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Switzerland County Commissioners’ Allowances – Mar 1880

Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Mar 1880 – Page 4, Column 4

A list of allowances made by the Board of Commissioners of Switzerland County, Indiana, at their March Term, 1880:

 

FOR PAUPERS AND POOR PERSONS, &C.

H. J. Harris, 3 days as overseer of poor, $6.00

C. G. Adams, sundries for poor, Pleasant Township, $74.00

C. G. Adams, 2 days as overseer of poor, $4.00

N. N. Martin, for self and family, $20.00

Wm. Brindley, sundries, poor of Craig Township, $70.76

John Holler, shaving and dressing Mayhew’s corpse, $3.00

S. R. Heath, sundries, poor, Cotton Township, $35.61

James Hall, sundries, poor, Cotton Township, $1.00

James Downey, sundries, poor, Cotton Township, $13.00

W. W. Gilbert, sundries, poor, Cotton Township, $5.93

Heady & Lewis, lumber poor farm, $22.91

Levi H. Smith, Cotton Township, keeping Miss Mills, $5.00

Peter Pelsor, Cotton Township, keeping Ben Pelsor, $10.00

Galbraith & Bro., Posey Township, for Mrs. Bayne, $5.00

Jnt. C. Ricketts, Posey Township, for Mrs. Mix, $14.00

W. H. North, Posey Township for Icenogle, $5.00

Wm. M. Patton, coffin and box, Bosaw, $6.00

Wm. M. Patton, 4 coffins for paupers, $20.00

Jnt. M. Froman, rent Mrs. Kelgore, Jefferson Township, $9.00

Margaret Sturgeon, rent Deppe family, $9.00

U. P. Schenck & Son, rent and sundries poor Vevay, $49.55

Lucy Bryson, bread and stuff, Indiana Hinman, York Township, $7.00

O. D. Cunningham, sundries, poor, York Township, $19.60

J. H. Daubenheyer, sundries, poor, York Township, $4.00

Nicholas Keith, keeping mother-in-law, $12.00

John L. O’Neal, bead stuff, poor, York Township, $17.50

Ben Simmons, poor of Vevay, $33.28

Hall & Lewis, poor of Vevay, $15.95

Boyle & Love, poor of Posey Township, $3.38

O. S. Waldo, poor of Vevay, $23.64

Benjamin Cole, poor Jefferson Township, $13.70

Kincaid & Clendening, poor, Jefferson Township, $5.00

Armstrong & Walden, poor, Jefferson Township, $7.00

David & Benedict, poor, Jefferson Township, $7.00

John T. Walker, poor, Jefferson Township, $4.00

H. M. Fallis, poor, Jefferson Township, $23.00

Thiebaud & Beagle, poor, Jefferson Township, $7.00

C. O. Thiebaud, poor, Jefferson Township, $3.50

J. H. Shadday, poor, Jefferson Township, $9.00

Oscar Webb, poor, Jefferson Township, $5.00

Wm. Smith, poor, Jefferson Township, $2.00

Jno. L. Thiebaud, poor, Jefferson Township, $3.55

F. J. Holdcroft, coffins and burying, $16.50

Bristow & Lock, coal for poor of Jefferson Township, $9.00

Matthew Worstell, Jr., Poor House, $143.50

B. N. Davies, overseer of the poor, $85.00

John Gill, sundries for poor of Vevay, $1.85

 

HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE EXPENSE.

Thos. J. Gordon, extra digging at Elk Creek, $18.30

Sam’l Butler, taking care Plum Creek bridge, $2.00

Wm. H. Lamson, lumber and repairing Lower Indian Creek bridge, $16.00

R. E. Hall, viewing Protsman road, $3.00

John Ransom, viewing Protsman road, $3.00

Jacob Bata, lumber and repairing road, $13.50

D. B. Lee, lumber for Sand Run bridge, $26.79

M. G. Keeney, work for Bridge Co., at Sand Run, $9.11

Jacob Meyers, Railing at Plum Creek bridge, $5.00

Geo. H. Keeney, lumber and nails, Vawter Creek bridge, $5.46

John P. White, serving notices, etc., Protsman road, $3.15

 

REFUNDED TAXES.

Bettie Lewis and sister, $15.00

Martha Moxley, $7.69

Isaiah M. H. Smith, $1.00

Caroline Lewis, $8.00

Eliza M. Goodwin, $26.87

Lucinda Thompson, $2.16

Nancy Duncan, $5.56

Mary Stewart, $13.88

 

COURT HOUSE EXPENSE.

Alfred Stow, glazing Court House windows, $1.50

Golay & Stevens, sundries for Court House, $2.65

Bristow & Lock, coal for Court House, $80.80

C. O. Thiebaud, sundries for Court House, $3.30

J. L. Thiebaud, sundries for Court House, $5.30

F. L. Grisard & Son, sundries for Court House, $9.20

W. A. Courtney, kindling wood for Court House, $3.50

John Gill, office expense, $2.05

A. Benedict, office expense, $10.25

R. T. F. Abbett, office expense, $3.20

F. J. Holdcroft, repairing case Clerk’s office, $13.00

G. Goldenburg & Son, stoves, pipe, coal, etc., $62.63

John P. White, quarter allowance taking care Court House, etc., $10.00

 

COUNTY OFFICERS’ FEES.

Jacob Banta, 1 day at poor farm, $2.00

Wm. Stewart, 1 day at Sand Run Bridge, $2.00

F. A. Carter, drawing 2 juries, $2.00

John Gill, salary, etc., quarter, $438.79

Americus Benedict, quarter salary, $200.00

R. S. Northcott, quarter salary, $181.85

Jacob Banta, 6 days Commissioner, $24.00

Wm. Stewart, 6 days Commissioner, $24.00

D. B. Drake, 6 days Commissioner, $24.00

John P. White, 5 days Sheriff, $10.00

R. A. Knox, 1 day Sheriff, $2.00

 

BOOKS, STATIONERY, and PUBLIC PRINTING.

Irvin Armstrong, public printing, $219.64

W. J. Baird, public printing, $8.05

W. B. Burford, books and stationery, $151.03

Indianapolis Sentinel Co., books and stationery, $64.25

Indianapolis Journal Co., books and stationery, $21.80

Culver, Payne, Hoyue & Co., books and stationery, $38.40

Levy Brothers, books and stationery, $64.50

 

SHERIFF.

John P. White, summoning juries, election expense, criminal expense, specific allowances, $90.65.

Switzerland County Commissioners – Mar 1880

Switzerland County Commissioners’ proceedings appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Mar 1880 – Page 4, Column 2

County Business.

The County Commissioners, Jacob Banta, Wm. Stewart and Dillard Drake, held a session last week, adjourning Saturday at noon. Among other business transacted was the following:

H. J. Harris, Trustee of Posey Township, made his report. [See newspaper.]

We published the report of C. G. Adams, Trustee of Pleasant Township, last week.

Wm. Brindley, Trustee of Craig township, made his report. [See newspaper.]

Geo. W. Potter, Trustee of Cotton township, reported. [See newspaper.]

Benjamin N. Davies, Trustee of Jefferson Township, presented his report. [See newspaper.]

F. M. Griffith, Treasurer of Board of School Trustees of Vevay, presented the following report. [See newspaper.]

John Daubenheyer, Trustee of York Township, being sick in bed, did not make a report.

The Board then drew Grand Jurors for the March term of Court as follows:

  • James Cowan and Frederick Detraz, 1st District
  • Eliakin Stoops and Joseph Wallick, 2d District
  • Philander Morrison and Jacob S. Shaddy, 3d District

In the matter of vacation of a road on the lands of G. W. Hageman’s heirs, in Pleasant Township. The road was ordered vacated.

In the matter of the vacation of road in Posey Township, from R. P. Monroe’s residence to the road from hiram Douglas’s past Eakin’s to E. H. Jack’s. The Road was ordered vacated as a public highway, but is left as a private road for Mrs. Martha Monroe and her heirs—the road to be a gateway.

The question of enclosing all kinds of stock was brought up before the Board last Thursday. Petitions asking that all kinds of stock be enclosed were presented; also remonstrances against enclosing stock. The Board finally took the following action:

“Comes the petitioners and file additional remonstrances, and the Board desiring to be governed by the wishes of a majority of the citizens of the County, recommend to the voters of the County that the question, whether cattle shall be allowed to run at large, be voted on at the April election, 1880. The Board further recommends that the be printed on each of the tickets to be voted at the Township, election, the question: ‘Shall Cattle Be Allowed to Run at Large?’ And that each voter write his answer, Yes or No, immediately after the question.”

Americus Benedict, County Treasurer, presented to the Board County orders redeemed by him since December term, amounting to $14,596.13, which were examined and compared with Auditor’s books, found correct, and cancelled.

B. F. Gilbert and others petitioned for a bridge over Bee Tree Run, near Mrs. Pickett’s. M. G. Keeney, civil engineer, was requested to make estimate of stone abutements, and a wooden bridge not over 25 feet in the clear—and report at June session.

