The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the November 1832 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1
May Session 1833
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Present:
- Mark McCracken, President
- George Arnold
- William Conaway
David Gibson – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Cesars Creek Township
Elias Robinson – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Sparta Township
Isaac H. Carabaugh – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store
No. 1 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for making rail and fencing the Poor Asylum ground
Thomas Slack – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and retail spirituous liquors at his grocery in Kelso Township
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No. 2 – Allowed to Daniel Pate for boarding and keeping Sarah Johnson, an infant pauper
No. 3 – Allowed to Jesse D. Rice for keeping Sarah Johnson, a pauper
No. 4 – Allowed to Dresden McCaulley for appraising Town lots in Wilmington
No. 5 – Allowed to Horace Bassett for appraising town lots in Aurora
No. 6 – Allowed to John Langly for appraising town lots in Aurora
No. 7 – Allowed to James Reed for appraising town lots in Wilmington
Henry Walker appointed School Trustee of Section 16, Township 4, Range 2 West in the room of James Hubbart (resigned).
No. 8 – Allowed to Spencer West for keeping an infant child of Thomas Steel
No. 9 – Allowed to Susan Beckworth for keeping John Fancher, a pauper
No. 10 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper
No. 11 – Allowed to Mary Muir for keeping Rebecca Crusenberry, a pauper
No. 12 – Allowed to Hannah Bennett for keeping Mary Ann McBride, a pauper
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No. 13 – Allowed to Wm. Pursell and John Snyder, overseers of the poor for Logan Township for sundries furnished Andrew Stall, a transient pauper
No. 14 – Allowed to Jacob Larimore for keeping Thomas Moore, a pauper
Isaac Adair – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his residence in Logan Township
Jacob V. Lawrence, John Lewis & Henry McKenzie appointed School Trustees for School Section No. 16, Township 7, Range 2 West.
No. 15 – Allowed to Arthur St. Clair Vance for appraising town property in Lawrenceburg & Hardinsburgh
No. 16 – Allowed to Milton Gregg for appraising town property in Lawrenceburg and Hardinsburgh
No. 17 – Allowed to Alfred Jeffree for guarding the jail one night
No. 18 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts and Zebulon H. Roberts in part pay for making 100,000 bricks for poor asylum
Allowances for Grand Jurors at March Term 1833:
- No. 19 – George P. Buell
- No. 20 – John Gray
- No. 21 – Levi Miller
- No. 22 – John B. Clark
- No. 23 – Joseph Adams
- No. 24 – Merritt Hubbell
- No. 25 – Elias Little
- No. 26 – George Larreson
- No. 27 – Hugh McClure
- No. 28 – Abraham Ferris
- No. 29 – Amos T. Coyle
- No. 30 – William Allen
- No. 31 – Robert Wilber
- No. 32 – Charles Dashill
- No. 33 – William Tucker
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Allowances for Petit Jurors at March Term 1833:
- No. 34 – Peter Allen
- No. 35 – James D. Gidney
- No. 36 – James Angivine
- No. 37 – John Wilson
- No. 38 – Johannas Bargin
- No. 39 – Whalon Gibson
- No. 40 – Charles B. Pate
- No. 41 – Archd McCabe
- No. 42 – Benjamin Hines
- No. 43 – Matthew Swan
- No. 44 – Richard Downey
- No. 45 – Thomas Ewbanks
- No. 46 – John Myers
- No. 47 – Jesse Laird
- No. 48 – Joseph Woods
- No. 49 – Isaac Coldwell
- No. 50 – Stephen Green
- No. 51 – Reuben Jaquith
- No. 52 – Archibald McCabe [crossed out]
- No. 53 – Jacob Hayes
- No. 54 – John C. Moore
- No. 55 – John Shook
- No. 56 – George Nichols
- No. 57 – James McKittrick
- No. 58 – Joel Lynn
- No. 59 – Thomas Baggs
- No. 60 – James Thompson
- No. 61 – Charles Spooner
- No. 62 – John Callahan
- No. 63 – John Columbia
- No. 64 – Spencer Davis
- No. 65 – Abel True
- No. 66 – Cornelius S. Faulkoner
- No. 67 – Oliver Huestis
- No. 68 – William Gerrard
- No. 69 – Abner Tibbets
- No. 70 – Charles W. Wright
- No. 71 – Zachariah Bedford
- No. 72 – Ulysses Cook
- No. 73 – Ebenezer Roberts
- No. 74 – Riley Elliott
- No. 75 – John W. Cloud
- No. 76 – Joseph E. Baker
- No. 77 – Thomas Darling
