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| | Crawford County, Indiana History and Genealogy Research Guide and Links |
 | | Though the first county seat in Crawford County, Indiana was located at Mount Sterling in 1818, it was soon removed to Fredonia, with Fredonia serving as the county seat of Crawford County, from the spring term which began 18 March 1822, until the county seat was relocated to Leavenworth in 1843. |
 | | The following were among the early settlers: James A. BROWN, Joseph W. BROWN, Woodson W. CUMMINS, Joseph DENBO, Bry GREGORY, and Joseph K. At the time of the Civil War (1861-1865), English consisted primarily of a grocery, kept by Bry GREGORY, a log school house and "a cluster of log cabins". |
 | | It was called English after William Hayden ENGLISH (1822-1896) who had been elected to Congress, from the district in 1852, and was an unsuccessful Vice-Presidential candidate, on the democratic ticket, as General Winfield HANCOCK's running mate in 1880. |
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