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County Quick Reference

County Seat: Corydon

County Name: Named for William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Territory and later President of the United States.

 
Boundary Changes
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Date
Area
Change
01 DEC 18081329Harrison created from Clark and Knox counties
10 DEC 18101353Gained land from Clark County
17 JAN 1814763Lost land from the creation of Washington County
   

 

 

Authority
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1808An Act to form a new County out of the Counties of Knox and Clark
  
1810An Act extending the bounds of the county of Harrison
  
1814An Act for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Harrison and Clark
  


Background
(general information on the area to put it in the context of history)

Harrison County was formed on 01 December 1808 by An Act to form a new County out of the Counties of Knox and Clark [click here for more information]. The county's boundaries would change two times before statehood.

The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map

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Harrison County in 1808

 

Census
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DatePopulationChange
18103,595---


Bibliography
(click on the title of the following works to learn more about life in the area; for those items not available online, check with your local library for availability)


  • Ancestral Trails Historical Society Newsletters, 1976-1977. 1 vols.
  • [History of] the Corydon Presbyterian Church , Corydon, Indiana.
  • Four Harrison County, Indiana Cemeteries: Charley Family, Old Conrad, Old Goshen, and Silver Lake, 1939.
  • Aley, Ginette M. "Westward Expansion, John Tipton, and the Emergence of the American Midwest 1800-1839." Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005.
  • Beanblossom, Walter S. Indiana Legion : Organization of Companies, Civil War, Harrison County, Indiana. Hawesville, Ky.: W.S. Beanblossom, 1973.
  • Beanblossom, Walter S. A Collection of Harrison County, Indiana Records. Owensboro, KY: Cook-McDowell Publications, 1980.
  • Bickel, George and Arthur Gleitz. History of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Corydon [Harrison Co.] Ind.
  • Bulleit, F. A. "Illustrated Atlas and History of Harrison County, Indiana : Containing Maps of Villages, Cities and Townships of the County ... Statistics, Biographies, and History of the County, Portraits of Public and Leading Citizens." Corydon, Ind.: F.A. Bulleit, 1906.
  • Bulleit, F. A. and D.J. Lake & Company. "Combined Atlases of Harrison Co., Ind., 1882-1906." In Heritage collection. Illustrated atlas. Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, 1986.
  • Butt, Wilford C. History of the Mount Solomon Evangelical Lutheran Church Located About Six Miles West of Corydon, Indiana, in What Was the Former Scott Township, Now Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana. Corydon, Ind.,,, 1969.
  • Funk, Arville L. Historical Almanac of Harrison County, Indiana. Corydon, Ind.: Alfco Publications, 1974.
  • Funk, Arville L. Revolutionary War Soldiers of Harrison County, Indiana. Corydon, Ind.: Alfco Publications : published in cooperation with the Harrison County Bicentennial Committee, 1974.
  • Griffin, Frederick Porter. History of Corydon & Harrison County, Indiana : A Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings. Paoli, Ind.: Willow Creek Printing, 1991.
  • Historical Society of Harrison County (Harrison County Ind.). Harrison County, Indiana History & Families. Evansville, Ind.: M.T. Pub. Co., 2006.
  • Holliday, James R. Early History of Harrison County, Indiana. N.p., 1932.
  • John M. Gresham Company. 1889 Biographical and Historical Souvenir, for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington Indiana. Chicago: Chicago Printing Company, 1889.
  • Jordan, Benjamin. History and Genealogy of the Jordan Family of Harrison County, Indiana. Watseka, Ill.: S.D. Kamp, 1950.
  • Keasling, Lynne C. Morris. Exciting Times in Old Harrison County, Indiana : News Items from the Corydon Republican and the Corydon Democrat, 1900 through 1905 : Shootings, Divorces, Elopements, Snakes, Murders, Court Actions, Jail Breaks, Unhappy Relationships, Suicides, Accidents, Notariety, Editorial Comments on Social Behavior, and More. Corydon, Ind.: s.n., 2009.
  • Keasling, Lynne C. Morris, Patricia Mayden Hutt, Daughters of the American Revolution. Hoosier Elm Chapter (Corydon Ind.) and Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Records Committee. Harrison County, Indiana Reports of Relief, 1922-1925. Indiana: Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Records Committee, 2011.
  • Kirkham, Robert. History of Harrison County, Indiana, in the World War. 2 vols.: F. & Q., 1923.
  • Lake, Philadelphia Co and B. N. Griffing. An Atlas of Harrison County, Indiana. Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1977.
  • Lemmon, D. F. The ancient capital of the state of Indiana, Corydon, Harrison county. New Albany, Ind., Ledger co., 1891.
  • New Salisbury High School (New Salisburg Ind.). The History of Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana. New Salisbury, IN: Made avaiable by Mr. Nicholas Bush and Colonel Edwin K Adam, 1978.
  • Perrin, William Henry. 1889 Biographical and Historical Souvenir, Harrison County, Indiana, with Complete Index of All Counties. 1 vols. Knightstown, IN: Bookmark, 1980.
  • Riker, Dorothy Lois. Abstracts of Early Wills of Harrison County, Indiana, 1809-1832. Fort Wayne, Ind.,: Public Library, 1969.
  • Roose, William H. Indiana's Birthplace : A History of Harrison County, Indiana. New Albany, Ind: Tribune Co. Printers, 1911.
  • Saulman, Earl O. Blacks in Harrison County, Indiana : A History. 1 vols. Corydon, Ind.: E.O. Saulman, 2001.
  • Schwartz, Karen, Thalita A. Floyd-Wingerter and Historical Society of Harrison County (Harrison County Ind.). Harrison County, Indiana Pictorial History : Celebrating 200 Years : 1808-2008. Evansville, Ind.: M.T. Pub. Co., 2008.
  • Shannon, Barbara E. Walk Along with Us from Africa to Harrison County, Indiana : A Documentary and Pictorial Review of the Making of a Black Community. Denver, Colo.: B.E. Shannon, 1985.
  • Simler, Donnie. History of Wesley Chapel Church ... Washington Twp. In Harrison County, Indiana. Corydon, Ind.,, 1962.
  • Sonner, John P. and Gerald O. Haffner. The Journal of John P. Sonner : Being an Account of the Life & Times of a Mid-Nineteenth-Century Hoosier Schoolmaster from Harrison County, Indiana. Corydon, Ind.: O'Bannon Pub. Co., 1966.
  • Summers, Catherine Kelley. Harrison County, Indiana Churches. S.l.: C.K. Summers, 1984.
  • United States. Work Projects Administration. Indiana. and Indiana State Library. Harrison County, Indiana, Index of Names of Persons and of Firms. Indianapolis: Indiana State Library, 1941.
  • Wiseman, James C. History of the United Brethren Churches of Harrison County, Indiana. S.l.: s.n., 1972.
 