- No. 78 – Amos Morris
- No. 79 – Zachariah Conger
- No. 80 – Ranna Stevens
- No. 81 – Andrew Morgan
- No. 82 – Enoch Conger
- No. 83 – Thomas Wilson
- No. 84 – James Lindsey
- No. 85 – John Hood
- No. 86 – John Saltmarsh
- No. 87 – Philander Ross
- No. 88 – Joseph C. Moore
- No. 89 – WIlliam U. Loyd
- No. 90 – Aaron B. Henry
- No. 91 – Dennis Stewart
- No. 92 – John Ferrel
- No. 93 – Albert Cadwell
- No. 94 – Jeremiah H. Harrison
- No. 95 – William Whipple
- No. 96 – Johnson Watts
- No. 97 – Morton Justice
- No 98 – Andrew Worley
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No. 99 – D. S. Major, defending a pauper criminal
No. 100 – Hiram W. Cloud, constable attending circuit court 12 days
No. 101 – Lemuel G. Elder, 12 days attending circuit court as constable
No. 102 – Jabez Whipple, 4 days as constable attending circuit court
No. 103 – William Dils, Sheriff, for firewood, cleaning Court House
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James M. Darragh – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg
J. H. Lane & Co. – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
No. 104 – Allowed to Crontz & Wymond for making hand cuffs, chain, shackles and staple, and ironing sundry prisoners in prison, at various times
Joshua Dorman – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his house in Sparta Township
No. 105 – Allowed to Zadack West for keeping Oliver Steele, a pauper
No. 106 – Allowed to N. & G. Sparks for sundry goods furnished paupers
Norval & Green Sparks – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at tie store in Lawrenceburg
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William Harrington – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house of Lawrenceburg
William Runnion – license to keep grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his grocery in Lawrenceburg
Abijah North – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his grocery in Randolph Township
M. Holstead – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Lawrenceburg
No. 107 – Allowed to James Roach for keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper
No. 108 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for extra services
No. 109 – Allowed to Thomas Palmer for taking depositions relative to paupers
No. 110 – Allowed to Simon Alexander for keeping Ann Gay, a pauper
No. 111 – Allowed to Danl A. B. C. Fox for medicine and attendance on Ann Gay, a pauper
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S. Wilber & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Hartford
William Flake appointed collector of state and county revenue for 1833. James W. Hunter, Warren Tibbs and David V. Culley, securities.
John Myers appointed Seminary Trustee for district No. 1 in the room of Cornelius Miller who declined serving. Thomas K. Coles and Nelson H. Torbett, securities.
Benjamin Tibbetts, Jr. – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his house in Manchester Township
Thatcher & Knapp – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Laughery Township
Leon Bowman – license to keep a grocery at his shop in Rising Sun
Samuel Howard – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Rising Sun.
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R. K. Eaton & Co. – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun
Scott and Howard – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun
Shadrach Hathaway – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun
John Langley – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Aurora
Petition of Miles Kellogg and sundry other citizens for establishment of a county road commencing at Lawrenceburg at Isaac Dunn’s corner, running through Hardinsburgh to the north end of Main Street at lands of Jacob Dennis, through lands of Walter Hays, passing Deeker Croziers, across White Water River to road from Harrison to Brookville.
No. 112 – Allowed to Edward Williams for keeping Maria Matthews, a pauper
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No. 113 – Allowed to Noah Miller for keeping and boarding Maria Matthews, a pauper
No. 114 – Allowed to Simon Alexander for keeping Ann Gay, a pauper
No. 115 – Allowed to John Melatt for keeping Elisma Gay, a pauper
Tax duplicates.
