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So the town would have been without a supply of that 

 very first necessary & indespensible article — good water 

 — which would have been a sure place for using a little of 

 the "critter" to molify the water — and a re-location of 

 the county seat would have had to be made, probably at a 

 great loss to the county. Or else the inhabitants might 

 have drank more whiskey than is even drunk in Crown 

 Point. 



The county seat then was permanently located where 

 it now is in June, 1840 by Jessee Tomlinson & Edward 

 Moore of Warren Co. — Henry Barclay of Pulaski Co. 

 Joshua Lindsey of White Co. and Daniel Dale of Carrol 

 County. 



Shortly after the location the town was laid off into 

 seventy-five lots, the most of them containing half an 

 acre. There are four principal streets running North & 

 South, one of which is 100 ft. wide & the other 60 ft. with 

 cross streets of 30 ft. There is a very large common or 

 public square in the centre that never can be built upon & 

 an acre of ground devoted exclusively for the Court 

 House & public offices. Another acre is devoted to the 

 purpose of a school, where the school house now stands. 

 The town was laid out upon 60 acres — 20 of Judge 

 Clark's & 40 of mine. The Judge gave the streets & 1/2 

 of the common & one half the lots & 35 acres adjoining 

 on the East, and I gave the same number of lots & com- 

 mon & the court house lot & 20 acres adjoining on the 

 West, five acres of which are laid out in lots including the 

 school lot, which is a part of the 60 acres comprised with- 

 in the town. There were many other donations for labor, 

 money &c. & 25 acres of land — 10 by Mr. Eddy & 15 by 

 J. W. Holton. In point of fact, although Dr. Farrington, 

 Mr. Farwell, Mr. Allman, Mr. Lamb & Mr. Holden, Mr. 

 Sheehan, Mr. Wm. Holton & Mr. Eddy, Mr. Townly live 

 at Crown Point they don't live within the town limits. 



Nov. 19th, 1840, the first lots were sold at auction by 

 Mr. Geo. Earle, County Agent, Judge Clark & myself, at 

 prices varying from $11 to $127.50 on 2, 3 & 4 years 



