African American Samuel Barkshire
was freed from slavery in Boone
County, Kentucky in 1833. He and
his family moved here in 1836. The
Barkshires defied fugitive slave laws
to provide aid and comfort to those
escaping bondage in the South. . . . — — Map (db m180716) HM
In 1798 Samuel Fulton and his father John, soldiers of the American Revolution, his mother Jane Dills Fulton, brother Thomas, brother-in-law Christopher Huston and their families, made the first permanent settlement on the bank of the Ohio River in . . . — — Map (db m22104) HM
Indiana’s oldest in continuous use. In its northeast corner was deposited the first court house cornerstone in the State laid with Masonic ceremonies. Traditional rites were held July 4, 1844, Colonel Abel C. Pepper, P.G.M., officiating. — — Map (db m45996) HM
Dedicated to the memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice for their Country and in Honor of those that served in the Armed Forces from Ohio County in all wars — — Map (db m45892) WM
( Veterans Memorial )
( Front - Side )
In Honor of Ohio County Veterans
( Encircling - - Seals - - Branches of the United States Military )
( - United States Flag - )
Dedicated
November 11, 2000
( . . . — — Map (db m45980) WM
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