First Cabin in Franklin

A two room log cabin was built on or near this site in March, 1823 by George King, whose efforts led to Johnson County being authorized on Dec. 31, 1822 and organized on March 8, 1823. King donated land for the county seat, and Franklin was founded on May 22, 1823. Coming from Kentucky, he started the First Presbyterian Church in 1824, served on the first Board of Directors of Franklin College, worked as a businessman, farmer, postmaster, and Justice of the Peace, and died in 1868 and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Franklin, Indiana · United States