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Hi, Does anyone know if there is such a thing? I'm looking for three possible posts, two in Howard County and one in Madison County. Thanks, Jan Rader Kent, Ohio

Thanks Patricia that's what i show too, but i also show a peter 1871 and newton 1874 of Tipton County, would they be in the 1870 census? Thanks Becky Patricia O'Connor wrote: > Becky, this is what the 1860 census shows: > > Pat > > 1860 Indiana Tipton Co., Wildcat Twp. PO Tipton > > P. 105 Fam. #773; Dw #798 > > 9 Andrew Plummer, age 28, farmer, RE $2500; Pers $300 > 10 Rachel, age 28, b. IN can't r/w > 11 James B., age 3, b. IN > 12 Viola, age 1, b. IN > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: [INDIANA] Smith > > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:56:50 -0700 > > From: Becky Buie <beckyusa@ipa.net> > > To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com > > > > can someone do a look up for me on Rachel Smith 4-25-1831 marion county, > > d.2-14-1902 Tipton county. she married Andrew M Plummer 1832 at Tipton > > County in 11-10-1855. the information i like to know how many kids did > > she have? names and dates. would appreciate it. > > thanks > > becky > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

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Becky, this is what the 1860 census shows: Pat 1860 Indiana Tipton Co., Wildcat Twp. PO Tipton P. 105 Fam. #773; Dw #798 9 Andrew Plummer, age 28, farmer, RE $2500; Pers $300 10 Rachel, age 28, b. IN can't r/w 11 James B., age 3, b. IN 12 Viola, age 1, b. IN > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [INDIANA] Smith > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:56:50 -0700 > From: Becky Buie <beckyusa@ipa.net> > To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com > > can someone do a look up for me on Rachel Smith 4-25-1831 marion county, > d.2-14-1902 Tipton county. she married Andrew M Plummer 1832 at Tipton > County in 11-10-1855. the information i like to know how many kids did > she have? names and dates. would appreciate it. > thanks > becky

History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881                                                                                                           HON. JOHN W. BURSON            To none ofthe many enterprising men once residents of Muncie is this city more indebted for substantial encouragement than to Mr. Burson.  Through a life of honest industry he advanced from moderate circumstances to opulence, and dispensed his bounty for the improvement of the town, and to ameliorate the condition of those to whom fortune had been less kind than to himself, instead of hoarding his gains and adding to a fortune already ample. By the course he pursued in life he endeared himself to all who knew him, and his record as a business man, a friend, and a Christian gentleman is stamped indelibly upon the memories of all, while the benefits of the public enterprises to which he lent his exit are felt and appreciated by those who survive him. Mr. Burson was born August 21, 1820, at the Burson homestead in Springfield Township, Bucks Co., Penn., within five miles of the town of Bursonville. His parents were Dr. Edward and Jemima (Stroud) Burson, who removed from Bursonville to Stroudsburg, Penn., and subsequently to Wilmington,Ohio. His father was a very able physician, and practiced both in Pennsylvaniaand Ohio. He died at Waynesville, Ohio, in 1852. His mother died at Richmond,Ind., in 1863. His paternal grandparents were David and Lydia (Williams)Burson. Lydia Williams was one of a numerous family of the same name who settled near the Delaware River, above Bristol, and not far from Irvina. David Burson’s father was a native of Wales., and settled in America about the middle of the eighteenth century. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Col.Jacob and Elizabeth (McDowell) Stroud. Jacob was the founder of Stroudsburg,now a flourishing and beautiful village, situated above the Delaware Water-Gap,on a fine plateau, between a spur of the Allegheny and Pocono Mountains, and atthe confluence of Brodhead’s and Pocono streams. In the campaign of the English against the French, Col. Stroud, although a young officer, served on the staff of Gen. Wolf, and was present at the death of his General at the storming of Quebec.                               In early life the subject of this memoir sustained aninjury, which kept him in feeble health for several years until he outgrew theeffects of it. His early education was such as the times afforded, which, atbest, was indifferent. He had a studious mind, however, and  learned much that was beyond the prescribedcourse of study. In 1832, he removed with his parents to Stroudsburg, Northampton(now Monroe) County, Penn. During this time he was placed under theinstructions of a Mr. Hubbard, who was employed as a teacher and became aninmate of the family. Under his guidance young Burson received a goodintellectual training, and at a later date was sent to West Town BoardingSchool, then one of the leading educational institutions of the Friends in theUnited States—being outranked only by Haverford College. In the year 1837, Mr. Burson accompanied  his father’s family to Clinton County, Ohio,where, for seven years, his time was employed in conducting and superintendinga farm near Wilmington. Subsequently  helearned the carpenter’s trade, and worked at that trade in Ohio and afterwardat La Porte, Ind. Returning from the latter city to Ohio, he engaged inmercantile pursuits with the means saved from his earnings  as a mechanic. He possessed the qualities ofa successful business man, more as the endowment of nature than as the resultof education, and, in 1848, at the age of twenty-eight years, he was electedTeller of the Eaton Branch of the old State Bank of Ohio, where he remained forabout four years. It was during this period that he formed the acquaintance ofhis devoted wife, Miss Mary E. Wilson, to whom he was united in marriageFebruary 19, 1851.          In 1853, he left the Eaton Branch Bank, and with John Huntfounded the Cambridge City Bank, at Cambridge City, Ind. In the great financialcrisis of a few years later, this was one of the few banks that with stood theshock. In 1856, he came to Muncie and founded the Muncie Branch of the StateBank of Indiana with a capital of $100,000, which was soon increased to$150,000.  In 1865, this bank wasre-organized under the capital of $200,000; and, a surplus sum of  $100,00 and Mr. Burson was its Cashier. In1871, the capital increased to $300,000 the surplus remaining as before. Theestablishment of this bank aided materially in developing the resources of thecounty and building up the city of Muncie, and for its establishment at thisplace the citizens owe their thanks to Mr. Burson’s efforts, as some of theheaviest stockholders of the old State Bank were at first      opposed to this place for the locationof the Branch. For a number of years, Mr. Burson was a Director of the “BeeLine” Railway, and a Director of the La Fayette, Muncie & BloomingtonRailway at the time of his decease. Said one of his friends “The best guaranteeour people had that this last-named road would be completed was the fact thathe was determined it should be” He was           prominent in various other public enterprises, and allmeasures for improving the city or county received his support andencouragement .  In polities he wasa  Republican, and served as a member ofthe State Central Committee from this district from 1868, to the time of hisdemise.  He was unremitting in hislabors for the success of the party, but not ambitious for personalrecognition. Only once did he permit himself to become a candidate for office.This was in 1870 , when he was elected State Senator from the district composedof the counties of Delaware and Madison.    After an illness ofthree weeks, and with his mind fully reconciled to his approaching dissolution,Mr. Burson  passed  peacefully away September 21, 1872. Thefuneral obsequies took place on the 24th, and a Masonic specialtrain draped in mourning carried the Masonic Order of neighboring cities,together with a large number of friends to morn the loss of the deceased.Business was suspended in Muncie, and the entire county was in mourning. Thefuneral services were conducted according to the rites of the Masonic Order,and the corpse was in charge of the mandery, and the members of the ScottishRite Order, from Indianapolis, were also in attendance.  Every one united in paying homage to the memoryof the distinguished dead, and over five thousand persons joined the funeralprocession.                           

