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Mount Sterling Lists of Letters – 1832

Mount Sterling, Switzerland County, Indiana lists of letters for 1832 appeared in:

Weekly Messenger – 6 Oct 1832 – Page 3, Column 2; 13 Oct 1832 – Page 3, Column 2; 20 Oct 1832 – Page 1, Column 3; 27 Oct 1832 – Page 1, Column 4

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the post office at Mount Sterling, Indiana, on the 30th of September, 1832; if not taken out in three months, they will be sent to the general post office, as dead letters.

  • Daniel Burcham
  • John F. Cotton
  • Ira Everdens
  • Christopher Peelman
  • John Wilson
  • Hugh Cochran
  • Jesse Cofer
  • Luther Gillmore
  • John Reece

E. PERNET, post master
Mount Sterling, October 2

Switzerland County Revolutionary War Pensioners – 1832

The following list of Revolutionary War pensioners in Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Weekly Messenger – 4 Sep 1832 – Page 3, Column 2

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
The following Revolutionary soldiers, residing in Switzerland county, have applied for pensions, under the act of congress of June 7, 1832.

Names Age Residence
Arthur Andrews 68 Pennsylvania
Thomas Ayres 77 New Jersey
William Coy 76 Maryland
Griffith Dickinson 72 Virginia
Robert Gullion 63 Maryland
Daniel Heath 72 New York
Ebenezer Humphreys 69 Massachusetts
William Kelly 77 Pennsylvania
John Leap 74 Pennsylvania
Thomas Lewis 68 Virginia
Isaac Levi 82 Kentucky
Norman B Magruder 68 Maryland
Roderick Moore 71 Connecticut
Thomas Mounts 68 Maryland
Solomon Nighswanger 76 Virginia
Thomas Porter 71 Connecticut
David Reamer 78 New Jersey
Winthrop Robinson 71 New Hampshire
John Roberts 77 New Jersey
John Shaddy 78 North Carolina
John Shupe 68 Pennsylvania

Vevay Lists of Letters – 1832

Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana lists of letters for 1832 appeared in:

Weekly Messenger – 10 Jul 1832 – Page 3, Column 2; 17 Jul 1832 – Page 4, Column 4; 24 Jul 1832 – Page 1, Column 3

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the post-office at VEVAY, Ia. on the 30th of June, 1832; which, if not taken out before the 1st of October next, will be sent to the General Post Office, as dead letters.

  • John Buckhanon
  • Henry Banta
  • Henry D Banta
  • James Balph
  • Richard Burns
  • Levi Beckley
  • Edward Brashear
  • Nathaniel S Balph
  • George Craig
  • Wm B Chamberlin
  • Benoit Courvoisier
  • Sarah Coy
  • R N Cochran
  • Clerk of S. C. C.
  • A B Dumont
  • John Dunn
  • Benj Detraz
  • Elizabeth Dillman
  • A C Forbes
  • Dickerson Fox
  • Elisha Golay
  • Mr. Gaudin
  • Joseph Gray
  • Charles Grimes
  • Wm J Griffith
  • Melinda Hume
  • Charles Henderson
  • John Hawkins
  • Benj Hildebrand
  • Samuel Henry
  • Wm Huckleberry
  • Isaac Hockersmith
  • Nathan Hadlock
  • Richard Holdcraft or W Dickerson
  • George A Jackson
  • Samuel Krall
  • James Killen
  • Francis Lindley
  • Malory Lancaster
  • Thomas Lewis
  • John Leap
  • William Lineback
  • Thomas McCormick
  • John Miller
  • William Northcott
  • Levi Orom
  • Chs. Obertcuffer
  • Joseph Orr
  • Ellen J Patton
  • John Pavey
  • Wm O Powell
  • Henry Rogers
  • Joshua Smithson
  • Hugh Spears
  • John Shoop
  • Hezekiah Seymour
  • Frederick Schmeidt
  • J F Seibenthall
  • Joseph Short
  • Thomas H Smith
  • Francis Schoonover
  • James N Taylor
  • Joseph Thompson
  • Joseph Thrasher
  • James Terry
  • Edward Violet
  • Eliza Whitney
  • David Walker

JOHN F. DUFOUR, P.M.
Vevay, July 1, 1832

Weekly Messenger – 27 Oct 1832 – Page 3, Column 3

LETTERS.
For the information of our subscribers, we inform the following persons, that on the first day of this month, there were letters addressed to them, in the VEVAY post office. We would have notified them long since, if we had been furnished with a list.

