John was the 7th child of Jerusha Dilley and Edward Inman. His siblings were: Lavina, Jemima Ruth, Susan, Jerusha, David, James (died at 20 years), Elizabeth, Nathan, Edward (died as an infant, possibly stillborn) and Annis (died at about 8 yrs.)
He married Mary Hannis about 1818 in Hanover Township, PA. They had 8 children: Harriet, Edward, Elijah H., George, Annis, Levi, Mary and Whitney.
From The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., publ, 1889 - page 1004-1005
Reprinted with permission.
"Settlement by Whites"
The return home of soldiers who had participated in the Black-Hawk war, all of whom told glowing tales of the beauty and fertility of the Rock River Valley, called the attention of the people in all the older portions of our land to the extraordinary natural advantages of this then virgin country. On the 14th of July, 1835, John INMAN, of Luzerne County, Pa., and William HOLMES, of Ohio, "started from Milwaukee to spy out the land in this much vaunted valley." Procuring a couple of Indian ponies upon which to pack their provisions, and armed with the trusty rifle, without which no one in the Northwest traveled in those days, they set out upon their explorations. Two days' march from Milwaukee brought them to Fort Atkinson, then just evacuated by the officer for whom it was named and his command, where they went into camp for the night. The next day they traveled west and south, and camped at night at the mouth of the Yahara (Catfish) River. When morning came, they found their ponies had taken French leave, and that they must either pack their own traps, or leave them behind. This was an inconvenience, to be sure, but not a disaster to hardy pioneers; so they shouldered their luggage and continued their explorations, following the course of the river southward till they reached the point now occupied by the city of Janesville, where they camped on the point of the bluff on Racine road. From this point they saw Rock Prairie stretching away in the distance to the east and south, till the verdant plain mingled with the blue of the horizon. They saw before them an ocean of waving grass and blooming flowers, and realized the idea of having found the real Canaan - the real paradise of the world. Continuing their journey to the eastward, they came within half a mile of a beautiful grove, in which they found unmistakable indications of its having been occupied not long before as an Indian encampment, to which they gave the name of Black Hawk Grove, which it still bears. Shortly after this they discovered their ponies, and having secured them, set out upon their return to Milwaukee, entirely satisfied with their investigations, and fully determined to make this magnificent and fertile prairie their future home. They reached Milwaukee on the 23d of July, having been absent ten days. In all their travels they had found but one white family - that of Mr. McMILLAN, who resided where Waukesha now stands.
He married Mary Hannis about 1818 in Hanover Township, PA. They had 8 children: Harriet, Edward, Elijah H., George, Annis, Levi, Mary and Whitney.
From The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., publ, 1889 - page 1004-1005
Reprinted with permission.
"Settlement by Whites"
The return home of soldiers who had participated in the Black-Hawk war, all of whom told glowing tales of the beauty and fertility of the Rock River Valley, called the attention of the people in all the older portions of our land to the extraordinary natural advantages of this then virgin country. On the 14th of July, 1835, John INMAN, of Luzerne County, Pa., and William HOLMES, of Ohio, "started from Milwaukee to spy out the land in this much vaunted valley." Procuring a couple of Indian ponies upon which to pack their provisions, and armed with the trusty rifle, without which no one in the Northwest traveled in those days, they set out upon their explorations. Two days' march from Milwaukee brought them to Fort Atkinson, then just evacuated by the officer for whom it was named and his command, where they went into camp for the night. The next day they traveled west and south, and camped at night at the mouth of the Yahara (Catfish) River. When morning came, they found their ponies had taken French leave, and that they must either pack their own traps, or leave them behind. This was an inconvenience, to be sure, but not a disaster to hardy pioneers; so they shouldered their luggage and continued their explorations, following the course of the river southward till they reached the point now occupied by the city of Janesville, where they camped on the point of the bluff on Racine road. From this point they saw Rock Prairie stretching away in the distance to the east and south, till the verdant plain mingled with the blue of the horizon. They saw before them an ocean of waving grass and blooming flowers, and realized the idea of having found the real Canaan - the real paradise of the world. Continuing their journey to the eastward, they came within half a mile of a beautiful grove, in which they found unmistakable indications of its having been occupied not long before as an Indian encampment, to which they gave the name of Black Hawk Grove, which it still bears. Shortly after this they discovered their ponies, and having secured them, set out upon their return to Milwaukee, entirely satisfied with their investigations, and fully determined to make this magnificent and fertile prairie their future home. They reached Milwaukee on the 23d of July, having been absent ten days. In all their travels they had found but one white family - that of Mr. McMILLAN, who resided where Waukesha now stands.
