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Pioneer Surname List

     
     
JCGL volunteers have been collecting information on pioneers and early settlers of the Rogue Valley for more than ten years. This is both to honor these early residents and to provide a valuable resource for researchers. These files vary in size from a single sheet to tens of pages of information. Much of the information was donated by individuals, other libraries, and historical societies in the region. The table below contains our list of pioneer surnames, along with the number of pages in our file for each of those names.

If you would like a copy of a particular file, our fee based on the size of the file, is $10 for up to and including five pages plus $0.25 for each additional page. Please follow the link below to display the request form. Complete the form, print it, and mail it to us along with your check for the requested amount payable to the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society. A copy of the requested file will be mailed to you.

Postal Request Form

If the file you are requesting is 25 pages or fewer, the turnaround time will be faster if use the online form below to make a secure payment of the requested amount. Provide the surname in the appropriate edit field of the form and our librarian will scan the requested pages. The resulting file(s) will be attached to an email message. When you receive the message, click on an attached file and it will be loaded into the necessary software so that you can print a hard copy. If the file you would like to receive contains more than 25 pages, you must use the postal request form above.

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fRVGS offers an attractive certificate for individuals who are bonafide descendants of Rogue Valley pioneers or early settlers. Follow this link Pioneer and Early Settler Certificate for more information.

If you believe that you have an ancestor who was a pioneer settler in the Rogue Valley who is not on our surname list, please contact us at info@rvgslibrary.org. We are constantly expanding the list of pioneer surnames for which we maintain files.

