Clermont County Genealogical Society

OHIO PIONEERS IN NORTHERN TEXAS (DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA)

contributed by Adele Blanton

The following list of settlers was copied from "Kentucky Colonization in Texas -- A History of the Peters Colony", by Seymour V. Connor. (Except for a few specific dates, 1844 means: any time prior to 1st July 1844; 1845 means: 1st July 1844to 1st July 1845; 1848 means 1st July 1845 to 1st July 1848. Age and occupation from the 1850 Census) (M)= married; (S)= single; (W)= widow/widower

Column Headings

Name, Age, Occupation, Year of Migration,County in Texas, Birth Place, Moved From, Children

Adams, Roiston, W. (M) 22 Farmer 1848 Grayson Ohio Ohio 1

Mien, Thomas (M) 33 Farmer 1848 Grayson Ohio md. 4

Bachus, Peter (M) 32 Farmer 1845 Cohn Ohio Ohio 2

Baker, Artemas Jr. (S) 29 Shoemaker 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Bethuven, Benjamin F. (S) 25 Farmer 1845 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Brandenburg, Absolem (M) 51 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Mo. 10

Carver, Abraham 35 Farmer 1844 Dallas Ohio Ill, to Mo. 4

Carver, Soloman (M) 41 Farmer 1844 Dallas Ohio Ill. 4

Chenoweth, James F. (M) 30 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ala. 2

Chenoweth, Thomas S. (S/M) 28 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio ? 1

Clark, Samuel (M) 34 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ill. 6

Combs, Joseph (M) 25 Farmer 1848 Tarrant/Dallas Ohio Ohio 1

Combs, Zur (5) 22 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Dixon, Soloman (M) 44 Farmer 1845 Dallas Ohio Mo. 7

Edwards, Lemuel J. (W) 44 Caipenter 1848 Tarrant Ohio Mo. 5

Gough, Jesse W. (M) 42 Farmer 1848 Cohn Ohio IlL 7

Hall, Peter (M) 30 Farmer 1848 Dallas Pa. Oh.to Ill 3

Haning, Aaron (5) 20 Farmer 1848 Grayson Ohio Ohio

Haning, John (M) 35 Farmer 1848 Grayson Ohio Iii. 4

Haning, Rachael (W) 60 Housekeeper 1848 Grayson NJ. Ohio 2

Hawse, William B. (M) 34 Farmer 1848 Denton Va. Oh. to Mo. 6

Henderson, Noah (M) 31 Farmer 1847 Dallas Ohio Mo. 4

Howell, Daniel (M) 30 Farmer 1845 Cohn Ohio Mo. 3

Keenan, Thomas (M) 42 Farmer 1842 Dallas Ohio md. 5

Kiser, John (M) 29 Farmer 1845 Dallas Ohio Ill. to Tenn. 4

Lavallay, George W. (M) 52 Farmer 1848 Grayson Ohio Ohio 1

Linney, George (M) 33 Stonemason 1848 Tarrant/Dallas Ohio Mo. 3

McCommas, Amon (M) 48 Farmer 1844 Dallas Tenn. Oh. to Ill., Mo. 7

McCommas, Elisha (5) 20 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ill. to Mo.

McCommas, James B. (M) 26 Farmer 1844 Dallas Ohio Mo. to Tenn. 3

Mills, Edward (M) 45 Wagon maker 1848 Dallas Ohio Ky. 8

Mills, Hope (5) 21 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Mills, James (5) 18 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Mills, John (5) 20 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Morrison, James P. (M) 41 Caipenter 1845 Grayson Ohio md. to Ark. 5

Murray, Amborse R. (S) 23 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Murray, Daniel (M) 64 Farmer 1848 Dallas Vt. Oh. to Mich. 3

Myers, Jesse (M) 27 Farmer 1845 Denton/Grayson Ohio Ohio 1

Phalen, Richard (M) 37 Farmer-? 1844 Collin?/Dallas Ohio Ark. 6

Philips, Josiah (S) 19 _____? 1848 Denton Ohio Ohio?

Shannon, Andrew J. (S) 20 Laborer 1848 Cooke/Grayson Ohio Mo.

Shannon, Robert E. (M) 49 Farmer 1848 Cooke/ Grayson Va. Oh.to Mo. 6

Sharrock, Everard Sr. (M) 56 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ky. Ohio

Sharrock, Everard, Jr. (S/M) 23 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio 2

Sharrock, George W. (5) 19 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio

Sharrock, James (M) 33 Farmer 1845 Dallas Ohio Iii. 4

Slayback, Anderson (M) 37 Farmer 1848 Dallas Ohio Ohio 1

Staddin, John (M) 31 Farmer 1846 Dallas Ohio Ill. 3

Stout, Peter B. (M) 32 Farmer 1848 Ellis/Dallas Ohio Ohio 2

Tucker, Samuel (5) 25 _____? 1844 Tarrant/Dallas Ohio Ohio

Ward, John F. (M) 40 Carpenter 1845 Grayson Ohio Ohio 2

West, James (M) 32 Farmer 1845 Dallas Ohio Ohio 1

West, Michael T. (5) 23 Farmer 1848 Grayson Ohio Ohio

Wetsel, David (5) 25 Carpenter 1848 Collin Ohio Ohio

Wetsel, Hemy (M) 58 Carpenter 1848 Cohn Pa. Oh. to Ill. 3

Parrish, James (SfM) 32 Farmer 1844 Dallas Ohio Ohio