Washington Pioneer Pursuit Index
The following individuals have been deemed to have lived in Washington Territory on or before November 11, 1889. Some of the names included have been migrated from the
Pioneer Certificate program and are so noted.
Disclaimer #1: All data for pioneers, including proper sources, has been verified and approved by the WSGS Pioneer Pursuit Contest committee. We cannot, however, verify the accuracy of subsequent generational data. Every genealogist who uses this data should verify the information given and verify the source materials to make sure all data is correct.
Disclaimer #2: If new, more accurate data becomes available on any Pioneer, we will post the new data immediately following the current data with a notation showing the revision.
| Last Name * |
First Name |
Birthplace
|
| Adams |
Ad-sub-cud |
Washington Territory |
| Adams |
Annie Gibson |
Kansas |
| Allison |
Alanson |
New York |
| Allison |
Charles Dewitt |
Washington Territory |
| Allison |
Clara Jane |
Washington Territory |
| Allison |
Estina Belle |
Washington Territory |
| Allison |
Henry |
Washington Territory |
| Allison |
James |
Washington Territory |
|
|
John William |
|
| Allison |
Junia Etta |
Washington Territory |
| Allison |
Thomas Francis |
Washington Territory |
| Allred |
Clemmie |
|
| Anderson |
David W. |
Washinton Territory |
| Anderson |
David Wallace |
Pennsylvania |
| Anderson |
Elizabeth |
Washington Territory |
| Anderson |
Frank |
Washington Territory |
| Anderson |
John David |
Washington Territory |
| Anderson |
Nettie |
Washington Territory |
| Anderson |
Nettie |
Washington Territory |
| Anderson |
William |
Scotland |
| Archambault |
Mary Alice |
Washington Territory |
| Bannister |
Benjamin Burchell |
England |
| Bannister |
Edith |
Washington Territory |
| Bannister |
Fred |
Washington Territory |
| Bannister |
Harry Edwin |
Washington Territory |
| Bannister |
Nellie Ellen |
Washington Territory |
| Bertrandt |
Edmond |
France |
| Bertrandt |
Frank Henry |
New York |
| Black |
Elva Pearl |
Washington Territory |
| Black |
Elvis Price |
Missouri |
| Bolenbaugh |
Arzilla Electra |
Washington Territory |
| Bolenbaugh |
Elnora M. |
Washington Territory |
| Bolenbaugh |
Jacob Watrus |
Indiana |
| Bolenbaugh |
Miles Dexter |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
Alice Elizabeth |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
Daniel Raymond |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
Daniel William |
California |
| Boone |
Eleanor |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
James Phillip |
California |
| Boone |
John Franklin |
California |
| Boone |
Martin Jacob |
California |
| Boone |
Mattie Pearl |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
Nellie Belle |
California |
|
|
Sarah Katherine |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
William Clark |
Washington Territory |
| Boone |
William DeHart |
Ohio |
| Boone |
William James |
Washington Territory |
| Borde |
Vineno |
Austria |
| Bothell |
Rachel E. |
Pennsylvania |
| Bruns |
Edwin Henry |
Illinois |
| Bryant |
Lois A. |
|
| Bu dah |
Lance |
Washington Territory |
| Burch |
Clara |
Oregon |
| Burch |
George |
Oregon |
| Burr |
John |
Washington Territory |
| Burr |
Joseph M. |
Washington Territory |
| Byrd |
Roderick |
|
| Caldwell |
Albert Lewis |
Washington Territory |
| Caldwell |
Ava |
Washington Territory |
| Caldwell |
Charles Albert |
New York |
| Caldwell |
Lewis Edward |
Washington Territory |
| Caldwell |
Lottie J. |
Washington Territory
|
| Caldwell |
Nettie Lorena |
Washington Territory |
| Campbell |
Angus Sinclair |
Canada |
| Campbell |
Charles |
District of Columbia |
| Cathcart |
Amy B. |
Washington Territory |
| Cathcart |
Isaac |
Ireland |
| Cathcart |
Isaac Cecil |
Washington Territory |
| Cathcart |
Lizzie Marion |
Washington Territory |
| Cathcart |
William Henry |
Washington Territory |
