s* . 'v.'.-.- ' *W -^Bf- ^v* °o 4 o 4 1 ^0 * ^ <"& * A - \ c ' 4 o - o , o * y o * , %/^~*\o> 0*0 ** .0*" ,° •• *b A • o o V &nl//?t2-. - • 1 1 jP -^ . * 1 * » ° * .V V ,40 ^ ^ *>^ HAS-ttfY femilekt ateetm •qve-etmq, <$ a-iiv amu-ik tiuf-u, SPaAoA Gt lUari/na ' THE HOUSE OF HANNA BY SARAH A. HANNA BROOKVILLE, INDIANA 1906 DEDICATION. To Mrs. Kate Hanna Cruikshank, my only surviving sister, I affectionately dedicate this history of our people and our native valley of the White Water. I herein desire to express my gratitude to my cousin, Mary Leonard Hanna, for records collected in her travels abroad, and also to my nephew, Theophilus Dickerson, for kindly furnishing court and county records. The Author. FROM CHART'S IRISH PEDIGREE, FIFTH EDITION (1892) V< >L. 2, PAGE 551— HANNAH OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. Kras: Ar.. three roebuck's heads. A/.., collared or with a bell pend. and thirial gu. Crest: (Scotland) a cross crosslet fitche issuing out of a crescenl sa.; i Newry, Ireland) Hands »ping couped at wrist so; I London) A wolf's head erased sa. « >ther crests: < Dublin Wills) a lion ramp. Couped, his dexter paws resting on a cross crosslet jitchu ; (Newry Will) :allop shell. Mollars: of the Kirkdale, Graunan, Knock, Cairnhill and other branches of the family: Per ardua and alta ; of the Kingsmuir branch : Cresco et spero; of the Balla- houston branch: Per ardua in collum ; and of the Newny branch : \<1 alta virtute. SYMBOLISMS OF HANNAY ARMS. At — Argent — silver — signifies peace and sincerity. Roebuck's heads — Signifies policy, peace and harmony. Conped — .Means cut off. \z — I Hue — Signifies loyalty and truth. ( >r — Gold — It denoted generosity and elevation of mind. Bells — Denotes one who feared not to signalize his ap- proach in either peace or war. Cross — Crosslet — Signifies the fourfold mystery of the cross. Sa — Black — Constancy and grief. Crescent — Signifies one who has been enlightened by and honored by the gracious aspect of his sovereign. It is also borne as the symbol of a "Hope of greater glory." Crest — A cross crosslet, fitche, issuing out of a crescent sa. ( Taken from "Bnrke's General Armory," page 453. ed. 1884) by C. T. Spohr, Chicago, 111. THE HOUSE OF HANNA Of old this family name was spelled De Hannethe. a Hannay, a Hanna, up to about A. D. 1600. It is now Hanna and Hannay. All bearing the name are undoubtedly to be traced to a lowland clan of Scotland, whose chief had his residence in Sorbie Castle. Sir Bernard Burke says, "The family of Hannay (originally written a Hannay) is of very ancient descent ; and the estate of Sorbie, in Galloway, was the scat of the elder branch." Berry ascribes the arms to all bearing the name, although spelled in various ways. The a Hannays, of Scotland, in common with other pow- erful families of Scotland, as the Hackies, the_ McDowells, the McCulloughs, and the McClellans, successfully held their 1 nvii against Norman and Saxon adventurers ; and the es- tate of Sorbie remained with the Laird until the seventeenth century. The allegiance of the clan to Balliol, their bearing against the yoke of the Douglasses, and other notes of their history may be best gleaned from the works of Sir Andrew Agnew and P. H. McKirlie, F. S. A., Scotland. The earliest mention known is that in the "Ragnon Roll," A. D. 1296, where the name appears "Gilbert de Annethe," as inscribed by the Norman clerk of King Edward I, Gilbert THE B - F HAXXA. g ttore customary in those - 134 rt Chaplain in 1466 : An- Archer Body Guard of .rwards numerously - rhie. He was suc- _^_ and r^ 4 rick, member of the Scotch .'.exander. -: a large part of his [Barreling; at- - bail example - • tntil at his death, in 1640. nought f the ancient property of to trace further the histor; E igh 1 say that the name in • • • immon in the shires of - - Dun barton. Renfrew and in the Kirkcudbright. Many branches of the family I by their lands, as Kirkdale. Kingsmuir. Gren- \<. etc.. in Scotland : and to these families are trace- - 1 rule, all bearing the name, wherever scattered. • - I the Ian - - - ns to have brought the e family to Ireland, with which country, not to eir earliest Celtic origin, they had until now - we find that the calendar of James I a gi n the kin^ to Patrick Hanna. gentleman. -ertain lands in that countv and I THE SOUSE OF BANNA. 1 3 Robert Hanna certain lands adjoining, r 'to hold to Pat- rick and Robert Hanna forever, a~ of the Castle of Dub- lin, in free and common - ge by fealty." This grant date 1621, and appears be the first mention of the name in Ireland. FROM p. HUME BROWN'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. "In 1O40 there were said to be 40.000 able-bodied Scots in the north of Ireland. The plantations in counties Down and Antrim were limited in scope in comparison with the ""Great Plantation in Ulster."" for which the reign of James I will be forever remembered in Ireland. It was on Galloway that the greatest grants were bestowed. Almost all the great houses of the time are represented : Sir Robert McLellan Laird Bomby. who afterwards became Lord Kircudbright ; John Murray, of Boughton. one of the secretaries of state : Sir Patrick McKie. of Laerg : Dunbar of Mochrum. one of the Stewarts of Garlies ; Hannay of Sorbie Castle, and Vance of Barnbarrock. Then in the next reign King's letters were issued in fa- vor of "Robert Hannay. one of the Esquires of our Body." confering upon him and upon Thos. Maule the lands and mansion of Glancopp. in the County of Wicklow. dated 8th May. 1629. This same Robert, whose name is variously spelled Han- nay. Hanna. and Hannagh. was knighted and also created a Baronet of Scotland on 31st March. 1630. and styled Mochrum" with destination "Haredibus Marculis quibus cumque. 14 I'll I HOUSE OF BANNA. To recur to his Scotch ancestry, he was a relative of John, last mentioned of Sorbie, and he was a contemporary ami. it is thought, a brother of Patrick Hannay, M. A., some time of London, celebrated as a Scotch poet who, in 1619 and in !'>_>_>, published a book of poems now rarely seen. A copy thai work has been sold at the extraordinary price of hinet) -six pounds I $41 * >.< o). Sir Robert appears to have settled in Ireland for good. On the nth December, [631, he was made clerk of the "Xilhelle," in the Irish Court of Exchequer — a newly created office, and he surrendered the patent on the 30th May, 1639. Hi- daughter lane married Sir Charles Coote, who became first Earl of Mountrath ; another daughter married Sir >rge Acheson. Sir Robert is said to have been killed fighting as a Royalist in the "Rebellion" of 1642. Adminis- tration of his will was granted in 1658. His son. Sir Robert, succeeded him. Whether like Sir Giarles Coote, he sup- ported the Parliament, we do not know, but he evidently fol- lowed him in being a partisan of the Restoration intrigue, for he was shortly afterwards, on the 19th of March, 1660. made Captain of Foot. He resided some time at Moyne, ( ounty Mayo, and dying was buried beneath the ancient church of St. Michau's "in the suburbs" of Dublin on the 30th of April. 1CS89. I lis name spelled different ways (see list of Irish gentry, when Cromwell came to Ireland, under the heading:, "The Forty-nine Officers) appears among the long lists of Roval- 1 officers, to whom arrears of pay were due in the mem- orable year. A. D. [649. Mis title lay dormant until the vear THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 1 5 1783, when it was claimed by Sir Samuel Hannay, of the Kirkdale branch of Sorbie — a gentleman living in London, whose male descendants again failed in 1841. To recur to early settlers of the family in Ireland. Patrick Hannay, sometime of London, received King's letters, dated May 2$, 1625, "to have a clerk's place in the Privy Council of Ireland," "having done our late dear father good and ac- ceptable service beyond the seas;" and on the 27th of June, [627, was further appointed "Master of Chancellarie in Ire- land." The Edinburgh Register, styling him Sir Patrick Han- nay, informs us that he died at sea in the year 1629. Administration of his effects appears to have been granted to his nephew, Andrew Hanna, in 1629; and further, -to James Montgomery, in 1630. That both in the cases of Patrick and Robert, these vari- ous notices refer, from the beginning, to one individual of each name, who were brothers, is extremely probable. What became of their descendants is not known. A "Captain Hanna," this time on the ether side, is men- tioned in a contemporary poem on that event as taking part in the siege of Derry in 1689. It is possible he may have been the Robert Hannay who signed the petition of inhabi- tants praying for compensation for property destroyed. How- ever this may be the name after this date is found sparsely in Dublin, Athlone and Derry. But in two generations later, numerous colonies of Scots having come to Ireland, the name hibernicized to "Hanna" became more common in Down. Arnagh, Antrim, and also reached Tyrone, Derry, Donnegal and Monaghan. THE HOUSE OF BANNA. Many persons of the name Hannett. of an entirely differ- ent origin, and chiefly represented in Lecale. County Down. became Hanna in the seventeenth century. come down to days nearer our own. various spellings of the name, as have been already noted, occur in Scotland; l»nt more recent settlers of the family of Ireland have pre- - tch f( nil, which had hitherto been lost. Such are. or were, the "Halliday Hannays." of Bougor; Rev. R. Hannay, I >. P.. Belfast; Col. Hannay, of Ballylough. Older settlers of the family are represented today by W. T. Hanna. I. P., Whithouse, Donegal: Rev. Hugh Hanna. D. D.. Belfast. Such also were the late Rev. Prof. Samuel Hanna, of Belfast, father of Rev. William Hanna. D. D., Edinburgh,- author of "Life of Dr. Chalmers." his father-in-law. and whi - - ■ . f - din Chalmers Hanna. of Edinburgh, was living- in 1 88 1. No. 2. Hanna. of Xewry. County Down. Arms — Same as Hanna Xo. i. This old family, whose ancestor held a command under Gustavus Adolphus in the Bohemian war of 1620. traces to the Scottish stem of '"Hannay" because established a cen- tury and a half ago at Xewry. They acquired property in County Down by intermarriage with the Wallaces, of Cro- baneg, and their descent from thence is as follows: 1. William Hanna (born about 1751. died 1807) mar- ried Jane, daughter of Robert Wallace. Esq.. of Xewry, and granddaughter of Tames Wallace. Esq.. of Crobaneg, by his wife Anne Ross. Their children were: THE HOUSE OF HAXXA. \J I. Samuel born about 1759. died October 12. 1798, in London. Jane married John Bradshaw, Esq. Robert died unmarried in China. William married Wilhelmina Stewart, of Wilmot. Mary married Samuel Townxley, Esq.. of Newry. James married daughter of William Ogle, Esq., of Newry. 7. Margaret married (first) Barnard Crose. Esq.. and (second) William Connelly, Esq. 8. George, last survivor of the familv in Newry. was living in 1820. He died unmarried. Samuel's eldest son. William, married in 1610, Louise Maria Chomley, and their eldest son, Samuel, married Anne, daughter of Rev. James Fitzgerald. Their eldest son, Wil- liam. Captain R. A., married Iza, daughter of W. Lawless, Esq., of Ardeen, Blackrock, County Dublin. From Leslie Stephen's "Dictionary of National Biogra- phy." vol. 24, page 304. from information supplied by Cap- tain W. Hanna, R. A., and other sources. Patrick Hannay (died 1629), poet, was probably the third son of Alexander Hannay. of Kirkdale. in the stewartry of Kircudbrightshire. His grandfather. Donald Hannay. of Sorbie. had distinguished himself in the border warfare and "•well was known to the English by his sword." Early in Tames I reign Patrick Hannay, with a cousin Robert (creat- [8 THE II' 'i S] OF EANNA. a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1629), came to the English Court, and was favorabl) noticed by Queen Anne. About [620 both Patrick and Robert received grants of land in Count) Longford, Inland, and in 1621 Patrick visit- ed Sweden. After his return he received a clerkship in the office of the Irish Privy Council in Dublin. Attempts, which for a time were successful, were made to oust him from this t, but Charles 1 reinstated him in [625 on the ground of his having done our late father 1 i. e., James II) good and acceptable service beyond seas, with great charge and danger of his life, and bavin- been recommended to us by our dear mother. In [627 he became "Master of Chancery" in Ireland. He id to have died at sea in 1629. ( >ne of his works. "Songs and Sonnets;"' contains a dedicatory epistle to a soldier under whom Hannay had served abroad, "Sir Andrew Gray, knight, colonel of a Foot Regiment and General of Artillerie to Prince Ferdinand, King of Bohemia." From one of the poems in "Songs and Sonnets" we learn that Hannay had resided for some time in the neighborhood of Craydon, Surrey. A fac-simile reprint of the 1622 collection of Patrick Hannay's poems was issued in 1875 by the Hunterian Club, with a memoir of the author by David Laing. Mr. Heath has a fine co]>\ of the rare original. From William Anderson's "Scottish Nation." vol. 2, page 450 (published by A. Fullerton & Co., Edinburgh. 1861- [877). THE HOUSE OF HANNA. IO, Hannay, a surname originally aHannay and also met with as de Anneth, belonging to an old family in Galloway, sup- posed to be of Scandinavian origin, which is first mentioned about the end of the thirteenth century but without any lands named as. belonging to it at that period. Their arms occur in the celebrated MSS. Volume of Em- blazonments of Sir Daniel Lindsay of the Mount, Lord Lion King at Arne-Sorbie Place. The seat of the family from the reign of James IV ( 1482-1513) was anciently a tower of some strength, and is now a picturesque ruin surrounded by wood, about a mile east of the village of Sorbie. The land of Sorbie at present belongs to the Earl of Galloway, having passed to that house through a marriage. Patrick Hannay, M. A., of the Sorbie family, published in 1622 a rare book of curious poems which once had a repu- tation, but are now very rare, and almost forgotten. He was grandson of Donald Hannay of Sorbie, and is supposed to have employed his sword in the service of the unfortunate but high-spirited Queen of Bohemia, the daughter of James Yf and wife of the Elector Palatine. These poems secured him some celebrity, and among his eulogists were John Marshall, Robert Hannay, Robert Alane, J. M. C. and others. The following is a specimen of the laudatory epistles which were dedicated to him : The Goldus, therein referred to, is the celebrated Golgacus, the leader of the confederated Caledonians against the Romans. In Scot- tish history he is known as Corbredus Goldus. The poem is given as originally printed. To His Much Respected Friend, Master Patrick Han- nay: 20 J HE HOUSE OF HANNA. "Hannay, thj worth bewrayes well whence thou'rt sprunge; \iul that that honored name thou dost not wrong. As if from Sorby's stock no branch could sprout, But should with ripening time bear golden fruit. Tin ancestors were ever worthy found, Else ( raldus grave had graced no Hannay's ground. Tin father's father, Donald, well was knowne ro the English by bis sword, but thou art shown, l'.