The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the May 1835 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioner’s Records – Book 2
May Session 1835
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Present:
- William Conaway, President
- George Arnold
- Charles Dashiell
Stevens & Glenn – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington
No. 1 – Allowed to James McCay for keeping and boarding Patrick McGuire, a pauper
Elijah Thatcher – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise
No. 2 – Allowed to David Gasard for appraising town lots in Harrison
Shadrach Hathaway – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun
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Levi North – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Randolph Township
Aaron Foulk – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Aurora
No. 4 – Allowed to Sarah Elder for boarding and keeping Caster, a woman of color
R. K. Eaton – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun
Moses Turner – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun
John U. O. Neal – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun
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No. 5 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for 10 days as witness in suit of corporation for the use of the Bank of Indiana against Dearborn County
No. 6 – Allowed to Henry Davis for boarding and keeping John Smith, a transient pauper
No. 7 – Allowed to Henry Davis for boarding and keeping John Smith, a pauper
No. 8 – Allowed to Elizabeth Burroughs for boarding and keeping Frances McBride
No. 9 – Allowed to Prudence Tryon for boarding and keeping Hulda and Mary Jane Fairfield, paupers
No. 10 – Allowed to Absolom Cowan for coffin furnished to Mrs. Crusenberry, a pauper
No. 11 – Allowed to Mary Muir for boarding and keeping Rebecca Crusenberry, a pauper
No. 12 – Allowed to Absolom Cowen for goods furnished Mrs. Crusenberry, a pauper
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Joel Decoursey and Joseph P. Richads – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun
Bowman & Rush – license to keep a grocery at their shop in Rising Sun
Daniel Bedford – license to keep a grocery and vend foreign and domestic groceries
No. 13 – Allowed to George Bolsby for assessing in Logan Township
No. 14 – Allowed to James D. Gidney for assessing in Kelso Township
No. 15 – Allowed to Daniel Taylor for assessing in Jackson Township
No. 16 – Allowed to Joseph Adams for assessing in Miller Township
No. 17 – Allowed to James Thompson for assessing in Lawrenceburg Township
No. 18 – Allowed to Sewell Plummer for assessing in Manchester Township
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No. 19 – Allowed to Jesse Smith for assessing in Laughery Township
No. 20 – Allowed to Eli Musgrave for assessing in Sparta Township
No. 21 – Allowed to George Pate for assessing in Caesars Creek Township
Application of Eli Musgrave, Francis Baldwin, Benjamin Sellers and other freeholders of Laughery and Sparta Township for alteration in state road from Aurora to Napoleon where road passes through lands of Timothy Kimball, Elias Conwell and David Powell. William Hancock, Peter Henegan and Samuel B. Wood appointed commissioners to view alteration.
Application of John T. Austin for establishment of ferry at lower end of Pennsylvania Street at Rising Sun. Rowland Robinson, assignee and grantee of John T. Austin. Application resisted by John James, by his agent, prayed to establish ferry at Second Street across Ohio River.