In the matter of the petition of Peter Voris and others for a donation toward building a bridge over Bear Creek, near Aaron, in Pleasant Township, seventy-five dollars was donated by the County. C. G. Adams, Trustee of Pleasant Township, to superintend the work.

In the matter of the petition of Benjamin Jain and others for a change of road, R. E. Hall and John Ransom, Viewers, recommend that the change be made. The report was received and the Viewers discharged.

Henry Tardy, one of the parties through whose land the road and proposed change of road passes, appeared by his Attorney, and filed his remonstrance.—Wm. Detraz, Wm. Anderson, and Merret Brown were appointed Viewers, to assess the damages that may occur to said Henry Tardy, if the road is changed.—They will meet in the Auditor’s office March 13th, and after being duly qualified proceed to view the proposed road and assess damages.

In the matter of the petition of E. E. Long and others for a bridge over Indian Creek, at Knox’s ford. Continued until next term.

John Gill, Auditor, presented his bond as County Auditor from November 1st, 1879, to October 30th, 1883, in the sum of $5,000, with F. M. Griffith, R. A. Knox, and Amie Morerod, as sureties.

It was ordered that the upper Indian Creek wooden bridge be repaired, it being in a dangerous condition. Jacob Banta was appointed superintendent of the work.

Dearborn County Commissioners – Jan 1835 Session

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

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

January Session 1835

Page 439

Present:

  • William Conaway, District 1, President of Board
  • George Arnold, District 3

James V. Cloud – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Hardensburgh

Ordered remitted to William Hamilton, Collector, overcharge in taxes against William Smith, there being no such person chargeable with taxes for 1834.

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

No. 1 – Allowed to Andrew Morgan for wood furnished the Court House

Alson Horton – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in New Lawrenceburg

 

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Charles Dashiell, Commissioner of District 2, took his seat.

George Durham – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Sparta Township

Obadiah Bailey – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Sparta Township

Ordered remitted to William Cornish overcharge on land.

 

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Daniel D. Robbins – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Rising Sun

Elias Chamberlain – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 2 – Allowed to Dr. John Percival, coroner, for holding an Inquest on the body of James Honley, a drowned man

No. 3 – Abel Withrow, Juror on above Inquest

No. 4 – Arthur Vance, Juror on above Inquest

No. 5 – L. W. Johnson. Juror on above Inquest

No. 6 – James Jones, Juror on above Inquest

No. 7 – William Hamilton, Juror on above Inquest

No. 8 – Abner Hunter, Juror on above Inquest

No. 9 – John Saltmarsh, Juror on above Inquest

No. 10 – S. G. Elder, Juror on above Inquest

No. 11 – Zachariah Bedford, Juror on above Inquest

No. 12 – This U. Duffy, Juror on above Inquest

No. 13 – John Lawrence, Juror on above Inquest

No. 14 – E. S. Bush, Juror on above Inquest

No. 15 – William Hamilton as witness on above Inquest

No. 16 – John Bassbock, witness on above Inquest

No. 17 – Thomas Williamson, witness on above Inquest

No. 18 – Abner Hunter, witness on above Inquest

No. 19 – Abel Withrow, witness on above Inquest

No. 20 – John Nelson, witness on above Inquest

No. 21 – Lemuel G. Elder, summoning jury on the above Inquest

No. 22 – Allowed to Doctor John Percival, coroner, for holding an Inquest on the body of Jane Hall, a dead woman

 

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No. 23 – Allowed to Wm. Hamilton, Juror on above Inquest

No. 24 – Elias Chamberlin, Juror on above Inquest

No. 25 – John Ferrce, Juror on above Inquest

No. 26 – Samuel U. Osgood, Juror on above Inquest

No. 27 – Thos. M. Duffy, Juror on above Inquest

No. 28 – David G. Rabb, Juror on above Inquest

No. 29 – James Wilson, Juror on above Inquest

No. 30 – Thomas Annes, Juror on above Inquest

No. 31 – George P. Buell, Juror on above Inquest

No. 32 – Sylvester Cook, Juror on above Inquest

No. 33 – Benjn Stockman, Juror on above Inquest

No. 34 – Stephen Barkdoll, Juror on above Inquest

No. 35 – David Hall, witness on above Inquest

No. 36 – Nancy Hall, witness on above Inquest

No. 37 – Polly McCard, witness on above Inquest

No. 38 – Jacob Hall, witness on above Inquest

No. 39 – Allowed to Luther Gilmore for keeping Elizabeth Hunt, a transient pauper

No. 40 – Allowed to Asa Smith, recorder, for recording 3 deeds, restoring last records and affidavit of Frederick Utz for same business

No. 41 – Allowed to Sheriff John Weaver for cutting and carrying wood for court house

School Commissioner’s report.

Board directs Sheriff to purchase for use of the jail 3 good blankets.

No. 42 – Allowed to Elizabeth Roberts for keeping and boarding Priscella Cooker a pauper

 

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No. 43 – Allowed to Elizabeth Roberts for keeping and boarding Priscilla Cooke, a pauper

No. 44 – Allowed to Harris Fitch for keeping George and Margaret Reno, 2 transient paupers

No. 45 – Allowed to William Cooke, jailor, for boarding Elijah Lock, a prisoner, and James Graham, a prisoner

No. 46 – Allowed to John Weaver, Sheriff, for 3 blankets for jail

Ordered remitted to David Brownfield county tax on horses.

Ordered remitted to Robert Gibson for tax on yoke of oxen

Ordered remitted to George Randell overcharge in horse tax

No. 47 – Allowed to John McPike, associate judge, for attendance 1 day at clerk’s office to grant an order of publication for divorce, 1 day granting a writ, and several days granting injunctions

No. 48 – Ordered remitted to Jonathan Parker, overcharge in land tax

 

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No. 49 – Ordered remitted to William Blue overcharge on horse tax

George Pate appointed assessor of Cesars Creek Township

Joseph Woods appointed assessor of Union Township

Daniel Tapley appointed assessor of Randolph Township

Jesse Smith appointed assessor of Laughery Township

Eli Musgrove appointed assessor of Sparta Township

Sewell Plummer appointed assessor of Manchester Township

Daniel Taylor appointed assessor of Jackson Township

James D. Gidney appointed assessor of Kelso Township

James Thompson appointed assessor of Lawrenceburg Township

Joseph Adams appointed assessor of Miller Township

 

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George Bowlluy appointed assessor of Logan Township

Caleb A. Craft and Son – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

P. James & Co. – license to retail or vend foreign merchandise

Pinkney & Henry James – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

P. & H. James – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise

 

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Henry Walker, School Commissioner, made his report.

No. 50 – Allowed as temporary relief to Susan Foster and family, paupers in Logan Township, to be appropriated for their use by George Arnold

No. 51 – Allowed to Henry Walker, School Commissioner, for his services

No. 52 – Allowed to Andrew Morgan for wood furnished one Wood, a transient pauper

Peper and James – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

Oliver Hustis – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment

Merritt Hubble – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors

 

Page 447

Petition of Francis Baldwin, Luke Evill, Thomas Specknell and other freeholders of Laughery and Sparta Township for alteration in state road from Aurora to Napoleon where road passes through the lands of David Powell, Elias Conwell and Timothy Kimball. Objected to by Elias Conwell. Postponed.

Expenditures and receipts of county.

 

Page 448

Ordered that sheriff procure 12 split bottom chairs for court house, a shovel and pair of tongs

No. 53 – Allowed to William Conaway as commissioner

No. 54 – Allowed to George Arnold as commissioner

No. 55 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell as commissioner

George W. Lane & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Board adjourned.

 

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Received of James Dill, Clerk, for ferry tax for ferry over Miami River.

Dearborn County Commissioners – Nov 1834 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the November 1834 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

November Session 1834

Page 411

Present:

  • George Arnold
  • Charles Dashiell
  • William Conaway

William Conaway elected president of board.

A & R Wilber & Co. – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Hartford

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

No. 1 – Allowed to Prudence Trion for boarding and keeping Huldah and Mary Fairfield, paupers

No. 2 – Allowed to Lewis Trion for boarding and keeping Sarah Fairfield, a pauper

T. J. Taylor and brother – license to vend foreign and domestic merchandise at their store in Wilmington

 

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No. 3 – Allowed to Simon Alexander for boarding and keeping, nursing Ann Gay, a pauper

No. 4 – Allowed to Betsey Burroughs for boarding and keeping Frances McBride, a pauper

George W. Cable – license to keep a tavern or public house in New Lawrenceburg and retail spirituous liquors at his tavern stand

No. 5 – Allowed to Nathaniel L. Squibb for services as surveyor and making report of an amendment of a part of the state road from Madison to Lawrenceburg

Isaac Lathrop – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in New Lawrenceburg

No. 6 – Allowed to Nathaniel L. Squibb for services as surveyor and making a report of a state road from Rising Sun to Lawrenceburg

 

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No. 7 – Allowed to Samuel Jelley as commissioner for viewing stat road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 8 – Allowed to George Richmond for services as commissioner for viewing state road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 9 – Allowed to Nathaniel L. Squibb, surveyor of the aforesaid road and making plot of same

No. 10 – Allowed to William Dolson for services as chain carrier laying out state road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 11 – Allowed to Robert Clark for services on state road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 12 – Allowed to Oren B. Crandall for 3 days on state road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 13 – Allowed to Elijah Grimes as chain carrier on state road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 14 – Allowed to Eli Clark as chain carrier on state road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains

No. 15 – Allowed to Alva Mead for keeping and boarding Elismer Gay, a pauper

 

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

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

No. 16 – Allowed to Samuel Kincaid for keeping and boarding Sarah Sullivan, a pauper

No. 17 – Allowed to Mary Muir for boarding and keeping Rebecca Crusenberry, a pauper

Ordered to be remitted to George Weaver overcharge for poll tax for 1834.

