Editing Grant County, Indiana (section)

==History==
Grant County was formed in 1831 by settlers from Kentucky and Virginia. It was named after Captains Samuel and Moses Grant of [[Kentucky]], who were killed fighting indigenous warriors north of the Ohio River.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA141|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States| publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|author=Gannett, Henry|year=1905|pages=14}}</ref> Their home county was also named after them, [[Grant County, Kentucky]].

In 1831, Martin Boots and David Branson each donated 30 acres of land to begin a settlement called Marion. This land was on the north side of a fast-flowing and scenic river which the [[Miami Indians]] called ''[[Mississinewa River|Mississinewa]]''. Marion was designated as the County Seat.<ref>[http://grantcounty.com/about-gc/history/ Grant County History, Grant County website]</ref> As the county was developed for agriculture, the County Seat became a center of trade and business, as well as government and the court system. 

On August 7, 1930, a mob of an estimated 5,000 people took three African-American men, [[Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith|Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith]], both 19, and [[James Cameron (activist)|James Cameron]], 16, from the county jail. They were suspects in a robbery/murder and rape. The first two were hanged from trees in the courthouse square. Cameron was spared and later became a civil rights activist. This was the last lynching in Indiana.<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/anatomy-murder/ David Bradley, "Anatomy of a Murder"], ''The Nation'', May 24, 2006; accessed June 1, 2018.</ref>

In 1982, Stephen Johnson was elected as Grant County's first full-time prosecutor. He served for five terms, from 1983 through 2002.