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

November 1832 Session

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Present:

• George Arnold
• William Conaway

Fines returned by William Conaway, Laughery Township:

• Jacob Cittle – assault & battery committed on the body of Israel Cage – fined $1.00
• William Abden – assault & battery committed on the body of Mahlon Powell – fined $1.00
• Isaiah Hunt – acquitted by a jury for a charge of assault & battery on the body of Hart Reno
• Robert Walker – assault & battery committed on the body of Bunell Walser – fined $1.00

 

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Fines returned by David Bowers:

• [no name] – on complaint for perjury – to Circuit Court
• William Lamkin – on complaint of Chester Thayer for feloniously take and carry away sundry cooper stuff as the property of Chester Thayer – no guilty

Allowances for Grand Jurors at September Term 1832:

• No. 1 – David V. Culley
• No. 2 – Henry Walker
• No. 3 – Thomas Milbun
• No. 4 – Joseph Adams
• No. 5 – Ferrington Barricklow
• No. 6 – Thomas M. Brackenridge
• No. 7 – Jacob Dennis
• No. 8 – James Walker
• No. 9 – Samuel Hollowed
• No. 10 – Henry Dils
• No. 11 – Samuel Best
• No. 12 – Samuel Wright
• No. 13 – Solomon Hubberd
• No. 14 – Stephen Haistings

 

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Allowances for Petit Jurors at September Term 1832:

• No. 15 – George Waldroff
• No. 16 – Elijah Blasdel
• No. 17 – John P. King
• No. 18 – Joel Beach
• No. 19 – John Hansel
• No. 20 – Enoch Conger
• No. 21 – William Lake
• No. 22 – William Johnson
• No. 23 – George Dugan
• No. 24 – Charles Elder
• No. 25 – James Wymond
• No. 26 – George Weaver
• No. 27 – John Callahan
• No. 28 – Isaac Vanhouten
• No. 29 – Asa Shattuck
• No. 30 – Anderson F. Gage
• No. 31 – Samuel Elliott
• No. 32 – Edward Fairchild
• No. 33 – John Palmerton
• No. 34 – Henry Jaquith
• No. 35 – James Fuller
• No. 36 – John Gibson
• No. 37 – John Barricklow
• No. 38 – John Cloud
• No. 39 – William Howlett
• No. 40 – James McBride
• No. 41 – Levi Miller
• No. 42 – John Shook
• No. 43 – Albert Dils
• No. 44 – William Jessup
• No. 45 – Benjamin Reno
• No. 46 – Asa Smith
• No. 47 – Thomas Darling
• No. 48 – Abraham Roland
• No. 49 – Riley Elliott
• No. 50 – David Nevitt
• No. 51 – William H. Loyd
• No. 52 – Thaddeus Owens
• No. 53 – John Davidson
• No. 54 – Reuben Jaquith
• No. 55 – Mark McCracken
• No. 56 – Samuel McMullen
• No. 57 – John Bennett
• No. 58 – Richard S. Freeland
• No. 59 – Joseph E. Baker
• No. 60 – Joseph Woods
• No. 61 – Henry Bruce
• No. 62 – Nelson H. Torbet
• No. 63 – Aaron Henry
• No. 64 – Stephen Green
• No. 65 – Miles Kellogg
• No. 66 – Stephen Stewart
• No. 67 – Jesse Vaughan
• No. 68 – William Priest

 

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No. 69 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder as constable at September 1832 Circuit Court

No. 70 – Allowed to Hiram W. Cloud as constable at September 1832 Circuit Court

No. 71 – Allowed to William Tucker for service attending Grand Jurors

No. 72 – Allowed to William Dils for wood furnished for the use of Dearborn Circuit Court, resuming grand jury and cleaning court house

No. 73 – Allowed to Philip Spooner for defending Isaac Wood, a pauper criminal

No. 74 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn as associate Judge of the Dearborn Circuit Court

No. 75 – Allowed to John McPike as associate Judge of the Dearborn Circuit Court

 

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Fielding C. Smith – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors

No. 76 – Allowed to James Roach for boarding and keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper

No. 77 – Allowed to Jacob Larimore for boarding and keeping Thomas Moore, a pauper

No. 78 – Allowed to William Cooke for boarding and keeping sundry prisoners in Jail, to wit: Washington, Solomon T. Warren, John G. Haurey, Peter Bloomer, and Isaac Woods

No. 79 – Allowed to Harris Fitch for keeping and removing John Hollinshead, a pauper

No. 80 – Allowed to Joseph Boon for keeping and supporting Asemath Steele, a pauper

No. 81 – Allowed to Zadock West for boarding and keeping Oliver Steel, an infant pauper

No. 82 – Allowed to Zadock West for boarding, attending and keeping Samuel Summerfield

No. 83 – Allowed to John F. Bishop for boarding, keeping and attendance on Samuel Summerfield, a pauper

 

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Daniel Mahean & Patrick McCay – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and retail spirituous liquors

Stephen Coffin – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and retail spirituous liquors in Hardinsburgh

Shedderick Wilber & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Hartford

Whalen Gibson – license to retail foreign merchandise at his house in Lawrenceburg Township

Mark McCracken, president of board, took his seat.

