The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1847 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

March Session 1847

Page 152

Present:

• David Walser
• James Grubbs
• Samuel Taylor

No. 3150 – Allowed to Josiah Chambers for articles furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 3149 – Allowed to Josiah Chambers for articles furnished paupers

No. 3151 – Allowed to Granville Love for boarding Elizabeth Love, a pauper

No. 3152 – Allowed to Varnal Trulock for taking charge of drowned man and assisting to bury the same

Boyd & David – license to keep a store in Sparta Township

Julian D. Lawrence – license to keep a store in Laughery Township

 

Page 153

Daniel R. Edwards – license to keep a store in Aurora

Report of Abram Ferris, Abram Roland and Charles Dashiell on road leading from High Street to mouth of Tanner’s Creek. Land of William E. Craft, Mrs. Elizabeth Sparks, Sharp & Carmon, children of Thomas B. Pinkard, O. Tousey, Andrew Morgan.

 

Page 154

Petition of Samuel Weitzel, Geo. W. Lane, Josiah Chambers and others of Center Township for change in State Road from Aurora to A. Morgan’s Ferry. Land of J. W. Cochran, E. Conwell, J. Langley, Mrs. Fairchild, Geo. W. Lane, E. Basset, M. B. Steel, W. J. and C. Hiatt, J. Sutton, A. Stow, Norris’ heirs, Hepworth, Horseley, H. Swift. William Wheeler, Aaron B. Henry and Martin Trester appointed viewers.

 

Page 155

Election in Miller Township for Justice of the Peace in place of William Jackson.

No. 3074 – Allowed to Abram Ferris for viewing road

No. 3075 – Allowed to Abram Roland for viewing road

No. 3072 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for viewing road

 

Page 156

No. 3153 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for articles furnished clerk’s office

No. 3154 – Allowed to Joseph West for provisions for paupers

No. 3155 – Allowed to Mrs. Mary Miller for services as midwife for pauper

No. 3156 – Allowed to Samuel James for keeping an insane person

No. 3157 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for keeping Sarah Alexander, a pauper

No. 3158 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief

Isaac Davis – license to keep a store in Sparta Township

P. O’Conner – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

 

Page 157

No. 3159 – Allowed to Jabez Whipple for taking care of pauper

No. 3160 – Allowed to Jabez Whipple for removing May Jane Morrison, who was likely to become a public charge, from Dearborn County

No. 3162 – Allowed to Jotham Clark for burying pauper

No. 3160 – Allowed to Thomas B. Cook fro his temporary relief

No. 3165 – Allowed to Jabez Whipple for taking charge of Hezekiah Downs, a pauper

No. 3165 – Allowed to J. S. Kelly for articles furnished paupers

No. 3166 – Allowed to John S. Kelly for articles furnished paupers

No. 3167 – Allowed to J. M. Fuller for his professional services to pauper

No. 3168 – Allowed to J. M. Fuller for his professional services to paupers

No. 3169 – Allowed to Leanard and Hassan for articles furnished paupers

No. 3163 – Allowed to William Daniels for keeping paupers

No. 3170 – Allowed to E. Y. Lee for professional services attending pauper

 

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No. 3171 – Allowed to E. Y. Lee for professional services rendered pauper

William Wymond, William Dills, and John Aldridge make report on road from William Dils’ to John Johnson’s. Geo. Moore, surveyor. Lemuel Elder and Thomas Chaseman, chain carriers. William Turner, marker. John Johnson remonstrates against report. Charles Bruce, Thomas Spickerall, and Thomas Baker appointed viewers.

 

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No. 3175 – Allowed to Abner Dill for articles furnished paupers

No. 3176 – Allowed to Abner Dill for keeping paupers at County Asylum

No. 3177 – Allowed to Harding & Tate for visiting criminal while sick in prison

No. 3179 – Allowed to Harding & Tate for professional services rendered paupers

No. 3180 – Allowed to Rebecca Douglass for taking care and nursing Mrs. Nehwire and child, paupers

No. 3181 – Allowed to Heitmier & Cross for groceries furnished paupers

No. 3182 – Allowed to Russell Hollister for sitting glass for clerk’s office

 

Page 162

No. 3183 – Allowed to J. Morrison, S. Jones and H. Moran for receiving Aurora Bridge

No. 3184 – Allowed to Calvin A. Simonton for wood furnished Mrs. Knapp, a pauper

Jonathan Hall – license to keep a store in York Township

No. 3185 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for Samuel Ross and family for temporary relief

No. 3192 – Allowed to Houck and Wedelstaedt for articles furnished paupers

Jacob Wittiman – license to keep a grocery in York Township

No. 3188, 3189, 3190 – Allowed to J. N. Ray for articles furnished Recorder’s, Clerk’s and Auditor’s offices

No. 3191 – Allowed to Wymond and Ferris for articles furnished paupers

Geo. & O. Tousey – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

 

Page 163

No. 3186 – Allowed to G. & O. Tousey for articles furnished clerk’s office

No. 3187 – Allowed to Anderson F. Gage for furnishing Hannah Levi, a pauper

Allowed to John Ferris for articles furnished paupers

S. S. Bussell filed report on South Hogan Bridge.

 

Page 164

Jacob Sneider and others of York Township present petition to vacate road. Land of James A. Angevine, Herman’s Mill, Landerlia Herman, Theresa Herman, George Enderly, Yellman.

No. 3208 – Allowed to Christian Williamson for setting grate in jail

No. 3206 – Allowed to John Ferris for articles furnished Auditor’s office

No. 3207 – Allowed to John Ferris for articles furnished clerk’s office

 

Page 165

No. 3193 – Allowed to Edmund C. Cheek for wood furnished jail

No. 3194 – Allowed to Norval Sparks for sundries furnished paupers

No. 3195 – Allowed to Omer Tousey for coal furnished clerk’s office

No. 3196 – Allowed to Omer Tousey for coal furnished Court House

No. 3197 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for articles furnished paupers

Tax rate for 1846.

Henry A. Moran appointed collector.

No. 3239, 3240, 3241 – Allowed to Mann & Jebzell for books for Auditor’s, Clerk’s and Recorder’s office

 

Page 166

No. 3209 – Allowed to Enoch E. Adams for articles furnished pauper

Henry A. Moran, Collector of tolls at Aurora Bridge, filed report.

Abner Dill’s proposal to keep paupers at County Asylum accepted. Filed bond with William V. Cheek, his security.

Appointed Trustees of County Seminary: Daniel Conaway, Robert D. Brown, Benjamin Vail, John Spidel, David Durham, William Tell Harris, Geo. W. Lane, Daniel Taylor, Charles Dashiell, Benjamin Sylvester, William S. Holman, Richard N. Spicknall, Jeremiah Nowlin and Rees H. Parry.

 

Page 167

No. 3198 – Allowed to Eldridge & Tate as Physicians for County Asylum

No. 3199 – Allowed to Adam H. Lemmon for services rendered paupers

George W. Lane makes report on Common School Fund and U. S. Surplus Revenue Fund. Mortgages to transfer to Ohio County:

• S. Wilson
• J. McPherson
• Ths. Linville
• Edmund C. Cheek
• Isaac Randall
• Jonas Leason
• Joseph M. Groves
• Joseph Peters
• Calvin Marble
• Conaway Bainum
• Joel Lynn
• J. Harpham
• Benj. Walker
• Hiatt & Noble
• Parker Rogers
• John Morrison
• William Morley
• Samuel Kennedy
• William Knowles
• Isaac H. Carbaugh
• Espy
• John N. Cochran
• John D. Lytle
• Lewis B. Hunt
• John Seth
• William Morrison
• Andrew Lonergan
• Jeremiah Howerton
• Jonathan Harpham
• Samuel James
• James Learnard
• William N. Cooper
• Russell
• Ham. S. Pate
• William Flynn
• William Glenn
• Samuel T. Covington
• Thomas Palmer
• John B. Durbin
• Henry Walker
• Cornelius Miller
• Stephen Stewart
• J. M. Stewart
• John McKain
• Ezra Lamkin
• Thomas Hiff
• John N. Cochran

 

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Page 170

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed statement on volunteers for Mexican War:

