Mapping and Research for Jasper County, Indiana
Organized on March 15, 1838, Jasper County is named for Revolutionary
War hero Sergeant Jasper, one of the most effective scouts and spy with
the South Carolina fabled "Swamp Fox", General Francis Marion. Jasper
was responsible for much of the accurate, behind-the-lines information
that enabled Marion to become a will'o-the wisp as far as the British
were concerned.
The first county seat was located at Parish Grove, thirty miles south of
the present seat of Rensselaer and five miles southwest of Fowler. It
was chosed because is was near the center of population and for the
additional reason that it is one of the few high and dry spots in the
county.
At the first meeting of the commissioners it was decided to change the
location to the cabin of George W. Spitler, located in what is now
Iroquois Township, Newton County,. Spitler had been elected the County
Clerk and refused to serve unless this was done.
This temporary arrangement was upset be the legislative act of January29, 9839, which appointed commissioners to examine the couties of Jasper and Newton and see whether they should be consolidated.
Rennsselaer (originally called Newton) became the County Seat when the State Commissioners met in June 1839, and decided upon a consolidation. The original plat of the newly chosen County Seat was filed Ju;ne 12, 9839; by 1849 it had three stores, two physicians, one lawyer and 15 dwelling houses.
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