  • Squire Beal
  • Robert Bakes
  • John R Cotton
  • William Cotton
  • Benjamin Cole
  • John Elam
  • John Fox
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Abijah H. Grimes
  • Charles D. Gullion
  • Colin Kennedy
  • Noah Lester
  • William McCullough
  • H. Banta, Sheriff
  • James H. Scott
  • William Smith

October 27.

Printer’s Retreat Lists of Letters – 1832

Printer’s Retreat, Switzerland County, Indiana lists of letters for 1832 appeared in:

Weekly Messenger – 10 Jul 1832 – Page 3, Column 2; 17 Jul 1832 – Page 4, Column 4; 24 Jul 1832 – Page 1, Column 3

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Printer’s Retreat post office, on the 30th of June, 1832.

  • Samuel Butler
  • John Buttles
  • James Brown
  • Schuyler Burns
  • Isaac Chamberlain
  • Thomas Cole
  • Daniel Cole
  • Lewis A Clark
  • John Dickinson
  • John F. Doan
  • Enos Ellis
  • Ira Everden
  • Joseph Hayes
  • Peter Harper
  • George A. Jackson
  • Enos Littlefield
  • David Lestre
  • L. Montgomery
  • Joseph McHenry, Esq.
  • Henry McMakin
  • Lawrence Nihell
  • John Nelson
  • John H. Perley
  • Stephen G. Peabody
  • Jonah Stow
  • Hezekiah Seymour
  • Jacob Shuff
  • Hezekiah Sprague
  • John Tague
  • Jeremiah Thomas
  • Newton H. Tapp
  • Joel Wilson
  • Rev. A. Wiley
  • Nathan Waldren
  • George W. Waldron

The above letters if not taken out within three months, will be sent to the General Post Office, as dead letters.
WILLIAM C. KEEN, P.M.
Printer’s Retreat, July 1.

Switzerland County Newspaper Notices – 1832

The following notices appeared in Switzerland County, Indiana newspapers in 1832.

Weekly Messenger – 3 Jul 1832 – Page 3, Column 4

Information Wanted.
John Bland, aged 38 or 39 years, born in Centre county, Pennsylvania, was bound an apprentice to a Mr. Sutherland, a tailor, in Washington, Ky. In 1815 or 1816—and was afterwards apprenticed to a cabinet maker named Reed or Reedea, in Augusta, Ky. He left Augusta in 1818 or 1819—and descended the Ohio river; since which time, his father has hird no tidings of him. Any information respecting him, will be thankfully received by his aged parents, directed to Vevay, Indiana.
HENRY BLAND
ELIZABETH BLAND
Jefferson township, June 17.

Weekly Messenger – 3 Jul 1832 – Page 3, Column 4

NOTICE.
All persons are forbid harboring my wife ELIZABETH BOWMAN, or trusting her on my account, as I will prosecute them for harboring her, and not pay any debts of her contracting after this date—she having left my bed and board without any cause.
JOHN BOWMAN
Posey township, June 29, 1832

Those persons who assisted to plunder my house in my absence, will hear from me again when the Grand Jury of our county is in session.
JOHN BOWMAN.

Allensville List of Letters – 1831

Allensville, Switzerland County, Indiana list of letters for 1831 appeared in:

Weekly Messenger – 18 Oct 1831 – Page 3, Column 1; 25 Oct 1831 – Page 4, Column 3; 1 Nov 1831 – Page 4, Column 3

LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the post office at Allenville on the 30th day of September 1831.

  • Matthew Hedges
  • George Lorentz
  • Isabella McClay

GEORGE RICHMOND, P.M.
Allenville, October 1.

Switzerland County Newspaper Notices – 1831

The following notice appeared in Switzerland County, Indiana newspapers in 1831.

Weekly Messenger – 11 Oct 1831 – Page 3, Column 2; 18 Oct 1831 – Page 3, Column 2

MARGARET M’BETH,
Daughter of the late JAMES McBETH, deceased, late of Cotton township, Switzerland county, Indiana,

TAKE NOTICE,
THAT I shall take the depositions of your brother Francis McBeth, and of your sisters Jane Brierton and Ann Harrison, at the office of Thomas Cole, a justice of the peace, residing in said Cotton township, on Saturday, the 19th of November, 1831, at noon, relative to your age, at this time; when and where you may attend if you think proper. The object of those depositions is to show that you was of full age when you executed a certain bond to Seth Sprague, in Boone county, Kentucky, for a small piece of land, laying and being in the township, county and state aforesaid—being the same piece of land, left to you by your father in his will.