• Jabez Healy, Logan Township
• Thomas Medd, Logan Township
• Simeon Bradley, Lawrenceburg Township
• Andrew Custy, Lawrenceburg Township
• James Foster, Lawrenceburg Township
• A. Gamble, Lawrenceburg Township
• James Gilmore, Lawrenceburg Township
• David Gilliland, Lawrenceburg Township
• Nelson Hamel, Lawrenceburg Township
• Samuel Hines, Lawrenceburg Township
• John Laffolet, Lawrenceburg Township
• Harvey McKnight, Lawrenceburg Township
• Thos Motherall, Lawrenceburg Township
• Andrew Moss, Lawrenceburg Township
• Thos McKnight, Lawrenceburg Township
• William North, Lawrenceburg Township
• Joseph Ross, Lawrenceburg Township
• William H. Reed, Lawrenceburg Township
• William C. Truett, Lawrenceburg Township
• John Todd, Lawrenceburg Township
• Geo. W. Knapp, Centre Township
• D. G. Conger, Manchester Township

 

Page 171

George W. Lane submitted report on distribution of Surplus Revenue Fund. Ohio County entitled to money from Thos. Dean, William Green, Isaac Reed, Ed. C. Cheek, Jacob W. Eggleston, Ebenezer Dumont, Elnathan Horr, Geo. W. Palmer, Henry Walker, John B. Hall, Cornelius Miller, William V. Cheek, David Macy and Jonathan Pate.

 

Page 172

Andrew Cunningham – license to keep a store in Sparta Township

No. 3210 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for articles for Treasurer’s office and rent for same

 

Page 173

S. McConnell – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 3211 – Allowed to John Ferris for articles furnished paupers

Allowed to Mann & Delzell for books furnished Auditor’s office, Clerk’s office and Recorder’s office

Andrew Lonergan – license to retail liquors at his house in Kelso Township

Joseph Blatner – license to retail liquors at house in Kelso Township

E. Y. Lee employed as Physician for County Asylum.

No. 3212 – Allowed to Hugh Marsh for services rendered paupers

No. 3204 – Allowed to John F. Richards for services as jailor

 

Page 174

No. 3213 – Allowed to George Conklin for books furnished Auditor’s office

No. 3215 – Allowed to Owen D. Legg for interest advanced upon payment of loan

Petition of citizens of Jackson and Manchester Townships for county road. Henry Haines, Hugh Scott, and Henry Albert appointed viewers.

No. 3216 – Allowed to C. O’Brien for specific purposes

No. 3217 – Allowed to William Wymond for viewing road

No. 3218 – Allowed to William Dils for viewing road

No. 3219 – Allowed to John Aldridge for viewing road

No. 3220 – Allowed to Thomas Chisman as chain carrier

No. 3221 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder as chain carrier

No. 3222 – Allowed to William Tanner as marker

 

Page 175

No. 3223 – Allowed to George Moore for surveying road

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed report.

Allowed to William Johnson, School Commissioner, for receiving and disbursing funds

 

Page 176

Allowed to Reuben Rogers, Auditor, for receiving and disbursing funds

No. 3233 – Allowed to Richard Sopris for conveying paupers to County Asylum

No. 3205 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers as Auditor

Luther Plummer and Jonathan Ross appointed visitors to County Asylum.

Columbus Jaquith, Assessor, appointed James D. English, deputy assessor.

Court adjourned.

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the December 1846 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

December Session 1846

Page 134

Present:

• David Walser
• James Grubbs
• Daniel Taylor

Report on Aurora Bridge by Jacob Morrison, Jonathan Jones and Henry A. Moran.

Petition of freeholders in Laughery, Manchester and Centre Townships for change of road from William Dil’s (Manchester Township) to John Johnson’s (Centre Township). Lands of Thomas Tawrce, Walter Kerr, Sarah Elder, Joseph Huston, Charles Elder and John Johnson. William Wymond, William Dils and John Aldridge appointed viewers.

 

Page 136

No. 3021 – Allowed to Joseph Smith for beef furnished paupers

No. 3022 – Allowed to Scott Horsley for conveying pauper to asylum

Tranger and Eads – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

George Holb – license to keep a tavern in Harrison Township

John Seigle – license to keep a tavern in Jackson Township

John B. Kesler – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township

Herman Benson – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

 

Page 137

Sebastian Blatner – license to keep a tavern in York Township

Henry S. Black – license to keep a tavern in Jackson Township

Frederick Rowther – license to keep a grocery in Centre Township

Cathrine Rhodes – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Isaac Miles – license to keep a store in Clay Township

No. 3037 – Allowed to Washington Baker for hauling benches from Wilmington to Lawrenceburg

No. 3035 – Allowed to John Hornberger for lumber for building stray pen

No. 3032 – Allowed to Joseph West for groceries furnished paupers

 

Page 138

Columbus Jaquith, Assessor, appoints William Clynch, David Conger, Daniel Conaway and Seth Platt as deputy assessors.

Theodore Gazlay, attorney for Benedict Streigle and others of York Township, presents petition for vacation of road.

No. 3034 – Allowed to Theodore Gazlay and Henry Raymond for professional services bringing suits to recover debts due surplus revenue fund

No. 3026 – Allowed to J. N. Ray for articles furnished clerk’s office

Andrew Morgan – license to keep a ferry across Laughery Creek on road from Aurora to Rising Sun

 

Page 139

No. 3039 – Allowed to George B. Sheldon for articles for Court House

No. 3040 – Allowed to Jothem Clark for building stray pen

No. 3038 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for articles furnished paupers

No. 3051 – Allowed to S. Chandler for articles furnished paupers

No. 3041 – Allowed to Josiah Chambers for articles furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 3042 – Allowed to Jonathan Noble for articles for Aurora Bridge

No. 3043 – Allowed to Smith & Wortley for services blacksmithing for Aurora Bridge

No. 3044 – Allowed to George Smith fro blacksmithing for Aurora Bridge

 

Page 140

No. 3067 – Allowed to Thomson Dean for rent of ground occupied by materials for Aurora Bridge

No. 3045 – Allowed to Jonathan Noble for building Aurora Bridge

No. 3046 – Allowed to Henry Raymond for articles furnished jail

No. 3047 – Allowed to Wymond & Ferris for articles furnished paupers

No. 3052 – Allowed to John Houck for posts furnished for pound

No. 2053 – Allowed to John Ferris for Auditor’s office

No. 3054 – Allowed to John Ferris for articles for clerk’s office

No. 3055 – Allowed to John Ferris for articles furnished paupers

No. 3049 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for extra services

No. 3050 – Allowed to Wm. V. Cheek for Commissioners vs. John Callihan

No. 3051 – Allowed to Harding and Tate for professional services attending paupers

 

Page 141

Theodore Gazlay, attorney for Benedict Streigle and others of York Township, presents petition to vacation road.

No. 3056 – Allowed to John Wilson for services taking care of paupers

No. 3057 – Allowed to J. M. Fuller for professional services attending pauper

John Wilson exempted from performing labor on road on account of his inability to perform such labor on account of his lameness.

No. 3058 – Allowed to Abner Dill for keeping paupers at County Asylum

No. 3059 – Allowed to D. Doyle for keeping pauper

No. 3061 – Allowed to William Low for hauling coal, lumber and wood

No. 3060 – Allowed to William C. Craft for coal furnished Auditor’s and Recorder’s office

No. 3062 – Allowed to Houck & Widdelstaedt for articles furnished jail

 

Page 142

No. 3102 – Allowed to Omer Tousey for coal furnished Court House

No. 3063 – Allowed to J. M. Cure for making coffins for paupers

No. 3064 – Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing delinquent list

No. 3065 – Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing Coroner’s Inquest

No. 3066 – Allowed to E. C. Cheek for keeping pauper

No. 3069 – Allowed to Kerr and Vail for articles furnished paupers

Kerr and Vail – license to keep a store in Laughery Township

No. 3112 – Allowed to R. F. Brown for publishing coroner’s inquest

No. 3070 – Allowed to Truman F. Lapish for keeping pauper

 

Page 143

No. 3071 – Allowed to Isaac Adair for boarding pauper

No. 3072 – Allowed to John S. Whitehead for boarding pauper

No. 3073 – Allowed to John C. Clover for his professional services attending paupers

No. 3074 – Allowed to Eliakim Nicholas for his temporary relief

No. 3108 – Allowed to John H. McNeely for conveying pauper to asylum

No. 3109 – Allowed to D. A. Rewland for articles furnished paupers

No. 3075, 3076, 3077 – Allowed to George W. Lane for receiving and disbursing funds

No. 3080 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for wood, coal and rent of office

No. 3078 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief

No. 3079 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for keeping pauper

No. 3068 – Allowed to Dr. Sturm for professional services attending paupers

 

Page 144

Jaran & Johnson – license to keep a store in Centre Township

No. 3082 – Allowed to Granville Love for keeping pauper

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed report.

