g f

v to ever settler . 1 T H E HOUSE O F H A N N A . 4

S O far as the civi l ized world was concerned the title O f the United States was no wclear ; bu t the rights O f the l ndi ans w ere yet t o be acqu i red .

2 t st anu ar v 1 8 On the Of J , 7 5 , several tribes combined to

dispose of thei r interests , which was done by the treaty of

n o s h Fort M c I t . The lands Obtained were i n the southern

w t o and western parts Of Ohio , and ere equal abou t three f fou rths o the presen t area Of the state . The t r eat v O f Greenv ille was concluded o n the 3d dav of

1 . Bv Augu st . 795 th is compact the United States gained a tract Of c o u nt r v west and sou th o f the lands Obtained bv the

t r ea v O f M c I nt o s h o f t Fort . The western boundary this newl y acqu i red land was a direct l ine from Fort R ec o ver v

to a point on the Ohio River Opposite the Kentucky River . “ " This l ine i s the wel l known bo u ndar v line passing about

w Co u nt v no t mid a y through Franklin . In diana . and far west

/1 o Br o k i/e o f Of the fo re f o e l . Other important grants terri tor y were acqu i red bv variou s treaties from thi s time fo r

O f ward t o 1 840 . The lands in Frankl in County are parts

these grand trusts . a s follows Al l lands between the State l ine an d the boundary l ine

‘ ’ ‘ W avne s are in what was called Pu rchase , Obtained at the

t r eat v O f 1 Greenvil le in 795 . T h e triangl e i n the sou thwest part O f the count y is a “ O f Gr o u sel and by part the Pu rchase . made treaty at Vi n

nn 1 c e es in 80 5 . The lands i mmed iately west Of the boundar y l ine are “ O f the Twelve M il e Pu rchase .

was The remaining portion , still farther west , is in what

“ ‘ known as the N ew Pu rchase , wh ich was gained by treat y 43 TH E H O USE O F H A N NA .

1 8 1 8 . . O , at St hio , in Thi s t reaty made by Jona

ennin s , than l g , Lew is Cass and Benjami n Pa rk extingu ished

al l o f t he Indian ti tles i n I ndiana except a few reservations ,

t h e principal of which was the M iami Reserve . T his treaty

o pened t h e interi o r of the state to settlement .

“ t h 1 800 a u t he 7 o f Ma y , , an act O f Congress was p

" ‘ pr o ved as follows : l hat from and after the 4t h day of

u l v e y o f l n xt , al l that pa rt Of the territor the United States

e ws o which l i s e t ward of the li ne beginning at the Ohio , opp

s it e t h e mouth o f Ken t ucky R iver and ru nning thence to f ! R ec o ver v ort . and thence north until i t shal l intersect the

t erritoria l l ine bet ween the United States and Canada , shall ,

fo r the pu rpose o f temporar y government constitu te a sepa ”

t er r it o r v and . rate , be called the Indiana Territory The t r eat v o f 1 795 ( Greenvil le ) was the signal fo r a " grand rush t o the interior lands Of western Oh io and along

o . the s utheastern border Of Ind iana , as at present defined — The cu rr ent o f home seekers and explorers appears general ly

t o have reached the t er r it o r v Of what i s no wFrankl in Co u nt v

f n 1 o . 8 from the di rection Cincinnati Ja uary , 7 9 , was the date

o f -o u t d t he lavin Of Cincinnati . John Cleves Symmes lan ed

o n 2 d o f F ebr u ar v 1 8 and at North Bend the , 7 9 , erected a shant y o n the high crest Of the left bank Of the Great Miam i and commenced to execute h i s schem e for founding there a

c it v w . ith two water fronts .

The lands west o f the Great M iam i were placed o n sal e

o n 1 80 1 a t Cincinnati the first Monday in Apri l , . and in the

lat ter part o f the vear 1 804 the first lands were entered o n the “ ” W W bo u ndar east fork of hite ater near the v l ine . I n the “ spring of 1 80 5 the Carolina settl ers took permanent posses

CH APTER IV . — \ bout t he vear 1 798 the talk of the new Northwest Ter

r it o r v became more glowing throughout the Ol der states and some wh o were al r eadv di ssatisfied with the system O f slavery b exist ing in the southern states , ecame fi red w ith the desire to emigrate t o a land where they coul d have a form o f gov

er nm ent t o . more congenial their desires Therefore , an

was emigrant company organi zed in La urens Di strict , South w Carolina . ith Robert Hanna , S r . , and Robert Templeton

as leaders . Thei r followers were John Templeton , Wil l iam

( ieo r e Log an . g Levi ston , John Hanna , John Logan , Joseph

o h n an d w . Hanna . J Ewing Robert S an I n the spring o f the vear 1 80 1 thi s l ittle band o f intrepid

pioneers . accompanied b y their w ives and chi ldren . started

“ ’ on thei r toi l some jo u r nev t o the new Northwest o r Wa y ne s ”

Pu rchase . Late in the fall t h ev arrived in the M i ami Val ley and “ ” made a ha l t on the D r v Fork o f the M iam i R iver at a

O f point east the present town O f Har ri son , Ohio . There t h ev remained while the lands i n the western part O f “ ’ ” \V av ne s Purchase were being surve y ed and prepared fo r w — . b v 1 802 1 market hich was accompl ished 803 . According to the law then in force 11 0 l ess than a whole section coul d be entered . Earl y in the vear 1 804 the land

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Office reduced the amount of land wh ich cou ld be entered to o ne- O f o r eighth a section , more , and al so reduced the price

and provided for payments i n installments .

“ ” Du ring thei r soj ourn o n Dry Fork they had ample time to explore the country which was soon to be Opened for settlement . Thev then discovered the pictu resque va lley o f the east

o f W fork W hite ater , w ith its rich bottom lands , heavy tim S ber an d l uxurian t vegetation , nou ri shed by countless prings

Of pu re water ; al so the abundance and variety of stone ,

t o d o f gravel and sand ; wh ich was a d ed an abundance game ,

O f which was highly appreciated , for the spoils the chase

f r were depended upon o the maj or part Of their food . “ ” 1 80 I n the summer Of 4 the advance party , w ith Robert

'

Hanna and Robert Templeton a s leaders , agai n returned to

“ ” the prom ised land t o p repare the dwel l ings fo r thei r fam il i s e .

and The most direct route was selected blazed , and “ fo r m anv vear s afterward was known as the Ca rol ina

’ t r ac ef

It co mmenced On Lees Creek at the farm o f Mathias

c o u nt r v t o o f B rown . thence across the a point a l ittle west

o r the present vi llage O f Moun t Carmel . and from there along near the B i g Cedar Creek t o where the B ig Cedar Ch u rch

no w stands . when i t took a northwesterl y cou rse Over the up

land unti l it reached the vallev O f the south branch o f Tem ~

l et o n p Creek ( at that time not named ) . thence down the creek from whi ch point it crossed south to the East Fork

o f o f White Water R iver . and nea r where the dwel l ing Mrs . “ ”

. a Ketu rah Templ eton i s situated Thi s tr ce , or path . was 46 T H E H o U s E O F H AN NA .

al o ng the Ind ian trail that crossed fro m the G reat M iami to

W as o f the W hite ater count r y . over much the way a s was pract icable to fol low . l mmed iatel y after t heir arrival the party commenced bu ilding cabins on thei r selected Si tes .

O 2 1 80 n September 4 . 4 . Robert Hanna received his deed for the following do c at ed land

“ O f 2 8 1 0 2 T h e sout heast qua rter Section , Town , Range

o f 1 0 2 . and the northeast quart er Section 33 . Tow n . Range

O O I O 1 80 n ctober , 4 . Robert Templeton entered the northwest quarter o f Section 2 8 . 7 1 80 \\ il l iam December 4 . 4 . Logan entered the northeast

2 quarter O f Section 8 .

o f Jo h n Logan entered on the east side the river . Sec

w 1 1 0 . 1 t ion 9 . To n 9 . Ran g e . al so Section . Town 9 Range ,

w w 2 . and on the est side Section 9 , To n 9 . Range

o h n w 1 0 2 . J Templeton entered Section 4 , To n . Range

r 2 8 1 0 Robert Hanna . l . . entered Section . Town . Range

2 t o o h n west of the meridian l ine . Sold J Nu gent Decem

1 1 1 8 . ber 4 , 4 w S T Three cabins ere imu ltaneously begun . he y w ere

O f W L O those Robert Templeton . Robert Hanna and ill iam

a o n O f R . g n. The fi rst e finished was that obert Templeton which stood v er v near the brick hou se that was bu ilt later

on . These cabins were at interval s , from the first above men tioned along the East Fork up to where B rownsville i s

’ now located . Robert Hanna s cabin was next fini shed . H is cabin stood where the house of the late Davi d Graem Hanna now stands . Th i s cabi n was a favorite resort for em igrants and nei ghbors for man y y ears . T H E H O U S E o r H A N NA . 47

s o n o f John Hanna . eldest Robert Hanna . bu ilt hi s cabi n

n no . o the farm wowned and occupied by A . L . Carter A roadwa y . only , d ivides it from the Hanna homestead . John was in his vo u ng er davs o ne o f the few who cou l d play the “ ” w fr e viol in . hence his services as fi ddler ere in demand

1 8 1 0 was o ne o f A S quentl y . Abou t the vea r he elected the f sociate Jud g es o Frankl i n Count y . Later in l i fe he removed

t o . Indianapol i s . where he di ed Joseph Hanna settled on the East Fork near the mouth

'

Of Hanna s Creek and for h im the stream was named . He an f was a noted pol itician and advocate o hard mone y . H e

nt v l d Co u o . died in Carroll , Indiana . at a ripe age The claim o f r was o n Robert Hanna . J located the west side of the river d i rectl y opposite the Hanna hom estead .

so n-in- l aw o f John Templ eton , the Robert Hanna , S r

o ne o f w settled mile south of the vil lage ! uakerto n . Union

n . . . o w Count y H is son , John F Templeton . owns the farm A daughter o f th i s p ioneer was the fi rst white femal e chil d n born o th e East Fork . Thi s chil d was Catherine H . Tem

l et n u l v 1 6 1 0 f o 8 . o p , born J . 5 She became the w i fe George

t o fi at bo at Newland . who i s said have run a loaded with wh iskev and other produ ce from Du nlapsv ill e t o New O r

l eans . John Templeton was a member of the Territorial Leg isl at u r e when the act to form two new counties was passed in

1 8 1 1 t o . and i s sai d have given the name Frankl in to th e southern portion . John Logan was born in Ireland Janu

' n ar v 1 1 1 8 . o o f . 75 He settl ed the west s ide East Fork Oppo

’ si te Robert Templ eton s pu rchase . The farm i s still in the f il v am name .

W 2 1 62 . ill iam Logan was born i n I reland Augu st . 7 H e n 48 r u n; l i o s E o r HA N NA .

came t o America wit h hi s father and settled in South Caro

ir fiel d and a c o lo nv F a . l ina . c me wit h t he to He was a sol dier in t h e Light Horse l l r ig ade i n t he latter part o f the Rev o l u t io nar v H is cabin was bu il t o ne- hal f m ile south of

o ld F air field village . An beech t ree b y the roadside stil l

o f u bv di s pla y s t he mark fire . It was b rnt the campfire

o t h ev used f r cooking while the cabin was being bu ilt .

' l o hu Ewing s cabin was o n the west bank of East Fork

w o f nea r the Sha nee Ford . M r . Ew ing was the first Justice

o u n v w t he Peace i n the c t . George Le i ston settled two m iles

o f D nort h unlapsville .

e w o n o n no w w Rob rt S an set tled Silver Creek . land O ned b v ) o w l avid Hewit t . The f llo ing incident has been p re

bv o f c o l o n served the descendants the Carol ina v . It w ill s erve to showt he kind o f energ y these pioneers were pos

’ s e e o f ss d . The party was en g aged on Joseph Hanna s cabin , o ne o f ne r the last to be built . It was a l v fini shed when night

h eav v o f S came on and with it a fal l snow . Having no hel t er t lt ev t o b v . concluded fini sh the cabin fire l ight . Accord in l v t h ev bv O f g built immense bonfires . the l i g ht which they

t h e o d rived clapboards and r ofed the well in g , which ocen pi ed t he g reater part o f the night and when the work was do ne t h e o w sn was ten inch es deep .

w e o f 1 80 -0 r e Du ri ng the int r 4 5 . when the part y had

e t o t h e D r v t h e t u rn d Fork . Indians occupied the cabin O f

o e o R b rt Templet n . Du rin g thei r t enanc v an Indian woman di ed and t h e l udians were ab o u t t o h u r v her under the cabi n

fl o o r but w er e prevented fr o m doin g s o bv French t raders wh o we e as b r p sing v .

The first schoolh o u s e o n t h e East Fo rk was erected be T H E H OUS E O F H AN NA . 49

o f tween the farms Robert Hanna and Robert Templeton ,

o ne no w and the second was bu il t near the S im s Cemetery , in Union Count y . The fi rst teacher was Thomas Harvey . The bu il ding was u sed fo r chu rch pu rposes by the Bapti sts and others i n those early days . The first marriage in the new

o f o f colon y was that John Reed and Marv , daughter Robert

Templeton .

Robert Hanna , S r . , planted the first appl e orchard . He procu red the trees i n Lawrenceburg . Th i s i s supposed to

1 T wo 1 06 have been in 806 . o f these trees are yet al ive ( 9 ) and every y ear have borne some fru it . They are seedl ings . That the varieties of appl es had high sounding names in those davs as wel l as i n these w i ll be seen bv the following l ist

' ” “ ’ ” “ ” “ The B roken Limb , Pap s Tree , Ru sty Coat . Joh n

’ ” “ ’ ” “ ’ ” M am m v s Odell s Tree . Sweet Tree . Aunt J i nny s Tree .

“ ’ ” “ ” - - i - Choak em S t if and Belly Ach e . And we warrant that anv O f the fru it - hungr y pioneers woul d h ave been w ill ing to “ pit thei r fru it trees against ou r high sou nd ing Du chess o f ” “ n ” “ ’ ” Oldenbu rg , Crow Prin ce and King s Jewel of today . “ ” I m m e i l d at e v after the setting o u t o f thi s orchard Mr .

Joh n Dickerson arrived from New Jerse y , bringing w ith him a suppl y o f voung fru it trees that formed the nucleus o f an

apple orchard . He al so brought t wo thoroughbred fine “ ” “ ” horses . Mon itor and Sel im respectivel y . Afterward the

fo r 00 fo r h . former sol d $5 , a bi g price a horse in t ose davs

. sa M r Ol iver Templ eton . of B rookville . still holds as a cred rel ic the Ol d tar bucket that hung on thei r wagon du r ” ing thei r pilgrimage to the New Land . CHAPTER V .

o u r TH E o r \ U G U S T 8 1 808 .