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Thomas Falber – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Aurora
John Langley – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Aurora
No. 22 – Allowed to Daniel Tapley for assessing in Randolph Township
No. 23 – Allowed to John Morrison for medicine and attendance to Widow Simmon’s family, transient paupers
No. 24 – Allowed to John Morrison for medicine and attendance to Seth Simmons, a pauper
No. 25 – Allowed to John Morrison for medicine and attendance to Ralph Durbin’s children, transient paupers
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Haines & Lanius – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun
N. & G. Sparks – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
Piatt & Athearn – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store at Jame Mill on Laughery
John P. Dunn & Co. – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
Edward S. Bush – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg
James M. Darragh – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg
No. 26 – Allowed to Stephen Ludlow for monies paid for support of 2 transient paupers
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No. 27 – Allowed to Micah Geary for keeping George Reno and wife
No. 28 – Allowed to Haines & Lanius for one barrel of flour furnished Mrs. Richards, a pauper
No. 29 – Allowed to Haines & Lanius, assignees of Edward Williams, for keeping Maria Matthews, a pauper
Thomas Davis – license to keep a grocery and retail and vend foreign and domestic liquors and groceries
No. 30 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill for coffin furnished transient pauper
No. 31 – Allowed to James Daugherty for boarding and keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper
No. 32 – Allowed to Simon Alexander for boarding and keeping Ann Gay, a pauper
Isaac Johnson – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Jackson Township
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No. 33 – Allowed to Simon Alexander for boarding and keeping Ann Gay, a pauper
No. 34 – Allowed to Simon Alexander for boarding and keeping Ann Gay, a pauper
No. 35 – Allowed to Robert Owen for keeping Russell Crow, a pauper
No. 36 – Allowed to Robert Owen for keeping Roswell Crow, a pauper
No. 37 – Remittance ordered to Jacob Hays for overcharge in yoke of oxen
No. 38 – Allowed to Amster Pate for boarding and keeping Elismer Gay, a pauper
No. 39 – Allowed to Joseph Woods for assessing in Union Township
No. 40 – Allowed to Abraham B. Adams for sundries furnished to paupers
No. 41 – Allowed to George Gaskill for medicine and attendance to Peter Johnson and family, paupers
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No. 42 – Allowed to Rudolph Fox for boarding and keeping Elismer Gay, a pauper
No. 43 – Allowed to Robert Rowe, Jr., for surveying school section 16, Township 7, Range 2 west into lots
No. 44 – Allowed to Robert Rowe, Jr., for surveying school section 16, Township 6, Range 2 west into 12 lots
No. 45 – Allowed to John Lewis for carrying chain on surveying school section 16, Township [blank] Range 2 west
No. 46 – Allowed to Ephraim Lewis for carrying chain
No. 47 – Allowed to James Foster for carrying chain
In the matter of the record of a road from state road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis to intersect Rushville road near Summan’s Mill in Ripley County. John Lawrence, attorney for William Saltmarsh, moves to set aside record of the road. Motion withdrawn.
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In the matter of the application of Rowland Robinson, assignee and grantee of John T. Austin, for the establishment of a ferry. Rowland Robinson having shown a chain of title from John James to him of lot adjoining Pennsylvania Street in Rising Sun. Board establishes ferry across Ohio River.
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Petition of Abraham Ferris and others for alteration in state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis that passes through lands of George P. Buell and others. Petition withdrawn.
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William Runion – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Lawrenceburg
School Commissioner report.
Jacob Hayes, by Major his attorney, for rehearing for remission of taxes. Overruled. Hayes appeals.
Caleb R. West & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
Rodney and Burton – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
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George Tousey & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburgh
Thomas Blythe – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Lawrenceburg
No. 48 – Allowed to Widow Huffman for temporary relief as a pauper
No. 49 – Allowed to James Cloud for sundries furnished Huffman, a pauper
Hiram Lampkin – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Hartford
James Cummings – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Lawrenceburg
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Preston & Hubbard J. Conaway – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at their shop
Charles W. Wright – license to vend foreign merchandise at his shop in Manchester Township
Isaac Hancock & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington
Catharine Scranton – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail liquors at her house in Hartford
Peter Brown – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Rising Sun
Harris Fitch – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg
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George Johnson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Lawrenceburg
Oliver Heustis – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Manchester Township
Page 50 – Allowed to Slilira Frances for boarding and keeping Mrs. Simons, a pauper
No. 51 – Allowed to Calbe A. Craft for sundries furnished a pauper, Widow Simmons
No. 52 – Allowed to William Cullen for keeping transient pauper
No. 53 – Allowed to John Fountain for digging grave for pauper
No. 54 – Allowed to Abijah Bennett and Peter Brown for sundries to Mrs. Simmons, a pauper
No. 55 – John Stewart for boarding and keeping Mrs. Simmons, a pauper
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No. 56 – Allowed to Milton Gregg for costs in the suit of a corporation for the use of the Bank of Indiana against Dearborn County
No. 57 – Allowed to John D. Crontz for irons, chains, ironing prisoners, and sundries
No. 58 – Allowed to John Weaver, sheriff, for extra services and sundry repairs to jail
No. 59 – Allowed to Edward Ricketts, commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice in Dearborn County. This order to be for the use of Walter Armstrong.
