1770s

18th century 2 dated mentions

1770s

1. 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

2. 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