Brown County, IN               1850 Federal Census               TOWNSHIP INFORMATION

The files on-line for this completed census in the following directory:
http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/brown/1850/

ABOUT BROWN COUNTY:

The United States acquired the land of the future Brown County from the Native Americans
in the 1809 treaty of Fort Wayne and the 1818 treaty of St. Mary's.  No settlers were
allowed in the area until the government survey was completed in 1820. 

By 1828 the Indiana State Legislature had divided the land of present-day Brown County 
between Monroe, Jackson, and Bartholomew counties.  In 1835 settlers presented a petition 
to the Legislature requesting a new county.  

On February 4, 1836, a bill was passed forming a county from western Bartholomew, eastern 
Monroe, and northern Jackson counties.  It was named for Gen. Jacob Brown, who defeated 
the British at the Battle of Sackett's Harbor in the War of 1812. 

In August 1836, the land was divided into five townships: Jackson, Hamblen, Washington, 
Johnson, and Van Buren.  Nashville, then known as Jacksonburg, was chosen as the county 
seat. 

Microfilm Roll# M432-137
=======================================================================================
             TOWNSHIP               STAMPED     
STATUS       DESCRIPTION          PAGE#-RANGE      TRANSCRIBER        PROOFREADER
=======================================================================================
On-Line      Washington            190A-204B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Jackson               205A-218A       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Hamblen               218B-234B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Van Buren             235A-243B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott
On-Line      Johnson               244A-248B       Robert E. Lane     Linda Talbott

=======================================================================================
This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and has not yet been proofread for 
The USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/
=======================================================================================