Rock Island Settlers in 1832
The following is a list of settlers of this county, as complete as I have been able to make from the data that I have found, in the spring of 1832. Just previous to the breaking out of the war in 1832, there was quite an increase of settlers, many of whom left. Some stayed during the war and then left and I have not been able to learn their names.
Allen, Archibald
Aubury, Griffith
Bain, John L.
Barrel, John
Bartlett, Michael
Been, Joseph
Benson, Henry
Brasher, William T.
Bryant, Leonard
Burner, Edward
Case, Charles H.
Case, Jonah H.
Case, Louden, Jr.
Case, Louden, Sr.
Clark, B. W.
Cook, Horace
Kinney, Samuel
Sampson, H.
Sams, William F.
Smart, Josiah
Smith, Martin W.
Spencer, John W.
Spencer, Roswell H.
Stringfield, Sevier
Thompson, Joel
Thompson, William
Tunnell, Luther
Tunnell, William
Vandruff, Henry
Vandruff, Joshua
Vandruff, Samuel
Vanetta, Benjamin
Vanetta, Gorham
Verner, Edward
Wells, Asaph
Wells, Fri
Wells, George
Wells, Huntington
Wells, Ira
Wells, Joel, Sr.
Wells, Joel. Jr.
Wells, John
Wells, Levi
Wells, Lucius
Wells, Nelson
Wells, Rinnah
Wells, Samuel
The Kinneys above mentioned are the same whose names in the roster of the war department are given as Kenney.
Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908