The first settler, William Tolland, came there in 1829 but apparently never purchased any land, despite living there for several years.

Later settlers purchased property from the Bentons.

Within a century, British and Dutch settlers had purchased much of the land.

Most settlers purchased land title deeds directly form Richard Beasley.

The town's first settler, Green Bently, purchased and developed farmland on the site of the village in 1798.

The Prime Minister's Government secretly provided $1.8 million in public money so the settlers could purchase the lease.

The first settlers in the area purchased land from the government in 1875.

Vaguely the family had known that trustworthy English settlers had purchased the farm, but their name had been lost.

The area that now constitutes Tarkington was settled in 1826 when the first settlers purchased land from the Mexican government and became ranchers.

The settlers who arrived to found the English colony of Maryland purchased land for their first settlement from the Yaocomico.