No. 60 – Allowed to George Land, commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice in Dearborn County. This order to be for the use of Walter Armstrong.
No. 61 – Allowed to M. H. Hardin for sundries, medicine and attendance to one Smith, one Crow, and one Gay, paupers in Manchester Township
No. 62 – Allowed to John Weaver for glass for court house
No. 63 – Allowed to James Dill for books and paper for clerk’s office
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No. 64 – Allowed to James Dill for press and seal for clerk’s office and expense going to Cincinnati
No. 65 – Allowed to Daniel S. Major as attorney for the overseers of the poor in various lawsuits
No. 66 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper
No. 67 – Allowed to Thomas Noble, a man of color, for keeping Rachel, a pauper
No. 68 – Allowed to Asa Smith, recorder, for record books, office rents and transcript of record to court house commissioners
No. 69 – Allowed to Henry Walker, school commissioner, for attending sale of lands and lots
No. 70 – Allowed to Henry Walker, school commissioner, for attending to advertising sale of school sections
No. 71 – Allowed to James Dill, clerk, for extra allowances as clerk and table for setting Patent Lever
No. 72 – Allowed to A. H. Dill for rent of Clerk’s office
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Allowances to Grand Jurors, March Term 1835 Circuit Court:
- No. 73 – James M. Darragh
- No. 74 – Thomas Annis
- No. 75 – Wyett Allen
- No. 76 – Andrew Anderson
- No. 77 – Thomas Baker
- No. 78 – John Buffington
- No. 79 – Simon Alexander
- No. 80 – Abraham L. Bailey
- No. 81 – Joseph Churchill
- No. 82 – Leonard Chase
- No. 83 – Jacob Larew
- No. 84 – Cornelius Vanhorn
Allowances to Petit Jurors:
- No. 85 – Abraham Decamp
- No. 86 – Ebenezer Bedunnah
- No. 87 – John Columbia
- No. 88 – Phineas L. King
- No. 89 – David Conger
- No. 90 – Samuel Evans
- No. 91 – John Shanks
- No. 92 – Davis Woodward
- No. 93 – James Leeson
- No. 94 – Aquilla Hume
- No. 95 – Robert Squibb
- No. 96 – Thomas Cooper
- No. 97 – John Engle
- No. 98 – Jonathan Parks
- No. 99 – John Bottz
- No. 100 – Arthur Roberts
- No. 101 – James Hillhouse
- No. 102 – John Ferrce
- No. 103 – Abel W. Thompson
- No. 104 – John Garrison
- No. 105 – William Morrison
- No. 106 – Robert Abbot
- No. 107 – Hugh Scott
- No. 108 – Leonard Spicknall
- No. 109 – Benjamin Williams
- No. 110 – William H. Loyd
- No. 111 – Joseph Adams
- No. 112 – John Wilson
- No. 113 – Walter Hayes
- No. 114 – Benjamin Walker
- No. 115 – Milton Gregg
- No. 116 – Enoch W. Jackson
- No. 117 – George W. Ward
- No. 118 – John Palmer
- No. 119 – Asa Shattuck
- No. 120 – Jeremiah Phinney
- No. 121 – Edward Thompson
- No. 122 – Abraham Ferris
- No. 123 – Abraham Osburn
- No. 124 – James Faulkner
- No. 125 – Stephen Hastings
- No. 126 – Jehu Goodwin
- No. 127 – Samuel Jackson
- No. 128 – Joseph E. Baker
- No. 129 – Elijah Blasdel
- No. 130 – George Hume
- No. 131 – Benjamin Wilber
- No. 132 – Josiah Collins
- No. 133 – John Gibson
- No. 134 – George Johnson
- No. 135 – Daniel Hall
- No. 136 – Daniel Wilson
- No. 137 – Arthur St. C. Vance
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No. 138 – Allowed to William Cook for boarding prisoners and wood furnished the jail
No. 139 – Allowed to William Dils, late Sheriff, for costs in the suit of the Corporation for the use of the Bank of Indiana against Dearborn County
No. 140 – Allowed to Joseph G. Marshall for defending George Shuster, a pauper criminal
No. 141 – Allowed to Evan Watkins as constable March Term 1835
No. 142 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder as constable March Term 1835
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No. 143 – Allowed to John H. O. Neal as constable March Term 1835