No. 116 – Allowed to William Hamilton for sundries furnished John Fancher, a pauper
No. 117 – Allowed to William Harrington for sundries furnished Wm. P. Richardson, a pauper
No. 118 – Allowed to Omer Toussey for goods furnished a pauper
No. 119 – Allowed to Zachariah Bedford & Co. for sundries to paupers
No. 120 – Allowed to Enoch D. John & West for sundries furnished a pauper
Thomas Purcell appointed School Trustee of Section No. 16, Township 7, Range 1 West in the room of John O’Brien (left the county).
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Zachariah Bedford & Co. – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at their grocery in Lawrenceburg
Benjn Morgan – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop
Benjn Noble – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in New Lawrenceburg
Ordered remitted to Russell Coman, Collector, for overcharges, to wit:
- Benjamin Noyes, two oxen
- John Barton, 30 acres
- Rollin T. Tozier, 47 acres
- John K. Lawrence, 1 silver watch
- John Blattner, 1 horse
- William Shepherd, 1 horse
- Robert Rowe, Jr., 1 horse
- William Clark, 1 oxen
- Daniel Taylor, 20 acres
- Nicholas Mauslin, 1 horse
- Margaret Glenn, 100 acres
- Wm. McBride, 1 silver watch
- James Boyd, 80 acres
- Carleton Marble, 80 acres
- John Gibson, 1 horse
- Wm. McClure, brass clock
- Wm. Pierson, 2 oxen and 2 horses
- Robert Robinson, 1 horse
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Shaw & Protzman – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
John P. Dunn – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg
Charles W. Wright – license to keep a grocery and vend and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Manchester Township.
Omar Toussey – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg
No. 121 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for boarding sundry prisoners, to wit: William Dixon, John G. Houry, Wm. Fleming, Joshua Northern, Andrew Ryder, Trueman Hubble, Mrs. Wheeler
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John Shook – license to keep a grocery and retail and vend foreign and domestic groceries
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Ordered to Russell Coman, Collector, credit.
Overseers of the Poor of Lawrenceburg Township report. Direct overseers pay to Mrs. Ritcheson, wife of William R. Richardson, a pauper who is stricken off the pauper list, $1.00 per week to support her husband.
Treasurer’s report.
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Ordered by the board that the Treasurer be charged with the following items, to wit:
- From Mr. Gennis & Co. license to vend wooden clocks
- Sheneman at Harrison
- D. Emerson, Sheneman
- J. Haddock, circus rider
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No. 123 – Allowed to Dr. John S. Percival for medicine and attendance to sundry paupers
No. 124 – Allowed to James Dill for extra services as clerk, record books, and stationery for clerk’s office
No. 125 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill, office rent for clerk’s office
No. 126 – Allowed to Thomas Porter for recording sundry indentures and restoring last record
No. 127 – Allowed to Walter Armstrong as Petit Juror
Walter Armstrong appointed treasurer. Isaac Dunn and Jesse Hunt, securities.
