HETFIELD, Aaron - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Aaron Hetfield was the first man to settle in Richland Township.  He came from Elmira, Chemung County NY when he was 35 or 40 years old. He was married to Miss Isabella Miller of NY in 1821, emigrated to this township in 1824, and settled where Newtown now is. He was a tanner by trade; engaged in that business for a long time, and then sold out to Peter Shultz, who afterward settled on the farm now owned by the widow and heirs of Barzillai Kerr. Mr. Hetfield was engaged chiefly in farming. He laid out Newtown in 1830 on his own land.  He died not long after in Illinois, while on a visit to his daughter. He had four sons. Two are dead. Lew Hetfield, hotel keeper at Veedersburg is a son. There was no white family near than six miles. Indians plenty; not hostile, but troublesome; thieving and begging.    Thomas Ogle and family, David Ogle, and their children, perhaps settled in March 1825 on what is known as the Ogle farm, north of Newtown now owned by Isaac Shultz.  Hetfield and Ogle built the first houses in the township.   (rest about other settlers)