The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the May 1841 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
May Session 1841
Page 141
Present:
No business. Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1841 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
March Session 1841
Page 126
Present:
No. 1 – Allowed to James Hall, a pauper, for assistance in returning to his friends in Pennsylvania
No. 2 – Allowed to David C. Hope for making coffin for John Easton, a pauper
No. 3 – Allowed to Wesley Harrison for making rails on the asylum farm
No. 4 – Allowed to Elias Schooley for making coffin for a pauper at the asylum
No. 5 – Allowed to William Harrison for services as visitor to the asylum
No. 6 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for services as visitor to the asylum
No. 7 – Allowed to Samuel Murphy for hauling rails at the asylum
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David Conger, Justice of the Peace, with list of fines assessed. [Marked as error.]
Rowland & White – license to vend merchandise at their store in Clay Township
No. 8 – Allowed to John Cundale for funeral expenses attendant in the burial of John Amisley, a pauper
Richard Gaines – license to retail groceries and spirituous liquors by Rising Sun
Elijah S. Edler – license to vend merchandise and groceries at his store
No. 9 – Allowed to John Hansell as a visitor of the asylum, for keeping Debunis, pauper
No. 10 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for attending paupers at the asylum
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No. 11 – Allowed to Mrs. Merrick for temporary relief
No. 12 – Allowed to William H. Glasgow per account
Boyd & Burr – license to vend merchandise and groceries in Moores Hill
Election to be held in Sparta Township for Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy of Benjamin Johnson.
Election to be held in Clay Township for Justice of the Peace in place of Isaac Randall.
Election to be held in Centre Township for Justice of the Peace in room of Francis Baldwin.
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Petition of Samuel H. Dowden and Virgil Dowden for change in boundary of York Township. Land of Thomas Darlington. Ordered.
Page 130
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, files bond with Charles W. Wright, David Kerr, Mahlon Powell, James Lindsay, Stephen Wood, William V. Cheek, John Columbia, Noyes Canfield, Jacob Harwood, Walter Kerr and Lemuel G. Elder, as securities.
Joseph Hayborn – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora
No. 13 – Allowed to George Sutton for medicine and attendance on Richard Rains, a pauper
No. 14 – Allowed to Thomas Willson for temporary relief
Pattrick O’Connor – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at house in Kelso Township
No. 15 – Allowed to John Parkes for going after pauper
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Petition of Enoch W. Jackson and others for alteration in state road from Lawrenceburg to Rushville. Road through land of Miller, Jacob Hayes, Enoch W. Jackson. Abram Ferris, Warren Tebbs and Aaron B. Henry appointed commissioners to meet at house of Jacob Hayes in Lawrenceburg Township.
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John R. Watkins – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora
Lewis G. Hurlbert – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora
No. 16 – Allowed to Rogers & Frasure for repairs to Court House, locks, &c.
No. 17 – Allowed to Richard Hughs for holding inquest over the bodies of two infants found dead in Jackson Township
No. 18 – Allowed to George Williams for service as Constable summoning Jury in above case
No. 19 – Allowed to Holman B. Cannon for balance on account for keeping paupers at the asylum and work done at same
No. 20 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for complete record book, paper, and making out assessor’s books and extra services
No. 21 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for extra service
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No. 22 – Allowed to Dearborn County Democrat for advertising
Abram B. Adams appointed appraiser. Filed bond with Stephen Wood and Ebenezer Dumont, his securities.
Petition of T. B. Kessler, Thomas Jones and others of Jackson Township to alter the boundary line of Kelso Township. Ordered.
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Petition of Peter R. Perine and others of York Township for change in State Road from Lawrenceburg to Rushville. Jonathan Blaisdell, Samuel H. Dowden and James Angevine appointed commissioners to meet at office of William Smith in Miller Township.
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No. 23 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as clerk of Township 6, Range 3
No. 24 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for temporary relief
No. 25 – Allowed to William L. Linsday for repairing 3 fireplaces in asylum and one in jail
John B. Clark – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester Township
No. 26 – Allowed to N. L. Squibb for surveying, platting and calculating section 16, Township 4, Range 2 west
No. 27 – Allowed to Jesse Willson for chain carrier and blazers in survey of Section 16, Township 4, Range 2
No. 28 – Allowed to Conrad Row, William Rowe and Cornelius Rowe, overseers of the poor for Kelso Township for attending the case of Madaline Fry and Blasey Miller
L. J. Cannon – license to vend merchandise and groceries in New Alsace in Kelso Township
James Miller & Co. – license to vend merchandise and groceries in Randolph Township
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Holman B. Cannon, keeper of the asylum, filed bond with Lemuel G. Elder and Daniel R. Edwards, securities.
Page 137
No. 29 – Allowed to Ebenezer Dumont for services as Treasurer and for a book for the use of the Treasurer’s office, and services as School Township Trustee of Township 5,
Nelson H. Torbet employed as physician to attend to the poor at the asylum.
Page 138
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, makes report.
