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Samuel Thornton came from Virginia and settled in section 5, near Hilton Creek, in the year
1851. He was the first settler in the township and owned a quarter section. He owned two
yoke of oxen and two cows; with the oxen he did the first breaking of prairie in what is now
Hilton township. This clever old man belonged to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, attending
regularly to his religious duties at Marengo. He died and was buried in Old Marengo Cemetery,
two miles southeast of Marengo. His son John succeeded to his father's estate; was fond of
hunting, and shot many wolves and deers. The first settler lived here three years before the
next came. On September 1858 Samuel Thornton presented a petition asking for the formation
of a new township to be called Hilton. Hilton was organized on Oct 12,1858, First officers
included Samuel Thornton. The first school was taught on the farm of Samuel Thornton in a small log hut by Mary Thornton, Grand Daughter of Samuel. She had an attendance of 8 scholars and received $8.00 per month. See Hilton Township in the history of Iowa County. Land Record record for SAMUEL Thornton Name: SAMUEL Thornton Date: 08 Dec 1835 Location: OH, Document #: 3572 Serial #: OH0140__.077 Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE Acres: 80.0000 Meridian or Watershed: OHIO RIVER SURVEY Parcel: Township 12 N, Range 9 W, Section 33 User-Added Notes (click here to add a note): none |