\ inn (times changing) Hannays are Active in arts of worth, be't peace or warre. on in virtue, aftertimes will tell, None but a Hannay could have done so well." King ( raldus (that worthy), who so bravely fought with the Romans, lies buried in the lands of Patrick Hannay, of Kirkdale, in Galloway. — Jo Marshall. Among Patrick Hannay's works were the following: Two Elegies on the Death of Queen Anne: with Epitaphs, Lon- don, 1619; "Happy Husband," London, 1619; "Philomel," London, 1622; Poems, 5 parts. Tn tbe thirteenth century the clan of Hannay built and occupied a castle since known as Castle Sorbie, still stand- ing, but in half ruins, on the waters of Mull of Galloway, in Wigton, southern half of Ayrshire. The Hannay family came into prominence about the time of the War of the Roses, and some of the occupants of the Castle of Sorbie wielded a commanding influence during that period. The Hannays continued to occupy and own Castle Sorbie until the close of the seventeenth century, when the THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 21 male members having" all emigrated to Ireland, it passed, through intermarriage, to Sir Alexander Stewart, of Garlics, a grandson of Sir Alexander Stewart, who had married Mar- garet, daughter and heir of Patrick Hannay of Sorbie. This Sir Alexander, who now came into possession of the seat of the Hannays, was in great favor with James VI, who knighted him in 1540 at the coronation of his consort, Queen Anne of Denmark. Sir Alexander married, first, Christian, daughter of Sir William Douglass, and, second, the lady Eliz- abeth Douglass, daughter of David, Earl Angus, and widow of seventh Lord Maxwell, Earl of Morton. He died Octo- ber 9, 1596, leaving five children. His son and heir, Sir Al- exander Stewart, was given the title of Baron of Garlics in 1607 and in 1623 made Earl of Galloway. He married Grisel, daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar ; died in 1649, leaving a daughter and two sons. He was succeeded by his son, James Stewart, second Lord Galloway, who, while his father lived, was crested baronet of Nova Scotia. He mar- ried in 1642 Nicolas, daughter of Sir Robert Grier of Grier- son, M. P., and had two sons and four daughters. His old- est son, Alexander Stewart, third Lord Galloway, married Mary, daughter of James, second Earl of Oueensbury, and had six sons and two daughters. The oldest son, Alexander, became fourth Earl of Galloway. The second son, James, became fifth Earl of Galloway. The third son, John, was a Brigadier General and died unmarried at Castle Sor- bie in 1748. The fourth son, Andrew, was killed in the Darien expedition in 1699. William and Robert died un- married. Castle Sorbie went to the third son, John Stewart ; I III-. HOUSE OF HANNA. was not occupied b\ any of the Stewart family after the ith of its owner in 1788. It is still owned by the heirs of the Earl of 1 Jalloway, all of whom are descendants of Patrick 1 lann;i\ of ( lastle Sorbie. CHAPTER I. The American llannas are of Scotch-Irish origin. The original Scotch ancestor was a native of Galloway, Scot- land, and settled in County Down, Ireland, where his sons, Robert and Hugh, after the restoration of Charles II, becami obnoxious to the favorites of that king because of the activ- ity and aggressiveness the father had shown to Charles 1. To better their condition and escape persecution they sought a home in the American colonies — then the asylum of that class — and settled in Wilmington, Delaware. Robert had two sons, Joseph and John (we have been unable to learn if there were more children). John went from there to Vir- ginia and lived near Ruffle's Church. His wife's maiden name was Mary Ervin (of English family). Joseph settled in South Carolina. Laurens District, whither the son, daugh- ter and widow of John followed him. Not far from their home was a magnificent spring, and the Colonists built a church near by and named it "Rocky Spring Church." The battle of Cowpens was fought on the plantation of Joseph Hanna. One of his sons followed his cousin, Robert Hanna. to Indiana Territory, and settled in what is now Union county. To distinguish him from Robert's son John he was nicknamed "Long" John Hanna. He was a Hercules in size and heigjit. He had six sons, four of whom married four (23) - gr gton Hanna • called the old homestead _ wealthy and fine clothing, fine equips-. ■dern improvements. He erected in the Presbyterian Cemetery jusand dollars. Jo- until his death. He Ic for his s. Becoming for he was very old there a rattlesnake bit him. He he house. His daughter -jleton and Polly married Y - the Hannas. Temple- became related. In later years they lanna history. :hat came to In ill proceed to take up the history bert Hat Galloway. Scot- Ervin. of English family, about ~ ._'. They had two children. Robert and Jane. horn were born three chil- John ; ; husband hav- ars, then mar- and they ha children — Jonathan THE HOUSE OF HA.N _ : William Neugent was a blacksmith by trade, and South Carolina, leaving a large family. Benjami: t removed to Alabama in company with the McDades; purchased negro slaves and by farming a a fortune. He died unmarried. John Xeugent emigrated to the "White Water." Indiana, and - irning r a while there among his relatives, he i :o Parke cor.: died near the town of Montezur PARKS-LITTLE JOHN. James Parks was a native of Prii ward ( ■ginia. In earlv manhood he was united in marr g Miss Littlejohn, a descendant of th of Ireland. Their farm] - si six chil James. Joseph. Ezekiei. Catharine. Mary and Margar Catharine married Andrew Wallace, oi Prince E nty, Virginia. Mary manic ert Hanna. of tht - Margaret, the youngest, wedded Douglass and they in company with Andrew Wallace and Catharine Kentucky. Joseph and Ezek _ rgia. James spent his - Mattie Calwell was a niece ; Parks, and united in marriac alhoun. I - n, J ' *. Calh arose I ,;reat prominerj through his nullifi- cation. \ twithstanding the Park- family nsisl members, including the parents, none of them 2 [8oi. T ■ rlasm:-. ' : Illinois and re He then went to - - . red the "si n back - He had be- .oung-- - impeti: '. in mar- ;cede to his pro- n. He his ord. tclare<\ and o- beair i -een ok- Ervin, was 774, and mar- hey were mar- [ *re yet residing - - - i [ , ~ - I - g -. - . - He i - - ■ • " ' L : g - - - g Sfdvi mines ".. I: : - THI - F BAXXA. City, n > 1 00.00 per month (paid - . with ' and a horse kept. In the summer Helena City. Montana. g a practical knowledge of e> \ ith archaeology he associated himself the S Silver and Copper Mining Company, Helena City, and for two years searched placer mines in the mountain districts. " he returned to the "States" via Fort wn the Missouri River for a distance of 2.140 r at Yankton. Dakota, thence by He early in life developed a fond- -earch and for the last forty years n an untiring collector of archaeological and other specimens from all over the United and from many place= in Australia and has e of the most valuable and unique collec- n Indiana. He has long been a contributor for the inch of his writing being devoted to pioneer life and character, and has been connected as editor and solicitor for y publications. In the capacity of circulating manager represented the Brookville Democrat. Laurel Review. lie Times and News, Connersville Examiner, the Richmond Evening and Weekly Item, the Xew Castle Demo- Ireensburg Xew Era. the Rushville Jacksonian and at present is on the Brazil Daily and Weekly Democrat. 'ically he is a Democrat. Kit is not an aspirant for polit- - leisure hours to the ring of re thorouf know! - ience and the '>■•■• t\uf CHAPTER II. Early on a bright sunny morning in August, \j< 15. four persons could have been seen walking slowly and thought- fully along the pathway (or trail as it was then called) that led from their home through field, clearing- and forest up to the old Duffles Church. The two young men preceded an elderly lady and a voting girl. The young men were smartly dressed in clothes made of imported cloth, and the very white hands and untanned face of one bespoke seclusion from sun and outdoor toil. The other looked more toil-worn, but each bore the impress of college life and education. When they reached the crest of a small eminence they all intuitively paused at once and the more rugged of the two young men said : '"Jeff, here is a view that brings back to my mind the good times we had at William and Mary College. I can almost see the boys scampering across the meadow in our grand foot races." "It is very like, very like the old race track, and I. too, can almost imagine I see the boys, with you, Robin, several bounds ahead, as you always were, and little Tom Jeff pot- tering along somewhere in the chase." "Ah, yes. but poor little Tom Jeff never pottered in the class. I can see him yet holding on to its head like grim death. Now, for my part. I always thought tail holds pretty (31) g : a ha ! ha ! and slapping him ir ring of jovial • --he contin- ide view of this lovely g its rippling cob - ■ - in the sunlight nd we catch a glimr - : the t of gratitude we owe to our into the handsome face of much fear that I shall give a rginia home is me after all." Ah! Robin Hanna, it is a heartsome I have known my sweetest joys The ties that bind my heart to Virginia - than an; ing people know. n the new home and the new peo- ". live much upon the mem- , bid fare- irch." ill the • nation with us," said - happy in our new Carolina home . - - • ■ Robin, "and I much fear • be indu And he gave his mat she quickly understood. Then kly and soon they came to h. - Coming from the oppc tioo - and a : ::ng girl. followed by a bk •- :r. 2 r.r.t. -.r-.-: e.'_ cr:-:~e: hirst. 7:r :ht iris: :~: : Tames Parks would have no other ring an nngroomed borse arc r daughter tc mom When the pedes: altere d the Robin and Jefferson tnrr. -chmen who 3ther anc rir_g :hrr : ' ) ladies 1 g nto the ed them to dismount and was caring for the hois went in the elder ladies shook han fs. « g each others- 5 : er Parks" an - tr Hanna-~ c ^ ed and nodded and greeted each other > and "Mar There are always those who g and then they have the advantage 5 on th:- ?ion our pair s the ole ladies entered the church _ tred that thr wa' £ that but :tn the bank near by. Two s: ladies c sz -he pc by the spring. They. too. stopper CJurd ma: - eld ov en. now joir n to the s Robin had dra- to one sice sr.c ep and earnest eon\-ersatie- Ter. The S ion was ; . Trier F HANNA. I that the preacher and churchmen had ind gone inside, and they took that so they too went up and Three there were of that congre- that never more would they pass in or out g w to a cl< - - -ermons did in those ssarily consumed a good length of i to call upon two or three of the up prayers, and sometimes a brother got and then the congregation had to • 5. Then. too. time must be alio; lies of the hymn and the peo- re he proceeded to read the next they would sing those, and sometimes . as it happened on this occas- - .ected containing nine stanzas of eight ich. The} sang it through. Then came a moment's —a crucial moment for Robin Hanna. The minister ". piece of paper that lay by the side of his - Ef his 1 slowly he said : "I herein hold a certificate to three of our esteemed members, which I do Then he read from the paper — CERTIFICATE. at Mary Hanna. widow, her son Robert and her - me years orderly members of this have behaved hon soberly, Christianly : church censure. Thev have THE HOUSE OF HANXA. 35 been admitted to sealing" ordinances with us. and are now rec- ommended to Christian communion wherever Providence may order their lot. Is certified at Buffies, Prince Edward unty, Virginia, August 30. 1 ~< 5. "By Me. "Rich'd Saxky. R. D. M. As he read Robin looked straight across into the face of Man - Parks, and as the words fell slowly and distinctly upon her anxious ears he saw the rosy color leaving cheek and br< iw, and when the reading was finis 1 - it still and was as white as a marble statue, gazing fixedly into his face, that was as pale as that of the dead. It seemed to them for a mo- ment that they had heard their death knell ringing. But in that anguished look each had read the unmistakable sincerity heir love. When the minister had finished reading he said. "Now, brothers and sisters, you have heard the reading and if any- one has aught to prefer that will bar the issuing of this rec- ommendation you will please make it known now. or ever after hold your peace." The silence that followed was op- pressive. Then raising his hands the minister said: "Let us k to the Lord and be dismissed." They all arose and with bowed heads they received his benediction. When Marv Parks was oassing out of the door Robin Hanna stepped up to her side and together they wall the upping-block. where the slave was holding the horses ; and as they went he told her more of their near departure. Then he helped her to mount, while the slave was seating her mother. 'This is an exact copy of the original certificate. — Author. ; in HOUSE OF HANNA. The) rode awa) and Mary'? pent-up feelings found vent in a »us flow of tears as she reiterated the thought. "Robin - away!" "Robin is going away!*' That week the) went away, into that newer country, South Caro- lina, and whether Robert saw .Mary before they went I have not been informed, but it is quite likely that he did, for there have been a positive understanding effected be- tween them. As soon as possible after becoming permanently settled in their new home Robert returned to Virginia and bore his Man back with him, a young, confiding, trusting le. And h>'\\ could they know when they joined their for- tunes and their lives together that out of their house would come those who would be leaders of men. and makers of laws that bind a mighty nation together. After arriving in their new home they ingratiated themselves into the friendships of the proud old families of the Butlers, the Pinckneys, the < interns and the Grimsevs. CHAPTER III. A great turmoil of excited anxiety prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the American Colonies. The op- pressive acts i if the British Parliament had aroused a spirit of resistance in the Colonies which was stirring the people from Massachusetts to the Carolinas. The soft white hand of "Little Tom Jeff." the college friend of Robert Hanna, did a mighty thing. It wrote the Declaration of American Inde- pendence, one of the sublimest political documents ever writ- ten by the hand of man. That alone should be sufficient to stamp the name of Thomas Jefferson with immortality. Robert Hanna had been regarded as a most loyal subject of the Mother Country, and therefore had been appointed by the King of England as Surveyor General of South Caro- lina and had surveyed the boundary line between the Caro- linas prior to the beginning of the Revolutionary War. By some fortunate chance John Adams's "Dissertation on the Crown and Eeudal Laws" had founded its way into his scant library, and poring over it it added fuel to the fire of his patriotism. When the crisis came he threw off his allegiance to the Crown. This so exasperated the Tories that a price was set on his head and during the seven years' struggle he slept but two nights in his own home. When the call was (37) i HE HOUSE OF HANNA. mad< for troops he was among the first to respond. Once more Man shed bitter tears, for "Robin had gone away." She, like hundreds of other brave, courageous women of those times, nerved herself to the arduous task of taking care < if the family and pr< >perty. Robert I lamia fought from South Carolina to Vermont. He was in the battle of Cowpens, which was fought on his Uncle Joseph's plantation ; also at Bennington, King's Moun- ta'n and oilier battles. He raptured a sword from one of ["arleton's officers. (It is still possessed by Mr. Pinckney llanua. of Brookville, Indiana.) Owing to the prominent position of Robert Manna in the community great care had to be exercised in every movement made and every sentence uttered. For not all the Colonists were Patriots. Some there were like Robert Manna, who had been nurtured to show fealty to the ( Town, and despite all oppression they remained al to King George. Seme were willful and some were witless spies upon their Patriot neighbors; and when the British troops wen passing through the country they were often directed by their loyal friends to the places where the Patriots had goods, or stock, or provisions concealed. One day a Lieutenant of General Tarleton's and a squad of sol- diers rode up to Mary Hanna's door. On seeing them she went out on the porch to receive them, followed by two of her children. The Lieutenant demanded to know the where- abouts of their stork. Seeing the little boy was about to an- swer, she said sharply, "Don't tell, John." That angered the officer and he ordered one of the soldiers to flog the hoy until he told. Bui the intrepid little woman quickly brought forward the hand that was concealed behind her and dis- played a dangerous-looking hunting knife, and defied the THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 39 man at his peril to touch the child. The officer was so im- pressed with the little woman's braver) that he counter- manded the order and, with a salute which Mary returned with a courtesx . he rode away without further molestation, leaving the little family in a flutter of excitement. Their childish imagination took wild flight and each little one told how they could have served the British if — and if — and if. Presently Jimmy missed one and he asked, "Mother, where's Margaret?" Struck with fright the mother bade them hunt her instantly, and a general search was instituted for the little one. They raised the bed-valance and peeped under, opened the closet door, raised the lid of the old chest, drew the curtains aside from the fire-place, but no Mar- garet ; they called aloud, but no answer. Then John and his mother ran to the barn, and James and little Mary went to the corn-pen. The search was futile and they all returned to the house. Then they heard a little voice faintly calling, and running in the direction whence the sound came, the mother found her little girl curled up in the Dutch oven. After the close of the Revolutionary War several of the old Colonies revived their claims to lands granted by the charters previously obtained from the Crown. Those Colo- nies had been transformed into sovereign states, and each ex- pressed a desire to possess more territory. There were be- sides other claims set forth, such as for extra services and i rverfull contingents of men and munitions for the war then just closed. Virginia alone claimed her lands not only on ac- count of former charter rights, but by the undeniable right of conquest. She had furnished men and money to conquer and hold the territory which she called her own. In 1779 Virginia opened a land office, for the sale of her 3 rill. HOUSE OF HANNA. western lands. This act was objected to by other states, sev- eral of which regarded the vacant regions in the West as a common fund for the future payment of the expenses of the war in which the Colonies were involved. The United Stan- took the ground that these lands had been the propert) of the Crown and naturally fell to the Gen- eral I lovernment as the conquering power. It was contended that it was unjust for the few to he benefited to the exclusion of the many. Upon the opening of the land office by Virginia Con- ss passed a joint resolution earnestly recommending that state to reconsider her actions, and to enforce this recom- mendation Colonel Broadhead was stationed in the Western country with a sufficient force to prevent intrusion upon the o round. The controversy concerning the Western lands for a long time darkened the prospects of the American Union. It retarded the ratification of the Articles of Con- federation : it greatly augmented the emharrassments of Con- gress in carrying on the war, and cheered the enemies of America by revealing a source of discord among the mem- bers of the Union. Congress appealed to the interested states t.. avert the danger that threatened the common cause. Xew York was the first to respond, in 1780. by instructing her delegates to concede to the demands of Congress. Virginia relinquished her claim in 1783. Massachusetts in 1785. and last of all. Connecticut, in 1786. In 1787 Congress made an ordinance or body of law for the government of this North- west Territory. That ordinance forbade the holding of es in (he territory, and granted entire religious freedom t" every settler. THE HOUSE OF HAXXA. 