Society of Indiana Pioneers - Perry County
This is a list of pioneers who settled in Perry County. Some settlers stayed, some moved on. This is not a complete list and more are added as they are discovered. If you have further information to add, or have questions about a family listed here, please contact our local genealogy colleague, Molly Hall.
Peter Adams; b. Kentucky, ca. 1788; To Perry Co., by 1820
Thomas Green Alvey; born in Maryland came to Perry County, IN from Kentucky around 1811
Reuben Frederick Bates; b. 1792; To Perry Co., by 1812
Charlotte Claycomb Bryant; b. Perry Co., 1813
Baizer (Balser) Claycomb; b. Germany, 1745.50; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1820
Drusilia James Claycomb; b. Virginia?, ca. 1782; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1810
John Claycomb; b. Pennsylvania?, ca. 1770; To Perry Co. from Virginia, 1810-16
Nancy Walker Colby; b. Kentucky, 1811; To Perry Co., by 1813
Terrence Connor; b. Virginia; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1815 (In War of Revolution)
Jacob Crist (Criss); To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1811
John Crist; b, Kentucky, 1793; To Perry Co., ca. 1813 (In Battle of Tippecanoe)
Nancy Crist; b. N. Carolina; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, ca. 1813
Priscella Reed Rowe Crist; b. Maryland, ca. 1774; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1811
Thomas Cummings; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, ca. 1807 (In War of Revolution)
Uriah Cummings; b. Virginia ca. 1785; To Perry Co. born Kentucky, ca. 1810
Jacob Davis; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1817
Joseph Drinkwater, Sr.; b. England, 1778; To Perry Co. from Virginia, by 1816
Joseph Drinkwater, Jr.; b. Virginia, 1812; To Perry Co., 1814
Hiram Esarey; b. Perry Co., 1813
John Esarey (Essary): b. England, Wales, or Pennsylvania, 1744: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1810 (In War of Revolution)
Barbara Flie Black Faulkenborough: b. South Carolina, ca. 1790: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. ca. 1816
Cassandria Crist Faulkenborough; b. Perry Co., 1811
James Faulkenborouh (Falkenburg): b. South Carolina, 1785: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. ca. 1816
William Faulkenborough; b. Kentucky, ca. 1814; To Perry Co., ca. 1816
John S. Frakes, Jr.: b. Kentucky, 1786: To Perry Co., by 1817
Casper S. Gardner; b. Perry Co., 1823
Robert Gardner; b. Pennsylvania, 1790; To Perry Co. from Ohio, 1821
John S. Gilliland; b. Perry Co., 1801-02
Daniel Goble; b. Perry Co., 1821
Louisa Lanman Goble; b. Perry Co., 1825
Isaac Hardin (Harding); b. Perry Co., 1825-26
Samuel Harding: b. Kentucky, 1789; To Perry by 1815
Frances "Fanny" Brewner Harris; b. Kentucky, ca. 1792; To Perry Co., 1818
James Harris; b. Perry Co., 1818
Mary Adams Harris; b. Perry Co., 1825
Nathaniel Harris; b. 1775-94; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. by 1818
Daniel Hays: b. 1797; To Perry Co., by 1822
Abraham Hiley, Sr.: b. Virginia. 1757: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1803 (In War of Revolution) (Survived Lochry massacre)
Abraham Hiley, Jr.: b. Kentucky. ca. 1797; To Perry Co., 1803
Eda Hinton Hiley; b, Kentucky; To Perry Co., 1813
Mary "Polly" Riley: To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1803
Daniel Hinton; b. Maryland or Kentucky, ca. 1775; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1813
Rachael Banfield Hinton: b. Maryland or Kentucky; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1813
William Nix (Hicks); b. Virginia. 1775; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, prior to 1815
Joshua Brannon Huckeby: b. Virginia. 1802: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1823
James Kellems: b. Tennessee, 1786: To Perry Co., prior to 1815 (To Crawford Co. by 1820) (Justice of peace)
Catherine Keysacker; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1820
George Keysacker: b. Pennsylvania. 1749-50: To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1820 (To Crawford Co., 1821) (In War of Revolution)
William Keysacker; b. Kentucky, 1802; To Perry Co., by 1820 (To Crawford Co., by 1821)
Peter Kinder; b. Kentucky, ca. 1795; To Perry Co., 1820 (In War of 1812)
Elias Lanman; b. Perry Co., 1817
James Lanman; b. Virginia, 1752; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1815 (In War of Revolution)
