Vigo County, IN           1870 Federal Census           TOWNSHIP INFORMATION

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ABOUT VIGO COUNTY:

Vigo County is named in honor of Francis Vigo, an Italian tradesman who was instrumental 
in the capture of Fort Vincennes by George Rogers Clark, assisted in financing Clark's 
expedition and American Revolutionary War efforts, and served as an agent obtaining 
military information for Clark against British campaigns on what was then the frontier.  
Francis Vigo was of Italian heritage but a citizen of Spain due to his residence in St. 
Louis.

Sullivan County was formed in 1817, and the area that later became Vigo County was part 
of it until 1818, when the county was created by an act of the Indiana General Assembly 
which took effect on February 1.  Its borders changed several times; in 1821, part of the 
county was formed into Parke County, and later that year Putnam County was formed which 
also affected Vigo's borders. The final change came in 1873 when the present boundaries 
were defined. 

In 1811, while General William Henry Harrison (later the 6th President of the United 
States) marched his army north From Vincennes to meet the Indians at the Battle of 
Tippecanoe, the army encamped on the high grounds of Terre Haute and constructed a 
fort overlooking the Wabash River, later named Fort Harrison.

The fort protected the army's supply lines and the capital of the Indiana Territory 
downstream in Vincennes.  Leaving the fort and a small garrison under Colonel James 
Miller, Harrison led his army to the Tippecanoe battleground, where it confronted an 
army led by the Shawnee prophet, Tenskwatawa.

After the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain Zachary Taylor (later the 12th President 
of the United Staes) was ordered by Harrison to leave Fort Knox and assume command of 
Fort Harrison.


Microfilm Roll# M593-366
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STATUS   DESCRIPTION            PAGE#-RANGE    TRANSCRIBER         PROOFREADER       
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.        Fayette Township        146A-170A     .                   .
On-Line  Harrison Township       172A-183B     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
On-Line  Honey Creek Township    184A-202B     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
On-Line  Linton Township         204A-221B     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
.        Lost Creek Township     222A-245B     .                   .
On-Line  Nevins Township         246A-262A     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
On-Line  Otter Creek Township    264A-279B     Jennifer Cruse      Robert E. Lane
On-Line  Pierson Township        280A-298B     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
On-Line  Prairie Creek Township  299A-314A     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
On-Line  Prairieton Township     315A-326B     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
On-Line  Riley Township          327A-345B     Robert E. Lane      Linda Talbott
.        Sugar Creek Township    346A-371B     .                   .
.        Terre Haute, Ward 1     372A-410A     .                   .
.        Terre Haute, Ward 2     411A-453B     .                   .
.        Terre Haute, Ward 3     454A-495A     .                   .
.        Terre Haute, Ward 4     496A-530A     .                   .
.        Terre Haute, Ward 5     531A-577B     .                   .

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