May 13, 1815
200 years ago today in Washington County, Indiana Territory,
STEPHEN GLOVER (1787-1826) was granted his title to the northeast quarter of Section
8, T2N, R2E. Glover selected land for his settlement north of the North Fork of
Lost River near the road laid out from Beck’s Mill to the Jesse Roberts
homestead southeast of present day Orleans.
This land is located today in Orange County, Indiana on Washington County
line midway between SR 60 and SR 337.
Stephen Glover was born in Essex County, New Jersey in 1787.
He married Sarah Kirkham in Nelson County, Kentucky on August 1, 1808. She was a native of Kentucky having been
born near Lexington. They crossed the
Ohio River into the Indiana Territory sometime before 1812 as Glover was a
resident of Harrison County, Indiana when he filed his claim for the land on
Lost River which was then part of that county.
Stephen Glover was a son of Uriah Glover, Jr. (1740-1830) and
Elizabeth Robinson Glover (1744-1822) who came to the Indiana Territory from
Shelby County, Kentucky. Uriah Glover, Jr. was born in Long Island, New York. He married Elizabeth Robinson and they lived
in Essex County, New Jersey where they became parents of twelve children. Uriah and Elizabeth and many of their
children came to Kentucky where they lived for about twenty years. Uriah Glover, Jr. took out six land patents in
the Indiana Territory between August 13, 1812 and December 23, 1822. All of
these pioneer farms were drained by Lost River upstream from its junction with
Carter’s Creek. Stephen Glover’s tract
was adjacent to two of his father’s claims.
They undoubtedly worked together during their years along Lost River
clearing almost 1,100 acres and raising crops and livestock to pay for their
land claims. Uriah Glover, Jr. was also an experience miller as he served as
mill foremen for the Bullitt Brothers at Spring Mill. Uriah Glover, Jr. died at the age of 89 thereby
outliving his son by eight years. They
are both buried in the Trimble Cemetery which was established on the
neighboring land of David McKinney.
GOOGLE EARTH VIEW OF STEPHEN GLOVER FARM
URIAH GLOVER, JR. GRAVESTONE
TRIMBLE CEMETERY
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