 

Page 145

Henry A. Moran, collector of tolls for Aurora Bridge, made report.

No. 3083 – Allowed to Samuel James for keeping pauper

No. 3084 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for chairs furnished Court House

No. 3085 – Allowed to Silas Hamson for making coffin for and assisting to bury pauper

No. 3086 – Allowed to Elisha Cook for his temporary relief

Daniel Conaway sworn in as deputy assessor.

Sylvester – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

No. 3087 – Allowed to Mary Ann Fowler for taking care and keeping pauper

No. 3088 – Allowed to Brown & Dumont for cash paid by them to Lindsay and Musgrove for estimating jails in Lawrenceburg and Wilmington

 

Page 146

Theodore Gazlay, attorney, presents petition from citizens of York Township to revoke order allowing Aaron B. Henry to erect swinging gates on road.

No. 3110 – Allowed to James G. Hunter for making coffin for pauper

No. 3089 – Allowed to John F. Richards as jailor

No. 3090 – Allowed to Thos Palmer for copying field notes of Dearborn County

No. 3091 – Allowed to Thomas Palmer for Geo. Conklin for binding field notes

 

Page 147

Petition of Abram Brower and other citizens of Lawrenceburg Township for change in road from Lawrenceburg to mouth of Tanners Creek. Near land of William E. Craft, Mrs. Elizabeth Sparks, Sharpe & Carman, children of Thomas B. Pinkard, O. Tousey, Andrew Morgan. Signed by Wm. V. Cheek and 38 other citizens. Intention of Hamlet Sparks and others for alteration in road. Abram Ferris, Abram Roland and Charles Dashiell appointed viewers.

 

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Page 149

Ferry rates for crossing Tanners or Laughery Creeks.

 

Page 150

Land at south end of old bridge of Hogan Creek at Aurora be rented to Alexander C. McCullough.

No. 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095 – Allowed to Milton Gregg for extra services as sheriff, desk for sheriff, coal for Court House, repairing same

No. 3096 – Allowed to Edmund C. Cheek for clothes furnished pauper and washing clothes for same

No. 3097 – Allowed to Timothy Kimball for making coffin for pauper

No. 3098 – Allowed to David Walser for superintending foundation of Aurora Bridge

No. 3100 – Allowed to William Glasgow for ironing prisoners

 

Page 151

Allowed to Annanias Evans for his temporary relief

Allowed to Reuben Rogers as Auditor

Court Adjourned.

Affidavit of Samuel Humble to prove purchase of land

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the October 1846 Called Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

October Called Session 1846

Page 128

Present:

• David Walser
• James Grubbs
• Daniel Taylor

Certificate for Peter B. Vail to attend State University at Bloomington.

Jonathan Janes, Jacob Morrison, and Henry A. Moran to examine new bridge now being erected across Hogan Creek on completion by Jonathan Noble.

David Walser authorized to sell old Aurora Bridge across Hogan Creek.

 

Page 129

Elizabeth Sparks by her attorney, Amos Lane, demands award allowed her for damages from road laid out from Lawrenceburg to mouth of Tanners Creek. Elizabeth Sparks, by Wm. S. Holman, her attorney, objects to amount of damages.

Court adjourned.

 

Page 130

Deed – Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to Calvin and Charles Pierson

 

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Page 132

Deed – Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to John H. Kockemor

 

Page 133 [Continued.]

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1846 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

September Session 1846

Page 112

Present:

• David Walser
• James Grubbs
• Daniel Taylor

George W. Lane – license to keep a ferry across Ohio River opposite Aurora

No. 2802 – Allowed to Samuel James for keeping Miles Robisin, a pauper

Jacob Steinmetz – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

No. 2804 – Allowed to George Lamb for his temporary relief

William H. Baker – license to keep a tavern in Manchester Township

Joseph Steinmetz – license to keep a tavern

No. 2803 – Allowed to Eliakim Nicholas for his temporary relief

No. 2805 – Allowed to Jotham Clark for digging graves and burying paupers

 

Page 113

No. 2806 – Allowed to Lemley & Dunn for muslin furnished for making maps

No. 2807 – Allowed to George Heustice for conveying pauper to burying ground

No. 2831 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for making coffins and conveying paupers to grave

William Clynch – license to keep a tavern in his house in York Township

George Voglesang – license to keep a tavern

Jeremiah Caughlin – license to keep a tavern

Caleb Wright – license to keep a store in Aurora

Leonard & Hapin – license to keep a store

No. 2843 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for medicine furnished paupers

No. 2844 – Allowed to Wymon & Ferris for articles furnished paupers

 

Page 114

No. 2810 – Allowed to Granville Love for keeping pauper

Benoni Beall – license to keep a grocery

No. 2811 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for books furnished clerk’s office

No. 2842 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished clerk’s office

No. 2864 – Allowed to Thomas Palmer for books and making indexes for office

James M. Torrence – license to keep a store in Logan Township

David A. Brooks – license to keep a store in Mooreshill

John C. Moor – license to keep a store in Mooreshill

 

Page 115

T. John Taylor – license to keep a store in Aurora

No. 2815 – Allowed to Jonathan Noble for receiving timber and drawing plan for Aurora Bridge

No. 2824 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief

No. 2813 – Allowed to Robert Thompson for boarding paupers

No. 2817 – Allowed to William Lane for Aurora Bridge

No. 2818 – Allowed to D. Pratt for timber furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 2819 – Allowed to D. Pratt for timber furnished Aurora Bridge

Allowed to James O. Smith, Thomas Wilson and George Smith as Trustees of Township 5, Range 3

No. 2820 – Allowed to Jackson Goulding for timber furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 2821 – Allowed to Nathaniel Rogers for timber furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 2822 – Allowed to Jonathan Noble for labor on Aurora Bridge

No. 2823 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for keeping paupers

 

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Mason & Porter – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2829 – Allowed to Philomen Wilson for timber furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 2832 – Allowed to Philomen Wilson for toll crossing the Carlisle & White Bridge while hauling timber for Aurora Bridge

No. 2830 – Allowed to Elijah Hufman for timber furnished Aurora Bridge

No. 2832 – Allowed to Elijah Huffman for toll crossing Carlisle Bridge when delivering timber for Aurora Bridge

No. 2835 – Allowed to Abner Dill for keeping paupers

No. 2848 – Allowed to Samuel McMath as viewer of road

No. 2865 – Allowed to William Dill as viewer of road

Jacob Graff – license to keep a grocery in Manchester Township

 

Page 117

No. 2857 – Allowed to John F. Richards as jailor

No. 2852 – Allowed to N. H. Torbet for ink and office rent

No. 2915 – Allowed to Aaron Stilwell and William Case for digging grave and burying drowned man

No. 2914 – Allowed to George Conklin for ink, quills, and paper

Allowed to Jeremiah J. H. Brower for professional services to paupers

 

Page 118

Report of George W. Lane and David Walser on timber for bridge at mouth of Hogan Creek. Richard Sopris and Jonathan Noble employed to make out bill of timber.

 

Page 119

No. 2868 – Allowed to Elisha Cook for his temporary relief

No. 2847 – Allowed to Thomas Lampkin for making coffin for drowned man

No. 2869 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for locks and harps for gates to Court House

No. 2858 – Allowed to Milton Beach for making coffin for drowned man

S. S. Bussell, agent for Carlisle & White, makes report on South Hogan Creek Bridge.

No. 2856 – Allowed to Harding & Tate for professional services for paupers

No. 2839 – Allowed to Benjamin Stockman for articles furnished pauper

Henry Moran, collector of tolls at Aurora Bridge, made report.

