In speaking of the land that
had been owned by Charles Paxton, Mr. Nelson, Isaac Bowman, William Hancock
followed by his 13 heirs, and Samuel Tresenriter. Mr. Tresentriter purchased
the 154 acre tract from the heirs of William Hancock for $1300($100 to
each). In 1846 my 3rd great uncle, Henry H. Edwards, bought the land for
$1700. In September of 1853 he laid out the land that was later named for
him. Henry Edwards was a hoosier. His father, also named Henry, came from
Kentucky to this township among pioneers, with a large family of children,
not many of whom are now living, and only one, William, is now living in
this vicinity.
At the top of the knobs a
road branches from the turnpike, called the Milltown Road. It passes through
the valley of Whisky Run and Georgetown and on to Milltown. Henry Edwards
lived at the forks of the road, in a cabin built there long before Edwardsville
came into existence; and the town being platted around it, this cabin became
the first human habitation in Edwardsville.
From the book: History of Indiana Conferences published in 1926 by Rev. Adam Byron Condo.
In 1853 Henry Edwards laid out the town and built the first house where the Y to the intersection of the state roads is now. This building, later known as the Kroskill House, was torn down in 1934 when Ind. 64 was made a concrete road. Mr. Edwards home became a regular community house, his Uncle William Edwards, a christian minister, made it his headquarters preaching and marrying the people.