Hi, all, Here is more on the descendants of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris. As I am sure many of you noticed, I have been unable to locate the 1820 census records of Obediah Harris III & Pleasant Harris (sons of Benjamin & Margaret Ingle Harris,) who were both disowned by the Whitewater Monthly Meeting in 1813 for marrying contrary to discipline. I do find later records of each, however, but their descendants are not as clear as many of the others from this line. There are several county histories of Wayne & Grant Cos., Indiana, and each provides different information on a few of the numerous descendants of this line. Here is information from the earliest county history of them that I have located. The history is confusing, I think. Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ========================= Extracted from: YOUNG, Andrew W.: History of Wayne Co., Indiana, From Its First Settlement to the Present Time; With Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches.; Published, 1872, by Robert Clarke & Co., Printers, Cincinati, Ohio, USA This volume is under no copyright, and is PUBLIC RECORD. --- pp. 81-82: Location of the County seat The late Dr. Plummer, in his Historical Sketch, quotes from John B. Stitt as follows: At the June term, 1811, the commissioners appointed by an act of legislature, having failed to discharge their duty according to law, in selecting a seat of justice for the county, the court declared their duties ended, and appointed in their stead Samuel Walker, Richard Maxwell, and Benj. Harris. Richard Rue and Ephraim Overman were members of the territorial legislature of 1810, from the county of Dearborn, of which the present county of Wayne formed a part. There were then but three counties in the territory, Knox, Clark, and Dearborn The Commissioners to locate the county seat were John Addington, George Holman, and John Cox. The law prescribing their duties and fixing the time and the place of their meeting, did not reach the court, then held at Rues, until about a month after its publication And the court ordered that the town in Wayne, or the seat of justice, shall be called Salisbury. This action of the court was denounced by friends of the central location A paper was circulated to take the sense of the citizens in respect to the legality of the action of the court, designed to be presented to the court. The result showed 330 in favor of the report of the legislative committee [two of which determined that the seat should be in the center of the county], and 150 approving the action of the court. Efforts were soon made for the removal of the county seat to Centerville. In the midst of the bitter strife between the Salisbury and Centerville parties an act was passed in 1816, authorizing the removal of the county seat to Centerville --- p. 83: Organization of Townships The first Constitution of the State of Indiana was adopted in 1816. The [county] commissioners laid off the following six townships, which then composed the county p. 84: The commissioners appointed for the several townships the following officers: Inspectors of Elections---Train Caldwell, Washington; Renne Julian, Jackson; Abraham Elliott, Perry; Benj. Harris, New Garden; John Stewart, Wayne; Joseph Cox, Harrison. Constables--- Tense Massey, New Garden Listers--- Pleasant Harris, New Garden. --- p. 211: Franklin township Franklin township was formed from New Garden, May, 1834. Its principal stream is the middle fork of Whitewater, which enters the township from Ohio, about 2½ miles south of the north-east corner, and runs almost directly south, about half a miles from the Ohio line, to the south line of the township. --- ========================== END OF FILE ==========================