The Indiana Territory was established
from the Old Northwest Territory in 1800. Originally it
included a vast area from which the Michigan Territory was separated in
1805 and the Illinois
Territory in 1809. Only three Indiana Counties
were formed before 1808, Knox in 1790, Clark in 1801
and Dearborn in 1803.
In 1806 the General Assembly of the
Indiana Territory passes a resolution: to enable the Governor of this territory,
for equal representation to the general assembly. The sheriffs of
the counties
of Dearborn,Clark, Knox and Randolph (Illinois). Take
a list of all the free males 21 years and older, and return to list to
the secretary of the state on or before the June 1st 1807. There are no
known copy of the Clark County census taken in 1806, there are copies
of the voters list for this county for the same year.
Dearborn County
Dearborn
County included an area from Ft. Recovery, Ohio south west to Madison,Indiana.
Currently includes all or part of Wayne, Franklin, Union, Fayette,
Dearborn, Ohio, Rush and Switzerland
Counties.
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Will be adding rest of the Indiana Counties soon.
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County Home Page
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County Home Page
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