Early Settlers of Garrett County

Earliest Settlers

JOHN FRIEND, SR. 1764
GABRIEL FRIEND 1764 Land was purchased from the Indians.
CHARLES FRIEND 1765 Now Friendsville, Md.
AUGUSTINE FRIEND 1765
JOSEPH TOMLINSON 1760 "Good Will" 100 acres on Braddock Road
WILLIAM WILTON ASHBY Ashby's Discovery near Gortner, Md., 1795. "Piney Bottom" which became permanent Ashby home.
JACOB FROMAN 1771 "Bad is the Best of It" 120 acres 1780 moved to Kentucky 1814, sold his Maryland farm to John Fike, Sr.
RICHARD HALL 1774 "Blooming Rose", Died 1791; 1797 Jacob Markley purchased Hall farm.
AARON PARKER Settled junction of the Braddock Road and Trail to Morgantown. Judge John Simkins bought the place in 1786 and operated an inn (hotel).
JOHN McKANE 1774 "Shade Run"
THOMAS LOGSDEN 1776 "Ryans Glade"
GEORGE DICKSON 1774 "Flowery Vale"
THURMAN FRAZEE
JEREMIAH FRAZEE Settlers on Frazee Ridge
JONATHAN FRAZEE Buffalo Run

Sources: Glades Star, Garrett County Historical Society, and more

Settlers in the Selbysport Area *

JOHN RUTAN
CODDINGTONS
JOHN FIKE
JOHN ENLOW
JACOB WELCH
ASA BEALL
DAVID HOFFMAN (miller)
JOSEPH FRANTZ (tanner)
GEORGE MATTHEWS
PETER STUCK
JOHN STUCK

Settlers in Friendsville Area *

THOMAS CASTEEL
JAMES McMULLEN
ROBINSON SAVAGE
SYLVESTER RYLAND
JACOB MARKLEY
VAN SECKLES
SISLERS

Settlers in the Northern area of Garrett County *

JOHN SIMKINS
BENJAMIN CODDINGTON
ABRAHAM SHOCKY
MICHAEL BEEGLY
CASPAR DURST
PHILIP HARE
GEORGE NEWMAN
JOHN SLOAN
EMANUEL CUSTER
CHRISTIAN GARLITZ
HENRY BROWN
ELI RIDGELEY
JOHNSONS
McKENZIES
WILLIAM WEITZELL

Settlers in the Accident Area *

COL. WILLIAM LAMAR
HINEBAUGH
SPEICHER
JONATHAN FRANTZ
ENGLEHART
MILLER
RICHTER
SPEOERLINE
GEHRINGER
GEORG
FRATZ
HENRY BEDINGER - In 1814, he purchased 4 military lots from Benjamin Duvall, heir of his brother, Lt. Isaac Duvall.

Settlers in Bittinger Area *

HOLMES WILEY (hunter)
JOHN BEACHY
PETER LOHR

Settlers in Sang Run Area *

[Sang was short for gingseng]

JOHN FRIEND (lived near Friendsville)
WILLIAM W. HOYE
HENRY DeWITT
ANDREW HOUSE
HENRY SINES
J. ENLOW
HENRY McCABE
JOHN MATTINGLY
DOMINICK MATTINGLY
MESHACK BROWNING (hunter)

Settlers in the McHenry area *

COL. JOHN LYNN
DANIEL W. McHENRY
JAMES BROOKE
JAMES CUNNINGHAM
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
WILLIAM GLOTFELTY

Settlers at Hoyes *

Hoyes was formerly known as Johnstown.

SINGLETON TOWNSHEND
JOHN DeWITT
TRUMAN WEST
ROBERT FERGUSON
DANIEL SMITH
WILLIAM A. SMITH

Settlers in the Bloomington Area *

CHARLES QUEEN
JOHN STACKPOLE
GAINORS [Cornelius and Bryan Gainer were ancestors of Don Hartman]
JOSEPH WARNICK
JOHN MICHAELS
MICHAEL WILT
CHARLES BROADWATER
GUY BROADWATER
WILLIAM BROADWATER
MOSES TICHNELL
BARNARDS
THOMAS PRITCHARD
JOHN RYAN [Ancestor of Don Hartman]

Settlers at Swanton *

Swanton was formerly known as "Swan's Mill."

PATRICK HAMILL
HENRY INGMAN
JAMES FITZWATER
SHARPLESS
BECKMAN
ABRAHAM WILSON

Settlers of Gortner *

Gortner was formerly known as "Swan's Meadow."

PETER GORTNER
GEORGE RINEHART
STEPHEN RINEHART

Early Settlers at Kitzmiller *

EBENEZER KITZMILLER
THOMAS WILSON 1798
FREDERICK BRAY
PHILIP BRAY
REASON HARVEY
JOHN PAUGH
MICHAEL PAUGH
JOSEPH DAVIS
RICHARD TASKER
GEORGE DIXON 1777

Early Settlers in Ryan's Glade *

Ryan's Glade, an early settlement on McCullough's Path, was named in honor of John Ryan [an ancestor of Don Hartman].

JAMES CHISHOLM, SR. (built grist mill)
HENRY WHITE
JOHN IRONS
DUDLEY LEE
ALEXANDER SMITH

Early settlers in Red House Area *

FREDERICK CARSTEN
PETER SHIRER
JOHN WALTZ
NICHOLAS GOWER [GAUER]
ABRAHAM MOON
BENJAMIN SHAFFER
CONRAD NINE
ADAM HOUSER

Early settlers of Yough Glade, Oakland *

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
ISAAC McCARTY
EZEKIAL TOTTEN

* Source: Centennial History of Oakland by Thekla Fundenberg Weeks

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