Graham, Indiana

One of the first settlers in the southern part of the township -was William Williams. He came from Virginia and settled in the township about 1800. He was with Gen. Harrison at Tippecanoe and received a slight wound. He owned a small farm and, like many pioneers, he made shoes for his own family. The sons of William Williams were Thomas, Joseph, Eben and Jesse; the former was born in 1805 and is still living. He has resided nearly all his life on the northwest quarter of Donation 30. The sons all settled in the same vicinity. Joseph, brother of William, also lived in the same neighborhood. John McCoy, who lived about one mile south of Thomas Williams, was killed at Tippecanoe, but his family remained in the same neighborhood for many years. William Welton settled the farm and cleared a part of the land in Donation 30, previous to 1800. John Welton, Sr., settled that portion of 31 where John Welton now resides. There were two other brothers, Ebenezer and William. George McClure settled on Donation 29, where he built a horse-mill and also a small still-house. Isaac Pureed came to the county from Virginia about 1790. Louisville was then unknown. He settled on Location 28. Noah Pureed also settled the adjoining donation ; William, elsewhere mentioned, settled near Bruceville, and Andrew settled where PurceU's Station now is, on the Evansville & Terre Haute Eailroad. In Donation 28 Pureed formerly had a small water-mill and still-house, also for a time a tanyard. George W. Pureed was murdered on December 26, 1862, by four men on the farm where Daniel Fox now lives. Samuel Emison was one of the pioneer settlers of Palmyra; he lived in the vicinity of Pureed; he was a farmer and was surveyor for a time. David and John McCord were also among the early settlers of Palmyra. John Hogue opened a farm a little east of the Pureed neighborhood. David McClure lived near Emison's. Samuel Langdon bought the lands in Donations 68 and 53 in 1807.

Passage source: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886.

River. John Baptiste Frichette, a lot of twenty-five toises, one side to Hamilton and another to Vigo. Charles Lacoste, a piece of land two acres front by the usual depth, one side to Lacoste and another to Eiendo ; a lot twenty-eight toises square, and house thereon. The widow and children of Nicholas Cardinal, a lot twenty-six toises square, one side to Widow Tranbulle and another to Peter Queret; a lot in the village, twenty-five toises, one side to Bonneau and another to the domain ; a tract of . land two acres by forty, one side to Berthuit and the other to Godere. Peter Queret, a lot in the village, one side to his father and another to M. Vigo. The widow of Antoine Lefevre, a lot of eighteen toises, five feet by twenty-four toises, five feet, one side to Bonneau and another to Vaudrye ; a tract of two acres in front and the usual depth, in the Little Prairie, one side to Racine and the other to Crepeaux. Joseph Perredeau, a lot twenty-five toises, one side to Trudel and another to Bonneau. Joseph Perredeau, the younger, a lot of twenty-five toises, one side to Johnston and three sides to streets. Andrez Monplesir, two acres in front and usual depth, near the Cathilinette, one side to Lamotte, fronting on the river ; a lot twenty-five toises by three streets, and a barn thereon, granted by St. Marie ; also a lot twenty-five toises, one side to Bergen, and fronting two streets, formerly belonging to Brouillette. The children of Andrew Pelliere, two acres in front by the ordinary depth, by lands of Diri ; a lot twenty-five toises, one side to Astringus and another to J. B. Richard. The widow of Charles Lefevre, two acres in front by the usual depth, in the prairie of Cathilinette, bounding on lands of Dubras, called the Italian ; a lot in the village, bounded by M. Vigo and three streets. James Latrimouille, two acres in front by the usual depth, at the Nut Point, one side to Vaudrye and the other to Coder; a lot of twenty-five by twenty-four toises, one side to Dagnet and another to Drouet.

Passage source: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886.

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