Wayne County, Indiana

by Lafever, Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9781596298828
• ISBN10: 1596298820
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-31
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

The residents of Wayne County, Indiana, have battled about the county seat location since the county's formation in 1810. There have been three county seats and six courthouses. The disagreement-started between settlers from Salisbury and Centerville-was bitterly debated in the Indiana Territory legislature. Although Salisbury was the first county seat, the seat was moved to Centerville soon after Indiana's ratification as a state, and Salisbury faded into a lost town. For fifty-two years, Centerville maintained power, building two courthouses and a jail, until Richmond asserted its dominance in the state legislature. The struggle for the reins of power in Wayne County was Indiana's longest-running feud, igniting untold amounts of community pride. Join Wayne County historian Carolyn Lafever as she shares this story of conflict and courthouses, from tumultuous beginning to peaceful end. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Northwest Territory and the First Wayne County	p. 13
Indiana Territory	p. 19
A New Wayne County	p. 23
Indiana Becomes a State	p. 39
Centerville: The Notable Town of the County	p. 49
County Seat Business in Centerville	p. 59
Richmond Outgrows Centerville	p. 63
Second Courthouse in Centerville	p. 71
Politics, Radicals and Slavery	p. 77
The Civil War and a New County Battle Threatens	p. 87
Richmond's First Courthouse	p. 103
Wayne County's Sixth Courthouse	p. 109
Historical Tidbits	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 135
Bibliography	p. 137
About the Author	p. 143
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