1 80 o f In the fal l Of the vea r 4 Amos Butler , a native

Co u nt v Penns vl vania Chester . . came up the valley Of the

o n foo t as far as where B rookville no wstands and sel ected the southeast quarter o f Section 2 0 a s his futu re

o home . Retu rning t Cincinnati M r . Butler entered this l and

t h dav o f 1 80 . on the 4 December . 4 ( Robert Hanna , S r ,

2 entered his land September 4 .

w 0 t o Du ring the inter o f 1 8 5 M r . Bu tl er seems have been bu s v preparing fo r h is futu re settlem ent at the forks o f It was du rin g th is period that the scheme fo r new w c o u nt v s was o ne a to n . a eat . matu red whi le Jesse l r es s o u g Th mas and M r . B utler were so jou rning at Law r n bu r f e c e g . As soon as the weather became su ficientl y set t l ed o f 1 in t he spring 805 M r . Butler came u p the vall ev bring in g h is g o o d s and p rovisions o n pack horses and c o m m enc ed t o bu ild hi s cabin and prepare fo r the erection o f a f mill . O n the 3d da y o July Of that vea r Amos B utler and

o inl Jesse B . Thomas j v entered the northwest qu arter O f Sec

o 2 f t i n 9 . This combination o interests bv B utler and Thomas

o f o was sh rt du ration . Thomas was at that time insolvent . whi le l u t l er had s o me m o u ev and pl ent v o f abil it v to make t ! T H E . U I H O U SE OF H AN NA

put in operation immed iatel y a fter the settlement was made . John Allen al so settled here and bu ilt a mil l o n the East Fork

o f B was bel o wtha t ut ler . This done only a little later than

' e o f Bu tler s enterpri s . Concerning the detail s progress made b v the B rookvil le settlement up t o 1 8 1 0 there i s very l ittle to en be learned except b y inference . There was but one land

8 1 t r v 1 80 1 808 1 80 1 0 . i n 7 ; five i n : none i n 9, and six i n Thi s ind icates that B rookvi lle was t o o near the bou ndary l ine and

wh o the Ind ians t o be desi rable j u st then . Among those

1 8 s came i n 80 wa James Kn ight . He seems to have been one

ver v new o f the fi rs t to begin bu siness i n the city . He kept tavern and with h is tavern he kept a store as appears from

o ld a an account book that i s sti ll p reserved . H i s Ol d d v

o f book i s ful l cha rges and credits , and contains the names

m anv h of who were active in t e then frontier town . The

first one hundred pages are m i ssing . The second entry is

t o t o bac ker John Allen . Hal f pint T wo buckskins

Then followed m anv pages o f ordinary bu siness records from whi ch we select a few

o ba k . t o t c er Dr Lovell .

. bv n Dr Lovell credited John B rowns not ( ote) . Joseph R eppy to hal f pound tea

Henderson . one pound eleven ounces lead .

’ J o seph VV insh ip credited b y five dav s work Samuel A rnett t o o ne pare y arn socks S O F T H E H O U E H A N N A . 53

' Joseph W insh ip debited t o o ne g‘ imblet W ill iam Kel le y t o hal f powder

'

W ill iam Kelley to t wo dozen small buttons .

Kel ley five nit inig nedel s W il l iam Kelley hal f p int br andv Richa rd L y ons one pare m o c kso ns Samuel Arnet to o ne barrell sal t Jeremiah Corv t o sixteen l ights glass

J erem iah Corv credited by mak ing two pare shoes . Joseph Gi fferd cred ited by fou r months work Andrew thorp to o ne whi sky barrel l i f not returned w ith fish Robert Adkinson to hal f pint One quarter vard book musl in M r N ewh o u se credited bv two pounds butter Thomas Sailors to o ne dozen ap el l s W il l iam Chambers to two hal f p ints W ill iam Chambers to breaking o ne tumbler Will iam Kel l ev credited seven gallons and a hal f whiskey Aaron L y ons cred ited three bu shel s corn M rs Eads credited bv seventeen three quarter pound s butter M rs Eads debtor one quarter pound tea Judge B rown debtor to one dinner Ju dge B rown debtor to o ne quart cider Judge Templeton debtor on dinner Judge M c Car t y debtor one dinner

The date o f the first entr y i n the above extract is Oct o ber 54 T H E H O USE OF H A N N A .

1 7 1 8 1 0 . and Knig ht had been in the tavern bu siness for a

considerable period then . John Allen was connected with the very earl iest history

f o f O o . B rookville H e , w ith two his sons , Solomon and J

o f 1 80 be siah . come here in the su mmer 5 and entered and

gan improving thei r lands . In the fal l the sons returned to

Penns v l vania o f and Solomon taught a term school , while i Josiah gave h s attention t o collecting material s for a m ill . In the spring o f 1 806 the brothers w ith a flat boat load o f

m ac h iner v g oods . and the rest Of the family came down the

Oh io River to Cincinnati . The m ill stones were brought i n t o . thi s cargo . and b y some means transported B rookvil le The mill was put in operation as soon as possibl e a fter thei r f arrival . M r . Al len was a r ival o Amos Bu tler i n the variou s

enterprises i nci dent to a new town . He was the fou nder

o f al l the southea st part o f the present town of B rookville .

fo r a He was a Ju stice Of the Peace here m ny years . Solo m o n was a school teacher and noted for h is fine penmansh ip and superior education . He was considered a mathematical “ ” prodig y and taught su r veving to al l the big boys of h is

. o f school s The seven sons M r . A llen settled here and there

in the count y and i n the W abash country and were more o r l ess thoroughl y identified w ith the development of the coun

‘ t I V . CHA PTER VI .

V o wwe have stayed around B rookv il le fo r qu i te a while “ "

o f . watching the doings Messrs B utler , Thomas and Al len , and we are wondering h o wthe Carol ina settlers a re p ros pering . W e w il l j ust wal k up the trai l seven mi les along ! the East Fork and pay them a l ittl e vis it . Up the T rail

! no no Ah , it is longer a bridle path , for i s now bears the “ dignified appel lation Of the B ig road t o B rookv ille . It has enlarged its d imensions t o the w idth o f a wagon or Sleigh . The trees and bu shes along its margin have been felled and cleared away and the bodies O f the trees cut in u ni form lengths and lai d crossw ise o f the road farm ing what i s known as a “ cordu roy ” across the places that are particularly mu ddy .

The first Carol ina frien d we come to is John Logan , and we are su rp rised t o see the cleared field that stretches awa y

from h is cabin . He , too , has fru it trees planted al l around

hi s cab in ; berry bushes are in abundance . and out arou nd

fo r hi s cabin he has sheds and other housings h is stock .

B efore leaving we ask l ittl e Jane Dol lar to sing to u s . She wi ll ingly compl ies and renders o ne o f those Old hymns in her own sweet way .

’ W e way then proceed on ou r to Robert Templeton s and ,

m i ss m fam il entering . we find one face g from the v group . 56 T H E H O U S E O F H A N NA .

f . It is that o t hei r daughter Mary We ask for her , and are s m il ingl v t o ld tha t she and John Reid have set up an estab “

o wn o n W . l ish m ent o f thei r over the est Fork , and M r

“ T h ev o n Templeton add s . may be compl imented be ing the first whit e people to be j oined i n Chri stian wedlock i n the

Carol ina Set tl ement . The imp rovement i s wonderfu l that

Rob ert Templeton and hi s bo vs have made . Acres beside acres have been cleared and pu t u nder cu ltivation , and a eo nu no dio u s l o g barn and other outbu ild ings have been

erected . and thei r sheep herd has increased to a goodly num

' o f ber . So al so had John Logan s flock sheep increa sed its numb ers mo re than fou rfold . It i s evident by the increased sheep flocks that al l the settlers were bent upon keep ing warm . T h e Logan and Templeton fami l ies both anxiou sly iii “ qu i re O f u s i f we have au v late new s o f the Ind ian U p r is

‘ \ e ing . V answer that the general bel ief i s that there will no t au v be immed iate outbreak , i f any at all . B ut it i s ev i

bv o f dent the sullen . reticent demeanor the straggl ing red men who come into the settlement to trade that there is ba d ” “ A el l . V . W e blood boil ing somewhere . savs M r Templeton ,

lie innin t o fo r n are g g make a l i ttl e preparation ou r p rotectio . for M r . Thomas Powers has erected a c o nu no dio u s h ewed l o o n g hou se h i s cl earing and p icketed it for a block hou se . and M r . Robert Glidewel l has bu ilt another one o n hi s claim ” tip the creek here . “ ! ! \'V e no Powers G lidewel l do t know them .

fo r t h e w No . v are peopl e h o came here since vou went

’ t o o o 1 80 vo u ve B r kvil le in 5 . and been gone five y ears . and

‘ “ ’ o ver there . pointing over the river , i s M r . Adam s s claim . T H E H O US E OF H A N NA .

s Bo b and the y have a whole l o t o f youngste r . Bu t there can ” tell you more about them than I can . About Mary especi ally and the Ol d gentlema n ’ s face beamed w ith the knowledge

“ ” ’ o t o f know ing something . The young man s face g very red and he walked awa y whistl ing . \V e proceed o n o u r way and coming in sight o f Robert

’ in l u nt ar il ( Robin ) H anna s place we vo v stop and gaze . fo r - l o before us stands a large hewn g hou se , w ith ample room w ithin t o accommodate hi s l arge family and larger cir

\/V e fam il v cle Of v isiting relatives and friends . find the rela

so n no w tions here unchanged . excepting that their James , a

o u t i widow er , has com e from Ca rol ina bring ng h is three w chil dren with h im . Newton . Ol iver and Charlotte . Ne ton has reached the age designated as

— A hoppl e de - h m

n r b v Neither man o o .

After asking James a great man y questions about h is sis

wh o ters , Catharine H itch and Margaret B y rd , are vet i n

M c D ade Carol ina , and i f he had heard from h i s aunt , Jane .

‘ over i n Georgia . we get back to local events . We are tol d “ that there was a little gi rl baby born at Aunt Po ll v Temple

’ ” o n 1 f 1 o 80 . ton s the 5th Ju ly . 5 Thi s was the first female

o n h white chi ld born the W ite Water . About the same date a bou ncing bov was born t o the hou se o f Wil l iam Logan t o contest the honor o f being the p recu rsor o f all white babv

f bv hood . and a comp romise i s e fected declaring l ittle Thomas and l ittle Ca tharine eac h the standard bearer o f thei r sex .

h is Mr . Hanna and sons seem to be consi derabl y sti rred up . t ! T l l li S . J ( H O U E OF H A N NA ‘

o v er t h e attitude that England has assumed toward the

\V il l iam t o Unit ed S tates , and when M r . Logan happens d rop i n while t h ev ar e d i scu ssing the subj ect the faces o f the t wo o ld men take o n a look o f hard sternness as they recount t he act s of inj ust ice that drove u s to war w ith them once

' ' ' e A n t o fo i h t b fore . we ll hev g them agen before we ll hev

do n wid . . thim . sai d M r Logan

’ ~ \ nd w t o o . . hip them . . said M r Hanna

I f said hi s so n Robert .

' ’ ' ‘ t I ndade no . o . there s i f i n it I ve g me ou ld horse

o vet \ pist ls that done good servi ce fu r G eorge Vash ington ,

’ and I m no t s o o uld bu t that I can go o u t and u se thim agin

“ ' o f u S Tu t tut B il l y . there s plenty y ounger fel lows . s t o no w y o u aid James , shoulder ou r mu skets , and let older

. codgers that fought the Revolution th rough stay at home to

” vo cl ear the soi l u fought for .

t h e m av al though straw s point toward war , yet it beavoided b y prompt action o n the part o f the English Par l iam ent . said voung Robert Hanna . And thus they con

t h e F o r t inned to discuss subj ect at great length . certain it was that war clou ds were raising o m ino u sl v Over the Ameri

can horizon again . The Indi ans had become tacitu rn and

w t h ev A m sul len hen ventu red into the settlements . and eri can diplomats were accu sing England o f send ing her em i s

e e t o sarl s among them to sti r th m revolt .

\ nd was Marv Hanna again fated t o l isten t o the boo m

' ing of war s d read alarm ! She had p assed through the

’ t o rtu res o f her hu sband s participa tion s in the Revolution ar v \ o f t h e Var and throu g h the anxieties Cherokee u pri sing , i n which h er s o n James was o u t and the talk o f

I I li o r H 6 1 T H O USE A N NA .

the men alarmed her . and she went about her work crying

’ t o t o w and praying high heaven avert ar s dread calami ty .

’ h i t before the conference was ended youn g Graem s patriot i sm was set aflaine and he declared h im sel f a r eadv recru i t “ i f it shoul d come t o blows But fortun ately fo r the moth

' ' o f no t s o er s peace m ind she d id hear her son s assertion , she

fo r could rest in qu iet a time at least . She coul d not d ivine that in o ne vear hence her Graem was to shoulder h is g u n

\ 1 1 2 o f 8 . and march . march . w ith the bo y s in the Var But we have heard so much o f that t alk down in tow n

o f o n that we are ti red it . and we get them back to loca l

W as k h o matters again . e w has taken those claims where

o f in we catch the gl impse clearings , and we are told that

’ o u r five y ears absence there have gl ided into the settlement

O r sbo r nes a s W W E s the , Abern thy , ilsons . Johnstons . hites .

H ar v evs tes . Powers . Di ckersons . . Hobbs and Rose , and up

’ ’ o n Gl idewel l s Templeton s Creek is Robert . and Barack

c o nfi dent ial l v mans an d Harrell s . Mrs . Hanna tel l s u s that y o u ng Robert Templeton is t o be married thi s month ( Feb r u ar v I I S M fo r Po l l v 4 . ) , had told her that he has spoken t o o her hu sband ( Esq . John Templeton ) t perform the cere mony . And M r . Templeton has also been engaged to m arry

t o o n 2 1 s t M r . James Drake M iss El i zabeth Dickerson the o f Kl av

r s on And in o u g ossip y chat Mrs . Hanna tel l s u s that her in- law , Joh n Templeton , was a member of the Territorial

t wo Legi slatu re last November . when new counties were t n f was o o e o . erected . and John permitted name them He w called it Frankl in . a fter B enj am in Franklin . of hom he

was \ . was a great adm irer . The other cal led Va y ne “I E HO US E OF H A N N A .

I a sk her about her daughter , Jane Manwaring , and she

tell s me that when M r . Solomon M anwaring came tip to su r vey and pla t the tow n o f B rookville that Jane came up w ith him o n horseback t o make them a vi sit . She is l iving down W W on the m ain hite ater , about fifteen m iles below B rook

vil le . She had met and married Mr . Manwaring w h ile they

n r v were soj ou rning o the D Fork . He lived in Dearborn

n v n Co u t o . and went there su rveying bu siness Having met ,

was no t fo r inc o n it long til l marriage followed , owing to the v enienc es su rrounding the people cou rtships were necessarily brief in those davs . Young Robert Hanna i s full and ru nning over with pol i

u r tics . \Vhen there i s a l ull in o own conversation w e catch

' “ snatches o f the men s talk as it comes from the room t o ’ 9 ) f 7 ) ” the k itchen . and it s al l abou t voting , o fice , cand idate ,

" ” “ ’ t . we sa . o election etc hear h im y , Yes , I m going run

’ ” fo r f t o Sheri f a nd I d l ike have you r support , Mr . Logan . “ I ndade ve l fo r I . thin sha l hev it , me bye , i f hev to be

' ’ ’ t v m ebbv hung y e l l e the knot soft loike . An I couldn t de n pend so well o a stranger .

