Early Land Entries of Paoli Township
This information is taken from Goodspeed’s 1884 History of Orange County, pp. 376-377.
This list includes "all the land bought of the Government in the present Paoli Township prior to January 1, 1820."
The names below were the only entries in the present Paoli Township, prior to January 1, 1813. The second list shows 1813-1820.
| ATKISSON, Thomas | February 13, 1811 | T1N, R1W, Sec. 13 |
| BAILEY, Charles | December 28, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 34 |
| BRAXTAN, Thomas | October 29, 1812 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 5 |
| BRAXTAN, Thomas | March 27, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 24 |
| COX, Solomon | May 25, 1811 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 18 |
| COX, William | May 26,1811 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 18 |
| DARROCH, David | June 27, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 13 |
| DAVIS, Adam | October 19, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 36 |
| DOUGHERTY, John | December 25, 1812 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 9 |
| FARLOW, Joseph | January 24,1812 | T1N, R1W, Sec. 11 |
| FARLOW, Thomas | September 12, 1811 | T1N, R1W, Sec. 14 |
| HOLADAY, Robert | March 17, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 35 |
| HOLADAY, William | December 24, 1812 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 9 |
| HOLLOWELL, Jesse | September 26, 1810 | T1N, R1W, Sec. 11 |
| HOPPER, Thomas | September 12, 1811 | T1N, R1W, Sec. 1 |
| LINDLEY, Jonathan | March 18, 1811 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 8 |
| LINDLEY, Jonathan | January 29, 1812 | T1N, R1W, Sec. 3 |
| LINDLEY, Jonathan | March 27, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 13 |
| LINDLEY, Jonathan | October 29, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 29 |
| LINDLEY, Owen | November 12, 1811 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 20, 21 |
| LINDLEY, Samuel | March 27, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 24 |
| LINDLEY, Thomas | March 27, 1812 | T2N, R1W, Sec. 13 |
| LINDLEY, William | July 3, 1812 | T1N, R1E, Sec. 8 |
| LINDLEY, William | November 2, 1812 | T2N, R1E, Sec. 3 |
The following men (and one woman!) entered land in this township from January 1, 1813, to January 1, 1820:
| AUSTIN, Daniel | 1817 |
| BENTLEY, Ephraim | 1819 |
| BIGELOW, John | 1816 |
| BRAXTAN, Thomas | 1817 |
| BOLES, William | 1814 |
| CAMPBELL, Adlai | 1813 |
| CAMPBELL, John | 1819 |
| CARMICHAEL, William | 1819 |
| CHAMBERS, Samuel | 1815 |
| CHAMBERS, Samuel | 1816 |
| CLARK, Alexander | 1819 |
| CLEVELAND, Ezer | 1816 |
| CONSTANT, William and John GAIN (colored) **Coy Robbins notes that this name should be spelled GOEN |
1817 |
| COX, Jesse | 1818 |
| CROW, James | 1815 |
| CROW, R. | 1815 |
| DARROCH, Daniel | 1819 |
| DAVIS, Adam | 1814 |
| DAVIS, Adam | 1815 |
| DAVIS, Larkin | 1819 |
| DAVIS, Ranson | 1814 |
| DePAUW, James | 1817 |
| DIXON, Simon | 1816 |
| DOAN, David | 1815 |
| DOAN, Ebenezer | 1813 |
| DOAN, Jonathan | 1815 |
| DUNCAN, George | 1819 |
| FARLOW, George | 1815 |
| FIELD, Robert | 1814 |
| GAIN, John and William CONSTANT (colored) **Coy Robbins notes that this name should be spelled GOEN |
1817 |
| GIFFORD, Levi | 1818 |
| HANDY, William | 1813 |
| HANKS, Wyatt | 1816 |
| HENDERSON, James | 1815 |
| HENRY, John | 1818 |
| HILL, John | 1815 |
| HOLLOWELL, Jesse | 1813 |
| HOPPER, Thomas | 1816 |
| HORSEY, Clement | 1817 |
| HUNGATE, Dennis | 1817 |
| JOHNS, Samuel | 1818 |
| JOHNSON, David | 1818 |
| JOHNSON, John | 1815 |
| JONES, Esau | 1815 |
| JONES, John | 1819 |
| KEARBY, Alexander | 1819 |
| LEWIS, J. M. | 1818 |
| LINDLEY, Jonathan | 1813 |
| LINDLEY, Jonathan | 1814 |
| LINDLEY, Owen Sr. | 1815 |
| LINDLEY, Thomas | 1815 |
| LINDLEY, Thomas | 1815 |
| LINDLEY, William | 1813 |
| LINDLEY, Zachariah | 1816 |
| LINDLEY, Zachariah | 1816 |
| LYNCH, John | 1818 |
| MARIS, Aaron | 1816 |
| MARIS, John | 1815 |
| MARIS, Thomas | 1815 |
| McMAHON, William | 1818 |
| McVEY, James | 1815 |
| McVEY, James | 1815 |
| MEADY, Hugh | 1816 |
| MORRIS, Benjamin | 1815 |
| NEWLIN, J. | 1819 |
| MILLIGAN, William | 1816 |
| MILLIS, Edward | 1813 |
| MOULDER, Jacob | 1819 |
| OWEN, Ephraim | 1815 |
| PEARSON, James | 1817 |
| PINNICK, John | 1815 |
| REUBOTTOM, Simon | 1818 |
| RICHARD, Henry | 1817 |
| SCOTT, Isaac | 1817 |
| SHIRLEY, Elizabeth | 1815 |
| SNYDER, John | 1819 |
| SPIREY, Esau | 1819 |
| STOUT, John | 1819 |
| STOUT, Jonathan | 1818 |
| STOUT, Reuben | 1818 |
| STOUT, Solomon | 1815 |
| SUTHORLIN, G. | 1819 |
| TAYLOR, Charles | 1817 |
| THOMAS, Lewis | 1819 |
| THOMPSON, John | 1818 |
| TRUEBLOOD, Josiah | 1816 |
| TRUEBLOOD, William | 1814 |
| TRUEBLOOD, William | 1815 |
| VANDEVEER, Thomas | 1817 |
| VEST, Robert | 1819 |
| WATSON, John | 1813 |
| WHITE, Joseph | 1819 |
| WILLIAMS, John | 1816 |
| WILSON, Paton | 1815 |
| WOLFINGTON, John | 1816 |