Page 139
No. 30 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as Commissioner
No. 31 – Allowed to David Walser as Commissioner
No. 32 – Allowed to William L. Ward as Commissioner
Richard H. Holman, James Mills, Ephraim Glasgow, Luke Evil, James W. Weaver, Henry Walker, George Cornelius, Alfred J. Cotton, Arthur St. Clair, Nathaniel L. Squibb, Jacob W. Eggleston and William Gerrard appointed Trustees of County Seminary.
Ebenezer Dumont, Collector, makes report.
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No. 33 – Allowed to Ebenezer Dumont for Galliopolis paper received as Collector
No. 34 – Allowed to William McBride for purpose of purchasing paints and oil for Court House
No. 35 – Allowed to Benjamin Vail for half ream of letter paper
No. 36 – Allowed to Holman B. Cannon for keeping paupers
Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the January 1841 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
January Session 1841
Page 109
Present:
John R. Ross – license to keep a tavern at his residence in Wilmington
Jacob Vanwedding – license to keep a tavern and retail groceries at his house in Jackson Township
Merit Hubbel – license to vend merchandise and groceries at his house in Jackson Township
John Stewart – license to keep a tavern in Hartford
John Hunt – license to vend merchandise and groceries at his store in Lawrenceburg
Page 110
Thomas Linnon – license to vend groceries and spritiuous liquors at house in Kelso Township
Jeremiah Coughlan – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Hover
Jacob Smith – license to vend merchandise, groceries and spritiuous liquors at tavern in Kelso Township
George W. Shane – license to vend merchandise and groceries and keep a tavern at Shane’s Cross Roads in Logan Township
No. 1 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for temporary relief
No. 2 – Allowed to Amaziah Baily for table for recorder’s office
No. 3 – Allowed to Thomas Baker for four cords wood furnished for Court House
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No. 4 – Allowed to Luke Evill for book furnished clerk’s office
No. 5 – Allowed to Daniel R. Edwards for candlesticks, candles, tumblers and keg for court house
Daniel R. Edwards – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Wilmington
No. 6 – Allowed to Richard H. Holman for service as attorney in prosecuting Joseph Peters on a charge of murder before David Kerr, Esq., also on a writ of habeas corpus before John Livingston, associate judge
No. 7 – Allowed to Jonathan Blaisdell for services as School Township Trustee of Township 6, Range 1
No. 8 – Allowed to Robert Haddock for service as School Township Trustee in Township 6, Range 1 west
Jacob C. Wells – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Rising Sun
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Joshua Haines – license to vend merchandise and groceries at his store in Rising Sun
No. 8 ½ – Allowed to Joel Decoursey for holding inquest over the body of Thomas Dickason
No. 9 – Allowed to Harvey Green for services as constable at Jury of Inquest on Thomas Dickason
No. 10 – Allowed to John Morrison for medicine and attendance on Charles Noble, a pauper
No. 11 – Allowed to John W. Hall for articles furnished for burying clothes for John Toles, a pauper
No. 12 – Allowed to David Kerr for holding inquest on body of John Easton
No. 13 – Allowed to Mahlon Powell for services as constable on Jury of Inquest on body of John Easton
Stephen Liddle – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Miller Township
No. 14 – Allowed to George Sutton for medicine and attendance for Mrs. Bennet, a pauper
No. 15 – Allowed to Amaziah Bailey for ballot box for Centre Township
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No. 16 – Allowed to A. H. Torbet for visiting Dodd when dead in jail, for visit and medicine for George Marshall, and examining body of John Easton
No. 17 – Allowed to Eprhaim Hollister for making coffin for Cox, a pauper
No. 18 – Allowed to John Binegar for account transferred to Binegar from Dr. E. S. Close for medicine and attendance on Mary Ann Symmes
No. 19 – Allowed to Stephen Green for services at Court summoning Jury for Coroner
No. 20 – Allowed to James C. Cordry for paper furnished clerk’s office and blankets furnished jail
No. 21 – Allowed to Martin Stewart for amount paid William G. Monroe, late treasurer, through mistake which was allowed at the last term of court
George W. Lane, commissioner of three percent fund, makes report.
Page 114
New way of state road from Lawrenceburg to Madison via Rising Sun and Vevay in report of Nathaniel L. Squibb and John J. French, ordered opened.
Page 115
No. 22 – Allowed to John Brewington for cleaning Court House, washing windows and mending benches and floor in Court House
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, makes report.
Page 116
Margaret Johnson – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg
George Vogelgesang – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Kelso Township
John Langley – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Aurora
Jacob Harwood – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Wilmington
No. 23 – Allowed to Harrison Dawson for ballot box for Miller Township
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Allowed for Grand Jurors at October Term 1840:
Allowed for Petit Jurors at October Term 1840, 1st week:
Allowed to Petit Jurors at October Term 1840, 2nd week:
Allowed to Petit Jurors at October Term 1840, 2nd week:
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Allowed for Judges of Circuit Court at October Term 1840:
No. 133 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for cleaning Court House, &c.
