Jay County, Indiana, the only Jay County in the United States, is located along the Ohio border. Portland, its county seat is about mid-way between Fort Wayne and Richmond Indiana. The county was organized in 1836 and named after John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The earliest inhabitants of the area were a group of Miami Indiana who settled along the banks of the Salamonie River in 1819. They lived in one-room log cabins. The Godfrey Reserve, named after a Miami Indian Chief, lies in Jay and Black counties. The first permanent white settlers were John and Mary Brooks, who lived for a while near the Godfroy Reserve and then settled near Brooks Creek in Knox Township. Other families, such as that of John and Nancy Hawkins soon followed. The Hawkins family housed fugitive slaves and served as a station on the Underground Railroad. Mr. Hawkins, who died as the result of a hunting accident, was the first white man buried in the county. Let’s see the Indiana Golf Courses in Jay County.
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