The Treaty of Paris was concluded 1783.
Up until that time Indiana was part of Virginia.
Oct. 5, 1787 Congress elected Gen. Arthur St.Claire Gov. of the Northwest Territory which was, then, designated as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Brits had been trying to keep this area from being settled. St. Clair was replaced by Maj. General Anthony Wayne. Soon "civilized"
inhabitants of the Territory estimated 4,875,
1813 the Indiana state capitol was established at Corydon.
1814 Ghent Treaty opened the gates for immigration to Indiana. Also Fredrick Rapp
(our ancestor on the Rapp side) founded the ill fated Harmony, Indiana.
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