4 1 So far as the civilized world was concerned the title of the Qnited States was now clear; but the rights of the Indi- ans were yet to be acquired. On the 21st of January, 17K5. several tribes combined to dispose of their interests, which was done by the treaty of Fort Mcintosh. The lands obtained were in the southern and western parts of Ohio, and were equal to about three- fourths of the present area of the state. The treaty of Greenville was concluded on the 3d day of August. 1795. By this compact the United States gained a tract of country west and south of the lands obtained by the treaty of Fort Mcintosh. The western boundary of this newly acquired land was a direct line from Fort Recovery to a point on the ( )hio River opposite the Kentucky River. This line is the well known "boundary line'' passing about midway through Franklin Count}-. Indiana, and not far west of the toum of Brookznlle. Other important grants of terri- tory were acquired by various treaties from this time for- ward to 1840. The lands in Franklin County are parts of these grand trusts, as follows : All lands between the State line and the "boundary line" are in what was called "Wayne's Purchase," obtained at the treaty of Greenville in 1795. The triangle in the southwest part of the county is a part of the "Grouseland Purchase." made by treaty at Vin- cennes in 1805. The lands immediately west of the "boundary line" are of the "Twelve Mile Purchase." The remaining portion, still farther west, is in what was known as the "New Purchase." which was gained by treaty mi: HOUSE OF HANNA. at St. Mary's, Ohio, in [818. This treaty, made by Jona- than Jennings, Lewis ( ass and Benjamin Park, extinguished all of the Indian titles in Indiana except a few reservations, the principal of which was the Miami Reserve. This treaty opened the interior of the state to settlement. i Mi the 7th of May, [800, an act of Congress was ap- proved as follows: "That from and after the 4th day of Jul) next, all that part of the territory of the United States which lies westward of the line beginning at the Ohio, oppo- site the mouth of Kentucky River and running thence to Fori Recovery, and thence north until it shall intersect the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a sepa- rate territory, and be called the Indiana Territory." The treat\ of 1 7< >5 (Greenville) was the signal for a "grand rush" to the interior lands of western Ohio and along the southeastern border of Indiana, as at present denned. The current of In ime-seekers and explorers appears generally to have reached the territory of what is now Franklin County from the direction of Cincinnati. January, 1789, was the date of the layin-out of Cincinnati. John Cleves Symmes landed at North Bend on the 2d of February. 1789, and erected a shanty on the high crest of the left bank of the Great Miami and commenced to execute his scheme for founding there a city, with two water fronts. The lands west of the Great Miami were placed on sale at Cincinnati on the first Monday in April, i8ot. and in the latter part of the year 1804 the first lands were entered on the easl fork of White Water near the "boundary line." In the spring of [805 the ''Carolina settlers" took permanent posses- THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 43 sion of their homes. At that time ( [805) the only mill for all the upper White Water country was on the edge of Ohio. owned by Mr. Thomas Smith, of Kentucky, so that the Caro- lina settlers had to travel twenty-five miles to get their Hour and meal. Who were the "Carolina Settlers?" It is narrated that soon after the arrival of the emigrants, that their supph of breadstuff was nearly exhausted, and all dt the most able-bodied males in the settlement were busily occupied in clearings and the only available one to go to mill was Graem Manna, then a lad of eleven years. So the grist was gotten ready and when the little fellow came to start his hat was missing. A general search was instituted hut all to no avail. It seemed to he gone for good. lint nothing daunted, the hoy mounted the horse behind the sack and, hare-headed and hare-footed, he went on his long lonely ride along the trail through the dense forest to the Ohio mill. Surely the boy was endowed with a fearless courage else he could not thus have dared the dangers from wild beasts and savage Indians. But he made the fifty-mile ride in safety. And the Aval is a noble record of youthful heroism. CHAPTER l\. Vboul tin. year 1798 the talk of the new Northwest Ter- ritory became more glowing throughout the older states and some who were already dissatisfied with the system of slavery existing in the southern states, became fired with the desire to emigrate to a land where they could have a form of gov- ernment more congenial to their desires. Therefore, an emigrant compan) was organized in Laurens District, South Carolina, with Robert Hanna. Sr., and Robert Templeton a- leaders. Their followers were John Templeton, William gan, George Leviston, John Hanna. John Logan, Joseph Manna. John Ewing and Robert Swan. In the spring of the year 1801 this little band of intrepid pioneers, accompanied by their wives and children, started on their toilsome journey to the new Northwest or "Wayne's Purchast ." Late in the fall they arrived in the .Miami Vallev and made a halt on the "Dry Fork" of the Miami River at a poinl easl of the present town of Harrison, Ohio. There the\' remained while the lands in the western part of "Wayne's Purchase" were being surveyed and prepared for market, which was accomplished by 1802-1803. According to the law then in force no less than a whole ion could be entered. Early in the year 1804 the land I Hi THE HOUSE OF HAXNA. 45 office reduced the amount of land which could be entered to one-eighth of a section, or more, and also reduced the price and provided for payments in installments. During their sojourn on "Dry Fork" they had ample time to explore the country which was soon to be opened for settlement. They then discovered the picturesque valley of the east fork of White Water, with its rich bottom lands, heavy tim- ber and luxuriant vegetation, nourished by countless springs of pure water; also the abundance and variety of stone, gravel and sand ; to which was added an abundance of game, which was highly appreciated, for the spoils of the chase were depended upon for the major part of their food. In the summer of 1804 the "advance party," with Robert Hanna and Robert Templeton as leaders, again returned to' the "promised land" to prepare the dwellings for their fam- ilies. The most direct route was selected and "blazed." and for many years afterward was known as the "Carolina trace." Tt commenced on Lees Creek at the farm of Mathias Brown, thence across the country to a point a little west of the present village of Mount Carmel, and from there along or near the Big Cedar Creek to where the Big Cedar Church now stands, when it took a northwesterly course over the up- land until it reached the valley of the south branch of Tem- pleton Creek (at that time not named), thence down the creek from which point it crossed south to the East Fork of White Water River, and near where the dwelling of Mrs. Keturah Templeton is situated. This "trace," or path, was 4n September 24. 1804. Robert Ilanna received his deed for the following located land: •The southeast quarter of Section 28, Town 10, Range 2, and the northeast quarter of Section 33, Town 10, Range 2." ( >n ( Ictober 10. 1804. Robert Templeton entered the northwest quarter of Section 28. December 4. 181)4. William Logan entered the northeast quarter of Section 28. John Logan entered on the east side of the river. Sec- tion «,. Town 9. Range 1. also Section 10. Town 9. Range 1. the west side Section <). Town 9, Range 2. John Templeton entered Section 4, Town 10. Range 2. Robert Ilanna. Jr.. entered Section 28. Town 10, Range 2. \ the meridian line. Sold to John Nugent Decem- ber 14. 1814. Three cabins were simultaneously begun. They were those of Robert Templeton. Robert Hanna and William Lo- gan. The first one finished was that of Robert Templeton which stood very near the brick house that was built later on. These cabins were at intervals, from the first above mentioned along the East Fork up to where Brownsville is n< »w located. Robert Hanna's cabin was next finished. His cabin stood where the house of the late David Graem Hanna v stands. This cabin was a favorite resort for emigrants and neighbors for many years. •i in: BOUSE OF 11 \.\.\.\. 47 John Ilanna, eldest son of Robert Hanna, built his cabin on the farm now owned and occupied by A. L. Carter. A roadway, only, divides it from the Hanna homestead. John was in his younger days one of the few who could play the violin, hence his services as "fiddler" were in demand fre- quently. About the year 1810 he was elected one of the As- sociate Judges of Franklin County. Later in life he removed to [ndianapolis, where he died. Joseph Hanna settled on the East Fork near the mouth of Hanna's Creek and for him the stream was named. He was a noted politician and an advocate of hard money. IK' died in Carroll Count}-, Indiana, at a ripe old age. The claim of Rohert Hanna, Jr.. was located on the west side of the river directly opposite the Hanna homestead. John Templeton. the son-in-law of Robert Hanna, Sr., settled one mile south of the village of Quakertown, Union County. His son, John F. Templeton, now owns the farm. A daughter of this pioneer was the first white female child horn on the East Fork. This child was Catherine H. Tem- pleton. born July 16, T805. She became the wife of George Xewland. who is said to have run a flatboat loaded with whiskey and other produce from Dunlapsville to New Or- leans. John Templeton was a member of the Territorial Leg- islature when the act to form two new counties was passed in i8tt, and is said to have given the name Franklin to the southern portion. John Logan was horn in Ireland Janu- ary it, 1758. Pie settled on the west side of East Fork oppo- site Robert Templeton's purchase. The farm is still in the family name. William Logan was born in Ireland August 2. 1762. He i Hi HOUSE OF HANNA. e to America with his father and settled in South Caro- lina, and came with the colon) to Fairfield. He was a sol- dier in the Lighl I [orse Brigade in the latter part of the Rev- olutionary War. His cabin was built one-half mile south of Fairfield village. An old beech tree by the roadside still plays the mark of fire. It was burnt by the campfire they used for cooking while the cabin was being- built. fohn Ewing's cabin was on the west bank of East Fork near the Shawnee Ford. Mr. Ewing was the first Justice of the Peace in the county. George Lewiston settled two miles north of 1 hinlapsville. Robert Swan settled on Silver Creek, on land now owned by David Hewitt. The following incident has been, pre- served by the descendants of the Carolina colony. It will serve to show the kind of energy these pioneers were pos- d of. The party was engaged on Joseph Hanna's cabin. one "i the last t" he built. It was nearly finished when night came on and with it a heavy tall of snow. Having no shel- ter, they concluded to finish the cabin by fire light. Accord- ly they built immense bonfires, by the light of which they rived the clapboards and roofed the dwelling, which occu- the greater pari "i" the night and when the work was done the snow was ten inches dee]'. During the winter of [804-05, when the party had re- turned to the Dn Fork, the Indians occupied the cabin of Robert Templeton. During their tenancy an Indian woman ■'. and the Indians were about in burv her under the cabin >r but wen- prevented from doing so by French traders who were passing by. The firsl schoolhouse "ti the Easl Fork was erected be- Till". HOUSE OF MANNA. 4hort duration. Thomas was at that time insolvent, while Butler had some money and plenty of ability to make (50) i in-: iiuusi-: in- UANNA, 51 more. The agreement between these founders. of a "new city in a new world" was that Butler should make the firsl payment, Thomas the second, and so on. The first install- ment was duly paid by Butler, but when the second fell due Thomas failed to appear and Butler again came to the front with the cash. Just how this all transpired is not quite clear, but the "wind up" of the matter was that Butler paid for the land, except a part or the whole of the final payment which Thomas managed to make by assigning his claim to a firm styled Hamilton & Jones, of Cincinnati. Thomas being well versed in the best methods of "closing out" a financial enterprise, contrived to have the patent issued to himself and in his own name. This bit of engineering ap- pears to have left Mr. Butler in pretty good condition to seek legal redress. Thomas went on and laid out a town and named it Brookville.* The surveyor was Solomon Manwar- ring, and the work bears date August 8, 1808. Due notice was given and a day appointed for the sale of the lots. At this stage of the proceedings Butler came to the surface with the necessary papers and the sale was postponed. The mat- ter was afterward settled by Hamilton & Jones, in whose name the land was held, who deeded eighty-seven and a half acres of the west half to Butler. The first lot sold in Brook- ville was Lot No, 47. The deed is dated March 7, 181 1. Mr. Butler brought several men with him as laborers and assistants. Unfortunately the names cannot be recalled, ex- cept that David Stoops, who was a married man, came along to keep boarders" for Mr. Butler. The mill was built and *In honor of his mother, whose maiden name was Brooks. 52 THE HOUSE OB HANNA. put in operation immediately after the settlement was made John Allen also settled lure and built a mill on the East Fork below that of Butler. This was clone only a little later than Butler's enterprise. Concerning the details of progress made 1>\ the Brookville settlement up to 1810 there is very little to Ik learned except by inference. There was hut one land en- trj in [807 : five in [808 : none in 1809, and six in 1810. This indicate- that Brookville was too near the boundary line and the Indian- to he desirable just then. Among those who came in [808 was James Knight. He seems to have been one of the ven first to begin business in the new city. He kept tavern and with his tavern he kept a store, as appears from an old account book that is still preserved. His old day book is full <>t" charges and credits, and contains the names <>\ many who were active in the then frontier town. The first one hundred pages are missing. The second entry is: John Allen. U 1 t< (backer $ .12^ I lalf pint , 12]A Two buckskins 2.00 Then followed many pages of ordinary business records from which we -elect a few: Dr. I.ovell. to tobacker $ .i2 J / 2 Dr. Lovell credited by John P.rowns not (note)... 