Franklin County, Indiana - Chapter 3: Organization' (jl" Fraxklix Couxty, 1915

Chapter 3: Organization' (jl" Fraxklix Couxty

Franklin county was the seventh county orf,^anize(l within the present limits of Indiana and was one of the thirteen counties which had been organized at the time the territory appHed for an enabling act in 1815. All counties during the territorial period (1800-16) were either created by the governor or the territorial Legislature. During tiie first five years the governor created the counties, but after the Legislature was organized, in 1S05. it took over the creation of counties. They were organized as fast as the increase in population demanded them, but it was not until 1810 that. Dearborn county was populated sufficiently to warrant its division.

There are four separate tracts of land within the present limits of Franklin county, representing four distinct purchases by the L'nited States government from the Indians. The first land which was bought from the Indians was secured by the treaty of Greenville, August 3. 1795. This treaty line was drawn from the mouth of the Kentucky river in a northeasterly direction to Fort Recovery and entered Franklin county in Highland township, between sections 15 and 35, and passed out of the county as a Ixiundary line between Blooming Grove and Fairfield townships. The land included within these limits now embraces all of Fairfield. Bath. Springfield. White Water, practically all of Highland and three-fourths of Brookville township. This land was entered from Cincinnati until the land office was established in Brookville in 1820.

The second tract of land in Franklin county which was secured by the government from the Indians was accpiired by the treaty at Grouseland (near Vincennes), August 21, 1805. This includes a triangular tract in four town- .ships, as follows: Ray (section 15. and fractional sections 10, 16 and 17) : Butler (sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9. 11. 12. 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 33 and fractional sections i, il, 28, 32 and 36) ; Brookville (sections 27, 34 and fractional sections 22, 23, 26 and 35) ; Highland ( fractional sections 3. 10 and 15).

It was the purchase of the third tract of land which led directly to the -organization of Franklin county. This was the Twelve-mile Purchase, which -was concluded bv Harrison at Fort Wayne. September 30. 1809. This tract included a .slrip twelve miles in uidili. lyin- west of the [795 treatv line. It entered l-rnnklin cunuv at the M.uth in .ection _'_>. Ray township, and passed out of the county in M.Ttion 'r r,f I'oscy township. It is the second largest tract in the munty n hich ^'.as purrhnserl from the Indians and includes all of Bloominy finne. Aletamora and Laurel townships, as well as the greater portion of Salt Creek and Ray tou nshipv There are also jtart of Cutler. Hrookville and INjsey townships within this tract.

The fourth and last Indian cession, which includes a part of Tranklin county, was concluded at St. Mary's. Octr.her 2-6. rS;,S. This ],urcha.se from the Indians included the largest tract ni laud which was ever secured from them in Indiana and is known in history as the Xew Purcha>e. There are only parts of three townshijjs in Franklin county which fall within this fourth tract, namely. Ray. Salt Creek and Po^ey.

The Twelve-mile Purchase of iNoo practically doubled the area of Dearborn county and. as has been previ<<usly stated, led directly t., the division of the county and the formation of Franklin and Wavne out of its northern half. When the territorial Legi^latur- met at \'incenne.s. on X.jvember 12, 1810. there was present a group of men wh.i were desirous of organizing vxo new counties out of Ucari)orn and Clark, these counties being Franklin and Wayne. Solomon .Manwaring ^vas a councilor from Dearborn count\- and the same man who had sur\eyed Brookville in 1S08. One of the three' territorial representatives from Dearborn comity was John Templeton. who resided in what is now Franklin county. It is safe to presume that Amos Butler and others interested in Brookville real estate and business enterpri.ses were either present themsehes or had able representatixes to look after their interests. At least within fifteen days after the Le-islature had met fXovember 27, iSio) Franklin county was created. Templeton. who was. by the way, a son-in-law of Robert Flauna. had the honor of giving the new county its name. As originally estabh^hed. the countv included all^the territory between the Ohio line on the east and the Twelve-mile line of 1809 on the west. The southern limits of the county have never been changed, but as It was organized in 18 10 it extended nine miles further north and Tncluded a large part of w hat is now b'ayette and L-nion counties. The act estabIi^hincr the county is as follows : "

"Section i. Be it enacted, etc.. that from and after the hr^t day of February. 181.. all that part of Dearborn and Clark counties which is included m the following boundaries shall form and constitute two new counties; that IS to say. beginning at the corner of townships 7 and 8 on the line of the State of Ohio; thence north until the same arrives at Fort Recoverv - thence irom I'orl Recovery soulluvarflly with the Hue of the western boundary of the purchase made at I'urt Wayne in the year 1809, until the same intersects tlie northern hounchiry of the purchase made at Grouseland : thence northwardly with the ]i\v- of tlie la>t named purchase until the same arrives at a point where a (kie east-and-we.>l line will strike the cr^rner of town 7 and 8 on the aforesaid state of Ohi<j line.