No. 2840 – Allowed to Samuel Morrison for copy of field notes of Dearborn County certified by Surveyor General

 

Page 120

John B. Clark – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

Joseph Swift – license to vend merchandise in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 2841 – Allowed to Andrew Morgan for burying clothes for William Prest

Delinquent tax list to be published in Indiana Register, published by John B. Hall in Lawrenceburg.

Ordered William V. Cheek procure weights and measures.

 

Page 121

Reuben Rogers, Auditor, and William Johnson, School Commissioner, make report.

 

Page 122

No. 2846 – Allowed to James Jennings for digging grave and burying drowned man

No. 2845 – Allowed to Peter M. Degear for materials and making coffin for drowned man

Josiah Chambers – license to keep a store

Seth Buffington – license to keep a grocery

No. 2849 – Allowed to Moses Crest for conveying drowned man to grave

No.2870 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for articles furnished paupers

James Burke – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Jacob Morrison – license to keep a store in Aurora

James Cummings – license to keep a store in Aurora

 

Page 123

Election to be held in Clay Township for Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy of Hamilton Conaway. In Logan Township to fill place of Z. A. Bonham. In Harrison Township for additional Justice of the Peace.

 

Page 124

R. & O. Parry – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2871 – Allowed to John B. Hall for county expose, notice to voters, clerk’s certificate and coroner’s inquest

Joseph West – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2880 – Allowed to Richard Sopris for service on Aurora Bridge

No. 2872 – Allowed to Annanias Evans for his temporary relief

No. 2851 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for his extra services

Samuel McKinley – license to keep a tavern in Jackson Township

No. 2863 – Allowed to William Low for conveying drowned man to grave

 

Page 125A

Louisa Basier – license for a store in Jackson Township

Samuel McMath and William Dils make report on damages on road laid out from South Corner of Out Lot 12 in Lawrenceburg to mouth of Tanners Creek. Lands of John Callahan, Andrew Mugan, Thomas B. Pinckard, Sharp and Cannon Miller, Elizabeth Sparks. Theodore Guzlay, attorney for Sharp and Cannon, objects to report.

 

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J. A. Ray – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Cyrus Armstrong – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2873 – Allowed to George Sutton for professional services attending pauper

William E. Craft – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2913 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers as Auditor

No. 2860 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for receiving and disbursing Surplus Revenue

No. 2857 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers, Auditor, for receiving and disbursing Surplus Revenue

R. P. Lancaster made report on damages on road from Lawrenceburg to Brookville in Miller Township.

 

Page 127

No. 2846 – Allowed to Lane & Dalzell for use of clerk’s office

Petition of citizens of Jackson and Manchester Townships for road through townships. Jas P. Milliken, Benjamin Sylvester and William Tibbetts (appointed in place of David Taylor) appointed to view road.

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed report.

Ordered Reuben Rogers, Auditor, furnish posts, nails and boards required to build a pound for strays.

Board adjourned.

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the July 1846 Called Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

July Called Session 1846

Page 110

Present:

• Wiliam S. Ward
• David Walser
• James Grubbs

Half of price of South Hogan Bridge, known as Hancock Bridge, is raised by private subscription to satisfaction of Carlisle & White of Cincinnati. Residue paid out of county treasury.

Aurora Bridge at Aurora on State Road leading from Lawrenceburg to Madison be built as soon as money raised by subscription.

Free bridge over Tanners Creek on State Road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis be built as soon as money raised by subscription.

 

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Court adjourned.

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the June 1846 Called Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

June Called Session 1846

Page 107

Present:

• William S. Ward
• David Walser
• James Grubbs

No. 2731 – Allowed to Richard Sopris for lumber furnished Aurora Bridge

Enoch Hayes files remonstrance against report on Lawrencburg to Brookville Road in Miller Township. Robert P. Lancaster, Frederick Sowders and John Gibson appointed viewers.

No. 2732 – Allowed to Jonathan Noble for building bridge over Hogan Creek at Aurora

Henry Raymond appointed salt inspector.

 

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Contract for building bridge over Hogan Creek at Aurora awarded to Jonathan Noble of Aurora. Filed bond with Josiah Chambers, his security.

 

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Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing sale of school lands.

Equalization of assessment of real estate.

Warren Tebbs – license to keep a tavern in Harrison

Board adjourned.

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the June 1846 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

June Session 1846

Page 85

Present:

• William S. Ward
• David Walser
• James Grubbs

Daniel Halen – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

John Horsley exempted from performing services on road due to his inability to perform same.

Samuel Lemmon – license to keep a grocery in Clay Township

Wm. C. Lester – license to keep a grocery in Dillsboro

No. 2649 – Allowed to George Lamb for his temporary relief

No. 2650 – Allowed to Samuel James for keeping Mills Robinson, a pauper

No. 2648 – Allowed to Alfred Vickey for notifying coroner of body of drowned person found in Laughery Creek

 

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No. 2651 – Allowed to William Clinch for assessing

No. 2652 – Allowed to Daniel Clancy for assessing

No. 2654 – Allowed to Alvin J. Alden for assessing

No. 2655 – Allowed to Daniel Conaway for assessing

No. 2656 – Allowed to Samuel Johnson for assessing

No. 2657 – Allowed to David Conger for assessing

No. 2659 – Allowed to Jothem Clark for burying paupers

No. 2660 – Allowed to Mahlon Powell for extra services as sheriff

John Callahan – license to keep a ferry across Tanners Creek at its mouth.

No. 2653 – Allowed to Hancock & Masters for digging grave and burying pauper

 

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No. 2662 – Allowed to Wymond & Ferris for articles furnished paupers

No. 2687 – Allowed to Milton Beach for making coffin for pauper

No. 2670 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished clerk’s office

No. 2671 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished Auditor’s office

No. 2672 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co., for medicines furnished paupers

No. 2688 – Allowed to William Sheets for books furnished Clerk’s office

No. 2689 – Allowed to William Sheets for books furnished Auditor’s office

No. 2664 – Allowed to William Sturm for professional services

No. 2665 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief

No. 2666 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for boarding pauper

No. 2667 – Allowed to Wm. C. Truet for carrying chains surveying road

 

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John Ferris & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Thomas Eads – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Richard Sopris – license to keep a store in Aurora

James Mutaugh – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

Snell Plummer – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

Wymond and Ferris – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2663 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for fuel and costs

No. 2668 – Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing notice of proposals for building bridge over Hogan Creek at Aurora

 

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No. 2669 – Allowed to John B. Hall for notices of inquest by Coroner

No. 2686 – Allowed to S. R. Chandler for cord of wood for pauper

No. 2673 – Allowed to Ananias Evans for his temporary relief

No. 2674 – Allowed to Eliakim Nichols for his temporary relief

Allowed to George Moore for surveying Township 7, Range 3 west.

No. 2675 – Allowed to David Kennday for box and coffin for burying pauper

No. 2676 – Allowed to Abner Dill for boarding paupers at County Asylum

No. 2677 – Allowed to Abner Dill for fencing, white washing and repairing cellar at County Asylum

Jordan and Milliken – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

Seth Mayhew – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

 

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Petition of Aaron B. Henry to hang gate on road. Near lands of William Wymond.

No. 2678 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for goods furnished paupers

No. 2679 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for coffins for paupers

No. 2684 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for bedsteads for jail

No. 2681 – Allowed to George Moore as commissioner on road from Tanners Creek to Miami River

No. 2682 – Allowed to Aaron B. Henry as commissioner to view roads

No. 2683 – Allowed to Simeon Bradley for carrying chain for road commissioners

No. 2684 – Allowed to Peter Graham for carrying chains for road commissioners

No. 2685 – Allowed to C. C. Jaquith for services in assessor’s revenue

 

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Vail & Sherman – license to keep a store in Wilmington

No. 2690 – Allowed to Thomas Lamkin for taking drowned man from Ohio River and taking coffin to graveyard, &c.

