What is the address please for the Indiana Most Wanted List? Many thanks, Diana ReaghGeny@aol.com wrote: > Indiana Most Wanted Web Page, is an excellant page, and has many great links > to research in Indiana genealogy and history. > Pat H. > reaghgeny@aol.com > to all my friends on the Indiana-L discussion list my email address will > change on Friday, March 8th. to reaghgeny@home.com > make a note of it. I am going DSL > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

Hi from Oz! Dear Lora, You have a Andrew Barnes 1883 listed as a teacher. I am trying to find information regarding Joseph Devine and Mary Barnes who went to Indiana from Glasgow Scotland. Is there any information regarding Andrews Barnes? Kindest regards Grant. Sydney, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lora1957@aol.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:50 PM Subject: [INDIANA] Teachers at the Jericho School from 1860-1900 > Teachers at the Jericho School > Jericho Friends Meeting > And Its Community > Randolph County, Indiana > > > Teachers at the Jericho School from 1860 to 1900 > > William P. Nixon 1862 > Martha Parker 1863 > William p. Nixon 1864 > Hannah Lawrence 1865-1866 > Mazana Pickett 1867 > Hannah Thomas 1868 > Rachel Smith 1869 > Anna Jane Hill 1870 > Emma Haisley 1871 > Lee Burkett > Irwin Cammack 1872 > Mary E. Fleming > Charles Hunnicutt 1873 > Mattie Woodard > Joseph Blackledge 1874 > Rachel Smith > James Eagey 1875 > Mahala Brumfield > Joe Albertson 1876 > Mollie Thomas > James Eagey 1877 > Mary Burmfield > Enos Tisor 1878 > Sharon Hill > Jonathan Edgerton 1879 > Alice Pennington > R.W. Vaughn 1880 > Granville, Reynard > S.O. Fountain > (One room from here) > Laura Fowler 1882 > Elmer White > Andrew Barnes 1883 > Lydia Stillwell > G. Cal Shultz 1884-89 > Lilly A. Cox inc. > > > > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > >

That would have been a good deal, but I don't have that kind of money to spent, but the State Library is getting the 1910 Index for Indiana Census. I will be able to check on your line that way. If you would need the Bradys who lived in IN, the index comes up will all of the surname, and then where they were. I'll let you know when it comes in. If you want them you will need to send a SASE to get them and I can sent them to you. Teddy Searching Brady, Bruner, Ford, Fulkerson, Vertrees

Hi Grant, Nothing more about Andrew, although, I have a biography of John T. Barnes, in another book, let me know if you would like that information, I will type and post it. Lora, Florida

I just recently attended an OASIS (Older Adult Support and Information System) class about inns and taverns in the 1800's. The speaker, a historian, talked about the Cumberland trail, what we know now as Route 40, which extended from Cumberland, VA to Vandalia, IL. He said it acted as a spine with roads branching off in all directions, just as it does today, if you look at a map of Ohio and Indiana. Interstate 70, has now, of course, replaced Rte 40 as a main means of east/west travel. He showed some slides of old maps that look very much like a map of today, with Indianapolis as a hub and roads going to all four corners of the state. Of course, at that time, they were not paved, but cleared dirt roads. Also, travelers who came from Pennsylvania could use the Ohio river as a travel means into the midwest. He included some very interesting stories about the accommodations at the inns and taverns of the times. Jack, Indianapolis J4777EA@aol.com Researching: ALEXANDER (NH,NY), EATON (UK,MA,CT,NY), INGLEFIELD (UK, PA), LYMAN (UK, MA, CT), McCLURE (IRE, IN), STRYKEN (NJ,MA?,NY), TRUMBULL (UK/SC, IN) WILLIAMS (VA,KY,IN)

