Tazewell County Pioneers
Last Updated December 2011
The Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society has issued pioneer certificates to descendants of these early settlers of Tazewell County. A pioneer is listed on this page only if a descendant has submitted an application with supporting evidence.
The application, with the completed lineage and documentation, is kept on file in the TCGHS library and may be accessed by researchers. Eventually, the information will be published in book form.
| Name of Pioneer | Location | Date Settled | Name of Spouse |
| Ackerman, John | 1850 | Magdalena Birkey | |
| Bailey, Josiah Gordon | Delavan | 1853 | Catherine B. Barnes |
| Bailey, William | before 1867 | Francis B. Smith | |
| Beal, Moses H. | Washington Twp | 1841 | Anna Amelia [?] |
| Berry, Samuel | 1835 | Elizabeth Larimore | |
| Blust, Arnhold | Tremont | 1864 | Catherine Maria Hotze or Hatze |
| Boyle, John Adolph | Dillon | 1835 | Sarah A. Miars |
| Brecher, Phillip John (Jacob) | Groveland | 1847 | Anna Catharina Gable |
| Brooks, Thomas | Pekin | 1837 | Mary Curtis |
| Brown, Nathanial | ca 1838 | Sally Densmore Emerson | |
| Broyhill, James Sr | 1830 | Rebecca Bailey | |
| Burge, Jane Carr Danby Forbes | Hittle Twp | 1837-1840 | Jasper Forbes Adam Burges |
Burlingame, Joseph
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Delavan Twp | 1850 | Jane Allison |
| Burnes, Garrett | 1850-1859 | Ellen (?) | |
| Burwell, John | Hittle Twp | 1832 | Jemima Whitman |
| Camelin, Thomas | 1823 | Mary Elizabeth Barker | |
| Caswell, William Seaver Sr | Delavan | 1840 | Lydia T. Williams |
| Cornwell, Gilbert | Morton Twp | ca 1846 | Samantha Rugg |
| Cullom, Richard Northcraft | Deer Creek Twp | 1830 | Elizabeth (Betsy) Coffey |
| Davis, Alexander B. | 1831 | Narcissa Smith | |
| Day, William | Delavan | 1851 | Sarah Jane Tyson |
| Dillon, Daniel Jr | Dillon Twp | 1825 | Ann Peugh |
| Dillon, Joseph Sr | Near Eureka | 1824 | Delilah Musick |
| Dillon, Nathan | Dillon Twp | 1824 | Mary Hoskins |
| Dobson, Benjamin | 1831 | Keziah Wolf | |
| Duvall, Josiah M. | 1850 | Mary “Polly” Williams | |
| Fornoff, Philip | Sand Prairie Twp | 1860 | Christine Friedenberg |
| Eyrse, John H. | Delavan Prairie | 1847 | Hanna Amanda Ruple |
| Gainer, George | 1840 | Anna Maria Conzelmann | |
| Gardner, Nicholas | Hittle Twp | 1845 | Rebecca Richards |
| Gulon, Johann Heinrich | Pekin | 1857 | Elizabeth Oeh |
| Hafliger, John | Dillon Twp | 1840 | Catherine Fink |
| Hasty, Archibald | Mackinaw | 1860 | Nancy Jane Brown |
| Herget, Johann Philipp | 1868 | Anna Klein | |
| Hieronymus, William | Armington | 1834 | Alvira Darnall |
| Hodgson, Amos | 1832 | Mary Barnett | |
| Hodgson, Edwin | 1842 | Sarah E. Worley | |
| Hodgson, William | 1832 | Phebe Bennett | |
| Hyers, Eleanor Waggoner | Spring Lake | 1847 | William Benjamin Hyers |
| Jackson, William H. | 1873 | Lucretia Clay (Reaugh) Bobbitt | |
| Jacobs, Christian H. | Pekin | 1861 | Mary Christine Weber |
| Johnson, William H. | Little Mackinaw Twp | 1856 | Ann Ward |
| Johnson, William R. | 1850 | Margaret (?) | |
| Joy, Sarah Ann | ca 1844 | John B. Orr | |
| Kelso, William F. | Washington | ca 1840 | Matilda Nelson |
| Krob, Andrew | Elm Grove Twp | 1850 | Anna Marie (Mary) Schweitzer |
| Kidder, Thomas Boynton | Tremont | 1843 | Charlotte Tiffany |
| Layton, David T. | Deer Creek Twp | ca 1839 | Hannah Pierce/Pearse |
| Larimore, William | 1835 | Nancy McMann | |
| Lawson, William | 1874 | Susannah Sipes Strope | |
| Leiser, Peter Henry | Washington Twp | 1856 | Eva Katherine Miller |
| Lewis, Enoch | 1835-1838 | Caroline Ellen Moulton | |
| Lorentz, Conrad E. Sr. | 1840 | Anna C. Freidinger | |
