City Of Brookville Indiana

Brookville is the county seat of Franklin County, which was formed in
1811 and named for Benjamin Franklin. Some of the early settlers were
Primitive Baptists, who came with Elder William Tyner from Virginia in
1797. They organized the Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church, the first
church in the Whitewater Valley. Members built a log church as early as
1805, about two or three miles southeast of Brookville. In 1812 they
built a large brick church, with balcony, and rifle ports. This is the
oldest church building standing on its original site in all of Indiana
and remains open as a historic site.

Governors James B. Ray, Noah Noble and David Wallace were known as the
"Brookville Triumvirate," in that they all had lived in Brookville and
served consecutive terms in the office of Governor of Indiana. It is
interesting to note that Noble and former governor Ray were political
enemies.