County revenue and deed records suggest these three unnamed, black pioneer settlements in Washington County were largely agrarian and robust. Beers & Co., 1880. These images were used by a five-man team of controllers on Earth who sent driving commands to the rover in real time. Black Pioneers in Indiana. Copy of Original 1850 Census, Kosciusko County, Indiana: Schedule I, Free Inhabitants. These early settlers represented Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana, and their surnames included Griffin, Langford, Moss, Free, Gross, and Stewart. The tavern would be located advantageously at a midway point between Indianapolis and Rush County, home to both the Beech settlement and the town of Carthage. The groundwork of the 1848 uprising was laid as early as the Hambacher Fest of 1832, when public unrest began to grow in the face of heavy taxation and political censorship. Further research could clarify the labor patterns in the largely agrarian Switzerland Co. In 1850 only three townships have African Americans living in them: Monroe: 2 persons; Van Buren, 1 person; Anderson Township (location of county seat, Anderson [town]: eleven persons. Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 00357 1870. 41st Indiana Regiment / 2nd Indiana Cavalry in the American Civil War. Civil War Index. [19], The Religious Zionist movement created a liturgy for the holiday which sometimes includes the recitation of some psalms and the reading of the haftarah of Isaiah 10:3212:6, which is also read on the last day of Pesach in the Diaspora, on the holiday morning. The following individuals and/or their families were recorded on the 1840 census: Samuel Tidus, William Henry, and William Gordon. The Peoples Guide: a Business, Political and Religious Directory of Marion Co., Indiana. Chicago: Brandt &Fuller, 1888. While no permanent settlement was found, the presence of Underground Railroad heritage in Fulton County is documented, including the participation of one of Fulton Countys few black residents, Jerry Barbour in Rochester. According to the federal decennial census for the county, the number of black residents increased from two to five from 1850 to 1870; the 1840 African American population count was zero. (Reprint of 1874 edition. William Trail was a notable early presence in the area that became Fayette County. Miller, Jerry, People of Color: Grant Countys Black Heritage, Marion (IN) Chronicle-Tribune Magazine, July 9, 1978, pp 6-13. According to this account, Chavous/Chavions established a business turning neck yokes in Portland, Indiana, in 1866. Old County Records of Slavery Days in Indiana Territory: Guinea Bottom. Jeffersonville Clark County Journal, July 28, 1921, p 4. Information was also obtained from the LaPorte County his-torian, Fern Eddy-Shultz. Benjamin is credited with providing the school house and building a grocery store. Register of Negroes and Mulattos 1853-1854 for Vigo County Indiana. Indiana State Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana. John Berry Mitchem is listed as one of the early settlers of St. Louis who contributed to the state of Missouris development. History of Greene County Indiana 1885-1989. Karst also found evidence that Andrew Huggart was the first black person to seek public office in St. Joseph County, although his extensive research has failed to determine what the office was (Karst, 256). Available at the Floyd County Recorder Office, New Albany, Ind. The countys population surged to 169 in 1880 and has since trended upward, enumerating 41,618 African Americans in the 2010 census. A Stop on the Underground Railroad. Madison County Historical Society. Joe Skvarenina, Hancock County Historian, considers racial identity in this area as fluid at the time. Due to the size of the Mitchem Settlement, the families fanned out throughout the county, but most stayed in or around Corydon. Of these individuals, all but one was in the Robert Green household. U.S. Census, 1850: Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States. In the 1850 census, it was 97, and in 1860, it peaked at 109, most of these African American residents were living in Washington Township. In 1850 the overall black population in the county dropped to eleven with seven people residing in Licking Township and four people residing in Harrison Township. David Slaughter. Some of the early surnames listed in Coy D. Robbins Black Pioneers in Indiana 1830, includes Bolin, Evans, Gray, Griffin, Jackson and Stafford. Nancy Foster (22, female, black, Indiana, keeping house), Harrison Foster (1, male, black, Indiana), and Mary Anderson (26, female, black, Michigan, housekeeper) were included in his house. An 1882 LaGrange County history book lists two black soldiers serving in the Civil War: Ichabod S. Jones, First Tennessee Artillery and Joseph R. Webster, Forty-fourth U.S. The Jefferson Hill household was gone from Blackford County. Documents in the Kentucky Archives record Ben McGees manumission on December 10, 1802, and his subsequent indenture papers signed one day later. The per capita income for the city was $39,453. With as many as 28 residents in the settlement, the families likely shared the work of threshing, butchering, and other farm work. [33] In 1981, the LDS Jordan River Utah Temple was completed. Delaware County Interim Report. This family continues to grow, and by the 1860 census, Denniss daughter Harriet married a white man named Peter Thomas, and the