1780s

18th century 3 dated mentions

1780s

1. 1781
   The traders before the post: the valley line, person by person

   Antoine LeClare: Anson calls LeClare the first resident of the St. Joseph Valley: he settled a few miles upriver from Fort St. Joseph in 1781, soon after the fort's destruction — the line's first name, at the fort's own ground.

   Mishawaka

2. 1787–1850
   First families of record: the Black Laws, the county's first settlement, and the Powell freedom case

   Indiana was technically a free state — the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the state constitution of 1816 both banned slavery — and practically a closed one.

   Granger

3. 1787–1850
   First families of record: the Black Laws, the county's first settlement, and the Powell freedom case

   Indiana was technically a free state — the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the state constitution of 1816 both banned slavery — and practically a closed one.

   Osceola