Harrison Township

Towns: Bethel - Harrison PO - Slickville - Benadum -

Location:
Coordinates: 40°15′36″N 85°30′35″W [S4]

Other Names:

Maps:
1870: [S3] -
1874: [S8, page 10] - Bethel -
1876: [S6] -

Population:
1870: 1400
1880: 1786 [S5, page 3]

Cemeteries:

Beech Grove Cemetery: Section 6, Harrison Township
- "The Mystery Cemetery" - [DCHS Newsletter, Jan-March 2009, p 3, 5, 6]
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Schools:

- Harrison School:
- Photo of Harrison School, built 1909, closed 1971 - [DCHS Newsletter, July-Sept 2008, page 4]
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Harrison Township Delinquent Taxpayers, 1847 [Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, p 15, 16] - Doc2736.pdf

"This is on the south side of section 20, and not far away was the place named Harrison, designed as a village by Job Garner, who conducted the first merchandising enterprise of the township at that point." [S9, p 102]

Township Information: [S11, page 165]

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Map: Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No# Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail: Harrison Township, Delaware County

An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffin, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971

Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Harrison Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

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Book: Road Names of Delaware County, Indiana. Muncie, Indiana: Delaware County Historical Society, 2005. Bk3641, page 11

Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642

Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012.

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"Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847" Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes. Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf

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Ellis, John S. Our County: [Delaware County, Indiana] Its History and Early Settlement by Townships. (1890). Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill Publications, Reproduction, 1987. Bk2082. Read Online -

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Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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