Person:James Wiley (21)

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James Wiley
b.Abt 1790 Kentucky
d. Fugit, Decatur, Indiana, United States
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Name James Wiley
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1790 Kentucky
Property[1] 9 Oct 1820 Fugit, Decatur, Indiana, United Statesentered first land in Fugit Twp (now Clarksburg)
Death? Fugit, Decatur, Indiana, United States
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  1. ↑ Recorded, in Atlas of Decatur Co., Indiana: to which are added various general maps, history, statistics, illustrations. (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1882)
    43.

    ... Among the very earliest settlers in Fugit, who came to the township in 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823, we mention the following: ... James Wiley ...
    .. The first land entered in this township was 160 acres in Section 1, Town 11, Range 10. It was entered by James Wiley, October 9, 1820. ...
    ... James Wiley settled, in 1820, on the present site of Clarksburg. Soon after this, his two sons became lost in the woods nearby, and one of them perished, and was found dead by Joseph Weston on the banks of a stream, on land now owned by James Kerrick. ...

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