Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana, giving an account of the early settlement of each locality, church histories, county and township officers from the first down to 1886 ..Biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and women .. . h my family. Our brother Jona-than came out in the fall of the same year I came. All lookednew and wild. We had a body of heavy timber to commencein. We settled on what was known as the wander prairies,two miles south of Elizaville. They were wet most of theseason unless we had an unusually dry summer. The prairiesafforded pasturage as early as the
Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana, giving an account of the early settlement of each locality, church histories, county and township officers from the first down to 1886 ..Biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and women .. . h my family. Our brother Jona-than came out in the fall of the same year I came. All lookednew and wild. We had a body of heavy timber to commencein. We settled on what was known as the wander prairies,two miles south of Elizaville. They were wet most of theseason unless we had an unusually dry summer. The prairiesafforded pasturage as early as the 1st of March. This was agreat relief to us as we had our farms to make. Our bestplow was the jumping shovel. Our farm implements were fewin number. The prairies furnished a good supply of hay forwinter use. There was a good supply of game, such as deer,coon, turkeys, and smaller varieties. I never had the patiencerequired to make a successful hunter. We had two of Ken-tuckys hunters, Willis West and Grandpa Baker. Our mar-kets were distant and milling inconvenient. We got ourhand-mills going and soon got up a pot of mush out of newcorn. Buckwheat was easier ground. We used bridle-pathsfor highways, for sometime if a crossing became muddy we. PHILIP SICKS. BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA. 97 would soon select another place. The loom and spinning-wheel which we depended on in those days have neighborhood generally came together at raisings and log-rollings. We were thinly settled for awhile, and I considerthat the most enjoyable time. As population increased pridebegan to loom up, consequently other rulings became moremanifested. Several items might be inserted, but as others arecontributing to your book this will be sufficient. Ages areas follows: E. Evans in eighty-sixth year; I am in my sev-enty-third year. COMMUNICATION FROM WILLIAM H. MILLS. I was born in Guilford County, N. C, June 9, 18L5; wasmarried to Tobitha Stanbrough, of Wayne County, Ind.,October 29, 1836. She
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