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 178 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Mine LaMotte, which is situated not far from FrederiektowTi. In Iron county there were settlements made in Bellevue valley, and in 1805 Ephraim Stomt settled near the present site of Arcadia. A little later John Short took up his residence close to where the town of Pilot Ivnob now stands. There were other settlements within the hmits of the county, but these were the prin- cipal ones. In Cape Girardeau county the principal settlements were at Cape Girardeau and in the immediate vicinity ; near Jackson on Byrd's creek; at Gordonville ; on Randol's creek, and on Indian creek. The town of Jackson was founded during this period and so named in honor of President Andrew Jack- son. In 1815 Jackson was made the county seat of Cape Girardeau county. The settlements in Bollinger county were jjrincipally along the "Whitewater river, on Crooked creek, and near the present towTis of Lutesville and Glen Allen. The settlements along "Whitewater river were those made by Colonel Bollinger and his friends. Jolm Lorance began a settlement on Crooked creek in 1805; about that same date Daniel Hahn settled on the creek afterward called Halm's creek, named for him, about one-half mile west of Lutesville. Casper Schell and Peter Baker lived in the same neighborhood. Henry Baker and John Deck were others who lived in this part of the county. The settlement at Glen Allen was made by families from North Carolina; some of these were George and Jacob Nifong, Jacob Hinkle and Jacob Clod- felter. In Wayne county the first settlement seems to have been made about 1802, by settlers from Virginia. Among them were Joseph Parrish, Thomas Ring-, David, Charles and Robert A. Logan. The latter had lived in Kentucky. Some of these settled in the neighborhood of the village of Patterson and others on the St. Francois river. Some of the other early settlers were Isaac E. Kelly, Till- man Smith, James Caldwell and Francois Clark. Besides these there were Elijah Mat- thews, a man named Alston from North Caro- lina ; they lived on Otter creek. They became involved in a difficulty and Alston was killed. Elijah Ranson and Overton Beltis were others who settled in the same neighborhood. This was near Greenville. The principal settlements in New Madrid county were those at New Madrid and Point Pleasant. Besides these two settlements there was a small settlement at Portageville. and, as we have previously said, a number of per- sons lived along St. John's bayou and in other parts of the coimty. In Pemiscot coimty the principal settlement was at Little Prairie, though there were others scattered over the comity. The settlement at Little Prairie was made in 1794 by Francois Le Sieur. Some of the early settlers were Jean Bap- tiste Barsaloux, George and Jolm Ruddell, Joseph Payne, Louis Auvin, Charles Guibault pud Peter Noblesse. In 1799 there were 78 people in the settlement and 103 in 1803. I^ was a prosperous village up to the time of the earthquake in 1812, when it was almost en- tirely destroyed. About 1810 Colonel John Hardeman "Walker came to Little Prairie and was one of the few settlers who remained after the time of the earthquake. He was sheriff of the county and later one of the judges of the coimty court. He was the most prominent and influential citizen of the county for many years. The other settlements of which we have spoken as being in existence in the county were merely collections of two