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Rising Sun List of Letters – October 1848

The October 1848 List of Letters for Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana is found in:
Indiana Whig7 Oct 1848 – Page 3, Column 2; 14 Oct 1848 – Page 3, Column 3; 21 Oct 1848 – Page 3, Column 3; 28 Oct 1848 – Page 4, Column 2

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining
in the Post Office at Rising Sun, Ind., on the 1st day of October, 1848.

  • Anabel John W
  • Ashmead Albert
  • Aschermann Ernst Herrick
  • Berkshire Wm G 3
  • Berkshire John M
  • Brown John
  • Bridges Alfred A
  • Bilmoran Z
  • Bruner Samuel 2
  • Brooks Elias
  • Bun Mary H
  • Baldwin Francis A
  • Bilby Jonathan
  • Bancroft John
  • Burns R W
  • Burright Warren
  • Collins Wm T
  • Curry Wm
  • Campbell Alex C
  • Dickinson Martha
  • Douglas Alexander
  • Dering Ellen B 3
  • Dougherty Hugh
  • Duwit Jacob
  • Eddy Wm
  • Enoch Ellen
  • Easdale Mary
  • Furgerson James
  • Furgeson John
  • Ford Jared
  • Fuller Samuel
  • Fox Harriet
  • Gray John
  • Green Richard
  • Graham Lorisa
  • Goff H B
  • Geabon Thos
  • Givens James
  • Harrison T G
  • Hager Emanuel
  • Hewit Robert
  • Hattfield Henry
  • Harrison Eli
  • Hart John
  • Horn Daniel
  • Hunt Porter
  • Hunter Mrs C A
  • Jenkins Nimrod
  • Jelley Hugh
  • Jackson Mrs Lucina
  • Jones Mrs Tabitha
  • Knight James
  • Keogh James 2
  • Lewis Mrs
  • Lyst Mrs Sarah
  • Mercy Roger
  • Miller Mrs Jane
  • Meyer S G
  • Miller Joseph
  • Marsh John
  • Muffley Chas T
  • Merrill Albert
  • Maple Henry B
  • Murray Mrs E
  • Menagh George W
  • McNeely David
  • McGovin Anthony
  • McIntosh W C
  • McCewen Joel 3
  • Nickle Wm
  • Niz Robert
  • Octschlager T
  • Powell M
  • Powell W H & J A
  • Pate J T 5
  • Purcival E D
  • Pierson Mary
  • Piatt Emely Frances
  • Robbins Jole
  • Reddington Isaac
  • Rooke John
  • Rodgers Elizabeth
  • Rodgers Robert
  • Ruddle Theodore
  • Sheerer Dr James
  • Shaffer Frederick
  • Steel Wm
  • Scothorn Nancy
  • Seward Stephen
  • Smith Thomas
  • Smith James Henry
  • Scranton Levi
  • Stewart Miss Nancy
  • Smith Lusion
  • Smith Wm B
  • Stopher Matthias
  • Smith Jacob F 2
  • Serwillegere James
  • Towers Nancy
  • Toy Daniel
  • Thorn Benjamin 2
  • Todd Martha A
  • Tunsel Susan
  • Traver Charles
  • Thompson Platt
  • Waterman Mr
  • Walton Lavina
  • Williams Martha
  • Winters Levi
  • Winters Hiram
  • Ward S P
  • Watts John
  • Wasserman S

J. B. COVINGTON, P. M.

Note: Letters not picked up in 3 months were sent to the General Post Office and destroyed.

Rising Sun List of Letters – July 1848

The July 1848 List of Letters for Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana is found in:
The Indiana Whig22 July 1848 – Page 3, Column 5

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining
in the Post Office at Rising Sun, on the 1st day of July, 1848.