| Cattron |
Martha |
Missouri |
| Chamberlin |
James |
Indiana |
| Chesbrough |
George Washington |
Iowa |
| Chesbrough |
John |
New York |
| Church |
Emma Florence |
Iowa |
| Clayton |
Sarah Emoline |
Washington Territory |
| Coleman |
Lillie A. |
Oregon |
| Coleman |
Lulu Margaret |
Oregon |
| Coleman |
William J. |
|
| Coleman |
William Richard |
Washington Territory |
| Combs |
Eliza Ann |
Missouri |
| Cox |
Aletus |
Oregon |
| Cox |
Ivy |
Washington Territory |
| Cox |
Leona |
Washington Territory |
|
|
Lucy |
Kansas |
| Cox |
Myrtle |
Washington Territory |
| Cox |
William Milo |
Iowa |
| Crabtree |
Ida Ellen |
California |
| Crossman |
Lulu Morris Elwell |
Washington Territory |
|
|
Emma Jane Agnes |
England |
| Culbertson |
Margaret Lee |
Missouri |
| Decius |
Rhoda Ella |
Ohio |
| Devlin |
Kathryn M. |
Ohio |
| Dixson |
Rachael Jane |
Iowa |
| Dodge |
Margaret Permilia |
Washington Territory |
| Dodge |
Robert B. |
Washington Territory |
| Dodge |
Robert Bruce |
Pennsylvania |
| Dodge |
Thaddeus Ives |
Washington Territory |
| Donovan |
Mary |
Canada |
| Dougherty |
Rose Agnes |
Unknown |
| Ellis |
Alfred Cookman |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Alma M. |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Arthur Emert |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Arthur Garfield |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Charles Francis |
Wyoming |
| Ellis |
Clara Jane |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Edwina Cathryn |
California |
| Ellis |
Eli Edwin |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Ellis Ebenezer |
Virginia |
| Ellis |
Estella Olive |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
George |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
George Wesley |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Grace Estine |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Harry Carlton |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Henry Alexander |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Henry Clay |
Maryland |
| Ellis |
Hiram Lee |
Maryland |
| Ellis |
John Harry |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
John Markwood |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
John Morris |
Iowa |
| Ellis |
Leonidas Lee |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Lucia Elva |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Martha J. |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Mary Rosetta |
Iowa |
| Ellis |
Maude Emma |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Ralph Laverne |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Robert William |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Samuel George |
Virginia |
| Ellis |
Sarah Caroline |
Virginia |
| Ellis |
Sarah Ellen |
Iowa |
| Ellis |
Susan Frances |
Virginia |
| Ellis |
Thomas Edward |
Iowa |
| Ellis |
Thomas T. |
England |
| Ellis |
Townsend Thomas |
Maryland |
| Ellis |
William Morris |
Washington Territory |
| Ellis |
Zelman Clyde |
Washington Territory |
| Ewing |
Emma Mae |
Washington Territory |
| Ewing |
Ida |
Washington Territory |
| Ewing |
Washington Marion |
Kentucky |
| Ewing |
William Frankin |
Washington Territory |
| Farmer |
Sarah Jane Ellis |
Virginia |
| Fauser |
Christena Katherine |
Ohio |
|
|
Anna Mahala |
Ohio |
|
|
Emsley |
Ohio |
| Fincher |
John Alexander |
Ohio |
| Fincher |
Owen Emsley |
Ohio |
| Fincher |
Robert Lewis |
Ohio |
| Fincher |
William Henry |
Wisconsin |
| Fuller |
Josephine Louisa |
Washington Territory |
| Gardner |
Alberta Anna |
Iowa |
| Garrett |
Abbie Jane |
Washington Territory |
| Garrett |
James W. |
|
| Gervais |
Edgar Claude |
Washington Territory |
|
|
George |
New York |
| Gervais |
Lillian |
Nebraska |
| Gifford |
Abigail "Abbie" |
California |
| Gifford |
Frances Marion |
Illinois |
| Gifford |
Isaac Hiram |
California |
| Gifford |
Josephine J. "Dolly" |
California |