Surname: Marsh,Windsor, Van Matre, Hodge, Marsh, Cox, Scott, Davis, Stewart, Coon, Vestal,Preston, Wilkins, Peaton, Woods, Bentley, Davis, Lethers, Dale, Suman West,Gibson, Garner, Cromb, Anthony, McCulloch, Hiatt, Balinger, Martin, Crofford,Landry, Brewer FIRST LICENSES AND MARRIAGES.                      The following copy of marriage license is taken from Record No. 1,          Page 1, and is of course the first issued in the county:            “Be it remembered that on the 27th day of November, A. D. 1827, marriage license issued in these words: State of Indiana, Delaware County, ss.—The State of Indiana to any person legally authorized to solemnize marriages in the County of Delaware—Greeting: You are hereby authorized to solemnize marriage between John Marsh and Arey Windsor, of the County of Delaware, who are hereby licensed to be joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony. (L. S.) Witness William Van Matre, Clerk, and the Seal of the Court, this the 27th day of November 1827. “And be it further remembered, that, on the 28th day of November, 1827, solemnization of the above license returned as follows, to wit: I John E. Hodge, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Delaware, do hereby certify that John Marsh, of the County of Delaware, and Arey Windsor, of the same county, were legally joined in marriage by me, on the 28th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1827—John E. Hodge, J. P., D.C.”  The next was issued to Daniel Cox and Phoebe Scott, the former of Randolph County and the latter of Delaware, on the 7th day of February 1828. The marriage was solemnized on the10th of February by John Scott. The following is a list of the marriage licenses issued by the Clerk during the year 1827 and 1828 in their order.  John Marsh to Avey Windsor; Daniel Cox to Phebe Scott, Charles A. Davis to Melinda Stewart, Jacob B. Coon to Juliana Vestal, WilliamP. Preston to Susiana P. Wilkins, Thomas Peaton to Mary Woods, Obadiah Bentley to Rebecca Davis, Henry Lethers to Rhoda Dale, Joseph Van Matre to Tabitha VanMatre, John Suman to Elizabeth Van Matre, Thomas West to Nancy Gibson, James Garner to Mary Cromb, Joseph Anthony to Margaret McCulloch, Joseph Hiatt to Sarah Balinger, John E. Martin to Sarah Crofford, Joseph Landry to Louisa M.Brewer.       

Click here for important information regarding select missing February 2001 postings This board is for posting Biographies. Do NOT post questions here. Questions should be posted to the Query Board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Delaware Co. In Biographies [ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index (Use 'Back' if from a search list) ] [ Previous | Next ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Biography of William Youse Surname: Youse, Snyder, Frazier History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881 WILLIAM Youse was born in 1784, at Little York, Penn. He was engaged in the war of 1812, holding three several commissions in the army raised at that time. He was successively Lieutenant, Captain and Major. His widow still preserves, as interesting relics, the commissions issued by Simon Snyder, Governor of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, appointing him to those positions respectively. The one for Captain is dated August 11, 1811(sixty-nine years ago), commissioning him as Captain of the rifle company attached to the second battalion of the Sixtieth Regiment, in the Second Brigade of the Fourth Division of the militia of the State of Pennsylvania. The one for Major bears the date of August. 1, 1814, and confers upon him the position of Major of the Second Battalion of the One Hundred and First Regiment in the Second Brigade of the Fourth Division of Pennsylvania militia. His earliest commission begins before the breaking-out of the war; but he was called out in actual service in the lines, only for three months, during the winter of 1 814—I 5, being honorably discharged at the close of the war. He came to Union County, Indiana, in 1818, and was married to Mary Frasier, 1823. Mrs. Youse was born in 1802, and still survives, at theage of seventy-eight years. They had six children, four of whom are yet living.He resided at or near Brownsville, Union Co., Ind, during fifty-one years, and for forty-six years from the date of his marriage; four years (after marriage) on a farm and forty-two years in Brownsville. He was by trade a tanner, and was, by turns, tanner, merchant, miller, farmer, trader and business man, stockbuyer, etc. He owned at one time more than 400 acres of land, and was engaged in extensive business; but, through that universal bane and “trap” of men of means, “going security,” he lost the most of his property, and never recovered from the blow. However, he saved his honor and his self-respect, and preserved his reputation and the public esteem as well. Mr. Youse was very active, both in business and politics, and in religion, carrying into them all the ardor and zeal of an earnest love for truth and justice, and steady and persistent purpose to accomplish- all the good that lay in his power. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,and honored his profession by a worthy and consistent life. He was Post master at Blountsville for many years and once represented his county in the Legislature (as a Whig). He died in1869, aged eighty-five years. Mr. Youse was of German descent, his grandfather having emigrated from Germany. In person, he was heavy set, of medium height,and straight as an Indian. He had dark, sandy hair, hazel eyes, and a full but fair complexion. He was prepossessing in appearance, firm but genial, liberal and generous, kind-hearted and free. His widow has been a Methodist for fifty-eight years. In 1878, she obtained an annual pension from the United States Government, of $96, to which she is entitled during her life. She is in good health and sprightly. She walks to church and about town, works constantly, and is a fine specimen of a cheerful and contented old age. For a considerable time, she has employed herself in knitting rugs and mats, and some very curious and labored articles of that sort were shown as her handi work Her residence has been with her son, at Muncie, for several years.

S. P. Wilson was born in the State of Virginia in the year 1794.  He came to Ohio at an early period inits history; was in the war of 1812, married came to Delaware County, Ind,in 1857 and died in 1874, aged eighty years. He had five children, and all survived him, as does also his widow, now nearly eighty years of age. His children are, Capt. Luther B. Wilson, connected with the Muncie Times;Mary B., widow of the late John W. Burson, who was, at the time of his death, President of the Muncie National Bank; Ambrose Willson, Cashier ofthe Muncie National Bank; Mrs. Charles W. Moore and Miss Kate Willson.             Mrs.Willson, his widow, receives a pension of $96 a year from the United States Government.She is afflicted in body, having been badly crippled with rheumatism for many years; she is, however, still vigorous in intellect, retaining a strong interest in the questions of the times, and keeping herself fully informed respecting them. Mrs. Burson, her daughter, with whom the old lady resides, was greatly active in the labors of kindness and benevolence during the war,spending much time and money in securing and affording efficient relief to the needy in that time of danger and distress, in which praise worthy work however,she was by no means alone, since the whole city, and the country as well, strove in friendly rivalry for the palm of leadership in this great and excellent undertaking. A considerable number of the survivors of the war of 1812; and of the Indian war which raged in the West and in Indiana about that time, hare lived, and some, as before stated, have died in this county. The names of some of these have been obtained from Maj. Waterhouse, pension agentat Muncie, who were pensioners under the law of 1871. By that law, first, all the surviving soldiers of the war of 1812 were entitled to a pension. Before that time only those partially or wholly disabled were entitled. Their widows, also, if married to soldiers before the close of the war were included, but not otherwise. In 1877 orthereabouts, the law was amended so as to include all widows of soldiers of that war, no matter when married. Under this amended act, some widows in this county now draw pensions—Mrs. Youse and Mrs. Willson, and possibly others. The men named by Maj. Waterhouse, were Clement Hurt, who died some years ago;Gilbert Jones, living, so far as known, aged ninety-four years; Isaac Shellenbarger, seventy-four years old in 1871, now dead; William Daugherty,eighty-one years old, now dead; Henry Shultz, aged seventy-four years, supposedto be living; George Sanders, seventy-nine years old, now dead. Eliza Hurt applied for a pension and obtained a certificate, but died without receiving any money on her certificate. Isaac McClanahan was wounded at the battle of Tippecanoe, and had had his pension increased some yearsago. He is now dead.         

