The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the May 1828 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1
May 1828 Session
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Present and sworn into office:
- Mark McCracken, Esquire, Supervisor for Manchester Township
- James W. Hunt, Esquire, Supervisor for Lawrenceburg Township
- John Godley, Esquire, Supervisor for Logan Township
- Isaac Calwell, Esquire, Supervisor for Kelso Township
- William Flake, Esquire, Supervisor for Laughery Township
- John Lyons, Esquire, Supervisor for Cesars Creek Township
- John Glass, Esquire, Supervisor for Union Township
- Martin Stewart, Esquire, Supervisor for Randolph Township
James W. Hunter – elected President of the board
Bowman & Rush – license to keep a grocery at their house in Rising Sun
No. 1 – Allowed to William Cooke for boarding and imprisoning Paul Swift, a criminal, $3.37
Thomas B. Powell & A. R. Runnion – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries
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No. 2 – Allowed to Nelson S. Torbet for medical attendance on Eliza Huner, a pauper, $2.50
No. 3 – Allowed to Mark Walser for boarding & keeping Eliza Huner, a pauper, $5.50
Caleb A. Craft – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun
Howard & Lanius – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun
James Watson – license to keep a tavern at his house in New Lawrenceburg
Hezekiah Shook – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Hardinsburgh
John Durham – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Hartford
James H. Lawrence – license to keep a store and retail foreign merchandise
No. 4 – Allowed to Ira Wright for his services as overseer of the poor of Laughery Township
No. 5 – Allowed to Noyes Canfield for his services as overseer of the poor of Laughery Township
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John Myers – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors
Nathaniel Ford – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his grocery in New Lawrenceburg
No 6 – Allowed to Enoch Blasdel for his services as overseer of the poor of Lawrenceburg Township
Luther Plummer – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester Township
Elias Conwell – license to retail foreign merchandise
McKenzie & McWithey – license to retail foreign merchandise
John D. Moore – license to retail foreign merchandise at this store in Harrison
Fines collected by Mark McCraken and James W. Hunter and reported at November 1827 session:
- Joseph S. Ripley – Assault and battery committed on the body of Joseph E. Baker – fined $1
- Joseph E. Baker – Assault and battery committed on Joseph S. Ripley – fined $1
- Watkin Ramsey – On a charge of assault and battery committed on the body of John Brashe – fined $0.50
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Fines collected by John Lyons:
- William Shepherd – fined $0.50
- Tenant Hueston – fined $2.00
- Daniel Parker – fined $2.00
- Joachim Williamson – fined $0.50
- David Williamson – fine $0.50
- Keziah Arthurs vs. James W. Bradley – assault – fined $1.00
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Buell & Dunn – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
Luke Evil – license to keep a tavern, retail spirituous liquors & keep a house of entertainment at his house in Aurora
No. 7 – Allowed to Doctor Ezra Ferris for medicine and attendance furnished William Way, a pauper
Scott & Anderson – license to retail foreign merchandise and domestic groceries at their grocery in Rising Sun
No. 8 – Allowed to Cornelius Miller for boarding and keeping Maria Matthews, a pauper, in Randolph Township
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No. 9 – Allowed to Cornelius Miller for keeping and clothing Maria Matthews, a pauper, in Randolph Township
James M. Darragh – ordered to pay for tavern license
David Askew – ordered to pay for tavern license
Darraugh & Askew – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at their grocery in Lawrenceburg
Randolph Township elections to be held at the house of Samuel S. Scott in Rising Sun.
Edward Ricketts and 12 freeholders of Randolph Township – petition on alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburgh by the way of Rising Sun to Madison.
No. 10 – Allowed to Thomas Longley, Sheriff, for extra services
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Enoch D. John – license to retail foreign merchandise
No. 11 – Allowed to Luther Plummer for sundries furnished Anne Gay, a pauper
No. 12 – Allowed to George Mental for boarding, keeping and furnishing necessaries to Anne Gay, a pauper
No. 13 – Allowed to Elizabeth Dickenson for services rendered Ann Gay, a pauper
No. 14 – Allowed to Daniel Horam for boarding and removing Ann Gay, a pauper
No. 15 – Allowed to Isaiah Ferris for his services as overseer of the poor of Manchester Township
No 16 – Allowed to Thomas Nichols for boarding and keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper
No. 17 – Allowed to Jesse Burraugh for boarding and keeping Roxanna Loder, a pauper
No. 18 – Allowed to Gregg and Gulley, printers, for printing expose, Law and county orders
No. 19 – Allowed to John Ferris for removing Roxanna Loder, a pauper
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Fines assessed & collected by Daniel Hagerman, Justice of Peace:
- H. Walkins – Assault & Battery – fined $0.50
- John Sarber – Assault & Battery – fined $0.50
- Elias Conklin – Assault & Battery – fined $1.00
Fines assessed & collected by Abijah Bennett, Justice of Peace:
- Moses Lyon & Joseph Hathaway for an affray – fined $0.50 each
- Xelary Lowes – assault – fined $1.00
Fines assessed by Benjamin Fuller, Justice of Peace
- John Callahan for assault and battery – fined $1.00
- William Cloud for assault and battery – fined $1.00
No. 20 – Allowed to James Dill for his extra services as clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court and clerk of the board of county supervisors
Davis & Johnson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at their grocery in Lawrenceburg
Fines assessed and collected by Israel W Bonham, Justice of Peace:
- Stephen L. Chidester – assault on the body of Isaac Vanhouten – fined $2.00
Omar & George Toussey – License to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
No. 21 – Allowed to Ezra Ferris for money paid surety of state for copy of a law in 1827
No. 22 – Allowed to Vincent Crusenberry for boarding and keeping Rebeccah Crusenberry, a pauper
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No. 23 – Allowed to John Demoss for keeping and boarding Araminta Keith, a pauper
Lister books examined, corrected and accepted by the board.
