Creation of Clark County, 1801

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The Governor Issued a proclamation deviding the County of Knox and Erecting a seperate County to be stiled the County of Clark the boundarys of which are as follows, beginning at the Ohio river at the mouth of Blew River, thence up the said River to the Crossing of the same by the Road leading from Saint Vincennes to Clarksville, thence by a direct line to the nearest part of White River thence up the said River and that branch thereof which runs toward Fort Recovery, and from the head springs of said branch to Fort Recovery, thence along the boundary line Between the Indiana, and North Western Territory, to the Ohio, thence down the same River to the place of begining at the same time directing the first session of said Courts to be held at Spring ville in said County.

February 3rd. 1801.

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