What about the Ohio River route from Pittsburgh to Indiana so many used, especially in the early 1800s? Marie Kevin & Jill Barry & Family wrote: > Hi Ed, > > I don't know that this was necessarily true for just German immigrants, but > I've been told that a route down south through Kentucky and then up again > into Indiana was not uncommon due to general lack of easy trails/roads > through Pennsylvania at that time. Can anyone else corroborate that (one > way or the other)? > > Jill Arthur Barry > <.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.> > Researching surnames in: > INDIANA - Arthur, Murnan, McGahey > MICHIGAN - Boboltz, Mitchell, Doezema, > WISCONSIN - Barry, Oravez, Hadrian > and tons more. . . > > > Hi listers, I am curious to know the most common path that German Immigrants > > would take coming into Indiana in the middle 1800's. How would they get there > > from NY city? thanks for any help, Ed Lohr > > > > researching Lohr, Loehr, Hilgers, Birgel, & Ketteler > > > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

I am researching the family of James and Sarah HILL. They were in the Bartholomew County, IN 1850 census with two daughters Poly and Melissa. They were living in Columbus Township at the time. If this is my Melissa, she married Nathan S. PIATT in 1861 Bartholomew County, IN. Would appreciate any information. James born abt 1818 Kentucky Sarah born abt 1820 Kentucky Poly born abt 1840 Indiana Melissa born abt 1841 Indiana Thanks, Deb Hascall

Hi Ed, I don't know that this was necessarily true for just German immigrants, but I've been told that a route down south through Kentucky and then up again into Indiana was not uncommon due to general lack of easy trails/roads through Pennsylvania at that time. Can anyone else corroborate that (one way or the other)? Jill Arthur Barry <.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.> Researching surnames in: INDIANA - Arthur, Murnan, McGahey MICHIGAN - Boboltz, Mitchell, Doezema, WISCONSIN - Barry, Oravez, Hadrian and tons more. . . > Hi listers, I am curious to know the most common path that German Immigrants > would take coming into Indiana in the middle 1800's. How would they get there > from NY city? thanks for any help, Ed Lohr > > researching Lohr, Loehr, Hilgers, Birgel, & Ketteler > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >

Hi listers, I am curious to know the most common path that German Immigrants would take coming into Indiana in the middle 1800's. How would they get there from NY city? thanks for any help, Ed Lohr researching Lohr, Loehr, Hilgers, Birgel, & Ketteler