  History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881                                                               Military History                                             WAR OF THE REVOLUTION                      T HE only connection that Delaware County could sustain to that conflict which raged more than a century ago, is that a scanty few of its surviving veterans might wander away from the scenes of their youth and their manhood, and of the conflict which they waged for freedom, to spend their few remaining years beneath the protecting shadow  of the“stars and stripes” in the mighty forests of the untrodden West.  Such, doubtless, there have been—Revolutionary soldiers who took up their abode in Delaware County, possibly, accompanying their children to this wild country for succor and support in the day of trial and weakness. We know of one such; probably, there were more. Yet, we havefound no account of them. November 3, 1843, Frederick E. Putnam writes in his diary,as printed elsewhere in this work: “Old Mr. Gilbert (Revolutionary pensioner)died to-day, and was buried with the honors of war.” How old this aged soldier was at the time of his death, Mr. Putnam does not state. If, however, he was eighteen years old in 1780, he would be eighty-one in 1843. And now, only theold, possibly the middle aged, remember so much as to have seen a soldier of the Revolution. And the actors in the last great war are gradually dropping out, one by one. Though the land is full of soldiers now, the time is not very far distant when these, also, with all others of like age and service, shall behidden away in the tomb.                                     WAR OF 1812.                        Something may be said concerning this now ancient war in connection-with Delaware County. Of course, the war itself was past before this region became opened to white settlers. Still, to some of the counties lying around Delaware that war was a fearful calamity, and a source of great terror and danger. These forests were full of hostile savages, their towns were on all the chief streams, their trails threaded the forests through the whole extent of the country, the few families flocked to the rude forts and block-houses, while the husbands joined the army and marched against the foe. Wayne, Dearborn and Union Counties had been partly settled, and, until within a few years past, the fearful tales of savage warfare in 1811-13, might still be heard from the lips of those who took apart therein. Perhaps a scanty few even yet survive the storms of the years that have past, and can, at this late day, remember and rehearse how the British burnt Washington or Buffalo, or how Gen. Harrison defeated the Indians at Tippecanoe, or on the Thames; or, how “Old Hickory” broke the British power at New Orleans. But, however that may be, it is certainly true, that, during the lapse of time since those days of  peril and fear cast their dark shadow over the land, a considerable number of the soldiers in that “second war of independence,” have taken up their abode within the limits of this county. Upon the banner containing thelist of our departed heroes are inscribed the names of eight aged veterans,from eighty to eighty-six years old, who had been soldiers in that war of by gone generations, and whose worn-out frames have found rest from the weary toils and cares of mortal life in the friendly’ soil of Delaware, the latest burial among the number occurring in 1876.            These eight names are given elsewhere, and do not need to be repeated. Whether any soldiers of the war of 1812 are still living in this county, we do not know; but it is a fact that several widows of those old veterans do yet dwell among us, at least two of whom reside in the city of Muncie, viz: Mrs. Mary Youse and Mrs. Wilson,the first seventy-eight and the second eighty years old. Both these old widows are cheered, in these their later years, by the bestowment of a pension from the friendly hand of the National Government. These widows were not the wivesof these soldier husbands till long since the close of that war, and hence it happens that the governmental favor has been slow in reaching them, the act of Congress applying to their cases having been passed only about 1877. This branch of our subject may be fully closed by a brief account of the husbands

