The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1822. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 16 Feb 1822 – Page 1, Column 2
Domestic Attachment.
STATE OF INDIANA, DEARBORN COUNTY} ss.
Whereas a writ of domestic attachment issued from the office of the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the said county, on the 16th day of January, 1822, against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, money and effects of Daniel J. Caswell, late a resident of Franklin county, an absconding debtor, at the suit of Arthur Martin, upon a judgment obtained against him in the Dearborn Circuit court amounting in debt and cost to 17 53 cts. upon which writ the constable makes return, I have attached in the hands of Arthur Martin, the sum of $12 43 cents, money belonging to Daniel J. Caswell; notice is therefore hereby given to the said Daniel J Caswell that he be and appear by himself, by agent or attorney, before me John Parter, a Justice of the peace for said county, at my office on the 23d day of February 1822, at 12 o’clock on said day, to plead to the said suit, otherwise judgment will be entered against him by default, and the moneys thus attached, appropriated as the law directs.
JOHN PORTER, J. P.
Lawrenceburgh, Jan. 22, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 16 Feb 1822 – Page 4, Column 2
Foreign Attachment.
WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachment hath issued out of the Clerks office of the Dearborn circuit court, against the goods and chattles lands and tenements of Peter Hann, a non resident debtor, at the suit of William Brundage, assignee of John Wood, who was assignes of Thomas B. Green, in an action of debt founded on a judgment of the court of common pleas, of Hamilton county and state of Ohio, against the said Peter Hann for the sum of $225 50 cents; which attachment has been returned by the sheriff as the law directs, “Attached two town lots, being and lying in the town of Harrison, and designated as in lots No. 9 and 16; also one and a half acres of land being and lying in Section No. 13, Town 7, and Range 1, west &c.”
Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Peter Hann, the debtor aforesaid, whose estate is so seized as aforesaid, that unless he shall appear by himself or attorney, to give special bail to aswer the suit aforesaid, judgment will be entered against him by default, and the estate so attached will be sold for the satisfaction of the plaintiff’s debt.
JAMES DILL, Clerk d. c. c.
GEORGE H. DUNN, Atty.
February 2d 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 30 Mar 1822 – Page 4, Column 3
DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.
February Term, 1822.
Conrad Schultz versus George and Andrew Farrell} on complaint in Chancery
NOW came the complainant, aforesaid, by Dunn, his attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that George Farrell and Andrew Farrell, the defendants aforesaid, are not inhabitants of this state; it is therefore hereby ordered that notice of the pendency of the foregoing bill of complaint be published four weeks successively in ‘The Oracle,’ a newspaper published at Lawrenceburgh, requiring the said defendants to be and appear before the judges of our Dearborn circuit court, in chancery sitting, at their term on the second Monday in June next, then and there to answer the bill of complaint aforesaid; or the same will be taken as confessed, and the matters and things therein prayed for, will be decreed accordingly.
A copy from the Record.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
Geo. H. Dunn, Atty. for Compt.
March 15, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3
Insolvent Notice.
JOHN WOOD, an insolvent debtor, of Dearborn county, having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, public notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the court will act on said petition on the first Saturday of their term, commencing the second Monday in June next.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 18, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3
Insolvent Notice.
ANDREW RAY, insolvent debtor having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court praying the benefit of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, notice is therefore hereby given that the court will act on said petition at their Term on the second Monday in June next.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 6 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3
Insolvent Notice.
Enoch W. Huntress, an insolvent debtor, having filed his petition to the Dearborn circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, public notice is therefore hereby given, that the court will act on said petition, at their term on the second Monday in June next, and on Saturday the 6th day of said term.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
G. H. Dunn, Atty.
April 13, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3
Insolvent Notice.
James Hollowell, an insolvent debtor, having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the sate of Indiana, made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors; public notice is therefore hereby given, that the court will act on said petition at their term on the second Monday in June next.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 6, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 4, Column 4
Insolvent Notice.
John Barnhart, an insolvent debtor, having filed his petition to the Dearborn circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, as also a schedule of his property, Notice is therefore hereby given, to all to whom it may concern, that the said court will act on said petition, at their Term on the second Monday in June next.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 11, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 13 Jul 1822 – Page 3, Column 4
Insolvent Notice.