No. 134 – Allowed to William V. Cheek, clerk, for Grand Jury, paper and sand
Page 120
No. 135 – Allowed to William H. Glasgow for services as Jailor &c., for cister at jail
No. 136 – Allowed to Thomas Willson, a blind man, for temporary relief
No. 137 – Allowed to Jacob Howk for assisting in bringing prisoners to jail
No. 138 – Allowed to Charles. W. Wright for service as Juror in the case of the State vs. Lake
No. 139 – Allowed to Joseph Hunter for service as Juror in above case
Martin Stewart appointed assessor in Randoplh Township
William Gerrard appointed assessor in Union Township
William Lemon appointed assessor in Caesar Creek Township
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Isaac Jones appointed assessor of Clay Township
William B. Arnold appointed assessor of Sparta Township
Lemuel G. Elder appointed assessor of Laughery Township
Benjamin Plummer appointed assessor of Manchester Township
Lewis B. Conger appointed assessor of Jackson Township
William Rawling appointed assessor of Kelso Township
Harrison Dawson appointed assessor of Miller Township
Abram B. Adams appointed assessor of Lawrenceburg Township
George W. Lane appointed assessor of Centre Township
Warren Tibbs appointed assessor of Logan Township
Page 122
Election to be held in Logan Township for Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy of George Bowlby, term expired
Election to be held in Caesar Creek Township for Justices of the Peace to fill vacancy of William Lemon and William Cooper
Page 123
No. 140 – Allowed to Thomas Baker for wood furnished Court House
No. 141 – Allowed to James Mills for services attending the building of jail, collecting iron, measuring plank, and receiving and paying over money to Mr. Kimbal
Allowed for taking Examination as deputy collectors for 1840:
Hugh Noyes – license to keep a tavern in Manchester Township
W. W. Jorden – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester Township
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No. 154 – Allowed to John Saltmarsh, Justice of the Peace, for holding an Inquest over the dead body of John Hughs in Lawrenceburg Township
No. 155 – Allowed to Aaron L. Goble for services in summoning a Jury of Inquest before John Saltmarsh, Justice of the Peace, in above case
No. 156 – Allowed to Holman B. Cannon for keeping paupers at the asylum
York Township created from parts of Kelso, Miller and Manchester Townships.
Leonard Spicknail appointed inspector of elections in York Township. Election to be held at house of James Shall.
No. 157 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as Commissioner
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No. 158 – Allowed to David Walser as Commissioner
No. 159 – Allowed to William S. Ward as Commissioner
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the October 1840 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
October Session 1840
Page 97
Present:
No. 1 – Allowed to William Morgan, coroner, for four inquisitions
No. 2 – Allowed to John Brewington for summoning Jury by order of Wm. Morgan, coroner
No. 3 – Allowed to George P. Lowe for services rendered notifying friends of Dodd who was found dead in jail
No. 4 – Allowed to James C. Hinman for making coffin for child found in the Ohio River
No. 5 – Allowed to Thomas Palmer for record and paper, passage to and from Cincinnati, writing table
No. 6 – Allowed to Hiram Crowl for service as Juror at April Term 1840
L. B. Lewis – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg
William L. Ward, county commissioner, took his seat.
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No. 7 – Allowed to Randall Frazier for making a coffin for Dodd, who hung himself in the county jail
John J. French and John Stewart make oath that new way laid out by William Patterson and Nathaniel L. Squibb of State Road from Rising Sun to Versailles, Ripley County is made convenient for travellers. Ordered old state road vacated.
John Stewart – license to vend merchandise and groceries at his store in Hartford
William Winkley – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora
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Horton & Morgan – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in New Lawrenceburg
Timothy Kimball makes final settlement for building of jail.
No. 9 – Allowed to Timothy Kimball for part of above
No. 10 – Allowed to Timothy Kimball for balance due on settlement for building jail
No. 11 – Allowed to Holman Cannon for keeping paupers at the asylum
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No. 12 – Allowed to Nathaniel L. Squibb for reviewing, surveying, making report and returning same on the road from Lawrenceburg to Madison by Vevay and Rising Sun
No. 13 – Allowed to John J. French for services as commissioner on above named road
No. 14 – Allowed to Martin Stewart for services as commissioner on the above named road
Board examined law and report on State Road from Rising Sun to Versailles, Ripley County by Cornelius Miller and Elijah Lindsay, commissioners. Ordered report void. John J. French and John Stewart makes oath on new way laid out by William Patterson and Nathaniel L. Squibb. Old road ordered vacated.
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Nathaniel L. Squibb, Martin Stewart and John J. French, commissioners to view change in state road from Lawrenceburg to Madison via Rising Sun and Vevay, make report. John W. Hall, Justice of the Peace.
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Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, made report.
No. 15 – Allowed to William Patterson for overcharge in taxes for 1840
No. 16 – Allowed to Isaac Cannon for setting 36 lights of glass in the Court House
No. 17 – Allowed to Joseph Boon for keeping Dodd and Marshall, jail fees over shirt for prisoner
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No. 18 – Allowed to Charles Patten for irons for prisoners in Lawrenceburg Jail
Hoover & Stopher – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Rising Sun
Hoover & Stopher – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at store in Rising Sun
Matter of new township prayed for by Samuel McMath and others. Continued.