History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881                        VITAL     STATISTICS                                                       PROF. E.TUCKER.                  LIST OF EARLYSETTLERS, IN THE ORDER OF DATE OF SETTLEMENT     LIST OF PERSONS IN DELAWARE COUNTY SEVENTY YEARS OLD AND           OVER, WITH THEIR AGES, AS PER CENSUS OF 1880, IN CENTER TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE. HARRISON, HAMILTON, LIBERTY, MUNCIE CITY, MOUNT PLEASANT,MONROE, NILES, PERRY, SALEM, UNION AND WASHINGTON.                          PARTIAL LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS                    THIS list includes some of the early settlers up to the year 1840, and none of a laterdate. Probably many, more prominent indeed than some of those mentioned, are necessarily omitted. The list contains, however, a very fair abstract of the names of those who, in the past, were recognized as among the leading citizens of the county. The first column gives the name, and the second the date of settlement here:          Robert Gordon   1819          Anthony Broderiok1819          R.Stansberry   1820          Cornelius Van Arsdall    1820          Allen Makepeace 1820          Aaron Richardson1820          Goldsmith C.Gilbert     1820          Lewis Rees          1822          Borter Rees         1822          J. S. Thornburg     1825          AsaheI Thornburg1825          John Brown          1825          Lemuel G Jackson1825          Katy Simmons        1825          Daniel Simmons      1826          John Simmons        1825          Wilder Potter       1828          John Crum           1826          Mrs. Edmoud         1827          J.Shoemaker        1828          Isaac Branson       1828          Patsy Bunson        1828          John Saunders       1828          Job Swain          1828          John Tomlinson      1828          John Parker         1828          William Jones        1828          John Jones          1828          Owen Russell        1829          Joel Russell        1829          Robert Gibson       1829          Ralph Heath         1829          Lewis Moore         1829          Boyd Linville       1829          David Heal          1829          John Smith          1829          Stephen Hamilton 1829          Minus Turner    1829          George Turner   1829          William Ribble, Sr        1830          William Ribble, Jr        1830          John Moore      1830          David Kilgore 1830          George W Franklin         1830          J. Williamson   1830          Daniel Keesling     1830          George W. Miller     1830          William H. Stewart        1830          Andrew Kennedy 1830          Thomas Kirby1830          Samuel P.Anthony         1831          Samuel Gregory  1831          Charles F. Willard        1831          Adam Shafer   1831          J Nottingham    1831          Joshua Turner   1831          Jacob Calvert        1831          M. Walling      1832          P.Carmichael   1832          T. F. Wilson      1832                William Walling  1832          George Shafer   1832          Lloyd Wicoxen   1832          C. Mansfield1832          Warren Stewart  1833          Moses Wilson    1833          Thomas Wilsop   1833          Eleazer Coffeen      1833          William Buffington 1833          John Keen    1833          W.Martin    1833          A. Buckles 1833                    Thomas Clevenger  1834          J. H. Wysor 1834                            Benjamin Dungan  1834          John W. Dungan   1834           W. Lenon        1834          James A. Maddy   1834          Abner Wolverton  l834          John W. Strong   1834          Alfred B. Strong 1834          D. Pittinger     1835          Daniel Jarrett   1835          John Hutson      1835          Samuel G. Sunderland  1835          E. T. Babb      1835          S. R. Martin    1834          Nehemiah Burden 1835          Henry Eber      1835          Thomas Weir     1836          John Brady      1836          W. Y. Williams  1836          S Clark         1836          Edmund Brammer  1836          J. Orr, Sr        1836          J. Richmond     1836          Joseph M. Davis 1836          Calvin P. Streeter 1836          John Jack       1836          John MaClaine    1836          J. H. Slonaker  1837          James L. Russey 1837          Caroline Russey 1837          J. Stradling    1837          C. Retz         1837          Benoni Wilson   1837          William A. Long 1837          P. Carmichael   1837          J. Hopping      1837          William Adsit   1837          Robert Long     1837          J. Saunders     1837          Thomas J. Sample1837          Volney Willson   1837          Alfred Gates     1838          Albert Gates    1838          Albro Gates     1838          F. E. Putnam    1838          John H. Ellis   1838          Thomas Johnson  1838          G.W. Studebaker 1838          A. M. Klein     1838          A. Wilson       1838          W. L. Goff      1838          Brice P.Powers 1838          J.Williams     1838          Thomas S.Neely 1839          Moses L Neely   1839          Charles Rickert 1839          Col. B. Sayre   1839          Adam Sheller    1839          M. Galliber     1889          John Galbraith  1840          J. Priest       1840          D. Babb         1840          John Sutton     1840                                           VITAL STATISTICS.                       Appended hereto is a list containing the names of persons residing in Delaware County, as shown by the census of 1880, who are not less than seventyyears old, with their ages respectively at the date of registry. These names are given alphabetically, by townships: Center Township (outside of Muncie) William Carman, 75;Emeline Driscoll, 77; Mary Dick, 70; Ephraim Dragoo, 75; Martin Galliher, 71;Ann Helvie, 70; Jeremiah Jewett, 78; Patience Kemper, 78; Joseph Long, 77; W.C. Neiswonger, 70; John Smith, 82; Harriet Smith, 75; Michael Smell, 72; SusanSmell, 72; John Smell, 76,  MaryShawhan, 81; George Shaffer, 80; Henry Sholtz, 88; Nicholas Shaw, 80; Jane Van Arsdal, 91; Rebecca Wright, 72; Joseph Winson, 80. Whole number, 24; average age, 76.8 years; total, 1,764. Delaware Township.—Leander Blake, 72; Lydia Bell, 70; Edmund Brammer, 76; Mary Irwin, 72; Elizabeth Lockhart, 79; Ruth Lykins, 79; Willson Lennon, 76; William Lyon, 78; Jacob Smith, 70; Mary Smith, 70; Rebecca Shreeve,70; Naomi Shockley, 78; John W. Strong, 73; Nancy Vincent, 73; Joseph Watt, 75;John Whitehair, 93. Whole number, 16; average age, 76.7; total, 1,144. Harrison Township—John Crum, 70; Ennis Duckett, 70; DavidEppart, 70; Charles H. Kirk, 77; Hannah Ladd, 73; Samuel McCreery, 79; HenryMiller,71; Mary Rector,75; Henry Stump, 70; Anna Woodring, 75. Whole number,10; average age, 73; total, 730. Hamilton Township—Abigail Dragstrim, 79; Nancy Gregory, 78;Joseph Jacobs, 73; William Kirby, 14; John Martindale, 75; James Powell, 71;Elizabeth Sloniker, 73; Mary Tharp, 75; Abel Wright, 75; Sarah Wylie, 85. Whole number, 10; average age, 75.8; total 758.        Liberty Township—Eliza Austin, 70; John W. Baughn, 71;Richard Cray 78; William Cain, 75; Jacob Davis, 15; John Dotson, 72; Priscilla Dotson, 73; Sarah Davis, 76; Anderson East, 78; Morton East, 79;  Mary Flaherty, 85; Beersheba Jones, 74;Conrad Kurtz, 76; Elizabeth Lawrence, 72; George Martin, 76; Lydia McKaskey,73; Joseph Orr  79, Henry A.Pierce,. 70; Dorcas Shelton, 70; Abby Scott, 90; Juliette C. Willson, 77; RhodaWilliams, 76.’ Whole number, 22; average age, 75.7; total, 1,665. Muncie City —(Center Township)—John Brady, 76; Mary Brady,73; Hebe Budd, 74; Martha Branson, 82; Elizabeth Beemer,79; Elizabeth Belmire,71; William Cassady, 74; Margaret Cassady, 73; Rebecca Charman, 74; Rachel J.Clevenger, 71; Mary Casey, 80; Joseph M. Davis, 72; Nicholas Eiler, 73; Mary Eiler, 78; James Edwards, 75; John Gray, 102; Ira Granger, 73; Nancy Harter, 70; Sarah Howell, 72; Margaret Hollister, 76; Catharine Kirkwood, 72; Charity Korp, 70; Susan Long, 79; John Luscht, 75; Mark Moore, 73; Mary Moore, 70; Nancy McKimmey 76; Malinda McLin,73; Matilda Neely, 71; Elizabeth Patterson, 79; Ann Paxson, 79; Jane Robison,83; Christian Retz, 75;  Margaret Riley, 89; Martha Richardson, 77; Emanuel Rich, 72; Mary Rich,72; J. W. Rounceville, 72; Sylvester Schutt,. 76; Catharine Simmons, 80;Solomon Snell, 72; Philip Smell, 76; Minus Turner, 73; Nancy Ullery, 81;Elizabeth Willson, 79; Rosa Williamson, 79; Jane Woodward, 77; Adam Wolf, 72.Whole number, 48; average age, 76; total, 3,107. Mount Pleasant Township—Ellen Antrim, 76; Elizabeth Bennett,78; George Cock, 81; Yost Dipple, 79; 0. J. Gilbert, 74; John Hancock 75;Catherine Hittle, 75; B. F. Hittle, 72; Laodicea Jones, 72; John Jones, 72;Barney Leonard, 71; Joseph Landry, Sr., 74; Catharine Losh, 78; Nancy Miller,73; Melinda McKinley, 74; Jesse McKimmey, Sr., 76; Sarah Rudy, 71; Harrison Rulon, 72; Nancy Swearingen, 72; David Summers, 73: James Staggs, 71; Elizabeth Slack 70: Phebe Staggs, 77; Nancy Van Matre,71. Whole number, 24; average age,74; total, 1,777. Monroe Township—Jane Cooley, 76; Benjamin Cooper, 93; DavidFodge, 76; Thomas Gough, 80; Sarah Jones, 78; Rachel Kendall, 73; John Lenox,Sr., 74; John H. Miller, 70; Nancy Ogle, 74; Mary Ross, 73; John Rutledge, 78;Ruama Trowbridge, 71; Joseph Trowbridge, 82; Samuel West, 73; John Williams, 76; William C.  Windsor, 73. Whole number, 16; average age,76.75; total, 1,220. Niles Township. — Catharine Bracken, 72; Samuel Clark, 77,Willis Edgington, 72; Hannah Edgington, 71; Nancy Green, 75; Sarah McCoy, 74;Sarah Moore, 75; David Moore, 78; John Ritter, 73: Sarah Ritter, 70; Susanna Roberts, 73; Price Thomas, 70; John W. Vincent, 75. Whole number, 13; average age, 73.5; total, 985. Perry Township—Thomas Browne, 70; John Bowman, 70; JohnClark, 72; Summer Coffin, 75; Mary Carey, 73; Martha Dragoo, 77; Peter Dragoo,87; Robert Hindman, 72; Rebecca Holliday, 70; Moses Hodson, 75; Hester Hodson,71; Thomas Lindsay, 72; Sarah Lindsay, 75; John Reese, 71; Mary Sutton, 70;Elizabeth Sample, 71; Elizabeth Shroyer, 72; Edward Thornburg, 70; John Veal,82; Thomas Whiting, 85. Whole number, 20; average age, 74; total, 1,480. Salem Township—Amos Brandon, 71; Elizabeth Brown, 76; SarahDrennon, 70; William Fenwick, 70; William Guffingham, 70; Elizabeth Guffingham,70; John Hupp, 78; Catharine Hupp,‘77; Charles Hughings, 71; CatharineLybarger, 70, James McVeigh, 70; Lambert Moffett, 73; John Ricker, 73; JamesRinker,71; Philip Rinker, 78; Lydia Rinker, 71, John Shoemaker, 72; James Stewart, 78; Drusilla Stewart, 75; Cynthia Tripp, 70; David Van Matre, 74; Mary Van Matre, 76; Christiana Young, 71. Whole number, 23; average age, 73; total,1,678. Union Township—Basil Clements 74; Patrick Carmichael, 85;Charles Carter, 70; Hiram Cochren, 77; Rebecca Cochren, 70; John Deeter, 71;Moses Embree, 76; Mary Embree, 76; Ebenezer Edwards, 90; James Furgerson, 75;Sarah Gerr, 70; Abigail Kiplinger, 72; Nicholas Lewis, 76; John Manor, 71; Wilson Martin, 75; Nancy Nickum, 72;Mary Rowe, 70; Edmund Taylor, 78. Whole number, 18; average age, 75; total,1,348. Washington Township—Nehemiah Bell, 76; Madison Broyles, 72;David Beuoy, 70; Sarah A. Bryan, 72; Elizabeth Clinefbass, 72; Jacob Jones, 74;Elizabeth Jones, 73; Skidmore Munsey, 80; William Roberts, 71; Christopher VanMatre, 70. Lucy Williams, 73; Polly Wharton, 74; Nancy Ward, 75. Whole number.13; average age, 73; total, 952. Total number in the county, 249; average age, 743/4 Total ages,18,608.

