The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the June 1846 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4
June Session 1846
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Present:
- William S. Ward
- David Walser
- James Grubbs
Daniel Halen – license to keep a store in Kelso Township
John Horsley exempted from performing services on road due to his inability to perform same.
Samuel Lemmon – license to keep a grocery in Clay Township
Wm. C. Lester – license to keep a grocery in Dillsboro
No. 2649 – Allowed to George Lamb for his temporary relief
No. 2650 – Allowed to Samuel James for keeping Mills Robinson, a pauper
No. 2648 – Allowed to Alfred Vickey for notifying coroner of body of drowned person found in Laughery Creek
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No. 2651 – Allowed to William Clinch for assessing
No. 2652 – Allowed to Daniel Clancy for assessing
No. 2654 – Allowed to Alvin J. Alden for assessing
No. 2655 – Allowed to Daniel Conaway for assessing
No. 2656 – Allowed to Samuel Johnson for assessing
No. 2657 – Allowed to David Conger for assessing
No. 2659 – Allowed to Jothem Clark for burying paupers
No. 2660 – Allowed to Mahlon Powell for extra services as sheriff
John Callahan – license to keep a ferry across Tanners Creek at its mouth.
No. 2653 – Allowed to Hancock & Masters for digging grave and burying pauper
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No. 2662 – Allowed to Wymond & Ferris for articles furnished paupers
No. 2687 – Allowed to Milton Beach for making coffin for pauper
No. 2670 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished clerk’s office
No. 2671 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for stationery furnished Auditor’s office
No. 2672 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co., for medicines furnished paupers
No. 2688 – Allowed to William Sheets for books furnished Clerk’s office
No. 2689 – Allowed to William Sheets for books furnished Auditor’s office
No. 2664 – Allowed to William Sturm for professional services
No. 2665 – Allowed to Randall Alexander for his temporary relief
No. 2666 – Allowed to Elliott Wills for boarding pauper
No. 2667 – Allowed to Wm. C. Truet for carrying chains surveying road
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John Ferris & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Thomas Eads – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Richard Sopris – license to keep a store in Aurora
James Mutaugh – license to keep a store in Kelso Township
Snell Plummer – license to keep a store in Manchester Township
Wymond and Ferris – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
No. 2663 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for fuel and costs
No. 2668 – Allowed to John B. Hall for publishing notice of proposals for building bridge over Hogan Creek at Aurora
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No. 2669 – Allowed to John B. Hall for notices of inquest by Coroner
No. 2686 – Allowed to S. R. Chandler for cord of wood for pauper
No. 2673 – Allowed to Ananias Evans for his temporary relief
No. 2674 – Allowed to Eliakim Nichols for his temporary relief
Allowed to George Moore for surveying Township 7, Range 3 west.
No. 2675 – Allowed to David Kennday for box and coffin for burying pauper
No. 2676 – Allowed to Abner Dill for boarding paupers at County Asylum
No. 2677 – Allowed to Abner Dill for fencing, white washing and repairing cellar at County Asylum
Jordan and Milliken – license to keep a store in Manchester Township
Seth Mayhew – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
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Petition of Aaron B. Henry to hang gate on road. Near lands of William Wymond.
No. 2678 – Allowed to Seth Mayhew for goods furnished paupers
No. 2679 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for coffins for paupers
No. 2684 – Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for bedsteads for jail
No. 2681 – Allowed to George Moore as commissioner on road from Tanners Creek to Miami River
No. 2682 – Allowed to Aaron B. Henry as commissioner to view roads
No. 2683 – Allowed to Simeon Bradley for carrying chain for road commissioners
No. 2684 – Allowed to Peter Graham for carrying chains for road commissioners
No. 2685 – Allowed to C. C. Jaquith for services in assessor’s revenue
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Vail & Sherman – license to keep a store in Wilmington
No. 2690 – Allowed to Thomas Lamkin for taking drowned man from Ohio River and taking coffin to graveyard, &c.
No. 2691 – Allowed to Charles Darragh for coal for use of Court
S. S. Bussell makes report on bridge over South Hogan Creek.
No. 2693 – Allowed to Josephus Hutchings for desk for Auditor’s office
No. 2694 – Allowed to Jotham Dark for digging grave and burying two paupers
No. 2692 – Allowed to Myron H. Harding for professional services attending paupers
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No. 2695 & No. 2694 – Allowed to James Johnson for making coffin and conveying paupers to the grave
Noval Sparks – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Wm. H. Fox – license to keep a store in Dillsboro
J. V. S. Wymond – license to keep a store in Dillsboro
Charles Dashiell – license to keep a store in Sparta Township
Matthew Hubbell – license to keep a store in Jackson Township
Henry Shue – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township
No. 2697 – Allowed to William Northern for boarding paupers
No. 2698 – Allowed to David A. Brooks for laying out road in Ripley and Dearborn Counties
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James Early and David A. Brooks make report on State Road in Dearborn and Ripley Counties. Thomas Pattison, Surveyor of Ripley County. Enoch Dean, Sr. and L. S. Moore, chain carriers. Through land of Eprhaim Earley, James Earley. M. J. McCreary, Justice of the Peace.