  • Ackley John
  • Alexander Julia Ann
  • Ake George
  • Ahuan Mr. A.
  • Adams Absalom
  • Bates Mrs. C L
  • Brown Mrs Mary
  • Bakey George W
  • Buxsbar Mr
  • Brown Joshua
  • Bruner Solomon
  • Bettwet Wm
  • Banfield B
  • Boyle Margaret
  • Beaty Hugh
  • Burright Warren
  • Cable Rev J
  • Cogge Wm
  • Clore Elizabeth 2
  • Cobb Mr N
  • Cameron Wm S
  • Dickinson Martha
  • Dolahide Martha
  • Dinsmoor Mary G 2
  • Duhy George O
  • Eggleston Hiram
  • Evans Jesse
  • Enoch Elin
  • Engle V W
  • Glanton Edwin
  • Grant Benj. W
  • Greene Richard
  • Griffith John
  • Gronenadyke Amos
  • Hurry Jesse
  • Hastings Mary
  • Higens Joseph
  • Hervey Wm H
  • Hall Daniel
  • Howell Joseph
  • Hurkee Jacob
  • Holder Louisa
  • Hemphill Henry
  • Hannah John
  • Hall Martin T
  • Jaddings Wm H
  • Jackson Mr 2
  • Light Jane
  • Lane Louisa
  • Locoa Jemima
  • Larne Garrison and Friends
  • Morrison D A
  • Martin James O
  • Mitchell Mary D
  • Meekimen John
  • Moss Wm A
  • Morrison Mr.
  • Miller Wm H
  • Morehouse Daniel
  • Mason Elizabeth
  • Marsh Jno J
  • Moore Geo W 2
  • Moore Wm S
  • Morentz Catharine
  • McIntosh Wm E 2
  • McIntosh Edgar
  • McKim Robert
  • McElroy John
  • McPhelia Juliet
  • McQuen J H
  • McFall Elizabeth
  • McGovin Anthony
  • Pate Simpson
  • Phillips Harvey
  • Parigs John
  • Pugsley Sarah E
  • Ralph George
  • Rickets Robert
  • Reddington Isaac
  • Renimlinger Harvey
  • Sloan Uriah
  • Stopher Scranton 2
  • Smith Woods M 2
  • Smith Jacob F 2
  • Swain Prior
  • Shotwell David
  • Steal James R
  • Sink James H
  • Stewart Thos
  • Shugerts M M
  • Stewart Nancy B
  • Thurmone Jane
  • Turner A W 2
  • Trotter Benjamin 2
  • Turner Jane
  • Titus Thomas
  • Tyler Hemen D
  • Vickory Alfred
  • Wetherbee Tarble
  • Wiskimmon John
  • Willis George
  • Walker Wm
  • Young Catharine

JOHN B. COVINGTON, P.M.
July 1, 1848

Note: Letters not picked up in 3 months were sent to the General Post Office and destroyed.

Aurora 1848-1854 Directories

Early Business directories in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana from:
Shaw, Archibald, editor. History of Dearborn County, Indiana. Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc, 1915.

Early Business Directory

From the files of the Western Commercial, published in Aurora, in 1848, it is learned that the following persons were among the active business men of the time: Samuel Osgood, county sheriff; S. P. Tumy, stoves and tinware; Johnson Watts and Samuel Cole, administrators of the estate of Ephraim Hopping; Aurora and Laughery Turnpike Company—Johnson Watts, president, George W. Lane, secretary, John D. Haynes, treasurer; Eagle Hotel, M. Cochran, proprietor; P. B. Vail, book store; J. Chambers & Company, dry goods; Reed & Company, drugs; B. Sylvester, dry goods; J. S. Jelley, attorney; James D. Lindsay, administrator estate of Stephen Woods.

From the records of 1851: W. S. Holman and John B. Vail, attorneys; H. L. Dean, dry goods.

Business men of 1852-53: N. & S. A. Leonard, dry goods; L. N. Bush, grocery; Milton Taylor, soap and candle factory; Miller & Stockman, boots and shoes; T. S. Wallace, leather store; John Blangly, daily bus to Moores Hill; Dr. W. H. Terrill, physician; Simon Siementhal & Company, bakery.

City officials of 1854: S. P. Tumy, mayor; William W. Conway, clerk; Henry A. Moran, treasurer; Thomas Wright, marshal; William Webber, Asa Shattuck, James Cummings, Francis Wymond, councilmen.

The Independent Banner, Nelson D. Folbre, editor, on April 12, 1852, had the following among its advertisers: Mansion House, J. O. Emrie, proprietor; Philip Held, clothing; Hurlbert & McHenry, saw-mill; W. C. Webber, grocer; O. P. Cobb & Company, produce.

