The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1849 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 5

September Session 1849

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Present:

• Martin Trester
• Jonathan Hollowell
• William S. Ward

Allowed to John B. Hall for printing

John Columbia – license to keep a store in Wilmington

Money found on deceased person’s body at Coroner’s Inquest to be paid to relatives.

Allowed to James M. Hays for five coffins for drowned men

Allowed to Benjamin S. Lindsay for work on Aurora Bridge

Allowed to John A. Crontz for handcuffs for prisoner

Petition to attach part of Lawrenceburg Township to Centre Township.

 

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Allowed to George Jefferies for services on Salt Fork Bridge

Allowed to Samuel Osgood for extra services as Sheriff

Allowed to B. F. Burlingham for five coffins persons in Laughery Township

Allowed to Nelson D. Folbre for publishing County Expose and advertising Coroner’s Inquest

Allowed to Edward Clements for wood furnished County Asylum

Allowed to James Akins for hay furnished County Asylum

Allowed to Noah C. Durham for hogs furnished County Asylum

Allowed to John Milburn for wood for County Asylum

 

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Allowed to Isaac King for woolen [?] furnished County Asylum

Allowed to Joseph Johnson for flour furnished Coutty Asylum

Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for flour furnished County Asylum

Allowed to John P. Snell for blacksmithing for County Asylum

Allowed to Andrew Stevenson for flour and pickled meat for County Asylum

Allowed to John Milburn for keeping County Asylum

Allowed to Luther Milburn for work cutting clover for County Asylum

Allowed to John B. Clark for articles furnished County Asylum

Allowed Jeremiah Crosby for glass furnished and repairing windows in Court House

Petition of George D. Lanks and others to have swinging gates removed on road where it runs through the farm sold by Saml. C. Vance to Aaron B. Henry, Madison Henry and John Henry.

 

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Allowed to Andrew J. Hanomell and Elijah Priest for digging grave for drowned man

Allowed to Franklin Y. Blasdell for wood for Court House

Allowed to Charles Roberts for work on Aurora Bridge

Allowed to G. W. Smith for blacksmithing for Aurora Bridge

Allowed to Isaac N. Cochran for iron furnished Aurora Bridge

Samuel Wymond – license to keep a store in Dillsboro

R. & O. Parry – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg Township

William E. Craft – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

James M. Torrence – license to keep a store in Logan Township

James Burke – license to keep a store in Lawrenceburg

 

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W. W. Jordon – license to keep a store in Manchester Township

John C. Moore – license to keep a store in Moores Hill

David A. Brooks – license to keep a store in Moores Hill

Abram Showalter – license to keep a store in Lawrencehill, Jackson Township

Jacob Houck – license to keep a store

John B. Clark – license to keep a store

Leonard & Wasson – license to keep a store in Harrison Township

 

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Allowed to James Burke for articles for paupers

Allowed to Cyrus Armstrong for coffins

Allowed to Jotham Clark for digging graves

Allowed to James Powell for work and labor performed in repairing Aurora Bridge

Allowed to William S. Major for work on Aurora Bridge

Allowed to Frederick Rothert for removing transient paupers to Ripley County

Allowed to Michael Shum for digging grave and burying drowned man

Bush & Brother – license to keep a store in Centre Township

Petition for part of Lawrenceburg Township to be part of Centre Township.

 

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Allowed to Noble Hamilton for services as deputy assessing Insurance Companies

Allowed to Martin Trester for Aurora Bridge

Allowed to George W. Smith for blacksmithing on Aurora Bridge

Henry A. Moran – report on Aurora Bridge.

Allowed to Heinrich Wedelstaedt for articles furnished for burying two persons

Allowed to George P. Lowe for removing transient pauper from Laughery Township to County Asylum

 

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Allowed to C. O’Brien for articles furnished Treasurer’s office

Allowed to J. A. Kelsey for hauling two dead bodies to burying ground in Aurora

Treasurer’s report.

Allowed to J. Chambers & Co. for articles furnished County Asylum

Allowed to James M. Hays for coffins

Allowed to James Cummings for coffins

 

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John W. Dawson representing sundry citizens of York, Miller, Manchester, Jackson, Logan, Kelso and Lawrenceburg Townships presents petition to make Salt Fork Bridge free of tolls.

Allowed to John W. Johnson for coffins

Allowed to Enoch E. Adams for stationery furnished county offices

Allowed to Samuel Osgood for removing insane person from County to Insane Asylum

Allowed to Weisrich Wedelstaedt for medical attendance on criminals in County Jail

Allowed to Harding & Pate for medicial attendance on criminals in County Jail

 

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Allowed to Lanford Moody for shaving criminals in County Jail

Allowed to John F. Richards for support of criminals in County Jail

Francis M. Miles appointed to vacant scholarship at Bloomington.

Election for Justice of the Peace in Centre Township to fill vacancy of William F. Harris.

Road from Aurora to Milan through Wilmington ordered opened.

Petition of Aaron B. Henry and others to attach territory to Lawrenceburg Township from Centre Township.

Petition of John Biggs and others for attaching territory of Manchester Township to Sparta Township.

Petition of sundry citizens of Centre Township to attach to Lawrenceburgh Township.

J. D. Haynes and Wm. S. Holman who represent Manchester, Centre, Laughery, Sparta, Clay and Caesars Creek Townships to rescind order for tolls on Hogans Creek Bridge.

 

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Court adjourned.