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Ohio County Marshal’s Sale – September 1848

Ohio County, Indiana Marshal’s Sale on 16 September 1848 from:
The Indiana Whig – 5 Aug 1848 – Page 3, Column 3

Marshal’s Sale for Taxes

Notice is hereby given, that I, George B. Hall, Marshal of the city of Rising Sun, in the county of Ohio and State of Indiana, have levied on the following described lots, pieces and parcells of ground within said city, and shall on the 16th day of September, 1848, at the Mayor’s Office in said city, between the hours of 10 o’clock, a. m. and 4 o’clock, p. m., proceed to sell such lots, pieces and parcels of ground, according to law, for the non-payment of taxes, damages, costs and charges due said city, to-wit:

[Refer to original article for list of whom assessed, No. of lots & description, and Am’t of Tax]

  • Avoy, Benjamin
  • Arthurs, Wm
  • Athearn, Prince A
  • Baldwin, Eunice
  • Beauman and Rush
  • Bovard, Robert
  • Barricklow, Wm
  • Barricklow, Mrs. M.
  • Barkshire, G W
  • Berkshire, Samuel
  • Bois, Mrs
  • Blair, Robert
  • Best, Samuel jr
  • Hockburn, Jacob
  • Craft, Caleb A
  • Curry, Wm
  • Close, Elizabeth
  • Craft, George H
  • Calkins Benjamin
  • Cutter Mrs
  • Clark Nathaniel
  • Craft John R
  • Corpenter George
  • Clement James
  • Dugle James
  • Davis P L
  • Dugle William
  • Dodd Mrs L
  • Espey Hugh
  • Fisher Jacob
  • Gravener John
  • Gould Benjamin
  • Grace Daniel
  • Grace Timothy
  • Hoover Ab
  • Hartgrove Wm
  • Hall Wm F
  • Knutz Jacob
  • Larew John
  • Larew Jacob
  • Lindsey Tho
  • Longworth Nicholas
  • Lanius Wm
  • Lanius and Athearn
  • Lanias John
  • Morrison James
  • Morfeet Charlott
  • McKnight John
  • Martin Dennis
  • McGowen George
  • Lynn Le Roy W
  • Morgan and Haines
  • Meeker Wm
  • Noble Mrs
  • North Royal F
  • Plummer Jane
  • Puglsey John
  • Pratt Daniel D
  • Purdy Thomas
  • Pierson John W
  • O’Neal Wm
  • O’Neal John H
  • Scott Samuel
  • Shaw David
  • Shaffer Nicholas
  • Sloan Uriah
  • Stopher Jacob
  • Scothelm Joseph
  • Sink Wm B
  • Seward Joshua
  • Spores Zepheniah
  • Spores Wm
  • Smith James and John
  • Spores Levi
  • Scott John
  • Stewart John
  • Thompson Matthias
  • Totten John
  • Talbott, Lynn and Craft
  • Tudsbury Frank
  • Wilson Perry
  • White and Martin

GEORGE B BALL, Marshal.
Mayor’s Office, city of Rising Sun, August 3d, 1848.

BLM Tract Book Guide for Indiana’s “Gore”

Lands in Indiana’s “Gore” were sold at the Cincinnati Land Office. The Bureau of Land Management Tract Books are available for free in FamilySearch’s collection “United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908.”

The collection is not indexed, but the images can be browsed. The lands in Indiana’s “Gore” are available in volumes 11-16 of the Cincinnati, Ohio land office. Download the guide below to make it easier to locate the entry of your ancestor.

Indiana Lands Tract Book Index (PDF)