No. 2691 – Allowed to Charles Darragh for coal for use of Court

S. S. Bussell makes report on bridge over South Hogan Creek.

No. 2693 – Allowed to Josephus Hutchings for desk for Auditor’s office

No. 2694 – Allowed to Jotham Dark for digging grave and burying two paupers

No. 2692 – Allowed to Myron H. Harding for professional services attending paupers

 

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No. 2695 & No. 2694 – Allowed to James Johnson for making coffin and conveying paupers to the grave

Noval Sparks – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Wm. H. Fox – license to keep a store in Dillsboro

J. V. S. Wymond – license to keep a store in Dillsboro

Charles Dashiell – license to keep a store in Sparta Township

Matthew Hubbell – license to keep a store in Jackson Township

Henry Shue – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township

No. 2697 – Allowed to William Northern for boarding paupers

No. 2698 – Allowed to David A. Brooks for laying out road in Ripley and Dearborn Counties

 

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James Early and David A. Brooks make report on State Road in Dearborn and Ripley Counties. Thomas Pattison, Surveyor of Ripley County. Enoch Dean, Sr. and L. S. Moore, chain carriers. Through land of Eprhaim Earley, James Earley. M. J. McCreary, Justice of the Peace.

 

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Levin B. Lewis – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Bowen & Crider – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

J. S. & J. A. Emrie – license to keep a store in Aurora

No. 2699 – Allowed to James N. Ray for stationery for Auditor’s office

No. 2700 – Allowed to James N. Ray for stationery for Clerk’s office

No. 2726 – Allowed to Richard Sopris for groceries furnished paupers

No. 2727 – Allowed to Isaac White for groceries furnished paupers

No. 2728 – Allowed to James Cummings for provisions furnished paupers

 

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No. 2729 – Allowed to Lewis G. Hulbert for provisions, groceries and goods for paupers

No. 2711 – Allowed to Granville Love for boarding Elizabeth Love

No. 2701 – Allowed to Peter H. Ewing for serving notice upon commissioners to view roads in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 2702 – Allowed to Elisha Cook for his temporary relief

Henry A. Moran, Collector of tolls at Aurora Bridge, made report.

No. 2708 – Allowed to John F. Richards for boarding criminals  in jail and receiving and discharging prisoners, and for repairing lock and washing for prisoners

No. 2709 – Allowed to John F. Richards for shroud furnished pauper

No. 2706 – Allowed to Jotham Clark for digging grave for drowned man

No. 2701 – Allowed to Mary Ann Fowler for temporary relief of Henry Fowler

No. 2722 – Allowed to Theodore Gazley for making maps for Assessors

No. 2710 – Allowed to Aaron Stillwell for white washing jail and scrubbing fences

 

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Grand Jury for November 1846:

1. Randall R. Tate, Caesars Creek Township
2. LeRoy Flemming, Lawrenceburg Township
3. Elijah Lindsay, Centre Township
4. Armstead Abbott, Centre Township
5. Noah C. Durham, Manchester Township
6. Isaac S. Lawrence, Kelso Township
7. John B. Clark, Manchester Township
8. John Pritchard, Sparta Township
9. Henry Worley, Centre Township
10. William Dils, Manchester Township
11. [skipped]
12. David A. Brooks, Sparta Township
13. David McKidrick, Clay Township
14. Samuel McMath, York Township
15. Jacob V. Lawrence, Jackson Township
16. John Mason, York Township
17. Rebuen C. Jackson, Miller Township
18. Darius Huber, Jackson Township

Traverse Jury for 1st week, November Term 1846:

1. Charles Patton, Lawrenceburg Township
2. William Larrison, Jackson Township
3. Jeremiah Nowlin, Miller Township
4. Silas Balser, Kelso Township
5. James R. Brown, Clay Township
6. Stephen Liddle, Sr., Miller Township
7. Robert Walker, Laughery Township
8. Josiah Collins, Sparta Township
9. Josiah Collins, Laughrey Township
10. Benjamin F. W. S. Anderson, Manchester Township
11. Isaac VanAusdoll, Miller Township
12. William W. Jordan, Manchester Township
13. Johnson Watts, Caesars Creek Township
14. James Reed, Centre Township
15. Jacob Hennwell, Kelso Township

Traverse Jury for 2nd week, November Term 1846:

1. Thomas Darling, Jr., York Township
2. Charles Bruce, Laughery Township
3. Jonathan Hollowell, Logan Township
4. Samuel Cole, Laughery Township
5. James McKay, Kelso Township
6. George Wooley, Logan Township
7. Joseph Hayes, Miller Township
8. Daniel Lake, Logan Township
9. John Hubbell, Jackson Township
10. Jacob Castor, Jackson Township
11. John Columbia, Sparta Township
12. John Lewis, Kelso Township
13. Charles Osborn, Jackson Township
14. Thomas Ferran, Clay Township
15. Cyrus Canfield, Manchester Township

 

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Traverse Jury for 3rd week, November Term 1846:

1. George Chandler, Lawrenceburg Township
2. Joseph Lenover, Clay Township
3. Henry Walker, Centre Township
4. Elias Chisman, Laughery Township
5. Philip Roland, Clay Township
6. John Buber, Logan Township
7. John Rudicell, Harrison Township
8. John Elwell, Manchester Township
9. John S. Torrance, Logan Township
10. Joseph Trester, Centre Township
11. William B. Arnold, Sparta Township
12. Jeremiah Howerton, Manchester Township
13. James Rand, Caesars Creek Township
14. John Shanks, Miller Township
15. Bryant Connelly, Jackson Township

Traverse Jury, 4th week, November Term 1846:

1. Freeborn Lewis, Kelso Township
2. Lewis B. Conger, Manchester Township
3. Anthony Gass, Manchester Township
4. M. H. Tulwiler, Lawrenceburg Township
5. Lawrence McGuire, Kelso Township
6. George Linus, Kelso Township
7. Lorenzo Wright, Sparta Township
8. Abram True, Manchester Township
9. William T. Henckson, Logan Township
10. James W. Gaff, Centre Township
11. Nathan Smith, Clay Township
12. Daniel Hall, Manchester Township
13. Anthony Walizer, Kelso Township
14. Daniel Conaway, Laughery Township
15. Francis H. Hansell, Manchester Township

Grand Jury for May Term 1847:

1. Elias Abbott, Clay Township
2. Mahlon Hayes, Miller Township
3. Henry Swift, Centre Township
4. Joseph Hennegan, Sparta Township
5. John Wilson, Miller Township
6. William Pate, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
7. John Miller, Lawrenceburg Township
8. John D. Johnson, Sparta Township
9. Abijah H. Wilson, Jackson Township
10. Moore Holden, Lawrenceburg Township
11. Suel Plummer, Manchester Township
12. John Heinberger, York Township
13. Lorenzo D. Drain, Lawrenceburg Township
14. William Davis, York Township
15. Joseph P. Brush, Caesars Creek Township
16. Jabez Whipple, Harrison Township
17. Isaac Taylor, Logan Township
18. Mason J. Cloud, Logan Township

Traverse Jury for 1st week, May Term 1847:

1. Jesse Hipple, Lawrenceburg Township
2. Elijah S. Blasdell, Manchester Township
3. Stewart Kincaid, Lawrenceburg Township
4. Francis Buffington, Centre Township
5. Kenneday Stewart, Kelso Township
6. Milton Gregg, Lawrenceburg Township
7. Thomas Guion, Clay Township
8. William B. Miller, Sparta Township
9. Samuel McMullen, Manchester Township
10. Jefferson Rittenhouse, Harrison Township
11. William McCulloch, Lawrenceburg Township
12. C. Bird Pate, Jr., Clay Township
13. Martin Trester, Laughery Township
14. Robert D. Brown, Laughery Township
15. Robert Cassiday, Harrison Township

 

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Traverse Jury for 2nd week, May Term 1847:

1. Daniel Baldridge, Logan Township
2. William Johnson, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
3. Warren Tebbs, Harrison Township
4. Jacob Houck, Lawrenceburg Township
5. Abram Showalter, Jackson Township
6. George Green, Laughery Township
7. Jacob S. Lemley, Lawrenceburg Township
8. David Rummel, Sparta Township
9. John Chappellow, Logan Township
10. Wilson Dowran, Sparta Township
11. William Robinson, Miller Township
12. Piercey Wheeler, Sparta Township
13. James Graham, Kelso Township
14. Samuel Jewett, Clay Township
15. Frederick Sowders, Miller Township