No. 19 – Allowed to Daniel R. Edwards for license furnished the jailor for the comfort of prisoners
No. 20 – Allowed to James C. Cordy for articles furnished jailor
No. 21 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers for articles furnished jailor
No. 22 – Allowed to James D. Lindsay for services rendered in bringing Hoover from Lawrenceburg, prisoners from Lawrenceburg Jail to the Jail in Wilmington and other articles
No. 23 – Allowed to Justus R. Armes for keeping Henry Bennet’s wife, a pauper
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No. 24 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for books and paper for clerk’s office
James Conaway – license to vend spirituous liquors at house in Guionville
Blackmore – license to vend merchandise and groceries at Hartford
No. 25 – Allowed to William H. Glasgow for keeping prisoners and making beds &c.
Benjamin Vail – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Wilmington
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No. 26 – Allowed to Thomas Baker for wood furnished the Court House
No. 27 – Allowed to Benjamin Vail for writing paper for clerk’s office
Daniel J. Hancock and Isaac Hancock to build a toll bridge across South Hogan Creek. Approved.
George W. Lane appointed commissioner of three percent fund. Filed bond with Amos Lane, John Shoemake and Richard H. Holman, as securities.
Page 107
County receipts and expenditures for 1839.
Page 108
No. 28 – Allowed to David Walser as commissioner
No. 29 – Allowed to William S. Ward as commissioner
No. 30 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as commissioner
Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the October 1840 Special Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
October Special Session 1840
Page 96
Present:
Examined jail in Wilmington and considered completed per agreement with Timothy Kimball.
Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1840 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
September Session 1840
Page 74
Present:
Charles Dashiell elected president of board.
Allowed to Grand Jurors at April Term 1840:
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Allowed to Petit Jurors at April Term 1840:
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Allowed for services rendered for Dearborn Circuit Court at April Term 1840:
No. 117 – Allowed to James Lawrence for assessing Jackson Township
Solomon Samuel – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise and groceries in Kelso Township
John Luby – license to vend foreign merchandise as peddler
No. 118 – Allowed to William Justis for one coffin for Jemima Davison, a pauper
No. 119 – Allowed to Elisha Bowers for services and boarding Jemima Davison
John Tait – license to retail foreign and domestic merchandise and groceries
Warren Tebbs – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Harrison
Page 78
No. 120 – Allowed to Holman Cannon for keeping paupers at asylum
James & Joseph Miller – license to retail spirituous liquors at house in Randolph Township
Hamilton Conaway – license to retail foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Guionville
No. 121 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for moving Susan Nation, a transient pauper
No. 122 – Allowed to William Harrison for services as visitor to the asylum
No. 123 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for services as visitor to the asylum
No. 124 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance at the asylum
Abijah North and others in Randolph Township petition for alteration to state road Lawrenceburg to Madison by Vevay and Rising Sun commencing at mouth Peter Lostutter’s lane. Road through land of Levi North, Asahel North, Jonathan Howe, James Miller, Joseph Miller and Abijah North, John Wilson, James Morrison. Martin Stewart, John J. French, and Nathaniel S. Squibb appointed commissioners, to meet at office of Joel Decoursey.
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No. 125 – Allowed to J. H. Mendell for 2 coffins for transient paupers
No. 126 – Allowed to R. G. Yonge for digging grave for John Tolls, a transient paupers
No. 127 – Allowed to Harvey J. Still for expenses in burying William McCaskey, a transient pauper
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Isaac and Daniel L. Hancock opened change in State Road from Aurora to Napoleon.
No. 128 – Allowed to Betsy Cox for attendance on Bennett, a pauper
No. 129 – Allowed to James C. Cordy for 2 reams of writing paper for clerk’s office
No. 130 – Allowed to Amaziah Bailey for 3 coffins for drowned men, also for making a coffin for Mrs. Bennet, a pauper
No. 131 – Allowed to T. J. Bailey for summoning 2 Juries of Inquest over dead men for coroner
No. 132 – Allowed to J. J. Bennet for digging grave for drowned man
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No. 133 – Allowed to Philip Smith for digging grave for drowned man
No. 134 – Allowed to J. M. West for burying drowned man
John Hall – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in York Ridge in Kelso Township
Elisha Bodine – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise and groceries at his store in Logan Township
Luther Plumer, Merit Hubble, and Joseph Johnston, commissioners to assess damages to George P. Buell by State Road from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon, Ripley County. David Conger, Justice of Peace, make report. Abram Ferris and Abraham Roland to pay Buell and residue ordered paid by County. Road marked by George Cornelius and Martin Trester is opened.
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No. 136 [sic] – Allowed to Merit Hubbell for services assessing damages on State Road leading from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon
No. 137 – Allowed to Luther Plumer for services as commissioner in assessing damages on state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon
No. 138 – Allowed to Joseph Johnston for services as commissioner in assessing damages on state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon
Ordered Thomas Wilson, a blind person, allowed relief.
