Dearborn County Commissioners – Sep 1835

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1835 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 2

September Session 1835

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Present:

  • Charles Dashiell
  • George Arnold
  • John Neal

Charles Dashiell elected President of the board.

William Hancock, Peter Hennegan and Samuel B. Wood, commissioners to view alteration to state road from Aurora to Napoleon, made report. Road through land of: David Powell, Elias Conwell. Road opened.

 

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Jefferson Rittenhouse – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Harrison

No. 1 – Allowed to Thomas Howard for services as School Trustee, Section 16, Township 3, Range 1 West

William T. Ferris & Co. – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Hartford

No. 2 – Allowed to Martin Stewart for assessing property in Randolph Township

No. 3 – Allowed to Joseph Woods for assessing property in Union Township

No. 4 – Allowed to Jesse Smith for assessing property in Laughery Township

No. 5 – Allowed to Joseph Adams for assessing property in Miller Township

 

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Allowed to James P. Milliken for assessing property in Manchester Township

No. 7 – Allowed to Robert Rowe, Jr., for assessing property in Kelso Township

Petition of Isaac Cochran and 38 citizens of Aurora for incorporation of Aurora. Authorized to meet at the house of Thomas Folber to elect Trustees for incorporation.

 

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No. 8 – Allowed to Jane Pate, administrator of Daniel Pate, deceased, for keeping Sarah Johnson, a pauper

No. 9 – Allowed to Jane Pate, widow and administratrix of Daniel Pate, for keeping Sarah Johnson

No. 10 – Allowed to N. & G. Sparks for goods furnished Eliza Ann Kennedy, a pauper

No. 11 – Allowed to Prudence Tryon for keeping Huldah and Mary Jane Fairfield, two paupers

No. 12 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for monies paid by him for repairs to Jail

Claudius Millett – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors

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

 

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John Bledsoe – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house or grocery in Logan Township

Alexander Mitchel – license to keep a tavern or house of public entertainment and retail liquors at his house in Rising Sun

Robert Haddock – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Miller Township

Seal adopted by Commissioners.

Samuel Cole – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Wilmington

William Tibbets – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Manchester Township

 

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Ezra Ferris – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

No. 13 – Allowed to John P. Dunn & Co. for goods furnished for George and Margaret Reno who are paupers

No. 15 – Allowed to James Matthews for boarding and keeping Patrick McGuire, a pauper

No. 14 – Allowed to Peter Moore for boarding and keeping Mary Hyer, a pauper

No. 16 – Allowed to James C. Cloud for assessing property in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 17 – Allowed to Israel Noyes, one of the Trustees of School Section 16, Township 6, Range 2 West, for services rendered by the Trustees and chain carriers in dividing school section and leasing and selling the same

 

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Treasurer’s report.

Ordered remitted to Enoch Blasdel – state tax overcharge on 50 acres of land.

No. 18 – Allowed to Robert Turner for assessing Caesars Creek Township

No. 19 – Allowed to Benjamin Johnson as assessor of Sparta Township

No. 20 – Allowed to Henry Walker as school commissioner for various services

No. 21 – Allowed to Evan Walkins for keeping a female pauper unknown

No. 22 – Allowed to A. Horton for sundries furnished a pauper

 

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No. 23 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper

No. 24 – Allowed to James Cooley for keeping George & Margaret Renno, two paupers

No. 25 – Allowed to Sarah Elder for keeping Esther, a black pauper

No. 26 – Allowed to David Nevitt for provisions furnished paupers

No. 27 – Allowed to Abel Thompson for boarding and keeping Rachel, a colored woman pauper

No. 28 – Allowed to Sarah Sherred for boarding and keeping Andrew Green, a pauper

No. 29 – Allowed to James Boyle, Trustee of School Section 16, Township 3, Range 1 West, for services

No. 30 – Allowed to Daniel Taylor as assessor of Jackson Township

 

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Thomas Slack – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Kelso Township

Abram B. Adams – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in New Lawrenceburg

Abm B. Adams – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in New Lawrenceburg

Anthony Frederick – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Jackson Township

 

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Report of alteration to road from Harrison to Brookville, Franklin County. Solomon Manwaring, T. M. Breckenridge, and Warren Tebbs, commissioners. Alteration abandoned.

No. 31 – Allowed to John S. Percival, coroner, for holding an Inquest on the body of an unknown drowned boy

No. 32 – John Saltmarsh, Juror of above Inquest

No. 33 – John Goddard, Juror of above Inquest

No. 34 – Frederick Lucas, Juror of above Inquest

No. 35 – Daniel Frazer, Juror of above Inquest

No. 36 – Alexander Auger, Juror of above Inquest

No. 37 – Lorenzo Leming, Juror of above Inquest

No. 38 – Zachariah Bedford, Juror of above Inquest

No. 39 – A. B. Henry, Juror of above Inquest

No. 40 – A. R. Runion, Juror of above Inquest

No. 41 – James Jones, Jr., Juror of above Inquest

No. 42 – Joseph Boon, Juror of above Inquest

No. 43 – Elias Conklin, Juror of above Inquest

No. 44 – John Vanfliet, Juror of above Inquest

No. 45 – Elias Tumy, witness on above Inquest

No. 46 – Elias Conkling, for grave

No. 47 – H. M. Allen, for coffin

No. 48 – James C. Cloud, constable on above Inquest

 