The WarYears Jericho Meeting And Its Community Randolph County, Indiana Surnames are: Blackledge, Coats, Cox, Davis, Wright, Peacock, Tomilson, Diggs, Keys, Finny, White, Marshall, Pickett, Peacock, Hill, Gray, Harris, Simonds, Pike, Mendenhall, Smith, Jessup, Lister,                                                          The War Years                     The Civil War had a tremendous effect on the folks of the Jericho Community. This, in spite of the fact that the Friends Society repudiated war as a means of settling disputes and did not permit members to engage in war. Issues were a bit confused in the minds of the folks of the Meeting. In the early forties, many members of the Society at         Jericho  as well as other places had separated and formed a new Society, under the name Anti-Slavery Friends, in protest against the soft attitude taken by the central organization against slavery as an institution. Later, when the Indiana Yearly Meeting had modified its         attitude, more in line with the desires of the Anti-Slavey Friends, this organization had disbanded and returned to the fold.  After the beginning of the war, it was difficult for many of the younger members of the Society, and particularly those who were members in little more than name, to distinguish between the good purpose of doing away with slavery and the bad one of using war as a means of accomplishing that good purpose. As a result many Jericho boys enlisted for service. Below is a partial list of young men          whose names were either on the Jericho membership list or who, through parentage or otherwise,came under strong influence of the Friends.                                         Jericho Men - Soldiers in the Civil War              Blackledge, Hiram      son of Charles B1ackledge                                         (not married till later)     Coats, Elihu                 son of Gabriel and Matilda Davis     Coats, Gabriel              son of John and Charity Wright     Cox, William M.            son of William B. and Margaret PeacockCox,     Cox, Gilbert L.               son of George and Zeuriah Tomilson     Cox. Olinthus                son of George and Zeuriah Tomilson     Gray, Elias                    son of Absalom and Margery Cox     Hill. Benoni                   son of Mathew and Fanny Diggs     Hill, Henry                    not certain     Marshall, William         probably in-law of Benjamin P. Keys     Peacock, Henry J.         not certain     Peacock, William H.     not certain     Peacock, Benjamin       son of John Joy and Ruth Cox     Peacock. Thomas          not certain     Peacock, Ashael            son of Jonah and Sarah Finny     Pickett, Alfred               son of William and Sarah White                                                                                     Of these men, two certainly died in  the war. These were Alfred Pickett and Ashael Peacock.William Marshall died of disease before the end of the war and was buried from an army hospital in Indianapolis.            There is a record of at least twoof these soldiers having acknowledged their fault before the Meeting after returning from war. These were William M. Cox and Benoni Hill. William M. Cox made this statement before the Monthly Meeting:                      I have given way so far as to disregard the well known testimony of the Society and  borne arms, for which I am sorry, and have also accomplished my marriage contrary to the usage of the Society, all of which I ask the Meeting to pass by and continue me           under their care as my future conduct may deserve.                     On the whole, however, the minutes of the White River Monthly Meeting are singularly free from condemnation of the boys who had borne arms in defiance of the long established principles of the Society. Anxiety for their welfare was too recent and joy at their safe return too real to leave much room for acrimony.            On the other hand, the Winchester Journal of October 10, 1862, lists the following men in White River and Wayne Townships as being conscientiously opposed to bearing arms.                                       Men ConscientiouslyOpposed to Bearing Arms                          (White River and Wayne Townships)                   Gray. Simon*          Pickett, John ~•*          Harris, Job          Simonds, William A. J.          Pike, William*          Mendenhall, Thomas*          Smith, Alexander          Jessup, James          Lister, John*          Pike, Benjamin*          Smith, Nathan          Peacock, Elijah*          Peacock, William*          Cox, Elisha*                 t

The Macy Family Jericho Friends Meeting And its community Randolph County, Indiana Surname   Macy, Shreeve, Brumfield,                                                 The Macys                     William A. Macy, son of Jacob C.and Mary (Shreeve) Macy of Union City, came into the neighborhood about the year 1891 when he married Malinda Brumfield, the daughter of Jesse Brumfield. They  spent the  first years of their married life south west of Winchester, but about the year 1894 they moved two miles north of the present Meeting- house,where he resided until his death in 1936. He held important posts in the Meeting, and he and his family have been continuously active members of the Meeting.       

The Chenoweths Jericho Friends Meeting And Its  Community Randolph County, Indiana Surnames in this are: Chenoweths, Lawrence, Hill, Bowen, Peacock                                                  The Chenoweths                     John T. Chenoweth and his third wife, Emily (Lawrence) were the first of the Chenoweths to arrive in the Jericho neighborhood. He purchased the farm originally taken by Eenoni Hill (S31-T15E). He also owned land in S6 T19N R15E. John T. Chenoweth brought with him four children (all from the third wife), namely, Elenora, William L., John Franklin, and George Edwin. The first two of these married and remained at Jericho. Both belonged to the Jericho Friends Meeting, The two younger boys left no permanent record in the Community. Neither John T nor his wife were ever members of the Meeting.  They came a littlebefore 1875 and remained until their deaths about the turn of the century.  Edwin MiltonChenoweth was the second to come. He was a younger brother of John T. Chenoweth and had married Ruth Bowen, daughter of Squire Bowen, of near Spartansburg. Edwin Chenoweth purchased the Henry Hill farm and much of the old Abram Peacock farm and lived there till his death in 1919. He moved here in 1875 and brought with him four children; Hannah Belle, George Fremont, James Lincoln, and John William (Wick).  The Chenoweths were members of the Christian Church. Edwin Chenoweth was never a member of the Jericho Meeting. However,his wife, Ruth, and her son, John William (Wick), joined the Meeting in 1894. She remained a member until her death in 1900. Wick was released at an unknown date, perhaps when he removed from the neighborhood to become an oculist in Winchester.      

