Early Residents of Cole County - Cole County Historical Society

Biographical Sketches of Early Cole County Residents

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Goodspeed's History of Cole County (Biographical Information - pages 825 to 905) (* opens in new window)

The First Families
The following families lived here at the time the new state capitol was completed in 1826:
H. H. Baber Ralph Briscoe Henry Buckner Christopher Casey Hardin Casey Daniel Colgan James Dunnica John Dunnica McDaniel Dorris Stephen C. Dorris Robert A. Ewing Alexander Gordon John C. Gordon David Harmon Samuel Harrison William Henderson	William Jones Azariah Kennedy Moss Family J. R. Pullen Josiah Ramsey Captain J. T. Rogers James F. Royston Dave Scrivner Terry Scurlock David Sleater Granville P. Thomas John P. Thomas Thompson Family Willis Thornton George Woodward