H. CLAY THAXTON was one of the earliest settlers in this county. He came here in 1818, and went to work on government land, on the Apple creek bottom. In 1821, when these lands came into the market, he entered 80 acres of land on section 28, of this township, on to which he moved. He was born in Virginia, Aug. 5, 1799. When 12 years of age he moved to Kentucky with his parents, where he remained until he was about 19, when he came to this county. He has, since making his first entry, purchased other property, and has owned considerable tracts of land. He was married Nov. 9, 1829, to Caroline Whitaker, a daughter of Robert Whitaker, one of the old settlers of the county, by whom he has had 11 children, two of whom died in infancy. He is still a resident of this township, having been spared to witness the tremendous growth of Greene county from its primitive wilderness to the civilization of today.