Tazewell County Pioneers
The Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society has issued pioneer certificates to descendants of these early settlers of Tazewell County. A pioneer is listed on this page only if a descendant has submitted an application with supporting evidence.
The application, with the completed lineage and documentation, is kept on file in the TCGHS library and may be accessed by researchers. Eventually, the information will be published in book form.
| Name of Pioneer | Location | Date Settled | Name of Spouse |
| Ackerman, John | 1850 | Magdalena Birkey | |
| Bailey, Josiah Gordon | Delavan | 1853 | Catherine B. Barnes |
| Bailey, William | before 1867 | Francis B. Smith | |
| Beal, Moses H. | Washington Township | 1841 | Anna Amelia [?] |
| Berry, Samuel | 1835 | Elizabeth Larimore | |
| Blust, Arnhold | Tremont | 1864 | Catherine Maria Hotze or Hatze |
| Boyle, John Adolph | Dillon | 1835 | Sarah A. Miars |
| Brecher, Phillip John (Jacob) | Groveland | 1847 | Anna Catharina Gable |
| Brooks, Thomas | Pekin | 1837 | Mary Curtis |
| Broyhill, James Sr | 1830 | Rebecca Bailey | |
| Burge, Jane Carr Danby Forbes | Hittle Township | 1837-1840 | Jasper Forbes Adam Burges |
| Burnes, Garrett | 1850-1859 | Ellen (?) | |
| Burwell, John | Hittle Township | 1832 | Jemima Whitman |
| Camelin, Thomas | 1823 | Mary Elizabeth Barker | |
| Caswell, William Seaver Sr | Delavan | 1840 | Lydia T. Williams |
| Cullom, Richard Northcraft | Deer Creek Township | 1830 | Elizabeth (Betsy) Coffey |
| Davis, Alexander B. | 1831 | Narcissa Smith | |
| Day, William | Delavan | 1851 | Sarah Jane Tyson |
| Dillon, Daniel Jr | Dillon Township | 1825 | Ann Peugh |
| Dillon, Joseph Sr | Near Eureka | 1824 | Delilah Musick |
| Dillon, Nathan | Dillon Township | 1824 | Mary Hoskins |
| Dobson, Benjamin | 1831 | Keziah Wolf | |
| Duvall, Josiah M. | 1850 | Mary “Polly” Williams | |
| Fornoff, Philip | Sand Prairie Township | 1860 | Christine Friedenberg |
| Eyrse, John H. | Delavan Prairie | 1847 | Hanna Amanda Ruple |
| Gainer, George | 1840 | Anna Maria Conzelmann | |
| Gardner, Nicholas | Hittle Township | 1845 | Rebecca Richards |
| Gulon, Johann Heinrich | Pekin | 1857 | Elizabeth Oeh |
| Hafliger, John | Dillon Township | 1840 | Catherine Fink |
| Hasty, Archibald | Mackinaw | 1860 | Nancy Jane Brown |
| Herget, Johann Philipp | 1868 | Anna Klein | |
| Hieronymus, William | Armington | 1834 | Alvira Darnall |
| Hodgson, Amos | 1832 | Mary Barnett | |
| Hodgson, Edwin | 1842 | Sarah E. Worley | |
| Hodgson, William | 1832 | Phebe Bennett | |
| Hyers, Eleanor Waggoner | Spring Lake | 1847 | William Benjamin Hyers |
| Jackson, William H. | 1873 | Lucretia Clay (Reaugh) Bobbitt | |
| Jacobs, Christian H. | Pekin | 1861 | Mary Christine Weber |
| Johnson, William H. | Little Mackinaw Township | 1856 | Ann Ward |
| Johnson, William R. | 1850 | Margaret? | |
| Joy, Sarah Ann | ca 1844 | John B. Orr | |
| Kelso, William F. | Washington | ca 1840 | Matilda Nelson |
| Krob, Andrew | Elm Grove Township | 1850 | Anna Marie (Mary) Schweitzer |
| Kidder, Thomas Boynton | Tremont | 1843 | Charlotte Tiffany |
| Layton, David T. | Deer Creek Township | ca 1839 | Hannah Pierce/Pearse |
| Larimore, William | 1835 | Nancy McMann | |
| Lawson, William | 1874 | Susannah Sipes Strope | |
| Leiser, Peter Henry | Washington Township | 1856 | Eva Katherine Miller |
| Lewis, Enoch | 1835-1838 | Caroline Ellen Moulton | |
