HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.     373
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was afterward included within the limits of Jackson and remained
a part of this county for several years. The settlement was made
by the Flinns and Guthries, and the township in which the set-
tlement is located is "Flinn," taking its name from the family
who made the first settlement. Flinn Township at one time
included a considerable portion of what afterward became Carr,
and for many years the people in the central and western part of
Carr Township did their trading and marketing at Leesville.
 
The first settlement made in the territory now included in
Carr Township was about 1810 or 1811, by Daniel Beem, who
settled on the place since known as the John Durham farm.
John Craig, who was afterward elected sheriff, settled near
Heighton Hill, on the farm now owned by Allen Goss. Daniel
Woods settled further down the river, in 1812. Stephen Sparks
made a settlement at what is now Sparksville as early as 1812,
and established a ferry, which, on account of the convenience of
its location, being situated on the principal line of travel between
the settlements of Washington and Lawrence Counties, became
quite important. Michael and others of the Beem family moved
across the river from Driftwood Township as early as 1814. This
was one of the most prominent families in the early history of the
township. Both Richard and Michael were distinguished for
their bravery in the war with the Indians; both were participants
in the battle of Tippecanoe, and both fought with Gen. Tipton in
the battle of Tipton's Island. Daniel Peck, John Allsup, Joseph
Lanning, Joseph Goss and John McKinney settled in the eastern
part of this township at an early day. Thomas Carr, the father
of Hon. George Carr, came to this township in the early part of
1818, and settled on the "Ridge," which was long known as the
Carr Settlement. Other early settlers in that community were A.
Phelps, Leonard Houston, James Brown, the Richard family, the
Sawyers, and others. Soon the log cabins could be seen in all
directions, standing as monuments of industry; the sonorous