T h ev h is al l laughed at I ri sh w ittici sm , and he contin

' I wid ver I had a talk brother , Judge John . as came

' ’ d w ve was t f o . v o n and he toul d m e aspi rin o fice Ye s ou ng ,

' bu t mebbe ve ll t ake the more interest in it . CHA PTER VI I .

T H E CO U RTS OF FRA N K LI N CO U NTY .

\ S ’ and Vell , we pent la st night at Ju dge John H anna s “ " w wa hen his family had al l come in i t s l ike a big meeting .

' “ ” o u 0 I tel l y there s more than rai l ful l of them . My con

h o science ! B u t we had fun . Ou r cou sins know wto eu

r t ain t e to make a visit pleasant . we are v er v much disappointed in no t getting to go up to

' Esqu i re Ewing s ( he was the first Ju stice of the Peace ap

’ pointed for the new settlement ) , Judge John Templeton s ,

’ ’ ’

o L ev ist o n s . Joseph Hanna s . R bert Swan s and George B u t

no w fo r o u r t o t o time i s l imited . it is pu rpose retu rn B rook v ille t o be present at the v er v first opening of the tribunal “ ” t o 1 8 called a cou rt , be held in th e new county February ,

1 8 1 1 .

It m av no t be o u t o f place t o explain here that the cou rts

o f t wo : are general classes The Ci rcu it Cou rts . hel d and presided over bv o ne o f the j u dges representing the United

States , and the Common Pleas Courts , the j udges of which received thei r au t h o r it v from the Terr itorial Government

o nl v o f . . and are l imited in the extent th ei r j u risd iction These last named cou rts are composed of one Presi dent Ju dge

n c o u nt v and o e or more Associate Ju dges . All bu siness is

( 63 ) 64 TH E H O US E o r H AN NA .

“h at no w 1 806 t ransacted in . or through . this cou rt . ( i s , ,

b v performed the County Comm issioners , Auditors , Trus

n I t s fo r e et c o e . te s . was vested in this tribuna l ) sessions publ ic bu siness pu rposes were called Cou nty Cou rts . Thus it wil l be understood that there was no important d i fference between a Common Pleas Cou rt and a Count y Cou rt .

t o a The cou rt which i s assemble at B rookvi lle , then , is

- nt v . Co u Cou rt There has been no cou rt hou se bu il t as vet , therefore a room wil l have t o be rented fo r the assembl ing

o v together of the augu st b d .

I S t h w The came and ent . and it developed that a room

' was secu red at Knight s Tavern . in wh ich to hol d the fi rst

cou rt .

M ar t v c C . The record states : Thei r Hon s . Benj amin

o f John Templ eton and Thomas B rown . j udges the Cou rt

s of Common Pleas . and o f the said cou rt . The first bu i ness seems to have been the appointment o f comm issioners t o take “ charge o f the school lands and to lease the same fo r the

r publ ic good . Next came several tave n l icenses . the first of which was i s sued to John Vanblaricum upon his pa y ing $5 o n v t c o u t S I . the . and to the clerk of the Cou rt The rates

- w v o f tavern keepers ere fi xed b order o f the cou rt . The fi rst bil l of rates for taverns he re was establ ished im m ediat el v

w a : a fter t he above ment ioned li censes ere gr nted . Here it is

B rea k fast . d inner or supper

wh iskev Hal f pint . or punch

Hal f pint of French b r andv J-l al f pint of rum O ne quart of cider n S o r . 6 T H E H O U E H A N NA L

O ne quart o f beer One pint o f wine One gal lon o f corn One gallon o f oats

Hay . per night Lodging

Philp F r ec ks and Marv Case were appointed admini stra

o f o f be tors the estate Nathaniel Case . deceased , the same i ng the fi rst appointment of the kind reco r ded in the c o u nt v

ws Cou rt then adj ourned . \V e mu st con fess that it a not a

r v v e ful l docket .

Fol lowing the Co u nt v Cou rt was the Common Pleas

1 1 t h f 1 . . l 1 o 8 Cou rt It convened on the March . The

M c Car t y j udges present were Benj am in , John Templeton

w M ar t v wa . c C s and Thomas B ro n Enoch Clerk , and Rob

f H enr v M c ar t v was . C ert Hanna . Jr Sheri f appointed

Constabl e for the first election d istrict in the township .

A - grand j u r y . composed of the fol lowing freeholders . was

: \V ill iam sworn and di rected to reti re John B rown , S r

Logan , John L iv ingston . John Hanna . Robert Templeton .

T v ner David B el l . Thomas Clark . Conra d Sailor . Solomon .

\V inc h el l \V il liam Stephen Martin . B ritton Gant . James .

\V il l iam 0 1 Ni chol as . James N i cholas . Dub s John Allen . John

i l m s v M ll h o l o nd R a e . . John Thompson . Jacob Sailors . Al len

L effo r e . John g . Joshua Porten and Robert Gl idewell w El ij ah Sparks . James Dil l and James Noble ere adm it

ted t o p ractice l aw in said cou rt . James Noble al so p roduced T 66 H E H O U S E o r H AN N A .

c o m m is io n o f a from H is Excellency , the Governor this

T er r it o r v fo r . . as Prosecuting Attorney th is county The K ee M c . first ca se on the docket was I saac M iller v s . David

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Ca rter , special bail . James Adai r i s perm itted to keep a tavern for one vear at his house i n this county , who

s enters into bond a t he law d irects . The cou rt di rects that

av fo r o f 2 $ 1 fo r o f he p the u se the county $ , and the u se

r v fo l t he Clerk . The grand ju retu rned ind ictments in the

w w fo r lo ing cases . hich soon came up trial with the following

M o y o n . : . c C resul ts United S tates vs James , indictment The respondent appeared and pl eaded gu ilty ; the cou rt as

sessed the fine at $ 3 and costs . United States v s . Field ing

fo r Jeter . on indictment retail ing stron g water . and pleaded

1 2 gu ilt y ; the cou rt assessed the fine at $ and costs .

is M c Car t y It ordered that Judges . Templ eton and B rown

’ be each allowed $ 1 6 fo r eight davs servi ce as Judges o f this cou rt . George F rasher and Peter You ngblood a re al lowed 75

fo r w cents apiece ki lling th ree olves each . Stephen Ha rrell i s al lowed fo r kill ing two wolves u nder six month s ol d 50 i i cent s each . Al so \V l l am Harrel l i s al lowed the same

amount for kill ing the same number and kind o f wolves .

Enoch M c Car t v i s al lowed $ 2 0 fo r o ne- hal f h is sal ar v

t h e H 2 as Clerk for present vear . Robert anpa i s allowed $ 5 t o f s al ar v fo r f in pa r hi s the p resent vear as Sheri f . The assembl ing of the cou rts followed each other in

o fo r o n 2 1 8 1 1 quick successi n , Monda y , June 4 . . the fi rst

o o f c o u nt v Ci rcu it C u rt the convened at B rookville . It was then call ed a c o u rt o f nisi priu s ( over and terminer ) o r g del iv er v o ne o f eneral ja il . bein g call ed a fter the En g l ish

6 8 T i na no U s E o r H A N N A .

o f o f t o o the order cou rt . a dupl icate which woul d be lengthy

o nl v : to insert here . give the conclu sion of it

T er r it o r v T o -VV it : Ind iana , Franklin Count y .

I do h er ebv c er t ifv that the foregoing i s a l i st or schedu le

r o er t v Co u nt v o f o f taxable p p . taken i n the Frankl in a fore

fo r 1 1 said the vear 8 1 .

Bv me .

r RO BERT HAN N A J . ,

f fo r Sheri f Fra nkl in County .

f 1 1 1 1 8 . Came the o fice J une .

M c Car t v Enoch .

n v Co u t . Clerk Common Pleas , Frankl in I I CH APTER I .

A I L j S .

o f o f 1 The first mention a j ail i s under head April 5 ,

1 8 1 2 : T dav . thu s hi s the Cou rt received the County j ai l ” o f James Kni ght And im m ediat el v after comes the fo l

ent r v : O W lowing rdered , that James inchell be appointed t o collect the subscription money donated t o the County o f Frankl in as her subscription as soon as the same can be c o l l ec t ed o f by a legal cou rse law , and pay the same to the ” o f j udges the Cou rts o f Common Pleas .

M av 1 1 8 1 60 o n 5 . 3 , James Knight was pa id $ ( account ) o f m o n v s n e due h im for work o the above j ail .

1 1 8 1 May 5 . 3 . came a statement to the Cou rt as fol lows T o the Honorabl e Ju dges o f the Cou rt o f Common Pleas n of Frankl in Cou ty , I . T i Having examined the County j ail , I f nd it deficient in

f o f st r u c severa l respects . First , it i s i nsu ficient in point

no t tu re . Secondly , that there a re separate rooms provided f r h o t e . sexes Therefore I enter th i s , m y sol emn protest , f against its su ficiency i n the aforesaid respects . and subm i t th i s t o y ou r consideration .

RO B ERT H AN NA ,

ff f y Sheri o Frankl in Count .

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K EARTH ! UA ES .

I n searching fo r o l d fragments o f local history of the

' \ al l ev o ne occasionall y sees in p rint something

ac regarding the earthquakes . Perhaps the only authenti c count o f it i s p reserved in the papers o f the Rev . M r . Wiley .

“ He savs : The same fall in wh ich the battle o f Tippecanoe was fough t o the whole western c o u nt r v was shaken

v b s evere ea rthquakes . These lasted the largest part o f a

w we o c c as io nal vea r . in hich woul d have shakes , bu t they

no o w were t S severe a fter the inter passed . The first shock

was S u ndav o r . on night . rather , Monday morning My fam il v and I were asleep and the cracking and j arring o f the house awakened u s and I saw the cradle rocking i n the mi d l W dle of the f oor withou t a hand tou ch ing it . hen dav ar rived I fel t anxiou s t o have another shake that I might wit

v li h bv da t . ness its appearance g . I was soon gratified A fter we had fini shed feeding the animal s I was l eaning against the fence ; I fel t it begin t o shake and loo king at the barn

saw fear fu l l I it shake v . Thi s sh ake satisfied my cu riosity

w fo r and I ould have been glad th is to have been the last .

no t but the thing having begun . d id end so readil y . for in

F ebr u ar v we had shakes sti ll more terrible . The whole

' c o u nt r v became alarmed and the most hardened sinners began

o to trembl e and quake and g to meet ing . and weep , and p ra y .

was o ne W There man . il l iam Ramsey . whom I had regarded

o ne o f as the most profane and w icked men I ever knew . wh o beca me as tame and timid as a lamb . H e a fterward

f r became a u sefu l p reacher and continued so o y ears .

W e will relate t h e l eg end o f the bu ilding o f the first " I T H E H O U S E O I H AN N A . 7

1 8 1 2 church in Frankl i n County . At this t ime ( ) the prevail

was o f fo r ing rel igiou s bel ief that the Bapti sts , and some time they had been holding meetings at t h e homes o f di ff eren t

members . They had organi zed a chu rch association , although n they had o meeting hou se . Bu t the y became somewhat care

o f o f o ne less and neglectful the discharge sacred duties , and

w o f dav , after long forbearance . they ere sternly reminded

e w fo r n gligence some here , a long came the great earthquake — the most severe ever experienced in the hi story o f W hite

\ . Vater Va lle y The earth trembled and vibrated , wh ile the water in the r iver splashed from shore t o Shore as i f its bed were a t rough that was being rocked ; the tree t 0 ps waved

f ar l e s u d l ike heads o b v in a Ju ne w ind . The people w ith a

o f t o fr o r aver den and aw fu l sense scare ran and . called for p

t o o f meetings . exhorted each other good deeds and repented

d v ~ thei r sins as i f the j udgment a was at hand . They met to gether in solemn conclave and made covenant w ith the Al mi ght y that i f he would send no more of those terrible earth

t v quakes h e wou ld bu ild him a chu rch . Consequentl y Joh n M ilholland and Conrad Saylor were appointed t o secu re the title o f t wo acres of land pu rchased o f W i ll iam W il son and those t wo acres are the lots o n wh ich l d T h the o chu rch a nd cemeter y are located . e bu il ding i s

o n situated the Harri son and B rookvil le tu rnpike . three m iles sou th of B rookvil le . and its material is of hard baked

. d brick It i s plain and rectangu lar . planne l ike a dry goods bo x t v all r v beau . e . more for u se than for It contai ns a g sup

bv o n o ported strong columns of ash . which thei r ctagonal

su rfaces stil l bear the ax ma rks of the p ioneer bu ilders . Th e

pulpit i s large , high , square and pl ain . and is placed against T H E HO USE OF H AN NA .

t h t he center of e north wall . The woodwork is al l unpainted and unva rnished ; time hav ing given it a beauti ful brown w color . Originally there ere two stairwa y s to the gal lery , and the bu ilding was heated by burning charcoal on a hearth in the center of the floor i n front of the pulp it . The seats

- - are high backed and old fa shioned , decorated by many letters and names read il y carved b v the pocket knives o f boys who w f have gro n up to manhood , chosen thei r di ferent ways , and

’ final l v w laid do n l i fe s bu rdens and gone away to God . The

bu ilding ha s th ree doorwa y s opening to the east , south and w t o est . wi th ai sles running from each the center of the room .

Outside . high up i n the western gable , i s the date of the

1 8 1 2 w . e o f building . Thu s give an account the fi rst chu rch Wh \ V al l e n bu ilt in the ite Vater y , but none of the Carol i a

o r Set tlement ever . rarel y ever . attended worship there on

account of the d istance and bad roads . CHA PT ER IX .

GEN E RA L M U ST ER .

