The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the November 1835 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 2
November 1835 Session
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Present:
- Charles Dashiell, President
- George Arnold
- John Neal
No. 1 – Allowed to Hugh McMullen for boarding and keeping Elismer Gay, a pauper
No. 2 – Allowed to James Matthews for boarding and keeping Patrick McGuire
No. 3 – Allowed to Henry Johnson for boarding and keeping Mariah Pusey, a pauper
No. 4 – Allowed to Henry Bowers for medicine and attendance to Mariah Pusey, a pauper
No. 5 – Allowed to James Daugherty for boarding and keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper
No. 6 – Allowed to John Boulby for monies paid out in taking prisoner McCharles
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Jonathan Lawrence – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Jackson Township
No. 7 – Allowed to Jesse Mendal for marking state road from Aurora to Indianapolis state road
Warren Tibbs – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail liquors at his house in Harrison
No. 8 – Allowed to Jacob Hayes for 3 cords of wood furnished Court House
No. 9 – Allowed to Arthur St. Clair Vance for surveying and dividing School Section 16, Township 5, Range 3 West
No. 10 – Allowed to Philip Roland blazing the divisions on School Section above
No. 11 – Allowed to Daniel Kesley, chain carrier dividing above School Section
No. 12 – Allowed to Isaac Gibson, chain carrier for dividing above School Section
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John Callahan, owner of land on this side of Tanner’s Creek, granted application to keep a ferry across creek at bridge in New Lawrenceburg.
Application of William Allen, by Dunn, his attorney, for allowance to verdict from Dearborn County Circuit Court. Continued.
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Ferris & Scoggin – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
Luther Plummer – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester Township
Allowances to Grand Jurors, September Term 1835 of Circuit Court:
- No. 13 – Wm. S. Durbin
- No. 14 – James Lindsay
- No. 15 – Moses Turner
- No. 16 – John Dawson
- No. 17 – Richard N. Specknall
- No. 18 – Charles L. Pate
- No. 19 – Harvey Driver
- No. 20 – James McKinny
- No. 21 – Cyrus Mills
- No. 22 – Jereh F. Harrison
- No. 23 – Bird Pate
- No. 24 – William Shepherd
- No. 25 – Amos Haistings
- No. 26 – James McClure
- No. 27 – James P. Millikin
Allowances to Petit Jurors:
- No. 28 – John Ferrce
- No. 29 – John D. Moore
- No. 30 – Isaac Jackson
- No. 31 – Robert Turner
- No. 32 – Wm. Grubbs, Sr.
- No. 33 – Zachariah Barker
- No. 34 – Thomas Hansel, Jr.
- No. 35 – Elial Chaffin
- No. 36 – Jesse Smith
- No. 37 – James D. Gidney
- No. 38 – John D. Johnson
- No. 39 – John Pugsley
- No. 40 – Robert Rowe, Jr.
- No. 41 – David Huffed
- No. 42 – Jacob Hayes
- No. 43 – Ransom Misner
- No. 44 – Daniel Hinsdale
- No. 45 – James Angevine
- No. 46 – Levi Miller
- No. 47 – Walter Hayes
- No. 48 – Saml McMullen
- No. 49 – Wm. Davidson
- No. 50 – Levi Hamblin
- No. 51 – Wm. A. Kerr
- No. 52 – Benjn Huffman
- No. 53 – Cornelius Miller
- No. 54 – Joel Lynn
- No. 55 – James Lewis
- No. 56 – John Till
- No. 57 – Hugh Espey
- No. 58 – John Bledsoe
- No. 59 – Thomas Jones
- No. 60 – Peter Bear
- No. 61 – Saml J. Alden
- No. 62 – Joseph Bray
- No. 63 – Farrington Barricklow
- No. 64 – Joseph Hayes
- No. 65 – John Freeland
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No. 66 – Allowed to John D. Crontz for sundry irons furnished and fastened on prisoners in jail
No. 67 – Allowed to Davis Weaver for swearing, relocating commissioners and certifying the same
Plummer & Hansel – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Manchester Township
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No. 68 – Allowed to John Cook for digging grave for Horace Whitney, a pauper
No. 69 – Allowed to Ephraim Hollister for making coffin for Horace Whitney, a pauper
No. 70 – Allowed to James Dill for Record Book and one ream of paper
No. 71 – Allowed to John A. Matson for defending Daniel Harker, a pauper criminal
No. 72 – Allowed to William H. Harrison, Jr., for defending a pauper criminal
No. 73 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder for services attending Circuit Court as constable Sep Term 1835
No. 74 – Allowed to John H. O’Neal as constable Sep Term 1835
No. 75 – Allowed to James C. Cloud as constable Sep Term 1835
No. 76 – Allowed to James Thompson as constable Sep Term 1835
No. 77 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for cash paid constable and candles furnished the Court Sep Term 1835
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No. 78 – Allowed to James Dill for extra services as clerk to board
No. 79 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill for rent of clerk’s office
No. 80 – Allowed to William Allen for damages by him sustained in erecting a mill dam on Laughery Creek
No. 81 – Allowed to Jeremiah Sullivan, attorney and counselor at law, defending the county at suit of William Allen
No. 82 – Allowed to Jeremiah Sullivan, attorney and counselor at law, for defending the county in Supreme Court against Coman’s securities
John P. Dunn appointed School Commissioner
Board to view work of James Slater on poor asylum.
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No. 83 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for extra services
No. 84 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for cutting wood for Court House and repairs to Jail
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Joshua Dorman – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Sparta Township
Patrick O’Conner – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Kelso Township
No. 85 – Allowed to Jabez Percival to attendance and medicine to Margaret Burns, a pauper
No. 86 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for attendance as associate Judge Circuit Court Sep Term 1835
No. 87 – Allowed to Samuel H. Dowden as associate judge Circuit Court Sep Term 1835
No. 88 – Allowed to Elizabeth Carabough, formerly Elizabeth Roberts, for keeping and boarding Priscilla Cook, a pauper
No. 89 – Allowed to C. R. West & Co. for blank books and ink stands furnished the county
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No. 90 – Allowed to Samuel H. Dowden as associate in approving recorder’s bond
No. 91 – Allowed to George Mousey & Co. for goods furnished a pauper
No. 92 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for granting four writs of habeas corpus
John P. Dunn, School Commissioner, files his bond with Norval Sparks, Green Sparks, David V. Culley, Isaac Dunn, Jereh H. Brower, and William Tate, securities.
A. Horton & Co. – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in New Lawrenceburg
No. 93 – Allowed to W. B. Snyder for plotting a plan for Court House at Wilmington
James Powell, road commissioner, report.
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No. 94 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for boarding and guarding, and furnishing fire wood for sundry prisoners
John Weaver, Sheriff, ordered to procure clothing for certain prisoners suffering for want.
No. 95 – Allowed to Betsy Burroughs for keeping and boarding Frances McBride, a pauper
No. 96 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as commissioner
No. 97 – Allowed to George Arnold as commissioner
No. 98 – Allowed to John Neal as commissioner
No. 99 – Allowed to James Slater for erecting poor asylum
No. 100 – Allowed to James Slater for erecting poor asylum
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Board adjourned.