John was the 7th child of Jerusha Dilley and Edward Inman. His siblings were: Lavina, Jemima Ruth, Susan, Jerusha, David, James (died at 20 years), Elizabeth, Nathan, Edward (died as an infant, possibly stillborn) and Annis (died at about 8 yrs.)
He married Mary Hannis about 1818 in Hanover Township, PA. They had 8 children: Harriet, Edward, Elijah H., George, Annis, Levi, Mary and Whitney.
From The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., publ, 1889 - page 1004-1005
Reprinted with permission.
"Settlement by Whites"
The return home of soldiers who had participated in the Black-Hawk war, all of whom told glowing tales of the beauty and fertility of the Rock River Valley, called the attention of the people in all the older portions of our land to the extraordinary natural advantages of this then virgin country. On the 14th of July, 1835, John INMAN, of Luzerne County, Pa., and William HOLMES, of Ohio, "started from Milwaukee to spy out the land in this much vaunted valley." Procuring a couple of Indian ponies upon which to pack their provisions, and armed with the trusty rifle, without which no one in the Northwest traveled in those days, they set out upon their explorations. Two days' march from Milwaukee brought them to Fort Atkinson, then just evacuated by the officer for whom it was named and his command, where they went into camp for the night. The next day they traveled west and south, and camped at night at the mouth of the Yahara (Catfish) River. When morning came, they found their ponies had taken French leave, and that they must either pack their own traps, or leave them behind. This was an inconvenience, to be sure, but not a disaster to hardy pioneers; so they shouldered their luggage and continued their explorations, following the course of the river southward till they reached the point now occupied by the city of Janesville, where they camped on the point of the bluff on Racine road. From this point they saw Rock Prairie stretching away in the distance to the east and south, till the verdant plain mingled with the blue of the horizon. They saw before them an ocean of waving grass and blooming flowers, and realized the idea of having found the real Canaan - the real paradise of the world. Continuing their journey to the eastward, they came within half a mile of a beautiful grove, in which they found unmistakable indications of its having been occupied not long before as an Indian encampment, to which they gave the name of Black Hawk Grove, which it still bears. Shortly after this they discovered their ponies, and having secured them, set out upon their return to Milwaukee, entirely satisfied with their investigations, and fully determined to make this magnificent and fertile prairie their future home. They reached Milwaukee on the 23d of July, having been absent ten days. In all their travels they had found but one white family - that of Mr. McMILLAN, who resided where Waukesha now stands.
He married Mary Hannis about 1818 in Hanover Township, PA. They had 8 children: Harriet, Edward, Elijah H., George, Annis, Levi, Mary and Whitney.
From The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., publ, 1889 - page 1004-1005
Reprinted with permission.
"Settlement by Whites"
The return home of soldiers who had participated in the Black-Hawk war, all of whom told glowing tales of the beauty and fertility of the Rock River Valley, called the attention of the people in all the older portions of our land to the extraordinary natural advantages of this then virgin country. On the 14th of July, 1835, John INMAN, of Luzerne County, Pa., and William HOLMES, of Ohio, "started from Milwaukee to spy out the land in this much vaunted valley." Procuring a couple of Indian ponies upon which to pack their provisions, and armed with the trusty rifle, without which no one in the Northwest traveled in those days, they set out upon their explorations. Two days' march from Milwaukee brought them to Fort Atkinson, then just evacuated by the officer for whom it was named and his command, where they went into camp for the night. The next day they traveled west and south, and camped at night at the mouth of the Yahara (Catfish) River. When morning came, they found their ponies had taken French leave, and that they must either pack their own traps, or leave them behind. This was an inconvenience, to be sure, but not a disaster to hardy pioneers; so they shouldered their luggage and continued their explorations, following the course of the river southward till they reached the point now occupied by the city of Janesville, where they camped on the point of the bluff on Racine road. From this point they saw Rock Prairie stretching away in the distance to the east and south, till the verdant plain mingled with the blue of the horizon. They saw before them an ocean of waving grass and blooming flowers, and realized the idea of having found the real Canaan - the real paradise of the world. Continuing their journey to the eastward, they came within half a mile of a beautiful grove, in which they found unmistakable indications of its having been occupied not long before as an Indian encampment, to which they gave the name of Black Hawk Grove, which it still bears. Shortly after this they discovered their ponies, and having secured them, set out upon their return to Milwaukee, entirely satisfied with their investigations, and fully determined to make this magnificent and fertile prairie their future home. They reached Milwaukee on the 23d of July, having been absent ten days. In all their travels they had found but one white family - that of Mr. McMILLAN, who resided where Waukesha now stands.
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