Dearborn County Commissioners – Jun 1851 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the June 1851 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 5

June Session 1851

Page 169

Present:

  • Jonathan Hallowell
  • Zera Vinson
  • William S. Ward

Allowed to Josiah Rewland for catching drowned man, making coffin and expenses burying said man

Allowed to Jonathan Ross for making barn frame for County Asylum Farm and making coffin for Hannah White, a pauper

Joseph Feger – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

Leonard Gearhart – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

Allowed to William Horner for assessing Logan Township

Allowed to John Kyle, Jr., and John Smith for visiting County Asylum

 

Page 170

Report of John Kyle, Jr., and John Smith, visitors to County Asylum.

Paupers of Asylum:

  • Philip Snyder
  • John Flannagan
  • Sophia Hervey
  • Elizabeth Love
  • Edmund Nowland
  • Winney Flannagan
  • Ann Gay
  • Albert Hunter
  • John Nehemiah, wife and 2 children
  • Heziah Dail and 2 children
  • Abigail Sullivan and 1 child
  • 2 idiots

Removed:

  • Levi Garrison and wife left April 2
  • Matilda Russell left April 30
  • Geo Webb left May 20

Died:

  • Hannah White died March 23

 

Allowed to Hamilton Conaway for assessing Clay Township

Allowed to William Lemmon for assessing Caesars Creek Township

Allowed to John Fenimore for assessing Laughery Township

 

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Allowed to William L. Hansell for assessing Miller Township

Allowed to William H. Bannister for assessing Jackson Township

Allowed to Samuel J. Johnson for assessing Centre Township

Allowed to Joseph Weitzel for assessing York Township

Allowed to Andrew Lonergan for assessing Kelso Township

Joseph Weizel – license to keep a grocery in York Township

Richard D. Slater, citizen of York Township, presented remonstrance of John Weinberger and others for additional precinct.

 

Page 172

Allowed to William Winkley for making two bones for drowned man in Centre Township

Allowed to Wilson L. Wheeler for assessing Sparta Township

Stephen Livingston – license to keep a store in Wilmington, Laughery Township

Allowed to C. R. Campbell as assistant assessor

Allowed to Enoch W. Jackson as assistant assessor

Allowed to John Mahoney as assistant assessor

Allowed to Isaac T. Cole as assistant assessmor

 

Page 173

Allowed to Brown & Goble for printing blanks and Coroner’s Inquest

Allowed to Michael Shum for digging graves and burying two men found drowned in Ohio River

Allowed to Moses Tebbs for assessing in Harrison Township

Allowed to John W. Dawson for use of Ragan Philbrook and others for services rendered burying drowned man and making coffin &c.

Lapish & Sellers – license to keep a store in Harrison Township

John Netters – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

 

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Levin B. Lewis – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

Chambers & Co. – license to keep a store in Centre Township

George Cornelius presents petition for road in Laughery and Sparta Townships. Land of Samuel B. Wood, George Cornelius, James Carbaugh, Benjamin Brewington, Jacob Welhoff, John Spidall, Elizabeth Carbaugh, Seth Buffington, Thomas Hubbard, Mrs. Goulding. Petition signed by: George Cornelius, John Christy, Johue Buffington, Jacob Welhoff, Seth Buffington, Peter Hennegan, James Carbaugh, Daniel H. Wood, Samuel R. Wood, R. H. Givan, E. Chaffin, Benj. Brewington, WM. G. Marshall. John Columbia, William Armstrong and John Teney appointed viewers.

 

Page 175

Michael Steinmetz – license to keep a tavern in York Township

Mary Kisler – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township

 

Page 176

Elias Heustis – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

Maurice Keump – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

G. Cloud – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

Allowed to James Aiken for potatoes for County Asylum

Allowed to John Akins for oats for County Asylum

 

Page 177

Joshua Brewington – license to keep a store in Laughery Township

James D. Bowen – license to keep a store in Sparta Township

Hugh Scott – license to keep a store in York Township

Allowed to John Sawdon as keeper of County Asylum

William Green – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

Allowed to James C. Cordry for articles for paupers at County Asylum

Allowed to Daniel Roberts for articles for paupers at County Asylum

Allowed to Platt & Eldridge for articles for County Asylum

 

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Allowed to John B. Clark for articles for County Asylum

Allowed to Joseph Johnson for articles for County Asylum

Allowed to Edward Clements for articles for County Asylum

Allowed to Edwin Canfield for assessing

Allowed to George W. Lane for publishing notices of Coroner’s Inquest

Allowed to A. J. Gray for collecting money from D. Rice for exhibiting a circus in Aurora

John W. Dawson – license to keep a store in York Township

Norval Sparkes – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

Joseph Antrim – license to keep a store in Miller Township

 

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Ferris McCullough & Co. – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

J. H. Watkins – license to keep a store in Laughery Township

William O’Brien – license to keep a store in Jackson Township

R. P. Squibb – license to keep a store in Centre Township

Elrodd & Sewell – license to keep a store

Joseph West – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

Allowed to Thomas Wright for arresting horse thief

 

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William Swift – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

George Bittman – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

Jacob Gebhartt – license to keep a tavern in Kelso Township

George Bittman – license to keep a store in Kelso Township

 

Page 181

Jacob Morrison’s account.