No. 144 – Allowed to James Cloud as constable March Term 1835
No. 145 – Allowed to James Thompson as constable March Term 1835
No. 146 – Allowed to Sheriff John Weaver for candles, cleaning court house
No. 147 – Allowed to John McPike for services as associate judge March Term 1835
No. 148 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for services as associate judge March Term 1835
No. 149 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn, associate judge, for attendance 1 day at clerk’s office to grant an order of publication for divorce, one day granting a writ, and one day granting injunctions and 2 days granting writs of habeas corpus
No. 150 – Allowed to David V. Culley for printing county expose for 1834
No. 151 – Allowed to Daniel Hunsdale for sundries to a pauper
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Petition of David Gerard, Isaac Melltar, John Godley and sundry other freeholders of Logan Township for alteration in road from Harrison to Brockville in Franklin County through Logan Township on the land of George Arnold, Richard Arnold and John Case and near blacksmith’s shop of John Case. Solomon Manwarring, Thomas M. Breckenridge and Warren Tibbs appointed commissioners to view alteration.
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No. 152 – Allowed to John McPike for granting writs of Habeas Corpus
No. 153 – Allowed to Catharine VanClief for boarding and keeping Mary Hyre, a pauper
No. 154 – Allowed to Elizabeth Roberts for boarding and keeping Mrs. Cooke, a pauper
J. H. Lane & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
John Weaver, Sheriff, exhibited an account against the county for receiving and discharging sundry prisoners in and from the jail. Rejected. Appeal granted.
Isaac Lathrop – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in New Lawrenceburg
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No. 155 – Allowed to James H. Cravens for 14 days services as commissioner for relocating the seat of Justice of Dearborn County in March 1835
Grand Jury for September Term 1835:
- Jacob Blesdel
- Bird Pate
- Charles L. Pate
- Richard Spicknall
- William Shepperd
- Stephen Spickman
- John Chapelow
- James P. M. Mikin
- James Lindsay
- Cyrus Driver
- Amos Hastings
- James Angevine
- William C. Durbin
- James McClure
- Peter Brokaw
- Moses Turner
Grand Jury for March 1836:
- Garet Larew
- Benjamin Norges
- Jeremiah Crosby
- Henry Walker
- William Oxley
- Thomas Howard
- Sheldon Fairbanks
- Elias Little
- Harvey Moss
- Solomon Hubbard
- Moses Hornaday
- Thomas Darling
- Samuel Fulton
- William Alcott
- Mary McCracken
- John Chance
- Jesse Laird
- Thomas Palmer
Petit Jurors for September Term 1835, 1st week:
- John Ferrce
- John Pugsley
- Lyman T. Smith
- John D. Moore
- John Pollock
- Reuben Bartlet
- Isaac Jackson
- Robert Rowe, Sr.
- Luther Plummer
- John D. Johnson
- John Barker
- Gilbert Platt
- James D. Gidney
- Jesse Smith
- Robert Turner
- William Grubbs, Sr.
- James Powell
- Zachariah Barker
- James Leonard
- Thomas Hansell, Jr.
- Benjamin Sylvester
- Elias Chaffin
- David Hufford
- Nathan Powell
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Petit Jurors for September Term 1835, 2nd week:
- Samuel Bartholomew
- Benjamin Walker, Jr.
- Joseph Bray
- John W. Cloud
- Peter Baer
- John Till
- John Freeland
- Jonathan Lewis
- William Flake
- Thomas Jones
- Charles Jolly
- Benjamin Wilson, Sr.
- William Dils
- Joseph Hays
- Hugh Espey
- Cornelius Miller
- Samuel Alden
- John Bledsoe
- Joel Lynn
- Farrington Barricklow, Sr.
- Henry Hustis
- Enoch Morgan
- James Lewis
- William Roland
Petit Jurors for March Term 1836, 1st week:
- John Maxwell
- Edward Owens
- Robinson Garner
- James Cannon, Jr.
