Clark County Indiana Courts
Dennis Royse Program Director 501 East Court Avenue Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130 Phone: (812) 285-6383 Email: droyse@clarkcounty.in.gov
Jul 29, 2024
Clark County
2017-present (8 years)
Clark County was the second county formed in Indiana Territory, in 1801. It was the territorial capital from 1813-1814, when Governor Thomas Posey lived in Jeffersonville. Clark County was the home of General George Rogers Clark and his younger brother, Capt. William Clark, and was the starting point for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803. The first Indiana State Prison was built at Jeffersonville in 1820. Springville, near Charlestown, was the locus of the Convention of 1807, which produced a petition to Congress that developed the Doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty and guaranteed that Indiana would be admitted to the Union as a "Free" state. By 1830, Jeffersonville was the first and largest Underground Railroad route for fugitives crossing the Ohio River at Louisville. Hundreds of freedom seekers made their way north to Canada through Clark County. During the Civil War, Jeffersonville became a hub for the Union Army because of our strategic location on the Ohio River, the fact thatSee more
