[citation needed] Many of its residents left the community for higher-paying jobs in larger towns during the Indiana's natural gas boom, but more than 100 families remained in the settlement in the early 1920s.

[6] Other of the community's early pioneers were members of the Pettiford [Pettifoot] family, also free people of color.

Only three African American families who lived in Liberty Township, one of whom was headed by Byrd Weaver, were identified in the 1850 census.

The community continued to attract new migrants during the American Civil War-era, including freed and escaped slaves.

The Indiana gas boom has also been attributed as a factor in changing the attitudes of Grant County's general population, including an increase in racial tension.

[13] As with other early black rural settlements in Indiana, Weaver was established near Quakers, who were known for their strong antislavery views.

[2][3] Other Weaver settlers included those with surnames of Smith, Hill, Pettiford, Burden, Ward, Jones, Wood, Guillford, Artis, and White, among others.

[8] Weaver began to decline in early twentieth century and it no longer exists as a self-contained community.

[10][15] Weaver's African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) congregation built Hill's Chapel in 1849.