9.00 Joseph Reppy to half pound tea 75 William Henderson, one pound eleven ounces lead. . .31^ Joseph \\ r inship credited by five day's work 5.00 Samuel Arnett to one pare yarn socks 75 IliK HOUSE i_>. 1S10. and Knight had been in the tavern business for a considerable period then. John Allen was connected with the very earliest history of Brookville. He, with two of his sons, Solomon and Jo- siah, come lure in the summer of 1805 and entered and be- gan improving their lands. In the fall the sons returned to Pennsylvania and Solomon taught a term of school, while Josiah gave his attention to collecting- materials for a mill. In tin spring of 1806 the brothers with a flatboat load of g Is, machinery and the rest of the family came down the I >hio River to Cincinnati. The mill stones were brought in this cargo, and by some means transported to Brookville. The mill was put in operation as soon as possible after their arrival. Mr. Allen was a rival of Amos Butler in the various enterprises incident to a new town. He was the founder of all the southeast part of the present town of Brookville. He was a Justice of the Peace here for many years. Solo- iniin was a school teacher and noted for his fine penmanship and superior education. He was considered a mathematical prodigy and taught surveying to all the "big boys" of his schools. The seven sons of Mr. Allen settled here and there in the county and in the Wabash country and were more or - - thoroughly identified with the development of the coun- trv. CHAPTER VI. Now we have stayed around Brookville for quite a while watching the "doings" of Messrs. Butler, Thomas and Allen, and we are wondering how the Carolina settlers are pros- pering. We will just walk up the trail seven miles along the East Fork and pay them a little visit. Up the Trail? Ah ! no, it is no longer a bridle path, for is now bears the dignified appellation of the "Big road to Brookville." It has enlarged its dimensions to the width of a wagon or sleigh. The trees and bushes along its margin have been felled and cleared away and the bodies of the trees cut in uniform lengths and laid crosswise of the road farming what is known as a "corduroy" across the places that are particularly muddy. The first Carolina friend we come to is John Logan, and we are surprised to see the cleared field that stretches away from his cabin. He, too. has fruit trees planted all around his cabin ; berry bushes are in abundance, and out around his cabin he has sheds and other housings for his stock. Before leaving we ask little Jane Dollar to sing to us. She willingly complies and renders one of those old hymns in her own sweet way. We then proceed on our way to Robert Templeton's and, entering, we find one face missing from the family group. 4 (55) 5" THE HOUSE OF HANNA. It is that of their daughter Mary. We ask for her, and are smilinglj told that she and John Reid have set up an estab- lishment of their own over on the "West Fork/' and Mr. Templeton adds, '"They may be complimented on being the tir-i white people to be joined in Christian wedlock in the "Carolina Settlement." The improvement is wonderful that Robert Templeton and his hoys have made. Acres beside acres have been cleared and put under cultivation, and a commodious log barn and other outbuildings have been erected, and their sheep herd has increased to a goodly num- ber. So aNo had John Logan's flock of sheep increased its numbers mor.e than fourfold. It is evident by the increased sheep Hocks that all the settlers were bent upon keeping warm. Tin Logan and Templeton families both anxiously in- quire of us if we have any late news of the "Indian Upris- ing." We answer that the general belief is that there will not be any immediate outbreak, if any at all. But it is evi- dent by the sullen, reticent demeanor of the straggling red men who come into the settlement to trade that there is bad blood boiling somewhere. "Well." says .Mr. Templeton. "We are beginning to make a little preparation for our protection, tor Mr. Thomas Powers has erected a commodious hewed- house on his clearing and picketed it for a block house. and Mr. Robert Glidewell has built another one on his claim up the creek here." "Powers? Glidewell? We do not know them." 'No, for the} ;ne people who came here since you went to Brookville, in [805, and you've been gone five vears, and over there," pointing over the river, "is Mr. Adams's claim. Mil- EOUSE OF HANNA. 5/ and the) have a whole lot of youngsters. But Bob there can tell you more about them than I can. About Mary especially" — and the old gentleman's face beamed with the knowledge of "knowing something." 'The young man's face got very red and he walked away whistling. We proceed on our way and coming in sight of Robert i Robin) Manna's place we involuntarily stop and gaze, for before us stands a large hewn-log house, with ample room within to accommodate his large family and larger cir- cle of visiting relatives and friends. We find the family rela- tions here unchanged, excepting that their son James, now a widower, has come out from Carolina bringing his three children with him, Newton, < )liver and Charlotte. Newton has reached the age designated as "A hopple-de-hoy Neither man nor hoy." After asking James a great main questions about his sis- ters, Catharine Hitch and Margaret Byrd, who are yet in Carolina, and if he had heard from his aunt, Jane McDade. 'over in Georgia, we get back to local events. We are told that there was a little girl baby born at "Aunt Polly Temple- ton's" on the 15th of July, 1805. This was the first female white child born on the White Water. About the same date a bouncing boy was born to the house of William Logan to contest the honor of being the precursor of all white baby- hood, and a compromise is effected by declaring little Thomas and little Catharine each the standard bearer of their sex. Mr. Hanna and his sons seem to be considerably stirred up 50 l III'. HOUSE OF HANNA. ilu- attitude that England has assumed toward the United States, and when Mr. William Logan happens to drop in while they are discussing the subject the faces of the two "1.1 men take on a look of hard sternness as they recount the acts of injustice that drove us to war with them once before, "An' we'll hev to Eoight them agen before we'll hev wid thim." said Mr. I .< igan. "And whip them, too," said Mr. Hanna. " I f- ." said his son Robert. "Indade. there's no 'if in it. I've got me ould horse- yet that done good service fur George Washington, and I'm not so ould but thai I can go out and use thim agin." "Tut tut. Billy, there's plenty of us younger fellows," -aid James, "to shoulder our muskets now. and let you older codgers that fought the Revolution through stay at home to clear the soil you fought for." "Well, although the straws point toward war, yet it may d by prompt action on the part of the English Par- liament." said young Robert Hanna. And thus they con- tinued to discuss tin subject at great length. For certain it was that war clouds were raising ominously over the Ameri- can horizon again. The Indians had become taciturn and sullen when they ventured into the settlements, and Ameri- can diplomats were -censing England of sending her emis- saries among them to stir them to revolt. And was Mar) Hanna again fated to listen to the boom- ing of "war's dread alarm"" She had passed through the tortures of her husband's participations in the Revolution- ary War and through the anxieties of the Cherokee uprising, in which her son lames was out "soldiering," and the talk of *W}c<>t (UnceleEu '^HDa/i/i* ^/©o/vtavd ©auna THE HOUSE OF II AN \'.\. 6l the men alarmed her. and she went about her work crying and praying to high heaven to avert war's dread calamity. I !nt before the conference was ended young Graem's patriot- ism was set aflame and he declared himself a ready recruit if it should come to "blows." But fortunately for the moth- er's peace of mind .she did not hear her sun's assertion, so she could rest in quiet for a time at least. She could not divine- that in one \ ear hence her Graem was to shoulder his gun and march, march, with the boys in the War of 1812. But we have heard so much of that talk down in town that we are tired of it. and we get them hack on to local matters again. We ask who has taken those claims where we catch the glimpse of clearings, and we are told that in our five years' absence there have glided into the settlement the Orsbornes, Abernathys, Wilsons. Johnstons, Whites, Es- tes, 1'owers. Dickersons, Harveys, Hobbs and Rose, and up on Templeton's Creek is Robert Glidewell's, and Barack- mans and Harrells. Mrs. Hanna tells us confidentially that young Robert Templeton is to be married this month I Feb- ruary 14, 1811), for Polly had told her that he has spoken to her husband ( Esq. John Templeton) to perform the cere- mony. And Mr. Templeton has also been engaged to marry Mr. James Drake to Miss Elizabeth Dickerson on the 21st Of Maw And in our gossipy chat Mrs. Manna tells us that her son- in-law. John Templeton, was a member of the Territorial Legislature last November, when two new comities were erected, and John was permitted to name one of them. He called it Franklin, after Benjamin Franklin, of whom he was a srreat admirer. The other was called Wavne. 111). H0US1 01 HANNA. I ask her about her daughter, Jane Manwaring, and she tells me that when Mr. Solomon Manwaring came up to sur- vey and plat the town of Brookville that Jane came up with him on horseback to make them a visit. She is living down on the main White Water, about fifteen miles below Brook- ville. She had met and married Mr. Manwaring while they were sojourning on the Dry Fork. He lived in Dearborn Count}- and went there on surveying business. Having met, it was not long till marriage followed, for owing to the incon- veniences surrounding the people courtships were necessarily brief in those days. Young Robert Hanna is full and running over with poli- tics. When there is a lull in our own conversation we catch -natches of the men's talk as it comes from the "room" to the kitchen, and it's all about "voting," "office," "candidate," "election." etc. We hear him say, "Yes, I'm going to run for Sheriff and I'd like to have your support, Mr. Logan." "Indade, thin ye shall hev it, me bye, for if I hev to he hung ye'll tye the knot soft loike. An' mebby I couldn't de- nd so well on a stranger." They all laughed at his Irish witticism, and he contin- ued — "1 had a talk wid yer brother, Judge John, as I came down and he tould me ye was aspirin' to office. Ye's young, hut mebbe ye'll take the more interest in it." CHAPTER VII. THE COURTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. Well, we spent last night at Judge John Hanna*s and when his family had all come in it was like a "big meeting." I tell yon there's more than o "rail full" of them. My con- science! But we had fun. Our cousins know how to en- tertain to make a visit pleasant. We are very much disappointed in not getting to go up to Esquire Ewing's (he was the first Justice of the Peace ap- pointed for the new settlement). Judge John Templeton's, Joseph Hanna's, Robert Swan's and George Leviston's. But time is now limited, for it is our purpose to return to Brook- ville to be present at the very first opening of the tribunal called a "court." to be held in the new county February 18, 1811. Tt may not be out of place to explain here that the courts are of two general classes: The Circuit Courts, held and presided over by one of the judges representing the United States, and the Common Pleas Courts the judges of which received their authority from the Territorial Government only, and are limited in the extent of their jurisdiction. These last named courts are composed of one President Judge and one or more Associate Judges. All county business is (68) (-4 I HE HOUSE OF 11 ANNA. transacted in. or through, this court. (What is now, 1806, performed by the Count)- Commissioners, Auditors. Trus- tees, etc., was vested in this one tribunal.) Its sessions for public business purposes were called County Courts. Thus it will he understood that there was no important difference between a Common Ideas Court and a County Court. The court which is to assemble at Brookville, then, is a County Court. There has been no court-house built as yet, therefore a room will have to be rented for the assembling' together ni the august body. The 18th came and went, and it developed that a room was secured at Knight's Tavern, in which to hold the firsl court. The record states: Their Hon-. Benjamin McCarty, f"hn Templeton and Thomas Brown, judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the said court. The first business ns to have been the appointment of commissioners to take charge of the "school lands" and to lease the same for the public good. Xext came several tavern licenses, the first of which was issued to John Vanblaricum upon his paying $5 the comity, and $1 to the clerk of the Court. The rates of tavern-keepers were fixed by order of the court. The first bill of rates for taverns here was established immediately after the above mentioned licenses were granted. Here it is: Breakfast, dinner or supper 25 cent- Half pint whiskey, or punch brandy T2 T < cents Half pint of French brandy 50 cents 1 lalf pint of rum ^O cents < >ne quart of cider 12 T j cent- THE HOUSE OF BANNA. 6$ ( >ne quart of beer 12J/2 cents One pint of wine 12J/2 C< One gallon 1 if o >rn i2 l / 2 cents ( )ue gallon of oats \2\A, cent? Hay. per night 18 cent" Lodging 6^2 cent? I'liilp Freck? and .Mary Case were appointed administra- tors of the estate of Nathaniel Cas . the ?ame be- ing the first appointment of the kind recorded in the count}-. Court then adjourned. We must confes? that it was n< very full docket. Following the County Court was the Common Plea? C.urt. It convened on the nth of March. 1811. The judges present were Benjamin McCarty. John Templeton and Thomas Brown. Enoch McCarty was Clerk, and Rob- ert Hanna. Jr.. Sheriff. Henry McCarty was appointed Constable for the first election district in the township. A grand jury, composed of the following freeholders, was sworn and directed to retire: John Brown, Sr.. William Logan, John Livingston. John Hanna. Robert Templeton. David Bell. Thomas Clark. Conrad Sailor. Solomon Tyner. Stephen Martin. Britton Gant, James Winchell, William Nicholas, James Nicholas, William Dubois John Allen. John Millhollond. John Thompson, Jacob Sailor?. Allen Ramsey, John Lefforge, Joshua Porten and Robert Glidewell. Elijah Sparks. James Dill and James Noble were admit- ted to practice law in said court. Tame? Noble also produced (rfj H1K HOUSE OF HANNA. a commision from His Excellency, the Governor of this Territory, as Prosecuting Attorney for this comity. The first case on the docket was Isaac Miller vs. David McKee. William Carter, special bail. James Adair is permitted to keep a tavern for one year at his house in this comity, who enters into bond as the law directs. The court directs that he pa) for the use of the comity $2, and $1 for the use of the Clerk. The grand jury returned indictments in the fol- lowing cases, which soon came up for trial with the following Its: United States vs. James McCoy, on indictment. The respondent appeared and pleaded guilty; the court as- 3 ssed the fine at $3 and costs. United States vs. Fielding Jeter, on indictment for retailing strong water, and pleaded guilty : the court assessed the fine at $12 and costs. It is ordered that Judges McCarty, Templeton and Brown be each allowed $16 for eight days' service as Judges of this court. George Frasher and Peter Youngblood are allowed y$ cents apiece for killing three wolves each. Stephen Harrell is allowed for killing two wolves under six months old 50 cent- each. Also William Harrell is allowed the same amount for killing the same number and kind of wolves. Enoch McCarty is allowed S20 for one-half his salary as Clerk for the present year. Rohert Hanna is allowed $25 in part of his salary for the present year as Sheriff. The assembling of the courts followed each other in quick succession, for on Monday. June 24. 