John Lanman; b. North Carolina, 1783; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1817
Martha Thrasher Lanman: b. Virginia, 1788: To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1817
Nancy L Miller Lanman; b. Perry Co., 1820
Sytha Blake Summers Lanman: b. North Carolina?. 1756: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. ca. 1815
David Main; b. Connecticut. 1797; To Perry Co., by 1817
Samuel Main; b. Connecticut. ca. 1765; To Perry Co. from Pennsylvania, by 1815
Lemuel Mallory: b. Connecticut, 1763; To Perry Co. from New York. 1809 (In War of Revolution)
Nancy Ann Woodson Mattingly; b. Maryland. ca. 1801: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. by 1820
Thomas Mattingly: b. Mississippi, ca. 1798: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. by 1820
James McDaniel, Sr.; To Perry Co., 1814 (Perry and Spencer Co. Judge)
James McDaniel Jr.: b. Virginia?, 1765; To Perry Co. from Ohio. by 1815 (Donated land for county seat at Troy)
Charles Miler (Myler): b. Virginia?; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. by 1824
Abraham Miller; b. Pennsylvania, 1786; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, by 1820
John M. Miller; b. Maryland or Ohio. ca. 1795: To Perry Co. from Ohio, by 1815 {Baptist minister}
Samuel Miller; b. Kentucky, ca. 1794; To Perry Co., by 1820
Thomas Mills: b. Virginia, ca. 1795; To Perry Co., ca. 1823
Robert C. Mosby; b. Kentucky, 1770?; To Perry Co.. 1806-13
Mary Eliza Keysacker Myler; b. Kentucky, 1810; To Perry Co., by 1820 (To Crawford Co., l821)
Thomas Myler; b. Virginia, 1806-09; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. by 1824 (In Civil War)
Charles Polk; b. Pennsylvania. 1770; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1808 (Member 1816 Constitutional Convention) (Baptist minister)
Thomas Polke; b. Pennsylvania, 1768; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1813 (Associate Judge; County Commissioner)
James Reily; b. Virginia. 1781: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1817 (Judge) (Teacher)
Ebenezer Richardson; b. Maryland, 1785; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1815
Thomas Richardson: b. Virginia. 1762: To Perry Co. from Kentucky, ca. 1812 (In War of Revolution)
Nancy Ann Simonson Sandage; b. S. Carolina, 1788: To Perry Co., 1812
Thomas Sandage: b. S. Carolina, 1776: To Perry Co., ca. 1812 (Baptist minister: Founded Gilead Baptist Church at Millstone)
Adam Shoemaker; b. Pennsylvania, 1779; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, ca. 1814 (Baptist minister)
John Chapman Shoemaker: b, Perry Co., 1826 (Member State Legislature)
Arad L. Simons: b. Connecticut. 1783: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1809
Comfort Walker Springer; b. Pennsylvania?. 1790-1800; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. prior to 1810
John Stephenson: b. Scotland; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. by 1808 (Judge; Justice of peace)
Ann Howell Stonemets; b. Pennsylvania, 1767: To Perry Co. from Ohio. by 1820
Casper Stonemets; b. ca. 1765; To Perry Co. from Pennsylvania, by 1820
John Daniel Taylor; b. Virginia. ca. 1770; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1814
Elias Terry; b. Virginia, 1807; To Perry Co., 1815
Esther Brown Terry; b. Virginia?; To Perry Co. from Ohio, ca. 1815
John Terry; b. ca. 1755; To Perry Co. from Virginia, 1815 (In War of Revolution)
Mary Polly Claycomb Thompson; b. Kentucky, 1802; To Perry Co., 1810
Joseph Tobin; b. Virginia, 1788; To Perry Co., 1818 {In War of 1812)
Polly Creager Woodson Trenary; b. Holland: To Perry Co. from Kentucky, 1816
Delilah Phillips Walker; b. Pennsylvania, ca. 1774; To Perry Co. from Kentucky, ca. 1810
Robert Walker; b. Pennsylvania. 1740: To Perry Co. from Kentucky. prior to 1810
Henry Weatherholt; b. Kentucky, 1796; To Perry Co., 1808
Jacob Weatherholt; b. Pennsylvania, 1758; To Perry Co. from Kentucky. 1807 (In War of Revolution)
Elizabeth Wheatley; born in South Carolina came to Perry County, IN from Kentucky around 1820. Moved to Dubois Co., IN by 1840.
John Wheatley; born in Virginia came to Perry County, IN from Kentucky around 1820 and moved to Dubois Co., IN by 1840.
William R. Wheeler: b. Perry Co, 1826
John Winchel (Winchell): b. New York, 1760; To Perry Co, 1809 (In War of Revolution)
Smith Winchell; b. New York, 1786; To Perry Co, 1809