Jesse Lynch Holman (October 24, 1784 – March 28, 1842) was an Indiana attorney, politician and jurist, as well as a novelist, poet, city planner and preacher.

[8] One of the most notable cases to appear before Justices Holman, James Scott, and Isaac N. Blackford was Lasselle v. State.

[1] After some political disagreements among the Indiana Congressional delegation were resolved,[11] he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1836, and received his commission the same day.

[12][13] Originally buried at Veraestau, he was later moved to the Holman family plot at River View Cemetery.

[4] Holman brought his wife and first child to Dearborn County in 1811 and built a home he named "Veraestau" on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River.

[19] Holman's daughter, Emmerine, married Allen Hamilton, a founder of Fort Wayne, Indiana.