Ordered to be remitted to Christopher Jaquith overcharge for poll tax for 1834.

No. 18 – Allowed to J. Tennis for medicine and attendance on Sarah Fairfield, a pauper

Ordered to be remitted to Eli Jarred overcharge for poll tax 1834.

No. 19 – Allowed to John Dawson for services as commissioner on state road

No. 20 – Allowed to Milton Gregg for services as commissioner on state road

 

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No. 21 – Allowed to Daniel Plummer for services as commissioner on state road

No. 22 – Allowed to Robert Rowe, Jr., as surveyor on state road and making report

No. 23 – Allowed to Jonathan Blasdell, chain carrier, laying out state road

No. 24 – Allowed to James Frazier, chain carrier on state road

No. 25 – Allowed to Hiram Jackson as marker on state road

No. 26 – Allowed to Henry Huffman, a pauper

No. 27 – Allowed to James Daugherty for boarding and keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper

No. 28 – Allowed to James McCay for keeping and boarding McGuire, a pauper

No. 29 – Allowed to John S. Percival for attendance and medicine furnished Thomas Jones

No. 30 – Allowed to John D. Crontz to ironing prisoners

Ordered to be remitted to the following persons as overcharges for land tax:

  • Peter Teabow
  • Enoch W. Jackson
  • William Jessup
  • Jehue Goodwin
  • Walter Hayes
  • George Conner

 

Page 416

Cyrus Mills, commissioner, account for state road from Napoleon to Lawrenceburg. Names in account: John P. Dunn, E. Conger, A. H. Dill, John Jackson, Amos Morris, Jr.

 

Page 417

Ordered to be remitted to Jones McLister overcharge on horses.

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

No. 31 – Allowed to Norman West for boarding and keeping John Wade, a transient pauper

Application of George P. Buell for an alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis. Daniel Plummer, Jonathan Blasdel, Joseph Hayes, commissioners make report. Road commencing at Lemuel G. Elder’s, thence with line dividing lands of the heirs of Dele Elder, deceased, Ulysses Cooke and Duncan Carmichael. Road to go through George P. Buell’s farm, Dele Elder’s heirs, U. Cook, George P. Buell. Road ordered opened.

 

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[Continued.]

 

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No. 32 – Allowed to Litte W. Johnson for 9 lights and glazing windows at court house

No. 33 – Allowed to Robert Rowe, Jr., for surveying and making report of a state road

No. 34 – Allowed to Isaac Morris for marking state road

No. 35 – Allowed to Amos Morris for carrying chain in surveying state road

No. 36 – Allowed to Thomas W. Summan as commissioner laying state road

No. 37 – Allowed to Ebenezer Rowe, carrying chain in surveying state road

No. 38 – Allowed to Mark McCracken as commissioner laying state road

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

 

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

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

Benjamin Morgan – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Logan Township

William Cullen – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Rising Sun

Samuel Custis – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Manchester

No. 39 – Allowed to William Cook for boarding and keeping prisoners

Application of Mr. E. Israel, trustee for Elizabeth Israel, by his attorney William Israel, who is the owner of the land on both sides of Hogan Creek  for ferry across creek and also for ferry over Ohio River at mouth of Hogan Creek. Granted. Jesse L. Holman, security.

 

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No. 40 – Allowed to William Dils for 1 lock furnished the court house and putting on

No. 41 – Allowed to John Saltmarsh for making 11 complaints directed to the overseers of the poor of Lawrenceburg

No. 42 – Allowed to John S. Percival for medicine and attendance to John Waid, a pauper

No. 43 – Allowed to Elias Conklin for services digging grave &c., for John Waid, a pauper

Ordered remitted to George Rable overcharge in land tax.

No. 44 – Allowed to Micah Garey for boarding and keeping George Reno and wife

No. 45 – Allowed to Ephraim Hollister for coffins for paupers

 

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No. 46 – Allowed to Joseph Kitchell for digging grave for a pauper

No. 47 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for boarding and keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper

No. 48 – Allowed to Frances Welch for boarding and keeping and sundries furnished John Wade, a pauper

Ordered remitted to Andrew Morgan overcharge in county tax for silver watch.

Ordered remitted to Elizabeth St. Clair overcharge in county tax.

No. 49 – Allowed to Thomas Noble, a man of color, for boarding and keeping Rachel Powell, a pauper

David Gerard – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Harrison

John Peeckman – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Kelso Township

No. 50 – Allowed to Thomas Howard as trustee of school section No. 16, Township 3, Range 1 west

 

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Ordered that State Road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains in Ripley County as laid out by Samuel Jelly, George Richmond, and N. L. Squibb be opened.

No. 51 – Allowed to Isaac Townsend for boarding and keeping Elismer Gay, a pauper

No. 52 – Allowed to Oliver Heustis for 3 days as Commissioner on a state road

No 53 – Allowed to James Walker, School Commissioner, for appointing trustees

Resignation of James Walker, School Commissioner.

 

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Henry Walker appointed School Commissioner

Ordered remitted to James S. Thompson overcharge on one silver watch

Ordered remitted to John Palmer overcharge for 70 acres land

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

John Palmer – license to vend foreign merchandise at his house in Manchester Township

Elijah Thatcher – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Laughery Township

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

 

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No. 55 – Allowed to William Dils, late Sheriff, for extra service

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

No. 56 – Allowed to President and Select Council of Lawrenceburg for use of the President and Directors of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Indiana against Dearborn County

No. 57 – Allowed to Edward Patten, Clerk, for costs of a suit the corporation of Lawrenceburg for the use of the President and Directors of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Indiana against Dearborn County

No. 58 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for costs of a suit the corporation of Lawrenceburg for the use of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Indiana

Allowances for witnesses in the suit of Corporation of Lawrenceburg for the use of the Bank of Indiana against Dearborn County:

  • No. 59 – Allowed to John Porter as witness
  • No. 60 – Allowed to James Dill as witness
  • No. 61 – Allowed to John Weaver as witness
  • No. 62 – Allowed to Mark McCracken as witness
  • No. 63 – Allowed to John Barricklow as witness
  • No. 64 – Allowed to Walter Armstrong as witness
  • No. 65 – Allowed to Jesse Hunt as witness
  • No. 66 – Allowed to George H. Dunn as witness

 

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No. 67 – Allowed to Switzerland County for jury fees in aforesaid suit

No. 68 – Allowed to the attorney prosecuting the aforesaid suit

No. 69 – Allowed to Charles Spooner as witness

No. 70 – Allowed to John Gray as witness

No. 71 – Allowed to John Spencer as late Sheriff for costs in the aforesaid suit

Allowances to Grand Jurors, Sep Term 1834:

  • No. 72 – Jacob W. Eggleston
  • No. 73 – Nathan Melburn
  • No. 74 – William Lanius
  • No. 75 – Leonard Spicknall
  • No. 76 – Daniel Taylor
  • No. 77 – William Patterson
  • No. 78 – John Colden
  • No. 79 – Sewell Plumer
  • No. 80 – Joseph Adams
  • No. 81 – Abijah Chamberlin
  • No. 82 – William S. Ward
  • No. 83 – Henry McKinzie
  • No. 84 – Asa Jaquith
  • No. 85 – John Maxwell
  • No. 86 – Joel Antrim

 

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Allowances to Petit Jurors, Sep Term 1834:

  • No. 87 – Samuel Coles
  • No. 88 – William U. Loyd
  • No. 89 – George W. Ward
  • No. 90 – James Hillhouse
  • No. 91 – Richard Hughes
  • No. 92 – James Jones
  • No. 93 – Russel Coman
  • No. 94 – Richard Arnold
  • No. 95 – Samuel Saltmarsh
  • No. 96 – Adam Flake
  • No. 97 – Thomas Jones
  • No. 98 – John Daugherty
  • No. 99 – Tavner Cheek
  • No. 100 – James Patterson
  • No. 101 – Enoch W. Jackson
  • No. 102 – Samuel Elliott
  • No. 103 – James Walker
  • No. 104 – James Lawrence
  • No. 105 – William Griffith
  • No. 106 – Abraham Roland
  • No. 107 – Jacob Brasher
  • No. 108 – Milton Gregg
  • No. 109 – John Bottz
  • No. 110 – John Davidson
  • No. 111 – John Weathers
  • No. 112 – Patterson
  • No. 113 – Salmon B. Warren
  • No. 114 – John Fuller
  • No. 115 – Anderson F. Gage
  • No. 116 – John Palmer
  • No. 117 – Benjn Sellers
  • No. 118 – William Freeman
  • No. 119 – Eleazer Small
  • No. 120 – Asa Shattuck
  • No. 121 – Amos Morris
  • No. 122 – Thomas K. Coles
  • No. 123 – James Cloud
  • No. 124 – J. R. Nelson
  • No. 125 – Richard Abbott
  • No. 126 – Alanson Hunter
  • No. 127 – Jacob Barnhart
  • No. 128 – John Ewbank
  • No. 129 – Alfred J. Cotten
  • No. 130 – William Cheesman
  • No. 131 – Dennis Riley
  • No. 132 – John Daniel
  • No. 133 – John Ules
  • No. 134 – John Gullett

 

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Ordered State Road from Ohio state line at road leading from Cincinnati through Elizabethtown to intersect the Indianapolis state road near Charles W. Wright’s in Manchester Township as laid out by Milton Gregg, John Dawson and Daniel Plummer opened.