The Rowe Family Jericho Friends Meeting And Its Community Randolph County, Indiana Surnames are: Rowe, Van Sickle, Row, Milligan, The  Rowes                     The Rowe family, as known at Jericho, descended from Henry Rowe and his wife, Maria(Van Sickle) Rowe. Earliest records of Randolph County marriages for this family give the spelling of the name as Row.   In the year 1862, Henry Row and his family came to Randolph County in a covered wagon from Perry County, Ohio. He did not acquire land till the year 1868 when he purchased eighty acres in S24 R14E, at about the location of the Dora Milligan farm. Here he continued to live till 1892, the year of his death as well as that of his wife.  ThoughHenry Row and his wife were members of the Christian Church and their funerals were conducted by that church of Harrisville, both are buried in the Jericho burying-ground.  Henry and Maria had twelve children as follows: George,Oliver, Albert, Francis M., Amanda, Andeline, Celia A., Ella, John, Harvey, Rachel,Harry, and Elmira. Many of these children married folks of the Jericho neighborhood,and the family has many descendants in and around Jericho.   

Teachers at the Jericho School Jericho Friends Meeting And Its Community Randolph County, Indiana                                                                      Teachers at the Jericho School from 1860 to 1900                   William P. Nixon 1862          Martha Parker 1863          William p. Nixon 1864          Hannah Lawrence 1865-1866          Mazana Pickett 1867          Hannah Thomas 1868          Rachel Smith 1869          Anna Jane Hill 1870          Emma Haisley 1871         Lee Burkett          Irwin Cammack 1872          Mary E. Fleming          Charles Hunnicutt 1873          Mattie Woodard          Joseph Blackledge 1874          Rachel Smith          James Eagey 1875          Mahala Brumfield          Joe Albertson 1876          Mollie Thomas          James Eagey 1877          Mary Burmfield          Enos Tisor 1878          Sharon Hill          Jonathan Edgerton 1879         Alice Pennington         R.W. Vaughn 1880         Granville, Reynard         S.O. Fountain         (One room from here)         Laura Fowler 1882         Elmer White         Andrew Barnes 1883         Lydia Stillwell         G. Cal Shultz 1884-89         Lilly A. Cox      inc.    

