Lick Creek Settlement is place in Orange County, Indiana where the first African Americans settled. Jonathan Lindley led 11 African American families in 1820 that was fleeing North Carolina do to slavery, they stopped in southern Indiana where they could live free. Benjamin Rorberts, Elias Roberts, and Peter Lindley were the very first people to buy land in the area in 1832. The small community donated funds to build a church(Africian Episcopal Church). It was open during 1843-1869.
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