The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the November 1837 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 2

November Session 1837

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Present:

• William Conaway
• David Nevitt

George W. Shane – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Logan Township

Miles and Foreman – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise or goods at their store in Rising Sun

Petition by Elias Chisman, James Chisman, Joseph Harwood, John Powell, John D. Johnson, Mahlon Powell, and other freeholders for alteration in state road from Aurora to North Hogan Creek by land of  Elias and James Chisman, William V. Cheek. William Spicknall, William Beneum and Henry Worley appointed commissioners.

 

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Report of Lawrenceburg and Rushville State road by Lewis Snyder and John Columbia by Brown, their attorney.

 

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No. 1 – Allowed to Adam Burroughs for boarding prisoners and other matters rendered the jail

Allowed to Grand Jurors, October Term 1837:

• No. 2 – Charles Dashiell
• No. 3 – Abram Swing
• No. 4 – David Fleming
• No. 5 – Dennis Riley
• No. 6 – Harvey Cole
• No. 7 – Charles Briggs
• No. 8 – Aaron Foulk
• No. 9 – Henry Worley
• No. 10 – John Elwell
• No. 11 – William Brown
• No. 12 – George Snell
• No. 13 – James Patterson
• No. 14 – Isaac Jackson
• No. 15 – Henry Hancock

Allowed to Petit Jurors, October Term 1837:

• No. 16 – Aaron Ball
• No. 17 – Prince A. Athearn
• No. 18 – Henry James
• No. 19 – William Lanius
• No. 20 – William O’Neal
• No. 21 – Thomas Bradley
• No. 22 – Caleb Campbell
• No. 23 – George Cornelius
• No. 24 – William Chisman
• No. 25 – John Downey
• No. 26 – Harrison Dawson
• No. 27 – Harman R. Dean
• No. 28 – Hugh Scott
• No. 29 – John Crozier
• No. 30 – Elial Chaffin
• No. 31 – Noble Dawson
• No. 32 – William Pursell
• No. 33 – Robert Turner
• No. 34 – George Tousey
• No. 35 – Jacob Fielding
• No. 36 – Thomas Annis
• No. 37 – John Gibson
• No. 38 – George Smith
• No. 39 – John B. Johnson
• No. 40 – Selah Holliday
• No. 41 – James Chisman
• No. 42 – Leonard Chase
• No. 43 – Amer Flake
• No. 44 – Joseph Harwood
• No. 45 – Gardner Elliott
• No. 46 – David Williamson
• No. 47 – Jacob W. Eggleston
• No. 48 – Aaron B. Henry
• No. 49 – James Boyd
• No. 50 – Miles Kellogg
• No. 51 – Lewis Snyder
• No. 52 – Francis Baldwin
• No. 53 – Almon Fairbanks
• No. 54 – Stephen Norris
• No. 55 – Cornelius Snyder
• No. 56 – John Powell
• No. 57 – Stackley Dils
• No. 58 – George W. Cochran
• No. 59 – Elijah Blasdell

 

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No. 60 – Allowed to Thomas Howard for services as trustee and clerk of school section, township 3, range 3 and stationery for 1836

No. 61 – Allowed to Stephen Stewart for service as trustee of school section, township 3, range 1 west

No. 62 – Allowed to Daniel Bartholomew for shroud for William Beard, a pauper

No. 63 – Allowed to Amaziah Bailey for coffin for William Beard, a pauper

 

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No. 64 – Allowed to Holman Cannon for digging a grave and burying William Beard, a pauper

John H. & Wm. O’Neal – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

Asa Sheldin – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at his store in Rising Sun

Robert Haddock – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at his store in Miller Township

No. 65 – Allowed to Aaron B. Henry for services as poor overseer for Lawrenceburg Township

No. 66 – Allowed to Joshua Sanks for services as poor overseer for Lawrenceburg Township

Charles W. Wright & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store

 

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No. 67 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as trustee for township 6, range 3 west

In the matter of Lawrenceburg and Rushville state road by petitioners and objector, Jacob Hayes. Continued.

Thomas Milburn and other freeholders file remonstrance against alteration in state road from Aurora up North Hogan by Elias and James Chisman an others. Continued.

 

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No. 68 – Allowed to Jacob Hayes for services as Petit Juror October Term 1837

William W. Jordan – license to vend foreign and domestic goods at his store in Manchester Township

Andrew Morgan – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

David Fitzgeral – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Manchester Township

Josiah Belden -and Enoch E. Adams – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at their house in New Lawrenceburg

 

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Jenning & Brewington – license to vend and retail foreign and domestic merchandise at their store in Wilmington

Zerah Tousey Percival & Co. – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at their store in Hartford

Hiram Lampkin – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house or shop in Hartford

No. 69 – Allowed to Simeon Tozier, keeper of poor asylum, for boarding paupers and other necessaries and services rendered said paupers

Solomon Samuel – license to vend foreign merchandise

Isaac Lemon – license to vend foreign merchandise

 

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Jacob Blasdel, one of petitioners of alteration in Lawrenceburg to Rushville state road, withdraws application for change.

Thomas H. Milburn and other freeholders remonstrate against change in state road from Aurora up North Hogan prayed for by Elias and James Chisman. Rejected and presented to Circuit Court.

 

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Report of Robert Moore, Treasurer.

 

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

George Voglegesang – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Jackson Township and retail spirituous liquors

No. 70 – Allowed to Alfred Cole for aiding in prosecuting a criminal for murder Oct Term 1837

No. 71 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for hire to bailiffs, constables, wood, candles, and various other items rendered the court

 

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No. 72 – Allowed to James Dill for books and stationery for clerk’s office

Ferris and Scoggin – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Jacob Vanwedding – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Jackson Township

No. 73 – Allowed to James Dill for extra services

No. 74 – Allowed to James Dill for rent of clerk’s office

No. 75 – Allowed to Henry Walker for services rendered as school commissioner and extra service

No. 76 – Allowed to George W. Lane for service on state road from Aurora to Dillsboro and other services paid commissioners, chain carriers and blasers

 

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No. 77 – Allowed to William Conaway for services as commissioner

No. 78 – Allowed to David Nevett for services as commissioner

No. 79 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for wood for this court and glass for court house and putting the same in

No. 80 – Allowed to Edward Ricketts for services as school trustee

Ordered remitted to Tavner Cheek overcharge in real estate tax.

 

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