History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881                          ASYLUM FOR THE POOR   EARLYMANAGEMENT OF THE COUNTY POOR—OVERSEERS OF THE POOR—FARMING OUT PAUPERS—POORFARM AND ITS MANAGEMENT—COST OF MAINTENANCE, ETC An important element in the local economy of every community, and one of the distinctive features of our civilization, is the measure of charity extended in providing for and maintaining the poor andindigent, relieving the distresses and attending to the necessities of those unable or incompetent to take care of themselves. Public policy demands that ample provision be made by the people’s representatives in every locality, to secure this branch of society against want, by an economic distribution of the common surplus of home products. The history of this community, in common with that of every other, especially in the great Northwest, shows that active,living charity is an integral quantity in our body politic, a prime factor in the movements of the people, everywhere. As a means to this end, provision is made by the law-making power of the State for the exercise of a liberal charity toward all who are entitled to be recipients of public benefactions.Among the first provisions made by law, for alleviating the wants of the poor, was in directing the appointment of Overseers of the Poor,whose duty it was to hear and examine into the nature of all complaints inbehalf of the poor, in each civil township of the county, and see that their wants were sufficiently provided for; that such should not suffer for the common necessaries of life, nor be ill treated. It was also made the duty ofthese overseers, to keep a record, in which should be transcribed the names of all persons in their respective townships, who were unable to take care of themselves, and who, in their opinion, were entitled to the benefits so provided for the maintenance of those unfortunates. A further provision made itnecessary for them to put out as apprentices, all poor children whose parents were dead, or were found to be unable to maintain them, males until the age of twenty-one, and females until the age of eighteen years. The general provision governing the duties of such over seers is as follows:It shall be the duty of the Overseers of the Poor, every year, to cause all poor persons who have or shall become a public charge, to be farmed out, on contracts to be made, on the first Monday in May, annually, insuch manner as the said overseers of the poor shall deem best calculated to promote the public good. Provided, nothing herein contained shall prohibit any Overseers of the Poor from receiving and accepting propositions at any time,for the keeping of such poor and others, who may at any time there after become a county charge; Provided, however, that the Board of County Commissioners ofthe several counties in this State, may, in their discretion, allow and pay to poor persons who may become chargeable as paupers, who are of mature years and sound mind, and who, from their general character, will probably be benefited thereby, such annual allowance as will be equal to the charge of their maintenance, by employing the lowest, bidder to keep them; the said Commissioners taking the usual amount of charges in like cases, as the rule in making such allowance:Provided, however, that the Overseers of the Poor, in no case, shall farm out any pauper under the age of twenty-one years, if a male, or, if a female, under the age of 18 years if such overseer of the poor can possibly bind out as apprentices any such paupers.For the purposes contemplated in the foregoing act, such overseers of the poor for the several townships, were made, in name and infact, bodies corporate and politic in law, to all intents and purposes with perpetual succession, liable, by the name of The Overseers of the Poor, of their respective townships, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of jurisdiction, and by that name * * purchase, take or receive anylands, tenements or hereditaments, goods, chattels, sum or sums of money, to or for the use of the poor of their respective townships, of the gift, alleviationor devise of any person       or persons whomsoever; to hold to them, the said Overseers and their successors, in trust,for the use of the poor forever.The Legislature, in the enactment of this law, had incontemplation in the near future, the erection of proper buildings, such as the County Commissioners might prescribe, to be used as an asylum for the poor who might become permanent charges, as paupers, on the         county. During the early years of the county’s history,but little progress toward the development of a more practical method of providing for the wants of the poor and indigent of the jurisdiction, appears to have been made by the local legislative authority. In the course of time,however, advance steps were taken, the results of which became manifest in the improved condition of the recipients. The first mention we have in the records of the county of anyproceedings had indicating a definite purpose to establish an asylum or infirmary for the protection and maintenance of the unfortunate and needy,appears at the February session, 1851, of the Board of County Commissioners,when it was Ordered, That a notice be published in the Whig Banner, that allpersons desirous of selling land for a poor-farm of Delaware County, to contain 130 to 200 acres, may hand to the board at their next June session, on the first day thereof, sealed proposals containing a full description of the land,price and terms of payment—must be not less than one nor more than five miles from Muncie. Pursuant to that notice, at the June session, the board having received, examined numerous proposals of the character prescribed, and, of the several tracts of real estate referred to, finally accepted the proposal and site of Enoch Hagenbuck, with this change and condition: $1,200 to be paid on January 1, 1852, and the balance one year after, all without interest, the vendor surrendering possession to the county, on the 15th of September following. At the session in August, 1851, it was Resolved, that the contract between Enoch Hagenbuck and the Auditor, for the purchase of a poor-farm, be confirmed, the contract being as follows, to wit: First payment, one order for$600; one for $550, and one for $500, payable  January 1, 1852; second payment, one order for $800,payable June 1, 1853. In December 1851, a special session was had, when the board, in consideration of the premises and the purchase a foresaid, appointed Samuel D. Andrews Superintendent of the Poor Farm, at a salary of $230 perannum, and appointed, also, Samuel V. Jump Physician, with instructions to makevisits regularly, once every two weeks, and also when called, at a salary of$50 per annum. At the June session, 1852, Mr. Andrews, the Superintendent,filed his first annual report. Under a subsequent arrangement, the farm wasleased on the terms that the lessee should pay a stipulated sum for the use of the premises and take         charge ofand provide for the wants of such persons as were placed under his care, at a fixed rate per capita. At the regular March session, 1854, the board leased thefarm to  Enoch Allbright, for a term of three years, the latter agreeing to pay $180 per annum, and to feed,clothe and take care of persons sent there at the rate of $114 per annum, per head, on the farm; except children, for which $1 per week would be allowed, and at the same rates for all others so sent there. The management of the Poor Farm was conducted, during the years succeeding, in much the same manner as in the years preceding. At the December term, 1859, the Commissioners directed the Auditor to give notice, by publicationin the Delaware County Free Press, that sealed proposals would be receiveduntil February 4, 1860, for leasing the Poor-Farm for the year succeeding. This method prevailed for several years subsequently, for the selection of persons to take charge of the farm, provide quarters and furnish subsistence for the poor of the county sent there, pursuant to the provisions of law, as an asylum where they might, f or a small pecuniary consideration, be supplied with the necessaries of life and shielded from the inclemency’s of weather, and otherwise treated according to the dictates of a common humanity.   From June 1,1877, to June 1,1878,the revenue derived from the surplus products of the farm, amounted to the sum of $229.95, while the expenditures for the maintenance of the same were $3,437.76. The expenses of this department for the year 1879 amounted to $1,924.73. For the year 1880, the expenses of the Poor Farm, as shown by there port of the Auditor submitted to the Board of Commissioners at the close of that fiscal year, were $2,452.48. In addition to this sum, that was paid out inaid of the poor, during the past year, $5,992.28.                                                           