1811, the first Circuit Court of the county convened at Brookville. Tt was then called a court of nisi prius (oyer and terminer) or general jail delivery, being called after one of the English THE HOUSE OF 1 1 A N N \. < 7 courts, and well understood by the lawyers of that period. The Mon. Benjamin Park, one of the United States Circuit Judges for Indiana Territory, presided. Two indictments were found by the grand jury, one against Polly Knigte for selling whisky and trading with Indians, and the other was againsl Stephen C. Stephens for selling one tin pan to an Indian. The grand jury consisted of Patrick McCarty, John Miller, William Crofford, Robert Swan. David Holling<- worth, Daniel Cunningham, John Hanna, John Logan, Sam- uel Ely, Elliot Herndon. Philemon Harvey, James Putman, John Carson, John Pergit, James McGinnis, Reuben Lines and Joseph Rip]))-. The Circuit Court did not assemble again until June 21, 181 3, when Polly Knigte was acquitted and the indictment against Stephens was quashed. Again the Common Pleas Court begun on the first of July, 181 1, and Jesse L. Holman was admitted to practice law. Pie afterward became one of the Supreme Judges of the State. He was the father of Hon. Wm. S. Holman, "The watch dog of the Treasury." The records of 1814 contain some interesting items. Elli- ott Herndon challenged James Noble to engage in mortal combat with bayonets ; but Sheriff Hanna and his posse swooped down on the belligerents and paraded them before the "bench." It was $50 for Herndon. Noble was dis- charged. One of the first duties of the court was to provide a revenue. Among the papers in the Auditor's office was found the first tax duplicate of Franklin County. It con- tains the list of names of persons and property agreeable to 68 THE HOUSE OF 11 ANN A. the order of court, a duplicate of which would he too lengthy t" insert here. We give only the conclusion of it: Indiana Territory, Franklin County, To-Wit: [do hereb) certify that the foregoing is a list or schedule of taxable property, taken in the County of Franklin afore- said for tin.' year [811. By me. ROBERT HANNA, Jr., Sheriff for Franklin County. Came fc i the other June i . 1S1 1. Enoch McCarty, Clerk Common Pleas. Franklin County. CHAPTER VIII. JAILS. The first mention of a jail is under head of April 15. 1S12. thus: "This day the Court received the Count)- jail of James Knight." And immediately after conies the fol- lowing entry: "Ordered, that James Winchell be appointed to collect the subscription money donated to the County of Franklin as her subscription as soon as the same can be col- lected by a legal course of law, and pay the same to the judges of the Courts of Common Pleas." May 15, 1813, James Knight was paid $60 (on account) of moneys due him for work on the above jail. May 15, 1813, came a statement to the Court as follows: 'To the Honorable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, I. T. : "Having examined the County jail, I find it deficient in several respects. First, it is insufficient in point of struc- ture. Secondly, that there are not separate rooms provided for the sexes. Therefore I enter this, my solemn protest, against its sufficiency in the aforesaid respects, and submit this to your consideration. "ROBERT HANNA, "Sheriff of Franklin County." (69) JO i ill BOUSE OF 11AXNA. KAKTIinLAKKS. In searching for old fragments ot local history of the White Water \ alky one occasionally sees in print something irding the earthquakes. Perhaps the only authentic ac- count of it is preserved in the papers of the Rev. Mr. Wiley. Mr says: "The same tall in which the battle of Tippecanoe was fought I 1S1 i ) the whole western country was shaken b) severe earthquakes. These lasted the largest part of a year, in which we would have occasional shakes, but they were not so severe after the winter passed. The hrst shock- was on Sunday night, or rather, Monday morning. My fam- ily and 1 were asleep and the cracking and jarring of the house awakened us and I saw the cradle rocking in the mid- dle of the floor without a hand touching it. When day ar- rive* 1 1 felt anxious to have another shake that I might wit- - it- appearance by daylight. I was soon gratified. After we had finished feeding the animals T was leanine - against the fence; I felt it begin to shake and looking at the barn I -aw it shake fearfully. This shake satisfied my curiosity and 1 would have been glad for this to have been the last. but the thing having begun, did not end so readily, for in February we had shake's still more terrible. The whole ci tuntr) became alarmed and the most hardened sinners began to tremble and quake and go to meeting, and weep, and prav. There was one man. William Ramsey, whom I had regarded one of the most profane and wicked men I ever knew, who became as tame and timid as a lamb. He afterward nne a useful preacher and continued so for vears." We will relate the legend of the building of the first THE HOUSE OF IIANXA. Jl church iii Franklin County. At this time ( 1S12J the prevail- ing religious belief was that of the Baptists, and for some time they had been holding meetings at the homes of different members. They had organized a church association, although they had no meeting house. But they became somewhat care- less and neglectful of the discharge of sacred duties, and one day, after long forbearance, they were sternly reminded of negligence somewhere, for along came the great earthquake —the most severe ever experienced in the history of White Water Valley. The earth trembled and vibrated, while the water in the river splashed from shore to shore as if its bed were a trough that was being rocked: the tree tops waved like heads of barley in a June wind. The people with a sud- den and awful sense of scare ran to and fro, called for prayer meetings, exhorted each other to good deeds and repented of their sins as if the judgment day was at hand. They met to- gether in solemn conclave and made covenant with the Al- mighty that if he would send no more of those terrible earth- quakes they would build him a church. Consequently John Milholland and Conrad Savior were appointed to secure the title of two acres of land purchased of William Wilson and those two acres are the lots on which the old church and cemetery are located. The building is situated on the Harrison and Brookville turnpike, three miles south of Brookville, and its material is of hard baked brick. It is plain and rectangular, planner 1 like a drv goods box, more for use than for beauty. Tt contains a gallerv sup- ported by strong columns of ash, which on their octagonal surfaces still bear the ax marks of the pioneer builders. The pulpit is large, high, square and plain, and is placed against THE HOUSE OF HANNA. the center of the north wall. The woodwork is all unpainted ami unvarnished; time having given it a beautiful brown color. ( Iriginally there were two stairways to the gallery, and the building was heated by burning charcoal on a hearth in the center of the floor in front of the pulpit. The seats arc high-backed and old-fashioned, decorated by many letters ami nanus readily carved by the pocket knaves of boys who have grown up to manhood, chosen their different ways, and finally laid down life's burdens and gone away to God. The building has three doorways opening to the east, south and i. with aisles running from each to the center of the room. ( lutside, high up in the western gable, is the date of the building, [812. Thus we give an account of the first church built in the White Water Valley, but none of the Carolina Settlement ever, or rarely ever, attended worship there on account of the distance and bad roads. CHAPTER IX. GENERAL MUSTER. During the period which elapsed between the last years of the eighteenth century and the close of the War of 1812 and even for a few years later the "boundary line" was the limit of civil progress westward. (Concerning the exact lo- cation of the first court room there is no account. It was said that Knight's old tavern was the place and there are certain bits of evidence which indicate as much.) Within gunshot of the court-house were the homes, the haunts and the hunting grounds of the Indians, who, while professing peace and frienship, were worthy of little or no confidence. This condition of affairs made it necessary to provide such means of defense as were consistent with the times. The recollections of the old men and their descend- ants and the traditions of this late day are the only sources of information in regard to the interesting particulars of that early period. Concerning this subject Mr. McClure said (at the time Mr. McClure was interviewed he was a very old man ; and he has been asleep in the silent city for many years) : "In the first settlement of the White Water Val- ley the Indians frequently came in to trade and were peace- ably disposed until the breaking out of the War of 181 2 or a 5 (73) 74 rHE HOUSE OF HANNA. little before. Tluy then began to he hostile and commit depredations upon the settlers on the borders of the settle- 11 iv nt . when the people had to build block houses and fortify inst them. There was a block-house about half a mile above Johnson's Fork on the bank of the river, one three and a half mile- below Brookville on the farm of Conrad Sailors, and several more on the West Kork and on Pipe and Salt Creeks. I will try to describe the fort at Sailors, where we frequently had to go on the alarm of the Indians. It was a square containing from a quarter to half an acre with a block-house at each corner. The outside of the block- houses, about seven feet from the ground, projected about three feet farther than the under part of the building, with a platform in the upper storj to stand on, with portholes above and below for rifles and well chinked with wood to be bullet proof. There was a ditch about three feet deep dug from one block-house to another and puncheons ten or twelve feet long well set in the ditch to break joints. With a strong door the fort was complete. The whole neighborhood had to assemble frequently on alarms about Indians. There were several persons killed by the Indians on White Water. Two men by the nanus of Stafford and Cune were killed at one time- on Salt Creek while burning brush at night. There were companies that went out to White and Blue Rivers and burned the Indian towns and destroyed their crops, so they had to move farther back and we were not troubled much by them after 1813." Elliott Herndon had command of a rifle company which was frequent!) called out and did good service. There was a company of mounted rangers enlisted by the Government TIIK H.OUSE 01 HANNA. /$ for two years for defense against the Indians in the Terri- tory, commanded b) Frederick Shultz, raised on White Wa- ter. But tin \ were kept mostly on the Wabash at Vincennes or Fort Knox, and Fori Harrison near Terre Haute — sixty- miles apart, after the Indians left the Territory. During the last war with England the people were greatly disturbed b) Indians. The necessities of the times demanded the organization and drilling of the militia forces. These old "musters" were seasons of general frolic by the people. Xo recollections of early Franklin County would be worth a cent winch did not mention general "muster day." The pe- riod of which I write was near the close of "the late war." as the war of [812-15 was then called. Patriotism was at a premium, and to hate the British was the bounden duty of everybody, and the statesmen of those "days were sure we would have to fight them again at no very remote period; hence the laws required everybody between the ages of eight- een and forty-five to muster at least once a year. An old black lustre coat with scarlet collar and cuffs, worn by David Graem Hanna on these muster days, is still preserved at the Hanna homestead. There were several well drilled infantry and cavalry- companies which paraded quite frequently in their several localities. These held their regimental musters in the spring. one regiment on the Hamilton road on the farm now owned by Dr. J. R. Goodwin, then Vandyke's tavern, and the other at Mount's tavern, where Metamora now stands. They were attended almost exclusively by the uniformed soldiers and a few of the neighbors. But the "general muster" was the event of the vear. as everv able-bodied man had to mus- THE HOUSE OF HANNA. ter once a year, or be fined, and as there were men enough of miltan aspiration in every neighborhood to complain on the delinquents it is easy to see that the crowd on muster-day was immense, because everybody brought the whole family. They came on horseback, in wagons and on foot; the old and the young came. They came partly to see the muster, partly to see each other, but chiefly to eat gingerbread and to drink cider, beer and something stronger. Some came to engage in their regular annual list-fights. The "column'" was usually formed on or about the public square, and thence into the Bottom, down James street to the residence of Judge Mc- kinney. thence north to the open grounds between the tan yard and the town. The infantry and other uniformed com- panies led in the march*. Then followed the great "un- washed,"' the "flat foots," which constituted the finest possi- ble burleque on military movements. There were men with all kinds of hats or no hats at all; hundreds of them bare- Footed, most of them in shirt sleeves, or at best with "linsey wamusses," and some with canes, some with hoop poles, many with cornstalks and occasionally some with fence rails ten Beet long; sometimes four abreast and sometimes ten; some sober, but already many drunk before noon — and then they marched. But this constituted a "muster" in the eyes of the law and generally they were dismissed soon after reaching the parade grounds, much to the relief of the uni- formed companies, which spent an hour or so drilling. The disbanding of the "flat foots" was the signal for an attack upon the gingerbread wagons, which had stationed themselves all over the Bottom. They came from afar, and it was said at one time that one of the "sutlers" sold at one THE HOUSE hi II ANNA. 77 "muster," about [826 or 1S27, half a conl of ginger cakes, and such cakes! They were of a superior kind, because lux- uries of that kind were so rare. They were about sixteen inches square and an inch and a half thick, with lines deeply sunken dividing the whole cake into four equal part--. Tl were respectively sections and quarter sections, and the coun- try beaux or big brothers who could march, up their own sis- ters, or somebody else's sister, and invest a quarter in a sec- tion of ginger cake, with another quarter in cider or spruce beer, had usually secured the right to take that party to singing school for twelve months at least, as against a rival who had not treated at "general muster." In 181 7 a militia organization was effected and the state was divided into divisions and brigades. Franklin County was the Sixth Brigade and Third Division. In the old records are to be found the names of many of the old militia officers. The following is a partial list of them : Brigadier General of Sixth Brigade, Third Division, Robert Hanna, Jr. Colonel Seventh Regiment — Noah Noble. Captains, Jesse Clements, William Chilton, John Brison, Jonathan McCarty, Isaac Fuller, Andrew Shirk, James Mc- Kinney, Robert Faucett, Samuel Lee, Robert Neugent. Lieutenants, Martin McKee. Thomas Wenscott, Alexan- der Gardner, James Abercrombie, John Ffackleman. Powell Scott. John Hiday. Ensigns, James Dixon. Henry A. Reed. William Maple. William Golding, Peter Brackin, James Moore. Jacob Fau- cett. Aid-de-Camp. Miles C. Eggleston. ;S l HE HOUSE OF HANNA. A biographer has said of Robert Hanna, Jr., "Brigadier I ieneral Robert I [anna was among the very first men in early Indiana. He was. in person, below the common size, strong- ami firmly built up, his head large, forehead high, eyes light blue and well set in his head. His walk would point him out a- a drill officer of the regular army, and his appearance in Full uniform at the head of his brigade was truly en mili- taire. B) his good graces he won entirely the respect of subordinate officers and private soldiers." CHAPTER X. A JOKE. Iii early times, before the first land sales of the beautiful White Water Valley where Connersville now stands, there lived upon the east hank of White Water, a mile above where Connersville now stands (the reader must remember that was within the bounds of this county) the most remarkable woman by the name of Betty Frazier. She was a small, tough-looking - , rather swarthy woman. Her husband, George Frazier, was a poor cripple and, with their children, was entirely supported by Betty. They had settled upon a small fraction of Government land, intending to purchase it at the sales. The land office was at Cincinnati. It was the spring of the year, after a severe winter, and Betty had the season before her to raise the money to pay for her land — the sales were to take place the next winter. She began with a young stock of hogs, caring for them daily, driving them to the best mast, and raising a good patch of corn for the fattening process. She had only one horse with which to attend to her crops and to ride to Cincinnati when she should drive her hogs down to sell them and buy her land. One day, about midsummer, she saw a horseman in full uniform riding toward her cabin. i 79) THE HOUSE hi HANNA. She met him at the bars and said. "Well, General Hanna, how do you do?" "Wry well, Mrs. Frazier, thank yon." Then followed the usual exchange of courtesies, after which her curiosity could not be suppressed and she asked, "Gen- eral, what on earth has brought you all the way from Brook- ville to my poor cabin?" The General looked very grave, and said. "I am very sorry to tell you. Mrs. Frazier, that I am the Sheriff and have an execution against your prop- erty." "Well, General. I always submit to the law. Come with me to the stable and I will give you my only horse as the best 1 can do.