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INDIANA TRAILS
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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
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THE HISTORY OF
HARRISON COUNTY
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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.
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Some of the
municipalities in
Harrison County are :
Corydon, Crandall, Elizabeth, Laconia,
Lanesville,
Mauckport, New Amsterdam, New Middletown,
New Salisbury, and Palmyra
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WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA
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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.
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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 |
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Updated October 2009
© 2006 Barbara Ziegenmeyer
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