|
EARLY SETTLERS OF
UNION TOWNSHIP
GEORGE
BURCKHARTT WAS THE FIRST SETTLER.
(FATHER OF JUDGE G
H BURCKHARTT)
CLEMEN JETER
DR BURTON
GEO CHAPMAN
NADE CHAPMAN
WM HALY
MILLS
THERE ARE 3 MILLS IN
UNION TOWNSHIP(1884)
OWNED BY
W D WILSON
ELSEA
FRANK HALL
LARGE FARMS AND
PROMINENT TRADERS
AND FARMERS
CAPT JAMES WIGHT
OWNS AND CULTIVATES A
FARM OF 720 ACERS
IN A VERY HIGH STATE
OF IMPROVEMENT
HAVING A PALATIAL RESIDENCE
AND STOCKED WITH
THE BEST ANIMALS OF
DIFFERENT KINDS HE
HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROCURE.
CAPT WIGHTS FARM
IS ON ELKS FORK AND HE HAS
RESIDED IN THE
VILLAGE OF MILTON FOR 30 YEARS.
HE HAS TWICE
REPRESENTED RANDOLPH COUNTY IN
THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND IS THE FATHER OF
THE PRESENT (1884)
COUNTY CLERK MR JAMES
M WIGHT
G W BURTON
GENERAL STOCK DEALER
ANDREW
CARPENTER,Q T HALL, CAPT JAMES WIGHT,AND
I H NEWTON DEALERS
IN SHEEP,MULES,AND HORSES.
L L NEWTON DEALER
IN HORSES AND HOGS
HAVING SHIPPED
MORE OF THE LATTER IN
THE WINTER OF 1878
THAN ANY OTHER MAN
IN THE TOWNSHIP
D T C MITCHELL AND
BENJ OLDHAM HAVE
BEEN EXTENSIVELY
INVOLVED IN THE PILE
AND TIE BUSINESS
EMPLOYING FROM TEN TO
TWELVE MEN AND SIX
TO EIGHT TEAMS EACH
BRINGING A LARGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO
THE TOWNSHIP.
W G LEUSLEY IS
ENGAGED IN COAL MINING ON
A LARGE SCALEAND
IS ALSO OCCUPIED IN
BRIDGE BUILDING
REV J A HOLLOWAY
AGE 94 IS THE OLDEST
MAN IN THE
TOWNSHIP
THE OLDEST LADY IS
MRS WESLEY BOATMAN
MR GEORGE
BURCHHARTT DECEASED WAS THE
FIRST SETTLER.
MILTON
MILTON IS THE ONLY
VILLIAGE IN THE TOWNSHIP,
IT IS ABOUT 40 YEARS
OLD (1884).IT HAS AN
ELEGANT GRIST AND
SAW MILL,ONE WAGON AND
CARRIAGE FACTORY
AND REPAIR SHOP,ONE
BLACKSMITH
SHOP,AND SOME OTHER UNIMPORTANT SHOPS.
UNTIL ABOUT 1878
FOUR MINISTERS MADE THEIR
HOME IN MILTON.
ELDER J A
HOLLOWAY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
REV PETER PARKER
AND REV W D DUTTON OF
THE M E CHURCH
SOUTH
REV W L T EVANS OF
THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH,A MOST
ESTIMABLE AND MUCH BELOVED
MAN DIED ABOUT
1879.
PHYSICIANS
DR R R HALL THE
ONLY PHYSICIAN HAS RESIDED
IN MILTON FOR
ABOUT 40 YEARS. |