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of Bent Creek (ened thas vat ent city of Delphi), on the 31st day of December, 1824. Shortly after Benj. D. Angell and several others followed him. Previows to the arrival of Mr. Robinson the Quakers, from the neighborhood of Richmond, Indiana, had selected that por tion of the “Wabash Territory,” now constitutes Carroll County, “Friends” settlement. They had marked out various improvements they intended to make, selected mill-sites, c. Their town was to have been built on the southern bank of Deer Creek. They made a mistake in regard to the order in which the land was to be sold, or else ‘*thee’’ and “thou” would now have been the most predominant pronouns in this city. The land sale took place at Crawfordsville, in the year 1824. There were only six families in the county when a boat, containing five families, belong ing to the late Daniel Baum, found its way up Deer Creek. The boat was de stroyed in the spring of 1826 by the ice flood. A saw mill was raised in May or June, 1826, on the site where Roach's mill now stands. All the men in the set tlement, from Wild Cat to Rock Creek, and some from a greater distance, were at the raising. They numbered 28; the men of Carroll County have never all met at ed running in the September following, soon after a pair of small millstones were put in operation at the same place, and called by the settlers Robinson's “ corn cracker.’ There was more rejoicing at the erection of this mill than there will be at the completion of the Indianapolis, Delphi Chicago Railroad. The near est grist mills before this was erected were at Lafayette and Crawfordsville. About the time these mills were put into opera tion the settlement received a large in stallment of emigrants, among whom were Messrs. Atkinson, McDowell, John Kins, and Gen. Samuel Milroy (father of Gen. R. H. Milroy), and others. The Legislature, at the session of 1827-8, granted the privilege of forming a new county,to which the name of “Car roll’’ was given. Some time in the spring of 1828 the organization was ef fected, and the following officers elected Clerk and Recorder, D. F. Vandeventer; Associate Judges, Isaac Griffith and Christopher McComb; Sheriff, Henry B Milroy; County Commissioners, Jacob Baum, Graham Roberts, and Aaron Hicks. Four sites were offered as a lo cation for the county seat. After much opposition, which has not entirely sub sided yet, the one offered by W. Wilson, upon which Delphi now stands, was se lected. The town was laid off by the first county surveyor, Aaron Dewey, ap pointed by Gov. Ray, and Gen. 8. Milroy, we believe gave it the classic name of ‘Delphi. The first sale of lots took place August 11, 1828. Very few were sold, and those at a low price. A post office was established April 3, 1828, and Abner Robinson was the first postmaster ;his father, Henry Robinson, was the first Justice of the Peace elected in the coun ty. Early in the same year the First Presbyterian Church was organized by Rev. James Crawford, who officiated one half of his time here and the other half at Lafayette, alternately. The early settlers lived very contented ! She of old settlers of Carroll County, on the 9th day of June, 1855, organized a society for social rnsue h the courtesy and ssnepene of Dr. Jas. H. Stewart, Covenary of the above c mentiod society, we are indebted for the above feote regar ‘to the early set ters of Carroll County. John Mil ler Robert took the frost was Phe was in the p head of cat ght; Robin tly froz. hard at to thaw s then, TS28y Covered? un 0x, WHINE plam-bushes, heel In the fear 1827 «Dr. ‘ picke’ blackberries where the Court house now stands, and all around where the busiest portions of the city now are.. W. Hughes has often killed deer on which is now the public ground a bee-tree just below: the county jail now stands. A few is still lingered in the for some time after the fall and‘are p have departed snar ing at the white codice usurpere of their domains, and raccoons were also found and im great numbers. D. Harter says geatly came with in twenty steps of his cabin door, and that at a time he had no gun — Rattlesnakes wee abundant. 1% were killed in a Odell's house, stories told by apes We find that Knosh C , a small store, in the spring of 1827, where Kessler's bat pow is, also that F. D. Vandeventer kept store in a room of Daniel Baum's house; the Clerk’s office was kept in the same room until a log . The ink in the brick building on the south-west corner of the public square, now occupied as a gunsmith s shop; this is said to have been the first brick building erected in the county. The first school in the county was taught by Sarah B. Robinson, in the first house built in the county, during the summer of 1824. John Milroy was one of her pupils, and says she once whipped him with a googe-quill—that was before John had learned the “manly art.’— Many men, however, have been whipped with a similar Weapon, though, perhaps, applied in a different manner The first Methodist society, in this county, was organized by Rev. Henry P. Buell, during the latter part of the year 1827, and conseted of nine members.— The Dunker Church was organized, about the same time, by Rev. Peter Eyman, who, having no Church building, preach ed in the settlers’ cabins. According to the census, taken by Dr. Stewart, in March, 1831, here was only 25 families residing in Delphi. The total population being 138, and the number of voters 41. Dr. Ewing said he had often visited and prescribed for fity patients’ in one day and night’ A tolerable good day's work. Also, that he often visited fami lies in which not one was able to give another a drink and he often had to coed for them! Rather sickly times. In 1827 there were five single men, at one time, clearing land on the banks of a small creek, from which circumstance it received, and is now known by the name of, “ Bachelor's Run.” Thomas Gillem cleared his first nine acres in a rather novel manner. He got a young man to climb to the top of the trees, where he commenced lopping off the branches and so continued down, Mr. G. burning them as they fell. A Mr. Wells took a rather dangerous method to finish his cabin. He got on top of the cabin for the purpose of saw ing off the end of a log that projected some four or five feet, he sat down on it and commenced sawing,soon it broke off, threw him to the ground, and nearly killed him. Concluded on Fourth Page. FOLLOWs All Residents of Carroll, Tipr- Lich A. E. PIERCE, Special Reiat: In the St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Co. ASSETTS, 333,619,670. And others, — in all Lares of $140,000. This Company, now in its Eleventh ant tha aed bed olicy hol fapeal Tuoome exceeds Swnae pend sea and $500,000 to Pel svepepas Alt Petes 3 ee $900, Segenent. ane this Company before Insuring e. peo other Company. E. W. H. BECK, M. D., Medical Examiner. A. E. PIERCE, Agent, Delpai, John Fouts. vs 3,000 Als Ba Carter, Bi orehouse, w tock Anna Jam fr, Powers,. at vA ith ei din trol rong a vs 2eoe 10,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 * 000 5,000 3, 3,000 3,000 - 000 al ing, urr, ae John nee, J.W or ? Seeee, C.J ey ett, ‘$ tes nox, ae eee, alte pte oo hae wareer 0 ee eeee dee Geneee 63,000 3,000 3,000 2,000 2,000 6,000 re di C. B. Monroe, J ORGS, ..... +eee ® Whitehail, . Wh... DP, Bass, gas 9 ees eon seeeek ® seee eee entre ee @tee del Bigok as 3 A. BR Pilis,
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Delphi Oracle
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