Chapter 10.
		   Liberty Township, White County.

   As early as 1834-35, Crystal D.W. Scott began settlement in the
township on Section 11, and about the same time came Greeup Scott, and
began an improvement on the same section.  These men werer among the
very first in the township to make improvement.  The squatter's
shelter and the Indian's wigwam were the only buildings known in the
history of the township until 1834.

   Tax payers of 1843. -- The following is a list of persons who paid
taxes upon land in Liberty Township in 1843: ... C.D.W. Scott,...
Greenup Scott,...  

   First Entries of Land.-- The names of the persons and the dates of
the first entered land in Liberty Township, are as follows: Crystal
D.W. Scott, 13th of August, 1836, William Fisher, 18th August, 1836,...

   Creation of Township. -- At the September term of Commissioners'
Court in 1837, it was ordered that [part of White & Pulaski Counties]
be designated as Liberty Township... The house of Crystal D.W. Scott
was designated as the place for holding elections.

   First Elections. -- The first election held in Liberty Township was
at the house of Crystal D.W. Scott, on the first Monday in April,
1838, and at it the following men voted: ... Greenup Scott,
... Crystal D.W. Scott...  At this election, twelve votes were cast,
and James W. Hall received the whole number of votes for Justice of
the Peace; Crystal D.W. Scott, for Inspector of Elections; ... and
Andrew Beechum and Greenup Scott, for Fence Viewers.  

   At an election held at the same place on the first Monday in August,
1838, men voted as follows: ... C.D.W. Scott....

   At an election held in the township on the first Monday in April,
1839, twelve votes were cast and John McNary receieved the whole
number of votes for Constable; C.D.W. Scott, for inspector; John
Morris and Greeup Scott, for Fence Viewers; C.D.W. Scott, Thomas
Lausing and John McNary, Judges.

   Preachers and Churches.-- Rev. John Scoott was the first
circuit-rider that ever journeyed through the township.
   The first denomination to organize a class in the township was the
New Light.  The organization was created at the cabin-house of Crystal
D.W. Scott, in 1837.  Here services were held for two years.  In 1839,
a church was built in the new Scott settlement.  The structure was
twenty-five feet square, and built of round black oak logs.  Crystal
D.W. Scott and wife, Greenup Scott and wife,... were some of the first
members.  For a time, the church here was well attended, but at the
close of the first decade, the work of saving souls at this old rustic
sanctuary was abandoned.
   The Christian Church, located about one mile northwest of Stika, is
the third church that was built in the township.  The year 1874 dates
the erection of this well-constructed frame edifice, which is 34x50
feet and cost about $2000.  Dr. Scott and wife,... constituted some of
the most prominent first members.

   Miscellaneous.-- Dr. Bandal and Scott have been the township
physicians.  Jonathan W. Sluyter, Crystal D.W. Scott, Greenup Scott
and Abram Sneathen were the noted early-day hunters.


From: "Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana. Historical and Biographical"
Published: 1883, Chicago, F.A. Battey & Co.
Chapter 10 written by M.T. Matthews.
Pages: 188-196.
At State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison. Cutter Call numbers.
Located & Retyped by Dennis Nicklaus, 1995.