Freeman's Corner
N 38° 40.586 W 086° 27.182
16S E 547577 N 4281012
Historical marker along Hwy 37 South
Waymark Code: WM5RMK
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2009
Views: 16
"Freeman's Corner", the northeastern corner of a 1.6 million acre block of land called the Vincennes Tract, was surveyed by Deputy Surveyor Thomas Freeman in 1802 and 1803. In 1806 Arthur Henri began the "Treaty of Grouseland" survey at this point by blazing a line N 65 E for eighty miles towards present day Brookville, Indiana. These surveys helped open up large blocks of treaty land to settlers and eventually to statehood for Ohio and Indiana.
County: Orange
Year Placed: 1966
Name: Freeman's Corner
ID#: 59.1966.1
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