Petition of John Billingsley, owner of lots in Hardinsburgh that state road from Lawrenceburg to Elizabeth Town cuts through.
Page 85
Cornelius Miller, Elijah Lindsay, and Hugh Noyes, commissioners to view state road leading from Rising Sun to Versailles, Ripley County, files report. Nathaniel L. Squibb to change road. John K. Lewis, Justice of the Peace.
Page 86
No. 139 – Allowed to Thomas Wilson for first installment ordered paid to him in former order
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No. 140 – Allowed to Randall Frasher and John P. Rogers for book cases for clerk’s office
No. 141 – Allowed to Isaac Cannon for work and glass furnished and performed for and on book cases in clerk’s office
No. 142 – Allowed to John Ferree for coffin for pauper, for ballot box &c. for Lawrenceburg Township
No. 143 – Allowed to Elias Schooley for making two coffins for paupers at the asylum
James Mills – license to vend and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Wilmington
Reuben Rogers – license to vend and retail foreign and domestic merchandise and groceries
James Murray – license to vend and retail foreign and domestic merchandise and groceries
John W. Hall – license to vend and retail foreign and domestic merchandise and groceries in Rising Sun
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John Mahoney – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Kelso Township
Moses Turner – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Rising Sun
No. 144 – Allowed to John Parks for conveying transient pauper to the asylum
No. 145 – Allowed to Ingold Butterfield as Juror Oct Term 1839
No. 146 – Allowed to Isaac Miles as Juror Oct Term
No. 147 – Allowed to Moore & Brooks for articles furnished Davis, a transient pauper
No. 148 – Allowed to Joseph Boone for dieting and attendance prisoners in Lawrenceburg Jail
No. 149 – Allowed to William Brown for making one coffin in July and one in October 1838 for Kizen and Stranger
Rees House & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at their store in Lawrenceburg
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No. 150 – Allowed to Thomas Stevenson for services as overseer of the poor of Clay Township
No. 151 – Allowed to Isaac Gibson for services as overseer of the poor for Clay Township
Page 90
Treasurer produced certificates for associate judges.
No. 152 – Allowed to Dunn & Ferris for overcharge in store license
Wm. T. Ferris – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries
L. Hudson – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries in New Lawrenceburg
No. 153 – Allowed to William Dils for extra service, bringing from Lawrenceburg to Wilmington a writ of habeas corpus
No. 154 – Allowed to Amos Lane for attending case of bastardy before Justice and Circuit Court as certified by overseers of the poor of Lawrenceburg Township
Ephraim Glasgow – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Wilmington
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Henry Schue – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Kelso Township
No. 155 – Allowed to Stephen Merrick for temporary relief to be under the control fo Benjamin Sylvester
No. 156 – Allowed to Dr. George Sutton for attendance and medicine furnished Wells, a transient pauper
No. 157 – Allowed to David Fisher for boarding &c. four prisoners, Caton, Hall, Havlus and Brown
Stephen Wood – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Wilmington
No. 158 – Allowed to George Cornelius for service as commissioner in viewing and relocating a part of State Road leading from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon
No. 159 – Allowed to Martin Trester for service as Commissioner in viewing and relocating a part of state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon
Page 92
No. 160 – Allowed to Nathaniel L. Squibb for services as surveyor on road leading from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, files report.
Page 93
No. 161 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for books, stationery &c. for clerk’s office, for making out duplicates of taxes
No. 162 – Allowed to Sarah White for maintenance of a female pauper child as per order of the overseers of the poor of Centre Township
No. 163 – Allowed to John Wymond for articles furnished Hannel Levi, a transient pauper
No. 164 – Allowed to Lucretia Freeland for keeping Rorston, a pauper
No. 165 – Allowed to Robert Owen for keeping Susan Roston, a pauper
No. 166 – Allowed to Ebenezer Dumont for making out 13 books for enumeration of white male inhabitants above age of twenty years
No. 167 – Allowed to William Miller for repairing jail at Lawrenceburg
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Jefferson Rittenhouse – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries
Josiah Chambers – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries
James Lawrence – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors in Jackson Township
No. 168 – Allowed to Henry Walker for overcharge in tax assessed in 1840
No. 169 – Allowed to David Walser for service as commissioner
No. 170 – Allowed to William L. Ward for service as commissioner
No. 171 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for service as commissioner, including signing county orders
Meriman & Herron – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Hartford
Isaac and Daniel J. Hancock, applicants for charter of the South Hogan Bridge. Continued.
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No. 172 – Allowed to Daniel Edwards for window blinds furnished clerk’s office
Receipts and expenditures for county in 1839 continued.
Ordered clerk make a copy of William G. Monroe’s Treasurer’s and Collector’s Bonds and forward to prosecuting attorney and request him to commence a suit on said bonds.
Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the June 1840 Special Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
June Special Session 1840
Page 72
Present:
No. 1 – Allowed to Martin Stewart, assessor of Randolph Township
No. 2 – Allowed to George Pate, assessor of Cesar Creek Township
Amendments to tax rates for 1840.
No. 3 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for service at June Session 1840
No. 4 – Allowed to David Walser for service at June Session 1840
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No. 5 – Allowed to Aaron B. Henry for service at June Session 1840
No. 6 – Allowed to Joseph Dart for keeping prisoner and repairing jail at Lawrenceburg
Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the April 1840 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
April Session 1840
Page 48
B. M. & L. N. Bush – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora
No. 1 – Allowed to John Cundale for keeping paupers
No. 2 – Allowed to J. Ferrce for making coffin for pauper
Samuel Calvert – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at his store in Rising Sun
No. 3 – Allowed to John H. O’Neal for articles furnished Mrs. Hogan
No. 4 – Allowed to David Thorn for removing Mrs. Hogan, a town pauper to Warsaw
No. 5 – Allowed to John Morrison for medicine and attendance on poor
No. 6 – Allowed to Tait & Summers for articles furnished Mrs. Hogan and Mrs. Toles, paupers in Randolph Township
Page 49
Robert Rogers and William Rogers – license to vend groceries and spirituous liquors at grocery in Rising Sun
Benjamin Sylvester – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester Township
Page 7 – Allowed to Milo Longwood for services as overseer of the poor of Centre Township
No. 8 – Allowed to William T. Harris as overseer of the poor and as Township Trustee
No. 9 – Allowed to A. L. Goble for service summoning Jury of Inquest on drowned man and summoning witness &c.
No. 10 – Allowed to Ephraim Hollister for making coffin for drowned man
No. 11 – Allowed to Jacob Griffith for hauling coffin and drowned man to the graveyard &c.
No. 12 – Allowed to Wm. Daniel for digging grave and burying drowned man
No. 13 – Allowed to John Saltmarsh for services holding an Inquest over drowned man
No. 14 – Allowed to Holman B. Cannon for keeping paupers at the asylum
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Oliver Huestis – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Lawrenceburg
Aaron Lewis – license to retail groceries at Hartford
George W. Shane – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors
John P. King, Treasurer of Township 7, Range 3, makes report.
Y. Maryman, Treasurer of Township 4, Range 2 West, makes report.
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William Y. Harris, Treasurer of School Township No. 5, Range 1 West, makes report.
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J. P. Melleken, Treasurer of Township No. 6, Range 2 West, makes report.
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George Wood – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at his store in Lawrenceburg
Henry Wood – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg
No. 15 – Allowed to Joseph Brandt for service rendered as Township Treasurer in School Township 7, Range 2 West
Joseph Brand, Treasurer of Township 7, Range 2 West made report. Paid to Merit Hubbel, Treasurer District 1; John Blaluer, Treaurer District 2, Nicholas Mason, Treasurer District 5, Arel Stewart, Treasurer District 8.
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George W. Shane, Treasurer of Township No. 7, Range 1 West, made report. Note against Solomon Rord and William McClure.
Joseph McHenry, Treasurer of Township No. 3, Range 2, made report.
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John B. Chisman, Elial Chalfant (Chaffin), and Samuel B. Wood, commissioners, made report on State Road from mouth of Hogan Creek to intersect State Road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis near the residence of William Perry. Aaron Ball, Justice of the Peace. Alterations of road on land of Joseph Kitchel, John N. Dorsey, and Elizabeth Biven.
Jehu A. Emerie – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Aurora
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Henry Walker, School Commissioner, filed report.
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No. 16 – Allowed to Thomas Bradley for service as Traverse Juror at Oct Term 1840
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No. 17 – Allowed to E. Dumont for Treasurer’s Books purchased
No. 18 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for books and stationery furnished clerk’s office
Townsend J. Taylor – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at his grocery in Wilmington
Grand Jurors for October Term 1840 of Dearborn Circuit Court:
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Petit Jurors for October Term 1840, 1st week:
Petit Jurors for Oct Term 1840, 2nd week:
Petit Jurors for Oct Term 1840, 3rd week:
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Grand Jury for April Term 1841:
Petit Jurors for April Term 1841, 1st week:
Petit Jurors for April Term 1841, 2nd week:
Petit Jurors for April Term 1841, 3rd week:
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Shadrach Hathway – license to vend merchandise and groceries both foreign and domestic
Jemison & Stairet – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries in Rising Sun
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, makes report.
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George Cornelius and Martin Trester, commissioners, make report on state road from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon. Met at office of Benjamin Fuller in Lawrenceburg Township. Fees for Cornelius, M. Trester and N. L. Squibb. George P. Buell files remonstrance and quashed. Objections answered by Abramah Rolland and others. Dunn & Spooner, for petititoners. Luther Plummer, Merrit Hubbell and Joseph Johnson appointed viewers to meet at house of David Conger to assess damages to Buell.