Switzerland County Probate Book Index

Switzerland County, Indiana probate records include the Probate Record Books, sometimes called the Probate Complete Record Books. The original records are stored at the Switzerland County Court House. They are also available on microfilm from the Family History Library and the Indiana State Library.

The index includes the following Probate Record Books:

  • Volume A, Mar 1827-Nov 1834
  • Volume B, Feb 1835-Aug 1837
  • Volume C, Nov 1837-Nov 1844
  • Volume D, Nov 1844-June 1848
Given NameSurnameTypeBookPage
BarnabasAllenEstateA292
ArthurAndrewsPensionA397
RobertAndrewsEstateA362
ThomasAyersPensionA320
AlbertBantaEstateA33
DanielBantaEstateA52
JohnBarkerEstateA444
GaiusBascumEstateA204
EbenezerBassettEstateA90
LydiaBassettGuardianshipA147
AmigerBellEstateA245
JohnBlunkChanceryA431
John Jr.BlunkEstateA65
WilliamBlunkEstateA494
JohnBrayEstateA418
StoutBrinsonEstateA288
JohnBrownEstateA404
JohnBrownEstateA358
HiramButlerEstateA119
James Sr.ButlerEstateA95
James Sr.ButlerEstateA144
SelerButlerEstateA42
SamlCaldwellEstateA376
JohnCampbellEstateA162
SylvanusCarloEstateA123
Jacob LCarlowEstateA252
JohnCarverEstateA428
JohnCettyEstateA12
John DColtEstateA347
BenjaminCombsEstateA221
RalphCottonEstateA305
GeorgeCraigEstateA475
GeorgeCraigEstateA475
Robert LCraigEstateA229
JohnCrugarEstateA255
JohnCunninghamEstateA154
LeimanDearskyEstateA106
DanielDebetazEstateA249
IsaacDennisEstateA4
DanielDetrazEstateA40
WilliamDewittPensionA325
AndrewDilmanEstateA384
JohnDoddEstateA87
SamuelDodgeEstateA25
James JohnDufourEstateA309
William Sr.FancherPensionA330
JohnFranklinEstateA199
JacobFulkEstateA174
JohnGooddellEstateA27
JohnGrayEstateA46
EdwardGreenEstateA299
JohnGreenEstateA156
RichardGreenEstateA302
JohnGriffithEstateA344
WilliamGriffithEstateA177
WilliamGriffithEstateA210
WilliamGuardEstateA158
RobertGullionPensionA264
JamesHamiltonEstateA368
HenryHannisPensionA328
Cornelius SHarrisEstateA1
HunnivillHaskellEstateA335
JonathanHawkensEstateA399
AbelHickmanEstateA16
AlexanderHigginsEstateA181
EleanorHigginsEstateA461
JohnHigginsEstateA423
RichardHolgarthEstateA56
Jeremiah IHollidaEstateA226
ObediahHudsonEstateA125
EvanJonesEstateA456
WilliamKellyPensionA318
JohnKelsoEstateA415
WilliamKerrEstateA185
RobertKnoxPensionA266
SamuelLambertsonEstateA110
WilliamLancasterPensionA323
HimbrowLandersEstateA332
JohnLeapPensionA269
JonathanLewisEstateA44
ThomasLewisPensionA275
Eleanor ILowryGuardianshipA219
ElizabethLowryGuardianshipA219
PollyLowryGuardianshipA219
SamuelLowryEstateA219
FrederickLynebackEstateA94
JamesManfordEstateA448
JamesMcBethEstateA112
Norman BMcGruderPensionA271
RobertMcKayEstateA471
WilliamMcKinstrayEstateA501
WilliamMillikenEstateA76
NathanMorganPensionA326
ThomasMountsEstateA50
JemimaNighswengerPensionA413
SolomonNighswengerPensionA413
JaneOnealEstateA48
William BPattonEstateA353
ThomasPaxtonEstateA203
