John Isaac Neely was the son of Joseph Neely and Martha Robertson Johnston. With his parents, he moved to Gibson County, Indiana in 1803.
According to an article in the Princeton Democrat, he spent "considerable time" in the office of the pioneer editor Elihu Stout, of the Vincennes Western Sun.
John I. Neely served in the War of 1812. About September 20, 1811, he volunteered in Vincennes for the Company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. Benjamin Park and a Battalion commanded by Maj. Joseph H. Davis. Neely's horse was shot from under him and a spur was shot off his boot in the battle of Tippecanoe. Neely was discharged at Vincennes about November 20, 1811. In 1812 at the request of Harrison he joined the North Western Army at Franklinton, Ohio, and was appointed by Col. James Morrison as quartermaster general, principal forage master of that wing of the Army. He continued in that duty until August 1813 when he was appointed deputy quartermaster general. He was in that position when the army crossed Lake Erie and retook Detroit.
After the Battle of the Thames he was ordered to Cleveland where he took charge of the quartermaster depot in January 1814. He continued in that post until peace was declared in the spring of 1815 when he was engaged in collecting public property and disposing of it. He was honorably discharged by William H. Crawford, acting secretary of war. At the close of the war he had been made a general of the state militia.
John I. Neely was one of the first trustees on the board of incorporation of Princeton, Indiana, and became the first postmaster of Gibson county in 1816. He was a justice of the peace from 1817 to 1819. He married Jane Robertson Montgomery on January 28, 1819. She was the daughter of Judge Isaac Montgomery and his wife Martha McClure.
Neely was clerk and recorder of the circuit court from 1819 to 1836. His duties included keeping court records and the making of election returns.
In 1828 Neely and two others were appointed commissioners to survey a route for a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis. The commissioners and their assistants traveled 140 miles, much of the way through swampy territory. The commissioners cultivated the friendship of the Potawatomi Indians, and "one of the Indian chiefs presented Neely with his seven-year-old son, whom Neely planned to give all the benefits of education and society." It was decided that the swampy route was impractical so a second survey was conducted in October. After this survey, John I. Neely's work on the project ended. The second route was eventually decided upon, and within ten years the road was built.
In the 1850's John I. Neely and his wife Jane were living in Owensville, Ind. Jane died September 28, 1862. John probably went to live with his son Isaac, in Du Quoin, Ill. He died there November 9, 1867. According to a county history, John I. Neely "was one of the best known men in the county. . . .and is recollected by many of the pioneers, who speak of him as having been an officer of integrity and a genial, whole-souled man. He was noted for his hospitality and kindness of heart."
According to an article in the Princeton Democrat, he spent "considerable time" in the office of the pioneer editor Elihu Stout, of the Vincennes Western Sun.
John I. Neely served in the War of 1812. About September 20, 1811, he volunteered in Vincennes for the Company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. Benjamin Park and a Battalion commanded by Maj. Joseph H. Davis. Neely's horse was shot from under him and a spur was shot off his boot in the battle of Tippecanoe. Neely was discharged at Vincennes about November 20, 1811. In 1812 at the request of Harrison he joined the North Western Army at Franklinton, Ohio, and was appointed by Col. James Morrison as quartermaster general, principal forage master of that wing of the Army. He continued in that duty until August 1813 when he was appointed deputy quartermaster general. He was in that position when the army crossed Lake Erie and retook Detroit.
After the Battle of the Thames he was ordered to Cleveland where he took charge of the quartermaster depot in January 1814. He continued in that post until peace was declared in the spring of 1815 when he was engaged in collecting public property and disposing of it. He was honorably discharged by William H. Crawford, acting secretary of war. At the close of the war he had been made a general of the state militia.
John I. Neely was one of the first trustees on the board of incorporation of Princeton, Indiana, and became the first postmaster of Gibson county in 1816. He was a justice of the peace from 1817 to 1819. He married Jane Robertson Montgomery on January 28, 1819. She was the daughter of Judge Isaac Montgomery and his wife Martha McClure.
Neely was clerk and recorder of the circuit court from 1819 to 1836. His duties included keeping court records and the making of election returns.
In 1828 Neely and two others were appointed commissioners to survey a route for a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis. The commissioners and their assistants traveled 140 miles, much of the way through swampy territory. The commissioners cultivated the friendship of the Potawatomi Indians, and "one of the Indian chiefs presented Neely with his seven-year-old son, whom Neely planned to give all the benefits of education and society." It was decided that the swampy route was impractical so a second survey was conducted in October. After this survey, John I. Neely's work on the project ended. The second route was eventually decided upon, and within ten years the road was built.
In the 1850's John I. Neely and his wife Jane were living in Owensville, Ind. Jane died September 28, 1862. John probably went to live with his son Isaac, in Du Quoin, Ill. He died there November 9, 1867. According to a county history, John I. Neely "was one of the best known men in the county. . . .and is recollected by many of the pioneers, who speak of him as having been an officer of integrity and a genial, whole-souled man. He was noted for his hospitality and kindness of heart."