| Gifford |
Newton Cleveland |
Washington Territory |
| Gifford |
Nora Clara |
California |
| Gifford |
William Frances |
California |
| Giles |
Hattie |
Michigan |
| Golden |
John |
Ireland |
| Golden |
John |
Pennsylvania |
| Golden |
Mary Ellen |
Pennsylvania |
| Golden |
Rose M. Agnes |
Pennsylvania |
| Golden |
Susan |
Pennsylvania |
| Golden |
Thomas F. |
Pennsylvania |
| Gordon |
Conrad H. Sr. |
Canada |
| Gordon |
Conrad Jr. |
Michigan |
| Gove |
Jacob Marceliaus |
Washington Territory |
| Gove |
Joseph Charles |
|
| Gove |
Romaldo Levi |
Washington Territory |
| Greene |
Rachel E. |
North Carolina |
| Griffiths |
Archie |
Washington Territory |
| Griffiths |
Joseph M. |
Washington Territory |
| Griner |
George Washington |
Pennsylvania |
| Hatley |
Arminda Alice |
Colorado |
| Hatley |
Bert A. |
Washington Territory |
| Hatley |
Luella |
Washington Territory |
| Hatley |
Ninevah Sherman |
Tennessee |
| Hatley |
Nora Garnet |
Colorado |
| Hatley |
Riley Burton |
North Carolina |
| Hatley |
Walter Allen |
Washington Territory |
| Hatley |
William Sheridan Monroe |
Washington Territory |
| Hauan |
Camilla |
Minnesota |
| Hauan |
Christian |
Norway |
| Hauan |
Ella |
Washington Territory |
| Hauan |
Gertrude |
Norway |
| Hauan |
Ida |
Minnesota |
| Hauan |
Jacobina |
|
| Hauan |
Ole Nicolai |
Norway |
| Hauan |
Oscar |
Washington Territory |
| Hawkins |
Amanda Wymore |
|
| Hawkins |
James W. |
|
| Hawkins |
Margaret Ellen |
Iowa |
| Hawkins |
Nellie |
Iowa |
| Hitchcock |
Anna Rosaria |
Washington Territory |
| Hitchcock |
Emali Theresa |
Washington Territory |
| Hitchcock |
Lillian Margaret |
Washington Territory |
| Hitchcock |
Milton |
|
| Hitchcock |
Orin Lewellyn |
Washington Territory |
| Hitchcock |
Valeria Inex |
Washington Territory |
| Hollenbeck |
Clyde Earl |
Washington Territory |
| Hollenbeck |
Martin Lawrence |
New York |
| Holmes |
Margaret Finneta "Nettie" |
Missouri |
| Hopkins |
Edward William |
Wisconsin |
| Howard |
Horace C. |
Washington Territory |
| Howard |
Jesse Althea |
Washington Territory |
| Howard |
Joshua Allen |
Tennessee |
| Howard |
Lois May |
Washington Territory |
| Howard |
William Floyd |
Washington Territory |
| Hoyt |
Sarah V. |
Maine |
| Jackson |
William |
Washington Territory |
|
|
Margaret |
Pennsylvania |
| James |
Charles Ralph |
Washington Territory |
| James |
Gertrude Pearl |
Washington Territory |
| James |
John Henry |
Ohio |
| Jenkins |
Lydia |
Washington Territory |
| Johns |
Julia |
Ohio |
| Jones |
Angelitha |
Indiana |
| Jones |
Catherine Williams |
Wales |
| Jones |
Jimmy "Soo-ooyalth" |
Washington Territory |
| Jones |
Sarah "Yalalcha" |
Washington Territory |
| Jump |
Joseph H. |
Missouri |
| Jump |
John Henry |
Missouri |
| Keener |
John Babe |
Iowa |
| Keener |
John Mitchell |
Pennsylvania |
| Keener |
Mary Bell |
Iowa |
| Keener |
William |
Missouri |
| Kennedy |
Bliss Emerald |
Washington Territory |
| Kennedy |
Faith Goldie |
Washington Territory |
| Kennedy |
Hope Ruby |
Washington Territory |
| Kennedy |
John Henry Cornelius |
Iowa |
| Kennedy |
John Knox |
Tennessee |
| Kennedy |
Mary Elizabeth |
Illinois |
| Kennedy |
Maud Pearl |
Washington Territory |
|
|
Rhoda Ann |
Indiana |
| Kennedy |
Robert Eakin |
Indiana |
| Kingsbury |
Cornelia Clare |
Kansas |
| Kingsbury |
John Adams |
Kansas |
| Kingsbury |
John Terry |
New York |
| Kingsbury |
Letty |
Texas |
| Kirk |
George |
England |
| Knapp |
Albert C. |
Iowa |
| Knapp |
Earl Horace |
Washington Territory |
| Knapp |
Eugene Fay |
Iowa |
| Knapp |
Frank Warrett |
Iowa |
| Knapp |
George Harris |
Indiana |
| Knapp |
Horace |
Pennsylvania |
| Knapp |
Seth Byron |
Washington Territory |
| Knapp |
Walter Vernon |
Iowa |
| Kuhnhausen |
Arnold |
Germany |
| Kuhnhausen |
Arnold |
Washington Territory |
| Kuhnhausen |
Charles "Carl" Edward |
Germany |
| Kuhnhausen |
Clara |
Germany |
| Kuhnhausen |
Edward Charles |
Germany |
| Kuhnhausen |