No. 84 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for extra services and ironing and taking off irons from Wm. Dixon and Isaac Wood, two prisoners in jail

Fines returned by Isaac Colwell, Kelso Township:

• Bartholomew Reignier – affray at the house of Caleb Johnson – fined $1.00
• Baisel Arnold and James Disberry – affray at the house of Henry McKinzie – fined 1.00 each
• Nicholas Masrum and John Platner – affray at the store of F. C. Smith – fined $1.00 each
• Ansel McWithy – assault & battery on Miles Kellogg – acquitted

 

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Fines collected by James Dill:

• Frederick Lucas – fined $25.00
• Hamilton Jarred – fined $30.00

 

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No. 85 – Allowed to Edwin G. Pratt for attending a suit in the Circuit Court on behalf of the County

John Brooks – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at Wilmington

No. 86 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill for rent of clerk’s office

No. 87 – Allowed to William Wheeler as a witness before a Jury of Inquest

No. 88 – Allowed to Eber Ward as a witness before a Jury of Inquest

John B. Clark – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise

No. 89 – Allowed to Charles Spooner for making a coffin for Samuel Sumerfield, a pauper

Criswell and Synon – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Hartford

 

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No. 90 – Allowed to John S. Percival for medical attendance performed to Samuel Summerfield, a pauper

No. 91 – Allowed to James Walker, School Commissioner, for one day service attending and making sale of school section No. 16, Township 7, Range 1 West

School Commissioner’s report.

• Loaned to Major Samuel McHenry on mortgage $300
• Loaned to John Shanks on mortgage $270.00
• Loaned to Jehu Goodwin, $50.48

 

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Harris Fitch – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg

Tousey & Dunn – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Jacob Storms – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors at his shop in Logan Township

John Palmer – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment

Daniel Kerrey – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors at his house in Logan Township

 

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No. 92 – Allowed to J. W. Eggleston, returning Judge of Election

No. 93 – Allowed to Charles Spooner for making a coffin for Jacob J. Huff, a pauper

John W. Hall presented a claim for holding Inquest on a dead body which was disallowed.

Fines returned by John Saltmarsh:

• Chalon Trulock – assault and battery – fined $2.00
• James Armstrong, Calvin Craig, Thomas Gibson and Irvin Armstrong – on the oath of Abraham Lacy, a warrant issued and two of the defendants were arrested and on trial of this cause the testimony failed to appear and left the state and the defendants that were taken were discharged.
• Eli Hill – assault & battery – fined $1.00
• Bartlet Ellison – swearing – fined $1.00
• Elisha McNeely – assault & battery – fined $2.00
• Afred Jeffrees – assault & battery – fined $10.00
• Thomas Stonebroker – assault & battery – fined $1.00
• William Priest – assault & battery – fined $1.00

 

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Fines returned by Thomas Baggs, Laughery Township:

• Isaac Huffman – assault & battery on the body of Ira Wright – fined $1.00
• Riley Jackson – assault & battery on the body of Lewis Nicholson – fined $1.50

Treasurer’s report by Walter Armstrong.

 

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Ordered that the clerk procure a book for School Trustee.

No. 94 – Allowed to James Dill for extra services as clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court and this board

No. 95 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for his services as commissioner of Dearborn County

No. 96 – Allowed to George Arnold for his services as commissioner

No. 97 – Allowed to William Conway for his services as commissioner

Fines returned by James Dill:

• David Criswell – fined by the Circuit Court $7.00

Fines returned by John Palmer:

• Rufus Jurdon and Pamlia Jurdon – affidavit charging defendants with assault and threats to the person of Candis Hewitt – discharged
• Joseph E. Baker – affidavit of Joel Beach praying surety of the peace of defendant – discharged
• William Barber – on complaint of Abraham Ridling – larceny – discharged
• James McKer and Abraham Ridling – on complaint of William Barber – discharged
• John G. Howery – on complaint of Dennis Stewart – larceny – committed to prison
• George Cheek – on oath of Chalen Trulock – assault & battery – fined $3.00
• Mary Curtis – on oath of Welthy Vaughan – assault & battery – fined $1.00
• Lucius Fairbanks – on oath of Nancy Fairbanks praying surety of the peace – bail of $200 not paid – put in hands of A. R. Pond

 

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Fines assessed by Robert Rowe:

• John McClary – assault & battery on David Boltz – fined $2.00
• David Boltz and John McClary – affray – acquitted

Board adjourned.

 

November Called Session 1832

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Luther Plummer – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise

No. 98 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for services as county commissioner

No. 99 – Allowed to George Arnold for services as county commissioner

No. 100 – Allowed to William Conway for services as county commissioner

Account of receipts and expenditures of the county.

 

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