Traverse Jury for 3rd week, May Term 1847:

1. Richard Hyland, Kelso Township
2. William Hansell, Miller Township
3. Amaziah Bailey, Centre Township
4. Alexander Patterson, Lawrenceburg Township
5. Alden H. Jumper, Manchester Township
6. John Ewbank, Miller Township
7. William H. Glasgow, Lawrenceburg Township
8. William Donlow, Kelso Township
9. Alexander McKee, York Township
10. George Goulding, Laughery Township
11. Thompson Dean, Centre Township
12. James T. Cloud, Jr., Harrison Township
13. James McClure, Logan Township
14. Aaron B. Henry, Centre Township
15. James C. Cordry, Laughery Township

Traverse Jury for 4th week, May Term 1847:

1. Philemon Wilson, Laughery Township
2. Roswell Judd, Miller Township
3. Robert Patton, Lawrenceburg Township
4. John Lawrence, Jackson Township
5. Lowery Foster, Jackson Township
6. Jacob B. Mason, Kelso Township
7. David Tibbetts, Manchester Township
8. Conrod Rowe, York Township
9. James McGinnis, York Township
10. Ezra Guard, Miller Township
11. William T. Harris, Centre Township
12. James A. Angevine, York Township
13. John Billingsley, Centre Township
14. Henry Blasdell, Miller Township
15. Jeremiah H. Crosby, Lawrenceburg Township

 

George Wooleyk Thomas Horner and others presented remonstrance of householders of Logan Township against granting liquor licenses.

 

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Jones & Brewington – license to keep a store in Wilmington

Duvall & Carbaugh – license to keep a store in Wilmington

J. Henry Lane – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Stockman & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Lewis S. Grengard – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Plummer & Haynes – license to keep a store in Aurora

 

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B. Henry and George Moore, commissioners to survey road on bank of Ohio River from Lawrenceburg to Tanners Creek, make report. Elizabeth Sparks, Thomas B. Pinckard, Andrew Morgan by Abram Brower, his attorney; Sharpe & Cannan, by Theodore Gazley, their attorney; Ellen Hamilton and John Callihan present remonstrance against report. Abiah Hayes remonstrates against report. Samuel McMath of York Township, Luther Plummer, Sr., and William Dills of Manchester Township, appointed commissioners.

 

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Lousley and Dunn – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Jacob Guysi & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Rowland & Chandler – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Houck & Medelstoredt – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2713 – Allowed to Elijah Huffman for lumber for Aurora Bridge

Allowed to Thomas Palmer for books and fuel furnished Recorder’s office

No. 2724 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for fuel &c. for Treasurer’s office

No. 2714 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for his extra services

No. 2712 – Allowed to David Walser as commissioner

No. 2723 – Allowed to J. Hughes for his professional services

 

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Tax rates for 1846.

No. 2715 – Allowed to C. C. Jaquith for services on Board of Equalization

No. 2720 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers for services as Auditor

George Vogelsang – license to keep a tavern [Error.]

 

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Reuben Rogers, Auditor’s report.

 

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Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer’s report.

 

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Cornelius O’Brien, deputy treasurer, makes oath.

Ross & Swartz – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

Jacob Hennwell – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township

Court adjourned.

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1846 Called Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

March Called Session 1846

Page 60

Present:

• William S. Ward
• James Grubbs
• David Walser

Alvin J. Alden, deputy assessor appointed by C. C. Jacquith, took oath.

No. 2445 – Allowed to David Springer for repairing window, shutters, fastenings and large screens

John Shoemake Henry P. Alberts appointed agents to impove road from Lawrenceburg to Brookville.

Reuben Rogers, auditor, files report on Congressional Townships.

 

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Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed report.

 

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R. Rogers, Auditor, makes report.

 

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No. 2480 – Allowed to George W. Lane, late Auditor, for fees in relation to receiving and disbursing interest of U. S. Surplus Revenue Fund. Also to Nelson H. Torbet for same.

Tax rate for 1846.

Proposals to be received for building a bridge over Hogan Creek at Aurora.

Thomas Kyle and A. L. Bailey appointed visitors to County Asylum.

Court adjourned.

 

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Mortgage of Daniel Engle

 

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Mortgage of Thomas Ehler

 

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Mortgage of Thomas Ehler

 

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Mortgage of John Hendrickson

 

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Mortgage of H. H. Ellenhinson

 

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Mortgage of Benjamin Swoyer

 

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Mortgage of Henry Walters

 

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Mortgage of Abram Roland

 

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Deed between Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to George Kemp

 

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Deed between Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to John Trout

 

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Deed between Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to Christopher Vogle

 

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Deed between Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to Hiram Horham

 

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Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

March Session 1846

Page 36

Present:

• William S. Ward
• David Walser
• James Grubbs

Reuben Rogers, Auditor, filed bonds. Received records from George W. Lane, late Auditor. Bond with Josiah Chambers, T. John Taylor, Benjamin Vail, his securities. Bond with Thomas Palmer, Henry Walker, Charles Bashiell, T. John Taylor, Josiah Chambers, L. E. Stevens, T. T. Fenton, William S. Holman, his securities.

 

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William Johnson, School Commissioner, filed bond with John Cobb, N. H. Torbet, George Sutton, L. G. Hulbert, John Langley, Jacob Morrison, his securities.

No. 2365 – Allowed to George Lane for his temporary relief

No. 2366 – Allowed to Elizabeth Carabaugh for her temporary relief

No. 2367 – Allowed to William Crist for materials furnished and labor upon desk and table in Court House

No. 2368 – Allowed to Stephen Green for digging grave for pauper

 

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No. 2370 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for boarding pauper during her last illness and for boarding children of the wife of Moses Alexander, the aforesaid pauper, and for funeral clothes furnished said pauper

No. 2371 – Allowed to William B. Miller for coffin for Elizabeth Alexander, a pauper

No. 2372 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief

Andrew Morgan – license to keep a store in New Lawrenceburg

No. 2384 – Allowed to John Hornberger for nursing pauper during his last illness and for furnishing burial clothes and burying F. Rorke, said pauper

No. 2415 – Allowed to William Lowe for coal for Court House for Commissioners’ Court

No. 2377 – Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing notice of order in matter of County Jail and printing bills for letting Aurora Bridge lumber contract and advertising said bill

 

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No. 2373 – Allowed to Samuel James for keeping Mills Robinson, an insane man

No. 2376 – Allowed to James Christee for services as Commissioner on road

No. 2377 – Allowed to John Hall for service as Commissioner on road in Kelso Township

No. 2378 – Allowed to Henry Likeley for services as commissioner on road in Kelso Township

No. 2382 – Allowed to A. L. Bailey for services as visitor at County Asylum

No. 2384 – Allowed to Benjamin Plummer as visitor at County Asylum

John Gray & Son – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Patrick O’Connor – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

Daniel Plummer – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

 

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Jefferson Rittenhouse – license to keep a store in Harrison

No. 2387 – Allowed to William Stunn for professional services attending paupers

Elijah Thatcher – license to keep a store in Clay Township

John Mahaney – license to keep a tavern in Aurora

Christopher J. Jaquith, Assessor, appoints Daniel Conaway, of Laughery Township, and Daniel Clancey, of Kelso Township.

No. 2390 – Allowed to Benjamin Johnson for temporary relief of his son

No. 2391 – Allowed to William Bruce for wood furnished paupers

No. 2394 – Allowed to goods, groceries, &c. for paupers of Centre Township

 

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No. 2393 – Allowed to Eliakim Nickols for his temporary relief

Allowed to Martin Tester for services as Trustee of Township 4, Range 2 west. To John Wilson and George Green for same.

Philip L. Spooner presents petition of freeholders of Lawrenceburg  for survey of road on bank of Ohio River from Lawrenceburg to mouth of Tanners Creek. Signed by: E. Tate, David Guard, John Callihan, J. Ryman, A. Rees, E. W. Brown, G. H. Dunn, Wm. S. Miller, David Macey, C. G. W. Conreggs, J. S. Ferris, Pattis Cevil, Elisha McNeeley, J. S. Hipple, John Gray, Thomas F. Shan, Jos. Groff, Omer Tousey, Lemuel Hudson, and Ezra Ferris. Aaron B. Henry, Abram Roland and George Moore appointed viewers.