Ernest Herman |
Germany |
| Kuhnhausen |
Magnus Otto |
Germany |
| Lance-bu-dah |
Elizabeth |
Washington Territory |
| Lear |
Mary Xwelas Fitzhugh |
Washington Territory |
| Lemoe/Lamond(e) |
Josephine |
Canada |
| Levisohn |
Leihapmann |
Germany |
| Lile/Lyle |
Isaac |
Pennsylvania |
| Lingard |
Jane Jones |
England |
| Loney |
Katherine Lavinia |
Canada |
| Long |
William Lewis |
Tennessee |
| Luedke |
Elizabeth Johanna |
Germany |
| Luedke |
Louise Wilhelmina |
Germany |
| Lyle |
Charles Arthur |
Washington Territory |
| Lyle |
George Franklin David |
Washington Territory |
| Lyle |
Levi Townsend |
Washington Territory |
| Marquardt |
Amalie Dorothea Henriette |
Germany |
| Mathison |
America |
Minnesota |
| Mathison |
Annie |
Washington Territory |
| Mathison |
Bertha/Bergit |
Norway |
| Mathison |
Edward |
Minnesota |
| Mathison |
Ellen |
Washington Territory |
| Mathison |
Jacob |
Norway |
| Mathison |
Joseph |
Norway |
| Mathison |
Josephine/Bernice |
Norway |
| Mathison |
Louis |
Washington Territory |
| Mathison |
Nils/Nels |
Minnesota |
| Maybeck |
Theresa |
New York |
| Maynard |
Elizabeth Orinda |
Oregon |
| McGuire |
Sarah |
Kentucky |
| McIrvin |
Virginia Belle |
Washington Territory |
| McKay |
Lincoln A. |
Washington Territory |
| McPhail |
Catherine "Snohomish Kate" |
Washington Territory |
| McPhail |
John |
|
| Murphy |
Daniel |
Canada |
| Murphy |
Ella Joan |
Canada |
| Murphy |
John Patrick |
Washington Territory |
| Murphy |
Patrick |
Canada |
| Murphy |
William James |
Canada |
| Nash |
Benjamin Franking |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Casa Adele |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Cora Mae |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Emma Jane |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Margaret T. |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Martha Elizabeth Ann |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Mary Alice |
Washington Territory |
| Neeley |
Sarah Tynette |
Iowa |
| Neeley |
Timothy Searl |
Illinois |
|
|
Jane Emeline |
New York |
| Packwood |
Aleta Alice |
Washington Territory |
| Packwood |
Colorado "Collie" |
Colorado |
| Packwood |
Elizabeth Anne "Lizzie" |
Missouri |
| Packwood |
Harry |
Washington Territory |
| Packwood |
Harvey |
Washington Territory |
| Packwood |
John Isham |
Missouri |
| Packwood |
Margaret Lillian |
Missouri |
| Packwood |
Oliver Franklin |
Washington Territory |
| Packwood |
Samuel Tate |
Missouri |
| Packwood |
William |
Washington Territory |
| Parsons |
Frank William Leroy |
Washington Territory |
| Parsons |
George Rodney |
Maine |
| Parsons |
Ira Colbert |
Washington Territory |
| Parsons |
Leola |
Washington Territory |
| Paul |
Clara Olive |
Washington Territory |
| Paul |
Emma Frances |
Washington Territory |
| Paul |
Eveline Lillian |
Washington Territory |
| Paul |
Ida Susan |
Washington Territory |
| Paul |
Thomas (Rev.) |
Virginia |
| Paul |
William David |
Washington Territory |
| Phillips |
Thomas Francis |
Washington Territory |
| Preston |
George Washington |
Washington Territory |
| Preston |
Isaac Joseph |
Washington Territory |
| Preston |
Leah Washington |
Washington Territory |
| Preston |
Mary Martha |
Washington Territory |
| Preston |
Paran C. |
Maine |
| Price |
Charles |
Washington Territory |
| Price |
Clara Stella |
Washington Territory |
| Price |
Henry Scofield |
Ohio |
| Price |
Martha Adelia |
Washington Territory |
| Price |
Samuel Conrad |
Washington Territory |
| Provost |
Fanny Lawless |
Ireland |
|
|
Mary Ann |
Pennsylvania |
| Reynolds |
Charlotte May |
Washington Territory |
| Reynolds |
George Birch |
Indiana |
| Reynolds |
Katherine Louise |
Washington Territory |
| Reynolds |
Nettie Jeanette |
Washington Territory |
| Reynolds |
Stella Christina |
Iowa |
| Reynolds |
Susie Bell |
Iowa |
| Reynolds |
Zola LaVerne |
Washington Territory |
| Roberts |
Frank Howard |