families were next door neighbors. The last resident of Lick Creek, William Thomas, sold his land in 1902. The church is still standing. There were 2,420 people employed in finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing. Deluxe Edition. Thomas Malston: Indiana Pioneer, 17711867, Black History News & Notes, November, 1988. Intermountain Healthcare Riverton Hospital is a 87-bed, full-service hospital in Riverton. The 1830 census shows that there were 9 free people of color living there, and an 1834 letter written by a Presbyterian Church missionary in Crawfordsville refers to the dark race that she is teaching. Population of Civil Divisions Less Than Counties; Table III State of Indiana, 1:124 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Many cities hold outdoor performances in cities' squares featuring leading Israeli singers and fireworks displays. Of these, Werle notes that nearly all were farmers or farm laborers; although they are much more spread out in the census data than in Ohio Township. The other family enumerated in the 1840 census resided in Blue Creek Township. Memphis maintained two schoolsone for white students and one for colored students. State Enumeration of Voters for the Legislative Apportionment for 1903. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records, Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 00306 1870. U.S. Census, 1870: Population Schedules of the Ninth Census of the United States. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War who was born in Virginia in 1755. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records, Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules, and Volume: Reel 0079 1840. Slavery was outlawed; it was openly practiced and tolerated. Get NCAA football news, scores, stats, standings & more for your favorite teams and players -- plus watch highlights and live games! Many of the African American heads of household that are listed with him lived near him in Tennessee. The definition and recording of free blacks varied according to enumerator and census; so it is not always a reliable indicator. I was unable to learn anything about the origin of the schools name. Indianapolis, Ind. (reprint), Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1977. Edinburgh Baptist persisted into the 1960s when outmigration to Columbus and Franklin gained momentum. ), future researchers could find substantiation elsewhere. William Hill, Sr. died in 1858. Bureau of Land Management. Today St. Paul AME has more white members than African American. Available at the Floyd County Recorder Office, New Albany, Ind. Occupations are almost exclusively laborer or farm laborer. Taylor, Andrew M. Uncle Jimmie: The True Story Of A Slave Life, As Dictated To His Ten-Year Old Daughter Two Years After The Civil War. Surnames of families recorded in the 1870 census included Adams, Banks, Cooper and Taylor from Virginia and Maryland. An Oral History of African Americans in Grant County. Walter K. Kiser uses the terms surburb [sic] of Jeffersonville and a separate section from Jeffersonville and states that Claysburg is largely a colored settlement. Eventually became Jeffersonvilles largest black neighborhood (Kramer p139). From 1844, at least three African American families lived on this land. Ripley County was founded in 1816. Not that the inhabitants had anything against the colored people, but it seems that for some reason or other they did not settle here. In discussion with the librarian at the Johnson County Historical Museum, it was mentioned that property deeds in Greenwood had restrictive racial covenants and that even if an African American resident of Franklin were employed in Greenwood, that person came home to Franklin at night. Deed, September 6, 1854, Deed Record 72, p. 625, St. Joseph County Land Records. By Martina Nichols Kunnecke,September 5, 2014. [64] The Red Line connects the TRAX line running to downtown Salt Lake City and the University of Utah. A list of black and/or racially mixed communities with descriptions follows. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. Day, Richard. Wendy Harrisons Family Page. Ancestry.com- Family Tree Guide. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1957. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. Goodall, Hurley. 2, Churubusco 46723): S. Harter, 1981. Accessed July 3, 2014. Seeking a better future in the West, some migrants settled first in Ohio. [26] The same railroad crossing was the site of many other crashes in the following years with the last deadly crash occurring on December 31, 1995, when three teens died while crossing the tracks in their car. Their decision that it be recited (without a blessing) gave rise to a bitter public dispute, with Agudath Israel rejecting the notion of imbuing the day with any religious significance whatsoever, and religious Zionists believing the blessing should be obligatory. McFadden, Marian. Total Marion County population leaps from the 1860 count of 825 to 3, 938 (Thornbrough 211). (Collection of Charlestown-Clark County Public Library). Rob Loy/Lloyd, a free man of color, was another early resident. Negro Education In Indiana From 1816 To 1860. PhD diss., Indiana University, 1951. William Henry Smith Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. [24][25] Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Office, 1841. An Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Paper