by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
In 1825, Edmund Faherty, built a “horse band mill” two miles north of the mill established by William Nelson in 1812. From the large number of such mills, one would conclude that their capacity to produce was rather small or that there were more settlers...
by Carolyn Whitaker | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
The history of Perry and Randolph Counties would be incomplete without a sketch of the Elliott family. They are the descendants of English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Members of the family came to America prior to the Revolutionary War. William Preston Elliott, the...
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
John Edgar was an officer in the British Navy during the Revolutionary War. He married an American wife who was an able person and much devoted to the cause of the colonists. This attitude on the part of his wife must have greatly influenced Edgar, for we shortly find...
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
Large families were not so unusual in pioneer days. One pioneer, upon being asked how he managed to feed so many, answered – “Every mouth brings two hands.” Benjamin Craine brought many hands when he came with seven sons in 1802 to settle on Mary’s...
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
The French name of Grand Cote was given to the prairie in the northeastern part of the county. It was on this prairie that John Coulter settled in 1822. Around his place a small village grew up and for a time was known as Grand Cote. When the town was platted in 1850,...
by David McKelvey | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
In 1839, the Cole Brothers began construction of a flour mill. This business prospered, and milling began to be a principal industry. The Cole’s have left their imprint upon the town.
by David McKelvey | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
John Clendenin, a Revolutionary War Veteran, was also an early settler on the site of present day Chester. His son, James Clendenin, settled near Rockwood, where his descendants yet live.
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
The brothers Ichabod and George Camp might be termed frontiersmen. In 1782 they came to Randolph County where they settled near the mouth of a creek that now bears their name and opened a small farm. Within a few years they felt that the country about them was...
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
The people about Sparta early assumed a leadership in the making of tools and implements used by the settlers. A. A. Burlingame set up to make wagons in nearby Eden. He soon began to make plows and in 1866 moved to Sparta. At that time he regularly employed nine men...
by Carolyn Whitaker | Feb 7, 2014 | Biographies
John B. Burk, leaving his family in Tennessee, came to Shiloh Hill community in 1827, and built a log house. After completing the house, he fastened his two dogs in it with a plentiful supply of cornmeal and water. He then set out for Tennessee to bring his wife and...
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