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Facts and Events
The following is copied from chapter 20 (Miller Township), page 209 of History of Dearborn CountyS1:
Influential Men of Early Days
Major Decker Crozier was one of the influential men of the Georgetown neighborhood, where he resided and where he drilled many a company during the far-famed muster days. George W. Lane says of him from personal ac quaintance: “Major Crozier was associated with Captain .\IcGuire in building blockhouses and with the men under his command patrolled the country be tween them, thus protecting the infant settlements, which during the War of 1812, only extended about four miles back into the country, since most of those who had located land farther out had, for security, moved to Lawrence burg, or some other place that was secure. Major Crozier was a stonemason and a farmer, and when the writer first knew him was living on one of the best hill farms in Dearborn county. He had a strong arm; the grip of his hand was equal to a b1acksmith’s vise and, like Logan, he knew no fear. Major Crozier’s life was spared to see, if not a large family, a family of large men grow up around him. and witnessed extensive improvements in the wil derness country he had so often traveled before a tree was cut or a path had been blazed.”
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Influential Men of Early Days, in History of Dearborn County, Indiana: her people, industries, and institutions. (Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1980)
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