The  School  Jericho Friends Meeting And Its Community Randolph County, Indiana                                                     Surnames in this are: Peacock, Thornburg, Hinshaw, Hadley, Cox, Kendall, Macy, Peacock, Blackburn, Chenoweth                                                         1860 TO 1900                                                                        The School                     It has been stated that the first school on the site of the present church property was built in 1838. How long this frame school building was used is not surely known. The only reference at hand is a statement by Arthur Peacock that it stood, in the year 1864, a mere shell with lightless windows. It may be that the new school was built          two or three years earlier.  Wayne Township wasorganized in the year 1838 in its present form though it existed, at least on paper, as a much larger territory as early as 1820. By the beginning of the Civil War, the organization of the Township had begun to be felt in the lives of the people. When the old Jericho School of 1838 became inadequate for the number of pupils and it was decided to build a new school, the folks of the community turned to the township Trustees for financial assistance. An agreement was made that the Township would build the school house but that the Friends should continue to select teacher sat an annual meeting held for the purpose. It was further agreed that the pupils          were to be allowed to attend fifth day Meeting in a body, as they had in the past. It is probable that the teacher continued to be paid by the Friends, at least in the beginning.           The newschool house was built across the road from the burying- ground in the extreme northwestcorner of 531 R15E and stood just to the west of the place where the Conservative Friends Meeting-house was later to be erected. The school was hence forth known as the No.7 School. The school as first built was only a one room house. However,the attendance soon became so large that it became necessary to add a second room and to hire two teachers.  It was inthis school that the Literary Society and the Jericho Debating Society were organized. The arrangement of a two room school          and two teachers continued until about 1878, when the Conservative Friends split off from the Meeting and built the white frame meeting-house. It appears that at about this time they also with drew their children from the school and sent them to a new school which they had built at about the center of the north 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of S31         R15E.This later became the land of Levi Thornburg. This defection of pupils so decreased the attendance that the Township Trustees (now paying the teachers' salaries) refused to hire more than one teacher. The two rooms were accordingly thrown together.           The Conservative Friends school was soon moved from its first location to a place on the north sideof the road, a quarter mile west of the Meeting, in S25 R14E. It stood on land now owned by Charles Hinshaw. Teachers at this school of the Conservatives are said to         have been: Emily Hadley, Susanna Cox, Mattie Cox, Sally Kendall, Charley Hinshaw, Adeline Macy, Abe Peacock, and Abbie Blackburn. Allowing at least one year for each teacher, it is probable that this school continued for at least a decade or more. Its pupils were finally absorbed by the district school. The building is now a part of the  house where  Alice and Edith Hinshaw live, a little south and west of  the last location of the school. About the year 1890, a dispute arose between the Trustees of Wayne and White River Townships as to the proper allocation of the cost of  the Jericho or No. 7 School, it being located on the line between the two Townships, though the building stood wholly within WayneTownship. While the majority of the patrons favored the old location, the Trustees wished to move the building to Sorghum Corner. As a compromise, a new brick building was built on the north side of the road, halfway between the two points. This is the building where James Chenoweth now resides. This brick building was the last of the one-room schools to be identified with the name of Jericho.When the writer knew it, it  was heated by a single pot bellied stove in the center of the room. This was later replaced by a furnace-type unit set in the northwest corner. The school was attended by from fifteen to twenty children. A list of the teachers at the Jericho School, for the period under discussion, follows. It will be noted that two teachers are listed for  most of the years from 1869 to 1880.This is the time during which the school consisted of two rooms.                 

Recorded Members of the Jericho Sunday School for the Year 1894.                     A list of the recorded members ofthis school for the year 1894 is          appended below. It is interesting for both the names included and the          many that do not appear. The small number of Fraziers is especially          noteworthy.                                                         TABLE V                   Recorded Members of the JerichoSunday School for the year 1894                   Allen, May          Anderson, Ethel                   Barnes, Clarence          Barnes, Homer          Barnes, Rosa          Brumfield, Alice          Brumfield, Carrie          Brumfield, Harriett                   Chenoweth, Lillie          Chenoweth, Wick          Chenoweth, Will          Cox, Chat          Cox, Ernest          Cox, George          Cox, Harry          Cox, Leonard          Cox, Mary E.          Cox, W. M.          Cox, Willie                   Dixon, Alice          Dixon, Eva          Dixon, Luther                   Frazier, Frank          Frazier, Jane                   Gilbert, Pearl                   Haisley, Franklin          Haisley, Lola          Hodgins, Alta          Hodgins, Edna          Hodgins. Julia          Hodgins, Laura          Hodgins, Minnie          Hodgins, Murle          Hodgins, Ozro          Hoyt, Earl          Hoyt, Ivy          Hoyt, Sadie                   Keys, Alice          Keys, Artie          Keys, Eli                   Keys, Ethel          Keys, Harry          Keys, John Luther          Keys, Lindo          Keys, Mattie          Keys. Meadie          Keys, Nola                   Landis, Joseph                   Marquis, Chester          Marquis, Harry          Marquis, Minnie          Millett, Annie          Millett, Charles          Millett, Ray                   Peacock, Alice          Peacock, Elsie          Peacock, Ethel          Peacock, India          Pickett, Alta          Pickett, Howard          Pickett, Rhoda          Pickett, William C.          Pike, Ethel          Pike, Louie          Robinson, Ora          Robinson, Orville          Ross, Bert          Rowe, Annie          Rowe, Clara          Rowe. Nora          Rowe, Orlie                   Shultz, Bell          Shultz, Bertha          Shultz, Charlie          Shultz. Clyde                   Thomas, Lena          Thomas, Maud          Thomas, Mollie          Thornburg, Alec          Thornburg, Bert          Thornburg, Elvin          Thornburg, Ernest          Thornburg, Frank          Thornburg. Harriett          Thornburg, Leona          Thornburg, Leroy          Thornburg, Lora          Thornburg, Mattie          Thornburg, Maud          Thornburg, Rena          Thornburg, Rosanna                   Ullery, Bertha          ULlery, Martha                   Wolf, Lizzie          Robinson, Harry          Robinson, Lena         

