The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the July 1833 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

July Called Session 1833

Present:

• Mark McCracken, President
• George Arnold
• William Conaway

John P. Dunn, commissioner, appointed for receiving money to improve roads and bridges in Dearborn County. Normal Sparks and George P. Buell, his securities.

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Record of State Road leading from Harrison to Amos Boardman’s in Ripley County as laid out, surveyed and reported by George Waldorf, John Whitehead and Merit Hubbert, Commissioners. Surveyor Solomon Allen of Franklin County; Chain bearers: Joshua Rieley and Jeremiah Crosby.

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Received from James Dill $4.75 account of wolf scalps.