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Levin B. Lewis – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Bowen & Crider – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
J. S. & J. A. Emrie – license to keep a store in Aurora
No. 2699 – Allowed to James N. Ray for stationery for Auditor’s office
No. 2700 – Allowed to James N. Ray for stationery for Clerk’s office
No. 2726 – Allowed to Richard Sopris for groceries furnished paupers
No. 2727 – Allowed to Isaac White for groceries furnished paupers
No. 2728 – Allowed to James Cummings for provisions furnished paupers
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No. 2729 – Allowed to Lewis G. Hulbert for provisions, groceries and goods for paupers
No. 2711 – Allowed to Granville Love for boarding Elizabeth Love
No. 2701 – Allowed to Peter H. Ewing for serving notice upon commissioners to view roads in Lawrenceburg Township
No. 2702 – Allowed to Elisha Cook for his temporary relief
Henry A. Moran, Collector of tolls at Aurora Bridge, made report.
No. 2708 – Allowed to John F. Richards for boarding criminals in jail and receiving and discharging prisoners, and for repairing lock and washing for prisoners
No. 2709 – Allowed to John F. Richards for shroud furnished pauper
No. 2706 – Allowed to Jotham Clark for digging grave for drowned man
No. 2701 – Allowed to Mary Ann Fowler for temporary relief of Henry Fowler
No. 2722 – Allowed to Theodore Gazley for making maps for Assessors
No. 2710 – Allowed to Aaron Stillwell for white washing jail and scrubbing fences
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Grand Jury for November 1846:
- Randall R. Tate, Caesars Creek Township
- LeRoy Flemming, Lawrenceburg Township
- Elijah Lindsay, Centre Township
- Armstead Abbott, Centre Township
- Noah C. Durham, Manchester Township
- Isaac S. Lawrence, Kelso Township
- John B. Clark, Manchester Township
- John Pritchard, Sparta Township
- Henry Worley, Centre Township
- William Dils, Manchester Township
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- David A. Brooks, Sparta Township
- David McKidrick, Clay Township
- Samuel McMath, York Township
- Jacob V. Lawrence, Jackson Township
- John Mason, York Township
- Rebuen C. Jackson, Miller Township
- Darius Huber, Jackson Township
Traverse Jury for 1st week, November Term 1846:
- Charles Patton, Lawrenceburg Township
- William Larrison, Jackson Township
- Jeremiah Nowlin, Miller Township
- Silas Balser, Kelso Township
- James R. Brown, Clay Township
- Stephen Liddle, Sr., Miller Township
- Robert Walker, Laughery Township
- Josiah Collins, Sparta Township
- Josiah Collins, Laughrey Township
- Benjamin F. W. S. Anderson, Manchester Township
- Isaac VanAusdoll, Miller Township
- William W. Jordan, Manchester Township
- Johnson Watts, Caesars Creek Township
- James Reed, Centre Township
- Jacob Hennwell, Kelso Township
Traverse Jury for 2nd week, November Term 1846:
- Thomas Darling, Jr., York Township
- Charles Bruce, Laughery Township
- Jonathan Hollowell, Logan Township
- Samuel Cole, Laughery Township
- James McKay, Kelso Township
- George Wooley, Logan Township
- Joseph Hayes, Miller Township
- Daniel Lake, Logan Township
- John Hubbell, Jackson Township
- Jacob Castor, Jackson Township
- John Columbia, Sparta Township
- John Lewis, Kelso Township
- Charles Osborn, Jackson Township
- Thomas Ferran, Clay Township
- Cyrus Canfield, Manchester Township
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Traverse Jury for 3rd week, November Term 1846:
- George Chandler, Lawrenceburg Township
- Joseph Lenover, Clay Township
- Henry Walker, Centre Township
- Elias Chisman, Laughery Township
- Philip Roland, Clay Township
- John Buber, Logan Township
- John Rudicell, Harrison Township
- John Elwell, Manchester Township
- John S. Torrance, Logan Township
- Joseph Trester, Centre Township
- William B. Arnold, Sparta Township
- Jeremiah Howerton, Manchester Township
- James Rand, Caesars Creek Township
- John Shanks, Miller Township
- Bryant Connelly, Jackson Township
Traverse Jury, 4th week, November Term 1846:
- Freeborn Lewis, Kelso Township
- Lewis B. Conger, Manchester Township
- Anthony Gass, Manchester Township
- M. H. Tulwiler, Lawrenceburg Township
- Lawrence McGuire, Kelso Township
- George Linus, Kelso Township
- Lorenzo Wright, Sparta Township
- Abram True, Manchester Township
- William T. Henckson, Logan Township
- James W. Gaff, Centre Township
- Nathan Smith, Clay Township
- Daniel Hall, Manchester Township
- Anthony Walizer, Kelso Township
- Daniel Conaway, Laughery Township
- Francis H. Hansell, Manchester Township
Grand Jury for May Term 1847:
- Elias Abbott, Clay Township
- Mahlon Hayes, Miller Township
- Henry Swift, Centre Township
- Joseph Hennegan, Sparta Township
- John Wilson, Miller Township
- William Pate, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
- John Miller, Lawrenceburg Township
- John D. Johnson, Sparta Township
- Abijah H. Wilson, Jackson Township
- Moore Holden, Lawrenceburg Township
- Suel Plummer, Manchester Township
- John Heinberger, York Township
- Lorenzo D. Drain, Lawrenceburg Township
- William Davis, York Township