presented for Martin Luther King Celebration at the Union Valley Baptist Church, January 19, 2010, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Wells County: Towns and Townships: A Pictorial History. Information gleaned from the Recorders office shows the Larter family buying and selling land in 1864. LaGrange County was formed in 1832. Old Taylor School is Lesson in Both Love, Intolerance. Louisville Courier Journal, October 27, 1993. Millender, Dharathula H. Yesterday in Gary: A brief history of the Negro in Gary. There were slight increases in the black population records:18 in the 1850 census, 22 in the 1860 census and 26 in the 1870 census, with most of the residents living in Brazil Township. They obtained their own building in 1879 in the former headquarters of the Shelby County Abolitionist Society. Further, Thornbrough notes that these figures represent 6 percent of the total population of the city. Local resident Dorothy Ross described Burnett as flowing into Lost Creek and like Lost Creek, Burnetts black residents also came from North Carolina. Harrison County. Indianapolis: Warren Central Printing Students, 1976. Accessed July 22, 2014. Today, two historic markers solidify the significance of this settlement: one on the former grounds of the Huggart Settlement and one at the Porter (Rea) Cemetery at Potato Creek State Park. Indianapolis: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1993. Many southern blacks and people from small towns seeking job and life improvement opportunities moved to the county. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1957. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Original Land Entries of Whitley County, Indiana. History of Johnson County, Indiana. Indiana Magazine of History, June 1934. [10], On July 22, 1847, an advanced party of the first Mormon pioneers entered the valley and immediately began to irrigate land and explore the area with a view to establishing new settlements. (1998). William Hills household included six people. (He moved to Greene County, Indiana, by 1830.) Additional nativity includes North Carolina, Kentucky and, Washington DC. Lunokhod 2 was thought to have covered 37km (23mi) based on wheel rotations but Russian scientists at the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) revised that to an estimated distance of about 42.142.2km (26.226.2mi) based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) images of the lunar surface. The increase is also reflected in Franklin Townships population of 10 persons exclusive of the town of Franklin. The Hendersons, Thompsons, and Wanzers (or Warners) came from Virginia. When that association proved inconvenient, they held services in a Hendricks County schoolhouse (# 6) where they developed an association with the small African Methodist Episcopal church in Plainfield. Federal Census 1820-1870, accessed August 12, 2014. Every year a dozen Israeli citizens, who made a significant social contribution in a selected area, are invited to light the torches. By 1900, however, Roberts Settlement was subject to the same pressures that affected Indianas other rural communitiesdecreasing opportunities on the farm and increasing opportunities for education and employment in towns and cities. Karst, Frederick A. Oral history indicates that the AME church and its neighbor John Speed were both involved in Underground Railroad activities. Buy Admission Tickets, Register for Special Events! Pinkston was born in Georgia. By 1880, three African Americans (two barbers and a cook), were residing in Bluffton, the county seat. Later, through the efforts of attorney Amory C. Kinney, the men were legally set free. [37][38], In the city, the population was spread out, with 37.8% under the age of 20, 6.0% from 20 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. There was a black school established around 1880. [29], In 1950, Salt Lake County had 489,000 acres (198,000ha) devoted to farming. Reprint, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1978. The 19th century African American population in Wells County was minimal. The Calaway family can be found in Sullivan County newspaper articles and death notices, and in the Greene and Sullivan Counties History. Werle,Audrey C.Research Notes on Indiana African American History, M 792, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1840 the population increases to 20 persons, but the 1850 figure declines to 15. Rev. In Shelbyville the black community began efforts to organize a school as early as 1868. Six other townships have black population distributed as follows: Duck Creek, 10; Pipe Creek, 7; Jackson, 5; Lafayette 3; Union, 1; and Fall Creek, 2. A few sources note that Bearss employed many African Americans on his farm when they would pass through Miami County on their way to Michigan or Canada. Six black men were members of the 1891 hook and ladder squad and are included in a photograph of the crew. Kendallville, Indiana: Kendallville Heritage Association, 2011. Ellis, Mike. Daily U.S. military news updates including military gear and equipment, breaking news, international news and more. After the Civil War, another in-migration of African Americans relocated to Harrison County, most of who came from Meade County, Kentucky, which is the closest Kentucky county to Harrison. Accessed on August 22, 2014. 