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No. 19 – Allowed to Francis Baldwin for holding inquest over dead man in the absence of Wm. Morgan, coroner
No. 20 – Allowed to Amaziah Bailey for making coffin for dead man and hauling same
No. 21 – Allowed to Baldwin & Shattock for digging grave and burying dead man above named
No. 22 – Allowed to Stephen Green for services as constable summoning Jury of Inquest &c. on above named dead man
No. 23 – Allowed to Dearborn County Democrat for publishing notice of above named dead man being found &c.
Charles W. Wright, agent to loan portion of Surplus Revenue, files bond with Benjamin Sylvester, David Tibbitts, General S. Jaquith, Reby Elliott, John B. Clark, James Walser, John Hansell, Hugh Noyes, William Tibbetts, George Cheek, William Dills, and Abram Ferris, as securities.
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No. 24 – Allowed to Josiah Chambers for paper furnished clerk’s office
David Williamson, Treasurer of Township No. 5, Range 3, makes report.
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No. 24 – Allowed to Abram B. Adams for assessing Lawrenceburg Township
No. 25 – Allowed to Enoch W. Jackson for assessing Miller Township
No. 26 – Allowed to William Rawling for assessing Kelso Township
No. 27 – Allowed to Charles Jolly for assessing Logan Township
No. 28 – Allowed to Israel Noyes for assessing Manchester Township
No. 29 – Allowed to David Kerr for assessing Laughery Township
No. 30 – Allowed to Samuel B. Wood for assessing Sparta Township
No. 31 – Allowed to Isaac Randall for assessing Clay Township
No. 32 – Allowed to William Gerrard for assessing Union Township
No. 33 – Allowed to Israel C. Curtis for assessing Centre Township
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Ebenezer Dumont appointed to examine books of John McPike as loaning agent and make settlement with him.
Charles Dashiell, Treasurer of Township No. 6, Range 3, makes report.
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer of Township 5, Range 2 West, makes report.
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John Dale – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at Sparta Village in Sparta Township
James C. Cordy & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at their store in Wilmington
No. 34 – Allowed to Rewland and Lindsay for repairs to Clerk’s and Recorder’s offices and furnishing materials
Tax rates for 1840.
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No. 35 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for one day at Asylum and five days service at April Session1840
No. 36 – Allowed to David Walser for one day at Asylum and five days service at April Session1840
No. 37 – Allowed to Aaron B. Henry for five days service at April Session1840
Daniel Roberts appointed director of the asylum.
Ordered change to jail being built by Timothy Kimble.
Board adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1840 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
March Term 1840
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Present:
No. 1 – Allowed to John Cundale, superintendent of county asylum, for boarding paupers
No. 2 – Allowed to John Cundale for contingencies for the county asylum
Petition of Isaac and Daniel J. Hancock for building a bridge across South Hogan Creek is continued.
Petition of Philemon Wilson and John Smith – Ordered land be stricken off Sparta Township and attached to Laughery Township.
No. 3 – Allowed to Phineas S. King for services as Traverse Juror April Term 1838
No. 4 – Allowed to A. L. Bailey for services as director of the asylum
A. L. Bailey and William Harrison appointed directors of the asylum.
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Ebenezer Dumont appointed Treasurer.
John Benegar – license to vend merchandise in Lawrenceburg
Basil James – license to vend merchandise in Rising Sun
Petition for change in part of State Road from Lawrenceburg to Napoleon, Ripley County which is situated on lands of George P. Buell, Lawrenceburg Township. Road through land of Stpehn Ludlow, George P. Buell, Abraham Roland. Martin Trester, George Cornelius and William Pursell appointed viewers.
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William S. Smith – license to retail spirituous liquors in Lawrenceburg
Jacob Hayes, David Marsh and Enoch H. Miller made report on alteration in Manchester to Elizabethtown State Road. Edward B. Hunt, surveyor.
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Noyes Canfield, Abram Eversole and Thomas Tanner, Commissioners to view change in road from mouth of Hogan Creek to interect road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis near residence of William Perry, make report. Francis Baldwin and Aaron Ball, Justices of the Peace. Change petitioned by John Billingsley, William and Lewis Morgan, William Dils, the heirs of William Morgan, Henry Walker, and George Cheek. Road opened.
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David Tibbets, John Palmerton and Abram Ferris, Commissioners to assess damages to Enoch Miller from road from Lawrenceburg to Harrison, make report. Abram Ferris dissents. Benjamin Fuller, Justice of the Peace.
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Geo. W. Lane, Conaway Bainum and Stephen Buffington, commissioners to view change in state road from Aurora to Napoleon, petitioned for by Isaac and Daniel J. Hancock, made report. Israel C. Curtis, Justice of the Peace. Road ordered opened.
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No. 5 – Allowed to Thomas Baker for wood for Court House
No. 6 – Allowed to Z. A. Bonham for services as commissioner on state road from Harrison to Brookville
No. 7 – Allowed to Samuel Hollowell for same services
No. 8 – Allowed to Hugh McClure for same
No. 9 – Allowed to Lemuel Hudson for hauling from Lawrenceburg to Wilmington a model for the Tanners Creek Bridge
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Petition of John W. Dorsey, Joseph Ketchell and Elizabeth Bivan (widow of Thomas Bivan) for change in road from Aurora to interect road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis near residence of Stoekly Perry and Stokely Dils, which was located by Aaron B. Henry, William Perry and Abner Tibbetts. Samuel B. Wood, Elial Chaffin and John Chisman appointed viewers.