Related Content
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An Act for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Harrison and Clark, 1814

published by Matthew L. Helm on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 22:27
BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Indiana Territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, all that part of Dearborn and Clark counties which is included in the following boundaries, shall form and constitute two new counties, that is to say — "Beginning at the corner of townships number 7 and 8, on the line of the state of Ohio, thence north, until the same arrives at fort Recovery, thence, from fort Recovery southwardly, with the line of the western boundary of the purchase made at fort Wayne, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, until the same intersects the line of the northern boundary of the purchase made at Grouseland, thence northwardly, with the line of the last mentioned purchase until the same arrives at a point from which a due east and west line will strike the corner of town seven and eight on the aforesaid state of Ohio line"

An Act extending the bounds of the county of Harrison, 1810

published by Matthew L. Helm on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 20:43
WHEREAS it has been represented to the General Assembly, that it would be a public convenience to attach to the county of Harrison a small slip now in the county of Clark, on the Ohio river — therefore, § 1. BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that tract of country contained in the boundary following, be attached to, and constitute part of the said county of Harrison, to wit: to begin at the intersection of the line dividing the fifth and sixth ranges with the river Ohio, thence with the meanders thereof to the mouth of Falling run, thence a straight line to the intersection of the range line between the fifth and sixth ranges, on the boundary of the Delaware purchase, thence with that line to the place of beginning.

An Act to form a new County out of the Counties of Knox and Clark, 1808

published by Matthew L. Helm on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 19:59
BE it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of December next, all that part of the counties of Knox and Clark, which is included in the following boundaries, shall form and constitute a new county, that is to say; beginning at the point on the river Ohio, where the meredian line from which the ranges take number, strikes the same, thence due north to the present Indian boundary line, thence with the said boundary line, to the intersection of the same by the line which divides the fourth and fifth ranges east, thence with the latter to the above mentioned boundary line, between the Jeffersonville, and Vincennes districts, and with the same to the intersection of the line dividing the fifth and sixth ranges, thence with the said range line until it strikes the Ohio River, and thence down the same, with the meanders thereof, to the place of beginning.

 

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