1864. Three of Fayette Countys nine townships (Columbia, Fairview and Waterloo) reported no African American population in any of the decennial censuses 1850 through 1870. : Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1985. In 1860 the city population continued to rise (498 persons) as does the population in Center Township (210 persons). By the 1850 census, he owned land in Fugit Township valued at $1,200, the largest amount of land owned by an African American. : African American Historical and Genealogical Society, 1990. Everts, 1884. Accessed June 26, 2014. The Trail: Chronicling Indianas African American History and Heritage. Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. [citation not found] They are commonly understood as inalienable, fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" and which are "inherent in all human beings", regardless Cincinnati: R. Clarke & Company, 1872. Brown, Maxine. History of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Accessed on August 23, 2014. Redmond, P.D. Chicago: H.H. The other households are from Wayne Township as follows: Hilary Chavions, age 47, mulatto male, turner, born in Virginia; and Jacob Chavions, age 30, mulatto male, teamster, born in Virginia. (June 18, 2000). In 1820 there were a total of nine persons of color. It was then used by the white school, as enrollment warranted. Compiled from Minutes, Indiana Annual Conference, African Methodist Church, 1840-1845, as published in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Magazine, George Hogarth, ed. Bethel A.M.E. Church organized here in 1867. Unsourced news clipping before July 25, 1975, Clippings File, Johnson County Museum. Volumes I and II. Both families are still farming in Gibson County. Southern Seed, Northern Soil. Chicago: H.H. History of Knox and Daviess Counties. In Halbert Township, near the city of Shoals, there were a number of black farmers. The other names associated with the Underwood settlement include Thomas, Manuel, Roberts, Harris, Russell and Bell. The other was tried but not convicted. Our members enjoy exciting benefits like day trips that showcase the rich heritage of Indiana. Aaron Wallace, also enumerated in the 1830 Jennings County census, might be the same person that some Indianapolis history books regard as the citys first black resident. A Fraternal Lodge of the Good Templar was organized May 24, 1869. Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules, Volume: Reel 0014 1820. [47] The Salt Lake County Fair is held every August at the park. Briar Hill Cemetery has been identified as an African American burial place. (County historians presentation file). Knightstown, Ind. Atlas of Wabash County, Indiana. [Local newsletter in files at Shelby County Museum] September 1991, p 45; December 1988, p 28. Notably Saturday, December 29, 1849 and Wednesday, December 25, 1850. Bishop Paul Quinn founded Bethel AME Church in the city in 1836. Accessed: 6/30/14. Beckwith, H.W. Family surnames of the settlement included: Huggart (born in Virginia before migrating to Ohio), Bass (born in Guilford County, North Carolina, before migrating to Terre Haute, Indiana), Powell (from South Carolina), Manual (from North Carolina), and Boone (from North Carolina). The buyer was computer gaming entrepreneur and space tourist Richard Garriott (son of the astronaut Owen K. Garriott), who stated in a 2001 interview with Computer Games Magazine's Cindy Yans that: Garriott later confirmed that he is the owner of Lunokhod 2. Early African American Heritage in Bartholomew County. Indiana Ebony Line, Fall-Winter, 1992. Hispanic of any race was 13%. A 90-acre (36ha) addition is in the planning stages that will include areas for BMX, basketball, pickleball, tennis and volleyball. Indianapolis: Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, 2003. Federal census data enumerates 1 in 1840, 0 in 1850, 3 in 1860, and 0 persons in 1870. In 1870, Dennis and his family appear again, this time listed as white. Population of Civil Divisions Less Than Counties; Table III State of Indiana, 1:124 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Between 1850 and 1870, the majority of the black population lived in Brown and Shelby townships. A Black cemetery was also dedicated in the northeast corner of Fugit Township and cemetery records show that at least twelve persons were buried there. An anecdote about the fair of 1860 relates how in a racist manner Richard Dick Blakey was prohibited from a foot race competition. Two major thoroughfares ran through Richmond, Wayne Countys largest city: the Quaker Trace which extended north to Fort Wayne (and beyond) and the National Road which connected the county to the rest of the state to the west. Black pioneers whose surnames were Roberts, Stewart, Chavis, Trevan, Archer and Anderson from North Carolina purchased large tracts of federal land by the 1830s. The black population of Jeffersonville was large enough to result in the development of institutions such as the First Colored Baptist Church organized about 1861 by Philip Simcoe (located on Illinois Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets). No outstanding repositories of African American heritage in Marshall County were found, likely because of the low census numbers. NASA confirms Mars Opportunity rover has broken the off-world driving record, "NASA Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Sets Off-World Driving Record", "NASA's Opportunity Rover Sets A Record For Off-World Driving", "Game developer's lost electric buggy