The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1847 Called Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 4
March Called Session 1847
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Present:
- David Walser
- James Grubbs
- Daniel Taylor
No. 3255 – Allowed to Israel Crist for repairing locks and door of jail
No. 3256 – Allowed to John F. Richards for extra services as jailor
No. 3257 – Allowed to John F. Richards for scrubbing, white washing jail
Election in Kelso Township for Justice of the Peace in place of John Mahoney.
Election in Lawrenceburg Township for Justice of the Peace in place of John Saltmarsh.
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Reuben Rogers, Auditor, filed report.
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Reuben Rogers, Auditor, and William Johnson, School Commissioner, filed report.
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Surplus revenue paid by: Abram Roland, N. H. Torbet, Hiram Crowell, A. H. Dill, Samuel H. Spooner, William Tibbetts, Asaph Buck, Owen D. Legg, Benj. Noyes, Thompson Dean, Thomas Roberts, William Clynch. Loand to: William Green, Philip L. Spooner, Ellis W. Brown, Owen D. Legg, James G. Hunter, William Frazier, James and Ann Kelly, Joseph Smith, Meshack Robert, William Low, Saml. Stage, Reizar Hinds, Eben Heaton, E. M. Brown.
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Borrowers of United States Surplus Revenue Fund:
- Abram True
- Benjamin Noyas
- James Daughters
- John Shoemake
- Seth Heaton
- Hiram Crowell
- Hugh Stage
- John B. Clark
- John Johnson
- Jacob W. Eggleston
- Charles D. Elder
- Isaac Reed
- William W. Jordan
- James Daugherty
- Joshua Lowe
- Ebenezer Dumont
- James M. Clark
- Philip L. Spooner
- John Todd
- Edmund C. Cheek
- Isaac N. Cochran
- Trustees Bpt. Church
- Amer Flake
- John W. Dorsey
- Asaph Buck
- John Hinds
- John Durham, Sr.
- Jacob B. Shepherd
- Jno. K. Wilcox
- Geo. Griffin
- Geo. W. Palmer
- William Hixon
- John Legg
- Elnathan Horr
- Leonard Spicknall
- Geo. Robertson
- Abner Dill
- William Green
- William Row
- Christopher Row
- John Mahoney
- Thompson Dean
- Saml. & Thos. Abdon
- Jacob Morrison
- William Green
- Ellis W. Brown
- James G. Hunter
- William Frazier
- Jas. & Ann Kelly
- Joseph Snuth
- Meshiah Roberts
- William Low
- David Williamson
- David Baldwin
- Daniel Milliken
- William D. Lindsay
- Azaniah Oldham
- A. Cochran
- Geo. Woolley
- Servetus Tuft
- James Watson
- C. C. Jaquith
- Merrit Hubbell
- J. Swartz
- Leonard Spicknall
- Stephen Buffington
- N. H. Torbet
- James Walser
- Davis Woodward
- Ezra Ferris
- Stokelly Dils
- Stephen Wood
- Mahlon Powell
- William Dils
- Sparks & Bodine
- Aaron B. Henry
- Benj. Stockman
- Benj. F. Ferris
- Joshua Clark
- Jonathan Pate
- John Shanks
- Charles D. Elder
- Cornelius Miller
- James Griffith
- William V. Cheek
- Walter Kerr
- Jno. N. Cochran
- Henry Walker
- J. A. Reed
- Abram True
- Amos Lane
- Ephraim Glasgow
- David Macy
- James V. Watson
- John Palmer
- John Parks
- Alvah Churchill
- E. Abrams
- Isaac Randall
- Henry Walker
- Thomas Palmer
- Micajah Dunn
- John B. Hall
- Theodore Gazlay
- James D. Lindsay
- Elijah Huffman
- Isaac H. Cosbough
- William V. Cheek
- Henry Walker
- Spencer Hubbell
- John Ferris
- William Land
- Benjamin B. Root
- Doconey & Gazlay
- Robert D. Brown
- William V. Cheek
- Gersham Dunn
- Daniel S. Major
- Edmund H. McPike
- Benjamin Tufts
- George W. Cochran
- J. & N. Clark
- J. Colwell
- Silas W. Eggleston
- Enoch W. Jackson
- Geo. W. Shane
- Thomas Horner
- Vachel Hobbs
- R. Abbott
- Ross Crossly
- Joshua Yerkes
- Elijah Christopher
- John Durham, Jr.
