Dearborn County Commissioners – Jan 1834 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the January 1834 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

January Session 1834

Page 364

Present:

  • William Conaway, 1st district
  • Charles Dashiell, 2nd district

Benjamin Walker filed petition for vacation of a part of town lots of Hartford. Withdrawn.

George Durham – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Sparta Township

Peter Carabough – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Wilmington

George W. Lane & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Duffie and Davidson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors

 

Page 365

Alson Horton – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery in New Lawrenceburg

No. 1 – Allowed to George Beach for killing 2 grown wolves

John Palmer – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors

 

Page 366

Petition of sundry citizens of Lawrenceburg Township for erection of new township. Continued.

Harris Fitch – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and to retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg

Daniel Scranton – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and to retail spirituous liquors at his house in Hartford

George Arnold, 3rd district, took his seat.

No. 2 – Allowed to James Walker, School Commissioner, for services in selling school lands and other items

No. 3 – Allowed to Elial Chaffin, School Trustee, for services in surveying school section 16, Township 5, Range 2 West and making plat of same

 

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William W. Jordan – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise

Oliver Heustis – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and to retail spirituous liquors

No. 4 – Allowed to John Flanigan for supporting Susan Foster and 2 children, paupers

No. 5 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for interest for the use of $220, the price of land purchased for the asylum for the poor

Petition of L. W. Johnson & sundry other freeholders against Hiram Wiley, Justice of Peace, for further and other security.

 

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No. 6 – Allowed to John R. Smith, editor of Western Statesman, for publishing county expose and school commissioners report

Isaac Hancock & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington

John Godley appointed assessor for Logan Township

James D. Gidney appointed assessor for Kelso Township

Daniel Taylor appointed assessor for Jackson Township

Sewell Plummer appointed assessor for Manchester Township

William Wheeler appointed assessor for Sparta Township

Stephen Green appointed assessor for Laughery Township

George Pate appointed assessor for Cesars Creek Township

 

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Arthur St. Clair Vance appointed assessor for Lawrenceburg Township

John O Neal appointed assessor for Randolph Township

Joseph Woods appointed assessor for Union Township

Pamelia Ritchie – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at her grocery in Aurora

Ordered to be remitted to Isaac Purdy his county tax.

Remonstrance of Stephen Ludlow and others against an alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis. Wanna C. Stevens and Warren Tibbs, commissioners, report as to damages which would accrue to Stephen Ludlow and others.

No. 7 – Allowed to William Dils for wood furnished the court house

 

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Walter Armstrong – Treasurer’s report.

Petition of Little W. Johnson and other citizens against Hiram Wiley, Justice of Peace, for father and other securities. Hiram Wiley to file additional and other security for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and pay costs of this application. William Brown and Enoch D. John, additional securities on bond.

Jesse Hunt – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Lawrenceburg and retail spirituous liquors

No. 8 – Allowed to George Arnold for his services as commissioner

 

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No 9 – Allowed to William Conaway for services as commissioner

No. 10 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as commissioner

Board adjourned.