Allowed to Theodore Gazlay for making five maps of Township for assessors

Allowed to A. W. Smith for repairs made to jail

 

Page 182

Allowed to Jonathan Tibbets for assessing Manchester Township

William Turner – license to keep a store in Sparta Township

Allowed to Samuel Osgood for extra services as Sheriff

Allowed to Delzell & Co. for books for Clerk’s office

Allowed to Michael Lang for repairs made to Clerk’s office

Allowed to Applegate & Co. for stationery for Clerk’s and Auditor’s office

Allowed to William Sheets for books for Recorder’s and Auditor’s office

Allowed to James Partlow for conveying drowned man to graveyard

Allowed to Thomas Lampkin for conveying drowned man to graveyard

Allowed to Tidings & White for bringing body of a man found in Ohio River to shore

 

Page 183

Allowed to George Porter for bringing body of drowned man found in Ohio River to shore

Allowed to John Shoemake for coffin and burying Henry Davis, a pauper of Manchester Township

Assessment adjustments.

 

Page 184

Allowed to John Scott for services on County Asylum farm

Allowed to George B. Fitch as assessor

Allowed to Henry Boese for making tables and desks for Clerk’s office

Allowed to Daniel Conaway for assessing

 

Page 185

Grand Jury for August Term 1851:

  1. Thomas Lord, Manchester Township
  2. George Greer, Laughery Township
  3. Reuben Moor, Lawrenceburg Township
  4. Philip Wise, Jackson Township
  5. John Brumley, Jr., Sparta Township
  6. Abram Roland, Lawrenceburg Township
  7. William Firth, York Township
  8. Joseph Trester, Centre Township
  9. George Crozier, Miller Township
  10. John Fagan, York Township
  11. Joseph Grove, Centre Township
  12. Robert Hargate, Miller Township
  13. Conrad Row, York Township
  14. Libbeas A. Bell, Sparta Township
  15. James Goote, Miller Township
  16. John Doyle, Jackson Township
  17. John Teny, Sparta Township
  18. John L. Bailey, Centre Township

Traverse Jury for 1st week, August Term 1851:

  1. John Henderson, Jr., Harrison Township
  2. Henry Likely, York Township
  3. Thomas F. Rhodes, Laughery Township
  4. Isaac Kaughman, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. Silas Balser, Kelso Township
  6. Thomas Gayon, Clay Township
  7. David A. Hall, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. Jacob Clements, Jackson Township
  9. Robert D. Brown, Laughery Township
  10. William Tate, Sr., Lawrenceburg Township
  11. Anthony Morgan, Jackson Township
  12. Elial Chaffin, Sparta Township

Traverse Jury for 2nd week, August Term 1851:

  1. George Cook, Miller Township
  2. J. M. Bottinburgh, Jackson Township
  3. James Carbaugh, Sparta Township
  4. John Gibson, Miller Township
  5. John Palmer, York Township
  6. William Bruce, Laughery Township
  7. Samuel Craig, Logan Township
  8. Solomon O’Brien, Jackson Township
  9. Martin Trester, Laughery Township
  10. William Glasdon, Logan Township
  11. Stokely Dills, Manchester Township
  12. Charles Owen, Sparta Township

 

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Traverse Jury for 3rd week, August Term 1851:

  1. David Ellis, Miller Township
  2. Samuel McMullor, Manchester Township
  3. John Crofur, Sparta Township
  4. Thos. M. Brackenridge, Harrison Township
  5. James A. Angevin, York Township
  6. Jacob W. Egleston, Clay Township
  7. Oliver Gates, Miller Township
  8. William Donlan, Kelso Township
  9. Vandolah Swallow, Clay Township
  10. Thomas Cottingham, Harrison Township
  11. Lawrence McGaire, Kelso Township
  12. James Johnson, Clay Township

Traverse Jury for 4th week, August Term 1851:

  1. Anderson F. Gage, Lawrenceburg Township
  2. Francis Rhinehart, Kelso Township
  3. George P. Low, Laughery Township
  4. William S. Miller, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. James A. Eastly, York Township
  6. James Clements, Laughery Township
  7. Timothy Guard, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. Jacob Knote, Kelso Township
  9. B. F. Burlingame, Laughery Township
  10. John Liddle, Miller Township
  11. George Lewis, Manchester Township
  12. John Langley, Centre Township

Grand Jury for February Term 1852:

  1. Amos Reese, Lawrenceburg Township
  2. Jacob Goodapple, York Township
  3. Henry Walker, Cente Township
  4. Sherwood Blasdell, Miller Township
  5. George Morris, Manchester Township
  6. Hugh Alexander, Sparta Township
  7. George Barber, Logan Township
  8. James McKay, Kelso Township
  9. Edwin Canfield, Laughery Township
  10. Robert M. Fowler, Lawrenceburg Township
  11. Addison Chandler, Manchester Township
  12. Wilson Dorman, Sparta Township
  13. John Godley, Harrison Township
  14. Mathias Rush, Kelso Township
  15. Stephen Levingston, Laughery Township
  16. Charles Jolly, Logan Township
  17. Peter C. Wilcox, Manchester Township
  18. Smith L. Moore, Sparta Township