*' (There were no exemption laws then.) Betty and the General proceeded to the stable, which was a strong log building with a single door and no window. It was overlaid with a solid platform of logs and filled above with hay for the horse. The door fastened outside with a large wooden pin in a log. "There, General, is the horse, take him," she said. The General stepped in and commenced untying the horse. Betty quickly shut the door and drove the pin into the hole its full length and left the General and the horse to their reflections, while she attended to her house- hold affairs. Time passed, night came on, but no relief t'o the captured General. Morning came and with it came Betty. She peeped in at a chink and asked, "Well, General, how did you sleep last night?" "Not very well, Mrs. Fraz- ier, and now T am ready to compromise this matter. If you will let me out and show me the ford over White Water (the river was muddy and swollen) I will leave your horse and return the execution — no property found." "Upon honor. General?" "Yes, upon honor, Mrs. Frazier." Betty opened THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 8l the door. The General stepped out and was invited by Bettj to partake of breakfast, which he was glad enough to do, then took his departure, Betty showing him the ford as she had promised. I HAPTER XL INDIANA ADMITTED AS A STATE. A memorial was adopted by the Legislature of the Indiana Territory, on the 14th day of December, 1815, and laid before Congress by the Territorial delegates. Mr. Jennings, on the 28th of the same month, asked that honorable body to order an election to be held in the said Territory on the first Monday in May, 1816, for representa- tives to meet at the seat of government of the said Territory to form a constitution and take the necessary steps toward the formation of a state government. Congress granted the prayer of the petitioners and passed a law accordingly. Tn conformity with the provisions of that law the people held an election on the 13th day of May for Representatives as above stated. There were then but thir- teen counties in the State and according to the apportionment then made Franklin County was entitled tc five Representa- tives in the convention. They were William H. Eads, James Brownlee, Enoch McCarty, Robert Manna. Jr., and James Noble. Mr. Eads was a member of the Committee on Impeach- ments. Mr. Brownlee was a member of the Committee on the Executive Department of Government. ( 82 1 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 8$ Mr. McCarty was a member of the Committee on Distri- butions of Powers of Government, and on Prisons. Air. Hanna was a member of tbe Committee on Revis- ing the Constitution, and on the Militia. Mr. Noble was a member of the Committee on the Mili- tia, on the Judical Department, and on tbe Legislative De- partment. Tbe officers of tbe Territorial Government of Indiana, including the Governor, Secretary, Judges, and all other officers — civil and military — were required by tbe provisions of the new State Constitution to continue in the exercise of tbe duties of their respective offices until their successors should be chosen under authority of the State Government. Tbe President of tbe Convention that formed tbe Constitu- tion was required to issue writs of election, directed to the several Sheriffs of the several counties, requiring them to cause an election to be held for Governor, Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Representative to the Congress of the United States, Members of the General Assembly, Sheriffs and Coroners. Accordingly Sheriff Hanna isued a writ of election to he held on tbe first Monday in August, 1816, in Franklin County. Jonathan Jennings was chosen Governor, Christopher Harrison. Lieutenant Governor. AYilliam Hendricks for Con- gress, John Connor. State Senator from Franklin County, James Xoble, David Mounts and James Brownlee Represen- tatives in tbe Legislature. Under the new State Constitution the jurisdiction and proceedings of the courts were materially changed. The Cir- cuit Court was so framed as to have one President and two 84 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. Associate Judges, the state being divided into three circuits — the Presiding Judge and one Associate. The President alone or the two Associate Judges in the absence of the President wtit.' competent to hold court. The President was appointed h\ tin Legislature, and the Associate Judges were elected by the people. The Clerk was appointed by the Supreme Court and held his office for a term of seven years. The first election in the county under the Constitution was held on the 5th day of August, 1816. ( Iffice. Votes. Governor — Jonathan Jennings 506 Thomas Posey •. 53 Lieutenant-Governor — ( Christopher Harrison 463 John \ enters 69 For Congress — William Hendricks 440, Allen D. Tom • 40 For State Senator — William H. Eads 27S John Connor 237 For Representative — James Noble 518 David Mounts 320 Archibald Guthrie 133 Janus Young 197 I' »r Coroner — James Brownlee 44 o I III HOUSE OF HANNA. 85 Joseph Northrop 112 For Sheriff — Robert Eianna 426 John Allen 118 The developmenl of Brookville after the first nine years of its inception may be partially gleaned from the subjoined extract from an old State Gazeteer, published in 1817 as fol- lows : "At the edose of the War of 1812 Brookville contained but ten or twelve houses. It now (July, 1817) contains up- ward of eighty buildings, exclusive of shops, stables and out- houses. The buildings are frame and a great number of them are handsomely painted. There are within the pre- cincts of the town two grist-mills, one saw-mill, two fulling mills, three carding machines, one printing office, one silver- smith, two saddlers, two cabinet-makers, one hatter, two tailors, four boot and shoe-makers, two tanners and curriers, one chair-maker, one cooper, five taverns and seven stores. There are also a jail, a market-house and a handsome brick court-house." We subjoin the names of a few of the leading business men of Brookville, with the date, when obtainable, of their arrival in the town. The reader is familiar with Bntler and Allen. Benjamin McCarty came in 1804. William McQeary came with James Knight, of whom he was a brother-in-law. He was one of the active business men of pioneer days and was at one time Treasurer of Frank- lin County. They were coetaneous with Butler. Nathan D. Gallion was a soldier of the Twenty-eighth Regiment of U. S. Infantry during the War of 1812. In 86 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. December, 1S14. he came to Brookville with a stock of goods. 1 1 is store was on the corner of Alain and Claiborne streets and was known for years as the "Old White Cor- ner." .Mr. ("allien was one of the earliest merchants in town and was continuously in business for over forty years. James .\lc< rinnis was a tanner, and opened a small yard east of town, probably the first in the county. He was the first to commit suicide in the county. Ruggle Winchell built the first frame house in town in [811-12. William H. Eads was one of the very earliest business men in Brookville. He kept a store on Main street opposite the "White Corner.'* and also operated a tannery. Thomas C. Eads was also an early settler. He was a brother to AVilliam H. Eads and father of the celebrated Captain Eads of "jetty*' fame. Richard Tyner commenced life by clerking- for William II. Eads. He was afterward one of the leading- merchants lure for many years. Samuel Goodwin came in 1816. He was a tanner and carried on business here for many years. He was a leader in the early religions movements here, and may be fairly regarded as the founder of Methodism in Brookville. John Test came from Xew Jersey to Brookville in 1812 anil rented the Butler mill property, which he operated in conjunction with a carding machine. Mr. Test was a lawyer by profession, and practiced as such after remaining here a few years. John Beaty began merchandising in 1815. He was the first postmaster in Brookville. THE HOUSE OF HANNA. ■ 8/ Andrew Wallace was the landlord of the Brookville Ho- tel. David was a son of Andrew Wallace. He entered the United States Military Academy from this town and gradu- ated with- honors. He finally became Governor of Indiana from Brookville, where he studied law with John Test. Thomas Wallace was another son of Andrew Wallace, lie entered the United States Navy from here at an early date. General Lew Wallace is a son of Governor David Wallace. He was horn in the old yellow brick house on the corner, north of the Catholic parsonage in Brookville. John Vanblaricum's name is frequently encountered in conning over the early records. He appears to have had a faculty for getting into litigation, and was ?. ''chronic juror." He was a blacksmith by trade, and is said to have been the first of that trade in town. Eugene Corey was a tanner. He operated the yard where Pegg & Davis were engaged later. Corey was inter- ested in the water power where Amos Church afterward established his wheel shop. The "Franklin Bank of Brookville" was the name of one of the private moneyed institutions of the period of 1818. The board of directors were Samuel Goodwin, Robert John, W. H. Eads, Enoch D. John, C. Drew, Noah Noble and Enoch McCarty, with B. F. Morris cashier. There were sev- eral such banks here in olden times, all of which issued freely and redeemed at their pleasure. Some of them never called in their obligations. George and Robert Breckenridge sold goods here for many years. They afterwards operated a flouring mill. Edward Hudson came in 1815. He was a chair-maker. 1 HE HOUSE OF HANNA. 1 1, nn 1 [artman came in 1815. He was a cabinet-maker. Charles Hutchens was editor of the Brookville Inquirer in [817. Thomas Winscott came about 1815. He was a carpenter. Thomas W. and James S. Colescott came in 1816. They n among the most active business men of early times. Sampson Powers was one of the old-time merchants in okville. He was the brother of Hiram Powers, the fa- mous sculptor. CHAPTER XII. THE BELLIGERENTS. The first court held in the county under the Constitution was in March, 1S17. John Test was the President and John Jacobs and John Hanna the Associate Judges. Enoch Mc- Carty was Clerk, and Robert Hanna, Sheriff. fn the spring of 1817 four of the most prominent attor- neys of the Brookville bar became pugnacious. The first difficulty arose between James McKinney* and .Miles C. Eggleston, and, as the allegations in the indictment charge, a mutual agreement and understanding was made between them to settle the existing difficulty by "wager of battle." Accordingly they met and argued the case with fists and heels. Which one got the better of the flight, or the blackest eve. or who first halloed "nuff" the record does not state. They were arraigned before the court, pleaded not guilty, put themselves upon the country and stood trial. The jurj found a verdict against them, and the Court assessed a fine of $5 against each. This affray had scarcely been settled when James Noble and Stephen C. Stephens mutually met in a warlike manner to settle some misunderstanding or controversy concerning •He was a brother-in-law to G-raem Hanna. 6 (81)) yo l'llK HOUSE OF BANNA. ne point, without going through the legal process before his Honor, Judge Test. How this scuffle ended or which one said "Damned be he who cries enough," or thought to him- self— "He that tights and runs away .May live to fight some other day." the pleading in the case does not say, but each plead guilty and was fined $5 for his pugilistic sport. The attorneys who managed most of the business in [817 were Eggleston, McKinney, Lane, Hendricks, Noble and Stevens. CHAPTER XIII. LAWYERS AND PROMINENT PUBLIC MEN. Few, if any, counties in Indiana can exhibit a greater number of names of well known and honorable men than can Franklin County. The list is probably not as complete as one would have it, on account of the uncertain nature of the data at hand. Of the attorneys who have been and are now practicing in Brookville the first recorded are : Elijah Sparks, admitted March 4, 181 1. James Noble, same date, was United States Senator from Indiana, and member of the First Constitutional Convention. Jesse L. Holman, March 5, 181 1, a Judge of the United States District Court. Isaac Blackford, May 10, 1813. James McKinney, March 15, 181 5. Miles C. Eggleston, March 13, 1817, became a Circuit Judge. Stephen C. Stephens, same date. Was an aid to General Jackson at New Orleans ; was Supreme Judge of Indiana. Daniel J. Caswell, November 20, 1818. William R. Morris, same date. Daniel Drew, same date. Was State Senator. <)j THE HI >USE OF HANNA. [saac M. Johnson, Ma> 17. 1819. Richard S. Wheatly, March 15, 1820. Charles II. Test, August 17. [822, Judge of the Circuit (. nun. Thomas J. Langdon, .March 19, 1827. Benjamin S. Koble, March 23. 1830. Representative in I legislature. John M. John -ton. March 17. 1829. Probate Judge of Franklin County. John Test. Jr., same date. William I'. McCarty. April 9. 1833. State Senator and rcuit Judge. James B. Hail, same date. John A. Mat son. October 5. 1832. Representative to the Legislature. John Ryman, same date. 1 .eorge Holland, same date. John Hutchen, October. 1833. William Daily, same date. Abram A. Hammond. April. 1835. Lieutenant Governor on the ticket with Governor Willard, who died in office. Hammond succeeded him for the unexpired term. Hugh B. Eggleston. August. 1837. P. A. Hackleman. February, 1838. He entered the vol- unteer army in 1861 as Colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of Indiana Volunters. He was promoted to the rank of Brig- adier General and was killed in action at Corinth in 1862. James McLain Hanna studied law with Judge John INT. Johnston in 1837-38. Removed to Clay County and prac- d. Served a- Circuit Judge. Elected twice to the Legis- THE HOUSE OF HAN -\ A. y3 lature. The last term he was a colleague with his father, Graem 1 lamia (who was there representing Franklin Coun- ty). < In the death of Supreme Judge Perkins he was ap- pointed to till the unexpired term, and then was elected fr full term. Just as the term was nearing its close he died, having served as Supreme Judge twelve years. John D. Howland, August 8. 1822. James B. Sleeth. same date. John H. Farquhar, same date. Daniel D. Jones, Augusl 26, 1847. was Prosecuting At- t< irney. Hadley D. Johnson, 1848. John F. McCarty, 1848. Great-grandson of Rohin Hanna. Edgar Haymond, 1 8>_fQ. James Gavin, Jr., 1850. Wilson Morrow, T853. James R. McClure, same date. Henry Clay Hanna. 1853. Late Judge Thirty-seventh Judicial District of Indiana. Cyrus Kilgore, 1853. N. Mc. Crookshank, same date. Joseph Brady, same date. Charles Moorman. James R. Sites. John Shirk was an early lawyer. Ferdinand S. Swift came to Brookville in the spring- of 1866 and entered the office of Judge Henry Hanna. Tn April, 1867, he was admitted as partner of Judge Hanna. the partnership lasting until T870. when the senior partner accepted the position of Circuit Judge. Tn July, 1880, he was 94 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. appointed 1>\ Governor Williams to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his former partner, and in October of the same year the people endorsed the appointment. He was re- elected, and again and again re-elected until he had served for twenty-five years. Thus one law firm held the balance ■ ver the seat of justice for thirty-five years. 