Indiana (territory)


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Counties
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Clark County(Formed 03 FEB 1801)
Dearborn County(Formed 07 MAR 1803)
Franklin County(Formed 01 JAN 1811)
Gibson County(Formed 01 APR 1813)
Harrison County(Formed 01 DEC 1808)
Jackson County(Formed 01 JAN 1816)
Jefferson County(Formed 01 JAN 1811)
Knox County(Formed 04 JUL 1800)
Orange County(Formed 01 FEB 1816)
Perry County(Formed 01 NOV 1814)
Posey County(Formed 01 NOV 1814)
Randolph County(Formed 04 JUL 1800)
St. Clair County(Formed 04 JUL 1800)
Switzerland County(Formed 01 OCT 1814)
Warrick County(Formed 01 APR 1813)
Washington County(Formed 17 JAN 1814)
Wayne County(Formed 01 JAN 1811)
Wayne County [1803](Formed 01 MAR 1803)
  
See Also:
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (1787-1800)
State of Indiana (1816-)
  

Indiana Territory on 01 March 1803

 

Authority
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1609The Second Charter to the Treasurer and Company, for Virginia, erecting them into a Corporation and Body Politic, and for the further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of said Company and First Colony of Virginia
  
1763The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February 1763. To which, The King of Portugal acceded on the same Day
  
1774An Act for making for effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America
  
1783An act to authorize the delegates of this state in congress, to convey to the United States, in congress assembled, all the right of this commonwealth to the territory north westward of the river Ohio
  
1784Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress...
  
1787An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio
  
1800An act to divide the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio, into two separate governments
  
1809An Act for dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate governments
  

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

The Virginia Colony originally claimed the land of present-day Illinois through its Second Charter to the Treasurer and Company, for Virginia, erecting them into a Corporation and Body Politic, and for the further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of said Company and First Colony of Virginia, 1609 [click here for more information].

The claim to the northwest lands was later vacated in 1783 by the Act to authorize the delegates of this state in congress, to convey to the United States, in congress assembled, all the right of this commonwealth to the territory north westward of the river Ohio, 1783 [click here for more information].

At the time of the cessation of land by Virginia, a Federal committee suggested dividing the area into ten states in the Plan for the Temporary Government of the Western Territory, 1784 [click here for more information].

Three years later, the land of Illinois was organized into the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio under the An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio, 1787 [click here for more information]. and subsequently a part of Indiana Territory [click here for more information].

 

Census
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DatePopulationChange
181024,520-----


Maps
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Resources
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Bibliography
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  • Aley, Robert J. and Max Aley. The Story of Indiana and Its People. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 2001.
  • Baker, Donald E. Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too : The Career of Waller Taylor, Territorial Judge and United States Senator, 1806-1825, 1967.
  • Bateman, Newton, Paul Selby and J. Seymour Currey. Harrison, William Henry: First Governor of Indiana Territory.
  • Bigham, Darrel E. Indiana Territory, 1800-2000 a Bicentennial Perspective. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 2001. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 HathiTrust Digital Library Limited view (search only) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/47255282.html.
  • Carter, Clarence Edwin. The Territorial Papers of the United States. Washington,: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1934. .
  • Clanin, Douglas E. Governor William Henry Harrison's Administration of the Indiana Territory, 1800-1812. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical Society, 1986.
  • Crenshaw, Gwendolyn J. "The Trials of Phillis and Her Children : The First Fugitive Slave Case in Indiana Territory, 1804-1808." M.a., Indiana University, 1987.
  • Emerick, Harry F. Moving West of the Applachians, 1760-1818. Knightstown, Ind.: Mayhill Publications, 1971.
  • Espy, Josiah Murdoch, Samuel Williams and Richard Henry Taneyhill. A Tour in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Territory in 1805 Ohio Valley Historical Series. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1871.
  • Hall, James. Memoir of Thomas Posey, Major-General and Governor of Indiana The Library of American Biography / Conducted by Jared Sparks. Boston: C. Little and J. Brown, 1846.
  • Hillman, Jim and John Murphy. Indiana's Catholic Religious Communities Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 2009.
  • Indiana Council for the Social Studies. Indiana History and Life. Muncie, Ind.: Ball State University, 1983.
  • Indiana Historical Bureau. and Indiana. Indiana Territory Sesquicentennial Commission. Territorial Days of Indiana 1800-1816. Indianapolis: Indiana Territory Sesquicentennial Commission, 1950.
  • Woollen, William Wesley, Daniel Wait Howe, and Jacob Piatt Dunn. Executive Journal of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816 Indiana Historical Society. Publications. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1900.
  • Jones, W. A. Burt. John Rice Jones : A Brief Sketch of the Life and Public Career of the First Practising Lawyer in Illinois ; Rice Jones : A Brief Memoir of the Last Representative of Randolph County in the General Assembly of Indiana Territory, and the Victim of an Historical Tragedy of Early Illinois. [Chicago?]: s.n., 1889.
  • Levering, Julia Henderson. Historic Indiana : Being Chapters in the Story of the Hoosier State from the Romantic Period of Foreign Exploration and Dominion through Pioneer Days, Stirring War Times, and Periods of Peaceful Progress, to the Present Time. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 2001.
  • Peckham, Howard H. and Indiana Historical Bureau. "Indiana, from Wilderness to Statehood." Cannelton, Ind.: Sketch Maps, 1950.
  • Philbrick, Francis S. The Laws of Indiana Territory, 1801-1809 Illinois State Historical Library Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library,. Indianapolis Springfield, Ill.,: Jeffersons printing & stationery Co., 1931.
  • Risinger, C. Frederick and Harry D. Barger. Indiana, Territory and Statehood Indiana Studies, Hoosier History, Government, and People. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Council for the Social Studies Indiana University, 1980.
  • Shake, Curtis Grover. First Capitol of Indiana Territory, 1800-1813 and of the District of Louisiana, 1804-1805. 1 vols. 2d ed. Vincennes, Ind.: Vincennes Fortnightly Club, 1938.
  • Skaggs, David Curtis. The Making of a Major General : William Henry Harrison and the Politics of Command, 1812-13.
  • Songer, Hugo C. The Buffalo Trace to Tippecanoe : Purty Old Tom Montgomery and the Settlement of Southern Indiana. S.l.: H. C. Songer, 2009.
  • Webster, Homer J. and Indiana Historical Society. William Henry Harrison's Administration of Indiana Territory. Indianapolis: Sentinel Print. Co. printers and binders, 1907.

  
 
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An act respecting Crimes and Punishments, 1807

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Indiana (territory)

This page contains research resources for the Indiana Territory.

A Resolution, 1806

WHEREAS the sheriffs of several counties in this territory failed to take in lists of the free male inhabitants of the counties as required by the twenty seventh section of the act passed last session, for levying and collecting a tax on land, and for other purposes.

An Act for Levying and Collecting a Tax on Land and for Other Purposes, 1805

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the courts to same, That on or before the first day of January next the courts of common pleas of the several counties within this territory be empowered, and they are hereby authorised and required to appoint an assessor and collector for the purposes herein after mentioned, each assessor or collector before they begin the exercise of the duties of their respective offices shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before any judge of the court aforesaid of the county viz.

 

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