The first improvements in this Township were made by Fisher Petty, on Section 15, in the year 1825. Mr. Nicholson
came about the same time. Joseph and Robert Hoodin, Wm. Bins, Wm. Butler and Robert Richardson were also very early
settlers. None of the early settlers are now living in this Township, they are either dead or have moved away.
William Ward and Nancy Shinn were the first children born. Nancy moved to California in 1850, and William Ward
emigrated to Texas many years ago, and was hanged there by the outlaws of that country in 1862, because he would
not join the rebellion. David Rogers was the first Justice of the Peace. J. S. Roberts was the first Supervisor.
The Rev. John Garrison, of the Christian church, preached the first sermon, at the house of Robert Goodin. The
first marriage was that of Geo. Williams to Miss Nancy Nicholson, the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Divid
Hubbard. The first school house was built on Sec. 7, it was a log cabin, and Mr. Morrow was the first teacher,
(in 1827). The first church was built in 1839, on Sec. 18, by the Presbyterians and called the "Bethel."
Martinsburg was very heavily timbered and considerably broken, the soil is well beded with limestone, and is better
adapted for farming and growing fruit than it is for raising stock. It is beginning to be very well improved and
has some very good farmers.
MARTINSBURG SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business |
Nativity |
When came to Co. |
| Aiton, Thomas | Sec. 11 | Physician | Scotland | 1848 |
| Ancell, E. F. | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Virginia | 1863 |
| Baker, Elliot | Sec. 9 | Farmer | Illinois | 1844 |
| Barton, M. A. | Sec. 34 | Farmer | Missouri | 1864 |
| Bemis, Aaron | Sec. 18 | Farmer | MA | 1835 |
| Brittain, John | Sec. 4 | Farmer | NC | 1830 |
| Brown, A. J. | Sec. 6 | Farmer | WV | 1831 |
| Browning, Wm. C | Sec. 34 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1830 |
| Burnham, Elijah | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Connecticut | 1840 |
| Butler, Joshua, | Martinsburg | Farmer | Kentucky | 1828 |
| Capps, Martin | Sec. 22 | Farmer | East TN | 1847 |
| Capps, S. D. | Sec. 32 | Farmer | Missouri | 1832 |
| Cline, Oliver G. | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Illinois | 1848 |
| Cooper, John H | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Illinois | 1836 |
| Deal, Wm. H | New Hartford | Merchant | Ohio | 1853 |
| Dillon, John | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Ireland | 1854 |
| Dufflield, B. T. | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Indiana | 1848 |
| Duffield, J. M. | Sec. 10 | Farmer | Indiana | 1847 |
| Duffield, James | Sec. 10 | Farmer | SC | 1847 |
| Duffield, W. J. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Indiana | 1847 |
| Dyer, W. H. | New Hartford | Merchant | Washington City | 1864 |
| Ellis, James H. | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Illinois | 1842 |
| Goodin, James | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Illinois | 1831 |
| Goodin, Robert H | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1845 |
| Grabael, John W | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Indiana | 1861 |
| Grassle, Francis | Sec. 1 | Farmer | Germany | 1865 |
| Harlow, H. D. | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Virginia | 1836 |
| Hassell, Joseph | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Philadelphia | 1839 |
| Headington, Norman | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Ohio | 1860 |
| Hemenway, M. H | Sec. 22 | Constable | New York | 1846 |
| Howing, Wm. | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Germany | 1853 |
| Hoyt, C. G. | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Vermont | 1855 |
| James, George | Sec. 3 | Farmer | England | 1852 |
| James, W. B. | Sec. 8 | Farmer | England | 1852 |
| Little, Thomas | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Ireland | 1848 |
| Lynn, Wm. | Sec. 34 | Farmer | Ohio | 1859 |
| McCleery, R. H. | Sec. 36 | Farmer | Indiana | 1856 |
| McClintock, I. N | Sec. 3 | Physician | Illinois | 1842 |
| McClintock, James H | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Illinois | 1839 |
| McClintock, R. A | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Tennessee | 1827 |
| McClintock, W. A. | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Tennessee | 1838 |
| Miller, J. J. W | Sec. 15 | Minister | NC | 1834 |
| Miller, Richard | Sec. 21 | Farmer | England | 1848 |
| Miller, S. G. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Ohio | 1845 |
| Miller, Samuel G | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Ohio | 1845 |
| Moore, J. C. | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Maine | 1855 |
| Pease, A. | Martinsburg | Merchant | New York | 1837 |
| Petty, James M. | Sec. 12 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1830 |
| Petty, W. T. F. | Sec. 12 | Farmer | Illinois | 1841 |
| Pollard, Henry | Sec. 16 | Farmer | England | 1856 |
| Priestley, Geo. P | Sec. 13 | Farmer | England | 1859 |
| Roberts, Lafayette | Sec. 34 | Farmer | Ohio | 1840 |
| Rogers, G. W. | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1833 |
| Rowley, Geo. W | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1841 |
| Rowley, John A. | Sec. 31 | Farmer | St. Charles Co., MO | 1830 |
| Schwartz, Julius | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Illinois | 1844 |
| Shanton, W. M. | Sec. 8 | Farmer | Ohio | 1842 |
| Shaw, Henry B | Sec. 19 | Farmer | MA | 1836 |
| Shaw, Henty L. | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1837 |
| Slade, J. W. | New Hartford | Physician | Scott Co., KY | 1853 |
| Smith, Scepter | New Hartford | Physician | New York | 1867 |
| String, D. D. | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1838 |
| Sullivan, C. | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Ireland | 1837 |
| Varney, J. N. | Sec. 17 | Farmer | New York | 1858 |
| Waggoner, Daniel | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Missouri | 1844 |
| Woolfolke, J. S. | Sec. 5 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1864 |
| Zumwalt, A. J. | Martinsburg | Farmer | Missouri | 1847 |