Sketches of Early Events in Slaughter and Washington Counties
The narrative recounts early court activity in Slaughter county Iowa Territory and Washington county history around 1837 1839. It details court sessions at John Goble’s house near Astoria and later in Washington with Judge Joseph Williams and Thomas Baker, plus grand juries, cases of trespass and a US fraud indictment, and notes on pioneer surveying hardships and Indian interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
N. Littler
Washington County Gazette
Slaughter
Joseph Willams
Muscatine
Towatory
Thomas Baker
David Goble
Astoria
Goble
Our
Francis Springer
Louisa County
Springer
Andrew Ferguson
Crawford Township
Slaughter County
West Fork
Crooked Creek
Washington
Mr. Terry
Richard Moore
Wm G. Stewart
Brighton
Pow-e-sheik
Washington City
Ke, Kuk
Terry
Washington Township
Ewing
Iowa Territory
Joseph Williams
William W. Chapman
United States of America
Venice
Territory
Wis
John W. Neil
Crawfordsville
Sweet
Williams
Bist Court
Wm. B. Thompson
Wm. Ayres
Thomas Wilson
David Goble Sr
Wm. Basey
Matthew Moorhead
John W. Neal
Thomas Ritehey
Abraham Huleck
John Hulock
William Ll. Harvey
Nathan Griffith
George Parks
John Grimsley
Rrison Goble
Daniel Powe
David Goble, Jr
John M
John Gri Man
Wm. Conneriff
Joseph Field
Dennis Marks
Stone, Field & Marks
Milo Halcomb
Halcomb
Reuben Hiatt
Holcomb
Furter
Wm. G. Woodward
District of
Henry
Ralph P. Lowe
H. A. Stone
William Conner
Westley Rumble
United States
Lester
Lester Wallis
Musquitine
Wallis
Fort Madison
Musquitine County
Col. E. B. Dolins Esq
Washington Democrat
Our Town
I. A. Keck
Sigourney National Bank
Mr. Bolens
Joseph Neal
Joseph B. Davis
Nathan Baker
John B. Houston
Almon Moore
John Crill
Milo Holcomb
Pitt
East Fork
John Buckhanon
William Mire
Colwell Neil
M. Moorhead
Asa Webster
John Neil
Joel Long
John Brier
Jesse Hiatt
John Wasson
R. B. Davis
John O'Laughlin
L. A. Houston
Isaac Waldrip
Jeremiah Grent
Abham Owen
Cyrus Cox
Thomas Houston
Wesley Rumble
Joel P. Bbnr
James
M. Clarke
Louisa
Legislative Assembly
House of Representatives
Souter
House
Daniel Brewer
Jacob Mintum
Louis County
Nathbirn Baker
S. P. Teeple
Morgan Hart
Hart
J. B. Davis
John Jackson
Joseph B. Rodgers
Joseph Patterson
Jeremiah Buford
George H. Stone
Theodore Temple
John Duke
William Ayres
Luke Teeple
N. G. Livermore
Win
la. Harvey
Ephraim B. Hughs
Joseph Basey
First court at Washington Iowa and early town lots
The record details the Wallis jury verdict and dismissals, then recounts the first court in 1838 39 at Washington Iowa with jurors named and the sale of town lots. It notes future governors and judges who participated and describes early county officers and the founding of Washington including the Adams settlement and crude housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Square
First National Bank
Hugh Smith
Messrs. Wallace & Knox
Bryson House
Everson
R. Z. McDill
First United Presbyterian Church
Legislative Assembly
Washington
Joseph Adams
Quincy’ Adams
Adams
Perry County
Ohio
Jesse Ashby
Wilsons
Town
Jefferson Streets
DeLong
Crooked Creek
Brighton Road
County History Sketches Progress Report
Chapter 10 notes the aim to present official records on the county's early history as the sketches continue, acknowledging that full completion may fall short but will be pursued to the best of the publisher's ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaughter County
Brighton Holiday Roundup Notes Local Visitors
Mrs Newton Bennett and her son visit from Marshalltown for the holidays. Geo McClintic, recovering from a hip fracture, returns home from Washington hospital. Mrs K M Elmore visits daughter in Rockford. Mrs James Harris and Miss Janie Harris visit daughter Mrs FE Rudolph. Helen Vanerus returns home from Archer for Christmas break. Scarlet fever prompts early school dismissal. E B Bennett returns from Oskaloosa to Fairfield. Lester Jackson and Don Reed of Clifton Kansas visit relatives here. Fairfield shoppers include multiple Lechner, Harris and Kientz family members. Dr G W Taylor and wife plan Florida winter stay. doctor’s parents live there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. McClintic
Washington Hospital
K. M. Elmore
Albert Thurston
Rockford
James Harris
Janie
Richland
FE. S. Rudolph
Helen Vanerus
Archer
E. B. Bennett
Bruce Fox
Oskaloosa
Lester Jackson
Don Reed
Clifton Kansas
Mr. Jackson
Walter Heyde
Henry Lechner
James’ Harris
Janie Harris
E. S. Rudolph
Margaret Jean
Geo. Lechner
John Kientz
Otto Lamansky
Fairfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington County
J. L. L. Terry
W. L. D. Ewing
Illinois
Mississippi River
New Boston
Yelow Banks
Squire Milligan
Wapello
Milligan
Linn Grove
Bottor
Virginia Grove
Higbee
Iowa River
Jookinge
David Inwin
Wisconsin Territory
Consin
Joseph Buffington
Thomas Colwell
Nelson Ball
Henry Osborn
Harrison Goble
Joseph Dearborn
James Hall
Isaac Hall
M. D. Osborn
Oliver Sweet
Thomas Neil
Joseph Bean
Isaac Pence
David Osborn
Jeremiah Smith
Mesars
J. B. Teas & Bro
Mr. Pence
Ena Tire
George Stott
James Derson
Balaam Anderson
Wm. Forbes
Amos Ermbree
John Maulsby
Sam’ Bhair
John J. Jackson
Daniel Powers
Thomas Tucker
John D. Wood
Elizabeth Wood
Burlington
James W. Grimes
David Shawmaker
Nathan Bond
Baker M. Allender
Caboway
Elihu Hiatt
Oliver Wallace
Reily Garren
L. B. Hughs
George Roberts
Justice of the Peace
John Mowery
Justice Hinsman
Francis Thorn
John McClintock
Hinsman
Cise
J. W. Grimes
R. P. Lowe
Supreme Court
J. C. Hall
Grimes
Skunk River
Orson O. Kinsman
Walnut Creek
the Prairie
Robert Risk
Prairie
Simon P. Teeple
Bolens
Board of County Commissioners
Joseph Crill
J. M. Snyder
Caldwell Neil
Thomas M. Neil
Wm. Pomney
Town City
Newton Bennett
Little Son
Marshalltown
G. W. Taylor
Ft. Pierse
Florida