William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County,
Indiana (New Albany IN: Tribune Company Printers) 1911, p. 16-17.
William Henry Harrison, the father of Harrison County, was born in Berkeley,
Va., February 9, 1773. He entered the army early and was appointed
secretary of the Northwestern Territory. On May 13, 1800, he was appointed
governor of Indiana Territory. On January 10, 1801, he took charge of the
office at Vincennes which was then the territorial capital. He remained in
charge of the executive department of the territory until September 1812
when he was appointed a brigadier general and assigned to the command of the
northwestern frontier. He was the ninth president of the United States.
General Harrison, in 1807, entered a attract of land on Blue River at
Wilson's Spring. He there set out a large apple orchard, some of the trees
of which are still standing to mark the spot where a president of the United
States once lived. He was in every sense a man of the people and was known
among the early settlers far and near as "Bill" Harrison.