NAME PAGES
ABBOTT 68
AIKEN 1
ALLEN 41
ALLWORTH, A. A. 13
AMERMAN 10
ANDERSON 103
ANKENY 7
APPLEGATE, JESSE 38
APPLEGATE, LINDSAY 49
ARANT 12
ARTHURS, WILLIAM 14
ARUNDELL 6
ASH 33
ASHPOLE 11
BABCOCK 3
BAILEY 17
BAKER 2
BALL 11
BANDY 6
BARLOW 3
BARNEBURG, Frederick 62
BARBETTE 31
BARRON 27
BEACH 6
BEAGLE 70
BEALL, Thomas & Robert 13
BEAMSLEY 5
BEEBE 4
BEEKMAN 2
BEESON, John 125
BEESON, Welborn II 87
BELL 33
BELLINGER 16
BELLKNAP, Jesse 6
BENDER 63
BENEDICT 8
BENNETT 15
BERGEN 2
BERRY 25
BIEDE 3
BIGHAM 8
BILGER, John 2
BILLINGS 4
BIRDSEYE 40
BISH 1
BISHOP 15
BLACK, John M. 46
BLACKWOOD 8
BLAKE 30
BLECHER 9
BLUE 13
BOARDMAN 1
BOAZE 12
BODDY 8
BOHNERT, William C. 25
BOLT 90 + BOOK
BOLZ 6
BONAR 17
BOONE, George Luther 6
BOUNDS, John B. 14
BOWEN 15
BOZARTH 7
BRADLEY 2
BRADSHAW 11
BRANCE/BRANDT 1
BRIGGS, Billy 12
BRIGGS, George S. 6
BRINER, George W. 13
BRITT 13
BROADWELL 3
BROOKS 3
BROPHY 2
BROTHERTON, William 7
BROWN * 57
BUCKLEY 16
BUELL, Elias 4
BUNCH, B. A. 8
BUNYARD 12
BURNETTE, E. 32
BURNS 3
BUTLER 39
BYBEE 60
BYRNE 13
CALDWELL, Gerald B. 24
CALWELL, Mathew 34
CALHOUN 12
CALLENDAR, John A. 3
CAMERON 19
CANTRALL, John 12
CANTRALL, William 55
CAPLES, Charles G. 2
CARDWELL 18
CARTER 84
CARVER 23
CASEBEER 7
CASTER 19
CASTERLEIN 3
CATCHING, Benjamin H. 2
CATON 8
CENTER(S) 18
CHAMBERS, Aaron 52
CHAMBERS, William A. 10
CHAPMAN 19
CHARLEY, William 51
CHASTAIN 3
CHAVNER, Thomas 30 + 2 pamphlets
CHEGAR 4
CHILDERS 29
CINGCADE 121
CLAPP 2
CLARK 65
CLAYTON 22
CLUGGAGE 7
COAKLEY 17
COBBS, John C. 16
COFFMAN 25
COLE 3
COLEMAN 18
COLLINS, David 11
COLLINS, Samuel C. 4
COLVER 129
COLVIG 10
COMBEST 29
CONLEY 58
CONNER 24
CONSTANT, Isaac 47
COOK 40
COOPER 4
CRAIN 5
CREEL 3
CROSBY, John L. 26
CROWLEY, Thomas L. 30
CURRY, Thomas 10
CUSHMAN 256
DAILY 7
DALEY 12
DANIELS 32
DANFORTH 7
DAVIDSON, Elijah B. 5
DAVIDSON, John P. 51
DAVIS, David D. 17
DAVIS, Edmund 22
DAWSON 54
DAY 168
DEAN 126
DELAP, Chester 3
DEMMER 14
DE ROBOAM-HOLT 39
DILLON, Matt 14
DITSWORTH, J. F. 6
DOLLARHIDE, Jesse 161
DOUDEN 12
DOWELL 1
DOWNING 8
DUGGAN 4
DUNCAN 8
DUNLAP 28
DUNN 84
EADES 14
EDDINGS, Norton 1
EDMONDS 6
EDMONDSON, Benjamin 26
EDSALL 4
EDWARDS 7
EME 22
EMERY 14
ESKELSON, Joseph 7
EVANS, Davis 2
EVANS, Richard J. 5
FARRA 5
FATTIG 17
FERGUSON, Robert L. 40
FERNS, William 63
FICK 26
FISHER, Daniel 7
FITZGERALD 16
FLEMING 7
FLOREY, Andrew J. 18
FORDYCE 23
FOSS 1
FOUDRAY, Elbert 6
FOX 11
FREDENBURG 290
FRENCH 3
FURRY 143
GAGE 1
GALL, Jacob 9
GANIARD 18
GANUNG 17
GEARY 4
GIBBS 6
GILCHRIST, Charles C. 1
GILLETTE, Almond V. 11
GILMORE 14
GLASS 12
GLENN 4
GORE, Emerson E. 101
GREENWALT 6
GREGORY 5
GRIEVE 106
GRIFFIN 147
GRIGSBY 5
GRIMSLEY 12
GRISSOM 4
GRUBB, Samuel & Eliz. 31
HALE, William C. 23
HAMILTON 7
HAMLIN 175
HAMMERSLY 4
HAMMOND 206
HANLEY 98 + Calendar
HANNA 18
HANSCOM 6
HANSEN 10
HARGADINE 6
HARGRAVES 11
HARNISH, Benjamin W. 2
HARRIS, George W. 9
HASKINS 6
HATTON 7
HAY 9
HAYDEN 6
HEATHERLY 25
HECKATHORN 275
HELMAN, Abel 5
HELMS 13
HENDRICKS 1
HERRIN 7
HIATT 1
HIGINBOTHAM 239
HILL, Isaac 51
HILLMAN 17
HITE, Phillip B. 8
HOCKERSMITH 5
HOCKETT 32
HODGES 43
HOEFFT 3
HOFFMAN, William 147
HOLMES, Hosea P. 8
HOLST 15
HOOVER 7
HOLTON 7
HOPKINS 19
HOPWOOD, Thomas B. 12
HOUCK 15
HOUSTON 333
HOWARD 1
HOWLETT 1
HOXIE, Obadiah 61
HUBBARD 15
HUFFER 5
HUGHES 56
HULL 41