Washington Territory |
| Roberts |
Lucius M. |
Indiana |
| Roberts |
MC |
Washington Territory |
| Seat |
Mary Jane |
Missouri |
| Shaser |
Alice Gladyce |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
America Dorcas |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
Annie Lavar |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
Daniel Franklin |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
Felix |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
Francis |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
George W. |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
George Washington |
Kansas |
| Shaser |
Gustave John |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
Malissa A. |
Washington Territory |
| Shaser |
Margaret Luella |
Oregon |
| Shaser |
Mary Alice |
Oregon Territory |
| Shaser |
Phoebe Ann |
Oregon Territory |
| Shaser |
Winfield Scott |
Washington Territory |
| Shields |
David W. |
Iowa |
| Shields |
Henry |
Ireland |
| Shields |
John Henry G. |
Washington Territory |
| Shields |
Nettie |
Iowa |
| Shields |
Phoebe |
Washington Territory |
| Shields |
Sarah Ellen |
Iowa |
| Shields |
William Thos. |
Washington Territory |
| Smith |
Daisy Mae |
Washington Territory |
| Smith |
Letetita Elizabeth |
Missouri |
| Splawn |
Belle |
Washington Territory |
| Splawn |
Ione |
Washington Territory |
|
|
William Lafayette |
Missouri |
| Stanley |
Abagail |
Indiana |
| Steen |
Nancy Ann |
Indiana |
| Stone |
Sarah Jane |
Iowa |
| Storey |
John Cuthbert |
Illinois |
| Stotts |
Margaret Ann |
Iowa |
| Stotts |
Susan Jane |
Illinois |
| Swasey |
Ida Alice |
Missouri |
|
|
Fae Emsley |
Oregon |
| Templeton |
Isolette |
Washington Territory |
| Templeton |
Maida Pluma |
Washington Territory |
| Templeton |
Samuel Milton |
Missouri |
| Templeton |
Sidney |
Washington Territory |
| Templeton |
Vienna |
Oregon |
| Terice |
John |
|
| Terice |
Susan |
Maine |
| Thiel |
Fred Henry |
Washington Territory |
| Thiel |
Frederick William |
Germany |
| Thiel |
Walter Nathan |
Washington Territory |
| Thomas |
Roscoe Gillespie |
Missouri |
| Thompson |
Addie |
Washington Territory |
| Thompson |
James Andrew |
Maine |
| Thompson |
Mary E. |
Washington Territory |
| Thompson |
William Alfred |
Washington Territory |
| Tucker |
Laura Jewett |
New Jersey |
| Udell |
Mose Leonard |
Washington Territory |
| Unknown |
Mary "Peggy" |
England |
| Wallace |
David William |
Ireland |
| Wallace |
Eliza Jane |
Canada |
| Wellenbrock |
Anton |
Germany |
| Wallenbrock |
Ernest |
Prussia |
| Weston |
Mary |
England |
| Whitener |
Maud Tabitha |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
Chester |
New York |
| Woodworth |
Delvina "Vina" |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
Ioline/Joline Cornelia |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
John Chester |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
Margaret Ann |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
Mary Alice |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
Perry Dewey Jr. |
Washington Territory |
| Woodworth |
Perry Dewey Sr. |
New York |
| Woodworth |
William |
Washington Territory |
| Zaring |
August |
Iowa |
| Zaring |
Eliza Jane |
Indiana |
| Zaring |
Sarah Alice |
Iowa |
| * |
Annie So-yea-ella |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Annie Zaa-co-lees-ah |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Chalawhkeed |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Jagook |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Jennie Sis-doui-'ch-who |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Sal-Dook |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Sal-o-key |
Washington Territory |
| * |
Zak-koops |
Washington Territory |
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* Before 1900, Native Americans did not have surnames as traditionally used in European or American conventions.