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No. 10 – Allowed to B. F. Ferris for shroud for pauper
No. 11 – Allowed to A. Bailey for making coffin for Mrs. Sarah Wills, a transient pauper
No. 12 – Allowed to William S. Mysnor for binding out Moore’s and Warner’s daughters
Levi Boyd – license to vend merchandise in Moore’s Hill
Board accepted proposals of Holman B. Cannon to keep paupers at asylum.
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Columbus S. Stevenson – license to vend merchandise and groceries at his store in Lawrenceburg
No. 13 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance for paupers at the asylum
Warren Tebbs – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Harrison
Thomas Blith – license to retail spirituous liquors and groceries in Lawrenceburg
No. 14 – Allowed to Peter Spangler for keeping and removing James Hall, a transient pauper
Jacob Smith – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Kelso Township
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No. 15 – Allowed to Amour Flake and James Lindsay for building fire proof office in Wilmington for Clerk’s and Recorder’s offices
Proposal of Timothy Kimball accepted to build jail.
Ebenezer Dumont, County Treasurer, filed bond with Jacob Wiggleston, Noah Davis, Lemuel G. Elder, Phineas L. King, George Cornelius, William V. Cheek, James P. Millikin, Israel Noyes, Mahlon Powell, William Williams, Elial Chaffin and Stephen Wood, his securities.
No. 16 – Allowed to John Hansel for services rendered as visitor to the asylum
No. 17 – Allowed to George Arnold for services viewing road from Harrison in Logan Township and making return
No. 18 – Allowed to Merit Hubbell for viewing roads above named
No. 19 – Allowed to William Purcel
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No. 20 – Allowed to C. Crookshank for surveying road from Harrison in Logan Township
No. 21 – Allowed to Bowlby & Merril for chain carrying on above named road
Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, makes report.
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William V. Cheek, clerk of Circuit Court, files report. Names of persons fined at April and October Terms of Circuit Court 1839:
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Petition by John Snider to review location of State Road from Harrison in Logan Township. Merit Hubble, George Arnold and Wm. Pursel, viewers, make report. George Bowlby, Justice of the Peace. Ordered opened.
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William G. Munroe, late treasurer, entitled to credit paid by him to John Cundale.
Charles W. Wright – license to vend merchandise and groceries in Manchester Township
Ephraim Glasgow, Wm. Glenn, John Columbia, James W. Weaver, Joel Lymer, George Cornelius, James Mills, Richd. H. Holman, Horrace Bassett, William Perry, Henry Walker and John Tait appointed trustees of County Seminary.
Thomas and James Stevenson – license to vend merchandise and groceries at Dillsboro
Thomas J. Taylor – license to vend merchandise and groceries in Aurora
John Dall – license to vend merchandise and groceries in Sparta Township
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Petition of Jacob Hayes and Job Miller for alteration in Rushville State Road from Lawrenceburg. Stephen Ludlow, Joshua Lanks and Geo. P. Buell, viewers, make report. Road ordered opened.
Board sells old jail to Timothy Kimball.
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Holman C. Camron (or Cannon), keeper of the asylum, filed bond with William Harrison, security.
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David Fitzgerald – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors in Manchester Township
Patrick O’Connor – license to keep a grocery to retail spirituous liquors in Kelso Township
William M. French – license to vend merchandise and groceries
No. 22 – Allowed to James Caldwell and Reuben C. Jackson for services as chain carrier
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No. 23 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as school trustee of Township 6, Range 3 West
No. 24 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for sundries furnished Clerk’s office, making out assessment rolls, extra services,
No. 25 – Allowed to James Mills (appointed to superintend erection of jail) to advance sum to Timothy Kimball, contractor to build jail
Order requiring Alexander H. Dill, late Clerk, to return to Clerk’s office books, papers, &c. which remained in his possession is rescinded.
M. H. Harding employed to attend to the Poor at the Asylum.
No. 26 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for extra services
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No. 27 – Allowed to Aaron B. Henry as Commissioner
No. 28 – Allowed to David Walser as commissioner
No. 29 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as commissioner
No. 30 – Allowed to Henry Walker for extra services as school commissioner
Court adjourned.
The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the February 1840 Called Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3
February Called Session 1840
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Present:
Ebenezer Dumont appointed County Treasurer to fill place of William G. Monroe, deceased.
Ebenezer Dumont filed bond with Stephen Wood, Charles Bruce, Phineas L. King, Noyes Canfield, William V. Cheek, George Cornelius, John Columbia, Elial Chaffin, William Williams, Lemuel G. Eld?, William Glenn and John Levingston, as securities.
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Hugh Monroe pays county money left in his hands by William G. Monroe, deceased, to Ebenezer Dumont.