NathanPeakEstateA7
JohnPernetEstateA103
WilliamPhillipsEstateA67
WilliamPolandEstateA172
ThomasPorterPensionA280
DavidReamerPensionA316
MordicaReedEstateA467
MReesChanceryA431
GeorgeRennoPensionA429
IsaacRichardsEstateA377
TrumanRichardsEstateA138
JohnRobertsPensionA262
WinthropRobinsonPensionA277
AlfredRouseEstateA11
HenrySallyersEstateA77
AbnerScudderPensionA498
LemuelSearcyEstateA63
JacobSeaverEstateA167
JacobSeaversEstateA132
JohnShoupEstateA437
GeorgeShroderEstateA395
GeorgeShroderEstateA426
JohnShupePensionA273
JamesStewartEstateA116
RobertStorieEstateA487
ThomasStorrieEstateA218
OwenToddEstateA193
SmithTurnerEstateA374
AlbertVorisEstateA38
Abigail CWaldoGuardianshipA424
OtisWaldoEstateA341
OtisWaldoEstateA282
ObadiahWalkerEstateA128
MosesWallaceEstateA101
MosesWallaceEstateA314
SamuelWellsEstateA211
HezekiahWheelerEstateA295
JoelWhiteEstateA18
JohnWhiteheadEstateA20
WilliamWileyEstateA148
WilliamWilsonEstateA188
RichardWoodsEstateA235
JosephWoolcottPensionA381
TubmanWrightEstateA30
BenoitCourvorpierEstateB4
MeritHeiserEstateB7
HenryMartindaleEstateB11
TeodorisVanasdolEstateB17
JaneSmithEstateB22
JohnHigginsEstateB26
JamesMartinEstateB31
MaryMcDanielEstateB32
HunniwellHaskellEstateB33
WmCulbertsonVsB37
JosephDowVsB37
JosiahOramVsB38
HenryMartindaleEstateB41
WilliamCambellEstateB44
DavidFallisEstateB60
HannahBantaVsB65
Cornelius AVorisVsB65
SamuelCaldwellEstateB69
William BCoyEstateB75
WilliamCoyEstateB79
SarahHawkinsvsB84
JohnGinningsEstateB87
A CorneliusVorisGuardianshipB88
Lewis FGolayEstateB92
RichardLockEstateB97
WilliamCampbellEstateB99
JohnMilesEstateB106
JohnCarverEstateB110
William BPattonEstateB116
WilliamCampbellEstateB125
JosephWrightVsB133
GeorgeCraigEstateB135
NathanHaganEstateB139
J PLillardEstateB143
CharlesSmithEstateB149
Joseph MauricePachonEstateB154
OtisWaldoEstateB157
Henry PBantaEstateB182
JesseHotchkissEstateB190
PeterReynoldsEstateB195
ThomasRamseyEstateB202
JRamseyEstateB206
RLockEstateB207
TennetCulbertsonEstateB208
AbrahamAndersonEstateB213
DFultonEstateB220
John PlillanEstateB224
WmCampbellEstateB228
Silas PRichmondEstateB232
ABantaGuardianshipB237
JohnCumminsVsB241
NathenWaldenVsB241
WilliamWilkieEstateB246
HariatSheaverVsB257
OtisWaldoEstateB259
SquireHulleyAlienB264
OtisWaldoEstateB268
JosephDowVsB302
HeadyGulllionVsB302
JamesAlfryEstateB306
WilliamKellyEstateB308
JohnAlfordEstateB311
SamuelPavyVsB311
WilliamCampbellVsB323
JohnAlfordEstateB324
RalphCottonEstateB332
JamesCottonVsB338
JamesDalmuzzoVsB339
NathanHaganB343
JamesBoyleVsB352
William SMossVsB352
WilliamCampbellEstateB355
HiattCashmanVsB368
GrayBrownEstateB372
WilliamMcCakhillEstateB376
GeorgeTurnerEstateB381
AsaAdkinsEstateB386
GeorgeRichmondEstateB389
JohnCarnineEstateB394
WilliamBrownEstateB399
WilliamBrownEstateB403
JaneSmithEstateB409
SarahCampbellVsB417
JohnWrightEstateB517
WilliamCampbellEstateB519
James MMonfortEstateB524
