In a message dated 8/8/1998 1:01:11 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
MFackenth1(a)aol.com writes:
<< Bill
Harrison is a township on the West side of Delaware County in Indiana. It is
just north of Mt Pleasant township that I referred to in the previous
message.
There are no large towns in the township, primarily a farming area. A road,
called Bethel Pike runs northwest out of Muncie which runs directly in the
middle of the township. It is almost due north of the little town of
Yorktown. If you follow a line directly north from Yorktown, there is a
county road that is called the Gaston-Yorktown Pike. Gaston is in Harrison
township.
Harrison township borders Madison County.
Hope this helps.
Micki
>
Hi Actually Gaston is in Washington Twp. Here is what was written in the New
Delaware County History about Harrison Twp.
"Harrison Township is located on the west side of Delaware County bordering
Mt. Pleasant Township to the south, Washington Township to the north, Madison
County to the west, and Township to the East. Harrison Township was named
after William Henry HARRISON. Oddly Harrison Township has the distinction of
not having one town located within its borders. One reason for the slow growth
was the vast swamps that covered the area. The first settlers in the Township
were Isaac ADAMSON in 1832 and Oliver Perry JONES later that fall.
Job GARNER, who settled in the Township around 1837, had the first school. The
school, social activities, religious services, and other public activities
were held in his cabin. Later on in the early years, Jacob MILLER served as
the first post master and started the first dry good store. In the 1850's, he
sold out to a William MOORE who moved the post office to Bethel. Other
establishments during the early years were, a cracker mill, owned by Charles
STOUT; a horse powered mill owned by Samuel MCCUNE; a water mill owned by
Joshua HOWELL, located on Kill Buck Creek; and a distillery owned by Rev.
Jesse STOUT. Mr. STOUT beside being a preacher and owner of a distillery, was
elected the first Justice of the Peace for the Township.
The early schools in the county, and in most counties, were not free. There
was a small fee of about 50 cents to a dollar for each pupil. The schools were
kept up and ran by citizens in the community and the teacher was usually paid
about $1.00 per student. Most teachers were men and trustees hired them. The
trustee position was an elected position and men held that position, including
Alexander DARTER, Joseph QUICK, and Jonas SHOEMAKER."
Source: Delaware Co., Indiana. Its People, Heritage, & History By Shawn GRAY
Copywrite 1998.
There was a town named Harrison that was supposed to be plotted but never
amounted to anything.
Thanks
Shawn GRAY