Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison/Proclamation Concerning the courts in Clark county

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Proclamation: Concerning the Courts in Clark County

June 22, 1801

Executive Journal, 4

The Governor issued a proclamation for the continuing of the Courts at Springville in^[1] Clark county until a permanent seat of Justice for said county is fixed on.^[2][Abstract]

↑ Springville was located on donations 94 and 115, Clark's Grant, about two miles west of Charlestown. There seems to have been a trading post there in the eighteenth century. The town site was plotted in 1800. The home of Jonathan Jennings was nearby. It was a thriving little village of Indian traders until June 9. 1802 when Jeffersonville became the county seat. One of the French traders was named Tully and the Indians called the place Tullytown.
↑ A court had been established by Governor St. Clair at Clarksville near what is now Jeffersonville, January 8, 1790; see also proclamation of February 3, 1801. June 9, 1802, the governor by proclamation designated Jeffersonville as the county seat and ordered the courts to meet there on August 1, following.

[1] Springville was located on donations 94 and 115, Clark's Grant, about two miles west of Charlestown. There seems to have been a trading post there in the eighteenth century. The town site was plotted in 1800. The home of Jonathan Jennings was nearby. It was a thriving little village of Indian traders until June 9. 1802 when Jeffersonville became the county seat. One of the French traders was named Tully and the Indians called the place Tullytown.

[2] A court had been established by Governor St. Clair at Clarksville near what is now Jeffersonville, January 8, 1790; see also proclamation of February 3, 1801. June 9, 1802, the governor by proclamation designated Jeffersonville as the county seat and ordered the courts to meet there on August 1, following.

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