The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1808. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.
Vincennes (Indiana) Western Sun – 24 December 1808 – Page 2, Column 4
Samuel C. Vance vs. Nicholas Whitinger.
Foreign Attachment.
Whereas a writ of foreign attachment hath issued out of the court of Common Pleas of Dearborn county in the Indiana Territory, against the goods and chattels lands and tenements of Nicholas Whitinger a non-resident; at the suit of Samuel C. Vance, whereupon the sheriff of said county hath returned, that he has attached one house and out lot in or adjoining the town of Lawrenceburgh as the property of the said Whitinger. Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Nicholas Whitinger that unless he do appear, receive a declaration and enter special bail to the said upon the property so attached will be sold to satisfy the claim of the said Vance, and all others who may appear justly entitled, and who shall apply for that purpose.
SAMUEL C. VANCE Clk.
James Dill aty for pltff.
26th Nov. 1808