History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881                          PROBATE COURT ITS ORGANIZATION—PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST TERM—THEJUDGES—PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT TERMS—AN ABSTRACT  OF THE BUSINESS AT THOSE TERMS—NAMES OFEARLY JUDGES—COMMON PLEAS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE PROBATE COURT  —ITS CAREER AND SUPERSEDURE BY THE CIRCUITCOURT, ETC.          >From the date of the organization of Delaware County, and the subsequent establishment of the Circuit Court therein, the Probate business was transacted in the Circuit Court by the Associate Judges thereof, until, in March 1830, at which time the Delaware Probate Court was organized, pursuant to the forms of law. There cord discloses the proceedings connected there with as follows: March Term,1880. Be it remembered, that, at a called session of the Probate. Court, begun and held at Muncie town, on Tuesday, the 30th day of March, in the county of Delaware, before the Honorables John Rees and Lewis Rees, Associate Judges of the Delaware Circuit Court, and, as such, Judges of the Probate Court of said county.  On motion of Joseph Bennett,the court ordered that the said Bennett be, and is hereby appointed, a guardian for the infant heirs of Catharine Bennett deceased. After this appointment, the court adjourned until court in course, this being-the only case. November Term, 1830. Be it remembered, that, at a session ofthe Probate Court, begun and held at Muncietown, on Thursday, the 4th day ofNovember, in the County of Delaware, the Honorables Samuel McCulloch and JohnTomlinson, Associate Judges of the Delaware Circuit Court, and, as such, Judgesof the Delaware Probate Court were present. Said court met according to an actof the. General Assembly, but did not go into business, for want of the Sheriff . Friday morning, November 5,1830 Court met and proceeded tobusiness.  The first business wasgranting Letters of Administration to Hugh Murphy, on the goods and chattels ofJames Murphy, deceased.  The next casecalled was in the nature of a motion by Isaac Branson to be allowed six mouthsfrom that date in which to settle the estate of Nathan Branson, deceased, ofwhich he was administrator. The court heard the motion, and being satisfied ofthe propriety of the same, granted said administrator the time asked for.  Whereupon the court adjourned until court incourse. On the 10th of November, 1834, John Tomlinson presented hiscommission from the Governor of the State of Indiana, and took his seat as theProbate Judge of Delaware County having taken the oath prescribed by law: Priorto this date, the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court occupied the positionof Judges of the Probate Court of said county, in accordance with theprovisions of law, in order, as follows: John Rees and Lewis Rees, from March,1830, to November, 1830. Samuel McCulloch and John Tomlinson, from November,1830, to November, 1834, when a Probate Judge was elected and exercisedexclusive jurisdiction over the Probate business of the county. For a period ofeighteen years following this date, the Probate business of Delaware County wastransacted in the Probate Court as a separate jurisdiction. Upon the incomingof the new order of things, under the Constitution of 1852, the Probate Courtwas superseded by the Court of Common Pleas, in the management of Probatebusiness, having, also, civil-jurisdiction.           The Judges of the Common Pleas were elected by severalcounties termed a district, and served during a term of four years, beingrestricted in the tenure of office to the service of not more than eight yearsin any period of twelve. Finally, the Probate business having been under thejurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas for twenty years, by the act         of the Legislature of 18Th, theCommon Pleas Court was abrogated, I and the Probate jurisdiction, transferredto the Circuit Court, where it still remains. During the existence of the oldProbate Court, the position was held iii this county by John Tomlinson forseveral years from his induction into office in 1834. His successor was EnochNation, who continued to hold the place until the final abolition of the court,at the taking effect of the present State Constitution, under which the CommonPleas system was inaugurated. >From 1853, the Judges were W. Marsh, J. M. Haynes and J. J.Cheeney, who held the office in the order of their names, two of them occupyingthe bench during two terms each, and one of them but a single term. At the timethe Common Pleas system was abolished, Judge Cheeney was in office. Since thetransfer of Probate jurisdiction to        the Circuit Court, the Judges transact the business with greaterdispatch than courts have done heretofore.                                                                                                 