During the period wh ich elapsed between the last years o f the eighteenth centu ry and the close of the War of 1 8 1 2 “ ” and even for a few years later the bo u ndar v l ine was th e l imit of civi l progress westward . ( Concerning the exact lo

o f o n cation the first court ro m there is o accou nt . It was

’ said that Knight s old tavern was the pl ace and there are certain bits of evi dence which indicate as much . )

- Within gunshot of the cou rt hou se were the homes , the t h e hau nts and hu nting grounds of the Indians , who , whil e

fr iensh i professing p eace and p , were worthy of l ittle or no n ff confidence . Thi s conditio of a airs made it necessary to prov ide such means of defense as were consistent w ith the times . The recol lections of the ol d men and their descend ants and the trad itions o f thi s late day a re the onl y sources o f in formation in regard to the interesting parti culars of that

M c l u r early period . Concerning thi s subj ect Mr . C e said ( at

M c Cl u r the time M r . e was interviewed he w as a very ol d man ; and he has been asl eep in the si lent city for many years ) : In the first settlement of the Wh ite Water Val l ey the Indians frequ entl y came i n to trad e and were peace abl v di sposed u ntil the break ing out of the War of 1 8 1 2 or a

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T h ev t o t l ittle before . then began be hostile and commi d epredations upon the settlers o n the borders o f the settle

w t o ment . hen the people had bu ild block houses and forti fy

- against them . There was a block hou se about hal f a m ile

' e o o n o f o ne abov Johns n s Fork the bank the river , three and a hal f miles belowB rookville o n the farm o f Conrad

o n \ o n Sailors . a nd several more the Vest Fork and Pipe and w Salt Creeks . I i ll try to describe the fort at Sailors . where

r nt l v o f we f equ e had to go on the alarm the Indians . It was a square containing from a quarter t o hal f an acre w ith

— e o f a block hou se at ach corner . The outsi de the block

houses . about seven feet from the ground . proj ected about

o f three feet farther than the u nder part the bu il ding . with a

t o o n platform in the upper stor y stand , w ith portholes above and belowfo r rifl es and wel l chinked w ith wood to be bu llet proof . There was a ditch about th ree feet deep dug from o ne block - hou se to another and puncheon s ten o r twelve feet

w fV i h lon g el l set i n the ditch to break j oints . \ t a strong

o w o d or the fort as complete . The whole neighborho d had

efr e u ent l v to assembl q on alarms about Ind ians . There w ere

b n h it T wo several persons killed y the Indians o \V e \Vater . men bv the names o f Stafford and Cune were k il led at o ne

o n T time Sal t Creek wh il e burning bru sh at n ight . here were companies that went o u t to W hite and B lu e Rivers and bu rned the Indian towns and destro y ed thei r crops , so t h ev had to move farther back and we were no t troubled

bv 1 1 much them after 8 3 . El l iott Herndon had command o f a rifle c o m p anv whi ch was fr e u ent l v o u t q cal led and did g ood service . There was a compan y o f mounted rangers enl isted bv the Government

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war o r w ter once a . be fined , and as there ere men enough of m il t ar v aspi ra t ion in every neighborhood t o comp lain on the del inqu ents it i s easy to see that the crow d on mu ster - day

was l . immense . because everybody b rought the who e family

T h o n o n o l d ev came horseback , i n wagons and foot ; the and

T h ev t o the y oung came . came partly see the mu ster , pa rtly

o l t o to see each ther , but chief y eat gingerbread and to drink

cider . beer and something stronger . Some came to engage “ ” s —fi h t s i n t hei r regu lar annual fi t g . The column was u sual ly

o r formed on abou t the publ ic squa re . and thence i nto the

o f M e Bottom , down James street to the residence Judge

K innev t o , thence north the open grounds between the tan vard and the town . The infantry and other uni formed com

‘ T e u m p anies led in the m ar c lf. hen fol lowed the gr at ” fiat washed the foots , wh ich constituted the finest possi

r l T m en ble bu equ e o n m il itary movements . here were w ith al l kinds o f hats or no hats at all ; hundred s o f them bare “ o f o r foot ed . most them in shirt sleeves , at best with l insey ” wam u sses h 00 . and some w ith canes , some w ith p poles , m anv with cornstalks and occasionally some w ith fence rail s ten feet long ; sometimes fou r abreast and sometimes t en;

o — some sober , but al ready many drunk before n on and then “ ” t h ev marched . But th is constituted a mu ster in the e y es o f the law and g ener al l v they were di sm issed soon a fter

o f reach ing the parade grounds . much to the rel ief the uni

S r o . formed companies . which pent an hou r so dril l ing The disband ing of the “flat foots ” was th e signal for an

attack u pon the gingerbread wagons . whi ch had stationed l . T themse ves al l over the Bottom hey came from afar , and it “ ” was said at o ne time that o ne of the sutl ers s o ld at one H o us E o r HAN N A . 77

‘ 1 82 6 o r 1 82 o f mu ster , about 7. ha l f a cord ginger cakes .

! o f k and such cakes They were a superior ind , because lux u r ies o f that kind were so rare . The y were about sixteen inches square and an inch and a hal f thick . with lines deeply

r sunken d ivid ing the whole cake into fou r eq ual pa ts . These w ere respectivel y sections and quarter sections . and the coun t r v beaux o r big brothers who cou l d march up their o wn S is

' t o r ers , somebody else s s ister , and invest a quarter i n a sec

r S tion of ginger cake , with another qua ter in cider or pruce

t o beer . had u sual ly secured the right to take that party s inging school for twelve mont hs at least as agai nst a rival “ wh no t o had treated at general mu ster . In 1 8 1 7 a mil itia organization was effected and the state

Co u nt v was divided into d iv isions and brigades . Frankl in was the S ixth B rigade and Thi rd D ivision . In the ol d records n ar e to be fou d the names of many o f the o l d mil i tia officers . The following i s a partial l ist of them :

B rigadier General of S ixth B rigade . Third Divi sion

Robert Hanna . J r . — Colonel Seventh Regiment Noah Nobl e . W ill iani Captains , Jesse Cl ements , Chil ton , John B rison .

M c Car t Jonathan y . I saac Fu ller , Andrew Shi rk , James Mc

K u . i nney , Robert Faucett , Sam el Lee , Robert Neugent

' M c Kee W ensc o t t Lieutenants . Martin . Thomas . Alexan

der Gardner , James Abercrombie , John Hackleman , Powell

S cott , John H ida y

H enr . Ensigns , James Dixon , v A Reed . Will iam Mapl e .

Will iam Gol ding , Peter B rackin . James Moore . Jacob Fau

c et t .

- - Ai d de Camp , M iles C . Eggl eston . r 8 TH E H O U S E o HA N NA .

n r o f . A biographer has sa id Robert Han a , J , B rigadier G eneral Robert Hanna was among the very first men in early

Indiana . He was . in person , below the common size , strong

fi r m l v and built up . his head large , forehead high , eyes l ight

w u t bl ue a nd el l set in hi s head . H is wal k wou l d point him o

f o f a as a d ril l o ficer the regu lar army , and h is appe rance i n fu ll u ni form at the head o f h is brigade was truly en mil i

l l v e tai re . his good graces he won entir ly the respect of f hi s subordinate o ficers and private soldiers . CHA PTER X .

K A J O E .

In early times before the first land sales o f the beauti fu l \t \ ite Vater Val lev where Connersvi lle now stands , there

o f W W l ived upon the east bank h ite ater , a m i le above where Connersvi l le now stands ( the reader must remember that was within the bounds of thi s county ) the most remarkable b f y o . woman the name Betty F razier She was a smal l ,

- tough looking , rather swarthy woman . Her hu sband , George

o Frazier . was a po r cripple and , w ith thei r chil dren , was entirely supported by Betty They had settled upon a small fraction o f Government

t o f land . i ntending pu rchase it at the sales . The land o fice

o f was a t Cincinnati . It was the spring the year , after a severe w inter , and Betty had the season before her to raise — the mone y to pay for her land the sales were t o take place the next w inter . She began w ith a young stock of hogs ,

fo r t o caring them daily . d riving them the best mast . and

f f r S h e raising a good patch o corn o the fattening p rocess . had o nl v o ne horse w ith wh ich to attend to her crops an d to ride t o Cincinnati when she should drive her hogs down t o

‘ bu v dav sell them and her land . One . about midsummer , she sa w a horseman in full un i form ri ding toward her cabin .

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h e NV el l S met him at t he bars and said , , General Hanna ,

“ ”

y o o V . o u . h o w u d . do ery well , Mrs Frazier , thank y

w o f Th en follo ed the u su al exchange cou rtesies , a fter w hich “ no t her cu riosit y could be suppressed and she asked , Gen

w o n r eral , hat ea th has brought you al l the way from B rook ” m y ville to poor cabin The General looked very grave ,

S . and said . I am ver y orry to tel l you , M rs Frazier , that I am the Sheri ff and have an execution agai nst you r prop

r t v e . “

\ t o . Vell . General . I al ways subm it the law Come w i th me t o the stable and I w il l give you my only horse a s the

n . best I can do . ( There were o exemption l aws then ) a Bett y and the General proceeded to the st ble , w hich was a l strong o g bu i lding w ith a single door and no w indow . It was overlai d with a sol id platfo rm of logs and fil led above w h ay f r ith o the horse . The door fastened outside w ith a

large wooden pin i n a log . There , General , i s the horse , take him . she said . The General stepped i n and commenced

unt y ing the horse . Betty qu ickly shut the door and drove the pin into the hol e its ful l length and left the General an d t h e t o horse thei r refl ections , wh ile she attended to her hou se f o . o n t hol d a fai rs Time passed , night came , but no relief the captu red General . Morning came and w ith it came

Bett y . She peeped in at a ch ink and asked , Well , General . ” “ h o w o ! y u N o t ver v . did sleep last n ight wel l , M rs Pra z

o u ier . and now I am ready to compromise th is m atter . I f y wil l l et me o u t and show me the ford over White Water ( the river was mudd y and swol len ) I w il l leave you r horse — “ and return the execution no property found Upon honor . “ .

G eneral Yes , upon honor , M rs . Frazier . Bett y Opened 8 1 T H E H O US E o r H A N N A .

G o u t was Bet t v the door . The eneral stepped and invited by t o was parta ke of break fast . which he glad enough to do then took h i s departure , Betty showing him the ford as she had p romised . CHA PTER X I .

1 ND 1 A NA ADM I TTED A s A STAT E .

A memorial was adopted by the Legislature of the

o n 1 t h o f 1 8 1 Ind iana Territory , the 4 day December , 5 , and lai d before Congress by the Territorial delegates .

o n 2 8t h M r . Jennings , the of the same month , a sked that hono rable body to order an election t o be held in the said

o n 1 8 1 6 Territor y the first Monday in May , , for representa fives t o meet at the seat o f government of th e sai d Territory to form a constitution and take the necessa ry steps toward the

o f formation a state government . Congress granted the prayer o f the petitioners and passed a law accordingly . In con form ity w ith the provi sions of that law th e people held an election o n the 1 3th day o f M ay for

Representatives as above stated . There were then but thir teen cou nties in the State and accord ing to the apportionment then made Frankl in County was entitled t o five Representa t iv es in the convention . They were Wi l l iam H . Eads , James

w M c Car t y B ro nlee . Enoch . Robert Hanna . J r and James

N ob l e . \ . Ir . Eads was a member o f the Comm ittee o n Impeach ments .

\ l r . B rownl ee was a member o f t h e Com mittee on th e

e e Ex c u t iv Department of Government .

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84 T H E H O USE o r H AN N A .

Associate Judges . the state being divided into three circu its the Presid ing Jud g e and o ne Associate . The President alone or the t wo A ssociate J udges in the absence o f the President

t o t were competent hold cou rt . The Presiden was appointed

b y the Legi slatu re . and the Associate Judges were elected by

o the pe ple . The Clerk was appointed by the Supreme

f fo r f Cou rt and held hi s o fice a term o seven years . The first el ection in the count y under the Constitution was held

o n t h day o f 1 8 1 6 . the 5 August .

f . O fice Votes . Governor Jonathan Jennings Thomas Posey Lieutenant—Governor Chri stopher Harrison John V enters F o r Congress VV il liam Hend ricks

Allen D . Tom F o r S tate Senator \V il l i m a H . Eads John Connor F o r Representative James Noble David Mounts Archibal d Guth rie James Youn g

F o r Coroner James B rownlee 8 T H E H O USE O F HA N NA . 5

Joseph Northrop For Sheri ff

J o hn Al len

The development o f B rookvi lle a fter the first nine vear s o f its inception may be partial ly gleaned from the subj oined

o l d Gaz et eer e 1 8 1 fo l extra ct from an S tate , publ ish d in 7 as lows

“ At the close o f the W ar o f 1 8 1 2 B rookville contained

no 1 1 u t en o r . w 8 but twelve houses I t ( Jul y , 7) contains p

o f o f ward eighty bui ldings , exclu sive shops , stables and out

and o f hou ses . The bu il dings are frame a great number them a re handsomely painted . There are w ithin the pre c inc t s — o ne - of the tow n two grist m ills , saw mill , two full ing f m il ls , three carding machines , one printing, o fice , one silver

- t wo smith , two saddlers , two cabinet makers , one hatter ,

o o e- t wo n and tail rs , fou r bo t and sho makers , tan ers cu rriers , — one chai r maker , one cooper , five taverns and seven stores .

- There are also a j ail , a market house and a handsom e brick ” - cou rt house . We subj oin the names of a few of the leading bu siness

men of B rookvil le , w ith the date , when obtainable , of thei r arrival i n the town . The reader i s fam il iar wi th B utler and

M c r t . 1 Allen B enj amin Ca y came in 804 .

M c Cl ear W Will iam y came ith James Knight , of whom

- in- n he was a brother law . He was o e of the act ive business men of p i oneer days and was at one time Treasu rer of Frank

l in County . They were coetaneou s w ith B utler .

n - Nathan D . Gal l io was a sol dier of the Twenty eighth

. . f 1 1 2 Regiment of U S In fantry during the War o 8 . In 86 TH E H O USE O F H A N N A .

D 1 8 1 ecember . 4 , he came to B rookv il le w ith a stock of

S was o n o f goods . H is tore the corner Mai n and Claiborne

' s treet s and was known fo r y ears as the Ol d W h ite Co r

was o ne ner . M r . Gall ion of the earlies t merchants in town and was continuou sly in bu siness for over forty years .

M c Ginnis was James a tanner , and opened a smal l yard

east of town , probabl y the first in the county . H e was the t first t o comm it su icide in the c o u n v .

R ugg le bu ilt the fi rst frame hou se in town in — 1 8 1 1 1 2 .

o n o f H . Eads was e the ver y earl iest business

o n men in B rookvil le . He kept a store M ain street opposite ”

“T h e . the Corner . and al so operated a ta nnery

Thomas C . Eads was al so an early settler . He was a brother t o \Wil l iam H . Eads and father of the celebra ted " f et t v Captain Eads o j fame . Richard T y ner commenced l i fe bv clerk ing for Will iam

H . Ea ds . He was afterward one of the leadi ng merchants here for many y ears .

1 1 Samu el Goodwin came i n 8 6 . He was a tanner and carried o n bu siness here for many y ears . He was a leader

m ay in the earl y rel igiou s movements here , and be fai rly

o f rega rded as the founder Methodism in B rookvil le . John Test cam e from New Jer s ev to B rookvil le in 1 8 1 2 and rented the B utl er mill property , which he operated in i conj unction w ith a card ng machine . Mr . Test was a lawyer bv profession . and practiced as su ch a fter remaining here a few y ears . ' Beat v 1 John began merchandising in 1 8 5 . H e was the

fi rst postmaster i n B rookvill e . 8 T H E H O U S E o r H A N N A . 7

' Andrew W al lace was the landlord o f the B rookv ille H o l l a so n o f \V a ac e. tel . Davi d was And rew H e entered the Un ited States M il itary Academ y from thi s to wn and gradu

o f ated wit lr honors . He finally became Governor Ind i ana

from B rookvil le , where he stud ied law w ith Joh n Test .

Thomas \V al lac e was another so n o f Andrew \V al l ac e. He entered the United States N av y from here at an early

so n o f d ate . General Lew Wallace is a Governor Dav i d

o l d o n \V all ac e. H e was born i n the y el low brick house the

B . corner , north of the Cathol ic parsonage in rookv il le

’ John V anblar ic u m s name is frequently encountered i n

r l v conning over the ea records . He appears to have had a “ ”

facult y for getting i nto l itigation . and was a chron ic j u ror .

bv t o He was a blacksm ith trade , and i s said have been the

fi rst o f that trade in town .

Eugene Corey was a tanner . He operated the yard w here Pegg Davi s were engaged later . Corey was inter es t ed i n the water power where Amos Church afterward

establ ished h i s wheel shop . The “ Frankli n B ank of B rookvi lle was th e name of one

o f the p rivate money ed i nstitutions o f the period of 1 8 1 8 .

o f The board di rectors were Samuel Goodw in , Robert John .