HURST 23
INLOW, Fred E. 4
INLOW, Henry T. 17
ISAACS, George 2
ISH, Jacob 30
JACK(S) 6
JACKSON 6
JACOBSON 51 + Booklet = 99 total
JOHNSON, A. L. 15
JOHNSON, Francis L. 22
JONES 3
JUMP 1
KAHLER 21
KANE 4
KASSHAFER 40
KELLEY/KELLY 8
KENTNOR 7
KEPLER 3
KERSHAW 7
KILGORE 13
KIME 19
KINCAID 15
KLIPPEL 10
KLUM 11
KNIGHTEN 87
KNOX, Samuel B. 18
KUBLI 91
LACEY, John S. 12
LANCE 7
LANE 6
LANGELL 36 + 24 Booklet = 60 Total
LARSON 9
LAW 3
LEEVER, William T. 7
LEWIS 2
LEWMAN 15
LIN, Gin 10
LINDSAY, David 43
LINN 11
LINVILLE 4
LONSIGNONT 4
LYON 6
MAGERLE 73
MAGRUDER 4
MANSFIELD 27
MARTIN 5
MAST 4
MATHERS 129
MATHES, William 11
MATHEWS, John 120
MATNEY 56
McCALL, John 6
McCALLISTER 7
McCUE 12
McCULLY 27
McDONOUGH 10
McGEE 1
McGOWAN 8
McKEE 417
McKISSICK 3
McREYNOLDS 6
MEE 9
MEEKER 49 Pg. Booklet
MERRIMAN 112
MESSAL 43
METZKER 38
MICKELSON 28
MIDDLEBUSHER 124
MILLER, James 14
MILLER, James N. Tandy 2
MILLER, John F. 37
MILLS, John 33
MINEAR 10
MINTER, Robert 10
MITCHELL 13
MONTGOMERY, Jack 47
MOON 5
MORRIS 20
MORTON, James T. 3
MOSS 1
MURPHY, J. J. 19
MYER/MEYER 68
MYERS 40
NAIL 32
NAYLOR 8
NEATHAMMER 18
NEIL 42
NEWBURY 1
NEWCOMB 80
NIEDERMEYER 13
NORRIS 8
NORTON, John G. 15
NUNAN 15
NUSSBAUM 3
NUTE 1
NYE 25
NYGREN 4
OATMAN 13
OBENCHAIN 193
O'BRIEN 5
ODEN 1
OFFENBACHER, Fred 2
OLIVER 6
O'ROURKE 36
ORR 7
ORTH 117 + 6 Family Tree Pgs.
OWEN 6
OWENS 4
OWINGS 1
PACKARD 42
PANKEY (2) 564
PARKER 82
PATTERSON 13
PATTON 9
PAYNE, C. T. 22
PAYNE, William 22
PEACHY 6
PEARCE, Daniel 14
PEIL 6
PELTON 9
PENCE 410
PENINGER 1
PERDUE 1
PERKINS 15
PERNOLL, Wm. & Martin 91
PERRY 3
PETERSON, Martin 21
PEYTON 86
PHILLIPS 4
PHIPPS 32
PLYMALE 109
PORTER 6
POWELL, Joab 40
PRIDDY 7
PRIM 34
PRYCE 20
PURSELL 8
PURVES 9
QUACKENBUSH 3
RADER 65
RAGSDALE 265
RAIMEY 139
RANKIN 4
RAPP 5 + CD
REAMES 141
REYNOLDS 6
RHOTEN/ROTEN 14
RICE, David 40
RICHARDSON 6
RIDDLE 21
RITTER 4
ROBERTS 27
ROBINSON 31
ROBISON 27
ROCKFELLOW 35
RODGERS/ROGERS 12
ROLFE 4
ROOT 10
ROSS 99
ROSTEL, C. B. 4
ROYAL 46
RUBLE, William 25
RUCH 24
RUMMEL 8
RUSSELL, James H. 17
SARGENT 5
SAVAGE, Charles 3
SAVAGE, James Lee 44
SCHLEIGH 2
SCOTT 21
SEARS 13
SEYFERTH 14
SHIPLEY 2
SHIPMAN 2
SHOOK 4
SHORT 5
SIMPKINS 41
SIMPSON, Benjamin 24
SIMPSON, Francis I. 4
SIZEMORE 14
SKEETERS 5
SKYMAN 4
SLEPPY 15
SMITH, Francis/Sydney 8
SMITH, Hosea T. 12
SMITH, John Robert 32
SMITH, William 18
SONGER, William F. 9
STANCLIFF 20
STANDLEY 18 + CD & Pictures
STANLEY, Carl 3
STEARNS, Orson A. 138
STEARNS, Samuel E. 30
STECKEL 1
STEWART 17
STITES, Marshall 1
STOUT 78
STOWELL 11
STROM, Perry A. 5
SUTTON 31
SWINGLE 16
TALENT, Aaron P. 19
TAYLOR, Stephen P. 182
TENBROOK 5
TERRILL 1
THORTON 12
TOLMAN 17
TONN 1
TORREY, Homer 47
TRASK 40
TREFREN, George 15
TRUSTY 97
TUCKER 124
TUFFS 4
TUNGATE 29
T'VAULT 41
VANBUSKIRK, William 111
VANDERPOOL, Larkin 1
VAN DYKE 8
VANTINE 1
VAWTER 12
VEACH 8
VINCENT 67
VINING 17
VOGELI 305
VON DER HELLEN, R. L. 13
WAGNER, B. F. 2
WAGNER, Jacob 31
WALCH, Jacob S. 60
WALKER, Alva A. 12
WALKER, Enoch 23
WALKER, Gordon J. 28
WALRAD 10
WARNER 91
WATKINS 7
WEEKS 58
WELLS 25
WHITE, John P. 3
WHITE, Lytle J. 8
WILKINSON 55
WILLIAMS 23
WILLITS 20
WIMER 37
WINNINGHAM 154
WINTJEN 31
WOLGAMOTT 22
WOOD (s), Walter 26 + CD
WOODWARD 1
WOODY, Joseph N. 80
WORDEN 4
WRIGHT 11
WRISLEY 67
YOCUM 44
YOUNG 43
ZIGLER 2