Dearborn County Commissioners – Sep 1844 Session

The following is an abstract of the Dearborn County, Indiana, Commissioners’ Records for the September 1844 Session. For digital copies of the records, visit the Record Requests Page.

Dearborn County Commissioners’ Records – Book 3

September Session 1844

 

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Present:

  • David Walser
  • William S. Ward
  • John Columbia

David Walser elected President of the Board.

Jacob Stenmates – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at house in Kelso Township

Joseph Stenmates – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at house in Manchester Township

Jeremiah Conghlan – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at house in Kelso Township

John B. Kessler – license to keep a grocery and retail spirituous liquors at house in Kelso Township

 

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Thomas Guion – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store

John B. Clark – license to vend merchandise and groceries

No. 1489 – Allowed to Daniel Lynn for temporary relief of Mrs. Roney

No. 1490 – Allowed to Jesse Wilson for temporary relief of Thomas Wilson

No. 1491 – Allowed to Samuel James for boarding Mr. Roberts, an insane person

No. 1493 – Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for boarding paupers at County Asylum

No. 1494 – Allowed to Thomas H. Milburn for sundries

No. 1495 – Allowed to J. L. Benson for professional services

No. 1496 – Allowed to Dama Smith for his temporary relief

 

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George Cable – license to vend and retail groceries at grocery in Lawrenceburg Township

George Voglesang – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Kelso Township

Reuben Rogers – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Wilmington

Josiah Chambers – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Aurora

No. 1492 – Allowed to William V. Cheek for stationery, &c., for clerk’s office

No. 1497 – Allowed to J. G. McCullough for attending a pauper

 

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No. 1498 – Allowed to Randal Alexander for his temporary relief

No. 1503 – Allowed to Benj. Johnson for relief of his son

No. 1504 – Allowed to William Bennett for his temporary relief

No. 1505 – Allowed to Annias Evans for his relief

Lewis S. Gruzard – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

Herman Benson – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Kelso Township

No. 1506 – Allowed to Moses Turner for articles furnished pauper

No. 1507 – Allowed to A. & R. Wilber for articles furnished pauper

No. 1508 – Allowed to J. L. Benson for his professional services attending paupers

No. 1509 – Allowed to Watts & Dunn for advertising and printing blank county orders

James Burk – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

 

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R. H. & O. L. Parry – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

No. 1516 – Allowed to Ebenezer Dumont for rent of house for Treasurer’s Office and stationery

Samuel McKinley – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Jackson Township

No. 1521 – Allowed to Vinson Roberts for services removing pauper from Jackson Township to County Asylum

 

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Henry Moran, toll gatherer of Aurora Bridge, filed report.

No. 1523 – Allowed to Hiram Taylor for taking up drowned man and going for coroner

No. 1524 – Allowed to Lemley & Dunn for articles furnished paupers

No. 1525 – Allowed to John Ferris & Co. for articles for Auditor’s office

No. 1526 – Allowed to Samuel Jones for keeping pauper

No. 1527 – Allowed to Josiah Collins for removing paupers to County Asylum

No. 1529 – Allowed to Martin Dashiell for ballot box for Sparta Township

Aaron Y. Meryman – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Hartford

 

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J. R. Cole & Co. – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Hartford

& R. Wilber – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Hartford

J. & S. West – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

Craft & Co. – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

William E. Craft – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Lawrenceburg

No. 1530 – Allowed to Joseph Winkley for digging grave &c. for drowned man

No. 1531 – Allowed to Cornelius Miller for services as Trustee of Township 4, Range 1

 

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Allowed to Cornelius Miller for services as Trustee of Township 4, Range 1

Allowed to Enoch W. Jackson for services as Trustee of Township 6, Range 1

No. 1532 – Allowed to John F. Richards for boarding prisoners at County Jail

No. 1533 – Allowed to George W. Lane for services as Auditor

 

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Haines & Plumer – license to vend merchandise and groceries at store in Manchester Township

William H. Baker – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in Manchester Township

No. 1536 – Allowed to Ebenezer Dumont for his percentage on Surplus Revenue interest

No. 1537 – Allowed to George W. Lane for his percentage on Surplus Revenue interest

William Clying – license to keep a tavern and retail spirituous liquors at house in York Township

David Walser authorized to sell loose property at Wilmington belonging to the county

 

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Allowed to William Johnson, School Commissioner, for his services in receiving and disbursing the School Fund

Allowed to George W. Lane, Auditor, for his services as above

Ebenezer Dumont, former Treasurer, made report.

No. 1539 – Allowed to Micajah Pickett for temporary relief of R. Ellis

 

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D. J. Hancock made report on tolls from South Hogan Creek Bridge.

Thomas F. Shaw appointed inspector of salt.

Court adjourned.

 

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Deed of George W. Lane, Auditor, to James Todd, Jr.

 

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Deed of George W. Lane, Auditor, to Nathaniel Todd, Sr.

 

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Deed of George W. Lane, Auditor, to Abram Briggs.

 

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Deed of George W. Lane, Auditor, to Henry White. Names within: James Owens, deceased; Joseph Kinkle, Elizabeth Owen, widow of James Owens; Robert Bradsaw, his wife Sarah Bradshaw, formerly Sarah Owens; John Owens, Zachariah Owens, James Owens and his wife Mary, George Jenks and his wife Henrietta formerly Owens.

 

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