JAMES McCUTCHAN appointed to Board of commissioners of Floyd Co. Ind, May, 1819. pg 153 Item #2. Feb. 8, 1819..Greenville Township organized and at the same meeting: "MR. JAMES McCUTCHAN, SR., be appointed Inspector of Election in the township of Greenville for the term of one year.:" pg. 278 Item #3.

"The McCutchans first settled on the Wabash river very early in the present or possibly at the close of the last century, but subsequently removed to this county and purchased land upon Big Indian a little in advance of other settlers of that time. The family was originaly from Ireland, but settled in Virginia and subsequently in Tennessee before removing to Indiana, A deed now in possession of SAMUEL McCUTCHAN shows that the family were residents of Augusta Co. Va, it being given by Governor Brocke, of that State, and dated October l, 1782. Part of the family removed to Tennessee, where they remained but a time.

JAMES moved from Virginia with his family directly to the Wabash Country , where he lived a short time and was engaged in the Indian war of that period, being in the battle of Tippecanoe. Having had six horses stolen from him by the Indians, and being otherwise harrassed by the savages,, his family and himself being in continual danger of massacre, he left that country and determined to return to Virginia; but reaching his brother, William, who had settled meanwhile in this county, he remained with him and subsequently purchased land and became a permanent resident.

He taught school in after years, and was probably the first teacher on Indian Creek within the limits of this township." pg. 308 Item #4. "The first school in the Scott settlement was probably taught by JAMES McCUTCHAN, in a log house near the site of Mt. Eden Church, now in Greenville township. The first school on Big Indian Creek was also taught by JAMES McCUTCHAN." pg.