Dearborn County Commissioners – Nov 1827 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the November 1827 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

November Session 1827

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Convened at the House of Jesse Hunt in Lawrenceburg

Present:

  • Mark McCracken, Supervisor for Manchester Township, President of board
  • Dale Elder, Supervisor for Lawrenceburg Township
  • John Godley, Supervisor for Logan Township
  • Isaac Colwell, Supervisor for Kelso Township
  • James Murray, Supervisor of Union Township

Henry Hancock – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Dearborn county

Shadrack Hathaway – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun

Moore & Pepper – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

Martin Cozine – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Aurora

 

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Gibson & Ewing – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Baxter Davis – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

Norval Sparks – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

Shadrach Wilber – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Hartford

Howard and Lanius – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Rising Sun

WIlliam Cullen – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Rising Sun

Trustee of the Seminary Fund report

Henry E Hopkins – license to keep a tavern in Lawrenceburg

 

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John Palmer – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Manchester Township

John Palmer – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Manchester Township

Bedford & Saltmarsh – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

Bedford & Saltmarsh – license to keep a tavern or public house in Lawrenceburg

No. 1 – Allowed to Arthur St Clair for his services as one of the board of county commissioners for perpetuating testimony

No. 2 – Allowed to John Porter for his services on the board of county commissioners for perpetuating testimony

No. 3 – Allowed Joseph S Ripley for killing one wolf in Dearborn County

No. 4 – Allowed to Vincent Crusenberry for boarding and clothing Rebeccah Crusenberry, a pauper

No. 5 – Allowed to John Demoss for boarding and clothing Araminta Keith, a pauper

 

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John Godley – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Logan Township for 1828

Isaac Calwell – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Kelso Township for 1828

Cyrus Mills – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Manchester Township for 1828

James W. Hunter – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Lawrenceburg Township for 1828

David Walser – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Laughery Township for 1828

Thomas Lambertson – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Sparta Township for 1828

Archibald McCabe – appointed assessor of Taxable property for Cesars Creek Township for 1828

Joseph Woods – appointed assessor for Union Township for 1828

John Steele – appointed assessor for Randolph Township for 1828

Daniel Hagerman – appointed Treasurer of Dearborn County for 1828

No. 6 – Allowed to Gregg & Culley for printing blank orders for the use of this board & Jurors’ orders, $12.75

No. 7 – Gregg & Culley for printing advertisements for the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony of last deeds, $12.00

 

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John Gray – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment

Oliver Hustis – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Manchester Township

Thomas Lindsay – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Aurora

Leeka Evil – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Aurora

Elisha McNeelly – pay permit for time he has been retailing spirituous liquors

No. 8 – Allowed to Thomas Longley, Sheriff of Dearborn County, for his extra services

No. 9 – Allowed to James Dill for cash for record Books & writing paper for clerks & recorders office

 

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No. 10 – Allowed to James Dill, Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court, for extra services as clerk

No. 11 – Allowed to Daniel Hagerman as clerk of the Board of Commissioners for perpetuating testimony

No. 12 – Allowed to George H. Dunn for his services 30 days as one of the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony

John Spencer, Esquire – appointed collector of state and county revenue for Dearborn County for 1828. Ezekiel Jackson & John Dawson as his securities

No. 13 – Allowed to Arthur St Clair Vance assignee of John McMatts for killing three wolves in Dearborn County

Buell & Dunn – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Lawrenceburg

No. 14 – Allowed to Wm. Tate for repairs to Benches in the meeting house, which had been broken during the session of Court

Daniel Hagerman’s treasurer’s report

 

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Jesse Hunt – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment

James B. Pikbe – ordered exempt from state poll tax for bodily infirmities & also except from working on the roads for personal privileges.

No. 15 – Allowed to Andrew Morgan the balance of his amount for furnishing wash to Francis Davis, a pauper

Harris & Collins Fitch- license

A.    E. & J. Andrews – license to retail foreign merchandise

No. 16 – Allowed to Jesse Hunt for the use of a room to hold the present court

1827 – Receipts and Expenditures of Dearborn County

 

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Thomas Tunis – license to keep tavern and retail spirituous liquors

James M. Danagh – License to retail foreign merchandise

No. 17 – Allowed to Wm Cooke for boarding prisoners & jail fee

James Dill, Clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court, claim of $24 for making out duplicates for 1827, consideration postponed

No. 18 – Allowed to Thomas Longley extra services as Sheriff

 

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Ordered to be remitted to William Cooke his poll tax for 1827.

Ordered to be remitted to Thomas Tibbetts his poll tax for 1826 & county tax

Collector’s report

Ordered that the poll tax on Cyrenus Fisher be remitted