Ordered that the clerk take bond of Henry Walker for the faithful performance of his trust as School Commissioner. Benjamin Walker, Robert Wilber, James Walker, Daniel Conaway, Peter Allen, Thomas K. Cole, Stephen Wood and William Hancock, securities.

 

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No. 135 – Allowed to Mary Muir for boarding and keeping Rebecca Croosenberry, a pauper

No. 136 – Allowed to Thomas Porter for office rent and recording deeds

No. 137 – Allowed to John Weaver, sheriff, for wood and sundries furnished the Circuit Court, Sep 1834

No. 138 – Allowed to James Thompson 7 days as constable, Sep Term 1834

No. 139 – Allowed to William Tucker for 3 days as constable, Sep Term 1834

No. 140 – Allowed to Tudor Lucas for 1 day as constable, Sep Term 1834

No. 141 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder for 7 days as constable, Sep Term 1834

No. 142 – Allowed to John Weaver, sheriff, for extra services

 

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No. 143 – Allowed to James Dill for extra services as clerk

No. 144 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill for rent of clerk’s office

Ordered remitted to James W. Hunter for overcharge on town lot

No. 145 – Allowed to Daniel Kelso for defending Thomas Jones, a pauper criminal

Ordered remitted to Jesse Hunt overcharge on pleasure carriage

Ordered remitted to Amos Lane overcharge on 2 wheeled carriage

No. 146 – Allowed to John McPike for printing advertisements relative to collector

No. 147 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for 8 days service as Judge of Circuit Court

No. 148 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for 3 days service attending associate Judge to make orders of publication in the case of Hamblin vs. Hamblin, Harper vs. Harper and Harwood vs. Cochran

No. 149 – Allowed to John McPike for 8 days service as associate judge

 

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No. 150 – Allowed to John McPike for 4 days service as associate judge attending to a writ of habeas corpus in the case of W. McClean, 1 day ordering publication in the case of Hamblin vs. Hamblin, Harper vs. Harper, and Harwood vs. Harwood

No. 151 – Allowed to David V. Culley for printing advertisement relative to county collectors

No. 152 – Allowed to Caleb R. West for paper furnished the clerk’s office

No. 153 – Allowed to Catharine Vaneleaf for boarding and keeping Mary Hire, a pauper

No. 154 – Allowed to John Callahan for viewing and laying state road from Rising Sun to Lawrenceburg as commissioner and returning report

No. 155 – Allowed to John J. French for 3 days as commissioner viewing and laying state road from Rising Sun to Lawrenceburg

Ordered remitted to Ezekiel Jackson overcharge on his land tax

No. 156 – Allowed to Adeline Collins, a pauper for temporary relief

No. 157 – Allowed to Joel Decoursey for 3 days as commissioner viewing and laying state road from Rising Sun to Lawrenceburg

 

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Ordered remitted to John Snyder overcharge for poll tax

Ordered remitted to Benjamin Hootan overcharge for 2 horses

No. 158 – Allowed to Ralph Durbin, chain carrier on the road from Lawrenceburg to Rising Sun

No. 159 – Allowed to William Sarritt, chain carrier on the road from Rising Sun to Lawrenceburg

No. 160 – Allowed to John S. Percival, coroner, for holding jury of inquest on the body of a drowned man

No. 161 – Zachariah Bedford, Juror on above Inquest

No. 162 – N. West, Juror on above Inquest

No. 163 – John Hood, Juror on above Inquest

No. 164 – Horace Whitney, Juror on above Inquest

No. 165 – John Gattenby, Juror on above Inquest

No. 166 – Geo. W. Ward, Juror on above Inquest

No. 167 – John Bruce, Juror on above Inquest

No. 168 – Jabez Whipple, Juror on above Inquest

No. 169 – This. Bags, Juror on above Inquest

No. 170 – A. R. Runnion, Juror on above Inquest

No. 171 – Joseph Norris, Juror on above Inquest

No. 172 – Wm. Whipple, Juror on above Inquest

No. 173 – Charles Vattier, ferrying Jurymen

No. 174 – Wm. Wheeler giving information of the above drowning

No. 175 – Norman West and Jabez Whipple, digging grave for drowned man

No. 176 – James Moffat, making coffin for drowned man

Luther Plummer – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester

No. 177 – Allowed to Abraham Perdun for keeping and boarding and burying John Thompson, a pauper

 

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No. 178 – Allowed to John Perdun, making coffin for John Thompson, a pauper

No. 179 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for guarding the jail 1833

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

No. 180 – Allowed to William Cook for guarding the jail 1833

No. 181 – Allowed to Dr. Jabez Percival for medicine and attendance to John Wade, a pauper

Petition of Thomas Horsley and various freeholders of Laughery Township that late location of state road from Lawrenceburg to Rising Sun passes through his farm and will be greatly injurious and ruinous to his farm. Isaiah Hayes, Joseph Trester, and Henry Walker appointed commissioners to view and report on road alteration.

 

Page 434

Ordered remitted to William & Butten overcharge tax on 160 acres in Sparta Township

Remonstrance of Andrew Morgan, John Billingsley, Samuel Fulton, A. Moore and James Billingsley, freeholders of Randolph Township against the location of the state road as laid out by John Callahan, John J. French and Joel Decoursey through part of Randolph Township it commences at the upper line of John J. French’s land, will be injurious to public interests.Isaiah Hayes, Joseph Trester and Henry Walker appointed commissioners to view alteration.

Duffy and Davidson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at their shop in Lawrenceburg

 

Page 435

Thomas Porter, Recorder, having now resigned, the Board appoints Asa Smith to be recorder. Asa Smith, security.

Application of Elijah Horsley, owner of inlots in Decatur. Establish a public ferry across the Ohio River. Harris Fitch, security.

No. 182 – Allowed to Jeremiah Sullivan attorney prosecuting a suit for the county against Russell Coman and others in Dearborn Circuit Court

No. 183 – Allowed to Amos Lane, attorney prosecuting two suits for the county

No. 184 – Allowed to William Conaway for his services as commissioner

No. 185 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for his services as commissioner

 

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No. 186 – Allowed to George Arnold for his services as commissioner

Jeremiah Sullivan appointed attorney in the defense of the Board of County Commissioners in all suits, especially an action by William Allen in Dearborn Circuit Court

No. 187 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for 2 days service as commissioner at Sep Session for attending

 

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No. 188 – Allowed to George Arnold for his services as commissioner 1 day levying county tax

No. 189 – Allowed to William Conaway for 1 day as commissioner levying taxes

No. 190 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for 1 day as commissioner levying county tax

John S. Percival, coroner, rendered an account of sundry clothing found on drowned man and sold by him.

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

County expose postponed to January.

 

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No. 191 – Allowed to William Conaway for services as commissioner

No. 192 – Allowed to George Arnold for services as commissioner

No. 193 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as commissioner

Board adjourned.

Henry McKenzie filed treasurer’s receipt and obtained permit for a grocery.

Dearborn County Commissioners – Jun 1834 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the June 1834 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

June Special Session 1834

Page 400

Present:

  • George Arnold, 3rd district, President
  • Charles Dashiell, 2nd district
  • William Conaway, 1st district

Tax rates for 1834.

Ferry taxes:

  • Martin Trester ferry across Laughery Creek
  • Charles Vattier ferry across Ohio River at Aurora
  • Charles Vattier ferry across Hogan Creek
  • Arthur Vance’s ferry across Ohio River at Lawrenceburg
  • Timothy Davis ferry at mouth of Miami River

Board adjourned

 

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[Continued.]

 

Page 402

Record of State Road from Rising Sun to Lawrenceburgh as laid out, surveyed and reported by John J. French, Joel Decoursey and John Callahan, commissioners. Nathaniel L. Squibb, surveyor. Ralph Dubin and William, chain bearers.

 

Page 403

[Continued.]

 

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[blank]

 

Page 405

Record of State Road from Rising Sun to Cross Plains in Ripley County as laid out, surveyed and reported by Samuel Jelley, George Richardson and Nathaniel L. Squibb, commissioners.

 

Page 406

[Continued.]

 

Page 407

[Continued.]

