1770s

18th century 3 dated mentions

1770s

1. 1774–1845
   Johnny Appleseed: the folk hero who died here, and lies here

   The man behind the legend: John Chapman was born on 26 September 1774 in Leominster, Massachusetts, and Fort Wayne makes no claim on his birth or his upbringing.

   Fort Wayne

2. 1775–1869
   Soldiers before the townships: the Revolution's and 1812's men who came later

   The Clay Township man the county list omits: Isaac Eaton, born in Loudoun County, Virginia, on 24 January 1775 — "having been born after his father's death," his grandson's biography in Howard says…

   Granger

3. 1779–1820
   The traders before the bend had a post: Burnett's valley

   William Burnett, a New Jersey man of American sympathies, entered the St. Joseph valley sometime between 1779 and 1782 — the years vary across the accounts, and the scholarly study of his trade, Susan Sleeper-Smith's "St. Joseph Trade from Burnett to Taylor," carries the range…

   South Bend