Randolph Township Expose – 1837

The Randolph Township, Dearborn County, Indiana expose for 1837 appeared in:
Rising Sun Times – 25 Mar 1837 – Page 3, Column 4; 1 Apr 1837 – Page 3, Column 4

Township Expose.
The Trustees of Randolph Township for the years 1836 and ’37, submit the following statement of allowances made during their term of service; also, the amount of township debt due on the 1st March, 1836, and the amount of tax levied in 1836.

ALLOWANCES.

  • John Hunter, services as supervisor, $3.37
  • George Johnson, services as supervisor, $3.00
  • Amos Hastings, services as supervisor, $3.00
  • John Wilson, services as supervisor, $2.25
  • John Tait, viewing and marking roads, $3.00
  • Samuel Fulton, viewing and marking roads, $3.00
  • Elijah Calkin, viewing and marking roads, $1.50
  • Philander McCardle, viewing and marking roads, $1.50
  • James Lewis, viewing and marking roads, $4.50
  • Benjamin Wilber, viewing and marking roads, $1.50
  • Wm. Morison, services as overseer of the poor in 1835-36, $8.50
  • James Boyle, services as overseer of the poor in 1835-36< $2.50
  • Abijah Bennett for services as overseer of poor in 1830, 31, 34 & 35, $17.00
  • Samuel Fulton, services as overseer of poor in 1830, ’31, $4.00
  • Martin Stewart, for assessing township, $6.00
  • A. E. Glenn, for advertising, $4.00
  • John Williamson, for notifying supervisors of their appointment, $4.00
  • John H. O’Neal, for listing in 1834, and notifying supervisors, $9.00
  • Wm. Patterson, services as trustee, $14.00
  • Abijah North, services as trustee, $14.00
  • Thomas Lindsay, services as trustee, $11.50
  • A. E. Glenn, services as clerk, $16.50
  • David Shaw, for clerk of elections, $1.50
  • Asa Sheldon, for clerk of elections, $1.50

Total, $145.37

Amount of township tax due on the 1st March, 1836, as near as can be ascertained, was $105.54

Which, added to the allowances as above, makes the sum of $250.91

Amount of tax levied in 1836, $222.59

By order of the Trustees,
A. E. GLENN, Clerk.
March 18, 1837.