The Whitley County history book has a short biography on the Eaton family. This is what it says: "The history of the early settlers of Whitley County could not be complete without the Eaton people. They were the first to come to the Corbin area. They came two years before the Steele family. They settled on the Laurel River, east of Corbin in the year 1806. they were very untalkative people. They would sit for hours without speaking. They were tall, dark people, very reticent people. They were the first in the area and were supposed to be Spanish with Cherokee Indian ancestry." There is also a picture of Foster Steele and Jim Eaton taken in 1911. There is also a short article on the early history of Corbin that mentions James L. Eaton and says he is the one who named the town Corbin. According to legend, Corbin has 3 co-founders, Nelson Cummins, David T. Chestnut, and James L. Eaton. James Eaton was the first postmaster and also ran a store. Jan Wilson Kings Mills, Ohio