Austin Davenport
 

AUSTIN DAVENPORT - Mr. Davenport was one of the pioneers of Boone County, settling on Eagle Creek about the year 1824 or ’25. He was elected the first sheriff of the county, and represented the county in the state legislature from 1832 to 1834. He built the first brick house in the county on the Michigan Road in the year 1835, where he owned a fine tract of land and where he died in the year 1836, highly respected and loved by all who were acquainted with him. He is the father of Mrs. Eliza Lowe, Indianapolis, Henry Davenport (deceased), Mrs. May Hopkins (deceased), Milton S. Davenport of Zionsville and William Davenport (deceased). Mr. Davenport is buried on his old farm on the Michigan road, between Eagle Village and Clarkstown. The Davenport family was one of the most prominent in the early history of the county. He was a stanch friend of the poor people, and a Christian gentleman. Long may his memory live. He was in the War of 1812, serving as drummer, and his brother Jesse as fifer.
 

Submitted by: Jane A. Heine
Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr, Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887.