- Joseph P. Brush, Caesars Creek Township
- Jabez Whipple, Harrison Township
- Isaac Taylor, Logan Township
- Mason J. Cloud, Logan Township
Traverse Jury for 1st week, May Term 1847:
- Jesse Hipple, Lawrenceburg Township
- Elijah S. Blasdell, Manchester Township
- Stewart Kincaid, Lawrenceburg Township
- Francis Buffington, Centre Township
- Kenneday Stewart, Kelso Township
- Milton Gregg, Lawrenceburg Township
- Thomas Guion, Clay Township
- William B. Miller, Sparta Township
- Samuel McMullen, Manchester Township
- Jefferson Rittenhouse, Harrison Township
- William McCulloch, Lawrenceburg Township
- C. Bird Pate, Jr., Clay Township
- Martin Trester, Laughery Township
- Robert D. Brown, Laughery Township
- Robert Cassiday, Harrison Township
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Traverse Jury for 2nd week, May Term 1847:
- Daniel Baldridge, Logan Township
- William Johnson, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
- Warren Tebbs, Harrison Township
- Jacob Houck, Lawrenceburg Township
- Abram Showalter, Jackson Township
- George Green, Laughery Township
- Jacob S. Lemley, Lawrenceburg Township
- David Rummel, Sparta Township
- John Chappellow, Logan Township
- Wilson Dowran, Sparta Township
- William Robinson, Miller Township
- Piercey Wheeler, Sparta Township
- James Graham, Kelso Township
- Samuel Jewett, Clay Township
- Frederick Sowders, Miller Township
Traverse Jury for 3rd week, May Term 1847:
- Richard Hyland, Kelso Township
- William Hansell, Miller Township
- Amaziah Bailey, Centre Township
- Alexander Patterson, Lawrenceburg Township
- Alden H. Jumper, Manchester Township
- John Ewbank, Miller Township
- William H. Glasgow, Lawrenceburg Township
- William Donlow, Kelso Township
- Alexander McKee, York Township
- George Goulding, Laughery Township
- Thompson Dean, Centre Township
- James T. Cloud, Jr., Harrison Township
- James McClure, Logan Township
- Aaron B. Henry, Centre Township
- James C. Cordry, Laughery Township
Traverse Jury for 4th week, May Term 1847:
- Philemon Wilson, Laughery Township
- Roswell Judd, Miller Township
- Robert Patton, Lawrenceburg Township
- John Lawrence, Jackson Township
- Lowery Foster, Jackson Township
- Jacob B. Mason, Kelso Township
- David Tibbetts, Manchester Township
- Conrod Rowe, York Township
- James McGinnis, York Township
- Ezra Guard, Miller Township
- William T. Harris, Centre Township
- James A. Angevine, York Township
- John Billingsley, Centre Township
- Henry Blasdell, Miller Township
- Jeremiah H. Crosby, Lawrenceburg Township
George Wooleyk Thomas Horner and others presented remonstrance of householders of Logan Township against granting liquor licenses.
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Jones & Brewington – license to keep a store in Wilmington
Duvall & Carbaugh – license to keep a store in Wilmington
J. Henry Lane – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Stockman & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Lewis S. Grengard – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Plummer & Haynes – license to keep a store in Aurora
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B. Henry and George Moore, commissioners to survey road on bank of Ohio River from Lawrenceburg to Tanners Creek, make report. Elizabeth Sparks, Thomas B. Pinckard, Andrew Morgan by Abram Brower, his attorney; Sharpe & Cannan, by Theodore Gazley, their attorney; Ellen Hamilton and John Callihan present remonstrance against report. Abiah Hayes remonstrates against report. Samuel McMath of York Township, Luther Plummer, Sr., and William Dills of Manchester Township, appointed commissioners.
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Lousley and Dunn – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Jacob Guysi & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Rowland & Chandler – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
Houck & Medelstoredt – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg
No. 2713 – Allowed to Elijah Huffman for lumber for Aurora Bridge
Allowed to Thomas Palmer for books and fuel furnished Recorder’s office
No. 2724 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for fuel &c. for Treasurer’s office
No. 2714 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for his extra services
No. 2712 – Allowed to David Walser as commissioner
No. 2723 – Allowed to J. Hughes for his professional services
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Tax rates for 1846.
No. 2715 – Allowed to C. C. Jaquith for services on Board of Equalization
No. 2720 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers for services as Auditor
George Vogelsang – license to keep a tavern [Error.]
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Reuben Rogers, Auditor’s report.
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Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer’s report.
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Cornelius O’Brien, deputy treasurer, makes oath.
Ross & Swartz – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township
Jacob Hennwell – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township
Court adjourned.