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Some First Settlers in Garrett County
Maryland
From the "Glades Star", Garrett County Historical Society and other sources
- 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 a hotel (Inn).
- JOHN McKANE 1774 "Shade Run"
- THOMAS LOGSDEN 1776 "Ryans Glade" (Editor's Note: Named after John Ryan, Ancestor of Don Hartman)
- GEORGE DICKSON 1774 "Flowery Vale"
- THURMAN FRAZEE
- JEREMIAH FRAZEE Settlers on Frazee Ridge and
- JONATHAN FRAZEE Buffalo Run.
LIST FOUND IN THE "CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OAKLAND"
by Thekla Fundenberg Weeks. All were residents 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
Earlier settlers in Friendsville Area
- THOMAS CASTEEL
- JAMES McMULLEN
- ROBINSON SAVAGE
- SYLVESTER RYLAND
- JACOB MARKLEY
- VAN SECKLES
- SISLERS
Early Settlers in the Northern section 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 purchased 4 military lots of 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 is 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, 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 (Editor's Note: Cornelius and Bryan Gainer, Ancestors of Don Hartman)
- JOSEPH WARNICK
- JOHN MICHAELS
- MICHAEL WILT
- CHARLES BROADWATER
- GUY BROADWATER
- WILLIAM BROADWATER
- MOSES TICHNELL
- BARNARDS
- THOMAS PRITCHARD
- JOHN RYAN (Editor's Note: Ancestor of Don Hartman)
Settlers at Swanton, formerly called "Swan's Mill"
- PATRICK HAMILL
- HENRY INGMAN
- JAMES FITZWATER
- SHARPLESS
- BECKMAN
- ABRAHAM WILSON
Settlers of Gortner, formerly called "Swan's Meadow"
- PETER GORTNER
- GEORGE RINEHART
- STEPHEN RINEHART
Early settlers at Kitzmiller, Md.
- 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, an early settlement on McCullough's Path
(Editor's Note: Named for John Ryan, 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
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