Lexington
A
Pioneer Town
The Original Seat of Scott County,
Indiana
Click on a small image above to see larger photographs. The
first courthouse (left) in Lexington was built on the town square in 1821.
It was later used as a school (1874-1889) and replaced (center) in 1890.
A new school was built at the same site in 1921 (right).
NOTE: According to Cory Walker, technically, the first courthouse
was Nettie Park's house on South Cherry Street. People still live in the
house today. It was the courthouse from March 1820 to the completion of the
new one. Bids for construction were let in April of 1821.
Click
here for a photo of the structure as is looks today.
Earl
Milles
1901-2002
This Web site is about my home town, Lexington, Indiana - the original
seat of Scott County. This site is dedicated to my grandfather,
Earl
Milles, who lived in Lexington for 96 years until he retired from barbering
in 1997. The site is also dedicated to the many pioneers of the 19th
century who built a flourishing community. Over time, I will be adding links,
detailing the rich history and interesting stories of this pioneer town.
Please feel encouraged to submit links, photos, or stories which might be
of interest to others.
Robert D. Kleopfer
rdkone@aol.com
1600 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047
232 links and counting
Last updated on May 25, 2008
Civil
War Site with emphasis on Company D, 81st Indiana. This company was composed
entirely of men from Scott County
James
Hall Ledger - Lexington Undertaker - Transcription has been
completed!
Who is
that Lexingtonite? A place to help identify faces from the
past.
Lexington
- The Movie - Part 2 now
available!
Lexington
- The Movie - Part 1
Recent Links Added
Jane
Perry Boles 1780-1858
Joseph
Hooker Shea historical marker
Early Money Issued by the
Indiana Manufacturing Company of Lexington
Scott
County Chronicle Obituary Index
(1880-1949)
Thanks to Mark Spraque for the photograph this old
Lexington landmark
as it stands today!
Eleanor
Loughran Fouts
James Loughran
(1823-1863)
Dr. H. H. Parkhill
(1833 - ????)
CCC Roster
Camp Englishton 1935-1936
Photo
of Jane Middleton Wilson, Jane Hall Hanna, and Ann Hanna
Kennedy
Photo of
Robert Middleton (1838-1870)
Lexington High
School Class of 1962
William H.
English Statue at Scottsburg photo thanks to Norma Chandler
Check from Lexington
Bank 1925 thanks to Norma Chandler
1861 Letter from
Lexington
New Photos: Sons
of James Middleton, III
Expanded Census Index
Suicide at the
"Bee Hive"
Train
Wreck of 1906
Photo: James
and Nancy Henning Middleton
Indian Threat
near Lexington
From the 1850 Indiana
Gazetter
LEXINGTON, the Seat of Justice of Scott County, is a pleasantly
situated town, eighteen miles southwest of Madison, twenty-nine miles east
of Salem, sixteen north of Charleston, and eighty-five south south-east of
Indianapolis. It contains 100 houses, one-half of which are brick, the others
frame.
Agriculture
Buildings
Businesses
Cemeteries
(All are in Lexington Township and include index unless otherwise noted.)
Census
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1820
- Scott County Census - 315 heads of households and 2183 individuals
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1830
- Scott County Census - alphabetical listing only (512 names)
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1840
- Scott County Census
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1850
- Scott County Census - by Myrna Hawley.
Name
Index.
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1860
- Scott County Census
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1910
- Scott County Census
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Expanded Census Index
Chronology
Churches
Civic Organizations
Englishton Park
Events
19th Century Families
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Early
Settlers - a list of early settlers.
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Joseph
Amos, born in Lexington in 1848.
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John
Crafton Beck, born in Vienna in 1822, practiced medicine in Henry County,
Indiana, civil war veteran, educator, and evangelist.
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Jesse
Richards Bicknell, born in Lexington in 1848, became a priest.
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J.
G. Chambers, Civil War veteran born in 1844.
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William
D. Clark (1819-1883) came to Scott County in 1820 and became the first
Representative to the State Legislature.
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Hugh
Colvin, born in Lexington in 1856, twice served as township trustee.
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Colonel
Samuel S. Crowe, practiced law in Lexington beginning in 1859, elected
to House of Representatives.
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Reverend
John M. Dickey, pastor at several of the early churches in Lexington.
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Nathaniel
Dismore and family came to Lexington around 1830 and joined the Scaffoldlick
Baptist Church.
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Peter
S. Dykins, 19th century postmaster and county recorder in Lexington.
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Elisha
Gale English bought the original land tract for the Englishton Park Estate
and was sheriff of Scott County in 1828.
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Helen Orr
English, married William E. English in 1898.
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William
Eastin English, son of William Hayden English, born in Lexington, was
politician, businessman, and Spanish-American War hero.