 

Page 408

Record of State Road from Ohio State line at the road leading from Cincinnati through Elizabethtown to intersect the Indianapolis State Road near Washington Wrights in Manchester Township as surveyed by Milton Gregg, John Dawson and Daniel Plummer, commissioners. Robt Rowe, Jr., surveyor.

 

Page 409

[Continued.]

 

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Record of State Road from 14 mile stake on Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis State Road to intersect the Lawrenceburg and Rushvill State Road near School house in neighborhood of Summons Mill in Ripley County. Robt Rowe, Jr., surveyor. Ebenezer Rowe and Amos Morris, chain carriers. Isaac Morris, marker.

Dearborn County Commissioners – May 1834 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the May 1834 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

May Session 1834

Page 381

Present:

  • George Arnold, president
  • William Conaway
  • Charles Dashiell

Peter Brown – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Rising Sun

John T. Austin, owner of the land at the lower landing of Pennsylvania Street in Rising Sun makes application for a license to keep a ferry across the Ohio River. Granted.

Norval and Green Sparks – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Jacob Myers – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Union Township

 

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Rodney & Burton – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

No. 1 – Allowed to Alvah Mead for boarding and clothing furnished Elisma Gay, a pauper

No. 2 – Allowed to Luther Plummer for sundries furnished to William Crummit, a pauper

No. 3 – Allowed to Thomas Noble, a man, for keeping Rachel Powell, a woman pauper

Motion of John James by Dunn his attorney on the order establishing a ferry at Rising Sun on the application of John T. Austin. Continued.

 

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James M. Darragh – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

No. 4 – Allowed to John Flanigen for boarding and keeping Susan Foster and her 2 children, paupers

No. 5 – Allowed to John Bennett as school trustee

Edward S. Bush – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

J. H. Lane & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

No. 6 – Allowed to James Cummings for making coffin for William R. Ritcherson, a pauper

Leon Bowman – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Rising Sun

 

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William Runion – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Lawrenceburg

Enoch D. John & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Petition of sundry citizens of Manchester and Kelso Township for alteration in the township line. Ordered changed.

Hood & Bedford – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at their shop in Lawrenceburg

Moses Turner – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun

Decoursey & Richardson – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

 

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R. K. Eaton & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

No. 7 – Allowed to James Roach for boarding and keeping Abraham Peter, a pauper

Joshua Dorman – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Sparta Township

Abijah North – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Randolph Township

No. 8 – Allowed to Elizabeth Duncan for boarding and keeping Mary Ann McBride, a pauper

No. 9 – Allowed to Mary Muir for boarding and keeping Rebecca Croosenberry, a pauper

 

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No. 10 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for boarding and keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper

John C. Waggoner – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Rising Sun

No. 11 – Allowed to John Godley for assessing taxable property in Logan Township

No. 12 – Allowed to James D. Gidney for assessing taxable property in Kelso Township

No. 13 – Allowed to Daniel Taylor for assessing taxable property in Jackson Township

No. 14 – Allowed to Sewell Plummer for assessing taxable property in Manchester Township

No. 15 – Allowed to Arthur St Clair Vance for assessing taxable property in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 16 – Allowed to Stephen Green for assessing taxable property in Laughery Township

No. 17 – Allowed to William Wheeler for assessing taxable property in Sparta Township

 

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No. 18 – Allowed to George Pate for assessing taxable property in Cesars Creek Township

No. 19 – Allowed to Joseph Woods for assessing taxable property in Union Township

No. 20 – Allowed to John O. Neal for assessing taxable property in Randolph Township

No. 21 – Allowed to Horace Bassett for appraising town lots in Aurora

No. 22 – Allowed to Thomas Baggs for valuing town lots in Aurora

No. 23 – Allowed to Benjamin Berry for valuing lots in Wilmington

No. 24 – Allowed to W. S. Mccauley for valuing lots in Wilmington

No. 25 – Allowed to Ameziah Bailey for valuing town lots in Hartford

No. 26 – Allowed to George Gaskil for valuing town lots in Hartford

No. 27 – Allowed to Crontz & Wymond for repairing handcuffs

 

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No. 28 – Allowed to William Cook for boarding and keeping prisoners in jail

Charles W. Wright – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester Township

Petition of George P. Buell, Lemuel G. Elder and others by Lawrence, their attorney, and various other freeholders for alteration in the state road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis, commencing at Lemuel G. Elder’s, to line dividing lands of heirs of Delah Elder, deceased, Ulysses Cook, and Duncan Carmichael and ending at line between Cook and Carmichael’s lands. Joseph Hayes, Jonathan Blasdel and Daniel Plummer appointed to view and report on proposed alteration.

Petition of Robert Row, Jr., and sundry other freeholders for alteration in the Lawrenceburg and Rushville State Road. Postponed.

 

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Caleb A. Craft, commissioner appointed to erect bridge at James’ sawmill over Arnold’s Creek. Receipts:

  • Seth Simmons for work and labor in building and erecting bridge
  • John C. Annis for like services

Assessment rolls examined and accepted.

Allowances for services as Grand Jurors:

  • No. 29 – John Dashiell
  • No. 30 – Isaac Rosberry
  • No. 31 – [blank]
  • No. 32 – Azariah Oldham
  • No. 33 – Laban Bramble
  • No. 34 – Philander McCardl
  • No. 35 – Abraham Showalter
  • No. 36 – Davis Woodward
  • No. 37 – George Arnold
  • No. 38 – Samuel McMath
  • No. 39 – David Kerr
  • No. 40 – William Purcell
  • No. 41 – Zedekiah A. Bonham
  • No. 42 – David Nevitt
  • No. 43 – Samuel Howard

 

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Allowances for services as Petit Jurors:

  • No. 44 – Philip Michael
  • No. 45 – John Barricklow
  • No. 46 – Israel F. Stockdon
  • No. 47 – James Grubbs
  • No. 48 – Wm. L. Abbott
  • No. 49 – James Woods
  • No. 50 – John B. Clarke
  • No. 51 – Henry Likely
  • No. 52 – Joseph E. Baker
  • No. 53 – David McKettrick
  • No. 54 – Horace Brimhall
  • No. 55 – Aaron B. Henry
  • No. 56 – Jeremiah Crosby
  • No. 57 – Benjn B. Bonhan
  • No. 58 – William Hamilton
  • No. 59 – Samuel Hollowed
  • No. 60 – Abraham B. Adams
  • No. 61 – Thomas Tanner
  • No. 62 – James T. Cornelius
  • No. 63 – Charles Jolly
  • No. 64 – Warren Tibbs
  • No. 65 – Joseph Woods
  • No. 66 – Philip Lawrence
  • No. 67 – Abel Thompson
  • No. 68 – Lawrence Lozier
  • No. 69 – Joseph P. Richardson
  • No. 70 – Jason Pierce
  • No. 71 – Thomas Baggs
  • No. 72 – Albert Dils
  • No. 73 – John Myers
  • No. 74 – Isaac Lathrop
  • No. 75 – Anns R. Pond
  • No. 76 – Henry Bonner
  • No. 77 – John Davidson
  • No. 78 – Richard Arnold, Jr.
  • No. 79 – Enoch W. Jackson
  • No. 80 – Stephen Haistings
  • No. 81 – James Rabb
  • No. 82 – Benjn Huffman
  • No. 83 – John B. Craft
  • No. 84 – George Mendel
  • No. 85 – David Marsh
  • No. 86 – John Oglesby
  • No. 87 – John W. Hall
  • No. 88 – Martin Ewbank
  • No. 89 – Edward Grubbs
  • No. 90 – Jeremiah Nowlan
  • No. 91 – William James
  • No. 92 – Joshua Haines
  • No. 93 – William Higby
  • No. 94 – Thomas Kyle
  • No. 95 – Philip Roland
  • No. 96 – David Criswell
  • No. 97 – William Morgan
  • No. 98 – Isaac Colwell
  • No. 99 – Samuel Elliott

 

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[Continued]

 

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Joseph E. Baker – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Manchester Township

No. 100 – Allowed to John Palmer for service as Petit Juror

 

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No. 101 – Allowed to Evan Walkins for service as constable attending Grand Jury

No. 102 – Allowed to Lemuel G. Elder for service as constable of Circuit Court

No. 103 – Allowed to William Tucker as service as constable attending Circuit Court

No. 104 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for cleaning court house

No. 105 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for boarding and keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper

No. 106 – Allowed to J. U. Brower for medicine and attendance upon Shaw, a pauper

No. 107 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for service as associate Judge of Circuit Court

No. 108 – Allowed to John M. Pike for service as associate Judge of Circuit Court

 

Page 393

Overseers of the poor report. Received from the connection of John B. Preston, who was a pauper, a note on Benjn S. Noble.