| Louis (Louie), Jean Florent | ca 1840 | Margueritte Simon | |
| Matthews, James | Mackinaw | 1832 | Eliza Pierce Brown |
| Marion, Calvin | Groveland Twp | 1833 | Elizabeth Hughes |
| Marion, Frances | 1838 | Martha Evelyn McKibben | |
| Martin, Christian | Little Mackinaw Twp | 1850 | Mary Zehr |
| McCalla, William | Morton | ca 1870 | Eliza Tourney |
| McDowell, Rev. James | Hopedale | 1825 | Kitty Ann Rawlings |
| McNutt, David | Washington Twp | 1852 | Milcha Beauchamp |
| Miars, Martin Jr. | Tremont | 1825 | Ann Hodgson |
| Montgomery, Benjamin James | Groveland | 1835 | Eliza Drace Jennings |
| Moulton, Levi | 1825 | Mary Burnes | |
| Orendorff, Aaron | Hopedale | 1827 | |
| Osborn, David | Deer Creek Twp | 1837 | Jane Eckerman |
| Patton, John | Mackinaw Timber | 1829 | Margaret Wiley |
| Pinkham, Thomas Vincent | 1838 | Anna Maria Camelin | |
| Pomfret, Michael Emmett | Mackinaw | 1850 | Martha Jane McDowell |
| Porter, Isaac Voorhees | Spring Lake | 1853-1855 | Martha Van Arsdale |
| Portman, Nicholas | Washington Twp | 1848 | Marquerite Jacquin |
| Price, Frederick | Mackinaw | 1850 | Maria Jackson |
| Rahlmann, August Christian | Hopedale | ca 1870 | Martha Ann King |
| Rhoads, Jacob | Pekin | 1840 | Catherine Haas |
| Richards, Benjamin Franklin | Hittle Twp | 1830-1849 | Sara Ellen Blizzard |
| Roberts, Daniel | Morton Twp | 1833 | Polly Phelps |
| Rollings, James W. | Dillon | 1851 | Sarah Jane Casto |
| Sawyer, Reese | ca 1840 | Martha Shaw Sprague | |
| Schneider, Johann Heinrich | 1858 | Margaretha Wambsgans | |
| Schrock, Johannes | Pekin | 1850 | Catherine Salzman |
| Seaman, Thomas | Washington Twp | 1852 | Lucinda McNutt |
| Sheppard, Dennis Scovel | Washington | 1836 | Mary Jane Young |
| Sheppard, Joel | Washington | 1850 | Charlotte Gibson |
| Shoemaker, Michael | Washington Twp | 1830 | Elizabeth Long |
| Shreve, Israel | Elm Grove Twp | 1827 | Elizabeth Howe |
| Smith, John | ca 1843 | Jane (Jean) Leslie | |
| Starrett, Samuel | 1854 | Perlina Best | |
| Sturdyvin, Obadiah | Dillon Twp | 1830 | Cynthia Ann Musick |
| Stormer, Casper | Washington Twp | 1850 | Caderina (Lindenbaum) Brownfield |
| Stormer, Johan | Washington Twp | 1850 | Elisabeth Gatlin |
| Stout, Rachel Chauncey | Stout's Grove | 1825 | Samuel Stout |
| Tackaberry, Middleton | Pekin | ca 1838 | Eliza(?) Olive L. Hackett |
| Tharp, Jacob F. | Pekin | 1825 | Phebe Winans |
| Tharp, Jonathan | Pekin | 1824 | Sarah J. Egmon |
| Tuttle, Jesse | Dillon Twp | 1857-1860 | Lavina Devore (first
wife) Hulda Jones (second wife) |
| Uhrig (Urish), Johann Georg | Sand Prairie | ca 1830 | Anna Eva Weyrich |
| Van Deusen, Jacob | Pekin | 1852 | Catharine C. Phillip |
| Varble, Philip | Washington Twp | 1832 | Eda Spilman |
| Vaupel, John | Groveland Twp | 1858 | Emma E. Gainer |
| Vancil, Edmund (Edward) | Sand Prairie Twp | 1833 | Rachel Ann Thornton |
| Vancil, John M. | Sand Prairie Twp | ca 1822 | Nancy Tuley (Tooley) |
| Van Horn, Henry | Pekin | 1870 | Grace Martin Sampen |
| Van Orman, Orlando Wellington | Sand Prairie | 1852 | Sarah Belle Neikirk |
| Waggoner, Abram | 1840 | Sally (Sarah) Estes | |
| Webber, George | Pekin | 1860 | Anna Christina Heyl |
| Weisman, Nicholas C. | Circleville | by 1862 | Maria Magdalena Michel |
| Welk, George | Elm Grove Twp | 1859 | Hannah Getz |
| Williams, Isaac J. | 1833 | Esther Jones | |
| Wilson, Seth | Elm Grove Twp | 1824 | Sarah Hussey |
| Woodrow, Richard | Sand Prairie Twp | 1832 | Sarah McCormick |
| Whitfield, James | Pekin | 1870 | Mary Breston |
| Wright, Frank | 1861 | Ida Hartley | |
| Young, Charles E. | Pekin | 1860 | Henrietta Monaghan |
| Zimmerman, Michael
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Washington Twp | 1848 | Catherine Naffziger |
