Dearborn County Commissioners – Jun 1846 Session

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

 

Page 90

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.

 

Page 94

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:

  1. Randall R. Tate, Caesars Creek Township
  2. LeRoy Flemming, Lawrenceburg Township
  3. Elijah Lindsay, Centre Township
  4. Armstead Abbott, Centre Township
  5. Noah C. Durham, Manchester Township
  6. Isaac S. Lawrence, Kelso Township
  7. John B. Clark, Manchester Township
  8. John Pritchard, Sparta Township
  9. Henry Worley, Centre Township
  10. William Dils, Manchester Township
  11. [skipped]
  12. David A. Brooks, Sparta Township
  13. David McKidrick, Clay Township
  14. Samuel McMath, York Township
  15. Jacob V. Lawrence, Jackson Township
  16. John Mason, York Township
  17. Rebuen C. Jackson, Miller Township
  18. Darius Huber, Jackson Township

Traverse Jury for 1st week, November Term 1846:

  1. Charles Patton, Lawrenceburg Township
  2. William Larrison, Jackson Township
  3. Jeremiah Nowlin, Miller Township
  4. Silas Balser, Kelso Township
  5. James R. Brown, Clay Township
  6. Stephen Liddle, Sr., Miller Township
  7. Robert Walker, Laughery Township
  8. Josiah Collins, Sparta Township
  9. Josiah Collins, Laughrey Township
  10. Benjamin F. W. S. Anderson, Manchester Township
  11. Isaac VanAusdoll, Miller Township
  12. William W. Jordan, Manchester Township
  13. Johnson Watts, Caesars Creek Township
  14. James Reed, Centre Township
  15. Jacob Hennwell, Kelso Township

Traverse Jury for 2nd week, November Term 1846:

  1. Thomas Darling, Jr., York Township
  2. Charles Bruce, Laughery Township
  3. Jonathan Hollowell, Logan Township
  4. Samuel Cole, Laughery Township
  5. James McKay, Kelso Township
  6. George Wooley, Logan Township
  7. Joseph Hayes, Miller Township
  8. Daniel Lake, Logan Township
  9. John Hubbell, Jackson Township
  10. Jacob Castor, Jackson Township
  11. John Columbia, Sparta Township
  12. John Lewis, Kelso Township
  13. Charles Osborn, Jackson Township
  14. Thomas Ferran, Clay Township
  15. Cyrus Canfield, Manchester Township

 

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Traverse Jury for 3rd week, November Term 1846:

  1. George Chandler, Lawrenceburg Township
  2. Joseph Lenover, Clay Township
  3. Henry Walker, Centre Township
  4. Elias Chisman, Laughery Township
  5. Philip Roland, Clay Township
  6. John Buber, Logan Township
  7. John Rudicell, Harrison Township
  8. John Elwell, Manchester Township
  9. John S. Torrance, Logan Township
  10. Joseph Trester, Centre Township
  11. William B. Arnold, Sparta Township
  12. Jeremiah Howerton, Manchester Township
  13. James Rand, Caesars Creek Township
  14. John Shanks, Miller Township
  15. Bryant Connelly, Jackson Township

Traverse Jury, 4th week, November Term 1846:

  1. Freeborn Lewis, Kelso Township
  2. Lewis B. Conger, Manchester Township
  3. Anthony Gass, Manchester Township
  4. M. H. Tulwiler, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. Lawrence McGuire, Kelso Township
  6. George Linus, Kelso Township
  7. Lorenzo Wright, Sparta Township
  8. Abram True, Manchester Township
  9. William T. Henckson, Logan Township
  10. James W. Gaff, Centre Township
  11. Nathan Smith, Clay Township
  12. Daniel Hall, Manchester Township
  13. Anthony Walizer, Kelso Township
  14. Daniel Conaway, Laughery Township
  15. Francis H. Hansell, Manchester Township

Grand Jury for May Term 1847:

  1. Elias Abbott, Clay Township
  2. Mahlon Hayes, Miller Township
  3. Henry Swift, Centre Township
  4. Joseph Hennegan, Sparta Township
  5. John Wilson, Miller Township
  6. William Pate, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
  7. John Miller, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. John D. Johnson, Sparta Township
  9. Abijah H. Wilson, Jackson Township
  10. Moore Holden, Lawrenceburg Township
  11. Suel Plummer, Manchester Township
  12. John Heinberger, York Township
  13. Lorenzo D. Drain, Lawrenceburg Township
  14. William Davis, York Township
  15. Joseph P. Brush, Caesars Creek Township
  16. Jabez Whipple, Harrison Township
  17. Isaac Taylor, Logan Township
  18. Mason J. Cloud, Logan Township

Traverse Jury for 1st week, May Term 1847:

  1. Jesse Hipple, Lawrenceburg Township
  2. Elijah S. Blasdell, Manchester Township
  3. Stewart Kincaid, Lawrenceburg Township
  4. Francis Buffington, Centre Township
  5. Kenneday Stewart, Kelso Township
  6. Milton Gregg, Lawrenceburg Township
  7. Thomas Guion, Clay Township
  8. William B. Miller, Sparta Township
  9. Samuel McMullen, Manchester Township
  10. Jefferson Rittenhouse, Harrison Township
  11. William McCulloch, Lawrenceburg Township
  12. C. Bird Pate, Jr., Clay Township
  13. Martin Trester, Laughery Township
  14. Robert D. Brown, Laughery Township
  15. Robert Cassiday, Harrison Township

 

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Traverse Jury for 2nd week, May Term 1847:

  1. Daniel Baldridge, Logan Township
  2. William Johnson, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
  3. Warren Tebbs, Harrison Township
  4. Jacob Houck, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. Abram Showalter, Jackson Township
  6. George Green, Laughery Township
  7. Jacob S. Lemley, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. David Rummel, Sparta Township
  9. John Chappellow, Logan Township
  10. Wilson Dowran, Sparta Township
  11. William Robinson, Miller Township
  12. Piercey Wheeler, Sparta Township
  13. James Graham, Kelso Township
  14. Samuel Jewett, Clay Township
  15. Frederick Sowders, Miller Township

Traverse Jury for 3rd week, May Term 1847:

  1. Richard Hyland, Kelso Township
  2. William Hansell, Miller Township
  3. Amaziah Bailey, Centre Township
  4. Alexander Patterson, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. Alden H. Jumper, Manchester Township
  6. John Ewbank, Miller Township
  7. William H. Glasgow, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. William Donlow, Kelso Township
  9. Alexander McKee, York Township
  10. George Goulding, Laughery Township
  11. Thompson Dean, Centre Township
  12. James T. Cloud, Jr., Harrison Township
  13. James McClure, Logan Township
  14. Aaron B. Henry, Centre Township
  15. James C. Cordry, Laughery Township

Traverse Jury for 4th week, May Term 1847:

  1. Philemon Wilson, Laughery Township
  2. Roswell Judd, Miller Township
  3. Robert Patton, Lawrenceburg Township
  4. John Lawrence, Jackson Township
  5. Lowery Foster, Jackson Township
  6. Jacob B. Mason, Kelso Township
  7. David Tibbetts, Manchester Township
  8. Conrod Rowe, York Township
  9. James McGinnis, York Township
  10. Ezra Guard, Miller Township
  11. William T. Harris, Centre Township
  12. James A. Angevine, York Township
  13. John Billingsley, Centre Township
  14. Henry Blasdell, Miller Township
  15. 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

 

Page 100

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.]

 

Page 104

Reuben Rogers, Auditor’s report.

 

Page 105

Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer’s report.

 

Page 106

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.