This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Slusher, Dollahan, Gillmore, Wilkinson. Singleton Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1855 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1844: In 1844 one Slusher located at the foot of the bluff just south of Singleton.--Cowden 2.--1844: Slusher located at the foot of the bluff just south of Wilkinson's in 1844.--1881 Hist. of Fremont county, p. 511. 3.--1850: ORDERED to serve as petit jjror at the first District Court.--Minutes, Feb. 4, 1850. 4.--1850: Federal Census, State of Iowa, Fremont county Eli Slusher.....30.....b. KY Sarah.............29........Ind Adrian............9..........Ind Andrew...........7.........Ind Rosanna.........3.........Iowa Louisa...........5/12......Iowa Andrew Dollahan.....13.....Ind. Owen.....................26.....Ind 5.--1851: Appointed supervisor to open road Dist. #3.--Minutes, April 8, 1851. 6.--1851: ORDERED to serve as grand juror at the next term of District Court.--Minutes, April 8, 1851. 7.--1852: Fremont county Census, "Franklin township" Eli Slusher.....6m....3f 8.--1853: Land entries at Council Bluffs: (Courthouse records) (a). May 25, 1853.--South half of the northeast quarter of section 8 tonwship 67 range 42; ALSO the north half of the southeast quarter of section 8 township 67 range 42 (b). Dec. 31, 1853.--Northeast quarter of the southwest quarter; and Lot 1 in section 27 township 67 range 43. 9.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Franklin township" Eli Slusher.....5m.....5f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 10.--1854: Land entires at Council Bluffs: (Courthouse records) (a). Sept. 1, 1854.--The east half of the northwest quarter of section 8 township 67 range 42 (b). The northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8 township 67 range 42. 11.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Franklin township" Eli Slusher.........45.....b. KY.....11 years in the State Sarah A.............36.........Ind......11 William..............50.........KY.......3 Owen Dollahan...34.........Ind.......7 Andrew Slusher..17.........Ind.......11 Adriann..............15.........INd......11 Andrew W..........13.........Ind.......11 Rosanna J..........9..........Iowa......9 Louisa V.............6..........Iowa......6 William................1.........Iowa......1 William Gillmore..43........Ohio......5