John Isaac Neely was the son of Joseph Neely and Martha Robertson Johnston. With his parents, he moved to Gibson County, Indiana in 1803.
According to an article in the Princeton Democrat, he spent "considerable time" in the office of the pioneer editor Elihu Stout, of the Vincennes Western Sun.
John I. Neely served in the War of 1812. About September 20, 1811, he volunteered in Vincennes for the Company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. Benjamin Park and a Battalion commanded by Maj. Joseph H. Davis. Neely's horse was shot from under him and a spur was shot off his boot in the battle of Tippecanoe. Neely was discharged at Vincennes about November 20, 1811. In 1812 at the request of Harrison he joined the North Western Army at Franklinton, Ohio, and was appointed by Col. James Morrison as quartermaster general, principal forage master of that wing of the Army. He continued in that duty until August 1813 when he was appointed deputy quartermaster general. He was in that position when the army crossed Lake Erie and retook Detroit.
After the Battle of the Thames he was ordered to Cleveland where he took charge of the quartermaster depot in January 1814. He continued in that post until peace was declared in the spring of 1815 when he was engaged in collecting public property and disposing of it. He was honorably discharged by William H. Crawford, acting secretary of war. At the close of the war he had been made a general of the state militia.
John I. Neely was one of the first trustees on the board of incorporation of Princeton, Indiana, and became the first postmaster of Gibson county in 1816. He was a justice of the peace from 1817 to 1819. He married Jane Robertson Montgomery on January 28, 1819. She was the daughter of Judge Isaac Montgomery and his wife Martha McClure.
Neely was clerk and recorder of the circuit court from 1819 to 1836. His duties included keeping court records and the making of election returns.
In 1828 Neely and two others were appointed commissioners to survey a route for a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis. The commissioners and their assistants traveled 140 miles, much of the way through swampy territory. The commissioners cultivated the friendship of the Potawatomi Indians, and "one of the Indian chiefs presented Neely with his seven-year-old son, whom Neely planned to give all the benefits of education and society." It was decided that the swampy route was impractical so a second survey was conducted in October. After this survey, John I. Neely's work on the project ended. The second route was eventually decided upon, and within ten years the road was built.
In the 1850's John I. Neely and his wife Jane were living in Owensville, Ind. Jane died September 28, 1862. John probably went to live with his son Isaac, in Du Quoin, Ill. He died there November 9, 1867. According to a county history, John I. Neely "was one of the best known men in the county. . . .and is recollected by many of the pioneers, who speak of him as having been an officer of integrity and a genial, whole-souled man. He was noted for his hospitality and kindness of heart."
According to an article in the Princeton Democrat, he spent "considerable time" in the office of the pioneer editor Elihu Stout, of the Vincennes Western Sun.
John I. Neely served in the War of 1812. About September 20, 1811, he volunteered in Vincennes for the Company of Dragoons commanded by Capt. Benjamin Park and a Battalion commanded by Maj. Joseph H. Davis. Neely's horse was shot from under him and a spur was shot off his boot in the battle of Tippecanoe. Neely was discharged at Vincennes about November 20, 1811. In 1812 at the request of Harrison he joined the North Western Army at Franklinton, Ohio, and was appointed by Col. James Morrison as quartermaster general, principal forage master of that wing of the Army. He continued in that duty until August 1813 when he was appointed deputy quartermaster general. He was in that position when the army crossed Lake Erie and retook Detroit.
After the Battle of the Thames he was ordered to Cleveland where he took charge of the quartermaster depot in January 1814. He continued in that post until peace was declared in the spring of 1815 when he was engaged in collecting public property and disposing of it. He was honorably discharged by William H. Crawford, acting secretary of war. At the close of the war he had been made a general of the state militia.
John I. Neely was one of the first trustees on the board of incorporation of Princeton, Indiana, and became the first postmaster of Gibson county in 1816. He was a justice of the peace from 1817 to 1819. He married Jane Robertson Montgomery on January 28, 1819. She was the daughter of Judge Isaac Montgomery and his wife Martha McClure.
Neely was clerk and recorder of the circuit court from 1819 to 1836. His duties included keeping court records and the making of election returns.
In 1828 Neely and two others were appointed commissioners to survey a route for a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis. The commissioners and their assistants traveled 140 miles, much of the way through swampy territory. The commissioners cultivated the friendship of the Potawatomi Indians, and "one of the Indian chiefs presented Neely with his seven-year-old son, whom Neely planned to give all the benefits of education and society." It was decided that the swampy route was impractical so a second survey was conducted in October. After this survey, John I. Neely's work on the project ended. The second route was eventually decided upon, and within ten years the road was built.
In the 1850's John I. Neely and his wife Jane were living in Owensville, Ind. Jane died September 28, 1862. John probably went to live with his son Isaac, in Du Quoin, Ill. He died there November 9, 1867. According to a county history, John I. Neely "was one of the best known men in the county. . . .and is recollected by many of the pioneers, who speak of him as having been an officer of integrity and a genial, whole-souled man. He was noted for his hospitality and kindness of heart."
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