INDIANA TRAILS Welcome To Genealogy Trails Harrison County Indiana I am Barbara Ziegenmeyer your host for Harrison County This county was the home of my ancestors if you have any data you would like to contribute please email me THE HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY Harrison County was established December 1, 1808 and was the fourth county organized in Indiana. Harrison County was taken out of Knox and Clark Counties Corydon is the County seat and was once the Indiana State Capital. On May 1 1813, the capital of the Indiana Territory was removed from Vincennes to Corydon, and the original stone building used as the Capital building still stands. Near this building, under an elm tree, the first constitution of the State of Indiana was written. Harrison County was named from William Henry Harrison. Harrison County is divided into twelve Civil Townships, Blue River, Boone, Franklin, Harrison, Heth, Jackson, Morgan, Posey, Spencer, Taylor, Washington and Webster. Scott Township is now included in Harrison County. More History First White Settlers Early Settlers Walter Q. Gresham Early Indians Mined Southern Flint Beds Indians Give Up Central Indiana Some of the municipalities in Harrison County are : Corydon, Crandall, Elizabeth, Laconia, Lanesville, Mauckport, New Amsterdam, New Middletown, New Salisbury, and Palmyra                                                         WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA The Frederick Porter Griffin Center for Local History and Genealogy is located directly behind the Harrison County Public Library at 117 W. Beaver Street in Corydon, IN. Courthouse 300 N. Capitol Ave. Corydon, IN 47112 Harrison County Historical Society 117 West Beaver Street Corydon, IN 47112 The Harrison County Public Library  is located at 105 North Capitol Avenue (Highway 337) Corydon, Indiana Neighboring Counties Are : Floyd Crawford Clark Washington   Search Harrison County, Indiana powered by FreeFind Updated November 24,  2008 © 2006 Barbara Ziegenmeyer