Early Settlers of Woodford County

From the book "Past and Present of Woodford County, Illinois 1878." This list was, in turn, taken from a work entitled “Old Settlers’ History of Woodford County” by Professor Radford of Eureka College.

Any supplemental information on these early settlers would be appreciated.

This data was transcribed and donated by Amy Robbins-Tjaden

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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Germantown	Samuel Back	1834
	Simon GROVE	1833		Biography
	Rev. Zadock Hall	1833
	Charles Molitor	1835
	Peter Muler	1832
	John Sharp	1830
	John F. Smith	1830
	Thomas Sunderland	1834
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Low Point	Morgan Buckingham	--
	Thomas Jones	1834
	Parker Morse	1835
	Isaac Moulton	1835	Indiana	Biography
	Rev. James Owens	1835
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Mackinaw	F. Dixon	1835
	Gershom Harvey	1825
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Metamora	Cornelius Banta	1831		Father?
	David Banta	1831		Father?
	Peter Engle, Sr.	1833	Germany, via France and Pennsylvania	Mentioned in son's biography
	George Kingston	1825	Ireland, via Pennsylvania	Biography
	Humphrey Leighton	1835
	C. P. Mason	1835
	John Page, Sr.	1834	New Hampshire	Biography
	Solomon Sowards	1823
	William Sowards	1823
	John Verkler	1833
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Panther Creek	_____ Bilberry	1828
	Adam Henthorne	--
	William McCord	1831	North Carolina via Tennessee	Mentioned in son's biography
	James Rayburn	--
	Rev. James Robeson	1835
	Aaron Richardson	1831
	James M. Richardson	1831
	Amasa Stout	1828
	Joseph Wilkerson	--	Indiana	Biography
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Panther Creek Area	John Armstrong	--
	James S. McCord
	Basil Meek	1832	Kentucky via Indiana	Mentioned in son's biography
	Noel Meek	1832
	Campbell Moore	1830
	Josiah Moore	1830
	William C. Moore	--
	Rev. Amos Watkins	1830
	Warren Watkins	1830
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Partridge Creek	Benjamin Williams	1827
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Partridge Point	Christian Smith	1833
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Spring Bay	Joseph Belsley	1831	France	Biography
	Rowland Crocker	1828	New York	Biography
	Hiram Curry	1829
	Jesse Dale	1829		Biography
	“Widow” Donohue	1829
	Charles Fielder	1827
	George Hopkins	1829
	William Hoshor	1830
	William Hunter	1835
	George Kingston (Later settled in Metamora)	1823	Ireland, Pennsylvania	Biography
	David Matthews	1829
	Phineas Shottenkirk	1831	New York City, NY	Biography
	David Snyder	1834
	Isaac Snyder	1834
	John Snyder	1834
	John Stephenson	1824
	Peter Snyder	1834
	Richard Williams	1829
	Jacob Wilson	1828
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Spring Bay Area	William Blanchard	1822
	Wm. (or Geo.) Blaylock	1819
	Horace Creeker	--
	Austin Crocker	1824
	____ Dillon	--
	_____ Gingerich	--
	Louis Guibert	1833	France	Biography
	William Philips	1823
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Walnut Creek	Matthew Blair	1830
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Community	Settler	Year Settled	Settled From	Links to Biography	Links to Cemetery
Walnut Grove	Daniel Allison	1831
	William Atteberry	1829
	Jonathan Baker	1826
	James Bird	1829
	John Bird	1827
	Robert Bird	1829
	William Bird	1830
	Isaac Black	1831
	Matthew Bracken	1829
	M. R. Bullock	1834
	Thomas Bullock	1835	Kentucky	Biography
	John Butcher	1831
	Cooley Curtis	1831
	Rev. Wm. Davenport	1834
	Caleb Davidson	1831
	John Davidson	1829
	Daniel Deweese	1830
	Thomas Deweese	1830
	Thomas Deweese	1832
	Elijah Dickinson	1835
	Joseph Dillon	1824
	John Dowdy	1829
	James Harlan	1832
	Thomas Kincade	1833
	Rev. Ben. Major	1833
	Joseph Martin	1829
	Daniel Meek	1826		south of Walnut Grove
	Henry Meek	1830
	Joseph Meek	1830
	James Mitchell	1833
	Charles Moore	1826
	Rev. John Oatman	1830
	Nathan Owen	1829
	Allen Patrick	1829
	Eli Patrick	1829
	Benj. J. Radford	1834
	Daniel Travis	1831
	Solomon Tucker	1835
	_____ Wathen	1827
	Francis Willis	1831
	William R. Willis	1834
	Rev. Joshua Woosley	1831
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White Oak Grove
	James Benson	1831
	John Benson	1831
	William Benson	1831
	Jonah Brown	1833
	Reubin Carlock	1833
	Winton Carlock	1833
	Jacob Ellis	1833
	John Harbert	1829
	Samuel Kirkpatrick	1831
	Rev. Abner Peeler	--
	James V. Phillips	--	Tennessee	Biography
	Robert Philips	1828
	Samuel Philips	1828
	Lewis Stephens	1830
	Rev. Lewis Stover	1832
	James Vance	1835	Kentucky	Biography
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