No. 128 – Allowed to Thomas Purcel for assessing taxable property in Logan Township
No. 129 – Allowed to James D. Gidney for assessing taxable property in Kelso Township
No. 130 – Allowed to Abraham Showalter for assessing taxable property in Jackson Township
No. 131 – Allowed to Sewell Plumer for assessing taxable property in Manchester Township
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No. 132 – Allowed to Hiram Wiley for assessing taxable property in Lawrenceburg Township
No. 133 – Allowed to Stephen Green for assessing taxable property in Laughery Township
No. 134 – Allowed to Benjamin Johnson for assessing taxable property in Sparta Township
No. 135 – Allowed to George Pate for assessing taxable property in Cesars Creek Township
No. 136 – Allowed to Joseph Woods for assessing taxable property in Union Township
No. 137 – Allowed to Daniel Tapley for assessing taxable property in Randolph Township
Fines returned by John Saltmarsh, Lawrenceburg Township:
- William Priest – assault & battery – fined (not collected) $1.00
- J. U. Lane – assault & battery – fined $1.00
- James Armstrong – assault & battery – fined (not collected) $1.00
- Robert Bruce – assault & battery – fined (not collected) $1.00
- Nathaniel Green – assault & battery – fined (not collected) $2.00
- Thomas Steel – swearing – fined $1.00
- Eli Hill – assault & battery – fined $3.00
- James Sullivan – assault & battery – fined $1.00
- John Brasher – assault & battery – fined $3.00
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Fines returned by Joseph Woods, Union Township:
- John Traver, Zaches Walton – on complaint of Esther B. Wheel – house breaking – acquitted
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Fines returned by Ulysses Cook:
- John Barkdoll – on complaint of Henry Newton for assault & battery – fined $1.00
Fines returned by Cyrus Mills:
- Abner Dill – on complaint of David Wilson for assault & battery – fined $5.00
- John Bottz – on complaint of Philander Ross for assault & battery – fined $1.00
Fines returned by John Columbia:
- Alexander Noble – assault & battery committed on the body of John Whitaker, Jr., minor son of John Whitaker – fined $2.00
- Nehemiah Hubbard – assault & battery committed on the body of Dorman Holladay – fined $2.00
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Fines returned by Thomas Palmer:
- Irvin Armstrong – assault & battery on C. F. Clarkson – fined $1.00
- Thomas Payne – assault & battery on Benjamin Fuller – fined $1.00
- Thomas Branon – assault & battery on Nathaniel Green – fined $2.00
Fines returned by Thomas Baggs:
- John McHaney – assault & battery on the body of John Feneman – fined $1.50
Fines returned by Isaac Coldwell:
- John Montgomery – assault & battery on Mary Montgomery – fined $1.00
- Andrew Anderson – assault & battery on Wm. Tucker – fined $1.00
- John McClary – assault & battery on Joseph Shaugh – fined $1.00
- Rasiel Arnold – assault & battery on William Davis – fined $1.00
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Fines returned by William Gerrard, Union Township:
- Samuel Beckworth – malicious trespass, informant Mary P. Brumbly – acquitted
- Edward Coen – assault & battery on Solomon Kittle – acquitted Samuel Beckworth – assault, informant Mary P. Brambly – acquitted
- John Denison & William Howe – assault & battery, informant William Gibson – acquitted
- Robert Patterson & Rebeccah, his wife – theft, informant Michael Cusake – acquitted
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No. 138 – Allowed to George Arnold as Commissioner
No. 139 – Allowed to Mark McCracken as Commissioner
No. 140 – Allowed to William Conaway as Commissioner
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Ordered that Jackson Township be attached to District No. 2.
Ulysses Cooke appointed School Trustee of School Section No. 16, Township 5, Range 1 West in the room of Nathan Gilbert (removed); William Hamilton having refused to serve.
Jury selection.
No. 141 – Allowed to James Dill for costs in motion against the collector March Term 1833
No. 142 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for costs in a motion against the collector
No. 143 – Allowed to George H. Dunn, attorney defending collectors and securities
No. 144 – Allowed to George Arnold for extra services attending to the business of the Poor Asylum
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No. 145 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for various services relative to the poor asylum, to wit: purchasing land, taking bond, having deed executed, making contract for repairs of farm, and contract for brick
No. 146 – Allowed to Mark McCracken as Commissioner
No. 147 – Allowed to George Arnold as Commissioner
No. 148 – Allowed to William Conaway as Commissioner
Contract with John Shook to make certain repairs to bench and bar in the Court House.
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Contract with Jesse Hunt to make repairs to North Room in 2nd story of Jail.
No. 149 – Allowed to William Harrington for sundries furnished Wm. R. Richardson, a pauper
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Record of state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Madison. Chain bearers: Thomas Campbell, Barba Read, W. Patterson, John Fenton, Elijah Lembuck, John Boyd, W. Guard. John Gellet, surveyor. Able C. Pepper and Thomas Armstrong. Henry James, commissioner.
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