sentences:  Lawrenceburg was then designated as the county seat.A contention existed between the towns of Lawrenceburg and the mostly by germanspeaking immigrants dominated Rising Sun over that designation.The rivalry between the two towns was resolved in 1844 when the Indiana State legislature separated the portion of Dearborn County south of Laughery Creek and created the new county of Ohio on March 1, 1844, with Rising Sun designated as its county seat.