Land tax amounts
No. 24 – Allowed to Arthur St. Clair for his services as one of the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony
No. 24 – Allowed to John Porter for his services as commissioner for perpetuating testimony
No. 24 – Allowed to John Porter for his services as commissioner for perpetuating testimony
No. 25 – Allowed to Daniel Hagerman as clerk to the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony
No. 26 – Allowed to Daniel Hagerman as clerk of the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony of last record in Dearborn County and for books and stationary purchased and furnished by him for the use of said board of commissioners
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Fined handed in by Thomas Palmer:
- State of Indiana vs. Isaac James – assault and battery – fined $1.00
No. 27 – Allowed to James Dill for record books and paper for the use of the county
No. 28 – Allowed to John Godley for his services as lister of taxable property in Logan Township
No. 29 – Allowed to Isaac Calwell for his services as assessor of taxable property in Kelso Township
No. 30 – Allowed to Cyrus Mills for his services as assessor of taxable property in Manchester Township
No. 31 – Allowed to Thomas Lambertson for his services as assessor of taxable property
No. 32 – Allowed to Archibald McCabe for his services assessing taxable property for Cesars Creek Township
No. 33 – Allowed to Joseph Woods for his services in assessing taxable property in Union Township
No. 34 – Allowed to John Steele for his services in assessing taxable property in Randolph Township
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No. 35 – Allowed to William Glenn for his services as assessor of taxable property in Laughrey Township
No. 36 – Allowed to James W. Hunter for his services as assessor of taxable property for Lawrenceburg Township
No. 37 – Allowed to Horace Bassett for his services in appraising town lots in Aurora
No. 38 – Allowed to Francis Harris for his services in appraising taxable lots in Aurora
Treasurer’s report by Daniel Hagerman
No. 39 – Allowed to John Stewart for boarding and keeping Sarah Stearns, a pauper
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David Williamson, Isaac Randall and tenant Hueston – appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 5, Range 3 West in Cesars Creek Township
James Rand, Jordan Rice and Daniel Pater – appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 7, Range 3 West in Cesars Creek Township
Isaiah Ferris, John Mead and William Tibbetts – appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township, 6, Range 2 West in Manchester Township
Nathan Powell Sr., David Johnson and Peter Hennegan – appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 5, Range 2, in Sparta Township
John Dawson, Jehen Goodwin and Samuel Kincaid – appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 6, Range 1 west in Lawrenceburg Township
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Jacob R. Lawrence, Johanne Bargain and Henry McKenzie – appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 7, Range 2 West in Kelso Township
David Bowers, Robert Wilber and George Nichols – appointed trustees of school section No. 16, Township 4, Range 2 west in Laughery Township
Ordered that the commissioners appointed for conducting the building of the court house in Dearborn County procure a plan of a fire proof office for the clerks office and recorders office.
No. 40 – Allowed to Jesse Hunt for house rent for probate court 3 days and this court 3 days at this session, $7.50
Hardin C. Ferry – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Hardinsburgh
Daniel Bartholomew – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Aurora
Board selected 36 grand jurors and 48 petit jurors.
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Stephen Wood – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors
Overcharges in polls, land, and other taxable property in 1827:
- Wm Smith, overcharge in horse
- Benjamin Williams, overcharge in horse
- Jacob Thorn, overcharge in horse
- George H Johnson, overcharge in horse
- Roswell Judd, overcharge in 1 yoke oxen
- Francis Haines, overcharge in oxen & watel
- Samuel Vincent, overcharge in 1 horse
- Adam Moore, overcharge 1 horse
- Isaac Jervis, overcharge 1 poll
- Enoch Jackson, overcharge 1 steed horse
- Daniel Conaway, overcharge 160 acres
- David Blue, overcharge 320 acres
- Robert Kitely, overcharge 80 acres
Assessors report.
Daniel Hagerman’s treasurer’s report.
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James Dill account for making out duplicates for 1827
Robert McCracken – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries
Mark McCracken – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors