A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameCol John Paul 
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534FlagsRevolutionary War
FatherCaptain Michael Paul (~1720-1801)
MotherAnn Parker (1724-1813)
Spouses
Death9 May 1866, Madison, Jefferson Co, Indiana11 Age: 91
FatherJosias “Josiah” Grover (1733->1775)
MotherMary Anderson (1736-1825)
ChildrenMary Berry (1796-1798)
Ann Parker (1799-1887)
John Peter (1800-1835)
Sarah Grover (1802-1877)
Notes for Col John Paul
Colonel John Paul was a founder of Madison, Indiana. The town was laid out in 1810. He was a Pennsylvania enlistee in the company of Captain William Harrod under General George Rogers Clark duing the campain against the Indians and the British in Indiana and Illinois territory. He moved to Hardin County, Kentucky in 1781 and served as the county's first clerk and recorder.
He married Ann Paul in 1794.
For 20 years the couple lived in cabin homes, remote from other settlers. Colonel Paul chose mill sites rather than villages in lowlands. The Pauls' first-born daughter, Mary Berry, died at the age of two in 1798. Ann had a brother, John Peter, born in 1800, and a sister, Sarah Grover, who was born in 1802.
Their cabin often was surrounded by bands of roving Indians who camped in the woods, hunting for weeks at a time. Mrs. Paul had to cope with trials and privations of frontier life, for Colonel Paul was in Ohio, other areas of Kentucky and Indiana territory on business and public affairs ventures.
He purchased shoes and other clothing for his family in Cincinnati where he traveled by horseback and boat.
In 1800 the Pauls moved to Greene County (then Hamilton County), Ohio, and John Pul was a member of the first session of the Ohio Senate. He founded Xenia, Ohio, in 1804.
When Colonel Paul visited Indiana Territory in 1808 he purchased the site of New Albany at a public land sale at Jeffersonville. He sold this site a year later to a man named Scribner and purchased the site of Madison. He was instrumental in having the town laid out and named in honor of the fourth president of the United States. He was the first territorial representative from Jefferson County, but lost his seat when Clark County was formed from Jefferson. He was a member of Indiana's first constitutional convention and was elected to the first state Senate.
The above is excerpted from an article which appeared in the Madison Courier January 4, 1886.
Also appeared in First Ladies of Indiana and the Governors 1816-1984, Margaret Moore Post, 1984.
1778: Went with George Rogers Clark's expedition against the British and Indians
1781: Went with his father to Louisville, KY via West Virginia
1782: Moved to Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Kentucky
1782-1795: Active politically and socially
1795: married Sarah Thornberry Grover
1795-1800: job titles included being the first clerk of county, the first recorder of the county and the first county coroner of Hardin county.
1800: Left in the fall and went to Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, where he bought considerable amounts of land
1803: Elected first state senator from Greene county on Mar. 1
1803-1808: Served as the first clerk of court of Common Pleas
1803-1805: First clerk of the Supreme court
1804-1808: First clerk of the county commissioners
1808: Lived near Zanesville, Ohio. This must be in present day Floyd county because he is next shown living there with his wife and four children. He wasn't happy with the land he bought there and sold or traded for land in Jefferson county, Indiana.
1809: Moved to Madison county, Indiana and arrived there 6 Oct.1809. Lived in Madison county until his death in 1830.
1810: laid out land that would later become the county seat and named it for President James Madison
1810: John Paul and son in law, William Hendrick's published the first newspaper in Madison. John Paul also donated land for many of the public buildings to be built in and around Madison, as well as land for the cemetery, which was later made into a park instead by the D.A. R. at Madison.
1810: First territorial representative from Jefferson and Clark counties
1810: Member of Indiana's first constitutional convention
1811: elected first clerk and first recorder of Jefferson county (Madison county?)
1816: Indiana becomes a state
1816: John Paul first state senator from his area. Later elected president of the Indiana senate and "proved an efficient officer."
1830: Died at Madison on June 6 and is buried at Fairmount Cemetery
1830: Abstract of Will dated 1836 (seems 6 years after death) shows that his children were as follows: sons, John P. Paul (administrator, William G. Paul, daughters: Eunice, Martha Ann, Betsey and Mary. Granddaughter, Rebecca Gearhart, daughter of his deceased daughter, Rebecca Gearhart and son in law, Samuel Gearhart.
For additional information on John Paul you can read the papers of George Rogers Clark and his expeditions. Clark was the brother of Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition. John Paul was one of Clark's long knives and there is an interesting story about their journey. John Paul and other soldiers were supposed to receive land in Indiana for their incredible service to their county.
He married Ann Paul in 1794.
For 20 years the couple lived in cabin homes, remote from other settlers. Colonel Paul chose mill sites rather than villages in lowlands. The Pauls' first-born daughter, Mary Berry, died at the age of two in 1798. Ann had a brother, John Peter, born in 1800, and a sister, Sarah Grover, who was born in 1802.
Their cabin often was surrounded by bands of roving Indians who camped in the woods, hunting for weeks at a time. Mrs. Paul had to cope with trials and privations of frontier life, for Colonel Paul was in Ohio, other areas of Kentucky and Indiana territory on business and public affairs ventures.
He purchased shoes and other clothing for his family in Cincinnati where he traveled by horseback and boat.
In 1800 the Pauls moved to Greene County (then Hamilton County), Ohio, and John Pul was a member of the first session of the Ohio Senate. He founded Xenia, Ohio, in 1804.
When Colonel Paul visited Indiana Territory in 1808 he purchased the site of New Albany at a public land sale at Jeffersonville. He sold this site a year later to a man named Scribner and purchased the site of Madison. He was instrumental in having the town laid out and named in honor of the fourth president of the United States. He was the first territorial representative from Jefferson County, but lost his seat when Clark County was formed from Jefferson. He was a member of Indiana's first constitutional convention and was elected to the first state Senate.
The above is excerpted from an article which appeared in the Madison Courier January 4, 1886.
Also appeared in First Ladies of Indiana and the Governors 1816-1984, Margaret Moore Post, 1984.
1778: Went with George Rogers Clark's expedition against the British and Indians
1781: Went with his father to Louisville, KY via West Virginia
1782: Moved to Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Kentucky
1782-1795: Active politically and socially
1795: married Sarah Thornberry Grover
1795-1800: job titles included being the first clerk of county, the first recorder of the county and the first county coroner of Hardin county.
1800: Left in the fall and went to Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, where he bought considerable amounts of land
1803: Elected first state senator from Greene county on Mar. 1
1803-1808: Served as the first clerk of court of Common Pleas
1803-1805: First clerk of the Supreme court
1804-1808: First clerk of the county commissioners
1808: Lived near Zanesville, Ohio. This must be in present day Floyd county because he is next shown living there with his wife and four children. He wasn't happy with the land he bought there and sold or traded for land in Jefferson county, Indiana.
1809: Moved to Madison county, Indiana and arrived there 6 Oct.1809. Lived in Madison county until his death in 1830.
1810: laid out land that would later become the county seat and named it for President James Madison
1810: John Paul and son in law, William Hendrick's published the first newspaper in Madison. John Paul also donated land for many of the public buildings to be built in and around Madison, as well as land for the cemetery, which was later made into a park instead by the D.A. R. at Madison.
1810: First territorial representative from Jefferson and Clark counties
1810: Member of Indiana's first constitutional convention
1811: elected first clerk and first recorder of Jefferson county (Madison county?)
1816: Indiana becomes a state
1816: John Paul first state senator from his area. Later elected president of the Indiana senate and "proved an efficient officer."
1830: Died at Madison on June 6 and is buried at Fairmount Cemetery
1830: Abstract of Will dated 1836 (seems 6 years after death) shows that his children were as follows: sons, John P. Paul (administrator, William G. Paul, daughters: Eunice, Martha Ann, Betsey and Mary. Granddaughter, Rebecca Gearhart, daughter of his deceased daughter, Rebecca Gearhart and son in law, Samuel Gearhart.
For additional information on John Paul you can read the papers of George Rogers Clark and his expeditions. Clark was the brother of Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition. John Paul was one of Clark's long knives and there is an interesting story about their journey. John Paul and other soldiers were supposed to receive land in Indiana for their incredible service to their county.