John GeorgeKernEstateB534
WilliamPruittEstateB538
Wm CFromanVsB542
JohnGriffithEstateB545
WilliamCampbellEstateB550
GeorgeCraigEstateB554
AlbertBantaEstateB557
JohnGardnerEstateB559
RenpaelanChamberlinEstateB568
WilliamCampbellEstateB575
GeorgeCraigEstateB579
JoelWilsonEstateB582
JohnCumminsVsB594
NathenWaldenVsB594
JosephDowVsB595
MosesChamberlinEstateC1
OtisWaldoEstateC6
WilliamChamberlinEstateC9
JosephThatcherEstateC14
ZachariaisMcKayEstateC16
WilliamCampbellEstateC22
Wm LBlunkEstateC25
GeorgeCraigEstateC34
GeorgeMcNuttEstateC37
PhilipSchenckEstateC39
SamuelJackEstateC47
JohnCrugerEstateC54
James WashingtonNicholsGuardianshipC59
DanielMcCollouchNaturalizationC64
StilwellHeadyEstateC65
ReubenDearbornEstateC79
JoelWilsonEstateC87
ElkanahHullyEstateC93
SamuelHannahEstateC95
HiramStowEstateC100
F LRaymondEstateC103
MaryMartinEstateC106
SarahKelleyEstateC111
DavidRemerEstateC112
WinthropRobinsonEstateC113
JamesHearickEstateC114
GeorgeCraigEstateC122
CollinMcNuttEstateC125
RenpaterChamberlainEstateC131
Henry PBantaEstateC133
NathanHaganEstateC140
GeorgeCraigEstateC147
JamesBoyleEstateC152
JamesHearickEstateC158
WilliamCampbellEstateC164
SamuelDavisEstateC168
CharlesSmithEstateC174
SamuelDavisEstateC179
JohnRobertsEstateC189
John HDehartEstateC203
JohnTateEstateC206
GeorgeCraigEstateC211
WilliamCampbellEstateC246
JohnBowmanEstateC249
William LBlunkEstateC258
Henry pBantaEstateC264
HiramStowEstateC267
Henrietta LMorerodEstateC270
JennetRogersDowerC275
AlbertBantaEstateC277
ThomasGillilandEstateC282
James HCampbellGuardianshipC293
SamuelProtsmanEstateC298
WilliamTruittEstateC302
WilliamBennettEstateC307
Robert rAndrewsEstateC311
HenryBlannEstateC316
JohnFentonEstateC318
DanielHizerEstateC323
William dCulverEstateC329
John MKingPartitionC335
AugustusRaymondPartitionC335
JennetRaymondPartitionC335
BenjaminHallEstateC339
PatrickDonahoeEstateC344
JosephSmithEstateC348
SimeonMyersEstateC353
JamesManfordEstateC357
DanielBrayEstateC364
JosephToddEstateC368
ChristopherWisemanEstateC374
DanielHizerEstateC388
PatrickDonahoeEstateC394
henryBantaEstateC395
RobertKelsoEstateC406
JohnKeeneyEstateC412
ThomasAllenEstateC422
PatrickDonahoeEstateC428
LucindaKelsoEstateC430
George WSampsonEstateC434
EzraSlawsonEstateC441
HenryBantaEstateC444
PDonahoeEstateC450
CyrusBettsGuardianshipC455
NathanHaganEstateC460
JohnKerrEstateC467
RobertMcKayEstateC471
WhitfieldKirtleyEstateC474
CharlesCooperEstateC478
JacksonMcKayEstateC486
JonahStowEstateC490
WilliamGreenleeEstateC493
SimeonMyersEstateC497
PatrickDonahoeEstateC502
RobertWaughEstateC507
WilliamHallEstateC510
Henry PBantaEstateC513
GeorgeCraigEstateC519
JaneBrownEstateC527
ElizabethWaldenEstateC535
DanielBurchamEstateC538
ThomasJonesEstateC539
Thomas JonesCadwolliderEstateC539
DavidBlodgetEstateC546
L WMixEstateC549
AnnGillilandEstateC552
WmPeckEstateC558
Robert AndersonKnoxDebtC562
LouisaknoxDebtC562
