Intersection of Treaty Lines

Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana



Subject:                           Intersection of Treaty Lines

Erected by:                  

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Franklin

County Historical Society and Surveyors

Historical Society

                                

Located: 

St. Mary’s Road, West 6 miles, Brookville, Indiana

 

Text and History: 

One mile south is intersection of western boundary

line of Treaty of Greenville, Ohio (1795) and Treaty at Grouseland near Vincennes (1805), northeastern boundary line.  By these treaties, Native American tribes ceded land to the United States government for settlement