Jericho Friends Meeting Page 9 And Its Community 1864 Surnames in this one are: Cox, Piggott, Rhoads, Morrison, Pickett, Gray Jeremiah Cox                     Jeremiah Cox was a man of intelligence and standing in the Community— a man of comparative distinction. He was so regarded by his contemporaries in both Wayne County (where he lived from 1805 or 06 till 1826) and in Randolph where he resided from 1826 till the time of his death about 1830.            Jeremiah Cox had three wives:Margery Piggott (daughter of Benjamin andMary Piggott) ;the mother of his first eight children: Jemima Rhoads, mother of his son Elijah, and perhaps Enoch and Catherine Morrison (daughter of Robert and Hannah Morrison) who was the mother of his last seven children. These last seven children, as shown in TableII, and Elijah were the ones whom he brought to the Jericho neighborhood. Jeremiah Cox was among the first five men to settle in Wayne County, where he arrived either in 1805 or 1806. He took land on the White Water near Elkhorn Creek. His land embraced much of the land now occupied by the city of Richmond. He was a member of the Convention, which formed the first constitution for the State of Indiana in the year 1816.            The town of Richmond was laid out in 1816 and incorporated in 1818. He was not insympathy with the project, particularly with regard to establishments for the sale of intoxicating liquors. He is quoted as saying in effect: I had rather watch the flag of a white-tailed deer than signs advertising the sale of liquor. Accordingly, in 1818, he purchased considerable land in Randolph County, partly as shown on Fig. I and some other. He was a miller both in North Carolina, in Wayne County and later in Randolph. Accordingly,his land was located astride the streams, where waterpower sites were available.            The exact time of his removal to Randolph is not surely known. The date of transfer of his membership, from the White Water MM. of Friends to the White River MM, was October 18, 1826. However, he built his mill (History Randolph County. Tucker p. 98), as well as his residence at Jericho, in 1825. This mill was famous in          its day and ran till the five dry years 1864-69, after which it was torn down. His house was said to be the first frame house in Randolph County, though there is some doubt of this. It is not known whether the transfer of his membership in the Meeting lagged behind         the beginning of his residence. It is certain, however, that because of his interes there, he spent considerable time in the neighborhood previous to the removal of his family. His son, Elijah, lived here from the very beginning, probably to look after his father's interests.          Jeremiah Cox was related to many of the first settlers in the Jericho and White River communities. He was a brother to John Cox of White River; an uncle to William Pickett who helped as a young man the construction of his mill: a father to Elijah Cox, and uncle to William Cox, both of whom were charter members of the first Jericho Meeting:and more distantly related to Joshua Cox, Amy Cox, Solomon Cox, Samuel Cox; and to Absalom Gray through Absalom's first wife.  In addition, he was a close friend to Abram Peacock and his following.  The association of his name with that of the Meeting and the community has already been described. He was a man of great respect          and influence in the early community, having been a member of the First Constitutional Convention for Indiana. However, by late 1829 or early 183) he was dead and buried in the little first cemetery. Today's association with the first Meeting has been largely forgotten.         

