414     HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.
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Quakers, settled about two miles south of Seymour, near where 
Caleb Elliott, Jr., now lives. John, William and others of the 
Ruddick family, settled further east, and became one of the most
prominent families of the county. The Crabbs, who were also 
among the earliest, settled further to the west. William, Jacob,
and Patrick Sullivan, three brothers of Irish extraction, came in
1816, and devoted much of their time to hunting. Joseph, Na-
than and Robert Newby, Moses Parker, Solomon Cox, were
among the first. James Shields, of whom mention is made in 
connection with, the early history of Seymour, was also an 
early settler of this township, and for considerable time
was agent for the Government. Samuel Stanfield settled
where Mr. Foster now lives. Joshua Morris located in the
southwestern part of the township, in what is known as the Crabb 
settlement. Jacob White, Jonas Crane, Mr. Brisser, the Lancas-
ters, David T. Harrison, were all here prior to 1820, and had 
built what they considered comfortable log-huts, and cleared a 
small piece for corn.
 
  
                   FIRST LAND ENTRIES. 
 
Joseph Newby, 1821; Benjamin Draper, 1821; A. Arnold,
1815; Caleb Elliott, 1817; Thomas Newby, 1821; Enoch Crane,
1825; Aaron Lancaster, 1821; Barnabas Coffin, 1817; Mor-
decai Ruddick, 1817; Solomon Cox, 1817; John S. Shaner,
1821; Hiram Littleton, 1821; C. Albertson, 1821; Levi Thomp-
son, 1824; John Sweaney, 1823; Benoni Morris, 1820; Joseph
Bowman, 1820; Richard Watts, 1820; William Cusand, 1820;
S. R. Tate, 1820; Jacob Franks, 1820; Randal Smith, 1821;
Charles Crabb, 1824; Jonas Crane, 1818; Joseph Richett, 1817; 
John Weathers, 1820; William Sullivan, 1819; Jacob Sullivan, 
1820; Jonathan Stathe, 1820; J. and O. M. Crane, 1819; Isaac
Holman, 1822; Jesse Dixon, 1818; Joseph Kitchell, 1814; Walter
Benton, 1822; Moses Parker, 1825; Henry Benton,1821; James