...from the book The Bound Boy by Harold D. Cromwell. [note: the book is a fictionalized biography of the life of Richard Oglesby Taylor who was sold by his father at age 11 to be a bound boy. He escaped and made his way to Kentucky where he was taken in by a couple with no children. In the 1850s he moved to Greene County, IN. The story had been handed down in the family, and the author decided to write the story about his great grandfather. According to the author, he searched for documented items and events and traveled to the sites where the events took place. Most of the data coincided with his ggrandfather's stories.] It seems that the names of people and places are probably correct, although the dialogue and details are novelized. This book is, unfortunately, no longer in print. I got it through the lending library, via the Vigo County Public Library, Terre Haute, IN] I intend to also post this to the Greene County list also, so my apologies to those who will receive it twice. If any of these names are yours, I *may* have a few details about them from the book, as I took a few notes. Let me know if you want me to check for more information about any of them. I get a LOT of emails, so please put "Some Indiana names" in the subject line so I can sort them out. ;) Ellie Worthington, IN ===================== Richard Oglesby Taylor, b. Jan. 19, 1811, in Virginia Louisa (Williams) Taylor, his wife Their children: John & Mary (who never lived in Indiana) Elizabeth (Eliza) Taylor, b 1841 in Kentucky Joseph Taylor, b. 1844 in Kentucky Martilla Taylor, b June 1845 in Kentucky [named after Louisa's mother] Lander Taylor, b April 1847 in Kentucky David Belt Taylor, b Jan 9, 1850 in Kentucky Cap Taylor, b 1853 in Kentucky Dayton Tapping, port collector & owner of the Franklin Hotel, Worthington Ewing & Lucinda Jones, who lived north of Linton William Buck, a neighbor of the Jones family Jess & Cindy Ellis, neighbors from Germany Jabal Terhune, his wife Polly, and Jabal's father David Turhune who came to Greene County from near Flemingsburg, KY with the Taylors. Josiah Jones Walker (aka Josh) b Feb 27, 1835, Ohio. His family was from Pennsylvania. Perry Powell, a neighbor Thomas Walker, b December 1861 to Josh Walker and Eliza (Taylor) Walker Beasley brothers Billy Powell Cindy Gravenmeyer and her nephew Henry Johnson Malinda (aka Molly) Vaughn Samuel and John Vaughn, brothers of Molly Elmer Taylor, b March 1868, to Joseph Taylor and Molly (Vaughn) Taylor Margaret (aka Maggie) A Reed Moses Taylor and James Taylor, sons of Joseph and Molly (Vaughn) Taylor Bovenschien: Henry, William, Eliza Children of Jess & Cindy Ellis: Martha, Malinda (Lindy), Sadie (Sade), and Cindy Adams: John & Susan (who came to Greene Co from Wayne Co, Iowa) and their children Celester (Sis), Adelia (Dale), James P, Ida, Elizabeth (Lizzie), Louellen, Mary Ellen (Molly), and Ira. [Ira and Ida were twins... James P and Mary Ellen were twins] Zelma Taylor, b August 1884 to David Taylor and Celester (Adams) Taylor Place names: Linton was once called New Jerusalem Terhune Cemetery, Wright Twp. Bee Hunter Ditch, and a steam grist/saw mill there Wabash & Erie Canal Lattas Creek Plum Branch School Plum Branch Creek Buck Creek