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| | Sullivan County, Indiana Genealogical Records Information |
 | | Sullivan County was organized by an act of Legislature, which became effective January 15, 1817,it was named in honor of Daniel Sullivan, who was killed by the Indians on the road from Vincennes to Louisville, while carrying an express, in the public service, between those places. |
 | | On February 15, 1841, the Legislature passed an act that provided for a board of commissioners to select a new seat of justice, to be located as near the center of the county as possible. |
 | | Sullivan, then an unbroken wilderness, was selected and the present town was platted. |
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