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No. 49 – Allowed to John S. Percival, coroner, for holding an Inquest on the body of an unknown drowned person

No. 50 – Henry Walker, Juror of above Inquest

No. 51 – Michael Trester, Juror of above Inquest

No. 52 – George Low, Juror of above Inquest

No. 53 – Elisha Thomas, Juror of above Inquest

No. 54 – William Winkly, Juror of above Inquest

No. 55 – William Cox, Juror of above Inquest

No. 56 – John Moore, Juror of above Inquest

No. 57 – John Langley, Juror of above Inquest

No. 58 – Isaac H. Carabaugh, Juror of above Inquest

No. 59 – Joseph Peters, Juror of above Inquest

No. 60 – Stephen Green, Juror of above Inquest

No. 61 – Milo Longwood, Juror of above Inquest

No. 62 – George Withrow, Witness on above Inquest

No. 63 – Nelson Lathrop, witness on above Inquest

No. 64 – Isaac Cannon for grave

No. 65 – Henry Moran for coffin

Ordered remitted to Joseph Hayes overcharge on land tax 282 acres in Miller Township

No. 66 – Allowed to George Bowlby for assessing in Logan Township

No. 67 – Allowed to Asa Smith, late recorder, for office rent, recording documents relative to relocation of county seat, and drawing contract relative to poor asylum

No. 68 – Allowed to Elizabeth Roberts for keeping Priscilla Cooke, a pauper

 

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Application of Amos Morris and Isaac Morris of Manchester Township. Ordered that state road laid out by Mark McCracken, Oliver Heustis and Thomas W. Sunman be opened.

George Land, James H. Craven, William C. Bramwell, Edward Ricketts and William H. Campbell, commissioners to relocate seat of justice of Dearborn County, relocated seat to Wilmington.

Annexation of part of Miller Township to Lawrenceburg Township. Continued.

Jesse L. Holman and William Dils, commissioners to lay out state road, make report. Road through land of William Dils, Walker, Bailey, L. and W. Morgan, Cown’s heirs, W. Upps, Dilts, Widow Worley, W. Conaway, F. Worley, Thos. Bevens,W. James, E. Small, J. Kitchel, G. Cheek, Morgan, Clemmon, Luson, Dorsey. Witness, Ar St. C. Vance, Sr. Ordered opened.

 

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Jesse L. Holman, School Commissioner, filed his bond.

Appointment of commissioners for erection of public building at Wilmington. Continued.

Petition of 48 persons for erection of new township. Clay Township formed.

 

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Petition of sundry inhabitants of Miller Township for alteration of township was rejected.

George H. Shaw – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors at his grocery in Logan Township

 

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No. 69 – Allowed to Edward Ricketts, commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice of Dearborn County

No. 70 – Allowed to J. H. Cravens, commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice of Dearborn County

No. 71 – Allowed to William C. Bramwell, commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice of Dearborn County

No. 72 – Allowed to George Land, commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice of Dearborn County

Isaac Adair – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Logan Township

No. 73 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for keeping and attending James Combs, 3 days; Daniel Harker, 15 days; Payton P. Paine, 29 days; and James McCharles, 23 days; prisoners confined in the Jail

Lytle W. Johnson – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

 

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Stephen Wood – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail liquors at his house in Wilmington

No. 74 – Allowed to Charles Dashiel for services as commissioner

No. 75 – Allowed to George Arnold for services as commissioner

No. 76 – Allowed to William Conaway for one day attending the clerk’s office signing county orders

No. 77 – Allowed to John Melatt for keeping Elisma Gay, a pauper

 

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David Guard & Co. – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

No. 78 – Allowed to Thomas Blythe for nursing and boarding Eliza Conaday, a pauper

No. 79 – Allowed to Eben Olmsted for keeping Betsy Bloomer and children, paupers

No. 80 – Allowed to John S. Percival for medicine and attendance to Mrs. Bloomer and infants who were transient paupers

No. 81 – Allowed to Julian Mackay for nursing Margaret Burnes, a pauper

No. 82 – Allowed to Harris Fitch for helping to move Mary Burnes, a pauper

No. 83 – Allowed to Thomas Blythe for moving Mary Burnes, a pauper

 

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No. 84 – Allowed to Arthur St. Clair Vance as surveyor of state road from Aurora to Indianapolis state road near William Dil’s farm

No. 85 – Allowed to Abraham Leeson for services on Aurora state road in carrying chain

No. 86 – Allowed to George Withrow for services as chain carriers on Aurora state road

No. 87 – Allowed to William Dils as commissioner on Aurora State road

No. 88 – Allowed to William Israel as commissioner on state road from mouth of Hogan or Aurora to Indianapolis state road near the farm of Dils

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

Appointment of commissioners to direct the Court House and Jail at Wilmington as relocated by George Land, James H. Cravens, William C. Bramwell, Edward Ricketts and William H. Campbell – appointed Stephen Wood, William Conaway, Harvey Moss.

 

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No. 89 – Allowed to James Dill for making books for assessors

State road from Lawrenceburg to Madison opened. Joel Decoursey, John J. French, and John Callahan, commissioners.

 

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No. 90 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as commissioner

No. 91 – Allowed to George Arnold as commissioner

No. 92 – Allowed to John Neal as commissioner

Board adjourned.