1 lenry Berry. Jr., 1853. served two terms as Clerk of the Court. Fielding Berry, 1859. Samuel S. Harrel, April, i860. A lawyer of much local prominence, represented his District in the Legislature two terms. William 11. Bracken, [861. Was Clerk of the Court. William H. Jones and his brother Charles were partners in the law firm of Jones & Jones. Isaac Carter. .May. 1 88 1. Stephen E. Urmston, a Senator in the General Assembly of the State. John F. McKee, 1867. David W. McKee, 1873. Was elected Circuit Judge. F. M. Alexander. August 19, T877. Was Senator. Edgar O'Hare. 1881. George F. O'Byrne, 1882. Doctor George Berry was probably the best known man in Franklin County, having been a medical practitioner for more than half a century. He was an ardent politician. Be- ing possessed of a great deal of personal magnetism he very naturally impressed himself upon the memory of all whom he met. He was out as a surgeon from st?rt to finish in the xican War. and was twice elected to the Legislature. CHAPTER XIV. Concerning the exact location of the first court-room there is no account. The record for April 13, 1812, has this item : Court met at the temporary court-house for the coun- ty of Franklin, Indiana Territory. On the 15th (while the court was paying - hills) Daniel Vanhertlow was allowed $15 for work done for the county, in fixing- benches and tables for the court-house, and James Knight is allowed $4 for house rent. Thus the courts were held at Knight's Tavern during the first year of the existence of the county, in April. 1812, there was a log court-house ready for the reception of the Goddess of the Sword and Scales. This house had been prepared dur- ing the year then just past. After the erection of the new brick court-house the log court-house was moved off and used for a school-house for many years. At the August term of the County Court, 1814. proceed- ings were commenced for the building of the court-house. Public notice was given of the letting of the same, which let- ting was afterward awarded to James Knight and Martin Jameson, who gave bond in the sum of $8,000, with Jeremiah Cory and Aquilla Logan as sureties for its completion by the ist of October. t8t6. The specifications were drawn by Aquilla Logan. The old court-house, which had been used 1 95 1 I UK HOUSE OF HANNA. for school purposes, was ordered to be sold at public outcry, by Sheriff 1 [anna. The new court-house was finished according to contract, and stood for thirty-five years. On the 22A of February it burned down. The presenl court-house was built the same r. The original style of the present court-house was of the Italian Hat-roofed design, not pleasing to the eye and also not durable, especially the roof, which gave some trouble from leakage. In the fall of 1877 tne Commission- commenced to overhaul the structure with a view to its improvement, both in style and structure. The mechanics in charge of the work had taken down some of the battlement walls and had piled the materials therefrom, on the roof; this had been in progress several days when, between 9 and 10 "'clock in the forenoon of Saturday, October 13, 1877, a terrible thing occurred. The Circuit Court was in session with Judge Henry C. Hanna presiding. Others present were Sheriff I reorge 15. Winscott, Robert McKeown, Thomas H. Smith. Francis ML Alexander. S. S. Harrell, William H. Jones. J. R. McMahan, William H. Bracken, Henry Berry. Fielding Berry, S. E. Urmston and John F. McKee. These were officers and attorneys. Beside the bar there were Nich- olas Bath, Louis Willingbring, H. H. Seal, Fredric Miller and Charles Studinger, in all. twenty persons. When depth of the side walls is three feet. Away up in the chim- ney a pole is securely fastened lengthwise of the chimney, and to it is securel) fastened tour chains that extend downward to the fire, upon which can be hung the pots and kettles. But the hearth is a marvel of comfort to the cook. It is one great flat stone slab four feet wide and seven feet long, dressed off smoothly so that there is no upsetting of vessels by an uneven hearth. (The kitchen with its fireplace was torn down. ) breakfast over we all retired to the ''room" to have a friendly chat. One face is missing from the family group. It is that of James. A few days ago he threw his saddle- bags across his horse, mounted it, and with a cordial "good- live" rode off, on his start back to South Carolina to see his two sisters and other relatives there. (Xote — Some people seem to live for a special purpose in life, and he was one of them, and his mission that of keeping memory freshened. .'iiid, affection warm and glowing in the minds and hearts of those widely separated members of the same family. He made man}- trips on horseback from the one state to tin other. He was the only one of the family who ever saw- Catharine and Margaret again after leaving them in 1801.) Change has been busy in its work here as elsewhere Young Robert has taken advantage of the authority of his office to arrest a comely thrifty German maiden. Miss Sally Mowery, and appearing with her before His Honor. Judge Benjamin McCarty, on March 18, 1813. he grasped her hand firmly while the Judge obtained a pledge from her to love, honor and obey the young man. Hut the wily old Judge did not stop there, for he needs must have a pledge IOO THE HOUSE OF HANNA. from him, too, to love, honor and protect his captive. Then the Judge uttered their solemn doom: "1 pronounce you man and wife." Young Robert has built a hewed-log house on his claim across the river from Grandfather's, and lie and his bride went to housekeeping there. We see a bright presence flit- ting around through the rooms like a busy bee, and we know that it is young Graem's girl wife. His young- friends had t rased him much about going to "Uncle Jimmie" Mc- Kinney's to learn weaving ( McKinney was a Scotch weaver, and made a specialty of coverlet weaving). It was not long until those visits materialized in a marriage to the beau- tiful maid "With hair like the wing of the raven And eves black as center of night. And cheeks where the scarlet yet lingered \.s it paled from the brow pure and white." < )ur pioneer friend, Esq. John Ewing, had solemnized die contract that bound them together for all time. And so he had fetched the bright little sister (.Alary) of Attorneys James and John T. McKinney to live with the "old folks at home." This holy contract was entered into on the 2ist < if January, 1815. They have so much local gossip to tell me. There have been so many marriages in the neighborhood — Robert Tem- pleton, Jr., to Alary Adams, by Esq. John Templeton. Feb- ruary 14. 1 Si 1 : Janus Drake to Elizabeth Dickerson, by Esquire Templeton, May 21. 1811 : Nathaniel Drake to Ann THE HOUSE OF II ANNA. IOI Dickerson, by Judge Drown, Januarj g, 1S12; James Mc- Kinney to Eddy Barrel, August 4. [812, by William Wil- son; James Leviston to Nancy Templeton, by Judge Brown, ( (ctober 20. [812. And of course it took them quite a while to tell all the little details of that last named marriage, to tell all about her nice clothes and the good things to eat, and about everybody that was there, and who assisted Judge John Hanna to "fiddle" for the merry-makers to dance. Nancy was the first grandchild of Robin and Mary Hanna to take the solemn nuptial vows. Just ten months afterward all the lower river folk were invited up to the wedding of another granddaughter, Mary Ann Hanna, daughter of Joseph Hanna, to Mr. Matthew Brown, and it was but correct that Esq. John Ewing should solemnize their promises. They laughingly said that Joseph could not refrain from talking politics and advocating hard money, even at a wedding. Graem said, "Joe's always astriddle a hobby and rushing it over the breakers." (Had officeholders in those days been politically chosen as they are in these, Joseph would certainly have succeeded to high offices, if talking "political economy"' and the "science of government" would have elected him. The great detriment to Joseph was that he was a "man ahead of the times.") Another son of Robert Templeton, Sr., has entered the matrimonial lists. It is David, and he was married to Jane Barrickman, June 30, 1814, by Benjamin McCarty, minis- ter. It took them quite a while to tell me all about the "big wedding" they had at Judge John Hanna's on the 24th of August, T815, when Elizabeth A. Hanna (familiarly called [Q2 rHE HOUSE OF HANNA. Bett) Ami i was united to Peter Winchell, by Esquire Ew- ing. It was the most enjoyable social function of the year. While we wen- talking- I noticed that two bricks were missing from the arch of the fireplace. Curiosity prompted me to enquire how they had become dislocated. They say that they were shaken out by one of the heaviest shocks of earthquakes that occurred in 1812. Here Graem interrupts our conversation to tell me that there is to be a town a mile north of our homestead, not a quarter from William Logan's house, just a little north of it. The population all through the country has been increasing s< 1 rapidly by immigration that they began to feel the ne- cessity for a trading post nearer than Brookville. Conse- quently, in 1815, the plan of Hugh Abernathy, ( ieorge John- ston, Thomas Osborne and James Wilson materialized in a plat of a town, the four corners of their respective lands be- ing in the center of the town. They have bestowed the name of Fairfield upon their new town because of the general beau- ty of the surrounding scenery, and from the fact that it was the neutral ground where various Indian tribes were wont to meet and camp. About three-quarters of a mile north of the town plat is the ruins of a Shawnee village but lately de- serted. It is located on a small branch which the whites have named Shawnee Branch, and close to its confluence with the White Water. There is a shallowness in the river that af- fords a good crossing, and they have named it ''Shawnee Ford." There has already been builded a log school-house a half mile north of the village plat, on the school section. and Mr. Harvey dedicated it to Cadmus by teaching the first school in it. THE HOUSE OF IIANNA. I O^ In i< 4 THE HOUSE OF BANNA. S. V R., the same as is at the graves of Washington, Adams and others. The ceremony included the reading of a sketch of John Hanna's life, an address by Miss Voss, State Regent of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the singing of " Vmerica." The lot was decorated with flowers and dags. It is supposed that John Hanna is the only Revolutionary soldier buried in ( ireenlawn. There were about sixty members and friends present. The committee in charge was Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. \Y. A. Bristor, Miss Mcintosh. Mrs. T. V. Smith. Mrs. S. C. Gill. Mr-. Sickler and Miss Anna Adams. Sons "t American Revolution. GENEALOGY We subjoin the genealogy of the children of Robert and Mary Parks Hanna, beginning with the oldest child: John Hanna to Sarah Jones ; died at Indianapolis. Mary Hanna to John Templeton ; Union County. Joseph Hanna to Sarah Adair; Carroll County. Margret Hanna to William Byrd ; Laurens District, South Carolina. James Hanna to Mary Laird ; Fairfield, Indiana. Janet Hanna to Solomon Manwaring; Dearborn County. Katharine Hanna to John Hitch : Laurens District, South Carolina. Robert Hanna to (i) Sarah Mowery ; (2) Olive Cather- wood ; Indianapolis, Indiana. Graem Hanna to (1) Agnes Taylor; (2) Mary McKin- ney. Fairfield, Indiana. CHILDREN OF JOHN HANNA AND SARAH JONES. Robert Ervin Hanna to Nancy Adams; Dunlapsville, Indiana. John Jones Hanna to Mary Petre ; McCordsville, Ind. (Robert Irvin Hanna and John Jones Hanna were twins.) Betty A. Hanna to Peter Winchell ; Indianapolis, Indi- ana. Jennie Hanna to George Adams; Blooming Grove, Indi- ana. 8 (125) 1J0 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. Margret Hanna to Andrew Smith. Indianapolis, Indi- ana. Nancy Hanna to Andrew Howard, Illinois. Joseph Hanna, died unmarried; Fairfield, Indiana. Kzekiel I lanna to Nancy Todd; Fairfield, Indiana. James Parks Hanna to Lvdia Heward ; Indianapolis, In- diana. Susan Hanna to Peter Newland ; Indianapolis, Indiana. The children of Rohert Ervin and Nancy Hanna were as follows: Newton, George, Robert, John, Indiana and Elliot. i st — Newton Hanna married to Charlotte Pullen, eight children. Only one living. Alexander Hanna, farming in Kansas. 2d — Robert A. Hanna to Sarah Loomis, five children. Two living. 3<\ — John Hanna to Indiana Gary, three children, one boy and two daughters. 4th — Indiana Hanna to Thompson Osborn. One child. Giarles Osborn. Second husband, Jacob Garrett, one child. 5th — Elliot Hanna to Jane Day, two children. Second wife, Sarah Logan, two children. f>th — George Hanna, unmarried. JONES HAXXA-PETERY. Eleven children. Tst — Robert John Hanna to Sarah M. Bush, four chil- dren — aMary, bjasper, cGeorge. and djames. 2(\ — Enoch D. Hanna to Leoma Wood, three children — aLeanna, bMargaret and cDavid G. Hanna. 3d — Sarah A. Hanna to Christopher Emery, nine children THE BOUSE OB II \\.\ \. 127 — aElizabeth Ann. bEnoch, cjohn, djosephus, eMary, fCaro- line, gAdaline, hElla and iCharlotte. 4th — Margaret Hanna married William F. McCord, four children. aOlive married William Steel. Her daughter. Mary Ella, married C. V. Edwards. bMary E. married A. S. Littleton, two children. Frank L. and Xettie M. Littleton. Mrs. Littleton married, a second time, to J. M. Smith; on< daughter. Marguerite. 5th — Flavins Josephus Hanna died in Mexican War. 6th — David V. Hanna to Martha Vanlaningham. seven children. aLeoma, bWilliam, cThomas J., dYietoria B., eDa- vid V. and fFernando Cortez. 7th — Nancy Caroline Hanna to John S. Bolton, four children. aSusanna A. Bolton married George Dunn ; hRo- anna Margaret married D. K. Taylor, one child living : cFrank Bolton married Minta Stern. 8th — George A. Hanna to Eliza Springstein, five chil- dren. aAnna married Mr. Bills ; hTda married Mr. Conner : eEnoch B. married Ella Cummins ; dCharles T. married Mrs. Coots. 9th — Mary A. Hanna to William H. Harrison, five chil- dren, a James McClain. bWorthington, c Wellington, d Alli- son, and eLambertine. 10th — Susan E. Flanna to Israel Ford, one child. Capito- lio. married to Armstrong. nth — Harriet H. Hanna to Thomas Trittipo. one child. George A. Second marriage to Cicero Vanlaningham. 3d — Betty Ann Winchell. third child of Judge John Hanna, has but two children (daughters) living. They reside in Indianapolis. 128 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 4th — Jennie Hanna Adams, one child, Sarah, who mar- ried Thomas Genn. They had two children, aMary Jane, who married ( leorge ( )'Bryan ; bDavid married Harriet Fur- geson. < >ne child, Jennie Sherwood. 5th — Margaret Manna Smith, one child, Robert, who was a lawyer and died unmarried. 6th — Nancy Howard, family not known. 7th — Joseph, died unmarried. 8th — Ezekiel. family not known. «)th — Susafi Hanna Xewland, no family. 10th — James I 'arks Hanna, four children. aKate, died unmarried ; bSarah married Anson Hornaday, four children, James Parks Hornaday, Charles Putnam, William Deeming" and Mary Lydia Hornaday; cMary Hanna Birch, one child, Helen Hanna Birch, graduated from the School of Music at DePauw University; djohn Hanna was the only son of Parks and Lydia Hanna. He was a lawyer of prominence and was Representative one or two terms in the Legislature, and was then elected to Congress and gave satisfaction to his constituents. Was re-elected and just on the eve of taking his seat he sickened and died. He was twice married; ten children. First wife, Mahala Sherfey. six children. aMrs. Lillie Berryhill, bWilliam A. Hanna, cWalter Parks Hanna, dlsabell Hanna, ejohn Hanna, and fKitty, deceased. Second wife, Emma, four children. aElla. bLucia Emma, cHorace Lincoln and dFlorence. CHILDREN OF JOHN TEMPLETON AND MARY HANNA. Nine children. [st- Mary, eldest horn of John and Mary Templeton. THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 120, was married to William Templeton (a cousin). One child, Agnes, married James Wright. Second marriage to George Miller. No children. 2d — Nancy Templeton to James Leviston, two children. Nancy married Stephen Farlow. Mary Hannah married Henry King. 3d — Alexander (Sandy) Templeton married Margaret T. Moore, five children. aMartha married Samuel Hender- son. bSimon Bolivar to Susan Collier. cFrancis unmar- ried. dMary married Mr. Welch, elrene married to Sam- uel Diggins. one child, Edward Diggins. Second marriage to Wilson Collier. 