THE EARLY COMMUNITY

THE EARLY COMMUNITY WAS CALLED HOLMANSTOWN BECAUSE THE LAND ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN OWNED BY COLONEL JONATHAN HOLMAN.  WHEN THE PIONEER SETTLERS, ISAAC GLEASON, STEPHEN BARNARD, SAM KNAPP, THE EUSTIS BROTHERS, BENJAMIN EDMUND AND ZEBEDIAH MITCHELL BEGAN MAKING PLANS TO ORGANIZE THEIR SETTLEMENT INTO A TOWN, THE MEXICANS WERE BATTLING THE SPANIARDS FOR FREEDOM.  THE WAR HAD BEEN IN PROGRESS SINCE 1809 AND THE PEOPLE OF HOLMANSTOWN WERE IN GREAT SYMPATHY WITH THE MEXICAN CAUSE.  SO, WHEN HOLMANSTOWN SETTLERS PETITIONED, IN 1818, FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THEIR NEW TOWN, REMEMBERING THE MEXICANS WHO HAD WON THEIR FREEDOM FIGHT IN 1815, THE NAME SELECTED FOR THE NEW TOWN WAS MEXICO.