History Of Delaware County Indiana Illustrated T.B. Helm 1881                          I transcribed the misspellings, incorrect punctuation and all. Enjoy!    CIRCUIT COURT                       ORGANIZATION-FIRST OFFICERS-FIRST GRANDJURY-PROSECUTING ATTORNEY-FIRST ATTORNEY ADMITTED-ASSOCIATE JUDGES FIRSTPROCEEDINGS-SECOND TERM-THIRD TERM-ATTORNEYS ADMITTED-SUCCEEDING SESSIONS-PETITJURIES-CASES OF CONTEMPT-FIRST INDICTMENTS-JAIL BOUNDS-COURT-ROOMS-GRAND JURORSAT LATER TERMS-EARLY MEMBERS OF THE BAR-FIRST SESSION IN COURTHOUSE-INDICTMENTS FOR SELLING WHISKY TO AN INDIAN-CIRCUIT COURT SEALADOPTED-DESCRIPTION-OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS.   Surname in this biography are:Gilbert, Eggleston, Rees, Noun, Jackson, Thornburg, Beason, Wardwick, Stewart,Mosburgh, Bentley, Mills, Bathman, Gibson, Van Sicle, Spencer, McCulloch,Vestal, Smith, Finch, Blount, Jones, Bragg, Test, Rariden, Downing, Ray,Fletcher, Brown, Liston, West, Wise, Deeds, Powers, Lott, Job Garner, Blount,Branson, Adamson, Crawford, Dewitt, Jackson, Crawford, Truitt, Prickett,Redpath, Berry, Benbow, Drummond, Elliott, Marshall, Ginn, Littler, Moore,Deeds, West, Bell, Reeves, Heal, Branson, Wharton, Burnett, Brock, Goble,Leonax, Hardwick, Andrews, Rowe, Simmons, Elliott, Dalman, Banning, Lamphire,Russell, Absalom, Bigger, Heal, Newland, Moor, Purdue, Malott, Hardwick,Shoemaker, Hayes, Bowers, Casteel, Ragan, Eply,  Small, Swain, Conner, Hiatt, Templeton, Burrowes, Massey,Starbuck, Renberger, Lester, Powers, Wharton, Lamb, Windsor, McCormack, Heath,Kilgore,                       The first term of the Delaware Circuit Court met atthe house of Goldsmith C. Gilbert, pursuant to the provisions of that part ofthe organic act which prescribes that the sessions of the Board of Justices beheld there, on Monday, the 19th of May, A. D., 1828; Present, Hon. Miles C.Eggleston, President Judge, and John Rees and Lewis Rees, Associate Judges.Proclamation being made, the wheels of justice were put in motion and business proceeded according to the usages of the court. The record then disclosed the following: Peter Noun, Sheriff of Delaware County, now returns into court          The venira juriis, heretofore to him directed, with the following panel of good and lawful men of the county of Delaware; by him summoned as grand jurors, to serve during the present term of this court, to wit: Lemuel G. Jackson, who is appointed foreman of the grandjury, and summoned as such, and Joseph Thornburg, Jonathan Beason, John   Wardwick, William Stewart, RichardThornburg, Henry Mosburgh, Jonathan Bentley, John Stewart, Jonathan Mills,William Bathman, Robert Gibson, Lewis Van Side, Thomas Thornburgh, Joel J.Spencer, and Samuel McCulloch, who, being sworn and charged, retired to their room to deliberate, attended by Joel Vestal, who is sworn as their  bailiff.  Stephen [Septimusj Smith is appointed Prosecutor for the present term of this court, in the room of Cyrus Finch, theregular Prosecuting Attorney.          William Blount was appointed Guardian for William Blount Jones, son of Mary Jones, daughter of said William Blount. The penalty of the bond was $300-David Bragg was security. Charles H. Test was admitted as anattorney at law, in this court, who was sworn in. John Rees and Lewis Rees were each allowed $2 for one day's service as Associate Judges. Joab Vestal was allowed$1 for service as Constable, waiting on Grand Jury, this term.  James Rariden was admitted as an Attorney.Septimus Smith was allowed $5 for acting as Prosecuting Attorney, pro term,during the present term.  Ordered that the prosecutions pending in this court, be continued until the next term ofthis court. The first indictmentreturned by the Grand Jury of the Delaware Circuit Court was at this first term, and against John Downing for assault and battery. The prisoner being arraigned before the bar of Justice on the charge aforesaid, and required to answer there to, for plea said he was guilty, as charged, where upon the Court assessed against  him a fine of $1. After which the court adjourned to court in course. The second term of saidcourt convened on Monday, the 17th day of November, 1828, at which time, thePresident Judge being absent and but one of the Associates, John Rees, being present, court was adjourned until Tuesday morning, the 18th, when, none of the Judges appearing, Peter Noun, the Sheriff, adjourned court until Wednesday morning, November 19. All the Judges being still absent, the Sheriff, in pursuance of law, declared the Delaware Circuit Court adjourned until court in course. The third term opened more auspiciously. It convened on Monday, May 18,1829, with the following officers present: Hon. Miles C. Eggleston, President Judge; John Rees and Lewis Rees, Associate Judges; William Van Mater, Clerk;and Peter Noun, Sheriff. On proclamation being made that Delaware Circuit courtwas opened and ready for business.  Martin M. Ray, Calvin Fletcher, Hiram Brown, and Oliver H. Smith, beingalso present, were, on proper motion, admitted as attorneys and counselors at law, at the bar of this court, and, by order of the Judge, duly sworn and enrolled as such, as appears upon the records of said court remaining. Martin M. Ray then produced his commission as the Prosecuting Attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana-in which circuit Delaware County was then situated-which was then engrossed and the necessary oath administered,when he entered upon the discharge of his duties. The first case for trial at this term was the State of Indiana James Liston, for assault and battery.  The accused was arraigned before the Court on said charge and pleaded not guilty there to whereupon, the following jury was impaneled to try the same, to wit Aquilla West, William Wise, John G. Deeds,William Powers, David Lott, Job Garner, William Blount, Jacob Branson, James Adamson, Thomas Crawford, Robert Gibson and Thomas Dewitt. The jury was then sworn, and having heard the testimony were charged by the Court. They then retired, and, after due deliberation, returned into court their verdict, that said defendant was not guilty. This appears to been the first cause submitted to a Circuit Court Jury in Delaware County. During this term of court, the Prosecuting Attorney had one of the grand jurors, James Jackson,arraigned for being intoxicated and for disturbing the deliberations of Court.Testimony was introduced to sustain the allegation; and the Court, then, beingsufficiently advised in the premises, found him guilty as charged, and assessed a fine of 10 dollars against him, which was paid. A more detailed account at this transaction may be found among the pioneer notes, in Minus Turner's narrative. Another incident of the term was, the Sheriff, Peter Noun, was fined $1 for failing to keep back the by-standers during the progress of an important trial, as he had been ordered to do by the Court. This fine, however, was subsequently remitted. A case of contempt was entered at the same term against Thomas Crawford, one of the regular panel of Traverse Jurors, for being intoxicated and thus appearing in court. He was fined $ 5 for his temerity.Serves him right.   Among the numerous bills of indictment returned at the May term, 829-some of the proceedings of which have just been noted-there were two- for affrays; two for selling whisky with out license; one for trespass and one for betting on a horse-race. Thus was the dignity of courts and the law maintained.Incident to this maintenance of the law's supremacy; the Court, at the same time, established the following prison or jail bounds, to wit: Beginning at a stake, bearing north 37 30 west of the center of the jail, and distant there from 109 poles;thence, south 84 30' east, 154 poles, to a dogwood sapling; thence, south 85 30west, 154 poles, a to a stake; thence, north, 84 30 west, 154 poles, to a hickory sapling; thence, north 53 30 east, 154 poles, to the beginning. Thead mission of a prisoner to the privileges of the fail bounds were simply equivalent to the enlargement of prison limits and was among the first steps toward the abolition of imprisonment for debt one of the relics of barbarism that remained on our statute books until more than the first third of the nineteenth century had passed. Subsequent legislative wisdom made the prison limits co-extensive with the boundaries of the county. Finally, the law imprisoning individuals for this class of offenses was abolished altogether.                   At the July session of the Boardof Commissioners for Delaware County, the following names were drawn for grandand petit jurors a for the October term, 1830, and for the March term, 1831, towit: Grand jurors for October term, 1830-Parker Truitt, William Prickett,Richard Thornburgh, Samuel Andrews, John Benbow, Charles Redpath, David Rowe,Jonathan Berry, Aaron Elliott, Benjamin Drummond, Joseph Bennett, AmaziahBeeson, John L. A. Dalman, Riley Marshall, Rezin Malott, William Hardwick, JohnGinn, Thomas Littler. Grand jurors- for March term,1831-Jabez Moore, John G. Deeds, Sr. Peter Simmons, Benjamin Berry, JamesAdamson, Michael Banning, Norman Lamphire, Jesse Adamson, John Russell, JohnLeonax, Solomon Bowers, John Hayes, Israel Shoemaker, Aquilla West, StephenBurnett, William Casteel, Ruel Began, William Eply. Petit jurors for October term1830-William Downing, Owen Russell, Henry Taylor, David Brown, William Gilbert,Thomas Mason, John Purdue, John Newland, Garrett Gibson, Enoch Nation, AbsalomEdward, Isaac Elliott, Sherrod Brook, Robert Goble, Asahel Thornburgh, LewisMoor, John Trimble, William Fitzpatrick, Job Swain, Martin Hower, Joshua Small,David Conner, Samuel Bell, Joseph Reeves.                                                      Petit jurors, March term,1831-John Jackson, Timothy Templeton, Joseph Hiatt, Daniel Burrowes, RobertMassey, Tristram Starbuck, Henry Renberger, James Lester, Joseph Blount, HenrySmith, Jacob Powers, Ralph Heath, Stephen Brown, Thomas Wharton, John Stewart,David Baggs, Samuel Simmons, William Heal, John Lamb, William Windsor, Lemuel Jackson, WilliamBlount, Robert McCormack, Thomas Branson. At the October term, 1830, CalebB. Smith and Samuel Bigger were admitted as attorneys to practice in the Delaware Circuit Court. At the same term, the grand jury, having examined the county jail as was made their duty by law, reported its condition as follows,to wit:  We, the- Grand Jury of DelawareCounty, being impaneled and   sworn, have viewed the jail of said county, and find it in decent order, but we consider it insufficient as to locks and staples. October 4,1830, ENOCH NATION,Foreman Grand Jury David Kilgore and Thomas C.Anthony were admitted as attorneys at the following term, at which term, also,the grand jury again directed its attention to the condition of the county jail, and reported its insufficiency, when the Court, on motion, summoned the Board of Commissioners to appear, and show why said jail should not be put in good repair. At the same term,the Commissioners, in obedience to that summons, made report and were discharged; but a subsequent examination made by the grand jury indicated the continued inefficiency of the jail, but otherwise its good condition. Samuel C.Sample was admitted, also, to practice law in this court, at said term and Charles H Test made report, which was caused to be spread upon the records of the court at that and the previous term; that he had examined the Clerk's office,records, etc., and found the  records well kept, and written in a reasonably good hand. The completer ecords, however, still want the attestation and official signature to maket hem authentic. The April term, 1832, of the Circuit Court, was held in the court house, and appears to have been the first one held in the building constructed for that purpose. Atthe same term, William J. Brown, after ward Secretary of State, was admitted to practice law in this court. At the term following, Samuel W. Parker and John W. Alley were also admitted as attorneys. The grand jury, at the April term,1833, found a bill of indictment against Samuel C. Walton, for retailingspirituous liquors to an Indian, in violation of law. The defendant's counsel moved the court to quash the indictment, but, after argument, the court, being sufficiently advised, overruled the motion. Upon the motion being overruled by the court, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, and was fined $5 as the penalty. Security being given for the payment of this fine and the costs, he was discharged from custody. James O'Neil, Barney DeWitt and Samuel Walton were indicted for a like offense at the next October term, and, upon trial, were respectively fined $5 as a penalty for the violation. Timothy Stewart, indicted for manslaughter, was arraigned and tried on that charge, but the jury found him not guilty, and he was accordingly discharged from custody. At the April term, 1834, Andrew Kennedy, Jeuh G. Elliott and Cyrus F. Dempsey were admitted as attorneys atthis bar, and were sworn as such. Among other proceedings at this term, the Court devised and adopted a seal for the attestation of official papers.The following is the record madein the premises: The Court now here devise a seal for this Court, and adopt the- same by the following description, to wit: The said device on the seal is an ox, standing on his feet, and in the margin of said seal, encircling the ox,ate the words following, to wit: Circuit Court, Delaware County, Indiana,engraved so as to make a permanent impression. A copy of this seal is stamped upon the margin of this record. [Order Book No. 1, page 189.]  This completes our review of the organization and early proceedings of the Delaware Circuit Court, with a large number of the leading attorneys admitted to practice therein during that period. A complete roll of these, with others subsequently admitted, will be found in the order of their priority, in the chapter appropriated to the ;Muncie Bar.