W . . . . H Eads . Enoch D John . C Drew . Noah Noble and

M ar t c C . . T Enoch y . w ith B F Morris cashier . here were sev

o f eral such banks here i n olden times . al l wh ich i ssued freely f and redeemed at their pl easu re . S ome o them never called

in thei r obl igations . George and Robert B reckenridge sold goods here for

Th ev . r n man y years afterwa rds operated a flo u i g m ill .

- 1 1 . Edward H udson came i n 8 5 . He was a chai r maker 88 TH E H O U S E O F H A N NA .

1 1 — H enr y Hartman came i n 8 5 . He was a cabinet maker . Cha rl es Hu tchens was edi tor o f the B rookv ille Inqui rer

1 8 1 in 7 .

\f ins c o t 1 1 V t 8 . Thomas came about 5 He was a ca rpenter .

l o esc t 1 . . Co t 1 8 6 T Thomas W . and James S came in hey were among the most active bu siness men of early times . Sampson Powers w as one of the ol d—ti me merchants in a v . f Brook ille He was the brother of H iram Powers , the m ou s sc u l p tor . CH A PTER X I I .

BE L 1 . 1 G E R E N T TH E S .

The first cou rt held i n the county u nder the Constitution was 1 8 1 i n March , 7 . John Test was the Presi dent and John

Jacobs a nd John Hanna the A ssociate Judges . Enoch Mc f Carty was Clerk , and Robert Hanna , Sheri f . In the spring o f 1 8 1 7 fou r of the most p rominent at t o r

o f nevs the Brookville bar became pugnaciou s . The first

f inne fl‘ di ficu lt y a rose between James M c K y and M i les C . t h e Eggleston . and . as allegations in the ind ictment charge , a mutual agreement and understanding was made between f “ ” them to settle the existing di ficu lty by wager of battle . Accord ingl y the y met and a rgued the case w ith fists and

h n o f r . W o e o heels ich got the better the fight , the blackest “ " r h u ff n o o t . e y e , who first halloed the record does state

no t They were ar raigned before the cou rt , pleaded gu i lty , pu t themselves upon the country and stood trial . The j ur y found a verdict against them , and the Cou rt assessed a fine o f $5 aga inst each . This a ffray had sc arc el v bee n settled when James Noble and S tephen C . Stephens mutual l y met in a warl ike manner to settle some m isunderstand ing o r controversy concern ing

”‘ - - H e was a b r o t h er in l awt o G r aem Hanna. 6 ( 89 ) 90 T H E I I O U S E OF H A N N A . w some point , ithout going through the legal process before

H ow ffl r o ne . o his Honor , Judge Test thi s scu e ended wh ich

“ wh o o r sa id Damned be he cries enough . though t to h im sel f

H e that fights and runs away M ay l ive to fight some other day

no t t he pleading i n the case does sa y , bu t each plead gu i lty and was fined $ 5 fo r h is pugil istic sport . The attorneys wh o managed most of the bu siness in

1 8 1 M c Kinne 7 were Eggleston . y . La ne . Hendricks , Nobl e and Stevens .

92 TH E HOU S E O F H A N NA .

o ay 1 1 1 M 8 . Isaac M . Johns n . 7 . 9

l v 1 1 2 0 \ h eat 8 . . V Richard S . March 5 .

1 1 82 2 o f Cha rles H . Test . August 7 . , J udge the Ci rcu it

Cou rt .

s 1 1 82 . Thoma J . Langdon , March 9 , 7 l n i 2 1 8 0 e am n . . i S Noble . March 3 . 3 Representative in

Legi slatu re .

\ 1 2 I 1 8 . o . f John . Johnston . March 7 . 9 Probate Judge

F rankl in Cou nt y .

John Test , J r same date . il l i ar y 1 \V am . M c C t 8 . P . Apri l 9 , 33 State Senator and

Ci rcu it Judge .

James B . Hail , same date .

1 2 . 8 . John A Matson . October 5 , 3 Representative to the

Legi slatu re .

John R y man , same date .

George Holland , same date .

1 8 . John Hu tchen , October , 33 W il l iam Daily , same date . G . 1 8 Abram A Hammond , April . 35 , Lieutenant overnor

n / f o \ . the ticket with Governor Villard . who died in o fice

Hammond succeeded him fo r the unexpired term .

. 1 8 . Hugh B Eggleston . Augu st . 3 7

1 . . 8 8 . P A Hackleman . Februar y , 3 He entered the vol u nt eer arm y i n 1 86 1 as Colonel o f the S ixteenth Regiment o f V o l u nt r s Ind iana e . H e was promoted to the rank of B rig adier 2 G eneral and was k illed i n action a t Corinth in 1 86 . L in James M c a Hanna studied law w ith Judge John M .

1 - ra Johnston in 837 38 . Removed to Cl a y Count y and p c ticed . Served as Ci rcu i t Judge . El ected twice to the Legi s T H E H O US E OF H AN N A . 93

a u r l t e. e The last term he wa s a col leagu w ith hi s father , G raem Hanna ( wh o was there representing F rankl in Coun

’ y o f l er kins a t l . On the death Supreme Judge h e was p

t o fo r pointed fil l the u nexpi red term , and then was elected a

ful l term . J us t as the term was nearing its close he died , hav ing served as Supreme Judge twelve y ears .

8 1 82 2 . John D . Howland . Augu st .

James B . Sleeth , same date .

John H . Farquhar , same date .

2 1 8 was A t . 6 Daniel D Jones . Augu st . 47, Prosecuting torne y .

1 8 . . 8 Hadle y D Johnson . 4

t y 1 8 - . M c Car 8 . o f John F . 4 Great grandson Robin Hanna .

H avm o nd 1 8 . Edga r . 49

r 8 . . 1 0 James Gavin , J . 5

\ 1 8 . Vil son Morrow . 53

M l r . c C u e . James R . same date

la T h ir t v— C v 1 8 . Henr y Hanna . 53 Late Jud g e seventh f Ju dicial Di stri ct o Indiana .

1 8 . C y ru s Kilgore . 53

N . Mc . Crookshank . same date .

Joseph B rad y . same date .

Charles Moorman .

James R . S ites .

r l v John Shi rk was an ea l awver .

o f Ferdinand S . Sw i ft cam e to B rookvil le in the Sp ring

1 866 and entered the office o f Judge Henr y Hanna . In

1 86 April . 7 . he was admitted as pa rtner of Ju dge Hanna .

1 8 0 the partnership l asting until 7 . when the senior partner

f l v 1 80 o . u 8 accepted the position Ci rcu it Ju dge In J . . he was 94 T H E H OU S E OF H A N NA . appointed by Governor \fV il l iam s to fil l the vacancy caused by the death of his former partner , and in O ctober of the

r e same y ear the people endorsed the appointment . He was

r e- el ected . and again and again elected until he had served

- for twenty fi ve y ears . Thu s one law firm hel d the balance

-fi over the seat of j u stice fo r thirty ve years .

r 1 8 o f Henr y Berr y J . , 53 , served two terms as Clerk the

Cou rt .

1 8 . Fielding Berry , 59

1 860 . Samuel S . Harrel . April , A la wyer of mu ch local l prominence . rep resented his District in the Legis atu re two terms .

1 6 1 f . W . 8 . o ill iam H Bracken . Was Clerk the Court \V ill i m C a H . Jones and h i s brother harles were partners l w in the a firm of Jones Jones .

1 88 1 . Isaac Carter . Ma y .

Stephen E . Urmston , a Senator i n the General Assembly

Of the State .

M Ke 6 . . c e 1 8 John F , 7 M Kee 1 . a W . W c 8 s . Davi d . 73 elected Ci rcu it Ju dge

. . 1 1 8 . e . F M Al exander . Augu st 9 , 77 Was S nator

’

O H ar e 1 88 1 . Edga r .

’ B r n 2 e 1 8 . . O v 8 George F , Doctor George B err y was probabl y the best known man in Frankl in Count y . hav ing been a medical practitioner for Be more than hal f a centu r y . H e was an ardent pol itician . ing possessed of a great deal o f personal m agneti sm he v er v nat u r al l v impressed h imsel f upon the memor y o f all whom he m et . He was out as a su rgeon from start to fini sh in the

W ar Mexican . and was tw ice elected to the Legislature . CH A PTER X I V

Concerning the exact location o f the first cou rt - room

n 1 8 1 2 o . 1 there i s account The record for Apri l 3 . , has this — item : Cou rt met at the temporary cou rt hou se for the coun

1 t h t y of F rankl in , Indiana Territor y . On the s ( whil e the cou rt was paying bill s ) Da niel V anber t l o wwas allowed $ 1 5 fo r fo r work done the count y , in fixing benches and tables fo r - o th e cou rt hou se . and James Knight i s al l wed $4 for house rent . Thu s the courts were held at Kn ight ’ s Tavern du ring the

e r f f 1 8 1 2 y a o c o . first the existen e the count y In April , . there was a log cou rt - hou se read y for the reception o f the Goddess

of the Sword and Scales . Th is hou se had been p repa red du r

y e r o f ing the a then j u st past . A fter the erection the new brick cou rt - house th e l og cou rt - hou se was moved o ff and

- u sed for a school house for many y ears .

o f 1 8 1 At the Augu st term the Cou nt y Cou rt . 4 , proceed

o - ings were commenced for the bu i lding f th e cou rt hou se .

th e o f Publ ic noti ce was given of letting the same . which let ting was afterward awa rded to James Knight and Martin

Jameson . who gave bond in the su m Of w ith Jerem iah Corv and Aqu illa Logan as su reti es for its completion b y

f 1 I o 8 1 6 . S the st October . The pecifications were drawn b y

l - w . o d Aqu illa Lo g an The court hou se . hich had been u sed 90 TH E H O U S E O F H A N NA .

was for school pu rposes , ordered to be sol d at publ ic outcry , b \ Sheri ff Hanna .

— t o The new cou rt house was fin ished accord ing contract ,

—fi 2 2 d o f and stood fo r thi rt y v e y ears . On the February it

w - bu rned do n . The p resent cou rt hou se was bu il t the same y r o f - ea . The original st y le the p resent cou rt hou se was of

dat — t o the Ital ian roofed design , not plea sing the eye and

no t also du rable , especiall y the roof , which gave some

o f 1 8 t rouble from l eakage . In the fal l 77 the Commission ers commenced t o overhau l the structu re w ith a v iew to its

improvement . both in style and structu re . The mechan ics in charge o f the work had taken down some o f the battlement wall s and had piled the material s therefrom o n the roof ; th is

1 0 had been i n progress several days when , between 9 and

' o f S at u r dav 1 1 8 o clock in the forenoon . October 3 , 77, a

terribl e th ing occu rred . The Ci rcu it Cou rt was in session w ith Judge Hen r y C . Hanna presiding . Others p resent w f i t n . \V nsc o t M c Keo w Th ere Sheri f George B , Robert , omas

. a . . W H Smith . Francis M Alexander . S . S . H rrel l , illiam H

'

. M c M ah n . a W . Jones , J R . ill iam H B racken , Henry Berry , m M c Ke . . e Field ing Berr y . S E U r ston and John F . . These w f ere o ficers and attorne y s . Beside the bar there were N i ch

\fV il l in br in olas Bath . Lou i s g g , H . H . S eal . F redri c M il ler

S t u din er and Charl es g , in al l . twent y person s .

\ n t o Vhen suddenl y Ju dge Hanna spra g h i s feet . gave a “ bound forward and shouted Get o u t ! Get o u t ! Ru n '

R u n o n Ever y man was h is feet instantl y . and ru shed after

o ne the Judg e . bu t ere a singl e coul d reach the door the

whol e roof came crashing down upon them . w ith its great

and o f timbers . and bricks ton s stone and plastering from TH E H O U S E O F H AN N A . 97

fl w which a sti ing l im e dust arose . Some ere caught and hel d

t h e firmly b y debri s , and others were almost l i feless from

w o st rangulation hen rescued . On the ro f at the time of its ill iam . . . \V col lapse were T H B rown , G Davi s , John Castle ,

’ l , ill i Bi n r \V a e z e . Ga e . m Castle , Frank g . F ever . , J , and

Christian B rown . They came down w ith the roof , but fared better than those beneath them . Immediately they resolved themselves into a “ w reck ing crew ” a nd began the work of f rescue . The entire upper portion o the bu ilding back of the

w o f to er was a w reck . the greater part it fall ing w ithin the w w ba r . here the la y ers had been seated . Thi s disaster , for t u nat el y no o f any . resulted in loss l i fe or seriou s inj u ry to o f wh o bv those were imperiled the situation . Some were

badl y bru ised . and al l were sadly frightened . CHAPTER XV

' It i s a long time since we were u p the river to see our

Bu t folk . we have heard from them occasional ly through ff Robert Hanna and his Deput y Sheri , Robert Ervi n Hanna

n o f t o ( o e the t win son s o f Judge John Hanna ) . And as “ " morrow is o ne of the da y s fo r the stage to go to Rich w w mond e il l get read y to g o in it . — ' Morn ing Have arrived at Robin Hanna s in ti me fo r e break fast . The del iciou s odor of the savory victuals as th y were l i fted from the Skillets and oven s before the open fire

o u r so whetted al read y ravenou s appetites . that when we j oin the famil y around the table we are prepared to do full j us ~

t o tice the wel l cooked meal . And the beauti ful l y clean

t o o fo r kitchen i s a good appetizer . the y have latel y given the “ w w " w —l a S l og wall s a hite ash ing ith a blue C v ol u tion . It is

1 8x2 1 . a commodi ou s room . its dimens ions being feet The S n ide wall s a re perforated each w ith a door a d w indow . The w f x indows contain n ine panes o g lass 8 1 0 . There i s another d o or in the west wall opening into the

Bu t the attractive featu re o f the kitchen i s its fireplace . It measu res seven feet across the front from j amb t o j amb . The

a rch i s st raight and nearl y five feet from the hearth . The

“ is no wc al l ed a p arl o r in th o s e d ays was des ig na e m ’ t d a ro o .

1 00 T H E H O U S E OF H A N N A .

t o o . from him . . to love . honor and p rotect h is captive Then the Judge u ttered thei r solemn doom

I pronounce y o u man an d w i fe .

— ' Young Robert has bu ilt a hewed IO O hou se o n h i s claim

' across the river from Grandfather s . and he and hi s bride W e l went t o hou sekeeping there . see a bright presence f it

t ing around through the room s l ike a busy bee , and w e

’ r em s knowthat it is y oun g G a gi rl w i fe . H is young friend s “ ” had teased h im mu ch about going t o Uncle J imm ie M c

' y t o M c Kinne Kinne s learn weaving ( y was a S cotch weaver ,

f we no t and made a special t y o coverlet av ing ) . It wa s lon g unti l those v isits material i zed in a marriage to the beau t i ful maid

” \Vith hai r l ike the wing o f the raven

o f n And eves black as center ight . A md cheek s where the scarl et y et l ingered w As i t paled from the brow pu re and h ite .

