Sample Chapter – North Central Indiana Day Trips – History of Carroll County

Sample Chapter – North Central Indiana Day Trips – History of Carroll County
North Central Indiana Day Trips
Chapter title –
History of Carroll County

The Indiana General Assembly created Carrol County on May 1, 1828, naming it for Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence at the time the county was formed.
Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832)
The son of Charles Carroll and Elizabeth Brooke, Charles was a native of Annapolis, Maryland. His parents were not married at the time of his birth due to legal issues over their respective estates. The couple would marry in 1757 when Charles was twenty. At age eleven, his parents sent him to France for his education. He returned to Annapolis in 1755. Since the family was Catholic, Maryland laws prevented his entry into politics. He became a successful farmer, becoming one of the richest men in Maryland and the Colonies. An early supporter of American independence, he was active in pre-revolutionary activities. He gained election to the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. he arrived in Philadelphia after the vote on the Declaration of Independence, but he was in time to sign the first official document. He would become the last surviving signer of the Document after after Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died the same day, July 4, 1826. Carroll remained a delegate at the Continental Congress until 1778. he would gain election to the Maryland State Senate in 1781. The Senators elected him as Maryland’s first Senator after the passage of the United States Constitution. Carroll retired from public life in 1801 and died in Baltimore on November 14, 1832.
Adjacent counties
Cass County (northeast)
Howard County (east)
Clinton County (south)
Tippecanoe County (southwest)
White County (northwest)
Cities and towns
Burlington
Camden
Delphi
Flora
Yeoman
Major highways
U.S. Route 421
Indiana State Road 18
Indiana State Road 22
Indiana State Road 25
Indiana State Road 29
Indiana State Road 75
Indiana State Road 218

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