The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1837 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.
Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 2
September Session 1837
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Present:
- Benjamin Sylvester
- William Conaway
- David Nevitt
William Conaway elected president of Board.
Petition by Jacob Blasdel and other freeholders for alteration in state road from Lawrenceburg to Rushville through land of E. W. Jackson, James McKinney, Jacob Hayes, Miller, Guard, Benjn. J. Embank. John Columbia, Lewis Snyder and Riley Elliott appointed commissioners.
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No. 1 – Allowed to Simeon Tozier, keeper of poor asylum
No. 2 – Allowed to Daniel Taylor for assessing Jackson Township
No. 3 – Allowed to James Hilhouse for making coffin for Thomas Dennis, a pauper
No. 4 – Allowed to Nathan Castle for taking care of Thomas Dennis, a pauper
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No. 5 – Allowed to John S. Percival for medicine and attendance on Thomas Dennis, a pauper
No. 6 – Allowed to Hugh Ferry for confining and boarding James Calvin, an insane pauper
No. 7 – Allowed to John Ferrce for making coffin for a pauper and keeping a child
No. 8 – Allowed to L. Martin for house room and sundry articles furnished for Thomas Dennis, a pauper
No. 9 – Allowed to Spencer West for digging a grave for Thomas Dennis, a pauper
No. 10 – Allowed to Wymond & Wood for conveying Mary Orchard, a pauper
Report of state road from Aurora up the South side of Hogan Creek by way of Linsey’s tan yard, John Columbia, King’s factory, Samuel Ewing and Moore’s Hill to Aurora and Napoleon State Road, near John Dashield’s farm. John Columbia and Elias Little, commissioners. Edward Hunt, surveyor.
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No. 11 – Allowed to John Columbia for service as commissioner on aforesaid road
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No. 12 – Allowed to Elias Little as commissioner on aforesaid road
No. 13 – Allowed to Selah Holliday for services on foregoing road
No. 14 – Allowed to William Little, carrying chain on aforesaid road
No. 15 – Allowed to Dorman Holliday, carrying chain on state road
No. 16 – Allowed to Nehemiah Hubbard for services on state road aforesaid
No. 17 – Allowed to Samuel Abbett as constable on a Jury of Inquest
No. 18 – Allowed to Adam Burroughs giving information to the coroner
No. 19 – Allowed to James R. Denison giving information to the coroner of a drowned man
Tousey and Vaughan – license to vend merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg
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George Grove – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Dillsboro
Ephraim Glasgow – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at his store in Wilmington
No. 20 – Allowed to John Barkdoll for boarding and nursing John Hall, a pauper
Joseph Haburn – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery store in Lawrenceburg
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Elijah Thatcher – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at his store
No. 21 – Allowed to Samuel H. Dowden for his services as associate judge in attending writs of habeas corpus
Grand Jurors for October Term 1837:
- Abraham Swing
- David Fleming
- Ambrose Blasdell
- Dennis Riley
- George Beaty
- Harvey Cole
- Charles Briggs
- Aaron Foulk
- Nathan Powell
- Henry Worley
- John Elwell
- Wm. Brown
- George Snell
- Isaac Colwell
- Charles Dashiell
- James Patterson
- Isaac Jackson
- Henry Hancock
Petit Jurors for October Term 1837, first week:
- Aaron Ball, Sr.
- Aaron B. Henry
- Caleb Campbell
- Henry James
- John W. Dorsey
- William Chisman
- Robert Turner
- Laban Bramble
- William Lanius
- Elial Chaffin
- James W. Weaver
- Hugh Scott
- William Pursell
- Noble Dawson
- William O’Neal
- George Cornelius
- Thomas Folber
- Jacob Hayes
- John Downey, Sr.
- Harmen R. Dean
- Prince A. Athern
- Harrison Dawson
- John P. Dunn
- Thomas Bradley
Petit Jurors for October Term 1837, second week:
- Jacob Fielding
- John Crozier
- Thomas Darling
- Green Sparks
- Caleb Colden
- John Gibson, Jr.
