Dearborn County Commissioners – Jan 1835 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the January 1835 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

January Session 1835

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Present:

  • William Conaway, District 1, President of Board
  • George Arnold, District 3

James V. Cloud – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Hardensburgh

Ordered remitted to William Hamilton, Collector, overcharge in taxes against William Smith, there being no such person chargeable with taxes for 1834.

William Parvin – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Miller Township

No. 1 – Allowed to Andrew Morgan for wood furnished the Court House

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

 

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Charles Dashiell, Commissioner of District 2, took his seat.

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

Obadiah Bailey – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Sparta Township

Ordered remitted to William Cornish overcharge on land.

 

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Daniel D. Robbins – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Rising Sun

Elias Chamberlain – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 2 – Allowed to Dr. John Percival, coroner, for holding an Inquest on the body of James Honley, a drowned man

No. 3 – Abel Withrow, Juror on above Inquest

No. 4 – Arthur Vance, Juror on above Inquest

No. 5 – L. W. Johnson. Juror on above Inquest

No. 6 – James Jones, Juror on above Inquest

No. 7 – William Hamilton, Juror on above Inquest

No. 8 – Abner Hunter, Juror on above Inquest

No. 9 – John Saltmarsh, Juror on above Inquest

No. 10 – S. G. Elder, Juror on above Inquest

No. 11 – Zachariah Bedford, Juror on above Inquest

No. 12 – This U. Duffy, Juror on above Inquest

No. 13 – John Lawrence, Juror on above Inquest

No. 14 – E. S. Bush, Juror on above Inquest

No. 15 – William Hamilton as witness on above Inquest

No. 16 – John Bassbock, witness on above Inquest

No. 17 – Thomas Williamson, witness on above Inquest

No. 18 – Abner Hunter, witness on above Inquest

No. 19 – Abel Withrow, witness on above Inquest

No. 20 – John Nelson, witness on above Inquest

No. 21 – Lemuel G. Elder, summoning jury on the above Inquest

No. 22 – Allowed to Doctor John Percival, coroner, for holding an Inquest on the body of Jane Hall, a dead woman

 

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No. 23 – Allowed to Wm. Hamilton, Juror on above Inquest

No. 24 – Elias Chamberlin, Juror on above Inquest

No. 25 – John Ferrce, Juror on above Inquest

No. 26 – Samuel U. Osgood, Juror on above Inquest

No. 27 – Thos. M. Duffy, Juror on above Inquest

No. 28 – David G. Rabb, Juror on above Inquest

No. 29 – James Wilson, Juror on above Inquest

No. 30 – Thomas Annes, Juror on above Inquest

No. 31 – George P. Buell, Juror on above Inquest

No. 32 – Sylvester Cook, Juror on above Inquest

No. 33 – Benjn Stockman, Juror on above Inquest

No. 34 – Stephen Barkdoll, Juror on above Inquest

No. 35 – David Hall, witness on above Inquest

No. 36 – Nancy Hall, witness on above Inquest

No. 37 – Polly McCard, witness on above Inquest

No. 38 – Jacob Hall, witness on above Inquest

No. 39 – Allowed to Luther Gilmore for keeping Elizabeth Hunt, a transient pauper

No. 40 – Allowed to Asa Smith, recorder, for recording 3 deeds, restoring last records and affidavit of Frederick Utz for same business

No. 41 – Allowed to Sheriff John Weaver for cutting and carrying wood for court house

School Commissioner’s report.

Board directs Sheriff to purchase for use of the jail 3 good blankets.

No. 42 – Allowed to Elizabeth Roberts for keeping and boarding Priscella Cooker a pauper

 

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No. 43 – Allowed to Elizabeth Roberts for keeping and boarding Priscilla Cooke, a pauper

No. 44 – Allowed to Harris Fitch for keeping George and Margaret Reno, 2 transient paupers

No. 45 – Allowed to William Cooke, jailor, for boarding Elijah Lock, a prisoner, and James Graham, a prisoner

No. 46 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for 3 blankets for jail

Ordered remitted to David Brownfield county tax on horses.

Ordered remitted to Robert Gibson for tax on yoke of oxen

Ordered remitted to George Randell overcharge in horse tax

No. 47 – Allowed to John McPike, associate judge, for attendance 1 day at clerk’s office to grant an order of publication for divorce, 1 day granting a writ, and several days granting injunctions

No. 48 – Ordered remitted to Jonathan Parker, overcharge in land tax

 

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No. 49 – Ordered remitted to William Blue overcharge on horse tax

George Pate appointed assessor of Cesars Creek Township

Joseph Woods appointed assessor of Union Township

Daniel Tapley appointed assessor of Randolph Township

Jesse Smith appointed assessor of Laughery Township

Eli Musgrove appointed assessor of Sparta Township

Sewell Plummer appointed assessor of Manchester Township

Daniel Taylor appointed assessor of Jackson Township

James D. Gidney appointed assessor of Kelso Township

James Thompson appointed assessor of Lawrenceburg Township

Joseph Adams appointed assessor of Miller Township

 

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George Bowlluy appointed assessor of Logan Township

Caleb A. Craft and Son – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

P. James & Co. – license to retail or vend foreign merchandise

Pinkney & Henry James – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

P. & H. James – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise

 

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Henry Walker, School Commissioner, made his report.

No. 50 – Allowed as temporary relief to Susan Foster and family, paupers in Logan Township, to be appropriated for their use by George Arnold

No. 51 – Allowed to Henry Walker, School Commissioner, for his services

No. 52 – Allowed to Andrew Morgan for wood furnished one Wood, a transient pauper

Peper and James – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

Oliver Hustis – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment

Merritt Hubble – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors

 

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Petition of Francis Baldwin, Luke Evill, Thomas Specknell and other freeholders of Laughery and Sparta Township for alteration in state road from Aurora to Napoleon where road passes through the lands of David Powell, Elias Conwell and Timothy Kimball. Objected to by Elias Conwell. Postponed.

Expenditures and receipts of county.

 

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Ordered that sheriff procure 12 split bottom chairs for court house, a shovel and pair of tongs

No. 53 – Allowed to William Conaway as commissioner

No. 54 – Allowed to George Arnold as commissioner

No. 55 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as commissioner

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

Board adjourned.

 

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Received of James Dill, Clerk, for ferry tax for ferry over Miami River.