| Lorentz, Conrad E. Sr. | 1840 | Anna C. Freidinger | |
| Louis (Louie), Jean Florent | ca 1840 | Margueritte Simon | |
| Matthews, James | Mackinaw | 1832 | Eliza Pierce Brown |
| Marion, Calvin | Groveland Township | 1833 | Elizabeth Hughes |
| Marion, Frances | 1838 | Martha Evelyn McKibben | |
| Martin, Christian | Little Mackinaw Township | 1850 | Mary Zehr |
| McCalla, William | Morton | ca 1870 | Eliza Tourney |
| McDowell, Rev. James | Hopedale | 1825 | Kitty Ann Rawlings |
| McNutt, David | Washington Township | 1852 | Milcha Beauchamp |
| Miars, Martin Jr. | Tremont | 1825 | Ann Hodgson |
| Montgomery, Benjamin James | Groveland | 1835 | Eliza Drace Jennings |
| Moulton, Levi | 1825 | Mary Burnes | |
| Orendorff, Aaron | Hopedale | 1827 | |
| Osborn, David | Deer Creek Township | 1837 | Jane Eckerman |
| Patton, John | Mackinaw Timber | 1829 | Margaret Wiley |
| Pinkham, Thomas Vincent | 1838 | Anna Maria Camelin | |
| Pomfret, Michael Emmett | Mackinaw | 1850 | Martha Jane McDowell |
| Porter, Isaac Voorhees | Spring Lake | 1853-1855 | Martha Van Arsdale |
| Price, Frederick | Mackinaw | 1850 | Maria Jackson |
| Rahlmann, August Christian | Hopedale | ca 1870 | Martha Ann King |
| Rhoads, Jacob | Pekin | 1840 | Catherine Haas |
| Richards, Benjamin Franklin | Hittle Township | 1830-1849 | Sara Ellen Blizzard |
| Roberts, Daniel | Morton Township | 1833 | Polly Phelps |
| Rollings, James W. | Dillon | 1851 | Sarah Jane Casto |
| Sawyer, Reese | ca 1840 | Martha Shaw Sprague | |
| Schneider, Johann Heinrich | 1858 | Margaretha Wambsgans | |
| Schrock, Johannes | Pekin | 1850 | Catherine Salzman |
| Seaman, Thomas | Washington Township | 1852 | Lucinda McNutt |
| Sheppard, Dennis Scovel | Washington | 1836 | Mary Jane Young |
| Sheppard, Joel | Washington | 1850 | Charlotte Gibson |
| Shoemaker, Michael | Washington Township | 1830 | Elizabeth Long |
| Shreve, Israel | Elm Grove Township | 1827 | Elizabeth Howe |
| Smith, John | ca 1843 | Jane (Jean) Leslie | |
| Starrett, Samuel | 1854 | Perlina Best | |
| Sturdyvin, Obadiah | Dillon Township | 1830 | Cynthia Ann Musick |
| Stormer, Casper | Washington Township | 1850 | Caderina (Lindenbaum) Brownfield |
| Stormer, Johan | Washington Township | 1850 | Elisabeth Gatlin |
| Stout, Rachel Chauncey | Stout's Grove | 1825 | Samuel Stout |
| Tharp, Jacob F. | Pekin | 1825 | Phebe Winans |
| Tharp, Jonathan | Pekin | 1824 | Sarah J. Egmon |
| Tuttle, Jesse | Dillon Township | 1857-1860 | Lavina Devore (first
wife) Hulda Jones (second wife) |
Uhrig (Urish), Johann Georg
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Sand Prairie | ca 1830 | Anna Eva Weyrich |
| Van Deusen, Jacob | Pekin | 1852 | Catharine C. Phillip |
| Varble, Philip | Washington Township | 1832 | Eda Spilman |
| Vaupel, John | Groveland Township | 1858 | Emma E. Gainer |
| Van Horn, Henry | Pekin | 1870 | Grace Martin Sampen |
| Van Orman, Orlando Wellington | Sand Prairie | 1852 | Sarah Belle Neikirk |
| Waggoner, Abram | 1840 | Sally (Sarah) Estes | |
| Webber, George | Pekin | 1860 | Anna Christina Heyl |
| Weisman, Nicholas C. | Circleville | by 1862 | Maria Magdalena Michel |
| Welk, George | Elm Grove Township | 1859 | Hannah Getz |
| Williams, Isaac J. | 1833 | Esther Jones | |
| Woodrow, Richard | Sand Prairie Township | 1832 | Sarah McCormick |
| Whitfield, James | Pekin | 1870 | Mary Breston |
| Wright, Frank | 1861 | Ida Hartley | |
| Young, Charles E. | Pekin | 1860 | Henrietta Monaghan |
