William Cockerell

Among the early settlers of Union County, are the following, who are remembered by Mr. George W. Riddle: Morganfield was first settled by Jeremiah Riddle in 1802. Benjamin Berry settled near the mouth of Lost Creek in 1804. Daniel McKinney in 1804 settled about nine miles west of Morganfield. During the same year, Col. John Waggener settled in the same course and distance. Robert Gilchrist settled at the mouth of Highland Creek in 1810; and John McKinney, about the same time, settled at the present site of Uniontown. Fielding Jones and Isaac Sibley settled about five miles northwest of Morganfield in 1805; Wm. Kabowen, near the Wabash Island, in 1809. David Last settled at Raleigh in 1811; Ephraim Sellers, at Morganfield, in 1811, and Wm. Cockrell, near the Shawnee Ferry, 1812. Ebenezer Briggs and William Dyer settled adjoining farms, about a mile northeast of Morganfield. Mr. Dyer was the blacksmith of ye ancient days.

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