MICK, John - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Between 1830 and 1835 John Mick, or grandfather Mick, came into Richland Township and settled north of Little Shawnee, two miles east of Newtown.  Was a local preacher or exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, a man respected by everybody and regarded as one of the best of men. He owned a considerable amount of land, John, or Judge Mick, his son, also a preacher, was a merchant in Newtown. He was also a farmer, fed cattle and hogs and packed pork and beef some years in Newtown. He was one of the large land holders of the township.  He bought goods in large amounts in New York on credit, his father going his security. Failing to make payment when due, all his land and all his father’s land was taken to satisfy the debt.  I.M. Coen, JJ Coen, RA Stephens, James Carter, John and Ephraim Martin now occupy the Mick land; Ephraim Martin and Josiah Kerr Martin buying James Meharry in 1833 and Kerr buying out Joseph Hibbs a year later, Martin settling where Ephraim Martin Jr now lives …