Union Township, Indiana

the first settler in this Township: he came in 1831 or 2, and built a cabin

near C.H. Norton's home; he was a "border man," and loved the company of

Indians. John Winchell and family came in October, 1832 or 3, and settled on

Section 36, and built a log mill; John and Henry Vail came about the same time

and settled on the same section and built a mill also, which was afterwards

turned into a woolen factory; Daniel Low settled on Section 36 about 1832;

Mr. Kingsbury, from whom the village takes its name came in 1833; Curtis and

Joshua Travis pre-empted on Section 29 in 1833; Judge Holmes settled on

the east on the east side of Stillwell Prairie in 1832; Charles W. and M.S.

Henry, from Geneva, N.Y., settled on Section 6 in 1834; Henry and Handy

Davis came to Goshen in 1831, and removed to this Township in 1834.

Meetings were first held in school houses; subsequently twp churches were

built, the Baptist at Kingsbury being the first, and the Methodist, near Mr.

Travis', the next. The first school house was in Kingsbury, and Joel Butler

was one of the first teachers. Father Holmes was the first Christian preacher.

The "Indian mounds" on Section 21 have attracted considerable attention of

late. The relics obtained are Indian, but of remote date, inasmuch as trees

nearly two feet in diameter have grown on the top of some of them.

You will notice in the maps below the sections as they were drawn up in the

years between 1830 and 1871. I have made these maps as large as I could

for better viewing and copying.

A Free Service Of The Lewis Family Of Collin County, Texas.