Indiana County Courthouse Histories

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Morgan County
Named for: General Daniel Morgan - Revolutionary War
Organized: 1822
County Seat: Martinsville
Number of Courthouses: 3

Number	Years	Type	Detail
1	1824-1833	Log	25x35 1.5-story
2	1836-1857	Brick	35x40 Brickwork by Giles B. Mitchell. $2500
3	1859-Present	Castle	Arch: Isaac Hodgson. Builder: Peter M. Blankenship. Included the jail. $32,000. Additions in 1956 and 1976.

Courts met at the house of Jacob Cutler before the first courthouse was built.

The Jennings County Courthouse completed in 1861 utilized the same design as the 1859 courthouse. Hodgson designed the Jennings County Courthouse but utilized a different building so there are significant detail differences. Morgan County has made major additions to their Courthouse and Jennings has not, so they are no longer the same.

A Fire in 1876 in the Clerk and Auditors offices caused a major loss of county records, including early courthouse details.

The courthouse square contains a Morgan Co. Veterans War Memorial. There is also an 1846 24-pound cannon and an 8-inch mortar.