SETTLEMENT.---Of the first settlers in Perry county were three men whoc ame from Sussex county, New Jersey, about 1800; one of these men wasWm . Dusenbery, who settled at the junction of Jonathan's Creek andTurkey R un, and is traditionally known as the first settler
in Madison township.....Other early settlers were as follows:Cornelius S ullivan, William Baird,
David Miller, George Dills, Jonathan Ward, Andrew Wolfe, HenryCunningh am, John Cunningham, Cornelius Dills, Alexander Baird,Aurelius Mason, W illiam Melick, Joseph Burgess, Absalom Danison,Alfred Baird, Robinson C hilcote, William Rinker, Philip Miller,
Hiram Turner, Ensor Chilcote, John Humble, Joseph Hamilton, AbrahamCra ig, William McCluney, Thomas Sawyer, Edward Danison, JeromePlummer.