O w e u r pioneer friend . Esq . John E ing . had sol mnized

fo the contract that bound them together r al l time . And s o he had fetched the bright l ittl e Si ster ( Mary ) o f A t t o r nevs “ inne o l James and John T . M c K y t o l ive with the d folks at

" o h me . Thi s hol y contract was entered into on the 2 I st

( lay o f 1 8 1 . Januar y . 5

s o t The y have much local gossip o tel l me . There have been s o man y marria g es i n the nei g hborho o d Robert Te rn

l et o n t o Mar y bv p . Jr Adams , Esq . John Templeton . F eb

r u ar y 1 1 8 1 1 : t o 4 . James D rake El izabeth Dickerson . b y

M ay 2 1 1 8 1 1 t o Esqu i re Templeton . . Nathan iel Drake Ann E T H H O USE OF H A N NA . I O I

' 1 2 \ l 1 8 . c Dickerson . by J udge B rown , January 9 , ; Ja mes

’ t o H 1 8 1 2 W \ Kinne y Edd y arrel . Augu st 4 . by i ll iam Vil so n ; t o James Lev iston Nanc y Templeton , by Judge B rown ,

2 f 0 1 8 1 2 . o October . And cou rse i t took them qu ite a wh i le t o o f t o tel l al l the l ittle details that la st named marriage , tell

t o al l abou t her nice clothes and the good things eat , and

wh o about ever y body that was there . and assisted Judge ” J t o fo r - ohn Hanna fiddl e the merr y makers to dance . Nanc y was the first grandchi ld o f Robin and Ma rv Hanna t o take the solemn nuptial vows . Just ten months afterward all the lower river folk were

t o d o f invited up the wed ing another granddaughter , Mar y

t o A nn Hanna . daughter of Joseph Hanna . M r . Matthew w B rown . and it was bu t correct that Esq . John E ing shou ld solemn ize thei r promises . The y lau g hingl y said that Joseph coul d no t refrain from talking pol itics and advocating hard

“ ' y o mone , even at a wedd ing . Gra em sai d , J e s al wa y s

st r i l a dd e a hobby and ru shing it over the breakers . ( Had officehol ders i n those davs been pol itical l y chosen as the y are in these , Joseph wou ld certainl y have su cceeded to high f “ o fices . i f talking pol itical econom y and the science of ” government wou l d have elected h im . The great detriment “ ” to Joseph was that he wa s a man ahead o f the times )

o f Another son Robert Templeton , S r has entered the

was matrimonial l ists . It i s Dav id . and he married to Jane

8 1 b M c Car t v 0 1 y . Barrickman , June 3 . 4 , B enj amin m inis “ ter . It took them qu ite a wh il e to tel l me al l about the big

” ’ wedd ing the y had at Ju dge John Hanna s on the 2 4t h o f

A 1 8 1 . ugu st , 5 . when El izabeth A Hanna ( familiarly called 1 02 T H E H OUSE OF H A N N A .

E w Betty Ann ) was un ited to Peter Winchell , by Esqu ire

It e . ing . was the most enj oyable social funct ion of the y ar Whi le we were talking I noticed that two bricks were

missing from the arch o f the fireplace . Curiosity p rompted me t o enqu i re h o wthe y had become dislocated . They say that they were shaken o u t by o ne o f the heaviest Shocks of

1 1 2 earthquakes that occu rred in 8 . Here G raem interrupts ou r conversation to tell me that

t o there i s be a town a mil e north of ou r homestead , not a

' ’ qua rter from Wil liam Logan s hou se , j ust a l ittl e north of i t . The population all through the countr y has been increasing so rapidly by immigration that they began to feel the ne

c s s i v Co nse e t for a trading post nearer than B rookvi lle .

1 8 1 o f quentl y , in 5 . the plan Hugh Abernath y . George John

ston . Thomas Osborne and James Wilson material ized i n a

. o f be plat a town , the fou r corners o f thei r respective lands

in o g in the center of the town . They have best wed the nam e o f F air fiel d upon their new town becau se of the general beau

t y of the su rrounding scenery , and from the fact that it was the neutral ground where v ariou s Ind ian tribes were wont

t o - f meet and camp . About th ree quarters o a mile north o f the town plat i s the ru ins o f a Shawnee village but lately de

sert ed o n . It is located a smal l branch which the wh i tes have

named Shawnee B ranch . and close to i ts confl uence w ith the \V h it e W ater . There i s a Shal lowness in the river that af “ fords a good crossing . and the y have named i t Shawnee ” - Ford . There has al read y been bu i lded a log school h ouse

a hal f mil e north of the village plat , on the school section .

and M r . Harve y dedicated it to Cadmu s by teach ing the first

school in it .

1 04 T H E H O U S E OF H A N N A .

— Second Morning Thi s morning G randparents Robin and M a rv Hanna and I were alone fo r qu ite a whil e i n the room whil e G raem and h is prett y l ittle w i fe “ Polly " were doi ng the chores . G randmother sat at her wheel rapi dl y twisting the flax from her rock into smooth fine l inen thread

“ " that is t o g o into the piece o r web that i s i n the loom fo r

Po l l v t o fo r weave . she i s an expert , having learned the art

no t from her father . I coul d but notice what a beauti fu l accompaniment the constant bu r - u r - u r o f the flyers made

' t o . G rand father s conversation Grandmother sat silent . w ith her mouth all pu rsed u p and a ver v intent look o n her fa ce .

’ M o n Graem savs , amma al wa y s get the spinner s pu cker her face when she gets bu sv G rand father seemed in a very reminiscent mood th i s t o . morning , and was disposed talk of olden times He went to h i s bu rea u and taking therefrom a letter w ith a wax seal * o n t o u n it . he retu rned hi s arm chai r saying , as he slowly “ I o l d folded the paper , have received another letter from my f friend . Thomas Je ferson . I w rote hi m some t ime ago , ask ing that the w idow s o f Revol utionary soldi ers mi gh t be “ it pensioned . and he handed the l etter to me sa y ing . Read

‘ aloud . I compl ied with hi s request .

’

1 6 2 0 . Monticello , Jan . ,

y o u A letter from . dear S i r , comes to me l ike one from t h e tombs Of the dead .

S O long i s it since I have had any ev idence that y o u

o f o were stil l in the land the l iving . S few are now so who were fel low laborers i n the struggle for the l iberation o f o u r

‘ W ieh h c hai r is s t ill in g o o d p r es er v ati o n at t h e o l d ho m es t ead . F ae S m e e e o f T o n i i l L t t r h m as J effers o .

1 08 T H E HOUSE O F H A N NA .

' clat teri ng o f horses feet . I t grew nearer and plainer , and I knew from the thu d ! thud ! o f the many hoofs that they w o r ere cavalr y men . but whether friends foes I cou ld not

guess . But I mu st conceal m ysel f qu ickl y or they woul d discover me when the y came arou nd the bend . Then . i f they were Ro y al i sts m y u se fulness to my country wou l d be ended .

T o the right was a l arge clearing where bunches o f w eeds n or a friendl y stump coul d afford scant coveri g . I dashed into the clearing and ran along a shallow branch that rippled through it until I had gotten far enough away from the road that I thought I coul d ri sk lying down i n the grass . I could ju st catch glimpses Of the approach ing . soldiers whom I rec o niz ed E r i ish o f g as t b y thei r displ a y scarlet . They were approaching rapidly and I had no time to lose . I saw a log

nearb y w ith some small bu shes growing besi de it , so I

o f stretched m y sel f alongside it . And I was none too soon , fo r I had onl y composed m y sel f w ith my face in a p o sition t o f command a view o the road when they galloped past . I n est imated them at about o e hundred . I lay qu ietly a l ittl e w fo r S hi le waiting more , i f there houl d be any more to come . Di rect l y I caught the shu ffl ing sound o f another horse ap

r o ac h in p g slowl y . and watching intentl y along the road for a few minutes the uncertaint y was dispelled by the appearance o f a sol itar y B ritish officer ri ding lei su rel y and thoughtfu ll y

o al n g the road . H e had gotten almost t o the point where the ro ad crossed the creek when a frightened deer came chasing a cross before him and instantl y he raised a pi stol and fi red .

H e w bu t mi ssed . h i rl ed his horse and gave chase . A second

t o pi stol was d i scharged . and this onl y served accelerate the s ee o f e p d the de r . A thi rd report ran g o u t with as l ittle T H E HO U S E OF H A N NA . 1 09

effect as the preceding ones . He reined in his horse and then d turned to retrace h i s path , bu t he dev iate a l ittle a nd came straight toward me . I thought of h is three empty pi stols and

o n o wn as I congratul ated mysel f my wel l loaded ones , and I watched h i s approach I drew m y feet up u nder m e i n such a way that I cou ld j ump to a standing position in a moment . H e rode into the creek not twenty feet from me and dropped the rein that h is j aded horse might drink He was looking awa y in the d irection in whi ch the deer had fled ; and some

no t u u thing I know what , prompted me to raise p q ickly and con front h im and hai l him along the barrel of my mu sket “ ” VV ill you surrender ! My voice sta rtled hi m and he looked

arou nd qu ickly as he intu itively grasped h i s p istol . I saw the frightened look that passed over hi s face as he remem bered h i s empty weapons . H e made a motion as i f to reload ,

“ ’ be and I said agai n , Don t attempt to reload but su rrender fore there is fu rther troubl e between u s . He gave a l ittl e “ Yo u am used laugh as he repl ied , see , my friend , that th e

fo r m n odds are against me , y weapo s are empty and you rs

y o u c a re fil led . B u t i f w il l but give m e a chan e w ith my

good sword we w ill soon settle the matter of surrendering . B u t as y o u have no sword I ver y relu ctantly tender you m inefi!< T hen I stepped forward and took i t from hi s hand “ : y o u as I sai d Now , Col onel , are my prisoner , but I do

' n o u W o t know what to do w ith y . e are too far away from m y y o u headquarters to attempt to take there with me . so the only way clear to me i s to turn y o u loose again to j oin y ou r

y o u company . B ut be fore I rel ease I mu st have a promi se

’ * Th at s wo r d is s till in t h e p o s s es s i o n o f Pi nc k ney H anna s h ei r s a at t h e o l d W h it ewat er h o m es t e d . 1 1 0 T H E H O U S E OF H A N NA .

w 110 — 110 that y ou il l ga p mind , I say ga p straigh t forward wi thou t hal ting o r looking ba ck u nti l yo u reach that clump ”— o f trees y onder and I pointed to them . I p romise t o do you r bidding i f you w ill p romise not to

’ condemn me t o a coward s ignom iny by being found w ith a ” bu llet i n m y back .

’

I sincerel y make that prom ise , si r . Here s my hand .

shook hand s . and he turned h is horse and rode away . “ W h y 110 , Grand father , did you order hi m to ga p and not look back P”

Becau se . i f he were galloping he coul d not reload h is p istol before he would be t o o far away for the bul let to carry

’ ” back And i f he did no t look back he cou ldn t takeaim .

s n w y e o . Ah . . I understand B ut why d id you not tal k to him and get acquainted with h im . He mi ght have been ” f r o o . some y ou r Earl , Baronet or Duke kinsmen “ That might have been possible , but I was i n too great a hurr y to get t o the cover of the wood s t o my home by ten o clock that n ight to hunt up possible kinspeople among o u r ” enemies .

‘ And then o u r pleasant morning talk wa s int er r u pt ed bv w Mr . Po ers and M r . Glidewel l com ing in for a neighborl y chat

An . election wa s pending when I came u p from town . and j u st be fo re I started I learned from outside sou rces that Robert Hanna refused t o be a candidate for r e- election f “ ” to the sheri falt y . And I wonder what other bee i s i n his

bonnet . Someth ing I su spect . Wel l . the election i s over . the retu rns all in , and those neighbors have come in to talk i t o T h fo r . e f l av ver race Sheri f between John B . Rose and

1 1 T H E H O USE OF H A N NA . 3

1 0 1 2 . Noah Noble . Rose received 4 votes and Noble 9 Rob ert Templeton was appointed County Treasu rer . This i s the fi rst change made in the office o f Sheri ff since the organi za

1 1 f tion o f the cou r ts in 1 8 . Robert Hanna has been S heri f

1 2 0 f 1 8 1 1 8 o . from to the present time , , a period nine years

M r . Hanna mu st have been a very popular man and a good and efficient publ ic servant . CH A PTER X VI .

T H E BROO K V I LL E L A ND OFF I C E .

ffi 1 82 0 Thi s o ce was establ ished in the fal l of , as w ill be seen from the fol low ing copy taken from th e B rookville E n

ir r f r u e o . . q that y ear Robert Hanna , J , was Register and his

cou sin . Ervin Hanna , Clerk .

B L I ST OF PU L I C LA NDS .

The following is a statement of the lands which w ill be offered at the sale to commence on the first Mon

day in October next , in the B rookville

Land Di strict ,

: viz .

Townships

North .

O 1 1 1 N . 0 and

N o 1 0 1 1 . and

1 0 . 1 1 . 1 2 .

1 1 H o . 0 1 2 . , 1 .

N 1 1 o . 1 0 . . 1 2 .

N o . 1 1 1 1 2 0 . . .

N o 1 1 1 1 2 . 0 . . ,

T H E H O U S E OF H A N NA .

qu iet l y and a solemn silence i s over everyth ing , for in the " room i s the bier upon which rests the still . pale form o f the

- whi te hai red patriarch of the clan . Ju st as the morning light was dawning l i fe ceased and eternity began w ith the

veteran sold ie r . H i s daughters , Catharine and M argaret , who h ave no t seen him since thei r young girlhood w il l never see h im more . H is other daughter and all h i s sons a re w ith A ll him . day many kind neighbors have been coming in and going ou t of the hou se o f mourning and offering words of condolence and Chri stian comfort t o the bereaved grand mother . The third da y a large funeral procession wended its wa y slowl y to the Sims Cemetery where they laid him to rest . W hen the y tu rned t o go awa y the sorrow ing grandmother

h er ! said th rough tears and sobs , Robin has gone aw ay Robi n has gone awa y again ! Goodby ! Goodby ! ” CHA PTER XVI I .

A CL O U D AR I S I N G.

O f course the Land Office brought many people t o B rook vil le and business and speculations were at fever heat . For a period o f abou t five years the town basked in the sun o f w Go vernment patronage and a l l went ell . M eanwh ile the new S tate Capitol ( the baby sister of B rookville) was seek ” ing every available drop of pap to sustain its ague - stricken organi sm ; then there came a darksome clou d over the pros peets o f the fair and happy B rookville . Thi s was the clou d “ A j oint resolution of the General Assembly relat ive t o f f the removal o the Land O fice at B rookville to Indianapol is .