 

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Benjamin Plummer and A. D. Bailey, visitors to County Asylum, made report.

Paupers now at Asylum:

• Abram Peters
• John Hannigan
• John Harrison
• Elizabeth Love
• Hannah White
• Clarrissa Orchard
• William Homes
• Winney Flannegan
• Henry Andrews

Sold watch of deceased pauper and gave $10 to Daniel Shaefer, when discharged.

 

Daniel J. Hancock filed report on South Hogan Bridge.

 

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John Langley – license to keep a tavern in Aurora

No. 2395 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for groceries furnished paupers

No. 2396 – Allowed to Jotham Clark for digging grave for pauper

No. 3007 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for medicines for paupers

No. 2397 – Allowed to Wymond & Ferris for goods furnished paupers

G. & O. Tousey – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2399 – Allowed to Myron H. Harding for professional services attending paupers

 

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No. 2398 – Allowed to R. & O. L. Parry for shroud furnished J. Bodine, a transient pauper

No. 3000 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for coffins for 2 paupers

No. 3001 – Allowed to James Hibbetts for boarding Elizabeth Love and removing her to County Asylum

E. Y. Lee – license to keep a tavern at house in Wilmington

No. 3002 – Allowed to Elisha Cook for temporary relief of said Cook

No. 3003 – Allowed to Dr. E. Y. Lee for professional services attending paupers

No. 3010 – Allowed to Elias McAdams for hauling wood for pauper

No. 3011 – Allowed to George W. Cochran for wood for paupers

Andrew Cunningham – license to keep a grocery in Sparta Township

No. 3004 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery for Auditor’s office

No. 3005 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished clerk’s office

 

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No. 3006 – Allowed to Josiah Belden for money advanced to remove pauper from County

Bond of Corporation of Lawrenceburg for completion of public buildings. Bond signed by Isaac Dunn, David Guard, John Ryman, C. G. W. Connegys, Jesse Hunt, Milton Gregg, John Calahan, L. B. Lewis, Wm. T. Ferris, James H. Lane, John P. Dunn, Benjamin Mayhew, Gardiner Elliott, L. S. Grenzard, and H. K. Hobbs and J. Joseph Glardon.

 

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No. 3008 – Allowed to Jacob T. Crider for wood furnished paupers

Michael Hoff – license to keep a store in Jackson Township

Treasurers of Township 6, Range 1 west to meet on farm of E. S. Blasdel.

 

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Affidavit of Henry Stuar on County Road through Jackson and Manchester Townships. James N. Milliken, Benjamin Sylvester and Daniel Taylor appointed viewers.

Sale of land in Township 7, Range 3 west. Daniel Hathaway, Andrew E. Babcock and George Givans, School Trustees. Citizens of township approve sale:

• Herman King
• Silvester Ferris
• Reuben Hopper
• David Ellis
• Wm. C. Knapp
• George V. Christopher
• Benjamin Milarn
• Daniel B. Napp
• Albert Huls
• William C. Lord
• William L. H. Givan
• Cyrus Clark
• Samuel Keiyer
• Stephen M. Day
• Daniel Hathaway
• Thuman Andrews
• Hinn Bartles
• Gilbert Parsons
• Robert Wheeler
• Michael J. Ehler
• Jacob Hanes
• Henry Haynes
• John Sittles
• John P. King
• Cyrus Cross
• Joseph Persons
• John Oliver
• Wm. Johnson
• John Dorman
• Beauford Milam
• William Huels
• Eben Nocks
• Henry Meader
• George Givan
• James Round
• John Keizer
• George Lewis
• Clark Wilson
• O. Heustis
• Simon Moss
• James Watson
• Richard Wheeler
• John Mendel
• F. Myers
• Isaac Morris
• James M. Garrigus
• Jacob Loter
• David Loter
• Hewitt N. Dixon
• William Greene
• William Nocks
• Robert Sims
• Shuball Meader
• David C. Lord
• Thomas Lord
• Joshua Given
• Samuel Clark
• Anthony Gass
• John Howery
• Jonah Lewis
• Luther Cleaveland
• John Wynear
• John Morcliff
• Vinson Perdun
• Valentine Gatz
• John Larrison
• Edward W. Slack
• Lewis B. Conger

 

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Henry Likely, John Hall and James Christy make report on road leading from Tanners Creek through lands of Henry Much, John Blatner, Peter Wheat and others in Kelso Township.

Henry A. Moran, Collector of tolls at Aurora Bridge, made report.

No. 3020 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for professional services attending upon paupers

 

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Appointment of Trustees of County Seminary: Robert D. Brown, Jacob Ebersole, Daniel Conaway, Benjamin Vail, David Kerr, N. H. Torbet, John Columbia, William Dils, Geo. W. Lane, William T. Hall, William S. Holmann, William Johnson, Benjamin Plummer, and Charles Dashiell.

No. 3021 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for office rent

Ordered Auditor pay to Thomas Wilson, James O. Smith and George Smith for services as Trustees of Township 5, Range 3 west.

John VanDolah exempted from labor required by law due injuries in his ankles.

No. 3014 – Allowed to Jacob Ebersole for professional services attending paupers

No. 3016 – Allowed to Mahlon Powell for extra services as Sheriff

No. 3017 – Allowed to George Sutton for professional services attending paupers

No. 3018 – Allowed to John F. Richards for wood, washing and boarding criminals

 

Page 53

No. 3019 – Allowed to Myron H. Harding for professional services attending paupers

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, made report.

 

Page 54

Henry A. Moran appointed collector of tolls at bridge at mouth of Hogan Creek.

 

Page 55

Petition to widen road from Canal Jumble up bank of Ohio River to mouth of Great Miami River. John B. Hall published legal notice. Aaron B. Hewit, Abram Roland and George Moore appointed viewers.

James Powell – license to keep a tavern

Daniel S. Major, attorney, presents remonstrance of John McMath and others against granting liquor licenses in York Township.

No. 2423 – Allowed to William Tate for services as Physician at County Asylum

Eldridge & Tate be employed as Physician for County Asylum.

 

Page 56

No. 2424 – Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for boarding paupers at County Asylum

No. 2525 – Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for shoes and moving pauper

Leetham & Green – license to keep a grocery at Aurora

No. 2426 – Allowed to Joseph Smith for meat, tallow, &c. furnished paupers

No. 2427 – Allowed to Jeremiah Crosby for watching jail

No. 2428 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for taxes paid through error

No. 2429 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for stationery for office

No. 2450 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for extra services

No. 2451 – Allowed to Amos Lane for wood for pauper

James Ross – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

No. 2452 – Allowed to William S. Miller for coal for Court

 

Page 57

Election to be held in Logan Township to elect Justice of the Peace to fill place of Ezekiel Jackson. In Sparta Township to elect Justice of Peace to fill place of Benjamin Johnson. In Caesars Creek Township to elect Justice of Peace to fill place of Thos W. Pate. In Laughrey Township to fill vacancy of Jesse Wilson.

Allowed to William Johnson, School Commissioner, for services receiving and disbursing School Fund.

Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing notice of sale of school lands.

 

Page 58

No. 2432 – Allowed to Armanias Evans for his temporary relief

P. S. Cornelius selected by Board to attend State University at Bloomington.

Allowed to George Sheldon for attendance in stoves for Recorder’s office

Proposal of Abner Dill to keep paupers at County Asylum accepted. Filed bond with John Shoemake, his security.

 

Page 59

William V. Cheek, Clerk, presents bill. Not allowed. Cheek appeals and files bond with Edmund C. Cheek, his surety.

No. 2438 – Allowed to George W. Lane for services as auditor

Court adjourned.

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the December 1845 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4

In Vacation 1845

Page 1

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Joseph P. Richardson.

 

Page 2

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Joseph P. Richardson.

 

Page 3

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Nathan Vanansdol.

 

Page 4 [Continued.]

 

Page 5

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Nathan Vanansdol.

 

Page 6 [Continued.]

 

Page 7

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Abner Dill.

 

December Session 1845

Page 8

Present:

• William S. Ward
• David Walser
• James Grubbs

No. 2261 – Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for boarding paupers at County Asylum

Report of visitors of the County Asylum by Benjamin Plummer and A. L. Bailey.

