Old Settlers of Macon County 1833

Macon County
Pioneer Settlers, 1833-1844
 

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The first settlement, as now remembered, is believed to be that of  "Morrow Settlement", made by John Morrow, Jesse Morrow, Major William I. Morrow, Archibald Chambers and Jacob Low - in the southwest part of the county. Soon after this settlement, about the year 1832, the "Owenby Settlement" was formed by Joseph Owenby and Clemens Hutchison, near the center of the county, where the town of Bloomington now stands. Next in importance was the "Blackwell Settlement" on the Grand Prairie, five miles north of the city of Macon. this settlement was formed by William Blackwell, Nathan Richardson, and John Walker, an old Revolutionary soldier. In the year 1833, quite a number of settlements were made. and additions to those already formed.
Lewis Gilstrap and William Garrett settled the tracts of land on which the town of Bevier now stands, running west to the Middle Fork. Samuel Goodson and James Stow settled on Bear Creek, about this time. Abraham Dale, William Shain, Isaac Gross, and a few other men, settled on the Chariton Divide in the northern part of the county. In the southeast, about this time, a settlement was formed by Frederick Rowland, thomas Winn, and Henry Mathews; and on the Chariton Divide, west of Bloomington, by the Rev. William Sears, Rev. James Radcliff, Andrew Millsaps, and some others.
From the year 1833 to the end of the year 1844, the number pioneer settlers increased to about 900, among whom may now be remembered. . .
Source: History by Abner Lee Gilstrap published in the Atlas of 1875.

Table One
Rev. James Dysart
Temple Windle
Nathan Barrow
Rev. Abraham Still
Achiles Finnel
R. S. Holley
Rev. Solomon Milam
Summers Wright
Rev. A. T. Hite
Rev. Allen Wright
Johnson Wright
Daniel C. Hubbards
Rev. Williams Sears
James Wells
Andrew Hatfield
Rev. James Radcliff
Elvan Allen
David Hodge
George W. Green
William Griffin
Hardin Hargis
Willis E. Green
 William G. Griffin
Joseph Holman 
George M. Taylor
 Henry Griffin
 William Holman
Jesse Gilstrap
 Haley Andrews
 Squire Holman
Peter Gilstrap
 Bennet C. Wright
 Thomas Howard
Minevah Summers
Birdrick Posey 
 Andrew Hood
Johnson Summers
 Isaac B. Andrews
 Martin Humphreys
Waymire Summers
 Walker Austin
 John Huffman
Abner L. Gilstrap
 Reuben C. Sims
 William Hughes
Phillip Gilstrap
 Daniel Sims
 J. W. Hacker
Daniel Barrow
 Ishmael Abbott
 S. C. Hanes
Evans Wright, Sr.
 David Amick
 E. T. Hickman
Abner Vickery
 Aden Atteberry
 David Hubble
James A. Terrill
 Ambrose Halliburton
 H. Hardgrove
Simeon Cannon
Westley Halliburton 
 William Huckaby
Moses Taylor
 John Haley
Reuben Haines 
Martin Humphreys
 James T. Haley
 Micajah Hull
Howel Rose
 Henry Hines
Charles H. Hamlton 
John Rose
E. L. Holliday
E. Hayden

