The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
When the Black Hawk War broke out in 1832, S. S. Phelps was offered the office of commissary and would be ranked as a major. He refused and stayed at Yellow Banks where he thought he could exert more influence on the dissatisfied savages.
The settlement of Oquawka now consisted of the log dwelling and a crude structure, which served as a store; it was the first frame structure in Warren County. The mill, situated about a mile and a half from town on what had been termed the "Devil's Half Acre" by Peter Cartwright, the Methodist preacher, had been built and the Jamison Settlement was established.
1882 History of Henderson County