The History of Moultrie County
(1867)
Jonathan Creek Township
Pg. 71
Settlements: ..... "Evan Waller settled south-west of the Bolin place in
1830, and Archibald Standerfer, Sr. and his family arrived a little later
in the same year. His son, Jerre Standerfer, is still residing here. John
Drew, with a large family, came here about 1833 or 1884. Thomas Fulton
and Hamilton Bonham, with their families, settled a little later on the
west side of the creek."
Jerre Provolt, a son-in law of John Wilborn, built the first cabin and made the first
settlement on Jonathan Creek as early as 1829. John Gordon also settled the same year a little east of Provolt, on the place now owned by James Bolin.They remained there only a few months, when Provolt sold his claim to Benjamin Dabney, and Gordon sold out to Charles Huffman, Dabney's brother-in-law. Robert Holmes, Evan Waller, Archibald Standerfer, John Drew, Robert and Hamilton Bonham, William Lilly, John Hendricks, John and Jacob Seass, Thomas Fulton, the Underwood's, Frank Taylor, Andrew Mark and the Fleming's were also early settlers on Jonathan Creek.