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Interest received and disbursed from Surplus Fund: John Todd, Samuel H. Spooner, William Dils, Enoch W. Jackson, Alvah Churchill, John Alexander, Arthur Alexander, William Hixon, Andrew Cochran, Nelson H. Torbet, John Wilcox, Benjamin Noyas, John Durham, A. H. Dill, William Green, A. H. Dill, Baptist Church at Wilmington, Merrit Hubbell, John Swartz, Ezekiel Abrahams, Isaac Reed, George Woolley, Thompson Dean, John Shepherd, Mahlon Powell, James M. Clark, Walter Kerr, Leonard Spicknall, Isaac H. Carbaugh, Hiram Crowell, C. C. Jacquith, Saml. H. Spooner, Theodore Gazlay, Philip L. Spooner, Alex. McKinster, John Johnson, James Walser, Abram True, Samuel Stage, Reizen Hinds, Eben Heaton, David Macy, Benjamin Stockman, Cornelius Miller, E. Dumont, John Durham, Edmund C. Cheek, W. W. Jordan, Azariah Oldham, Charles D. Elder, Elnathan Horr, Sparks and Bodine, William Laird, John N. Cochran, George Griffin, James Daughters, Ellis W. Brown, Sewetus Tufts, Ezra Ferris, John B. Clark, William Clinch, Jacob W. Eggleston, Silas W. Eggleston, Daniel Milliken, John Todd, Nelson H. Torbett, Jno. Parks, E. Glasgow, James A. Reed, John Shanks, David Baldwin, Amor Flake, Josephus Clark, William V. Cheek, Jonathan Pate, John Hinds, William Tibbetts, James Griffith, Owen D. Ligg, John Legg, James G. Hunter, William Row, J. Clark, A. Buck, James D. Lindsay, Geo. Robertson, Joshua Low, Abram True, Davis Woodward, William Lindsay, Christopher Rowe, William Frazier, John Mahoney, Abner Dill, Saml. & THos. Abdon, Elijah Huffman, Trustees of Baptist Church at Wilmington, James Watson, Jas. & Ann Kelly, Thomas Palmer, Joseph Smith, Meshich Roberts, William Lowe, Abram Peaslie, B. T. W. S. Anderson, B. Connelly, Benj. Sellers, Daniel Clancy, William T. Harris, John Hunter, Jesse Wilson, James O. Smith, Jared Michael, Robert Harris, Charles Dashiell, Reuben Rogers, Daniel Baldridge, Nelson H. Torbet, James Rand, Virgil Dowden, Gazlay & Raymond, Geo. W. Lane, Reuben Rogers, N. H. Torbet.
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No. 3247 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for cash paid to D. Conklin for books for clerk’s office
No. 3258 – Allowed to James Duncan for digging grave for pauper
No. 3259 – Allowed to William and Edward Yate for lumber to repair seats in Court House
Bank Tax and Saline Funds: Ellis W. Brown, Eben Heaton, John Alexander, Samuel Stage, Reizen Hinds.
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Nelson H. Torbet, Treasurer, filed report.
No. 3248 – Allowed to Croutz & Burroughs for blacksmithing for County purposes
No. 3250 – Allowed to Reuben Rogers for receiving and disbursing funds
No. 3254 – Allowed to Robert Patton for plastering Court House
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Enoch Hayes remonstrates against opening of State Road from Lawrenceburg to Brookville.
No. 3249 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet for receiving and disbursing funds
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James Ross – license to vend merchandise at Lawrenceburg Township
Michael Hoff – license to vend merchandise at Jackson Township
Security of following borrowers of Surplus Fund insufficient: Stokely Dils, Isaac H. Carbungh, Spencer Hubbell, Merrit Hubbel, James A. Reed, James Griffith, John Sevart, John Parks, Micajah Dunn, Gersham Dunn, Stephen Buffington, Servetus Tufts, Theodore Gazlay, Daniel S. Major, David Williamson, John N. Cochran, Joshua Clark, John Durham, Jr.,
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No. 3260 – Allowed to James Francis for repairing benches and other repairs
No. 3261 – Allowed to Jacob P. Dunn for rails and painting benches in Court House
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Board examined school fund.
Court adjourned.
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Deed – Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to Christopher Ennis
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Deed – Reuben Rogers, Auditor, to Christopher Sites
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Road tax in Lawrenceburg Township.
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Daniel Taylor, John Bennet, and George W. Lane, file report on division of school and surplus revenue funds.
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