In Honor Of The Men from Harrison County

[Marker Front]:

In Honor of

The men from

Harrison County

killed or died of wounds at the

Battle of Tippecanoe

Nov. 7, 1811

and

War of 1812

[Marker's Left Side]:

Capt. Spier Spencer’s Co.

Mounted Rifleman

“Yellow Jackets”

Capt. Spier Spencer •

Lieut. Richard M. McMahan •

Pvt. William Davis •

Pvt. ...

Harrison County

Organized 1808 from parts of Knox and Clark Counties. Named in honor of William Henry Harrison who owned land within the County and was Territorial Governor and later ninth President of U.S.

Fourth County formed in Indiana Territory. Original Harrison County ...

Harrison County (Indiana) Fair

Oldest continuous County Fair existing in Indiana. First fair held Sept. 11 - 14, 1860. Citizens met jan. 1860, organized Harrison County Agricultural Society, adopted constitution which with amendments governs yet today. Ground purchased Mar. 1860 from Benj. Aydelott, half ...

Harrison County Jail

First Log Jail erected 1809. Spier Spencer, First Sheriff, was killed 1811 commanding the Harrison County Yellow Jackets in the Battle of Tippecanoe.

During first twelve years, Harrison County had a whipping post where justice was meted out by floggings.

Second Jail ...

Harrison County Congressional Medal of Honorees

United States of America

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

State of Ohio Harrison County

Civil War

*Custer, Thomas Ward Lt. Col. Namozine Church, Virginia 1865

*Custer, Thomas Ward Lt. Col. Sailor's Creek, Virginia 1865

McClelland, James M. Private Mississippi 1863

McGonagle, Wilson Private Mississippi 1863

Petty, Orlando Henderson ...