found on moon", "Lunar Geophysics, Geodesy, and Dynamics", "Russian Lunar Rover Found: 37-Year-Old Space Mystery Solved", "NASA Lunar Orbiter Spots Old Soviet Moon Landers", "After 17 Years, a Glimpse of a Lunar Purchase", LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft 2013, Don P. Mitchell's catalog of Soviet Moon Images, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lunokhod_2&oldid=1109039786, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Russian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, January 18, 1973 to January 24, 1973: The rover drives 1,260 metres, February 8 to 23: The rover drives 9,086 metres further, March 11 to 23: The rover drives 16,533 metres further, April 9 to 22: The rover drives 8,600 metres further, May 8 to June 3: The rover drives 880 metres further, Missions are ordered by launch date. History of Montgomery County. Louisville, Ky.: Perrine Enterprises, [2001]. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2014. Local historian, Amanda Blackman has extensively researched the Anderson family, however her notes do not document them living in Marshall County at any point. Taylor, Alex. Sympathetic people came to his aid and Douglass was able to escape to a nearby farm where he was nursed back to health. The rest of the household included Delilah Hill, age 40, born in Ohio, three Hill children born in Indiana (Henderson, age 9; Eliza, age 6; and Lydia, age 3). [Ind. There are many possibilities for further research. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records. Carsey purchased a total of 80 acres of federal land buying 40 acres in 1834, and again in 1837. Divita also notes the construction of Second Baptist Church (colored) in Ward 6 on Missouri Street between Ohio and New York Streets in 1849. Cleveland, OH: L.A. Williams & Co, 1882. Delaney Cemetery. Edwin R. Cambridge. Find A Grave. According to county records, Charley McDonald came to the county in 1872 and bought 40 acres. He and others built the Black Bridge. Accessed July 10, 2014. An issue of the Brazil Register from 1883 reports a baptism that took place at the colored settlement in Cloverdale. Blacks settled in Dearborn County prior to statehood. Kramer, Carl E. This Place We Call Home: A History of Clark County, Indiana. They would move from Parke County to Howard County in the late 1850s (Hackett) and may have had ties with the Lost Creek settlement in Vigo County. They worked as farm laborers, housekeepers and barbers. Union Literary Institute Board of Managers secretary book. Federal Census 1820-1870, accessed June 22, 2014. : Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, 2001. Several black families living in the area between Plainfield and Mooresville established a non-denominational church along White Lick Creek, as well as a colored school before 1870. Lyda, John W. The Negro In The History Of Indiana. Some of the surnames associated with Floyd Countys African American settlements include Boyd, Burch, Carter, Clark, Cook, Edwards, Finley, Finney, Fulton, Hagan, La-Force, Locklayer, Martin, Melton, Ross, Stinson, Turner, Walker, and Weaver. Books from Oxford Scholarship Online, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Medicine Online, Oxford Clinical Psychology, and Very Short Introductions, as well as the AMA Manual of Style, have all migrated to Oxford Academic.. Read more about books migrating to Oxford Academic.. You can now search across all these OUP Accessed on August 22, 2014. Another known settlement was Underwood in Linton Township. Boyd, Gregory, A. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Donning Company, 1998. The History of Clay County (Travis) places the founding as 1898. Family names represented include Winslow, Moore, Roberts, Harvey, Williams, Washington, Walden, Wilson, Tolbert and Young. [3] The mood outside of Ben-Gurion's home just prior to the declaration was joyous: The Jews of Palestine were dancing because they were about to realize what was one of the most remarkable and inspiring achievements in human history: A people which had been exiled from its homeland two thousand years before, which had endured countless pogroms, expulsions, and persecutions, but which had refused to relinquish its identitywhich had, on the contrary, substantially strengthened that identity; a people which only a few years before had been the victim of mankinds largest single act of mass murder, killing a third of the worlds Jews, that people was returning home as sovereign citizens in their own independent state.[4]. Side by Side: our online community If it wasn't for Mind I wouldn't be here now. Slave and Freeman: The Autobiography of George L. Knox. Fort Wayne, Ind. Although the countys black population numbers (as recorded on the federal decennial census from 18201870) were comparatively large for the state, no settlements were documented. Indianapolis Journal, October 26, 1901.) The Montgomery Township census lists 11 blacks in 1850, 24 in 1860, and 33 in 1870. Accessed August 22, 2014. At Rest. La Porte Daily Herald, November 21, 1892, page 3, col. 5. In Black History: Shelby County, Paula Karmire mentions some possible settlements. Accessed July 16, 2014. Two years after the first documented white settler, William Polke, came to survey the Michigan Road (Old 31), he brought his family and the black family of Mose Burdine from Knox County, Indiana to settle 4 miles north of what is presently Rochester, Fulton County, in 1832. [37][38], There were 14,433 households, out of which 46.