BIO: Cavins, Samuel R. - Green Co "HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. GREENE CO., IN. RICHLAND TWP. PAGE 337 SAMUEL R. CAVINS was born in Green County, Ky., in 1792. Before he was of age, he went to Vincennes, and remained there several years. While at Vincennes, he went on a hunting excursion (about the year 1813) up White River, and the party landed in Greene County, just above the mouth of Richland Creek, near the old Indian graveyard. After that he returned to Kentucky. In 1814, he entered the army as a substitute, and served under Gen. Jackson, at the battle of New Orleans. In 1822, he returned to Indiana again, and settled in Monroe County, near Harmony. In 1825, he moved to Lawrence County, near Springville. He moved to Greene County in 1827, and settled on Indian Creek, near Owensburg. In the year 1833, he settled on a farm in Richland Township, adjoining the farm of David Heaton. In 1835, he moved to Bloomfield, and resided there until his death, which was in 1864. In 1828, he was elected Associate Judge of the Circuit Court, and held the office until 1834, when he resigned. He was Assessor for the east side of White River for the year 1834. In 1835, he was elected Clerk, and entered upon the duties of the office in 1835, and held the office continously until 1855. He raised nine children to be grown, and had several to die in infancy. He was well known throughout the county for his hospitality and liberality, and especially remembered for the numerious instances in which he befriended the poor. Through well advanced in years at the time of the last war, there was no man in the county, of any age more active or loyal. He was Draft Commissioner, and was so energetic that more than once was in imminent danger of serious personal injury. From: "Diana Flynn" Date: 25 Jun 1998