Francis Baldwin – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Laughery Township

George Johnson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Lawrenceburg

No. 109 – Allowed to George U. Dunn for attorney docket in the suit of Dearborn County against Coman and others, dismissed, Sep Term 1833

No. 110 – Allowed to Mary Walker for boarding and keeping Mary Hirl, a pauper

No. 111 – Allowed to Benjamin S. Noble for note given in connection of John B. Preston

 

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No. 112 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for interest paid by him on borrowed money when making brick for the poor asylum

No. 113 – Allowed to James Dill for his extra services as clerk

No. 114 – Allowed to William Dils for his extra services as sheriff

No. 115 – Allowed to William Dils for wood and ballot box and serving notice on Russell Coman, collector

John Langly – license to keep a grocery in Aurora at his shop

Grand Jury selection for September Term 1834:

  • Francis Longworth
  • Asa Jacquith
  • Ithamer McWithy
  • Joel Antrim
  • Daniel McCoy
  • Joseph Adams
  • Sewell Plummer
  • Abijah Chamberlain
  • Jacob Eggleston
  • George Pate
  • John Pollock
  • Daniel Taylor
  • Spencer Davis
  • Jesse Daughterman
  • William Lanius
  • David Hufferd
  • Isaac Clark
  • William S. Ward

Grand Jury selection for March Term 1835:

  • Jacob Larew
  • Joseph Churchill
  • George Matthews
  • James M. Darragh
  • Abraha L. Bailey
  • Simon Alexander
  • John Buffington
  • Thomas Baker
  • John Cliffin
  • Benjamin S. Noble
  • Leonard Chase
  • Andrew Anderson
  • Cornelius Vanhorn
  • George Boulsby
  • Albert Cadwell
  • Wyett Allen
  • Thomas Annis
  • John A. Lawrence

 

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Petit Jurors for September Term 1834 (1st week):

  • Peter Perlee
  • Wm. Patterson
  • John Tate
  • Luther Plumer
  • Henry McKinzie
  • Warren Osgood
  • Pareus Cory
  • Richard Spicknall
  • Edward S. Bush
  • George Broland
  • Jeremiah Pate
  • Wm. Marshall
  • Johathan Lewis
  • John Coldin
  • Saml Cole
  • Nathan Milburn
  • James Bush
  • Amos Dickinson
  • Abraham Snell
  • James Parris
  • Saml Saltmarsh
  • Noah Dean
  • John Daniels
  • John M. Patrick

Petit Jurors for September Term 1834 (2nd week):

  • George Johnson
  • John Ewbank
  • Farrington Barricklow
  • Wm. Chisman
  • Cyrus Mills
  • John Davidson
  • John Maxwell
  • Dennis Riley
  • Eleazer Small
  • Andrew Haynes
  • Benjamin Anderson
  • John Gullett
  • James S. Cook
  • George Cooper
  • Mahlon Brown
  • James Antrim
  • Isaac Oathout
  • Oran Judd
  • Elijah Garrison
  • Wm. Glenn
  • Alfred J. Cotton
  • John Burke
  • James W. Weaver
  • John Ellis

 

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Petit Jurors for March Term 1835 (1st week):

  • Charles L. Pate
  • David Conger
  • Clabourn Allen
  • Joshua Brewington
  • Aquilla Hume
  • Ebenezer Bedunnah
  • William Wade
  • John Elder
  • Phineas L. King
  • Welcom Lewis
  • Abraham Decamp
  • William Blue
  • John Columbia
  • Patrick Hume
  • Robert Squib
  • Thomas Nelson
  • Samuel Best Jr.
  • Thomas K. Coles
  • James Leason
  • Tenant Heuston
  • George Golding
  • Moses Turner
  • Robert Bovard
  • Thomas Cooper

 

Petit Jurors for March Term 1835 (2nd week):

  •  John Dawson
  • Isaiah Ferris
  • Nathaniel Covel
  • Josiah Collins
  • Daniel Hall
  • Bazil Anders
  • George Hume
  • Nathan Lynn
  • Elias Chamberlin
  • Aaron Faulk
  • Samuel Evans
  • James Falkner
  • Stephen Haistings
  • Samuel Jackson
  • George Johnson Lawee
  • Elijah Blasdel
  • Daniel Wilson
  • John Gibson Jr.
  • Joseph Kitchell
  • Abraham Ferris
  • Benjn Wilber
  • Abraham Osburn
  • John Wymond
  • Jehu Goodwin

John P. Dunn & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Treasurer’s report.

 

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[Continued.]

 

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No. 116 – Allowed to Thomas Porter for rent of recorder’s office and recording deeds and certificates of school commissioners

No. 117 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill for office rent

No. 118 – Allowed to George Arnold for services as commissioner

No. 119 – Allowed to William Conaway for services as commissioner

No. 120 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as commissioner

No. 121 – Allowed to David V. Culley for printing county expose for 1833

Fines returned by Mark McCracken:

  • assault & battery committed on the body of Elijah W. Beach – fiend $1.00

 

Page 399

William Armstrong appointed collector of the state and county revenue for 1834. Jesse Hunt and Isaac Dunn, his securities.

No. 122 – Allowed to Daniel Wood for his services as Petit Juror at September Term 1833

No. 123 – Allowed to George Arnold for his extra service as commissioner and president of this board for signing county orders

Board adjourned.

Dearborn County Commissioners – Mar 1834 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1834 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

March Session 1834

Page 372

Present:

  • George Arnold, President
  • Charles Dashiell

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

William Conaway took his seat.

Amaziah Bailey – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Hartford

No. 1 – Allowed to John Flanigin for keeping and boarding Susan Foster, a pauper

William Winkly – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Aurora

Thomas Folber – license to retail spirituous liquors and domestic groceries at his house in Aurora

 

Page 373

Stevens & Glenn – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington

Preston & Herbert J. Conaway – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at their shop in Laughery Township

 

Page 374

John B. Matthews – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Kelso Township

Petition of James Watson for license to keep a tavern in Manchester Township. Postponed.

Petition of sundry inhabitants of Lawrenceburg Township for new township. Miller Township created. Elections to be held in house of Jehue Goodwin. Isaac Jackson appointed inspector of first election.

 

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No. 2 – Allowed to John Ferrce for making table for court house

Caleb R. West – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrencburg

No. 3 – Allowed to Litte W. Johnson for glass and glazing 8 lights for court house

No. 4 – Allowed to Enoch Conger, overseer of Manchester Township, for sundries furnished Eve Stainbrook, a pauper

Aaron Foulk – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Aurora

No. 5 – Allowed to James Walker, School Commissioner, for attending to compare books

Tousey and Dunn – license to vend foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

 

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No. 6 – Allowed to Alexander H. Dill for books purchased for the clerk’s office

No. 7 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for advertising prisoners, and firewood furnished for court house

James Walker, School Commissioner, report.

 

Page 377

John Barricklow, R. C. Stevens and Warren Tibbs, commissioners, report as to damage which would be sustained by Stephen Ludlow and Eliza Sparks in consequence of a change in the state road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis, as reported by James Walker, John Dashiell and William Purcell, viewers of proposed alteration. No damages found. Road to be altered and opened. Arthur St. C. Vance, surveyor.

 

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No. 8 – Allowed to Elias Conklin for digging a grave for William B. Richardson, a pauper

No. 9 – Allowed to William Browne for making coffin for one Preston, a pauper

No. 10 – Allowed to Enoch D. John for muslin furnished for a shroud for one Preston, a pauper

Fines assessed by John Godley, Logan Township:

  • Elijah Lake and Mariah Lake – assault & battery on complaint of Lewis Jolly – fined $1.00

 

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

No. 11 – Allowed to Mary Muir for keeping Mrs. Creesenberry, a pauper

No. 12 – Allowed to Elizabeth Duncan for keeping Mary Anne McBride, a pauper

No. 13 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance to George Bryan, a pauper

No. 14 – Allowed to M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance to Anne Gay, a pauper

Following objectors of road shall pay all costs: Thomas Porter, Ezra Ferris, Stephen Ludlow, N. Sparks, John Porter, David V. Culley, Isaac Dunn, Jeremh H. Brown, Omer Toussey, Enoch D. John, B. Stackman. George Mousey, security of appeal.

Jesse Hunt – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg

 

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Walter Armstrong appointed treasurer. Isaac Dunn and Jesse Hunt, securities.

No. 15 – Allowed to Henry H. Talbott for record of the state road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis

No. 16 – Allowed to William Flake, late collector, for mistake by him made in paying over to the treasurer the delinquent list of 1832

No. 17 – Allowed to Wm. Dil for wood furnished probate court, July Term 1834

No. 18 – Allowed to James Dil, clerk, for costs of a suit, The Corporation of Lawrenceburg for the use of the Farmers & Mechanic’s Bank of Indianapolis against Dearborn county

No. 19 – Allowed to George Arnold for services as commissioner

No. 20 – Allowed to William Conaway for services as commissioner

No. 21 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as commissioner

Board adjourned.

Dearborn County Commissioners – Jan 1834 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the January 1834 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

January Session 1834

Page 364

Present:

  • William Conaway, 1st district
  • Charles Dashiell, 2nd district

Benjamin Walker filed petition for vacation of a part of town lots of Hartford. Withdrawn.

George Durham – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Sparta Township

Peter Carabough – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Wilmington

George W. Lane & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Duffie and Davidson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and spirituous liquors

 

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Alson Horton – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery in New Lawrenceburg

No. 1 – Allowed to George Beach for killing 2 grown wolves

John Palmer – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors

 

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Petition of sundry citizens of Lawrenceburg Township for erection of new township. Continued.

