David Hoover is credited with choosing the location of a new Quaker settlement that would one day become the city of Richmond. He was a surveyor by trade, and when it came time to mark off John Smith’s land into building lots, Smith hired Hoover to accomplish the task. Hoover would later serve as a Justice of the Peace, Circuit Court Judge, and Circuit Court Clerk over the course of his life.
The Wayne County Historical Museum has his original surveying tools on display.
