First Cabin in Franklin - Franklin, IN
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vhasler
N 39° 28.819 W 086° 03.541
16S E 580928 N 4370502
Marker highlighting the life of Franklin founding father George King
Waymark Code: WM5Y7M
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2009
Views: 5
Sign text:
A two room log cabin was built on or near this site in March, 1823 by George King, by whose efforts Johnson County was authorized Dec. 31, 1822 and organized March 8, 1823. King donated land for the county seat and Franklin was founded May 22, 1823. King, who came from Kentucky, started the first Presbyterian Church in 1824, served on the first Board of Directors for Franklin College, was a businessman, farmer, postmaster, and Justice of the Peace, died in 1868 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Group that erected the marker: The Sesquicentennial Committee of the Johnson County Historical Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
On Route 44
Franklin, IN USA
46131
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