The first settlers in Pleasant Hill Township were brothers named Belus and Egbert Jones, in March, 1822. The first
death was of Paul Jones, about 1825. The first School House was erected in the year 1832, south of breaks of the
south of the Dry Fork of the Six Mile Creek. The first teacher was William Howell, in 1828. As there was no School
House at that time, his school was taught around among the cabins of the settlers. The first sermon was preached
by Rev. Stephen Ruddle, of the Christian denomination, in the year 1826. The Baptists erected the first church
in 1855, in the village of Pleasant Hill. The first Justice of the Peace was Felix Collard. The first Supervisor
was Thomas Barton. Pleasant Hill Township has but little prairie land in it. The clearings are very productive,
the soil being rich, and is well adapted to grain and stock raising. It is well watered with numerous springs,
and streams of pure lime-stone water.
PLEASANT HILL TWP. SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business |
Nativity |
When came to Co. |
| Briscoe, T. I. | Sec. 19 | Teacher | Illinois | 1845 |
| Buchanan, H. P. | Sec. 5 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1855 |
| Cannon, J. W. | Pleasant Hill | Miller | Pike Co., IL | 1847 |
| Cannon, S. R. | Pleasant Hill | Miller | Pike Co., IL | 1842 |
| Dodge, Clinton | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1831 |
| Dunaven, F. J. | Sec. 8 | Farmer | East VA | 1846 |
| Emert, Jacob | Pleasant Hill | Carpenter | Illinois | 1827 |
| Galloway, J. B. | Sec. 10 | Farmer | Pike Co., MO | 1831 |
| Galloway, S. H. | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Missouri | 1831 |
| Griffin, Edward | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Ohio | 1864 |
| Guiley, E. C. | Pleasant Hill | Shoemaker | Missouri | 1861 |
| Hand, Charles | Pleasant Hill | Railroad Man | New Jersey | 1857 |
| Hemphill, A. F. | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Missouri | 1835 |
| Huber, Jacob | Pleasant Hill | Trader | Pike Co., IL | 1838 |
| Jacobs, B. F. | ........... | Farmer | East VA | 1864 |
| Kendall, Lafayette | Pleasant Hill | Grocer | Ohio | 1853 |
| Logan, D. E. | Sec. 17 | Farmer | PA | 1857 |
| Lovell, A. J. | Pleasant Hill | Merchant | Missouri | 1856 |
| Mason, J. P. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Missouri | 1864 |
| Mitchell, Thos. J | Pleasant Hill | Miller | Pike Co., IL | 1835 |
| Moore, George W | Pleasant Hill | School Teacher | Missouri | 1861 |
| Moore, William | Pleasant Hill | Blacksmith | Kentucky | 1861 |
| Moore, Wm. R | Pleasant Hill | Wagon Maker | Missouri | 1861 |
| Ralston, B. | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1864 |
| Richardson, S. B. | Pleasant Hill | Grocery | Missouri | 1869 |
| Rickets, W. T. | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1853 |
| Sapp, John | Pleasant Hill | Grocery | Pike Co., IL | 1834 |
| Shelby, Isaac | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Tennessee | 1848 |
| Sitton, A. F. | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1846 |
| Sitton, James A. | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1837 |
| Sitton, John G. | Sec. 1 | Farmer | Tennessee | 1836 |
| South, J. H. | Pleasant Hill | Physician | Pike Co., MO | 1865 |
| Stark, Jno. P | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Shelby, KY | 1837 |
| Stone, Nathan | Sec. 14 | Farmer | East VA | 1853 |
| Thomas, J. A. | Pleasant Hill | Physician | East VA | 1849 |
| Thomas, S. S. | Pleasant Hill | Merchant | East VA | 1851 |
| Turner, Lawson | Sec. 16 | Farmer | East VA | 1839 |
| Venable, E. B. | Pleasant Hill | Justice of the Peace | Pike Co., MO | 1841 |
| Venable, James | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Missouri | 1841 |
| Weaver, Harmon | Sec. 1 | Farmer | Ohio | 1839 |
| Webster, Z. T. | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1842 |
| Wells, Perry | Sec. 7, 18 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1837 |
| Windmiller, Jacob | Sec. 10 | Farmer | Germany | 1834 |
| Yokem, A. D. | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Pike Co., MO | 1834 |
| Yokem, Henry | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Missouri | 1834 |
| Zerenberg, Francis L. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1837 |
| Zerenberg, Wm. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1843 |