"Section j. That the tract of country included within the aforesaid boundary he and the same hereby is divided into two separate and distinct counties by a line bei^innin.c^ at the corner of towns 1 i and u. on the line of the state of Ohio, and from tlience west until it shall intersect a line of the western boundary of the before-mentioned purchase <>f l-\jrt W'avne : and that from and after the first day of February, 181 1. the tract of country falling within the s(JUtlKTn dixision there(;f hhall be known and designated as the county of I'ranklin, ar.d the northern division lhere(jf shall be known and designated by the name and style of the county of Wayne.

"Section 3. That for the ])urposc of fixin*,^ the ])ermanent .seat of justice in and for the .-aid count)' of l-'ranklin. James .\dair, Uavid Hover and Elija!'! Sparks be and they are hereby ajipointed C(jninn\sioner> whose dutv it shall be to convene at the town of }>rookville, in the said countv <if bVanklin. on or before the first Monday (jf May next, and beinj^ first duly sworn to discharge the duties enjoined on them by this act without favor, affection or partiality, before some justice of the peace of said county, legallv commissioned, shall proceed to fix on the most convenient and eligible place for the permanent seat of justice for the same.

"Section 4. That so soon as the place for holding the courts for said county shall be established agreeably to the above .section, the judges of the court of common pleas for the said county shall immediatelv proceed to erect the necessary public buildings for the same at such place, in the .same manner as is required by law in other counties ; and after the public buildings are so erected, the court of said county shall adjourn to the .said place at their next term after the same sliall be completed, which shall become and is herebv declared to be the permanent seat of justice of the said countv of Franklin."

There was pnjbably no ([uestion Init that P)rookville would lie selected as the county seat, although there is a tradition to the effect that the town of Fairfield indulged in some county-seat aspiration. This tradition must be the result of a disordered imagination, since at the time Fairfield was laid out in 1815 there w.'is hciiii,' coiiiijlctcl at llrook^illc what was probably the I>est court house in the state at the time. It i:-, true that Fairheld was nearer the center of the county as it was originally laid out and that it was the center ot the liea\iest |)opulatioh oi the count\- in r8ri. f-fowevcr. as soon as Drookville was selected as the count}- seat in iSii there could certainly have l>een no hope on the part of those who w i^hed the seat of justice placed at what was later Fairfield. Scores of ln<hana counties have had difficulty in gcttin.i,' the county seat located, hut hrankhn county has never exi)erienced any trouble along this line.

Franklin county secured its present territorial limits as a result ni three separate legislative acts, hayette county was organized by the act of December 28, 1818, and began its independent career un the first day of the following year. This took off a strij) nine miles wide lying between the Twelvemile line of i8og and the line dividing. The erection c^f Union county by the legislative act of January 5, i8ji, took off a tract nine miles wide lying between the Ohio line and b"a\ette county. The third legislative act which helped to define the present limits of the county was passed as result of the New Purchase of October, 1818. A triangular strip about two miles and a half wide and sixteen miles long was added to Franklin c(nmty by the Legislature of 1823 and on February 11. of that year, the commissioners oi the -county attached it to P(jsey township. The organization of the various townships of the county is given in detail in the separate chapter dealing with the townships. Unfortunately, the first records of the countv are missing and there is no way of telling w hat the limits of the first townships were, although it seems certain that Brookville. Posey and Bath were the first three townships.

There is no way of knowing how many people lived in Franklin countv when it was organized on I'ebruary i. 1811. It is fair to presume that there were at least five thousand people in the county; the census of 1815 credited the county with 7,370 people and a voting population of 1.430. At this time Franklin county was second only in population to Knox and had thirtv-nine more voters than that county. By 1820 Franklin county had increased to a population of 10.703 and at that time was the third in the state in population, being surpassed by Wayne (12.119) ^"d Dearborn (11.468.) During the decade Franklin county passed through a terrible crisis and hundreds of its best people left tlie county, yet the census of 1830 gave it a population 10,990. However, it was still fcmrth out of the sixty-two counties then organized, being passed by Wayne (18,589). Dearborn (13.955). ^"tl Jefferson (11,465). The census of Franklin county by decades since 1880 is as follows :

Ers Ville The First Year Of Statehood

The voters of Franklin county exercised their rights of franchise for the first time in the state of Indiana, .\ugu.st 5. i8r6. At this time all township, count\- and national officers were voted for by the electors of the countv. The following is a summary of the election of August 5. 1816:

It will be noted tliat five hundreil and fifty-nine votes were cast for governor, this being the largest numlier of votes cast for any one official. In addition to the ofticials aliove listed, tlie electors voted for justice of the peace and county commissioners, but the record of the vote on these has not i)ceii found. The county treasurer, listers, pound kee[)ers, collector of county and state revenue, road sujjervisors, fence viewers, o\erseers of the poor, inspectors of flour and p<jrk and constables were appointed.

