The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the March 1842 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3

March Session 1842

 

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Present:

• Charles Dashiell
• David Walser
• Wm. S. Ward

George Voglesang – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store

Joseph Haburn – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora

John Ferris Co. – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

Levin B. Lewis – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

Stockmase & Leader – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

No. 216 – Allowed to Ebenezer Dumont for amount paid out as Treasurer on certificates of the clerk to jurors on Coroner’s Inquest

 

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Ebenezer Dumont, Treasurer, made report.

No. 317 [sic] – Allowed to Obediah B. Priest for temporary relief of Mrs. Kessiah Waldurne

No. 218 – Allowed to Kent & Hall for printing Auditor’s report on the subject of the Common School Fund

No. 218 [sic] – Allowed to Thomas Wilson, a blind man, for temporary relief

William Gerrard, of Hartford in Union Township, presented petition signed by citizens of Hartford praying Board not license any person to retail spirituous liquors. Accepted and filed.

 

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Jonathan Jones, Amaziah Bailey and John Buffington, commissioners to examine South Hogan Bridge, filed report.

John Langley – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Aurora

No. 219 – Allowed to James D. Lindsey for cutting wood at Court House

No. 220 – Allowed to John S. Brant for repairs to office

 

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Josiah Haines – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Rising Sun

Wells & Kempton – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Rising Sun

No. 221 – Allowed to Milton Gregg for extra services as Sheriff

Election to be held in Lawrenceburg Township to elect Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy of John Saltmarsh.

Election to be held in Kelso Township to elect Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy of Andrew Anderson.

No. 223 [sic] – Allowed to Randal Alexander for temporary relief

Merrit Hubble – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Jackson Township

 

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John B. Clark – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester

Jacob VanWedding – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Jackson Township

Chs. W. Wright – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester Township

W. W. Jordan – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester

Lewis B. Conger, assessor, appeared to state that he would not be able to perform all duties required of him within time stipulated by law. Proposed to appoint B. T. W. S. Anderson and Daniel Grant as deputies. Granted.

No. 224 – Allowed to William Harrison for services as visitor of County Asylum

 

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No. 225 – Allowed to Danil Roberts for services as visitor to County Asylum

William Harrison and Daniel Roberts, visitor of County Asylum, filed report.

Paupers at Asylum (12):

• Abram Peters
• Clarissa Orchard
• Wenny Flanigan
• Henry Andrews
• Hannah White
• Barnard Bailey
• John Flanigan
• Elizabeth Flanigan
• David Guy
• Mary McGonghlin
• Jordan Smith
• Martin Alexander

Died (1):

• John White (6 Feb 1842)

Dismissed (2):

• Arthur Laurence (17 Jan 1842)
• James Higgins (18 Jan 1842)

No. 226 – Allowed to Robert Hargitt for services as Trusee of Township 6, Range 1

No. 227 – Allowed to Thomas Hargitt for services as overseer of the poor of Miller Township

 

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No. 228 – Allowed to Robert Haddock for services in transcribing the old records of the proceedings of Township 4, Range 1

No. 229 – Allowed to Mrs. Merrick for temporary relief

No. 230 – Allowed to John Brewington for repairs to county jail

No. 231 – Allowed to Earl Powel for making 3 coffins for paupers in Logan Township

 

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No. 232 – Allowed to Z. A. Nye for articles furnished pauper in Logan Township

No. 233 – Allowed to Samuel Lewis for cupboard furnished treasurer’s office

No. 234 – Allowed to James Wells for temporary relief of Rachael Nelson

No. 235 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for extra services as clerk

S. & F. Wymond – license to vend merchandise and groceries

Tait & Summers – license to vend merchandise and groceries

Patrick O’Conner – license to vend spirituous liquors at house in Dover

James Conaway – license to vend spirituous liquors at house in Guionsville

 

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Andrew Morgan – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

John Stewart – license to vend foreign merchandise and groceries at store in Hartford

Appointed Trustees of County Seminary: George Cornelius, Lenoard Spicknall, William Tell Harris, N. H. Torbet, William Glenn, Benj. Vail, Ephraim Glassgow, Luke Evil, Asaph Buck, Thomas Rhodes, James Mills, John Walker.

 

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Hiram Barker – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora

B. M. & L. N. Bush – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora

 

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No. 236 – Allowed to John Tower Lemon for services as overseer of the poor in Clay Township

Allowed to Vergil Dowden for services as Trustee of Township 6, Range 1

James Miller – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Randolph Township

No. 237 – Allowed to N. H. Torbet for services as physician attending County Asylum

Report of 3% fund by Geo. W. Lane, agent.

 

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John McPike appointed agent to loan surplus fund. Filed bond with A. Buck, Ephraim Glasgow, Isaac Randall, Alvah Churchill, John Parks, George Cornelius, Jonathan Noble, J. W. Egleston, Henry Parker, George Abram, James Johnson and Benjamin Tufts, his securities.

 

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No. 238 – Allowed to Stephen Wood for rent of auditor’s office

No. 239 – Allowed to Cornelius Row for services as overseer of the poor

George W. Lane, Auditor, filed report.

 

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George W. Lane, owner of bridge at mouth of Hogan Creek, made proposition for court to meet in Aurora to examine Bridge.

No. 240 – Allowed to Holman B. Cannon for boarding paupers at County Asylum

No. 241 – Allowed to George W. Lane for services as County Auditor

No. 245 – Allowed to James Rea for filling up around public well

 

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Jacob Harwood – license to keep tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Wilmington

Ordered Nelson H. Torbet be employed as Physician to attend poor at County Asylum.

Delinquent tax list to be published in June.

Court adjourned.