Ezekiel H. Loring, an insolvent debtor having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana made for the relief of insolvent debtors; notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern that the court have appointed the sixth day of their term to be holden on the third Monday in September next, to act on said petition.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
July 12, 1823.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 13 July 1822 – Page 3, Column 4
Insolvent Notice.
JACOB BARNHEART, an insolvent debtor having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of Insolvent debtors; notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the court have appointed the sixth day of their term to be holden on the third Monday in September next, to act on said petition.
JAMES DILL, Clk.
July 12, 1822.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 3 Aug 1822 – Page 3, Column 4
Domestic Attachment.
State of Indiana, Dearborn County} Sct.
WHEREAS a writ of domestic attachment, issued from the office of the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, on the 30th day of July 1822, against the goods and chattels, Rights, and Credits, moneys and effects of Joel Gray late a resident of said county, an absconding debtor upon a transcript of a judgment rendered by Daniel Roe Esq. of the County of Hamilton, and state of Ohio, in favor of Eli Nichols, upon which writ the Constable has made return, to wit, I have attached in the hands of John W. Wilson $17.50. Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Joel Gray, that he be and appear by himself or his attorney before me John Porter a Justice of the Peace at my office on the 31st day of August 1822 at ten o’clock on said day to plead to the said suit otherwise Judgment will be entered against him by default and the money thus attached, appropriated to the discharge of the same.
Given under my hand this 30th July 1822.
JOHN PORTER J.P.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 28 Sep 1822 – Page 3, Column 4
Foreign Attachment.
State of Indiana, Dearborn County.} Sct.
WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachment issued from the office of the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid on the 12th day of September, 1822, against the goods and chattels rights, credits, moneys, and effects of Elijah Edwards, a non resident debtor, at the suit of George H. Dunn, in an action of debt on a due bill for the sum of 11 dollars and 50 cents, interest included, which attachment has been returned by the constable as the law directs.—Attached in the hands of Christopher Longwood, the rent of a certain piece of ground supposed to contain nine acres, be the same more or less, at ten bushels of corn per acre. Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Elijah Edwards, that he be and appear by himself or his attorney before me Gideon Cummings, a Justice of the Peace, at my office on the 1st day of September, 1823, at ten o’clock on said day, to plead to the said suit otherwise judgment will be entered against him by default and the property thus attached, sold to discharge the same.
Given under my hand this 21st of September, 1822.
GIDEON CUMMINGS, J.P.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 19 Oct 1822 – Page 4, Column 3
Sheriff’s Sale.
By virtue of a wirt of Fira facias et Livarie Facus issued out of the Clerks office of the Dearborn Circuit court against the goods and chattles lands and tenements, of William Daniels and John Daniels, at the suit of Wm. B. Ewing & co. The following property, returned to the former levy To Wit, 14 acres of corn 10 acres of oats, and a quantity of wheat in the stack, which will be offered for sale on the 4th Monday in October at the house of Wm. Daniels at 11 o’clock on said day.
JOHN SALTMARSH D.S.
For JOHN SPENCER Shff. D.C.
Lawrenceburg.
Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 19 Oct 1822 – Page 4, Column 3
DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.
September Term, 1822.
Stephen Gould compt. vs. Able M Sargent defedt.} on complaint in chancery.
NOW on this day, to wit on Wednesday the third day of the September term 1822, came the complainant aforesaid by Lane his attorney, and filed his bill of complaint against the said Able M Sargent; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Able M. Sargent is not a resident of the state of Indiana, It is therefore ruled and ordered that notice of the pendency of the aforesaid bill of complaint be published four times in the Oracle a newspaper printed in Lawrenceburgh requiring the said Able M. Sargent to be and appear before the judge of our said Dearborn circuit court in chancery setting at their term on the third Monday in February next, then and there to answer to the bill of complaint aforesaid an the aforesaid will taken as confessed and the matters and things therein payed for, will be decreed accordingly. A copy from the record.
JAMES DILL, clk.
September 18th, 1822.