can someone do a look up for me on Rachel Smith 4-25-1831 marion county, d.2-14-1902 Tipton county. she married Andrew M Plummer 1832 at Tipton County in 11-10-1855. the information i like to know how many kids did she have? names and dates. would appreciate it. thanks becky

Lora, If and when you can get the LONG marriages, please post to the list. I would also be interested in this. Thanks so much! Jill Arthur Barry

Yesterday I was sent a virus. I didnt know that I had it until I opened my email and it started sending hundreds of infected emails out to people. I am truely sorry if you got sent one of these as it was never my intent to do so! THis is the first and hopefully the LAST one I ever get. It took a long time to clear this up, but I believe it is gone now. So people.. even if someone sends you a answer to your request, if it is in the form of a attachment DO NOT OPEN IT! That is what I did. I got a answer to my request for a look up and it came with an attachment and I thought it was just a file in answer to my request. Be careful all and if you got one of those emails my computer sent out.. once again, I am truely sorry, I had no idea I had a virus until it was too late. ..Jeff Bright

In a round about way they are being sent from this list. Since I'm writing this message to the list, it'll show up in the infected person e-mail in-box and the virus will see my address and send a message with an attachment back to me sometime soon. -cm At 06:24 PM 4/29/01 -0400, you wrote: >I fully understand the concern about viruses. But if people are receiving attachments and viruses, they are not being transmitted them from a Rootsweb mailing lists. Rootsweb stops ALL attachments. > >Please send your virus related messages to your non-list addressees, since they are the ones who could receive a virus. > >By the way, the virus related messages (including this one) are all available in the archives taking up storage space. > >George > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

I fully understand the concern about viruses. But if people are receiving attachments and viruses, they are not being transmitted them from a Rootsweb mailing lists. Rootsweb stops ALL attachments. Please send your virus related messages to your non-list addressees, since they are the ones who could receive a virus. By the way, the virus related messages (including this one) are all available in the archives taking up storage space. George