4th — John (Jack) Franklin Templeton married to Luan- da Snodgrass, five children, the eldest, Benjamin F. and Thomas J., were twins. Ben married Rose Miller ; Tom married Mary Sample, three children. Alpha, Katharine and Elizabeth. cHelen Templeton to Edwin Beckett, four chil- dren. aClementine, bCora, cGrace and dFredric. 4th — Mary Templeton married Kosciusko Kelley, one child, Bessie. 5th — Anna Templeton married Theodore Miller, two children, Gertrude and Albert. 5th — Jane Templeton married Abner McCarty. five chil- dren. aCatharine married Theodore Pursell. bjohn married and died in California, clndiana married Mrs. Burris. dMary Hanna married Henry Galleon, ejane married (1st) Abner Bennett. (2d) Lee Yaryan. fBen died unmarried. 6th — Catharine Templeton married George Newland, eight children. aThompson. bAbner, cjames, djohn, ejane. fHerod. gDallas and hRobert. 7th — David Clark Templeton married Matilda Baxter. 13O IHK HOUSE OF HANNA. eighl children, a Julia A. married Thomas Bond. bj. Madi- son married Elizabeth Minson, two children. aDavid C. and bAddie Jones. cLydia married Jackson Brandenberg. dCynthia married James Brandenberg. eMary married Fen- ton Brookbank, six children, Brnce, Chase, Ida, Nevada, Ari- zona. Matilda. Sarah married McAllister, two chil- dren. fUlysses married Mary Moore, one child, Albertus Templeton. gNancy married James Barrickman, five chil- dren. James. Jr., Bart, Clark, Seth and Nina Barrickman. 8th — James Madison Templeton married to Mary Burns. 9th — Julia Ann Templeton married (1st) James Allison, 1 2d > Judge Enoch McCarty. One son, Thomas Jefferson. FAMILY OF JOSEPH HANNA-SARAH ADAIR. Joseph Hanna married to Sarah Adair, nine children. aGeorge. bMary Ann. c Harper, djane, ejohn, f Albert, gHannah, hOliver and ijoseph. Jane married A loses Abernathy. Hannah to Elisha Lake. Mary Ann to Matthew Brown. FAMILY OF WILLIAM BYRD-MARGRET TIAXXA. Margaret Hanna to William Byrd, two sons, John and Thomas. The latter was a man of considerable note and property. One living son resides in Abbeville County, South Carolina. John's widow and children went to Texas. FAMILY OF JAMES IIAXXA-XAXCV LAIRD. I st — The oldest born, Oliver Hanna, married to Mary Si rring. aFrancis Marion married Sophia . bNancy to Mr. Corrnan, two daughters. cMarv unmarried. THE HOUSE OE HANNA. I3I 2d — Newton Hanna to Martha Knight, two daughters. 3d — Charlotte Hanna to Fleuharty. Family not known. Janet Hanna to Solomon Man waring. Xo family. 1 \MILY OF JOHN HITCH-KATHARINE HANNA. Tohn and Mary Hitch, eight children. 1st — William Windar Hitch, five children. aMrs. Eliza- beth Bobo, b Arabella Calhoun Hitch, cHenry Bascom, dMrs. Mary Howell, and Pierce Hitch. All are residents of Mis- sissippi. 2d — James E. Hutchison to Mary N. Hitch. Family not known. 3d — James Templeton to Ann E. Hitch, four children. a William Henry, blsabella Adella, who married James M. Thackston, two children, Mrs. Nettie Sprouse, Mrs. Nannie McKittrick : cPerry F. Templeton and dClayton Templeton to Amanda Thackston. 4th — A. S. Hutchison to Isabella J. Hitch. We know of but one son. Rufus Hutchison, who is merchandising in Galabusha County, Mississippi. 5th — Margaret H. Hitch to David C. Templeton. We know of one son only. Doctor Templeton. 6th — Katharine Carson Hitch to Rev. Clark B. Stewart, six children, a John Wister Stewart to Miss Pedan, two daughters, Leila and Rachel Catharine ; one son, An- derson Hitch Stewart. Second marriage to Miss Nannie A. I 3-' THE HOUSE OF HANNA. Williams. hAmanda Stewart to Stoddard, two chil- dren. Edward and Cannie Stoddard. cCalvin Stewart to Miss Todd, three children. Katy, Todd and Clark. dHenry Boardman Stewart to Miss Peden. eight children. <.\annie Stewart to Adam Peden. three children. fTwyman Clark Stewart to Miss Rabb, six children. FAMILY OF ROBERT HANNA-SARAH MOWERY. Record furnished by Mary L. Hanna. General Robert Hanna was born in Laurens District, South Carolina. April 6. '1786. Killed on Peru Railroad in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 19, 1858. Sarah Mowery was born in Virginia November 10, 1797. Died in Indian- apolis August 29. 1837. Married in Rrookville. Indiana, March 18. 1813, by Benjamin McCarty, Judge. To them wire born ten children. Second wife, Mrs. Olive Cather- wood. 1 st — Valentine Claiborne Hanna was born in Rrookville. Indiana. November 8. 1813. Died in Detroit, November 10, 1884. Frances Mary Smith, born in New York, December 23. 1 8 18. Died in Detroit, August 15, 1877. They were married by Rev. Henry Ward Reecher November 5. 1840. There were three children: aMaria Loyd married W. J. Wilson, of Washington. D. C, April 8, 1863. bjulia mar- ried X. G. Williams, of Detroit, Michigan, December 14. 1870. cSarah Smith Hanna married F. H. Seymour, of De- troit. June 6. 1878. Captain Robert Rarlow Hanna was born October 29, [815, died in Bloomington, Illinois. March 6, 1892. Sarah THE HOUSE OE HANNA. 1 33 Amanda Colnian was born in Attica, Indiana, September 29, 1825. Died October 3, 1863. They were married in Attica, Indiana, September 29, 1846. There were four children: Captain Robert Hanna, U. S. A., married Nettie L, Teasler June 17, 1881 ; Samuel Colman Hanna married Lucy A. Plowman December 28, 1881 ; Mary Leonard Hanna and William Hanna. James Fulton Hanna was born in 182 1. Married Eliza Johnson. Roth died in the month of June, 1854, leaving two children, Sarah Elizabeth, who married Dr. W. H. Luce, of Blooming-ton, Illinois, March 16, 1870; Eliza Ellen Hanna married George Perrin Davis, of Bloomington, Illinois, June 17, 1869. They had three children. Alice Scranton Davis married Dr. E. Wyllye Andrews, of Chicago. David Davis married Edith Elizabeth Mellenish. Mercer Davis married Dorothy Phelps. William Harrison Hanna was born October 5, 1823. Killed by lightning August 6, 1870, in Bloomington, Illi- nois. Married Frances Mary Stipp, who was born Septem- ber 30, 1822. Died December 23, 1893. There were two children. George Stipp Hanna, and William Claiborne Hanna, who married Louise H. Weldon, 1881. Thomas Jefferson Hanna, born August 5, 1825 ; married Mary Jane Bolton. There were four children, Robert Bar- low, Joseph Allen, Franklin Lee, and Marietta, who married Dr. Richard Newhouse, of Frankfort. Indiana. George Washington Hanna. born June 22. 1828. Died August 3. 1867. David Graem Hanna, Jr.. born September 16, 1830. Catherine Mary Hanna, born 1831. died 1888. Married 134 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. Allison Hughs, who died, leaving three children, Nelson, John and Porter Hughs. Married a second time to Thomas Jones. Captain Joseph Madison Hanna, born 1833. Died Febru- ary 22, 1862, from wound received at Fort Donelson. Captain Jonathan Littlejohn Hanna was born in 1835. Married Madeline Smith. Both died, leaving four children, Cora, Madison, Jessica and Hiram. All are dead. FAMILY OF DAVID GRAEM HANNA-MARY m'kIXXEY. David G. Hanna married to Mary McKinney, ten chil- dren. 1st — Mahala Hanna married to J. Ferman Dickerson, three children. aTheophilus L. bDouglass F. cLauretta A. Dickerson. Douglass and Lauretta were twins. Douglass, deceased. Lauretta married Samuel Blew, three children, Annie. Wilkie and Otto. Annie married Franklin Cromwell, ■ lie child, Guy. Sons not married. 2d — James McLain Hanna married to Elizabeth Susan Burton, four children. aBurton Graem. bMary J. cEmma R. dEdward S. Hanna. Burton G. Hanna married Lina Beauchamp, five children, Charles, Burton, Harry, David and Blanch. Blanch deceased. bMary J. Hanna married James Gray, four children, James. Burton, Elizabeth and Emmalena Katharine. Emma R. Hanna married Henry Overhaulser, two children, Edward and Mary (Queen) Overhaulser. Second marriage to George Sherman, three children, Bernie Sherman. Eleanor and Hubert. THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 135 Edward S. Manna to Martha Templeton, one child, Jes- sie. Second marriage, four sons. 3d — Eleanor Jane Hanna married to William Arket Flood, five children. Helen M., Alonzo J., Albertus G., Laura E. and Estella C. aHelen was married to Perry Beecher. one child, George. bAlonzo Flood, deceased. cAlbertus not married. dLaura married William VanScyoc, four children, Helen, Grace, Bertha and Vernon VanScyoc. Estella Flood maried Dr. J. M. Hinkle, four children, Donald, Harold, Warren and Emil. 4th — Robert Vanrensselaer Hanna, unmarried. 5th — Henry Clay Hanna, unmarried. 6th — Mary Malvina Hanna to James Blew. No family. 7th — Catharine L. Hanna to John A. Cruikshank. four children. aOrris Graem. bBertha Minerva. cWilliam Harrison and dGeorge McLane Cruikshank. Orris Cruik- shank to Catharine Stumpf, three children. aKatharvn H., Bernice and an infant daughter. bBertha M. Cruikshank to Charles Lewis, five children. Shirley, Kenneth, George, Don- ald and Robert. Harrison Cruikshank, single. George also unmarried. 8th — John Pinckney Hanna to Jane Burk, nine children. Mary Montana. Henry Clay, Robert Lee, William Graem. Arthur Burk, James Darlington, Bessie, Joseph Alonzo and Ethel. aMontana Hanna to Charles Mosier. one child, Tsabell. bHenry C. Hanna, not married. cRobert L. Hanna to Eva Jones, two children, Raymond and Hilda. I36 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. dWilliam ( i. I [anna to Emma Rose, no family. (.Arthur l'». Hanna. not married. fjames Darlie Manna to Catharine Smalley, two children, Kenneth and Arthur Hanna. gBessie Hanna, unmarried, h Joseph Alonzo Hanna. single. iEthel Hanna married to Henry Sunman, no family. 9th — Iantha Missouria Hanna died March 13, 1905. 10th — Sarah Ann Hanna, unmarried. Names of those who have occupied positions where Gov- ernment or municipal money was given in return for labor. We will not repeat the names of those whose positions have already been described. Robert Ervin Hanna, Justice of the Peace. Alexander ("Sandy") Templeton, County Surveyor. Here I will narrate an anecdote that is illustrative of the many difficulties that the young - student had to surmount in his quest for knowledge in those days. In some unfortun- ate manner his slate had been shattered to atoms and he could nowhere procure another. He had a competent teacher — not always obtainable — and was deeply engrossed in the study of surveying. So, after revolving the matter in his mind for a while, he went out into the old meadow to the place where their very large old horse had died, and picking up the skull he returned to the house and with the use of saw and knife he soon had a fine smooth tablet cut from the "jaw bone of a horse," upon which he solved his problems in trigonom- etry and surveying. J. Ferman Dickerson, Justice of the Peace, qualified De- THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 1 37 cember 5, 1845. Expiration of term November 5, 1850. Surety, David Graem Hanna. Bond, $2,000. John Ferman Dickerson, Justice of the Peace. Qualified March 5, i860. Expiration of service February 20, 1864. Surety, Samuel B. Fry. Bond, $2,000. Again qualified April 24. 1864. Expiration of term February 20, 1868. Philip Fry, surety. Bond, $2,000. William Ark/et Flood, Trustee of Curry township, Sulli- van County, Indiana. Robert Dudley Templeton, Treasurer Franklin County, Indiana. Fenton Brookbank (son-in-law of D. C. Templeton). Captain in the army in the Civil War. Sarah A. Hanna, teacher in public schools, Franklin, Union and Sullivan counties. Mrs. Mary (Hanna) Gray, teacher of music, Sullivan County. Helen M. Flood, teacher in public schools, Sullivan County. Iantha Missouria Hanna, matron of Franklin County Children's Home. Seven year term. Sarah A. Hanna her secretary. Estella C. Flood, teacher in public schools in Sullivan. Franklin and Vigo counties. Montana Hanna, assistant in Children's Home for seven years. Then Dining-room Supervisoress at East Haven Insane Hospital three years. Transferred to Lakeland In- sane Hospital in Kentucky. Dining-room Supervisoress four years. She then entered the splendid Asylum of Beach Hurst at New Albanv as an attendant. Her term was short. [38 THE HOUSE OF HANNA. having given up the work to assume the care of a home of her own, and Charles Mosier for a life companion. I Irris ' r. ( Iruikshank, teacher in public schools and later, chosen as Railroad Surgeon, M. D. Bertha M. Cruikshank, teacher in public schools. Also teacher of piano music in Franklin and Union counties. Charles Lewis, teacher, then President of Moore's Hill College and later. President of the State University of Wyo- ming. Charles Hanna, expert food tester, St. Louis, Missouri. Nannie Stewart, teacher public school. South Carolina. Thomas J. Templeton served in Civil War from start to finish. Boardman Stewart, M. D., South Carolina. Katie Templeton, teacher in public schools Union Coun- ty- Mrs. Nannie Templeton McKittrick, postmistress at Hill- side. South Carolina. Mary Templeton Kelly, Supervisoress of a Preparatory Civil Service School, Washington, D. C. Leila Stewart, teacher. This winter (1906) taught at Cowpens, South Carolina, near her home. J. Wister Stewart. County Surveyor, South Carolina. William Harry Cruikshank, teacher and civil engineer. Railroad construction a specialty. Frank L. Littleton, attorney. Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1899-1900. General Robert Hanna. Jr., contractor for a section of the great National Road, 1831. Mary Hanna P.ircb, teacher in Tndianapolis schools. THE HOUSE OF HANNA. 1 39 George Cruikshank, Comptroller's Office, Duluth, Michi- gan. Calvin Stewart. Minister, South Carolina. Ella Hanna. teacher in Indianapolis schools. Lucia Emma Hanna, teacher in Mrs. I Hake's Training: School, Indianapolis. Isahel Sherfey Hanna, Librarian of Greencastle Public Library. James Parks Hornaday. on Staff of Louisville Courier- Journal. William D. Hornaday, on Staff of Indianapolis Journal. John Littlejohn Hanna, contractor on street improve- ment, Indianapolis. Colonel Valentine Claiborne Hanna served manv years as paymaster in the Regular Army. Henry C. Hanna, Jr., Assesor Fairfield township. William G. Hanna. Attendant at East Haven Hospital four years. Attendant at Lakeland Hospital, Kentucky, four years. Again Clothing Clerk at East Haven Hospital three years. Captain Robert Barlow Hanna surveyed in his younger days the Erie Canal and many of the railroads of Indiana. In the Civil War he was Captain of Company H, Seventy- second Indiana Volunteers. Was in "Wilder's Fighting Brigade" and received a medal for bravery at that time. He was wounded and obliged to retire from the army. Was a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States at the time of his death. Captain Joseph Madison Hanna was in the Civil War and 140 mi: house of hanna. died on a river boat en route home from a wound received at Fort Donelson. Captain Jonathan Littlejohn Hanna was in the Eleventh Indiana Infantry and. though wounded, lived many years a ft or the Civil War was over. Captain Robert Hanna, Jr.. was educated at West Point. Served with the Sixth Cavalry. U. S. A., many years and after retirement on account of ill health was expert tester of projectiles at Sag Harbor, Long Island. Charles Hanna. Attorney-at-Law, Indianapolis. Joseph 1 1 anna. Attorney-at-Law, Delphi, Indiana. Robert Kane, Postmaster at Brookville, Indiana. F.noch B. Hanna, Engineer. INDEX. Portrait Sarah A. Hanna 1 Title Page 3 Dedication 5 O'Hart's Irish Pedigree 6 Coat of Arms 7 Symbolism of Hannay Arms 9 The House of Hanna 11 P. Hume Brown's History of Scotland 13 Chapter 1 23 Hannah-Ervin 24 Parks-Littlejohn 25 Hannah-Parks 26 Portrait — Theophilus L. Dickerson 29 Chapter II 31 Certificate 34 Chapter III 37 Chapter IV 44 Chapter V — Laying Out the Town of Prookville 50 Chapter VI 55 Portrait Mary Leonard Hanna 59 Chapter VII— The Courts of Franklin County 63 (141) [42 I in; HOUSE OF HANNA. Chapt >r VIII— Jails C9 Earthquakes 70 Chapter IX— General Muster "3 Chapter X— A Joke 79 Chapter XI— Indiana Admitted as a State 82 Chapter XII— The Belligerents 89 Chapter XIII— Lawyers and Prominent Public Men.... 91 Chapter XIV 9o Chapt ?r V 9S Fac Simile Letter Thomas Jefferson 105 Old Sword in Possession of Pinckney Hanna's Heirs... Ill Chapter XVI— The Brookville Land Office 114 Fractional Townships 115 A Sad Homecoming 115 Chapter XVII— A Cloud Arising I 117 Hard Times 118 Judge John Hanna's Grave Marked 123 Genealogy — Childi' 'ii of John Hannah and Sarah Jones 125 Children of Jones Hanna-Petery 12(5 Children of John Templeton and Mary Hanna 12s Family of Joseph Hanna — Sarah Adair 130 Family of John Hitch — Katharine Hanna 131 Family of Robert Hanna — Sarah Mowery 132 Family of David C.iaem Hanna Mary M'Kinney 134 .-«.*« «•'•„ *o. 0* **\i!* *°- ^o "O o . t /> V» * • • ' ■» ^ LIBRAHY BINDING