The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the May 1826 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 1

November Session 1830

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Present:

• Mark McCracken, President, Justice of Peace for Manchester Township
• William Flake, Justice of Peace and Supervisor for Laughery Township
• Isaac Colwell, Supervisor and Justice of Peace for Kelso Township
• Ulysses Cook, Supervisor and Justice of Peace for Lawrenceburg Township
• John Neal, Supervisor and Justice of Peace for Randolph Township
• John Columbia, Supervisor and Justice of Peace for Sparta Township
• Laban Bramble, Supervisor and Justice of Peace for Cesars Creek Township

No. 1 – Allowed to Thomas Sills for boarding and keeping Maria Matthews, a pauper

Richard Hughes – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Kelso Township

David G. Lazlon – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Manchester Township

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

 

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Ephraim & John Hetton – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at their shop in Lawrenceburg

Abijah North – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his house in Randolph Township

Coles and Walker – license to retail foreign merchandise at their store in Wilmington

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

No. 2 – Allowed to Richard Orchard for boarding and keeping Mary Orchard, his wife, a pauper,

Joseph Woods, Supervisor and Justice of Peace for Union Township took his seat.

Merritt Hubbell – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors at his shop in Logan Township

Thomas W. Campbell – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Logan Township

 

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No. 3 – Allowed to Washington Jackson for boarding and keeping Rebecca Coosenberry, a pauper

No. 4 – Allowed to John Woods for boarding and washing and attendance on Thomas Posting, a pauper

Joseph Wood appointed lister of taxable property for Union Township.

William Conaway appointed lister of taxable property for Laughrey Township.

Thomas Wilson appointed lister of taxable property for Cesars Creek Township.

Benjamin Johnson appointed lister of taxable property for Sparta Township.

Oliver Huestis appointed lister of taxable property for Manchester Township.

Caleb Campbell appointed lister of taxable property for Randolph Township.

 

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Isaac Vanhouton appointed lister of taxable property for Kelso Township.

Alexander Hamilton Dill appointed lister of taxable property for Lawrenceburg Township.

John Godley appointed lister of taxable property for Logan Township.

James B. Dumer – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at his house

Garret Larew – license to retail foreign merchandise at his house in Union Township

No. 5 – Allowed to Isaac Jones for boarding, clothing and keeping Roxana Loder, a pauper

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

No. 6 – Allowed to John Ennis for boarding and keeping William Shepherd, a pauper

 

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Fines assessed by William Flake:

• Solomon Lindsey – profane swearing – fined $3.00

Fines assessed by John Neal:

• Robert Gilespie – assault and battery on body of James Murrey – fined $2.00

Fines assessed by Edward Grubbs – on complaint of John F Lancaster for an assault and battery committed on the body of Joseph Adams – fined $1.00

 

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No. 7 – Allowed to Gregg and Dowling for printing two hundred orders for jurors and other claims allowed by the Dearborn Circuit Court

Samuel McCurdy – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries at his house in Lawrenceburg Township

No. 8 – Allowed John S. Percival, coroner, for holding an inquest on the dead body of James Hamilton, who was drowned

Allowed to Jurors of Inquest on the body of James Hamilton:

• No. 9 – John J. French
• No. 10 – James McLister
• No. 11 – David Ackerman
• No. 12 – William Dunnor
• No. 13 – Eliakim Meers
• No. 14 – Ezekiel Kilgore
• No. 15 – Lewis D. Morgan
• No. 16 – Matthias Haines
• No. 17 – Virgil Prat
• No. 18 – Jaohn Rubel
• No. 19 – A. U. Dill
• No. 20 – Charles Bigley

No. 21 – Allowed to John S. Percival, coroner, for holding an inquest into the dead body of Christopher Bean, who was killed accidentally

 

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Allowed to Jurors of Inqest on the body of Christopher Bean:

• No. 22 – Ezekiel Jackson
• No. 23 – Hiram W. Cloud
• No. 24 – William B. Fooke
• No. 25 – Gardner Elliott
• No. 26 – William C. Cloud
• No. 27 – David Askew
• No. 28 – Norman West
• No. 29 – Joseph Sutton
• No. 30 – Ebenezer Wood
• No. 31 – John Armstrong
• No. 32 – Samuel Tulley
• No. 33 – Ephraim Hollister

No. 34 – Allowed to Horrace Whitney as constable for summoning jury of inquest on the body of Christopher Bean

Return of inquest held by Abijah Bennet, Esquire, Justice of Peace over a dead body was laid before the board and after examination, on motion of Squire Neal, ordered that Squire Bennet have leave to withdraw his return.

Utz and Clark – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic liquors and groceries

Zerah T. Percival – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign liquors and groceries

Harris & Collins & Fitch – license to retail spirituous liquors and keep a tavern or public house of entertainment at his house in Lawerenceburg

 

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No. 35 – Allowed to Frederick Utz for keeping Jacob Frazey, a pauper

No. 36 – Allowed to Frederick Utz for keeping Wm Shepherd, a pauper

No. 37 – Allowed to Jacob Hayes for keeping Jacob Frazey, a pauper

Thomas Shaw – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign and domestic groceries and liquors

William Flake elected President Pro Tem.

John Glass – license to keep a tavern, public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors

George Johnson – license to keep a grocery and retail foreign groceries and liquors

John Davidson appointed one of the Trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 6, Range 1 West with Jehu Goodwin and John Dawson.

William Caldwell, Elial Chaffin and Peter Henegan appointed trustees of School Section No. 16, Township 5, Range 2 West.

 

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Absalom Runnior – application to have part of grocery license remitted. Rejected.