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.5% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.1% were non-families. Index to Marriage Records, Newton County, Indiana, 1860-1920, Inclusive. History of Fayette County: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Mcintosh, W.H. The Walden and Roberts families from North Carolina were the first black settlers in Washington Township, arriving before 1825. The Scott County Lynching in 1898. Southeastern Indianas Underground Railroad Routes and Operations. Washington, D.C., 1872. Baker, Ronald L. Homeless Friendless, and Penniless: The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana. By 1860, this number had almost doubled to 17, and to 22 by 1870, mostly living within white households. In another example of racial fluidity (and again, more careful research is needed) it would seem that John H. Cambridge (farmer, born in Maryland) and Matilda Malson Cambridge, (possibly born in Ohio), residents in the Sugar Creek vicinity, were the parents of several children. It is likely an unnamed settlement existed here. Bureau of the United States Census, National Archives & Records, Indiana Federal Population Census Schedules, and Volume: Reel 00145 1880. Although Griers home is a distance from the African American settlers of Patoka Township, he funded an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Sand Hill. : n.p., 1953. These two areas are probably within the town of Shelbyville and thus outside the scope of this project. A bus loaded with 38 students from South Jordan, Riverton, and Bluffdale crossed in front of an oncoming train that was obscured by fog and snow. National Park Service Website. "Day of Independence") is the national day of Israel, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. A larger number owned and farmed a small property, where they lived with their families. The bus was broadsided killing the bus driver and 23 students. Warren Township, Marion County Interim Report. Michael F. Rutherfords The Colored School at Cannelton, Indiana examines a school in Cannelton, Troy Township, erected between 1870 and 1890 for the six black families in the city. In 1860, Charlestowns African American population was tallied at 198 persons, an increase from the 1850 count of 154 persons. Where Negroes Will Rule. Indianapolis Sun, April 30, 1896, p 7. Harrison, Hancock Counties. Two TRAX stations, with park and ride lots, are located inside the Daybreak Community. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Indianapolis), image by Patton Studios. Matthews Publishing, 1976. [18], In 1876, work was completed on the South Jordan Canal which took water out of the Jordan River in Bluffdale and brought it above the river bluffs for the first time. Glimpses of the Negro in Indianapolis, 1863-1963. Many of these people were buried in the Ballow Cemetery. In 1880, there were 6 people, all single individuals from Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, whose surnames were Corington, Curtes, Shelby and Wheat. Author Vincent and Roberts descendants have produced a short documentary and are attempting to expand the film to reach broader audiences. [18][24][25], Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes, "Laser observations of the moon: Normal points for 1973", "New NASA snap of game developer's electric cart FOUND ON MOON: Probe in low pass over Garriott's radioactive tub-rover", "Is Opportunity near Lunokhod's distance record? Indianapolis: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1993. On January 13 and 14, the perilune was lowered to 16km (9.9mi) altitude. Lyles Station will serve as an antebellum African American rural settlement prototype for the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Audrey C. Werle Research Notes on Indiana African American History, M 792. African American rural settlements documented: 0. By the 1850s there was a small but measurable presence in almost all townships. Decatur, Perry and Franklin Townships, Marion County Interim Report. Family names of those in the settlement include Moss, Pierson, Sparks/Spinks, Goens/Gowen, and Hampton. And, although there is no record showing that he actually went to Liberia, there is a letter that was written to the federal government by Jesse Holman requesting that Record and his family receive help to make the journey. U.S. Bureau of the Census. In time he added to his holdings accumulating 121 acres on Alquina Road east of Connersville. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Indianapolis, Ind. Vertical Files, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis: Bowen, 1917. New Castle, IN: Courier Times, Inc., 1981-1982. Early settlers to the area were the Harris and Bass families from North Carolina, purchasing large amounts of land from the federal government. Scott, St. Joseph Counties. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Office, 1862. U.S. Census, 1850: Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States. Perry and Warren had small populations. Record of Interments, Falls Cemetery: Wabash Cemetery Society, Wabash, Indiana, 1838-1971. First Annual Catalogue of the Graded School and Normal Institute of Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana, for the Scholastic Years 1883-4. Cincinnati: Western Tract Society, 1876. 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