WILLIAM DICKINSON
Cotton township, October 9.

Switzerland County Newspaper Notices – 1817

The following notices appeared in Switzerland County, Indiana newspapers in 1817.

Indiana Register – 25 Nov 1817 – Page 1, Column 4

Notice.
WHEREAS, my wife Mary Platt has eloped from my bed and board without cause; this is to forbid all persons from harboring or trusting her on my account.
Nov. 19.
NATHAN PLATT

Indiana Register – 25 Nov 1817 – Page 1, Column 4

TAKE NOTICE.
HAVING heard my name made general use of as one of a gang of horse-thieves, counterfeiters, &c., in the neighborhood of Quercus Grove, Ind. I take this method of informing the public that the report is utterly false, as I am an entire stranger to the circumstance, as well as to the characters supposed to be my associates.

I am a native of Massachusetts; came to Cincinnati, O. in 1815; resided there till July last, then came into this state, and had not even heard of the circumstance, until rumored about thro’ the neighborhood and my name made use of as one of the party.

CYRUS CUTTER.
Nov. 11, 1817.

Switzerland County Probate Records on Ancestry.com

The following is a guide to the probate records for Switzerland County, Indiana available on Ancestry.com in their collection “Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999.” On the right side of the page, choose the county and then record set. The below guide shows the the digital image for the beginning of each book.

Visit the Switzerland County Probate Records Page to find online indexes and abstract books available from Indiana’s Gore.

Will Books contain all recorded wills.
Probate Order Books contain Probate Court business.
Complete Probate Record Books contain compiled probate records when the probate is closed. It may not contain every probate or all records.

Will Books

Book Image Set Start Index Start
1 (1823-1847) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 1, 1823-1847 Image 1 Image 3
2 (1847-1849) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 2, 1847-1859 Image 1 Image 3
3 (1859-1866) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 3, 1859-1866 Image 1 Image 3
3 cont. (1866-1877) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 3, 1866-1877 Image 8 (p.120) See above
4 (1877-1896) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 4, 1877-1896 Image 1 Image 3
5 (1876-1919) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 5, 1876-1919 Image 1 Image 3
6 (1920-1935) Will Records, Circuit Court, Vol 6, 1920-1935 Image 5 Image 10