Paupers now there:

• Abram Peters
• Henry Andrews
• William Holmes
• Clarrissa Orchard
• Hannah White
• John Harrison
• Winney Flannigan
• John Flannigan
• Rachel Fletcher

Paupers discharged during past quarter:

• Daniel Shaffer
• Mary Andrew
• Mills Robinson
• Elizabeth Love
• James Moore

Lydia Ann White, a small girl, is taken out on trial, and will probably be taken off of the County.

No. 2262 – Allowed to A. L. Bailey as visitor to County Asylum

No. 2263 – Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for coffin, bucket, shoes, & glass

 

Page 9

Columbus C. Jaquith, Assessor, filed bond with General Sullivan Jaquith and Linus Hamblin, his securities.

Ellis W. Brown – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Isaac Miles – license to keep a store in Dillsboro

Sebastian Blatner – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in York Township

 

Page 10

No. 2264 – Allowed to Ann Fowler for boarding pauper

No. 2265 – Allowed to Samuel James for boarding Mills Robinson, an insane man

No. 2266 – Allowed to J. N. Ray for stationery furnished Auditor’s office

No. 2267 – Allowed to J. N. Ray for stationery furnished Clerk’s office

No. 2268 – Allowed to Elizabeth Crandon for boarding pauper and sending her to County Asylum

No. 2269 – Allowed to Jotham Clark for digging grave for Lake, a pauper

No. 2270 – Allowed to J. B. Gerard for his professional services attending on pauper

No. 2271 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished Auditor

No. 2271 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished Cler

Auditor directed to give Isaac Morris of Manchester Township a certificate of abatement of his personal property.

Christopher C. Jacquith, Assessor, appointed David Conger, of Manchester Township, and William Clinch, his deputies.

 

Page 11

Report of Daniel J. Hancock, collector of tolls on South Hogan Bridge.

 

Page 12

No. 2273 – Allowed to George Sheldon for stove, pipes and cutting hole for pipe for use of Court House

No. 2274 – Allowed to George Sheldon for stove and pipe for Auditor’s office

No. 2275 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for medicines and provisions for paupers

No. 2276 – Allowed to Wymond & Ferris for groceries and goods furnished paupers

John Sickler – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Jackson Township. Filed bond with Lewis B. Conger, his security.

No. 2277 – Allowed to Milo Black for professional services attending paupers

No. 2278 – Allowed to John Wood for use of carriage taking pauper to County Asylum

No. 2280 – Allowed to Richard Sopris for timber and services fixing foundation for new bridge at Aurora

Report of Henry Moran, toll gatherer at Aurora Bridge.

 

Page 13

Myers & Steelty – license to keep a store in New Lawrenceburg

Silas Nowlin, Ezra Guard and John Shanks, viewers of State Road from Lawrenceburg to Brookville, filed report. Land of Thomas Miller, Enoch Hayes, Scoggin’s heirs, heirs of Levi Miller, Isaac Hayes, Joseph Stevens. Harrison Dawson, Justice of the Peace.

No. 2281 – Allowed to Silas Nowlin for viewing road

No. 2282 – Allowed to Ezra Guard for viewing road

 

Page 14

No. 2283 – Allowed to John Shanks for viewing road

No. 2284 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief

No. 2285 – Allowed to Mrs. Wilson for taking care of Mrs. Roney and coffin for Mrs. Roney

No. 2286 – Allowed to William A. Smith for setting glass in windows of Court House

No. 2287 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for boarding and nursing paupers

No. 2288 – Allowed to Elisha Cook for his temporary relief

No. 2289 – Allowed to Armanias Evans for his temporary relief

Tranger & Grant – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

 

Page 15

Herman Benson – license to keep grocery and retail spirituous liquors in Kelso Township

John B. Kesler – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Kelso Township

Andrew Lonnergan – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Dover, Kelso Township

Allowed to John Saltmarsh for services as Justice of the Peace in inquisition of Daniel Shoefer, an insane man. To Peter H. Ewing as constable. To Mahlon Powell, Jno. F. Richards, William Northern, and Allen Matthews as witnesses. To Reuben Rogers, William Walser, Joshua Brewington, John Conforth, Frederick R. Utz, George Lamb, James Lennegar, Joshua Northern, Abram Locey, R. A. Palmer, William Daniels, and Jacob Arbaugh for serving on inquest.

No. 2293 – Allowed to Myron H. Harding for professional services attending paupers

No. 2294 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for groceries and money furnished paupers

 

Page 16

No. 2295 – Allowed to Amaziah Bailey for coffin for Hanna, a pauper

No. 2296 – Allowed to Isaac White for groceries furnished pauper

No. 2297 – Allowed to Elisha McNeeley for guarding jail

James C. Cordry – license to keep a store in Wilmington

Christopher Rowe refunded.

No. 2299 – Allowed to John Goodwin for nursing and boarding pauper and removing him to County Asylum

No. 2300 – Allowed to Benjamin Johnson for temporary relief of his son

Daniel A. Rowland – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Geo. W. Shane – license to keep a grocery in Logan Township

John Mahoney – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

 

Page 17

No. 2301 – Allowed to Dunn & Watts for publishing delinquent list for 1844

No. 2302 – Allowed to Dunn & Watts for publishing notice of sale of land belonging to Surplus Revenue Fund

No. 2303 – Allowed to Dunn & Watts for printing mortgage and certificate for Auditor

No. 2304 – Allowed to John F. Richards for boarding criminals, receiving and discharging same

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed report.

 

Page 18

No. 2305 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for steel pens, paper and rent of office

No. 2306 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for wood furnished prisoners in County Jail

No. 2307 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for 2 reams of paper for clerk’s office

No. 2309 – Allowed to Eleazor B. Vail for medicine for paupers

No. 2310 – Allowed to Jacob Ebersole for professional services

No. 2310 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for expenses of survey of lands of Township 6, Range 3 west

No. 2312 – Allowed to William Bruce for hauling wood for paupers

No. 2313 – Allowed to James C. Cordry for goods furnished paupers

No. 2314 – Allowed to Houk & Wedelstaedt for blankets furnished prisoners in County Jail

Slater & Hall – licenses to keep a store in Yorkville

 

Page 19

No. 2315 – Allowed to William H. Glasgow for viewing prisoners and mending chains, staples and taking off irons from prisoners

Report of Trustees of Township 6, Range 3 west, by Charles Dashiell, Gilbert T. Givan and W. J. McCreary.

 

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Page 22

No. 2317 – Allowed to Mahlon Powell for extra services as Sheriff

No. 2318 – Allowed to Peter B. Vail for steel pens for Auditor’s office

No. 2319 – Allowed to John F. Richards for clothing and cash furnished paupers in County Jail

Peter B. Vail – license to keep a store in Aurora

Lewis G. Hulbert – license to keep a store in Aurora

James W. Gaff – license to keep a store in Aurora

Benjamin Sylvester – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

 

Page 23

Report on County Jail by W. F. Stevens, Foreman of Grand Jury.

Petition of citizens of Kelso Township for change of road from Tanners Creek to house of Gerard Wempe, through lands of Henry March, John Blatner, Peter Wheat and John Mahoney. Henry Likely, James Christie and John Hall appointed viewers.

 

Page 24

George W. Lane and David Walser appointed to purchase lumber for new bridge at Aurora.

John Houck – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

Election for Justice of the Peace in Manchester Township to fill vacancy of William Tibbetts, Sr.

No. 2320 – Allowed to D. H. Jessup for professional services attending pauper

No. 2321 – Allowed to George W. Lane, Auditor, for his services

No. 2325 – Allowed to James Boothe for over-assessment paid on his property

Court adjourned.

 

Page  25

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Jones McLester.

 

Page 26 [Continued.]

 

Page 27

Mortgage of William and Patrick O’Brien.

 

Page 28

Mortgage of William and Patrick O’Brien.

 

Page 29

Mortgage of Samuel Humbel.

 

Page 30

Mortgage of Abram Roland.

Mortgage of John Shepherd.

 

Page 31

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and Philip Mason.

 

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Page 34

Deed between George W. Lane, Auditor, and John Lewis.

 

Page 35 [Continued.]