Approved February 3 , f The Dand O fice went , and w ith it went its Registrar , ‘

Robert Hanna , and he was soon fol low ed by h is brothers , W f Joseph and Ju dge John Hanna . hen the Lan d O fice was removed a retrograde movement resulted in leaving B rook ville to stand upon her own local meri ts . All sorts of w il d schemes had been set o n foot to bui ld up a town and make a

o n few of its citizens wealthy . Money to carry these variou s enterprises had been borrowed from the United States banks at Cincinnati and el sewhere , al so from Eastern cap ital ists ,

( 1 1 7) 1 1 8 TH E H O US E o r H A N NA .

and all these were secured by mortgages upon the real estate o f the vi cinity and upon everything of valu e in town . B ut the removal o f the Land Office was not the enti re cause of

f . the collapse o B rookvil le True i t was the expl osion , bu t the " 1 2 fuse had been bu rning fo r some years before 8 5 . It was “ ” 1 82 0 real l y ignited b y the open ing of the N ew Pu rchase in ,

-u whi ch gave scope to the pent p forces here , and a thinning out was the natu ral consequence . T h e F o r many years B rookvi lle h ad been an outpost .

old bou ndary l ine was only a mil e west of the town . \ “ ” Vhen , a fterward the N ew Pu rchase was opened for settl e ’ f at B ro o kvill e ment the Land O fice was located , and then ,

no w o ffi as , such an institution brought not only the land cers . but a host of patriots who were ready for any emer

nc y f f g e in the line o o fice . Hence a n innumerabl e company o f —sac r ific in W ffi sel f g famil ies came . hen the Land O ce was removed they scattered t o the cardinal points of the com a pass , still keeping the p rize in v iew , and m ny of them seiz

ing it sooner or later . S o that it became proverbial that the

Governors , Supreme Ju dges . Congressmen . etc . , had al l once l ived in B rookville . I H ARD T M ES .

The bubbl e had burst at B rookvil le , whether it had el se w o r no t . here Harve y Bates , the Tests , the Nobles , the Ra y s ,

Ph i ses m en o f the pp . the G ivens and the Hannas , al l capital . had gone . as w ell as the pol iticians and bu siness langu i shed . w and hou ses ere empt y . One of the featu res of these times

was o f the almost absol ute absence money . Times had been bet t er r i n thi s espect . It was related bv a granddaughter o f

1 2 0 T H E H O U SE OF H A N NA .

— ’ fo r fo r h er good a shave . the tavern keeper good a night s

lodging etc .

Bu t while that k ind o f money answered a pu rpose at

- home . the Kanawha sal t maker a nd the Pittsburg iron mer

r chant would no t take it fo thei r produ cts . Hence came a

o f . contraction the cu rrency , hence very hard times There was an occasional note o f the United States Bank in ci rcu la “ no w t ion . w ith and then a Spanish mi lled dol lar and a ” “ fi s few quarters and levies and p . The truth is , there were hundreds o f people who ver y sel dom saw money from

' o f o ne y ear s end t o another . The commerce the country

ws a . mostl y in trade Law y ers , doctors and preachers , as wel l and as merchants . took pav in trade . Preachers school teach ers took a very consi derable portion o f thei r pay in board ” ing around . The necessities of the times en forced a style of l iving and a st y le o f traffic now qui te unknown except i n a n legends d history . Farmers produced nearly everything

o r . the y u sed . Store clothes f man or woman were exceptional Among the cau ses which contributed to the d ilap idation o f earl y B rookville was the necessit y o f supplying ou t coun " f t ies w ith o ficers . Harve y Bates moved to Indianapol is and ff became Sheri . Jonathan M c Car t y had had F ay et t e County made o u t o f a part o f F rankl in and he moved to Conners

y il le l . and became C erk . and afterward went to Congress . Moving awa y from B rookville was the fashion of that

— t o T decade moving Brookvil le the exception . John est and

Enoch D . John moved to L awrencebu rg ; Judge Eggleston

moved to Madi son : S . C . Stephens moved to Vevay and afterward t o Madi son and wa s appointed Supreme Judge at 1 2 1 T H E H OU S E OF H A N NA .

‘ M c Kinne wh o e the same time w ith Gen . John T . yfi d i d i n l r o o kv il l e w 1 8 l ilac kfo r t l w t o In hile j udge , in 3 7 ; Isaac ent dianapo l is and was Supreme Judge a long time ; Robert B reckenridge moved to Fort \Vayne and t o ok charge o f the Land O ffice i n that then I ndian count r y : Noah Noble and

\V al lac e Go v David moved to the new State Capital , one as n er o r and the other to become Governor J . S . Powers moved

" ’ t o to Cincinnati ; Robert John the S y lvan Factory , a mi le

- and - above town , and went into wool card ing cloth making and farming ; the Al lens moved t o the country in several d i

M c Car t rections : Judge Enoch y remained lo y al to his town , “ ” and s t ay ed to walk among her fal len ru ins . Abner Mc

M c Car t Ca rt y was a son of Judge Benjami n y , and younger

t o o ne o f m en brother Enoch . He wa s the pioneer bu siness of B rookville . where he was employed in sell ing goods , oper f ating stage l ines and i n v arious other branches o trade . H e

- was a compeer of such men as Richard Tyner , N . D . Gal

f was s o n- in— lion and others o that class . He law to John

and Mar y Templ eton ( nee Hanna ) . hav ing married thei r daughter Jane .

I 1 8 . June , 34 June , the beauti ful month of flowers , is bringing i n her offering o f songs o f bi rds and chirping o f i nsects and as the fragrance floats o u t from her lovely fl ow

s o u ietl v ers . q and sweetl y passed the l i fe from the dear l o d grandmother . She had div ided the time in the homes o f her s o n Graem

wh o ( l ived at the ol d homestead ) and her daughter . Mar y

. o f Templeton And there . the Angel Death found her and

bore her spi rit awa y , into that somewhere where we al l fondl y bel i eve there i s rest and perfect happ iness . Her l i fe

*H e was r nn r inn b o er t o M r s . r aem a a nee a eK e t h G H ( M y M y j . 1 2 2 T H E H O USE OF H AN N A .

ha d been full o f hardsh ips and separations from her loved o t o o nes . and she was anx ious lay down its bu rdens and j in

those wh o had gone before . Blessed be the name of Mary

Parks Hanna .

3 Ane by ane they gang awa The gatherer gathers great and sma ’ Til l ane and ane mak ’ s ane and a J ) ,

1 1 1 8 1 R On Apri l , 3 , the obert Hanna , the first steam t W boat ever o navigate successful ly h ite River , arrived i n

Indianapol is , creating more enthu siasm than did the arrival

“ " o f the Capital a few years before . An arti llery company

greeted her wi th a noisy salute . Al l along the river the “ noi se o f her scape pipe drew Spectators fo r two or three

miles inland . The boat excited hopes of grea t c ommercial

prosperity .

t h e General Hanna had taken a contract on national road , and t o facilitate the transporta tion o f stone and timber meces sar y fo r the work resolved t o have a steamboat brought up

t o t o w T the river barges and do other l ike serv ice . he next da y a crowd o f delighted citizens was taken for a ride o n

the steamer . B ut it soon became apparent that the craft was

t o o l larg e for the river . The imbs of the overhanging trees kn o cked down her ch imneys and pilot hou se and smashed a w heel house , and when she stranded on the down trip the

day next she ran aground and did not get out until fall . And so ended General Hanna ’ s scheme of steamboat naviga

o o f \V h it e R f t i n i ver . It a fords now only about hal f the

w 1 8 1 at er it did in 3 .

1 2 4 T H E H O U S E OF H A N NA .

o f \ same as is a t the graves Vash ington , Adams

o f and others . The ceremon y i ncl uded the readi ng

' o f o a sketch J hn Hanna s l i fe , an address by M iss

' \ o s s o f o f . State Regent the Society the Daughters o f o f the American Revol ution , and the singing

l o t . America . The was decorated with flowers and flags I t i s supposed that John Hanna i s the onl y Revolutionar y

s oldier bu ried in G reenlawn . w There ere about sixt y members and friends present .

. W . . The comm itt ee in charge was M rs Drummond . Mrs . A i i r M I n sh l r t o t o . . s c . . . M iss . Mrs T V Sm ith , M rs S . C . Gill ,

M rs . Sickler and M iss Anna Adams .

* S o ns o f A m er ic an R ev o l u t i o n. GE N E A LO GY

' W e subj oin the genealogy of the ch ildren o f Robert and

: Mary Parks H anna , beginning with the oldest chil d

John Hanna to Sarah Jones ; died at I nd ianapol is .

Mary Hanna to John Templeton ; Union Cou nty .

Joseph Hanna to Sarah Adair ; Carrol l Co u nty .

Margret Hanna to Will iam Byrd ; Lau rens Di strict ,

South Ca rolina .

F air fiel d James Hanna to Mary Lai rd ; Ind iana .

Janet Hanna to Solomon Manwaring ; Dearborn County . K atharine Hanna to John H itch ; Lau rens Di strict , South

Carol ina . Robert Hanna to ( 1 ) S arah Mowery ; ( 2 ) Olive Cather

o wood ; Indianap l i s , Indiana . Graem Hanna to ( 1 ) Agnes Taylor ; ( 2 ) Mary M c Kin

F ir fi l a e d . ney , , Indiana

C H I LDRE N OF J O H N H A N NA A N D SARA H J ON ES .

Robert Ervi n Hanna to Nancy A dam s ; Dunlapsvil le ,

Indiana .

M o r s ill c C d v e . John Jones H anna to Mary Petre ; , Ind

( Robert Irvin Hanna and John Jones Hanna were tw ins . )

Betty A . Hanna to Peter Winchel l ; Indianapol is , Ind i

Jenni e Hanna to George Adam s ; Blooming Grove Ind i i 1 2 6 T l l l H O U S E o r H A N N A .

Margret Hanna to And rew Smith , Indianapol is , Indi

Nancy Hanna to Andrew Howard , Il linois .

F r l ai fie d . Joseph Hanna , died unmarried ; , Indiana

F airfi el d . Ezek iel Hanna to Nancy Todd ; , Indiana

~ James Parks Hanna to Lydia H eward ; Indianapol is , In diana . w S usan Hanna to Peter Ne land ; Indianapol is , Indiana . The children of Robert Ervin and N ancy Hanna were

: as follows Newton . George , Robert , John , Indiana and

El l iot .

I — t o st Newton Hanna married Charlotte Pu llen , eight child ren . Onl y one l iving , Alexander Hanna , fa rm ing in

Kansas . — 2 d . . Robert A H anna to Sarah Loomis , five chil dren w T o l iving . d— 3 John Hanna to Indiana Gary , three chi ldren , one b y t o and wo daughters . t h— 4 Ind iana Hanna to Thompson Osborn . One chi ld

h C a rles Osborn . Second hu sband , Jacob Garrett , one child . t h — D a 5 E l l i o t H a n n a t o Jan e y , two c h i l d re n . S e c o nd t wo . wi fe . Sarah Logan . ch ildren ot h— George Hanna . unmarried .

H A N -P T E R Y J ON ES NA E .

Eleven children . I — t o . st Robert John Hanna Sarah M Bush , four ch il — aMar y b as er Geo r e m es c d a . d ren . J p . g , and J

2 rl— Enoch D . Hanna to Leoma Wood . three children M aI . eanna b ar ar et c D avid , g and G . Hanna . d— . 3 Sarah A Hanna to Chri stopher Emery , n ine ch ildren

1 2 8 TH E H O USE O F H A N NA .

t h— o ne 4 Jennie Hanna Adam s , child , Sarah , who mar

aM ar ried Thomas Genn . They had two chi ldren , y Jane ,

' who married George O Br yan bD avid married Harriet Fu r

gesou . One child , Jenni e Sherwood .

t h— o ne 5 Margaret Hanna Sm ith , child . Robert , who was a lawy er and died unmarried . — ot h no t . Nanc y Howard . famil y known — t h . 7 Joseph . d ied unmarried — 8t lI . Ezekiel . family not known — t li . o Su san Hanna N ewland , no famil y — aKat e I o t lI l . J ames Parks Hanna , fou r ch i dren died

bS ar ah u nmar ried ; married Anson Hornaday , fou r children ,

' James Parks Hornada y , Charles Putnam , Will iam Deeming

c M ar and Mar y L y dia Hornada y ; y Hanna B i rch , one chil d ,

Helen Hanna B irch , graduated from the School of Mu sic

' at D ePau wUniversit y : dJo h n Hanna was the onl y son o f

o f Parks and L y dia H anna . He was a lawyer prominence

. o ne o r and was Representat ive two terms in the Legislature , and was then elected t o Congress and gave satisfaction to

W as t e- hi s constituents . elected and j u st on the eve of tak ing hi s seat he sickened and died . He was tw ice married ; ten

aM r . s . children Fi rst w i fe . Mahala Sherfe y . six chil dren .

bW ill i m VV al r a . c t e Lil l ie Berr y hil l . A Hanna . Parks H anna , dl sabel l e o h n fKi t t . Hanna . J Hanna . and y . deceased Second

E l l L i o ra e . a a b u c a c H c wi fe . Emma . fou r child ren . Emma .

F l o r en e Lincoln and d c .

C H I LDR EN OF J OH N TE M PL ETO N A ND M ARY H A N N A .

Nine ch ild ren .

I s t— o f T Marv , eldest born John and Mar y empleton . 1 2 T H E HOUS E OF H AN N A . 9

W was married to ill iam Templeton ( a cousin ) . One ch ild , i h t \N r . Agnes , married James g Second marriage to George

M iller . No children .

2 d — t o t wo Nancy Templeton Ja mes Leviston , chi ldren .

Nancy married Stephen Farlow . Mar y Hannah married

Henry King . — 3 cl Alexander ( S andy) Templeton married Margaret

fi Mar t h . ve a a T Moore . chi ld ren . married Samu el H ender

im o n F r n i nm r bS . c a c u a son . Bol ivar to S usan Coll ier s

M r . d a eI r n ried y married M r . Welch . e e married to Sam uel Diggins , one chi ld . Edward Diggins . Second marriage to Wilson Col l ier . — 4t h John ( Jack ) Frankl in Templeton married t o Lucin da Snodgrass , five chil dren , the el dest . Benj amin F . and

T o m Thomas J were tw i ns . Ben married Rose M iller ; married Mary Sample , three children , Alpha , Katharine and

c H el en El izabeth . Templeton to Edw in Beckett , fou r chil

l m nt in ra a F r ri b o Gr d ed c . . aC e e e C c c e dren , , and t h— 4 Ma rv Templeton married Kosciusko Kel ley , one h— . t chil d , B essie 5 Anna Templeton married Theodore

M iller . two children . Gertru de and Albert .

t h— e M c Car t fi ve 5 Jan Templeton married Abner y , ch il

ar in h a at h . b o n dren . C e married Theodore Pu rsell J married

n i dM r y c I d ana . . a and died in Cal i forn ia . married M rs B u rris ane Hanna married H enr y Galleon . eJ married ( I st ) Abner

a Yar n fB n d L e a e . e . Bennett . ( ) y died u nmarried t h— T 6 Catharine empleton married George Newland .

