Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . asat one time the largest owner of real estate in the county,and was alsothe pioneer mill builder. He was a man of considerable ability, andserved as first Clerk of the county. The following circumstance is re-lated by an old settler: When Mr. Rawley entered the land on whichhe built his mill, at Old Hill, he took out his title in the name of Min-erva Rawley, his little daughter by a former wife. Thirty years later,her husband, Jordan Beauchamp,entered suit for possession of the prop-erty belonging to his wife, and the matt
Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . asat one time the largest owner of real estate in the county,and was alsothe pioneer mill builder. He was a man of considerable ability, andserved as first Clerk of the county. The following circumstance is re-lated by an old settler: When Mr. Rawley entered the land on whichhe built his mill, at Old Hill, he took out his title in the name of Min-erva Rawley, his little daughter by a former wife. Thirty years later,her husband, Jordan Beauchamp,entered suit for possession of the prop-erty belonging to his wife, and the matter was hotly contested by This continued in different courts about six years, breaking upboth parties, the land afterward selling to satisfy costs, fees, etc. Fromthe effects of this blow he never recovered, and his death occurred aboutthe year 1868 in the Vigo County Infirmary, being at that time a com-mon pauper. The Puckett family, consisting of David, Elihu, Joseph and Lewis,came prior to 1830, all of whom secured homes in the southern part of .^?^^.
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