No. 38 – Allowed to John Columbia, Esquire, for making an order to remove a pauper

Abraham V. Grant – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors

No. 39 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for nursing and attendance on Frederick Henry, a prisoner confined in Jail

No. 40 – Allowed to Charles Darragh for keeping William Shepherd, a pauper

Ezra Lamkin remitted overcharge.

Charles Walker – paid store license.

No. 41 – Allowed Amos Lane for his services attending a suit brought by John Porter against the board of county supervisors at Squire Hunter’s and in the Circuit Court

No. 42 – Allowed to Arthur St. Clair Vance for his services as clerk to the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony of last records

No. 43 – Allowed to John Porter for his services as Judge of the board of commissioners for perpetuating testimony of destroyed records.

 

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Fines assessed by Laban Bramble, Cesars Creek Township:

• John Fleming – assault on the body of Myran Warner – fined $0.50
• John Tany – assault and battery on the body of William Burroughs – fined $1.50

 

Fines assessed by Mark McCracken:

• Wesley Caldwell – assault & battery committed on the body of David Milburn – fined $1.00
• John Willyard – assault & battery committed on the body of Moses Abbott – fined $1.00
• Robert Glenn – assault & battery committed on the body of Alden Hewit – fined $1.00

Fines assessed by Thomas Palmer:

• John Wood – assault & battery – fined $1.00
• Hamilton Jarred – assault & battery – fined $1.50
• Robert Henly – profane swearing – fined $1.00
• John Brasher – assault & battery – fined $1.50
• Ephraim Sutton – assault & battery – fined $1.00

Fines assessed by Ulysses Cooke:

• Daniel Crain – on complaint of Jesse Laird for an assault and battery committed on the body of George Laird – fined $1.00

James Dill handed in account for office rent due to Alexr H. Dill for use of a clerk’s and recorder’s office. Postponed.

 

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Fines assessed by Joseph Wood:

• Michael Cusack – assault on Seekey McAdams – fined $1.00
• Seeky McAdams – assault & battery on Michael Cusack – fined $2.00

No. 44 – Allowed to A. H. Dill for rent of Clerk’s and Recorder’s offices. Mark McCracken entered his protest against allowance.

Motion for clerk’s office.

 

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Alteration of Union, Laughrey and Randolph Townships.

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

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

Treasurer’s report.

No. 45 – Allowed to William Cooke, Jailor, for boarding and fire wood furnished John G. Howrey, a prisoner

No. 46 – Allowed to Simon Peters for boarding and keeping Abraham Peters, a pauper

George Towsey – license to retail foreign merchandise at his store in Lawrenceburg

 

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Fines assessed by Benjamin Fuller:

• Hiram Hunter – trespass on the complaint of Joseph E. Baker for breaking his door mischievously – fined $0.75
• George Cheek and Joseph Steeter – affray on the complaint of Joseph E. Baker, mutually guilty of fighting in his bar room – fined $1.00 each

Mark McCracken, Ulysses Cooke and Daniel Plummer appointed commissioners to contract for the erection and completion of fire proof offices for clerk and recorder’s office.

Isaac Colwell elected President Pro Tem.

Ordered receipts and expenditures be published.

 

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No. 47 – Allowed to Ulysses Cooke and others for costs and fees attending the trial and commitment of Daniel Crain for assault and battery, who was released under the insolvent debtors law.

No. 48 – Allowed to John Spencer, Sheriff, for imprisoning in the jail Daniel Crane and providing him with sustenance

No. 49 – Allowed to Doctor Thomas B. Pinkard for medicine and attendance on Jacob Frazey, a pauper

Laban Bramble and John Neal – obtained leave of absence for the residue of the session

No. 50 – Allowed to John Spencer, Sheriff, for extra services

No. 51 – Allowed to James Dill, clerk, for extra services as clerk of the Dearborn Circuit Court and this court and for papers and ink

No. 52 – Allowed to Thomas B. Cook for his services in keeping Dvid Deford, son of Widow Deford, a pauper

James Dill, Clerk – office rent.

 

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Orders or claims to be drawn from treasury.

Omar Toussey – license to retail foreign merchandise

No. 54 – Allowed to Nelson H. Torbet, coroner, for holding a Jury of Inquest over a dead body of a supposed murder’s child

No. 55 – Allowed to John Saltmarsh, constable, for summoning the above Jury of Inquest

Jesse Hunt – license to keep a tavern or public house of entertainment and retail spirituous liquors at his house in Lawrenceburgh

Allowed as juror of Inquest on the body of murdered child:

• No. 56 – Zerah T Percival
• No. 57 – Jesse Hunt
• No. 58 – Isaac Dunn
• No. 59 – Milton Gregg
• No. 60 – Ephraim Hollister
• No. 61 – Andrew Morgan
• No. 62 – Samuel Fencher
• No. 63 – Joseph Hayes
• No. 64 – Abiah Hayes
• No. 65 – David Marsh
• No. 66 – William Griswald
• No. 67 – Hardin C. Ferky
• No. 68 – Mahlon Brown

No. 70 – Allowed to Betsy Burroughs for keeping [line missing]

 

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Account of receipts and expenditures.

Building of fire proof office for clerk and recorder.

 

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Permits received by treasurer:

• Wm. Tucker, grocery
• Edward S. Bush
• Scott & Howard
• Wm. Harrington
• Silas DinsmoreShadrach Wilbur
• George W. Gould
• Moses Riggs
• Wm. S. Dart

No. 71 – Allowed to Milton Gregg for printing

Protest of Mark McCracken against allowance of board to Alexander U. Dill for office rent. William Flake and Joseph Woods added to protest. Counter protest by Ulysses Cook and Thomas Pain.

 

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