- Mahlon Brown
- Jacob Feelding
- Joshua Sanks
- Elijah Fuller
- Thomas Wills
- Robert Kirkpatrick
- James Daughters
- George Abrams
- William Ashford
- Thomas Curtis
- Spencer Davis
- Isaac Lathrop
- Robert Moore
- Daniel E. Bedford
- Joseph Chapman
- David Marsh
- John Bennegar
- Elmore Hyatt
- John P. Dunn
- Claibourn Allen
Petit Jurors for March Term, 2nd week:
- David Fisher, Jr.
- Jacob Fisher
- James Geddes
- William Berdine
- Isaac Southard
- Robert Dawson
- Benjamin True
- John Parks
- Charles W. Wright
- George Elliott
- Anthony Glass
- Waller Tucker
- John Jinkins
- James H. Bollman
- James Thompson
- Samuel McMath
- Robert Owens
- Isaiah Ferris
- Amaziah Bailey
- Abijah North
- Ranna C. Stevens
- William B. Arnold
- Abraham Hyter
- William Emmerson
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George W. Cable – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg
Joseph E. Baker – license to keep a tavern or house of public entertainment and retail liquors at his house in Manchester Township
No. 156 – Allowed to Isaac Lathrop fro sundries furnished a transient pauper
No. 157 – Allowed to Dr. John S. Percival for medicine and attendance to a pauper
No. 158 – Allowed to Dr. John S. Percival for money paid for digging a grave and burying a pauper
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No. 160 – Allowed to Walter Armstrong for duplicates
No. 161 – Allowed to John S. Percival, coroner, for holding and inquest over a drowned person unknown
No. 162 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder, Juror of above Inquest
No. 163 – John Daugherty, Juror of above Inquest
No. 164 – Abel Witman, Juror of above Inquest
No. 165 – Loyd Shook, Juror of above Inquest
No. 166 – John H. B. Goode, Juror of above Inquest
No. 167 – T. P. McDuffie, Juror of above Inquest
No. 168 – Thomas Wallace, Juror of above Inquest
No. 169 – William Wymond, Juror of above Inquest
No. 170 – Daniel T. Craig, Juror of above Inquest
No. 171 – Benjamin Nalm, Juror of above Inquest
No. 172 – E. C. Adams, Juror of above Inquest
No. 173 – Richard Orchard, Juror of above Inquest
No. 174 – Reuben Smothers, witness of above Inquest
No. 174 [sic] – Jesse Fryer, witness of above Inquest
No. 175 – Daniel Frazier, witness of above Inquest
No. 176 – Sherwood Blasdel, witness of above Inquest
No. 177 – Jesse Fryer, informing coroner
No. 178 – Reuben Smothers, making box and digging grave
Ordered sheriff to appoint person to put jail in good and secure repair.
Benjamin Morgan – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Logan Township
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No. 179 – Allowed to George W. Cable for monies paid by him on tavern license
County orders reviewed.
Tax rates.
In the matter of a road, William Saltmarsh and sundry other petitioners, by Lawrence their attorney, to void the record of the road. Continued.
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Martin Stewart appointed assessor for Randolph Township
Joseph Woods appointed assessor for Union Township
Robert Turner appointed assessor for Cesars Creek Township
Jesse Smith appointed assessor for Laughery Township
James P. Millikin appointed assessor for Manchester Township
James S. Faulkner appointed assessor for Sparta Township
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Robert Rowe, Jr., appointed assessor for Kelso Township
Daniel Taylor appointed assessor for Jackson Township
George Bolsby appointed assessor for Logan Township
Joseph Adams appointed assessor for Miller Township
James Cloud appointed assessor for Lawrenceburg Township
Board to receive proposals for the erection of poor asylum in Manchester Township.
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Walter Armstrong, treasurer, made his report
No. 180 – Allowed to George Arnold for 5 days service as Commissioner
No. 181 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for 5 days service as Commissioner
No. 182 – Allowed to William Conaway for 5 days service as Commissioner
No. 183 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for attending one day in March 1835
Walter Armstrong appointed treasurer. Isaac Dunn and Jesse Hunt, securities.
Board Adjourned