(Also
see 1899 Biography)
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William
Hayden English, son of Elisha, born in Lexington, postmaster in 1842,
and candidate for vice-president of the United States in 1880.
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Rosalind
English, daughter of William Eastin English, killed in an automobile
accident in 1924.
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Article
on William English
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Interesting story about
Helen Orr
English who married William E. English in 1898.
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William
Estil came to Lexington in 1813, laid out the town of Scottsburg in 1871.
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Asa
M. Fitch invented chewing gum and built a factory to produce it at Lexington.
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James
William Fortune, born in Lexington in 1864, practiced law, and was a
Captain in the Spanish-American War.
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W. E.
Green, M. D. practiced medicine in Lexington beginning in 1876.
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John Hall,
along with his brother Francis Hall and their families, arrived in Lexington
in about 1837. They emigrated from Ireland.
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Hardy
Family, descendants of 17th century emigrants, came to Lexington in 1815.
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Ambrose
Hoard was born in Scott County in 1835.
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Jacob
Hollenbeck came to Indiana with his wife and ten children in about 1817.
They were descendants of a 17th century family from New York.
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Jacob Wesley
Hollenbeck, born near Lexington in 1828, was the grandfather of the famous
Academy Award winning movie star,
Clifton Webb.
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James
Logan Hopper - Civil War veteran, his father was an early minister at
Scaffoldlick Baptist Church in Blocher.
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List
of some Lexington reisdents in 1882
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Samantha
Pattison Hough, married Alex Hough in 1867 and ran a farm east of Lexington.
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James
Family - Floyd E. James graduated and taught at Lexington, his son Lee
graduated from West Point and was a key player in the Apollo Program at NASA.
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Jennings
Family, among the early settlers of Scott County.
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Patrick
H. Jewett settled in Lexington in 1849 and practiced law.
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Charles
F. LaMar, 19th century barber in Lexington.
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Alonzo
H. Lathrop, M.D practiced medicine in Lexington from 1876 until
his death in 1919.
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John
McTarsney plotted the town of Centreville in 1850.
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Timothy
Meagher, Jr., (1886-1975) born in Lexington, he ran a blacksmith operation
for many years.
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James Middleton
and family were from Ireland and arrived in Lexington at about the same
time along with the
Halls,
Blairs, Kennedys, Perkinsons, Spires,
Hennings,
Ashes, McCullochs and
McClanahans.
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Earl Milles,
descendant of Jacob Hollenbeck, barbered in Lexington for more than 60 years,
until he retired in 1997 at the age of 96.
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Nathan
Allen Mongomery (1869-1937) married Eliza Ava Storm in 1892, sold groceries
from a horse-drawn wagon.
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Elizabeth
Murray Morris (1847-1928), with her husband James Morris, lived on a
farm three miles east of Lexington on the Vienna Road.
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Howard
B. Phillips, moved to Lexington about 1900, later became a Presbyterian
missionary.
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Floyd
D. Robertson (1885-1946), teacher who later served as Scott County
Auditor.
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John
G. Robertson (1857-1926) operated a general store in Lexington.
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General
Charles Scott (1733-1813) namesake for Scott County, Indiana.
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Joseph
Shea, born in Lexington in 1863 and was Ambassador to Chile from 1916
to 1921.
Joseph
Hooker Shea historical marker
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Josephine
Shea, niece of
Joseph
Shea who was ambassador to Chile and Colonel Thomas Shea who fought in
the Civil War.
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William
Storen, born in Lexington in 1890, was twice elected State Treasurer.
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Whitlatch
Family, Barnet Bond Whitlatch arrived in the area in 1831.
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Wilson
Family, William settled two miles east of Lexington in 1816.
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J. P.
Wilson, M.D., born in 1865, graduated from medical school in 1905, and
began his practice in Blocher, Indiana.
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Thomas
Brown Wilson, married Ann Lowry and settled on a farm near Lexington
about 1838.
Fires
Folklore?
Government
Lexington Historical Society
History
Jails
Letters from Lexington
Libraries
Maps and Roads
Military
Newspapers
Notoriety
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The
Reno Gang, perhaps the world's first train robbers, were held in Lexington
when first captured but eventually brought to justice by a Vigilance Committee.
Photographs
Post
Offices
Queries
- queries about Lexington will be posted here. Click
here to submit a query.
Schools
Social
Life and Customs
Trivia
Visitors
and Researchers
Scott
County Indiana History Site
Lexington
Historical Society
Genealogy Pages of
Mine
Genealogy
Plus
Klöpfer, Kloepfer,
and Kleopfer
HALLs and HENNINGs
of Ireland
McClanahan
Family
Middleton
Family
Johnson-Kendall
Families
Craigmyle Genealogy
Hollenbeck
Genealogy
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