- James Chisman
- Jacob W. Eggleston
- John Billengsley
- Joseph Harwood
- David Clarke
- William T. Graham
- John D. Johnson
- James Miller
- Thomas Annis
- Leonard Chace
- David Williamson
- George Smith
- George Tousey
- Noah Davis
- Alexander Kincaid
- Selah Holliday
- Amer Flake
- James Lawrence
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Grand Jurors for April Term 1838:
- John J. French
- Abraham Ausborn
- Wyett Allen
- Thomas Tanner
- George Jackson
- Thomas Slack
- William Parvin
- John Miller
- Claiborn Morris
- John Neal
- James McClure
- Almon Fairbanks
- William Morgan
- Andrew Weller
- John Ellis
- Charles Fleming
- Alva Churchill
- John Gray
Petit Jurors for April Term 1838, 1st week:
- Robert Gullett
- William Dunkin
- David Shane
- Allen Wilber
- John Callahan
- Isaa T. Cole
- Cornelius Falkner
- Peter Allen
- Thomas Davis
- Martin W. Arnold
- James Angivine
- Mahlon Brown
- Benjamin Fowler
- Merrit Hubble
- Philip Rowland
- Gersham Dunn
- John Parks
- William Emerson
- Ezra Guard
- Daniel Bartholomew
- John Brewington
- James Roberts, Sr.
- Levi Boid
- Eleazer Small
Petit Jurors for April Term 1838, 2nd week:
- John L. Bailey
- James D. Gidney
- John McMath
- John C. Moore
- Salomon Cole
- John T. Taylor
- Phineas L. King
- George Bowlby
- John Myers
- Robert Walker
- John Larew
- Enoch Conger
- Samuel Dow
- John W. Hall
- William H. Powell
- John H. Cloud
- John Godley
- Stockley Dils
- Thomas Cooper
- Philander McCardall
- Thomas W. Pate
- Daniel Hathaway
- William Rawlin
- Hiram Barker
No. 22 – Allowed to Prudence Tryon for boarding paupers
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No. 23 – Allowed to William Dils for extra services as sheriff
No. 24 – Allowed to William Dils for repairs to Court House chairs
Robert Moore – treasurer’s report.
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Robert Moore – treasurer’s report.
No. 25 – Allowed to Elizabeth Lawrence for boarding and keeping her daughter, a pauper
Robert Moore, filed bond as collector. Benjamin P. Moore, Thomas Miller, James R. Moore, Isaac Hancock, Daniel Conaway, A. H. Reed, Ephraim Glasgow and Jacob Harwood, his securities.
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No. 26 – Allowed to Mahlon Powell for repairs to jail
Lewis G. Hulbert – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at his store in Aurora
Powell and Aldridge – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors at their grocery store in Wilmington
No. 27 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance on Silas Saunders
No. 28 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance on Clarkson
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William Winkley – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Aurora
John Stewart – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Hartford
James Miller and Co. – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at their grocery store in Randolph Township
No. 29 – Allowed to S. D. Day for medicine and attendance on Betsey Lawrence, a pauper
No. 30 – Allowed to S. D. Day for medicine and attendance on pauper criminal, a black man
No. 31 – Allowed to James Dill for paper for clerk’s office
No. 32 – Allowed to John Tait, Jr. for holding Jury of Inquest
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No. 33 – Allowed to John Tait, Jr. for holding inquest
Petition of Benjamin Larew, John Jenkins, Abijah Mendall and other freeholders. John J. French, Thomas Howard and Joseph P. Richardson, commissioners to view change in state road passing through lands of James Murrey E. Stone, R. Gibson, R. Glaspie and William Moulton. Alteration rejected.
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No. 34 – Allowed to Joshua Brewington for boarding prisoners in jail
No. 35 – Allowed to Edward B. Hunt for surveying and plating state road from Aurora to Moore Hill
No. 36 – Allowed to John Gray for temporary relief
No. 37 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for holding jury of inquest
Litte E. Johnson – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg
No. 38 – Allowed to James Dill for making books for assessors and collectors
Benjamin Vail – license to vend foreign and domestic goods at his store in Wilmington
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Zachariah Bedford – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment an retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg
Tanners Creek Bridge Company – motion of Major, attorney for Phinney – motion continued.
No. 39 – Allowed to William Conaway as commissioner
No. 40 – Allowed to Benjamin Sylvester as commissioner
No. 41 – Allowed to David Nevitt as commissioner
Board adjourned.
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Report of road leading from Aurora to Dilsboro
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