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
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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
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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.
Page 51
William Y. Harris, Treasurer of School Township No. 5, Range 1 West, makes report.
Page 52
J. P. Melleken, Treasurer of Township No. 6, Range 2 West, makes report.
Page 53
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.
Page 55
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
Page 56
Henry Walker, School Commissioner, filed report.
Page 57
No. 16 – Allowed to Thomas Bradley for service as Traverse Juror at Oct Term 1840
Page 58
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:
- Moses Latta
- Elias Chamberlin
- Nathaniel Todd, Sr.
- William Armstrong
- George P. Buell
- James Conley
- Abram Briggs
- Samuel Graham
- John Hill
- James Chisman
- Enoch Conger
- John P. Case
- Samuel Cole
- Vincent Roberts [crossed out]
- John B. Piatt
- Caleb A. Craft
- Jonathan Hill
- William Kittle
- John Brewington
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Petit Jurors for October Term 1840, 1st week:
- Elijah Huffman
- Jesse Vinson
- George Givens
- Isaac T. Cole
- Garret Swallow
- Robert P. Milliken
- David Johnson, Jr.
- James Rea, Sr.
- Conaway Bainum
- Randall Frazier
- Enoch W. Jackson
- David Barkdoll
- Abram Eversole
- Samuel Lewis
- Phineas Robinson
- George Elliott
- Samuel Osgood
- John Mahoney
- Edwin Canfield
- Benjamin F. Ferris
- John Hansel
- Sewetus Tufts
- Benjamin Sylvester
- Robert Mason
Petit Jurors for Oct Term 1840, 2nd week:
- Thomas Record
- Martin Powell
- Zara Vinson
- George Pate
- William Lemmon
- Daniel Hall
- John Jenkins
- Peter Henegan
- James Kelley
- Andrew Anderson
- Thomas T. Fenton
- John Jackson
- George G. Brown
- Thomas Ferrin
- Isaac Dunn
- John Durham, Sr.
- George Mendall
- Vinson Perdun
- John Freeland
- Enoch E. Adams
- Joseph Baricklow
- Thompson Doan
- Daniel Kelsey
- Daniel Bartholomew
Petit Jurors for Oct Term 1840, 3rd week:
- Charles Darragh
- William S. Grubbs
- John Gullet
- Aaron Pursell
- James [Thomas crossed out] Brewington
- Jehu A. Emril
- James Burk
- John Buffington, Jr.
- William Patterson
- Edward Grubbs
- Jacob W. Eggleston
- Tavner Cheek
- Abijah H. Wilson
- William Rawlings
- James Senegar
- Frederick Harwood
- William Alcott
- Thomas Bradley
- Daniel Taylor
- Stephen Stewart
- Soloman Kittle
- Amos T. Coyle
- Robinson Garner
- Isaac Alden
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Grand Jury for April Term 1841:
- Jonathan Lewis
- William J. McRary
- William Hutchins
- Ebenezer Roberts
- Jacob W. Blasedel
- William Kennedy
- Mahlon Brown
- Allen Wilber
- William S. Pate
- John Legg
- Robert Fowler
- James Wills
- John B. Clark
- Isaac Clark
- David Barnhart
- John Gray
- John Dawson
- Zachariah Barker
Petit Jurors for April Term 1841, 1st week:
- Allen Owen
- James Hibetts
- John B. Durbin
- John Crozier
- William P. Chisman
- Selah Holliday
- John B. Chisman
- John H. Oneal
- Robert Cofield
- John J. Levingston
- Martin Brace
- Vinsen Roberts
- Thomas Darling, Jr.
- Robert Harget
- Henry S. Pate
- Stephen D. Ludlow
- Robert Rumsey
- James V. Bruce
- Jones McCleaster
- James Foster
- James Tate
- Hugh Monroe
- Phineas L. King
- Mack Cheek
Petit Jurors for April Term 1841, 2nd week:
- Crocket Crandle
- Hosea Stillman
- John D. Bush
- John Munts
- Benjamin Plummer
- John H. Rigg
- Gardner Elliott
- Thomas Slack
- John Grace
- James G. Hunter
- Henry Collins
- Alexander Hopping
- David Nevitt
- John Hinkston
- William Daniels, Jr.
- Daniel Alden
- James Johnson
- Riley Elliott
- James Collins
- John McMath
- John Shoeman
- Samuel H. Dowden
- Charles Jolly
- Joseph M. Grove
Petit Jurors for April Term 1841, 3rd week:
- John Goodwin
- John Ferree
- Jacob P. Dunn
- John W. Cloud
- James Rand
- Andrew S. Morris
- Henry Hancock
- Samuel Tebbs
- George Baty
- Philemon Wilson
- John Mastin
- Israel C. Curtis
- Laben Brimwell
- John Tait [crossed out]
- Martin Dashiell
- Abram Hecter
- George Hume
- Isaac Oathoadt
- Claiborne Allen
- Gilbert T. Givens
- William Garrison
- Alvah Churchill
- Allen Mathew
- John French
- George Darling
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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.
Page 62
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.
Page 71A
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.