Table Two
 Richard Heaton
George Cain 
Samuel Fox 
Elias Hiliday 
Benjamin Cooley 
James Floore 
 James Holderley
James C. Cochran 
Bartlet Fletcher 
 Peyton Y. Hurt
 Alfred Calffee
 Robert Gipson, Sr.
 John D. Howe
 George B. Cook
Stephen Gipson 
 Leroy Hampton
 William J. Cook
 E. S. Gipson
 Jesse Hall
 Valentine Cook
John Gross
 Oliver Hatler
 George Condor
Isaac Gross 
 Golden Harden
 Joel Crain
Isaac Gooding 
 John Hagewood
 Jeremiah Coil
Alexander Gooding 
 E. E. Hand
 Rice Cook
Jesse Griffin
W. L. Hale 
 David Cooper
Enoch Johnson 
 Theodore Jones
 Wesley Cherry
 Richard T. Johnson
 Allen Jones
 Joseph Claybrook
Abner James 
 Gabriel Johnson
 W. J. Cave
Jacob Johnson
 Seman Atteberry
 Stanton Carter
John Jones
 Drewry Davis
 Sterling Coulter
 Alfred James
 Rev. C. P. Davis
 Rev. Saml B. F. Caldwell
 Joel King
 Ammon Beebee
 Charles Colyear
 Thomas Kenedy
 Rev. Stephen P. Beebe
 James Cox
Moses Kitchen
 John Blew
 J. S. Cantwell
Jacob Kasinger
 John H. Bean
 Samuel Cunningham
 John Kelso
 Samuel Blankenship
 Lloyd H. Coulter
 Edward P. G. Kincade
 Richard Blew
 Alexander M. Dameran
 William Kelly
 William Burris
 Tyre Dabney
Thomas Kirkpatrick 
 Richard Christial
 Mark Dunn
 John Leathers
 Milton Christial
 Obediah Dickerson
 AbsalomLewis
 Rowland Burnett
 Thomas Dodson
 James Lyons
 William R. Brock
 Jubel Dabney
 John Lister
 Chesley Brock
 William Drinkard
 Charles Lacompt
 Reuben Brown
 Nathan Dabney
George B. Larrick 
 J. P. Baldwin
 Phillip Dale
Oliver P. Lee 
 Michael Buster
Reuben Dunnington 
John Lamb 
 John Beall
Joseph Dougherty 
 Travis Lamb
 Jacob Beall
Andrew J. Davis
 John Landry
Solomon Blessing
 Rev Saml C. Davidson
 Rev. Joshua Lawson
 James Buster
 Nicholas Duvall
 John M. Leath
 Richard Burnet
 Palingron Dunnington
 Pleasant Lyle
 John Banta
 John Davis
 Gideon Lyda
 Wesley O. Bristoe
 George Dodson
 Daniel Murley, Sr.
 Joseph D. Butler
 George Epperly
 John McNeely
 John Ballenger
 Ebenezer Enyart
 James Mulinax
 John Bunch
 John E. Ellis
 Hugh McCann
 James H. Bagwill
 William Easley
 William Montgomery
 John M. Baird
 Abraham Enyart
 Hugh Mastison
 Winfield S. Bulkley
 John Elliot
 Daniel F. Myers
 Robert George
Hodges England 
 Robert Myers
 Samuel Baldridge
 Jefferson Finn
 Daniel Murry
 Abner Bundron
 William Farmer
 Armstead Miles
 James Bryant
 David Farrington
 William Mason
 Felix Baker
Urban East 
 Broad Matney
 Joseph Bunch
Simpson Foster 
David Magee
 Richard Calvert
Williams S. Fox 
Henderson McCully

 
Table Three
Amos Morris
Hyram Reed
Walter T. Gilman
Green Moore
James Riley
George Gates
Robert Menifee
Richard Summers
Benjamin Grafford
Thomas J. Morrow
Aaron Summers
Obed Griffith 
Amherst P. McCall
Joseph Sears
Thomas J. Gorham 
Carrol Moss
James Sears
 William Garwood
Joel Maxey
Joshua Seny
 Owen Wilson
John McDuffee
Hemsley Seny
 James Glean
Rev. James Moody
Joseph Stone
 Allen C. Gunter
Maxey Miller
Newton Switzer
 William Green
John Miller
Archibald Shoemaker
 William Gates
L. D. Miller
Perry M. Stacy
 Samuel Goodson
John L. Northrup
Rev. John G. Swinney
 John E. Goodson
Canady Owenby
H. R. Smedley
 Joseph Grady
Rev. Joseph Oliver
William C. Smith
 Evans Wright
Leroy Penton
R. L. Shackleford
 Summers Wright
W. H. Proctor
Thomas G. Sharp
 Isham Walker
Barzilla Powell
Jacob Surber
 James Wells
Henry Powell
Armstead Smoot
 Amos Williams
John C. Powell
Lewis Tilly
 W. W. Wiggins
Peter Powell
Walter Thompson
Thomas K. White
William Phipps
Charles H. Tuggle
Randolph White
Charles Perrin
Abner Vickery
John Whiles
Jefferson Patrick
Jacob Vestal
William Winkle
Thomas Pool
John Vansickle
Ellis R. Wilson
John D. Penland
John P. Walker
Thomas J. Winn
Jonathan Radcliff
Jesse Walker
D. G. Walker
William H. Rowland
Joseph Griffin
Frazier Banning
Frederic Rowland
Aaron Gee
Thomas Banning
Jesse E. Richardson
John Gee
Nicholas Tuttle
John Roberts
Hyram Graves
Rev. Alfred Tobin
 
Robert Graves
 

Note: While not a complete list of the pioneers who settled Macon County, it is merely an attempt to preserve some of their names for future generations. At the session of the General Assembly held in Jefferson City in the winter of the years 1836 & 1837 an act was passed organizing a new county called "Macon", named after Nathaniel Macon.