Warren County IN Archives History - Books .....Creation Of The County Of Warren 1883
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Book Title: Counties Of Warren, Benton, Jasper And Newton, Indiana

COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
BY WESTON F. GOODSPEED. 

CREATION OF THE COUNTY OF WARREN.

THE territory comprising the present county of Warren, together with a large
portion of the remainder of Northwestern Indiana, including the counties of
Benton, Jasper and Newton, was formerly attached to the county of Wabash; but
during the legislative session of 1825-26, when the act creating the county of
Fountain was passed, the following proceeding, relative to what afterward became
Warren County, was made Section 7 of that enactment:

    SECTION 7. All that part of the county of Wabash lying north and west of the
said county of Fountain shall be and hereafter is attached to the said county
for the purpose of civil and criminal jurisdiction. Approved December 30, 1825.

    No further change was made until the session of 1826-27, when the following
enactment was passed:

   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That from and
after the first day of March next all that part of the county of Wabash
contained within the following boundaries shall form and constitute a new county
to be designated the county of Warren, to wit: Beginning at the northeast corner
of Vermillion County, on the Wabash River, thence west to the State line, thence
north to the line dividing Townships 23 and 24 north, thence east with said line
to the western line of Tippecanoe County, thence south on the said western line
of Tippecanoe County to the Wabash River, and thence with the meanders of said
river to the place of beginning.

    SECTION 2. The said new county shall, from and after the said first day of
March next, enjoy all the rights, privileges and jurisdictions which to separate
and independent counties properly appertain.

    SEC. 3. Daniel Sigler, of Putnam County, James Strange, of Park County,
Thomas Lampson, of Montgomery County, James Paige, of Tippecanoe County, and
Robert Wilson, of Vigo County, are hereby appointed Commissioners for the
purpose of fixing the permanent seat of justice of said new county agreeably to
the provisions of an act entitled "An act for fixing the seats of justice in all
new counties hereafter to be laid off." The Commissioners above named, or a
majority of them, shall convene at the house of Enoch Farmer in said new county
on the first Monday in June next, and proceed to the discharge of the duties
assigned them by law.

    SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Fountain County to notify the
Commissioners herein above named, either in person or by written notification,
of their appointment on or before the 10th day of April next, and for such
service the Board of Justices of the said new county shall allow him a
reasonable compensation, payable out of the County Treasury thereof.

    SEC. 5. The Circuit and other courts of the said new county of Warren shall
be held at the house of Enoch Farmer, in said county, or at any other place
therein the said courts may adjourn to until suitable accommodations can be had
at the seat of justice of said county when the courts shall adjourn to meet there.

    SEC. 6. The agent who shall be appointed to superintend the sale of lots at
the county seat of the said new county of Warren shall reserve ten per centum
out of the proceeds thereof, and also ten per centum out of all donations to
said county, and shall pay the same over to such person or persons as may be
appointed according to law to receive the same for the use of a county library.

    SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the qualified voters of the said new county
of Warren at the time of electing a Clerk, Recorder and Associate Judges for the
said county to elect five Justices of the Peace within and for said county, who
shall constitute a board for transacting as well the duties heretofore devolving
on the Board of Commissioners as other regular county business.

    SEC 8. The said new county of Warren is hereby attached to the county of
Fountain until otherwise provided for all judicial purposes except what may be
within the jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after the first day of March next.

    Approved January 19, 1827.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

PART II.
HISTORY OF WARREN COUNTY.
County Organization
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COUNTIES OF 
Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton,
INDIANA

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1883.


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