Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.
The following are cases from Dearborn County courts that were appealed to the Indiana Territory Court Orders (1801-1816). These records have been digitized and are online at IUPUI.
Volume 1 (1801-1810)
Vol 1A Territorial Court Order Book – “A late nineteenth-century transcription for the first 114 pages of Order Book 1 (which were heavily damaged.”
Page 398 – September 1809 Term
Caleb Hays Jr. & Joseph Hays vs. Daniel Piatt} upon an appeal from a Judgment of the Court of Dearborn County recovered by the appellee against the appellants at the December Term of the said Court in the year 1808
Page 398 – September 1809 Term
Thomas Smith vs. Caleb Hayes} upon an appeal from the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County against the appellant at the April Term of said Court in the said 1808 for the sum of $210.48 ½ exclusive of costs
Page 403 – April 1810 Term
Samuel C. Vance vs. Jesse B. Thompson} Remanded to Dearborn County
Page 403 – April 1810 Term
Samuel Elliot vs. Jesse B. Thomas} Remanded to County of Dearborn
Page 443 – September 1810 Term
Isaac Dunn vs. Cave Johnston} from a Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County
Page 443 – September 1810 Term
John Canady vs. Joseph Williams} upon appeal from the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County
Volume 2 (1811-1816)
Page 13 – April 1811 Term
Isaac Dunn vs. Cave Johnston} appeal granted by the Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County
Page 42 – September 1811 Term
Armiger Bell vs. Araham M. Raymond} in error from the Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County
Page 42 – September 1811 Term
Moses Goodwin vs. Thomas Fuller} error from Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County
Page 43 – September 1811 Term
Isaac Dunn vs. Cave Johnston, assignee of Zerah Towsey} appeal from Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County
Page 51 – April 1812 Term
Isaac Dunn vs. Cave Johnston, assignee of Zera Towsey} remanded to Court of Common Pleas of Dearborn County