Was your ancestor a pioneer of the county? For the purposes of our pages in order to qualify as a pioneer, your ancestor would have had to be a resident by the year 1830. I will attempt to compile a listing of these persons and where possible, a biography on them. If you have either a name or biography on a county pioneer, please submit it for our page. Please include the following information:1) Name of pioneer; 2) Year of county entry; 3) Where they settled in the county.
This page last updated November 15, 2004
| Pioneer(s) | Date Entered | Township | Submitted By |
| Thomas & Margaret (Miller) Bull | 1819 | Wayne & Montgomery | Rowena King |
| Bartlett & Margaret Asher | 1821-1822 | Wayne | Debbie Jennings |
| John Asher | 1821-1822 | Wayne | Debbie Jennings |
| William Asher | 1824 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| Benjamin Arnold | 1823 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| Levi Asher | 1823 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| William Asher | 1823 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| James Baldwin | 1821 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| John Baldwin | 1824 | Harrison | Nancy White |
| McKinney Baldwin | 1821 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| Thomas Baldwin & family | 1826-1830 | Wayne/Montgomery | Debbie Jennings |
| Josiah Buchanan | 1825 | Harrison | Owen County Historical |
| John Crager | 1828 | Lafayette | Owen County Historical |
| Capius Edwards | 1825 | Harrison | Owen County Historical |
| Daniel Ellett | by 1820 | Franklin | Nancy White |
| Andrew Evans Jr | 1817 | Taylor | Debbie Jennings |
| Andrew Evans Sr | 1818 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| Jesse Evans | 1818 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| William Evans | 1818 | Harrison | Debbie Jennings |
| Ephraim Goss | 1818 | Wayne | Debbie Jennings |
| John Holmes | 1825 | Harrison | Owen County Historical |
| Samuel Wheeler | 1823 | Harrison | Owen County Historical |
| Samuel & Milly (Foster) Scott | 1823 | Franklin | Nancy Scott |
| John Foster Jr | 1823 | Franklin | Nancy Scott |
| Ambrose Foster | 1823 | Franklin | Nancy Scott |
| Patrick White and wife, Nancy Foster | 1823 | Franklin | Nancy Scott |
| Anthony Sinclair Foster | 1823 | Franklin | Nancy Scott |
| Presley & Mary (Foster) White | 1823 | Franklin | Nancy Scott |
| William & Ailcy (Combs) Truax | 1823 | Wayne | Debbie Jennings |
| William Combs | 1825 | Taylor | Debbie Jennings |
| John & Jemima (Thomas) Dunkin | 1821 | Taylor | Debbie Jennings |
| John McCullough | 1825 | Taylor/Montgomery | Debbie Jennings |
| Samuel & Elizabeth (Baldwin) Truax | 1825 | Wayne | Debbie Jennings |
| Adam Fiscus | 1820 | Jefferson | Ken Anderson |
| Abraham Fiscus | 1825 | Jefferson | Ken Anderson |
| Henry Arney | 1820 | Jefferson | Ken Anderson |
| John Stockley | 1820 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| William Boyles | 1820 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Hieronymous Speas | 1820 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Andrew Arney | 1822 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Peter Speas | 1822 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| William Rilley | 1816 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Frederick Fiscus | 1825 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Joseph Cooper | 1826 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Daniel Cooper | 1826 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| George Hauser | 1821 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| William Winters | 1822 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Obadiah Winters | 1822 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| Alexander & Agnes (Scott) McBride | 1819 | Franklin | Debbie Jennings |
| Phillip & Elizabeth (Abernathy) Cline | 1829 | Washington | Debbie Jennings |
| Thomas C & Ersley (Cline) Franklin | 1818 | Washington | Debbie Jennings |
| William & Nancy (Anderson) Glover | 1826 | Wayne | Debbie Jennings |
| John & Hannah (Woods) Nelson | 1825 | Franklin | Debbie Jennings |
| Jacob & Jane (Bowen) Fiscus | 1819 | Jefferson | Debbie Jennings |
| **Isaac & Catherine Hubbell | 1819 | Johnstown, Jefferson twp | Mark Hubbell |
**Isaac & Catherine Hubbell, along with their children Aaron & Abijah, settled near Johnstown and built a grain mill on Eel River. They later founded the town of Hubbell Station.