Probate Order Books

Book Image Set Start Index Start
1 (1814-1824) Probate Order Book, Vol 1, 1814-1824, 1831-1837 and 1837-1841 Image 2 Image 144
1831-1837 Probate Order Book, Vol 1, 1814-1824, 1831-1837 and 1837-1841 Image 156 Image 417
1837-1843 Probate Order Book, Vol 1, 1814-1824, 1831-1837 and 1837-1841 Image 430 Image 432
1837-1843 cont. Probate Order Book, 1841-1843; Probate Order Book, 1843-1849; Probate Order Book, 1849-1853 Image 3 (p. 400) See above
1849-1853 Probate Order Book, 1841-1843; Probate Order Book, 1843-1849; Probate Order Book, 1849-1853 Image 87 Image 89
1849-1853 Probate Order Book, 1841-1843; Probate Order Book, 1843-1849; Probate Order Book, 1849-1853 Image 385 Image 387
1 (1853-1857) Probate Order Book, Vol 1, 1853-1857; Probate Order Book, Vol 2, 1857-1862 Image 3 Image 8
2 (1857-1862) Probate Order Book, Vol 1, 1853-1857; Probate Order Book, Vol 2, 1857-1862 Image 315 Image 317
3 (1863-1857) Probate Order Book, Vol 3, 1863-1867; Probate Order Book 4, 1867-1871 Image 3 Image 9
4 (1867-1871) Probate Order Book, Vol 3, 1863-1867; Probate Order Book 4, 1867-1871 Image 324 Image 326
5 (1871-1872) Probate Order Book, Vol 5, 1871-1872 Image 3 Image 8
6 (1873-1876) Probate Order Book, Vol 6, 1873-1876; Probate Order Book, Vol 7, 1876-1878 Image 3 Image 8
7 (1876-1878) Probate Order Book, Vol 6, 1873-1876; Probate Order Book, Vol 7, 1876-1878 Image 308 Image 310
8 (1880-1881) Probate Order Book, Vol 8, 1878-1879; Probate Order Book, Vol 9, 1880-1881 Image 3 Image 8
9 (1880-1881) Probate Order Book, Vol 8, 1878-1879; Probate Order Book, Vol 9, 1880-1881 Image 334 Image 336
10 (1881-1883) Probate Order Book, Vol 10, 1881-1883; Probate Order Book, Vol 11, 1883-1885 Image 3 Image 8
11 (1883-1885) Probate Order Book, Vol 10, 1881-1883; Probate Order Book, Vol 11, 1883-1885 Image 318 Image 320
12 (1885-1887) Probate Order Book, Vol 12, 1885-1887; Probate Order Book, Vol 13, 1887-1889 Image 3 Image 8
13 (1887-1889) Probate Order Book, Vol 12, 1885-1887; Probate Order Book, Vol 13, 1887-1889 Image 303 Image 305
14 (1889-1891) Probate Order Book, Vol 14, 1889-1891; Probate Order Book, Vol 15, 1891-1893 Image 3 Image 8
15 (1891-1893) Probate Order Book, Vol 14, 1889-1891; Probate Order Book, Vol 15, 1891-1893 Image 336 Image 338
16 (1893-1896) Probate Order Book, Vol 16, 1893-1896; Probate Order Book, Vol 17, 1896-1898 Image 3 Image 8
17 (1896-1898) Probate Order Book, Vol 16, 1893-1896; Probate Order Book, Vol 17, 1896-1898 Image 341 Image 343
18 (1898-1902) Probate Order Book, Vol 18, 1898-1902; Probate Order Book, Vol 19, 1902-1905 Image 3 Image 8
19 (1902-1905) Probate Order Book, Vol 18, 1898-1902; Probate Order Book, Vol 19, 1902-1905 Image 322 Image 324
20 (1906-1909) Probate Order Book, Vol 20, 1906-1909; Probate Order Book, Vol 21, 1909-1915 Image 3 Image 8
21 (1909-1915) Probate Order Book, Vol 20, 1906-1909; Probate Order Book, Vol 21, 1909-1915 Image 340 Image 342
22 (1915-1919) Probate Order Book, Circuit Court, Vol 22, 1915-1919 Image 3 Image 8
23 (1919-1923) Probate Order Book, Circuit Court, Vol 23, 1919-1923 Image 6 Image 12

Complete Probate Records

Book Image Set Start
 Index Start
 A (1827-1834) Probate Record Vol A, 1827-1834 Image 3 Image 265
B (1835-1837) Probate Record, Vol B, 1835-1837 Image 1 Image 3
C (1837-1844) Probate Record, Vol C, 1837-1844; Probate Record, Vol D, 1844-1848 Image 3 Image 8
D (1844-1848) Probate Record, Vol C, 1837-1844; Probate Record, Vol D, 1844-1848 Image 327 Image 329
C (1848-1850) Probate Record, Vol C, 1848-1850; Probate Record 1850-1853 Image 3 Image 9
1850-1853 Probate Record, Vol C, 1848-1850; Probate Record 1850-1853 Image 315 N/A
1 (1853-1855) Probate Record, Vol 1, 1853-1855; Probate Record, Vol 1, 1853-1856 Image 3 Image 9
1 (1853-1856) Probate Record, Vol 1, 1853-1855; Probate Record, Vol 1, 1853-1856 Image 395 Image 397
1856-1868 Complete Probate Records, Court of Common Pleas, 1857-1860 Image 1 Image 3
3 (1868-1872) Complete Probate Records, Court of Common Pleas, Vol 3, 1868-1872 Image 5 Image 10
4 (1864-1871) Probate Complete Record, Vol 4, 1864-1871; Probate Complete Record, Vol 5, 1871-1872 Image 3 Image 8
5 (1871-1872) Probate Complete Record, Vol 4, 1864-1871; Probate Complete Record, Vol 5, 1871-1872 Image 315 Image 317
5 (1871-1872) Complete Probate Records, Court of Common Pleas, 1871-1872 Image 1 Image 3
A (1873-1876) Probate Complete Record, Vol A, 1873-1876; Probate Complete Record, Vol B, 1876-1884 Image 3 Image 8
B (1876-1884) Probate Complete Record, Vol A, 1873-1876; Probate Complete Record, Vol B, 1876-1884 Image 297 Image 299
C (1884-1888) Probate Complete Record, Vol C, 1884-1888; Probate Complete Record, Vol D, 1888-1890 Image 3 Image 8
D (1888-1891) Probate Complete Record, Vol C, 1884-1888; Probate Complete Record, Vol D, 1888-1890 Image 305 Image 307
E (1890-1896) Probate Complete Record, Vol E, 1890-1896; Probate Complete Record, Vol F, 1897-1905 Image 3 Image 8
F (1897-1905) Probate Complete Record, Vol E, 1890-1896; Probate Complete Record, Vol F, 1897-1905 Image 326 Image 328
G (1905-1947) Probate Complete Record, Vol G, 1905-1947 Image 3 Image 8

Switzerland County Circuit Court – May 1901

Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 30 May 1901 – Page 5, Column 2

Court Report.