John FCottonDebtC562
JosephMalinDebtC562
JamesDalmazzoDebtC562
JohnShroderEstateC565
Louisa HCourvoisierGuardianshipC566
Ulysses PSchenckEstateC566
James BMitchelEstateC567
JohnCrutchfieldEstateC582
GeorgeCraigEstateC583
James BLewisEstateC586
EbenezerHumphreyEstateC590
PatrickDonahoeEstateC593
EdmondGrayDebtC602
peterBrittDebtC602
PatrickDonahoeEstateC603
JonathanSmithEstateC611
HiramTylerEstateC616
JamesGrayEstateD1
GeorgeCraigEstateD4
WilliamHustinEstateD7
Silas PRichmondEstateD13
HenryKellyEstateD18
Simon HVanosdolEstateD20
JosephCoatsTitleD24
EleanorGustinTitleD24
AleyGustinTitleD24
EliOgleEstateD31
AbnerScudderEstateD34
John JSchroderEstateD36
EliOgleEstateD41
GeorgeCraigEstateD52
Lyman WMixEstateD57
James MCottonEstateD78
EliOgleEstateD84
Stilwell HGullionEstateD100
JohnIrbeyEstateD104
BenjaminLockEstateD109
HenryKellyEstateD118
MalloryLancasterEstateD123
GeorgeCraigEstateD129
PatrickDonahueEstateD138
GeorgeCraigEstateD147
DanielHeathEstateD155
JohnCampbellEstateD159
RobertMcKitrickEstateD165
Lewis PSchenckEstateD172
GabrielHallEstateD175
GeorgeCraigEstateD187
JohnMendenhallEstateD191
WilliamFultonEstateD195
BenjaminLockEstateD199
Ulysses PSchenckChanceryD208
JamesMoltonChanceryD208
Mary AnnMoltonChanceryD208
JohnLewisChanceryD208
JamesLewisChanceryD208
HenryLewisChanceryD208
ElizabethLewisChanceryD208
GeorgeCraigEstateD212
Samuel LBealEstateD222
DanielPalmerEstateD224
JohnAndersonEstateD230
HirrowTylerEstateD233
WilliamKellyEstateD237
GeorgeBuckleyChanceryD241
Elizabeth MSeymourChanceryD241
Ann RSeymourChanceryD241
Martha LSeymourChanceryD241
JohnSticklerEstateD247
JamesRousEstateD250
DanielBurchamEstateD258
JoelCopherEstateD271
JohnBeatyEstateD273
BenjaminLarewEstateD277
GeorgeCraigEstateD292
Calvin HWellsGuardianshipD296
MalloryLancasterEstateD300
AmosEdgerEstateD307
IsaacLewisEstateD309
James MNewboldPartitionD313
Mary annNewboldPartitionD313
GeorgeCraigEstateD317
ThomsHattenEstateD330
JohnGardnerEstateD344
Daniel VincentDufourEstateD366
WilliamPlunkettChanceryD372
CharlesMcKayChanceryD372
WilliamMcKayChanceryD372
DanialPalmerEstateD375
DavidMcCormackEstateD378
ThomasHattonEstateD381
WilliamHannisChanceryD384
CeceliaHannisChanceryD385
KeziaHannisChanceryD386
GeorgeTaylorChanceryD387
MargaretTaylorChanceryD388
WilliamTaylorChanceryD389
ElizabethTaylorChanceryD390
William eHannisChanceryD391
MahalaHannisChanceryD392
Elias rHannisChanceryD393
CeceliaHannisChanceryD394
JohnHannisChanceryD395
Mary ellenHannisChanceryD396
JohnMcCormickEstateD390
GeorgeCraigEstateD402
AequilaWileyEstateD410
JohnPetersEstateD423
AnnKrutzEstateD430
Wilson RHustonEstateD433
JoelCopherEstateD439
PatrickDonahueEstateD453
NathanialHedgesEstateD458
MosesRobertsEstateD463
HiramVandorinEstateD468
ChristianSmithEstateD472
GeorgeCraigEstateD477
William PDillahuntyEstateD484
Robert GOrmsbyEstateD491
Daniel HHoweEstateD497
HenryMonroeEstateD507