Person:Hezekiah Rutherford (1)

David Rutherford, along with his sons William Rutherford and Hezekiah Hyatt Rutherford, first appear in the Indiana records in the 1820 census for Posey Township, Washington County, Indiana very close to Livonia and Paoli – Washington and Orange counties.

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Sarah Catherine Rutherford chooses Hezekiah H. Rutherford to be her guardian of her Father's estate, 19 Jan 1856. Her father was William Rutherford, deceased. John Rutherford was administrator of William Rutherford's estate. William owned 120 acres in Wash. Co., Indiana

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Hezekiah Hyatt Rutherford was among the men who had voted at Salem, Indiana in 1828 and was still living in the county in 1879. – History of Washington County 1884

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In 1808 Thomas Hopper, the first settler of Washington county sold his farm in this county and moved farther west. In 1816 he visited the place, then owned by Hezekiah Hyatt Rutherford, and while standing in the door-yard pointed out where, just thirteen years before, he cut twelve bee-trees, and captured three bears in a cave. He also told how he had chased deer across the barrens or prairies, with the hounds and game could be seen several miles away. He was the only resident of that part of the county for two or three years. His home was a favorite stopping place for travelers going to or returning from the Wabash and Illinois country, and such guests were ever welcome, for they brought either news from the settlements or rehearsed the horrible tales of Indian depredation among the frontiersmen.

"Centennial history of Washington County, Indiana : its people, industies and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families" Warder W. Stevens

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From the Salem Democrat, 10 Mary 1882, Livonia Items dated 8 May 1882 “Another old pioneer gone home. Hezekiah Hyatt Rutherford, aged about 83 years, died on the 3rd instant, at his home in this township, after a very brief illness. Hezekiah Hyatt Rutherford; born in North Carolina 11 August 1800 d. 3 May 1882.