Names of Early Illinois Settlers
As listed in the "Pioneer History of Illinois, Containing the Discovery in 1673 and the History of the Country to the Year 1818 when the State Government Was Organized" by John Reynolds, originally published in 1852.
Library of Congress Catalogue #4-8816
From Pages 424 and 425 in the Appendix:
"In the "American State Papers, Public Lands," Vol. 2, pp 132-4, is a statement, dated Kaskaskia, Dec. 31, 1809 of claims founded on "Improvements" in the district of Kaskaskia, which were affirmed by the board of commissioners appointed under act of congress to take evidence of all land-claims in the Kaskaskia district, under French, Spanish or United-States grants. The commissioners were Michael Jones and E. Backus and the following appear to be the names of English or American settlers who claim under "Ancient Grants":
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William Arundel |
John Barton |
James Biswell |
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Thomas Brady |
Drury Bush |
Robert Caldwell |
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George Camp |
Ichadod Camp |
Isaac Chaffin |
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John Chambers |
James Curry |
Alexander Denis |
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John Dodge |
John Doyle |
Clement Drury |
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Abram Flanary |
Joshua Flanary |
Thos. Flanary, Jr. |
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Joseph Hanson |
Leonard Harness |
John Hiltebrand |
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David Hix |
Michael Huff |
Thomas Hughs |
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Nathaniel Hull |
John Jones |
James Kinkead |
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George Lunsford |
Richard McCarty |
John McElmuny |
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Jno. McElmuny, Jr |
Thomas Marrs |
John Marshall |
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John Montgomery |
William Murry |
Henry O'Hara |
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John Peters |
William Robins |
Elijah Smith |
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Henry Smith |
Peter Smith |
Joseph Standlee |
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Robert Sybold |
David Wallis |
Haydon Wells |
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Isaac West |
"In the same volume, pp. 135-8, is a list of claims "founded on acts of congress granting donations of four hundred acres each to heads of families in the district of Kaskaskia," and which were confirmed by the board. Of these acts of congress, one approved March 3, 1791, gave to each "head of a family" who had cultivated or improved land in Illinois prior to and including the year 1788, the right to four hundred acres of land. Of those claiming under these acts, the following were Americans or English, Irish or Scotch, naturalized Americans:"
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J.B. Allary |
William Arundle |
George Atchison |
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Thomas Bently |
William Biggs |
James Biswell |
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Shadrach Bond |
John Boyd |
Benjamin Byram |
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Joseph Byram |
George Camp |
Ichabod Camp |
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John Clark |
Thomas Comstock |
John Cook |
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James Curry |
Alexander Dennis |
Israel Dodge |
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John Dodge |
Alexander Douglas |
John Doyle |
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Clement Drury |
Andrew Faggot |
Samuel Finley |
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Elijah Flannery |
Thos. Flannery, Jr. |
James Garrison |
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Charles Gill |
Samuel Hanley |
Joseph Hanson |
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Leonard Harness |
John Harris |
James Head |
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George Hendricks |
David Hicks |
John Hiltebrand |
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William Howe |
Thomas Hughes |
Nathaniel Hull |
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Jacob Judy |
Patrick Kennedy |
James Kincade |
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James Lemen |
John Lyle |
John McCormick |
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Thomas Marrs |
James Mayfield |
John Montgomery |
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Mary Moony |
James Moore |
Joseph Morris |
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Joseph Ogle, Sr. |
Henry O'Hara |
David Pagon |
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John Peters |
James Pigot Kaskaskia, Dec. 31, 1809 |
Charles Robins |
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Mrs. R. Rogers |
Larkin Rutherford |
Catharine Ryan |
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Josiah Ryan |
John K. Simpson |
Henry Smith |
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Nicholas Smith |
John Sullivan |
Levi Theed |
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David Wallace |
George Ware |
James Watts |
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Isaac West |
James Wiley |
John Williams |
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Joseph Worley |
William Wycoff |
"Congress also donated "one hundred acres* of land to each militia-man enrolled and doing duty in Illinois on Aug. 1, 1790, within the district of Kaskaskia." The claims under this act were made mostly by French settlers, as they constituted the greater part of the militia force at that date. The following are the names of the claimants other than those of French birth or origin affirmed by the commissioners, Kaskaskia, Dec. 31, 1809 (same book, page 139-47):"
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William Arundel |
Timothy Bellow |
George Biggs |
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John Brady |
Isaac Brasten |
William Butts |
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Thomas Callahan |
Isaac Chaffin |
William Chaffin |
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Alexander Dennis |
John Edgar |
Isaac Enochs |
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Philip Gallaher |
John Hays |
Edward Hebert |
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John Jones |
John Rice Jones |
William Jones |
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Jacob Judy |
Samuel Judy |
Robert Kidd |
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Alexander McNabb |
Edward McNabb |
James Moore, Jr. |
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John Moore |
William Moore |
John Moredock |
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William Morrison |
William Murry |
Joseph Ogle |
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Levi Piggott |
William Piggott |
Daniel Raper |
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William Robins |
Benjamin Rogers |
John Sack |
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Ebenezer Sevans |
Daniel Shultz |
John K. Simpson |
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Daniel Sink |
Christopher Smith |
Robert Sybold |
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Levi Theed |
Edward Todd |
William Todd |
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Alexander Waddle |
David Waddle |
Jesse Waddle |
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Hardy Wear |
Frederick Weiser |
John Whiteside |
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Wm F. Whiteside |
William Young Whiteside |
James Wilson |
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Thomas Winn |
* The commissioners in confirming the four-hundred-acre grants deducted this hundred acres from all who received it. The militia-man of 1790 therefore received but three hundred acres of the congressional grant. (Author's note)
"The commissioners (Michael Jones, John Caldwell, Thomas Sloo) afterward (Kaskaskia, Jan. 4, 1813) reported another list of those who were, in their opinion, entitled to four hundred acres each under the act of March 3, 1791, as settlers prior to 1788 (page 189 of same volume). Of these the following appear to be Americans:"
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Joseph Anderson |
George Atchison |
Frances Bellew |
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George Biggs |
Thomas Biggs |
William Biggs |
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Shadrach Bond, Sr. |
Tobias Brashiers |
Charles Burk |
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Benjamin Byram |
Peter Casterline |
William Chaffin |
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L.G. Chamberlain |
William Cheney |
Frances Clark |
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John Clark |
Robert Creighton |
John Dimpsey |
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William Dove |
Raphael Drury |
William Drury |
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John Edgar |
Isaac Enochs |
Daniel Flannery |
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Elijah Flannery |
James Garretson |
Charles Gill |
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James Gray |
Samuel Hanley |
George Hendricks |
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Thomas Hughes |
James Lemen |
Henry Levins |
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William Lewis |
Archibald McNabb |
James McRoberts |
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Charles Martin |
James Moore |
John Moore |
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Elisha Nelson |
Benjamin Ogle |
Joseph Ogle |
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William Oglesby |
David Pagon |
Jonas Piggot |
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William Piggot |
George Powers |
Abraham Rain |
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Larkin Rutherford |
Catharine Ryan |
Josiah Ryan |
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James Scott |
Ebenezer Severns |
Nicholas Smith |
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Abraham Stanley |
James Stillman |
John Sullivan |
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Levi Theel |
Thomas Todd |
David Waddle |
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Robert Watts |
George Wear |
Layton White |
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James Wiley |
Thomas Winn |
Charles Wood |
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Joseph Worley |