CIVIL.

Eliza J. Lee vs. James W. Ferguson et als; for partition; F. M. Griffith and C. S. Tandy; appraisers, found real estate not susceptible to division; Geo. S. Pleasants appointed Commissioner to sell.

Lodica Stephenson vs. Ellen Smith et al; for partition; William Stewart appointed commissioner to sell real estate and report next term.

James A. VanOsdol, guardian of Robert A. VanOsdol vs. minor heir of Robert B. Littlefield vs. Clifton Littlefield et als; for partition; William H. McKay, the county surveyor, James M. Scott and Charles Dibble appointed commissioners; their report approved.

State ex rel L. J. Woollen, county auditor, vs. Eugene Tardy et al. For partition, William H. McKay, the county surveyor, Daniel Trafelet and David Allen appointed commissioners to partition; report of partition approved.

The Grand Jury reported they had been in session two days, examined 31 witnesses, and returned 8 indictments.

Stela McAllister, James McAllister vs. Virginia C. Barton, Ira Cooper, Eliza J. McCreary, et al; final entry. Joseph D. Froman and Samuel McCreary appointed appraisers, and Carroll S. Tandy commissioner to sell real estate.

William H. Dow vs. Michael Gray et al; foreclosure; finding for defendant.

Minnie Potter et al vs. Albert W. Brown; for partition; J. D. Froman, F. M. Griffith and Geo. B. Hall appointed Commissioners and their report approved by the Court.

Tabitha Cayton vs. William Cayton; for divorce; granted.

Loring S. Dufour vs. Dora W. Dufour; divorce; granted and plaintiff given custody of Wilfred Dufour, conditioned on defendant having the privilege of visiting the child on proper occasions.

Three cases of indictment for profanity were dismissed.

The Madison Brewing Co. vs. Frank Coleman et al; on account; judgment for $126.70.

John L. Muret vs. Robert W. Scott; on contract; after trial commenced plaintiff dismissed case at his own cost.

William H. Dow vs. Martha Gray et al; for partition; settled by mutual agreement of parties and approved by court.

 

PROBATE.

The following official acts of the clerk during vacation were approved.

The appointment of Jos. E. Allen as administrator of estate of Pearl Allen, deceased.

Appointment of Oliver D. Cunningham admr. estate of Jesse Andrews, decd.

Appointment of Isaac C. Briggs admr. estate of Henry Morton.

Probate of will of Nancy Maples, decd.

Taking new bond in guardianship of Johnson Stark et als, A. J. Cole, guardian.

Estate of Samuel E. Smith, Louisa Smith widow; estate under $500. Set off to widow.

Estate of Abner Stephnson, Wm. E. Stewart, admr.; report of sale personal property; approved.

Guardianship of Albert D. Reeves, Thos. J. Bliss admr.; partial report; approved.

Guardianship of Rodolph M. Golay, John Shaw, admr.; account current; approved.

Same. Petition for order to purchase tile and construct drain on lands; granted.

Appointment of Flora B. Morrison as admx. of estate of Jas. B. Morrison, was approved.

The last will of Henry J. Dibble was admitted to probate.

Isaac H. Littlefield was appointed admr. of estate of Eli Croxton.

Guardianship of Jennie Stark, Volle O. Stark, et al. A. J. Cole, guardian; account current; approved.

Guardianship of Neva B. Lock et als, John A. Lock guard.; account current; approved.

Guardianship of Auralia Falbre, F. M. Griffith, guard.; partial report; approved.

Guardianship of Franklin Bradley, insane, F. M. Griffith, guard.; partial report approved.

Lucian Harris was appointed guard. of Leo Anderson.

Guardianship of Lewis Detraz et al Eliza J. Detraz guard.; final report approved and guard. discharged.

Guardianship of Charles Hayes et al, C. S. Tandy, guard.; final report; approved and guardian discharged.

The will of Marth J. Smith was admitted to probate.

Guardianship of Benton Harris, Jas. Fagg guardian; petition to sell real estate; granted.