Court procedure was materially changed by the 1816 Constituti(jn and was really made simpler. The circuit court was placed in charge of a president judge, elected l)y the state Legislature, and two associate judges, elected by the various counties. In 18 16 there were only three circuits in the state, for at that time there were only fifteen ccmnties in the state. The clerk of the court was appointed by the Legislature f(jr a term of seven }ears. The old county court was abolished and its duties placed in the hands of a ijoard of three commissioners ; the common ])leas court was absorbed by the circuit court, or rather the duties of the old circuit and common pleas courts were performed by the new circuit court.

The first circuit court under the new constitution met in March. 181 7, with John l>st as president judge and John Jacobs and John Hanna as associate judges. Enoch McCarty and Robert Hanna were clerk and sheriff, respectively, of the court. The grand jury was composed of (>eorge Rudicil, John Stevenson, Stephen Gregg, Powell Scott. Samuel Arnet. Solomon Shepperd, Ebenezer Howe, John Miller. Thomas Clark, Michael Cline. \\'illiam Evans. Jacob Sailors. John Hawkins, Samuel ]\lcCowe. Thomas W'ainscott, Israel W. Pionham, Thomas William. ]'A\n Case and Michael C. Snell.

A history of the courts and the lawyer.s would not he complete without mention of the fistic cncoutiters of some of the followers of Black.stone. Xot all of their lashings were intlicted I)y their tongues, since it appears from the court records that their fists were fre(|uently called into action. In the sprinjj of 18 1 7 four of Brookville's lawyers got tangled up in a series of arguments, which finally brought them before the bar of justice. James McKinney and Miles C. Eggleston were the first pugnacious couple to stage an encounter. Records are not available to show the fight by rounds, but the court records say that they were Ijrought before the curt, pleaded not guilt}', and asked for a trial by jury. Whether they got fi\e dollars' worth of satisfaction out of their encounter is not known, but it took that much to satisfy the court. The other pair of local attorneys to wage a personal combat in the spring of 1 81 7 was James Noble and Stephen C. Stephens. They, too. met on the field of battle and were later fined five dollars for engaging in such bellicose activities. As has been mentioned before, fighting was a very common oft'eiise in the early history of the county; Init this is to be noted - the followers of the sport invariably used nature's weajjons and very seldom was the knife or gun called into action. A lost of the legal business for the first two or three \ears in the county was in the hands of Hendricks, Noble, Mclvinney. Stephens, Eggleston and Lane. Of course. Noble and Hendricks were in Congress while it was in session, and this fact undoubtedly made them the highestpriced lawyers of the county.

The Constitution of i8i6 placed the general affairs of the county in the hands of the Ijoard of three commissioners and this board assumed all the duties performed by the old territorial county court. The first board of commissioners was composed of Enoch D. John, Samuel Riickafellar and James Wilson and met in L'>rook\ille for the first time, February lo. 1817. Their first action was to define the limits of si.x townships which had been previously organized, namely : \\'hitewater. Brookville, Posey, Bath, Union and Connersville. The definition of the limits of these townships and the ordering of an election in each township for justices of the peace was all the busin.ess transacted by them at their first session. Changes in township boundaries and the creation of new townships continued down until Septemlier 5, 1S49. when the last two townships, Butler and ]\Ietamora, were organized. .All of these changes are set forth in detail in the history of the various townships.

early history uf the county was ccjncenied witli tlic laying out of roads, the appointment of petty (^tficials and the issuance of licenses to tavern and store keepers. There was not much liti.i,'ation in either the circuit or conitnissioners' court and if a mathematical conchision is permissible, the hi'^torian. after a perusal of tiie records, ventures to assert that four-tifth.-> of tlie civil cases were for tnisdemeanors. such as trover, covenant, trespass and deht. In 1817 the commi-^sirmers' records speak oi a man who is confined in a jail for debt. In those days the ,t;Mssiper had to be <)n lier guard, since any charge she might make against one of lier neiglilx.rs wa>> very apt to bring her into ccnirt. In 1817 a woman, whose rei)Ulation was not of the best, was accused bv one of her neighliors of being, among oth.er things, a thief, anrl she ])roniptly brought suit and her defamer was ordered to jiay her eight hundred dollars to satisfy her wounded feelings. 'I'lie man falsely accused of li<jg-stealing collected all the way from one to twr* thousand dollar^ if his accuser was unable to prove the charge. One is led to think that such dra>tic acti(jn would prove an excellent thing in kji^ e\en as it did a hundred year> ago.

