- 1819 - EARLY SETTLERS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, 1881 (no publisher information, but probably a Goodspeed History),
[Lafayette Co., Missouri] CLAY TOWNSHIP: The first settlement in that portion of Lafayette County now known as ClayTownship, appears to have been made on or near the present town and site of the town of Wellington, in 1819. Colonel Henry Renick, William Renick, Ruth, widow of Samuel Renick, and Young Ewing, clerk of the first County Court, were the first settlers, all from Barren County, Kentucky. Thomas Hopper and two sons-in-law, Killion and John Young, appeared at about the same date, from Indiana, and Jonathan Hicklin with three sons, James, Jonathan and John, and three sons-in-law, Reddin Crisp, Dick Edmonson and William Edmonson, from East Tennessee. The above mentioned were nearly all heads of families, and opened farms. This settlement was further increased in 1820 or '21 by the arrival of Colonel William C. Ewing, Gen. McRay, John Wallace, Baker Martin and William Young and three sons - James, William and John.
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