T h o m so n bA bn r am es d o h n ane e . a e c e eight childr n p . . J , J . J . l fH er o d Da las hR o bert . . g and th— 7 David Clark Templeton married Matilda Baxter . 1 30 T H E H OU S E o r H A N NA .

a u l ia . b eight child ren . J A . married Thomas B ond J . Madi i NI nso n . D a i so n a v d . married El izabeth , two ch ildren C and i i bA d c L y d a . d e Jones . married Jackson B randenberg

y nt h ia eM ar dC ma rried James B randenberg . y married Fen

Br o o kbank ton . six children , B ru ce , Chase , Ida , N evada , Ari

M A l l ist er a . c zona . M tilda Sarah married , two chil

f l y s s s . U e dren married Marv Moore , one chil d , Albertu s

N anc v Templeton . g marri ed James Barrickman , five chi l

r dren . James . J . . Bart , Clark . Seth and N ina Barrickman , h— 8t James Madi son Templ eton ma rried to Marv B urns . t h - I o Jul ia Ann Templeton marri ed ( st) James Al l i son ,

2 M r t s n d c Ca v . o ( ) Judge Enoch One , Thomas Jefferson .

I L - I R FA M Y OF J OSEPH H A N NA SARA H ADA .

a Joseph Hanna married to S rah Adair . n ine children .

aGeo r e bM ar y c H ar er d ane e o h n fA lber t g . Ann . p , J , J , , H ann h l a h O iv er i o se h . g . and J p

Jane married Moses Abernathy . Hannah to El isha

M ar y n Lake . Ann to Matthew Br o wl

I L W I LL I B - FA M Y OF A M YRD M AR GRET H A N NA .

t o Marga ret Hanna Will iam B y rd . two sons . John and

Thom as . The latter was a man of considerabl e note and

. propert y One l iv ing son resides i n Abbevi lle County , South

’

. T Carol ina John s w idow and ch ildren w ent to exas .

I L S - L I FA M Y OF J A M E H A N NA NA N CY A RD .

I — st The oldest born . Ol iver Hanna , married to Mary

aF r n i Serring . a c s Marion marri ed Soph ia bN anc y

. t wo c M ar y to M r Corman . daughters . u nmarried .

2 1 3 T H E H OUS E OF H A N NA .

il l iam s bA m and \V . a Stewa rt to Stoddard , two ch il

c Cal vin d ren . Edward and Cannie Stoddard . Stewart to

M iss Todd . three children , Katy , Todd and Clark . n dH e r y . Boardman Stewart to M iss Peden , eight chi ldren N nni f m an e a e . v Stewa rt to Adam Peden , three ch i ldren

t o Clark Stewart M i ss Babb , s ix ch ildren .

I L B R - R W R FA M Y OF RO E T H A N N A SA A H M O E Y .

Record fu rni shed by Mary L . Hanna .

General Robert H anna was born in Laurens District , 1 6 86 . o n South Carol ina . April , 7 Killed Peru Railroad in

1 1 8 8 Ind ianapol is . Indiana , November 9, 5 . S arah Mowery

1 0 1 . was born in Virginia November , 797 Died in Indian

l i 2 a o s 1 8 . p Augu st 9, 37 Married in B rookv ille , Indiana ,

8 1 8 1 M r t 1 c Ca . March . 3 . b y Benj amin y , Judge To them

were born ten child ren . S econd w i fe , Mrs . Ol ive Cather wood . I — i st Valentine Cla borne Hanna was born in B rookv il le ,

8 1 8 1 . 1 0 Indiana . November , 3 Died in Detroit , November ,

1 88 . 4 Frances Mar y Smith , born in New York , December

8 1 2 1 8 . 1 1 8 . 3 . Died in Detroit , Augu st 5 , 77 They were

by R ev . 1 8 0 . married Henry Ward Beecher November 5 . 4

: aM r i There were th ree chi ldren a a Lo y d married W . J . \ o f \N ash in t o n 1 l i . . b u a C 8 86 . Vil son . g . D , Apri l . 3 J mar

. . W 1 ried N G il l iams . of Detroi t . M ichigan , December 4 , 8 1 0 . c S ar ah o f 7 Sm ith Hanna married F . H . Seymou r . De t r o it 6 1 8 8 . . June . 7

2 Captain Robert Barlow Hanna was born October 9 ,

8 1 1 . 1 8 2 6 . 5 died in B loomington . Ill inoi s . March . 9 Sarah 1 T H E H OUSE O F H AN NA . 33

2 Amanda Colman was born i n Attica , Indiana , September 9

1 82 . 1 86 . 5 Died October 3 . 3 The y were ma rried in Attica ,

2 1 8 6 . Indiana , September 9, 4 There were fou r child ren

A . Capta i n Robert Hanna . U . S . . , married Nettie L Teasler

1 1 88 1 June 7, ; Samuel Colman Hanna married Lu cy A .

2 8 1 88 1 Plowman December , ; Marv Leonard Hanna and

W ill iam Hanna .

1 2 1 James Fulton Hanna was born in 8 . Married El iza

n 1 8 Joh son . Both died i n the month of Ju ne , 54, leaving two

children , Sarah El izabeth , who ma rried Dr . W . H . Luce ,

1 6 1 8 0 of Bloom ington , Ill inois , March , 7 : El iza Ellen Hanna a i m rried George Perrin Dav s , of B loomington , Il l inoi s , Ju ne

1 6 . 1 8 t h . 7, 9 They had ree children Al ice Scranton Dav is l l . W e . married Dr . E y y Andrews . Of Chi cago Davi d Davi s

M l l enish married Edith El izabeth e . Mercer Davis married

Dorothy Phelps .

1 82 . Wil l iam Harri son Hanna was born October 5 , 3

6 1 8 0 t K illed by l ightn ing Augu st , 7 , in B looming on , Il l i noi s . Married Frances Mary Stipp , who wa s born S eptem

0 1 2 2 2 1 8 . 8 . ber 3 , Died December 3 . 93 There were two W n ch ildren . George Stipp Hanna , and ill iam Claibor e

1 8 1 . 8 . Hanna , who married Lou ise H Weldon ,

T ff 1 82 homas Je erson Hanna , born Augu st 5 . 5 ; married

Mary Jane Bol ton . There were fou r children . Robert B ar

low , Joseph Allen , Frankl in Lee , and Marietta , who married

Dr . Richard Newhou se , o f Frank fort . Indiana .

1 82 2 2 8 . George Washington Hanna . born June , D ied

1 86 . August 3 , 7

r 1 6 1 8 0 . David G raem Hanna . J . , born S eptember . 3

1 1 1 8 888 . Catherine Marv Hanna , born 3 . died M arried I 34 T H E H OU SE OF H A N NA .

\ wh o l l ison Hughs . died , leaving three children , N elson ,

John and Porter Hughs . M arried a second time to Thomas

Jones .

1 8 . Captain Joseph Madi son Hanna , born 33 Died Pebru

2 2 1 862 . a r y . . from wound received at Fort Donel son

1 Captain Jonathan L ittlej ohn H anna was born i n 83 5 .

Married Madel ine Smith . Both died , leaving fou r children ,

Cora . M adi son . Jessica and H iram . Al l are dead .

" V - NI K I N N E Y FA M I LY OF DA I D GRA E M H A N NA M ARY .

t M c Kinne . o David G Hanna marri ed Mary y , ten ch il

dren . I — st Mahal a Hanna married to J . Ferman Dickerson , T h h il D l r t t L u e a . . a eO u s . o u as s c a three children p L b g F . A

. Dickerson Douglass and Lau retta were tw ins . Dou glass ,

deceased . Lau retta married Samuel Blew . three children , V Vilkie Annie . and Otto . Annie married Frankl in Cromwell . n o e . n o t . child . Guv Sons married — 2 d James M c L ain Hanna married to El i zabeth Su san

B t M r E m m a . a u r o n b a c Bu rton . fou r ch ildren Graem . y J . dE dwar d R . S . Hanna . B u rton G . Hanna marri ed L ina

Beauchamp . five ch i ldren . Charl es . Bu rton . H arry . David and

. bM ar Blanch Blanch deceased . y J . Hanna married Gr ay James . fou r chil dren . James . B urton . El i zabeth and

Emmalena Katharine . Emma R . Hanna . married Henry

O ver h au l ser . two children . Edward and Marv ( ! u een )

O v er h au l ser . Second marriage to George Sherman . three

child ren . Bernie Sherman . Eleanor and Hubert .

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G . Hanna to Emma Rose , no fam ily .

n t . eA r t h u r . o B Hanna . married

f am es Dar l ie J Hanna to Catharine S malley , two children ,

Kenneth and Arthu r Hanna .

Bes s ie . g Hanna . u nmarried h h o se . J p A lonzo Hanna . single iE h l t e . Hanna married to H enry S unman , no fam ily

— r i 1 9t h Iantha M isso u a Hanna died March 1 3 905 .

t li — I o . Sarah Ann Hanna , unmarried

Names o f those who have occupied positions w here Gov er nm ent o r municipal money was given i n retu rn for labor \V e w ill no t repeat the names of those whose positions have al read y been described .

Robert Ervin Hanna . Ju stice of the Peace .

Alexander Templeton . County Su rveyor . Here I wil l narrate an anecdote that i s i llu st rat ive of the man y difficulties that the young stu dent had to su rmount i n

fo r u nfo r t u n h i s quest knowl edge in those days . In some ate m anner his slate had been shattered to atom s and ‘ he coul d — nowhere procu re another . H e had a competent teacher not al wa y s obtainabl e—and was deepl y engrossed in the study

fo r of surve y ing . So . a fter revolving the matter in h is mind

o l d a whil e . he went out i nto the meadow to the pl ace where

v er v o l d thei r large horse had di ed . and pi cking up the sku l l he retu rned to the hou se and w ith the u se o f ' sawand kni fe “ he soon had a fine smooth tabl et cut from the jawbone o f

t r i o no m a horse . upon wh ich he solved h i s probl ems in g et r y and su rve y ing .

. f . o J Ferman Dickerson Justice the Peace . qual ified De N A 1 T H E I I O U S E O F I I A N . 37

f 1 8 0 . c em ber 1 8 . o 5 . 45 Expi ration term November 5 , 5

Su ret y , David Graem Hanna . Bond ,

o f . John Ferman Dickerson , Ju stice the Peace ! ual ified

60 o f 2 0 1 86 . 1 8 . March 5 , Expiration service February , 4

Su rety , Samu el B . Fry . Bond , Again qual ified

2 o f 2 0 1 868 . 1 86 . April 4 , 4 Expiration term February ,

Phi l ip Fry , su ret y . Bond ,

\V il liam A rk7 et o f Flood , Tru stee Cu rry township , Sul l i van County , Ind iana .

Robert Du dley Templeton , Treasu rer Frankl in County ,

Ind iana .

- - Br o o kbank i f T . Fenton ( son n l aw o D . C . empleton )

Captain i n the army i n the Civi l War .

Sarah A . Hanna , teacher in publ ic school s , Frankl in ,

Union and Su l l ivan counties .

Mrs . Mary ( H anna ) Gray , teacher of mu sic . Su ll ivan

Cou nty .

H elen M . Flood , teacher i n publ ic schools , Sul livan

County .

M isso u r ia o f Iantha Hanna , matron Frankl in County

’ ear Children s Home . Seven y term . Sarah A . Hanna her secretary .

Estella C . Flood , teacher i n publ ic schools in Su ll ivan ,

Frankl in and Vigo cou nties .

’ a h Montana Hanna , assist nt i n C il dren s Home for seven

- S u erviso r es years . Then Din ing room p s at East Haven I n Insane Hospital three years . Trans ferred to Lakeland

i - u er vis o r ess sane Hospital n Kentucky . Dining room S p

o fou r years . She then entered the splendid As y l um f B each

H u rst at N ew Albany as an attendant . Her term was short . 1 38 T H E HOUSE O F H A N NA .

having given up the work to assume the care o f a home of

o wn . her . and Charles M osier for a l i fe companion O rris G . Cru ikshank . teacher in publ ic schools and later , chosen as Rail road Su rgeon , M . D .

Bertha M . Cru ikshank , teacher i n publ ic schools . Also

teacher Of piano music in Frankl in and Union counties .

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Cha rl es Lew i s . teacher , then President of Moore s H il l

o f W o College and later , President the State Universi ty of y ming .

: Charles Hanna , expert food tester , St . Lou is , Missou ri

w . Nannie Ste art . teacher publ ic school , South Carol ina a Thomas J . Templeton served in Civil War from st rt to

fini sh . D Boa rdman Stewart . M . . . South Carol ina .

Katie Templeton . teacher in publ ic school s Un ion Cou n

Ki t r i k . M c t c M rs Nannie Templeton , postmistress at H il l

side . Sou th Carol ina .

S u er vis o r es s Mar y Templeton Kell y . p of a Preparator y

W . . Civil Service School . ashington , D C

. 1 06 Leila Stewart , teacher Thi s w inter ( 9 ) taught at

Cowpens . South Carol ina , near her home . \ J . Vister Stewart . County Su rve y or . South Carolina . \V il l iam Harry Cru ikshank , teacher and civil engineer .

Rail road construction a specialty .

. of o f F rank L Littleton . attorne y . Speaker the Hou se

1 - 1 0 Representatives in 899 90 .

r General Robert Hanna . J . . contra ctor for a section of

1 8 1 the great National Road . 3 .

M ar y Hanna B irch . teacher in Indianapol i s school s .

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died o n a river boat en route hom e from a wound received at Fort Donel son . Captain Jonathan Littlej ohn Hanna was i n the Eleventh

Indiana In fantr y and . though wounded , l ived many years a fter the Civi l \Var was over .

r Captain Robert Hanna , J . , was educated at West Point . A Served w ith the S ixth Caval ry , U . S . . , many years an d a fter reti rement o n account of ill health was expert tester of proj ectiles at Sag Harbor , Long Island .

-at - Charles Hanna . Attorney Law , Indianapol i s .

-at - Joseph Hanna . Attorney Law , Delph i , Indiana .

Robert Kane , Postmaster at Brookville , Indiana .

Enoch B . Hanna , Engineer . I N D E X .

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C erti fi c at e Ch ap t er I I I Ch ap t er IV — Ch ap t er V Lay i ng O u t t h e T o wn o f Bro o k vi l l e Ch ap t er VI

P o rtrai t M ary Leo nard H anna — Ch ap t er VI I T h e C o u rt s o f F rank l i n C o u nt y ( 1 41 ) T H E H OUSE OF H A N NA .

— C h apt er VI I I J ail s 69

E art h q u ak es 70 — Ch apt er IX General M u s t er 73 — Ch apt er X A J o k e 79 — Ch apt er XI I nd i ana A d m itt ed as a S tat e 82 — Ch apt er XI I T h e Bel l i g erent s 89

— n M n 91 Ch apt er XI I I Lawyers and Pro m ine t P u b l i c e .

Ch ap t er XIV 95 Ch apt er V 98

F ac S i m i l e Let t er T h o m as J effers o n 1 05

’ 1 1 O l d S wo rd in Po s s es s i o n o f Pinc k ney H anna s H ei rs . . — Ch ap t er XV I T h e Bro o k vi l l e Land O ffi c e 1 1 4

F rac ti o nal T o wns h i p s 1 1 5

A S ad H o m ec o m i ng 1 1 5 — Ch apt er XVI I A C l o u d Ari s i ng 1 1 7

H ard T i m es 1 1 8

’ J u d g e J o h n H anna s G rav e M ar k ed 1 2 3

G eneal o g y

Child ren o f J o h n H annah and S arah J o nes

Chi l dren o f J o nes H anna-P et er y

Chi ld ren o f J o h n T em p l et o n and M ary H anna — F am i ly o f J o s ep h H anna S arah A d air — F am ily o f J o h n H i t c h K ath ari ne H anna — F am i ly o f R o b ert H anna S ar ah M o wery

— ’ F am i ly o f D avi d Graem H anna M ary M K inney