Jericho Friends Meeting Page 5 And Its Community 1846 Surnames are: Peacock, Hill Amos Peacock                     Amos Peacock was the third childand eldest son of Abram Peacock. He and his wife Hannah came to Randolph County in 1818 and settled on eighty acres of land just south of his father's quarter as shown on Fig. 1. It is through Amos Peacock that all the members of the Peacock family have descended who now remain in and about Jericho.            Amos was an influential member of the Jericho Meeting and took an active part in the civil life of the Community. He was appointed Commissioner of that part of the State Road (laid out in 1820, now known as the Greenville Pike), which lay between the ford of the White River and the State Line. The fact that he held this position indicates both his standing in this early community and the importance of the road to the community. Aaron Hill, his father-in-law, lived in Amos' home during much of the time he was in Indiana. Amos and Sarah Peacock had nine children. He died July 2, 1850, and she died September 8, 1867. Both are buried in the present Jericho burying-ground.         

The Jericho Friends Meeting And Its Community Randolph County, Indiana THE JERICHO FRIENDS MEETING                 TABLE II (cont)                   Gray, Absalom (Came 1826)          Gray, Margery (1st w)          Ch. Simon b. 1826              John b. 1822              James b. 1823              Elias b. 1825          Gray, Mary (Pickett) (2w)          Ch. Names Unknown                   Pickett, Matilda (daughter of MaryPickett)                   Cox, Solomon (Came 1826)          Cox, Zebiar (w)          Ch. Mary                   Buckingham, Joshua (Came 1826)          Buckingham, Rachel (w)          Ch. Margery b. 1802              Rachel              Thomas              Sarah              Hannah b. 1816                  Note: It is possible that the Rebecca Pickett as well as the Benjamin              Pickett families also lived inthe neighborhood briefly toward              the end of the period. The Jesse Thomas family was probably              here briefly.         

JERICHO FRIENDS MEETING AND ITS COMMUNITY Names in this biography are:  Peacock, Joy,Hollingsworth, Wright, Elliott, Hill, Cox, Thomas, Benson, Beeson,                                                   Abram Peacock                     Abram Peacock (son of John andPatience) married first Margaret Elliott on April 10, 1782, (Contentnea MM. North Carolina); married Anna Joy next, the daughter of Reuben and Anna, March 29, 1800; and married, third, Rachel Hollingsworth, a widow, the daughter of Joseph and Charity Wright on March 21, 1821. He had seven children by the first marriage and two by the second. There is no record that any of these children by the first marriage lived at Jericho, excepting Achsah, wife of Henry Hill, and Amos who is mentioned separately. The two children by the second marriage came with him and became Jericho folks.            There is reason to believe that Abram Peacock was a friend of Jeremiah Cox before Cox left North Carolina in 1805, and that Jeremiah was influential in his decision to come to Indiana. Certain it is that Abram and the three families who came with him stopped a year in Wayne County, where Abram took land now occupied by the Union          Station of Richmond: and in the immediate neighborhood where Cox had lived for some dozen years or more. Also the two men took lands in Randolph, which were adjacent. Cox's later arrival in the Jericho neighborhood is explained by his greater financial involvement in Richmond, due to his longer residence.            It is said that Anna Joy Peacock walked almost the whole way from North Carolina and became quite ill in Cincinatti on the journey. She died (10-1-1818) within six months of the arrival at Jericho and was perhaps the first to be buried in the old burying ground laid out on Abram's land. (See map Fig. 1).  Abram Peacock gave the land for the establishment of the first Friends Meeting at Jericho, as well as for the first burying-ground.He also established a mill on the Owl Creek, as shown on the map.          Whether or not this mill was first used for grinding grist is not known.  It is certain that it later became a sawmill.  Abram Peacock died atan unknown date, variously estimated as         from 1832 (Heiss), 1833 (Asenath Thomas), to 1835, court records in connection with the estate of Jeremiah Cox. He was buried in the old Jericho burying-ground. It is stated (Harry Peacock) that he walked to White River Meeting and was taken violently ill there with a colic.  He was carried to the home of a friend named Benson (possibly Beeson, no Benson record this early) where he died.  Thus passed the most prominent of the first four settlers of the Jericho Community, the father of the Jericho Meeting and School.