Harris Fitch – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and to retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburg

Daniel Scranton – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and to retail spirituous liquors at his house in Hartford

George Arnold, 3rd district, took his seat.

No. 2 – Allowed to James Walker, School Commissioner, for services in selling school lands and other items

No. 3 – Allowed to Elial Chaffin, School Trustee, for services in surveying school section 16, Township 5, Range 2 West and making plat of same

 

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William W. Jordan – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise

Oliver Heustis – license to keep a tavern and public house of entertainment and to retail spirituous liquors

No. 4 – Allowed to John Flanigan for supporting Susan Foster and 2 children, paupers

No. 5 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for interest for the use of $220, the price of land purchased for the asylum for the poor

Petition of L. W. Johnson & sundry other freeholders against Hiram Wiley, Justice of Peace, for further and other security.

 

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No. 6 – Allowed to John R. Smith, editor of Western Statesman, for publishing county expose and school commissioners report

Isaac Hancock & Co. – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington

John Godley appointed assessor for Logan Township

James D. Gidney appointed assessor for Kelso Township

Daniel Taylor appointed assessor for Jackson Township

Sewell Plummer appointed assessor for Manchester Township

William Wheeler appointed assessor for Sparta Township

Stephen Green appointed assessor for Laughery Township

George Pate appointed assessor for Cesars Creek Township

 

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Arthur St. Clair Vance appointed assessor for Lawrenceburg Township

John O Neal appointed assessor for Randolph Township

Joseph Woods appointed assessor for Union Township

Pamelia Ritchie – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at her grocery in Aurora

Ordered to be remitted to Isaac Purdy his county tax.

Remonstrance of Stephen Ludlow and others against an alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis. Wanna C. Stevens and Warren Tibbs, commissioners, report as to damages which would accrue to Stephen Ludlow and others.

No. 7 – Allowed to William Dils for wood furnished the court house

 

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Walter Armstrong – Treasurer’s report.

Petition of Little W. Johnson and other citizens against Hiram Wiley, Justice of Peace, for father and other securities. Hiram Wiley to file additional and other security for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and pay costs of this application. William Brown and Enoch D. John, additional securities on bond.

Jesse Hunt – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Lawrenceburg and retail spirituous liquors

No. 8 – Allowed to George Arnold for his services as commissioner

 

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No 9 – Allowed to William Conaway for services as commissioner

No. 10 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for services as commissioner

Board adjourned.

Dearborn County Commissioners – Nov 1833 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the November 1833 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

November Session 1833

Page 347

Present:

  • William Conaway, 1st District
  • Charles Dashiell, 2nd District

William Conaway appointed President for session.

No. 1 – James Roach for keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper

Daniel Bartholomew – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Aurora

William Cullen – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors

Shadrach Hathaway – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun

A. R. Wilber & Co. – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Hartford

Hiram Barker & Co. – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington

 

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Pepper & James – license to retail foreign merchandise

Luther Plummer – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester Township

Caleb A. Craft & Son – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

John Puckner – license to retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors in Kelso Township

No. 2 – Allowed to Edward Williams for keeping Maria Matthews, a pauper

No. 3 – Allowed to Wm. L. Conwell for killing one wolf

No. 4 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for services as associate judge of Dearborn Circuit Court September 1833

No. 5 – Allowed to John McPike for services as associate judge of Dearborn Circuit Court September 1833

No. 6 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, at the Sept Term 1833, [?] of two constables, fixing stove and furnishing part of the stove pipe, firewood, making fires, furnishing grooms, candles &c.

 

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No. 7 – Allowed to Jabez Whipple, constable, attending the Grand Jury, September Term 1833

Allowances for Grand Jurors:

  • No. 8 – Samuel Jelly
  • No. 9 – Zachariah S. Conger
  • No. 10 – Jonathan Vail
  • No. 11 – Jesse Hunt
  • No. 12 – James Babcock
  • No. 13 – Robert Rowe, Sr.
  • No. 14 – Joshua Sanks
  • No. 15 – Cornelius Miller
  • No. 16 – Elisha Cox
  • No. 17 – Joseph Adams
  • No. 18 – Benjamin Walker
  • No. 19 – Thomas Palmer
  • No. 20 – James McGuire
  • No. 21 – Daniel Tapley
  • No. 22 – James Angevine

Allowances for Petit Jurors, September Term 1833:

  • No. 23 – George Grove
  • No. 24 – James McKinney
  • No. 25 – Isaiah Hayes
  • No. 26 – Ebenezer Wood
  • No. 27 – Abraham Eversoll
  • No. 28 – Daniel Hathaway
  • No. 29 – William Marshall
  • No. 30 – Benjamin Gould
  • No. 31 – John Darling
  • No. 32 – Almon Fairbanks
  • No. 33 – Merritt Scoggin
  • No. 34 – Henry Allemong
  • No. 35 – John Billingsley
  • No. 36 – Michael Flake
  • No. 37 – Benjamin Noyes
  • No. 38 – Abraham Roland
  • No. 39 – William Patterson
  • No. 40 – John B. Clarke
  • No. 41 – William Moore
  • No. 42 – Davis Woodward
  • No. 43 – Amos Morris
  • No. 44 – Abel Thompson
  • No. 45 – Michael Trester
  • No. 46 – Asa Smith
  • No. 47 – Abraham Perdun
  • No. 48 – David Conger
  • No. 49 – Henry Bonner
  • No. 50 – John Ferrce
  • No. 51 – George Larrison
  • No. 52 – Mark McCracken
  • No. 53 – William Tucker
  • No. 54 – Isaac Bruce
  • No. 55 – Morgan Welch
  • No. 56 – Albert G. Dils
  • No. 57 – Aaron B. Henry
  • No. 58 – Samuel Frazier
  • No. 59 – James Lyons
  • No. 60 – William Lemon
  • No. 61 – James Cornelius
  • No 62 – James D. Gidney
  • No. 63 – Robert Fowler
  • No. 64 – Squire Watts
  • No. 65 – Daniel Wood
  • No. 66 – Amsted Abbott
  • No. 67 – Benjamin Wilson
  • No. 68 – Elijah D. Reno
  • No. 69 – Isaac Colwell
  • No. 70 – Cornelius S. Cozine
  • No. 71 – Tudor Lucas
  • No. 72 – William R. Pond
  • No. 73 – John Fuller
  • No. 74 – Micah Garey
  • No. 73 [sic] – Joel Beach
  • No. 74 – Jediah Clarke
  • No. 75 – Thomas Bolling
  • No. 76 – Zadock West
  • No. 77 – Enoch Conger
  • No. 78 – David Nevitt
  • No. 79 – Wm. H. Loyd
  • No. 80 – Gorge W. Ward
  • No. 81 – Abijah Bennett
  • No. 82 – John Shook
  • No. 83 – Benjamin Stockman
  • No. 84 – William Tate
  • No. 85 – Henry Hopkins
  • No. 86 – Robert Conaway

 

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No. 87 – Allowed to Dr. Jabez Percival for medicines and attendance to T. B. Preston, a transient pauper

Samuel Cole – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries

No. 88 – Allowed to Elias Conklin, digging a grave for pauper Asenath Steele

No. 89 – Allowed to Spencer West for keeping Asenath Steele, a pauper

No. 90 – Allowed to Micah Garey for keeping Martha Middledich, a pauper

No. 91 – Allowed to John Ferrce for making coffin for Asenath Steele, a pauper

No. 92 – Allowed to James Dill for record book and stationery for clerks office

No. 93 – Allowed to A. U. Dill for office rent

William Tibbetts – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors

 

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William Parvin – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries

No. 94 – Allowed to Davis Weaver for viewing an alteration in the state road leading from Lawrencburg to Madison

No. 95 – Allowed to Elizabeth Duncan for keeping Mary Ann McBride, a pauper

George Arnold, commissioner of District No. 3, took his seat.

No. 96 – Allowed to Dr. John S. Percival for medicines and attendance to Steele’s child, a pauper

No. 97 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for boarding Abm McCullaugh, a prisoner, in jail

No. 98 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for 1000 clapboards for covering brick of poor asylum

No. 99 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for the balance of the 2nd payment due for making brick for poor asylum

No. 100 – Allowed to Daniel Roberts for the last and final payment for making brick for the poor asylum

No. 101 – Allowed to Wm. Purcell for reviewing and reporting an alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis

No. 102 – Allowed to James Walker for similar services as above

 

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No. 103 – Allowed to John Dashiells for similar services as above

No. 104 – Allowed to John Dashiell for reviewing an alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Madison

No. 105 – Allowed to Arthur St. Clair Vance for surveying and platting an alteration in the state road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis

No. 106 – Allowed to James Walker, School Commissioner for advertising elections of school trustees and giving certificates thereof

No. 107 – Allowed to Thomas Porter for record books and taking testimony

No. 108 – Allowed to John Lawrence defending a suit for overseers of the poor June 1833

The papers handed in by Dr. Percival relative to a road near Aurora being so entirely informal, rejected.