Traverse Jury for 1st week, February Term 1852:

  1. R. Hargate, Miller Township
  2. A. J. Alden, Jackson Township
  3. Thomas Wilson, Clay Township
  4. John Ewbank, Miller Township
  5. James Foster, Kelso Township
  6. G. W. Taylor, Laughery Township
  7. Joseph M. Harper, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. Michael O’Conner, York Township
  9. John Cobb, Centre Township
  10. Isaac Vandansdoll, Miller Township
  11. Frebourn Lewis, Kelso Township
  12. Isaac T. Cole, Clay Township

Traverse Jury for 2nd week, February Term 1852:

  1. George Bonham, Logan Township
  2. Charles Tibbets, Manchester Township
  3. Conaway Bainum, Centre Township
  4. Aaron R. Bonham, Miller Township
  5. James K. Shoats, York Township
  6. John Maston, Sparta Township
  7. Elisha Miller, Harrison Township
  8. James Howell, Manchester Township
  9. Charles Bruce, Laughery Township
  10. William Lard, Logan Township
  11. Richard S. Anderson, Manchester Township
  12. William Eversol, Sparta Township

 

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Traverse Jury for 3rd week, February Term 1852:

  1. James Frazer, Miller Township
  2. Samuel J. Alden, Jackson Township
  3. Thomas Fenton, Centre Township
  4. Leroy Flemming, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. Jonathan Hall, York Township
  6. Abram Pierson, Clay Township
  7. Moses Crist, Lawrenceburg Township
  8. Linus Hamlin, Manchester Township
  9. William Walser, Laughery Township
  10. Wilson H. Swales, Logan Township
  11. Phillip Shott, Kelso Township
  12. Elijah Huffman, Laughery Township

Traverse Jury for 4th week, February Term 1852:

  1. Charles Burk, Logan Township
  2. Valentine Noe, Kelso Township
  3. Samuel Wymond, Clay Township
  4. Edward B. Hunt, Lawrenceburg Township
  5. Hugh Scott, York Township
  6. James Rand, Caesars Creek Township
  7. William Darling, Miller Township
  8. Alfred J. N. Platt, York Township
  9. John Willhof, Laughery Township
  10. Thomas Annis, Miller Townshipo
  11. George Givan, Manchester Township
  12. Newton Canfield, Laughery Township

 

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Allowed to John Fagan as assessor

Allowed to Isaac T. Cole as assessor

Allowed to J. H. Brower & Co. for professional services rendered James Brown

Allowed to Platt & Eldridge for lumber for County Asylum

Allowed to Seth Plat as viewer of roads in York and Manchester Townships

Allowed to R. & O. Parry for articles for Clerk’s office

Allowed to Cornelius Vanhorn as viewer of road

Report on road in Miller and York Townships.

Wrights Corner in Manchester Township selected as additional precinct for holding elections. G. S. Jaquith appointed inspector. Stokely Dills, George M. Lozier and Hiram Crowwell appointed Judges of elections.

Lawrenceville in Jackson Township selected as additional election precinct. William Stone appointed inspector. John M. Bottenburg, Dudley K. Rafferty and George S. Williams appointed Judges of elections.

House of Jacob Wilhelm in Kelso Township selected as additional election precinct. Jacob Knote appointed inspector. Charles Wilhelm, Anthony Hahn and Daniel Mason appointed Judges of elections.

Allowed to William S. Ward for procuring lumber for erection of barn on County Asylum farm

 

Page 190

Allowed to George B. Sheldon for articles for Clerk’s office

Allowed to Enoch E. Adams for [?] for offices

Allowed to Cornelius O’Brien for articles for Clerk’s office

George Younker – license to keep a grocery in Kelso Township

Allowed to Benjamin Sylvester for articles furnished R. Bell, a pauper in Centre Township

Allowed to Cheek & Raymond for printing blank Grand Jury subpoenas

Allowed to John F. Richards for boarding prisoners in jail

 

Page 191

Ordered refunded to Gaff & Co. half of tax charged Gaff Bush & Co. for interest in Steamboat Diana which was incorrectly paid.

William Becket – license to keep a tavern in Clay Township

Michael Leightner – license to keep a tavern in York Township

Allowed to Zere T. Percivall for cleaning Court House

Allowed to George Tousey for window blinds for Auditor’s office

 

Page 192

Auditor’s report on funds in Treasury.

 

Page 193

Treasurer’s report.

 

Page 194

Allowed to Sandford Moody for shaving prisoners in jail

Noble Hamilton, Treasurer, makes report.

Allowed to Noble Hamilton for fuel and office rent

Allowed to Gerrard Wempe for arresting horse thief

 

Page 195

William Beckett exempted from road work.

Ordered that land owned by John Smith and located in Kelso Township be attached to York Township.

Allowed to J. Crosby for painting offices

Allowed to Josephus Clark for assessing

Allowed to Reuben Rogers for services as Auditor

Court adjourned.