William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 68. The original plat of the Town of Elizabeth was sworn to by William D. Littell before John Tipton, justice of the peace, on April 17, 1812. The town was incorporated March 8, 1819, and was named for Elizabeth Veatch whose husband gave the land.