William Steel – license to vend foreign merchandise at his store in Sparta Township

Fines returned by Isaac Colwell:

  • George Lewis – assault & battery on B. B. Bonham  – fined $1.00
  • John Walker – assault & battery on John McClary – acquitted
  • John B. Lawrence & Abner Dill – affray at the house of James Lawrence in Jackson Township – fined $1.00 each

 

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Fines returned by Robt Rowe:

  • Sebastian Bover – assault & battery on the body of Francis A. Walliser – fined $2.00

Fines returned by D. Weaver, Laughery Township:

  • John Harwood – fined $1.50
  • Hugh Alexander – fined $1.00
  • Griffin Lawrence – fined $2.00
  • James Boggs – fined $2.00
  • Charles Vattier, fined $3.00
  • Tavner Cheek – fined $6.00
  • Henry Bruce – fined $1.00

 

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Fines returned by John Columbia:

  • Harrison Low – assault & battery on the body of Seven Rigin – fined $1.00
  • Nehemiah Hubbard – assault & battery on the body of Alonzo Bunel – fined $6.00

List of fines returned by Richard Hughes, Jackson Township:

  • John Brush – assault & battery on the body of Jacob Will – fined $3.00
  • David Wilson and Alexander U. R. Hendricks – profane swearing – fined $1.00

 

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George Arnold elected President of board.

Robert Wilber’s account for services rendered as returning Judge of Elections from Laughery Township. Rejected.

Thatcher & Knapp – license to retail foreign merchandise

No. 109 – Allowed to Benjn S. Noble for sundries furnished Thomas Preston, a pauper

No. 110 – Allowed to Dr. John S. Percival for medicine and attendance to T. B. Preston, a pauper

No. 111 – Allowed to Amos Lane, attorney, for defending county in a suit brought by the bank

 

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No. 112 – Allowed to William Dils for lock and fixing the same on jail door

James Cloud – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors

No. 113 – Allowed to Wm. Dil, Sheriff, for serving process in behalf of the county on a suit dismissed

Aaron Faulk – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Aurora

No. 114 – Allowed to James Dill, his extra service as clerk

No. 115 – Allowed to William Dils, Sheriff, for extra services as Sheriff

William Armstrong’s Treasurer’s report.

No. 116 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for monies borrowed by him to pay for the county asylum

 

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James Walker, John Dashill and William Purcell, commissioners, report on proposed alteration in the state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis. Warren Tibbs, John Barrickulow and Ranna C. Stevens appointed to view and report the damages which will accrue to the lands of Stephen Ludlow and Elizabeth Sparks by proposed alteration.

William Allen, owner and proprietor of a mill and mill dam on Laughrey Creek, claims to be allowed damages assessed by a Jury of Inquest for damages he would sustain by complying with laws relating to erecting mill dams. Claim rejected and appealed.

 

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Fines assessed by John Saltmarsh:

  • Charles Brasher – assault & battery – fined $1.00
  • George Cheek – assault & battery – fined $1.00
  • Henry Bruce – assault & battery – fined $1.00
  • William Priest – assault & battery – fined $1.00
  • Elias Tunny – assault & battery – fined $1.00
  • William Daniel – assault & battery – fined $1.00

Fines assessed by James W. Hunter:

  • Benjamin Rena – assault on Jacob Frazee – fined $1.00
  • Robert Robertson – on complaint of Benjamin Conner – assault & battery – fined $1.00
  • James Dill – on complaint of John Lawrence – assault & battery – fined $1.00

 

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No. 117 – Allowed to William Conaway for his services as commissioners

No. 118 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for his services as commissioners

No. 119 – Allowed to George Arnold for services as commissioner

No. 120 – Allowed to George Arnold for service as commissioner

 

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No. 121 – Allowed to William Conaway for service as commissioner

No. 122 – Allowed to Charles Dashiell for service as commissioner

No. 123 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for service as commissioner

No. 124 – Allowed to William Conaway for extra services inspecting brick for poor asylum

Account of expenditures and receipts.

 

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[Continued.]

Dearborn County Commissioners – Sep 1833 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1833 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

September Session 1833

Page 336

Present:

  • William Conaway
  • Charles Dashiell, elected in the room of Mark McCracken, 2nd District

William Conaway elected president pro tem.

No. 1 – Allowed to Merritt Hubble, Commissioner, for laying out a state road

No. 2 – Allowed to John Whitehead, Commissioner, for laying out above road

No. 3 – Allowed to George Waldrof, Commissioner, for laying out the above road

No. 4 – Allowed to Solomon Allen for surveying and making return of above road

No. 5 – Allowed to Jeremiah Crosby as chain carrier on above road

No. 6 – Allowed to Joshua Riely as chain carrier on the above road

 

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Merrit Hubble – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors

Albert Dils – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his shop in Lawrenceburg

Cyrus Mills, commissioner of state road leading from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis, filed bond.

Little W. Johnson – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise

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

No. 7 – Allowed to Dr. M. H. Harding for medicine and attendance to Ann Gay, a pauper

No. 8 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for keeping Mary Orchard, a pauper

No. 9 – Allowed to Mary Muir for keeping and boarding Rebecca Coosenberry, a pauper

 

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No. 10 – Allowed to James Vansickle for boarding and keeping Mary Ann McBride, a pauper

No. 11 – Allowed to John S. Percival, coroner, for holding an inquest on the body of a drowned man unknown

No. 12 – Allowed to Jabez Percival, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 13 – Asa Shattuck, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 14 – John Langley, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 15 – Joseph Boone, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 16 – Ira Wright, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 17 – Elias Conklin, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 18 – Edward Fairchild, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 19 – John Cothers, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 20 – Titus Beckworth, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 21 – A. R. Runion, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 22 – Hiram Wright, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 23 – Jabez Whipple, Juror on the above Inquest

No. 24 – Elijah H. Sparks for informing coroner and as a witness on the above inquest

No. 25 – Allowed to Thomas Horsley for digging grave and burying corpse

No. 26 – Allowed to William P. Richardson for his support

 

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Albert G. Sanders – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery in Lawrenceburg

Treasurer’s report.

Levi North – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery in Randolph Township

John M. Barker – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery store in Rising Sun

 

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J. M. Allen and Eggleston – license to vend and retail foreign and domestic merchandise at their store in Cesars Creek Township

No. 27 – Allowed to Laban Bramble for killing a wolf under 6 months

Caleb A. Craft, commissioner for building a bridge over Arnold’s Creek, filed bond.

No. 28 – Allowed to Ezra Ferris for medicine and attendance to William P. Richardson and John Fancher, two paupers

No. 29 – Allowed to Spencer West for keeping and supporting Alenath Steele, an infant pauper

James Thompson and David Shane file allowance for detecting and bringing from Louisville, Truman Hubble, a horse thief. Rejected.

 

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Decoursey & Richardson – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

Edward S. Bush – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise

James Lawrence – license to keep a grocery and vend and retail foreign groceries and liquors at his grocery in Jackson Township

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

 

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David Gerard – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his grocery in Harrison

Isaac Lathrop – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in New Lawrenceburg

W. W. Jordan – license to retail and vend foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester Township

No. 30 – Allowed to Isaac Dunn for his services as associate Judge March Term 1833

No. 31 – Allowed to John McPike, associate Judge

Isaac Reed filed account claiming for services for capturing a horse thief. Rejected.

Daniel Roberts presents claim for burning and making 100,000 bricks for asylum for the poor. Third payment refused as contract not fulfilled.

 

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No. 32 – Allowed to John Shook for fixing benches and making sundry other repairs to Court House

James A. Walton, Justice of Peace for Randolph Township, handed in return of an Inquest by him held on the body of Elizabeth Way of Randolph Township, who came to her death by hanging. Claim rejected.

No. 33 – Allowed to Jesse Hunt for repairs made to the jail.

No. 34 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for boarding sundry prisoners in the jail

 

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Robert Haddock – license to keep a grocery at his house in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 35 – Allowed to James Dill for record book and stationery for clerk’s office

No. 36 – Allowed to Thomas Porter, recorder, for sundry services recording deeds and bonds

No. 37 – Allowed to Mark McCracken for money advanced by him to Daniel Roberts and Zebulon M. Roberts and 6% interest

Ordered that coroner advertise sale of property on the body of Thomas Wilkinson, a drowned man.

No. 38 – Allowed to Ebenezer B. Olmsted for guarding jail

No. 39 – Allowed to William Conaway for three days services as Commissioner

No. 40 – Allowed to Charles Dashiel for three days services as Commissioner

Ordered clerk to procure transcript of state road from Lawrenceburg to Indianapolis.

 

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Haines & Lanius – license to vend and retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

Petition of Ulysses Cooke, Arthur St. Clair Vance, and 24 freeholders for alteration of state road. James Walker, John Dashiell and William Purcell to view and report on alterations.

No. 41 – Allowed to Ulysses Cooke for guarding the jail

William Dils, Sheriff, presents account for guarding the jail, chopping firewood, order to be allowed to Richard Orchard. Rejected.

 

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Zadak West presented account for keeping an infant pauper. Rejected.

Board adjourned.