 Squire Boone settled permanently in what is now Boone Township in 1806 . He died in 1815 and is buried in a cave near his home , Squire Boone Caverns . James , Isaiah , and Daniel ( son of Squire ) Boone settled in Heth Township during the first decade of the 1800s . The county 's first church was built by Boone east of present @-@ day Laconia . The church , which has been reconstructed , is known as Old Goshen . Jacob Kintner settled near Corydon in about 1810 . He was one of the wealthiest settlers and amassed a 700 @-@ acre ( 2 @.@ 8 km2 ) tract of land around Corydon , built a large home , and maintained an inn . Paul and Susanna <unk> became Quakers and immigrated to Harrison County from North Carolina in 1814 , bringing with them 107 slaves they freed after arriving . Although some of the former slaves left , the group became one of the largest communities of free blacks in the state . 