Franklin comity had been in e.xisteiice five years when Indiana was admitted to the Union and had had members in the territorial Legi^-lature of five different sessions, namely, the sessions beginniiig as follows: Xovember 12. i8ii; February r, i8f3; December 6, 1813: August 15, 1814: December 4, 1815. The count}- was ably represented in the Legislature from the beginning and when the constitutional convention of t8i6 met at Corvdon on June ro, Franklin count}' had ii\e of the alilest men who sat in that body. These were \\'illiam H. Fads, a mem])er of the committee on impeachments: Rol)ert Hanna, Jr.. a member of the committee on constitutional revision and militia: James Xoble, a meml)er of the committees on judicial and legislative matters and militia : James FJrownlee, a member of the committee on executive functions: Fnoch ^TcCarty. a member of the committee on the distribution of powers in the government, and on militia. Two of these men later became United States senators from Indiana, Xoble and Hanna. X'oble served from 1816 to 183 1, dying in the middle of his third term, and his lifelc>ng friend. Hanna. was appointeil by the governor to fill out his unexpired term.

Franklin county was represented in the constitutional convention which met at Indianapolis. October 7. 1850. and remained in session until I'ebruary 10, 185 1. During the eighteen weeks that this con\ention had been in session, there had been little else talked about. A new instrument of government was produced, which, while it was a i^reat improvement upon the C(jii.-.titution of 1816, yet cannot he c.jnsidercd as a c^reat constitution. .\n effort was made hy referendum vote in the fall of 1914 to call a constitutional convention, but an adverse vote was returned.

In the recorder's office at Brookvillc is preserved the tract book containing all of the entries of the Ohio survey. This includes all of the land in the county between the treaty line of 1795 and the Ohio hue. '1 here is probably no more interesting old volume in the court hotise tlian liiis, for here may be seen the names of each entry, the date of same, the number of acres entered, the number of the final certificate and the exact location by -ection, township and range. The sections varied in size from one hundred and two to one hundred seventy-one acres, the greater portion of tliem ranging from one hundred forty-six to one hundred sixty-one acres. The list here given is arranged by vears rather than l)y sections, as is given in the original tract, book :

181 1 - Benjamin Abraham, sec. i; John Allen, sec. i; John Allen, sec. 2; William McDfMinel, sec. 6; Allen Spencer and James Wiley, sec. 11; William Remy. sec. 11; John Cloud, sec. 12; Thomas ^McQueen, sec. 13; Thomas jMcQueen. sec. 14: John \^anblaricum, sec. 29.

1812 - James and John Caldwell, sec. 2; Thomas Milholland. sec. 6; David and Eli Penweli. sec. 12; Joseph Williams, sec. 12; John Sater, sec. 12; Peter Hann, sec. 14; John Standsbury. sec. 23: Henry Sater. sec. 24; James Remy, sec. 25.

ter, sec. lo; William IJ. and John S. Allen, sec. ii; George Rudicil, sec. 17; Jonathan Hunt, sec. 19; John Standsbury, sec. 23; John Larrison, sec. 23; Joseph Summers, sec. 24; John Foutch, sec. 27; Samuel Weber, sec. 28; William Remy, sec. 35; Israel Davis, sec. 35; Israel Davis and Frederick Shotty, sec. t,^.

1814 - John Wolley, sec. i; Silas W'oolley, sec. 2; William Well, sec. 3; Joseph Siers, sec. 4; Prince Jenkins, sec. 5; Prince Jenkins, sec. 6; John Welch, sec. 7; Mathew Sparks, sec. 10; William Siers. sec. 10; John Wood, sec. i^; James Finle\'. sec. 14; James Remy, sec. 24; Morris Sealey, sec. 25; John Hays, sec. 25; James Gold, sec. 25; James Remey, sec. 26; Caleb Keeler, sec. 26; Lemuel Snow, sec. 2~ ; Lemuel Snow. Jr., sec. 2/; Lemuel Snow, sec. 2'/: John \'an1)laricuni, sec. 2^: Lemuel Snow, sec. 28: Georqe Larrison, sec. 2S ; Xathan Richardson, sec. 33: Henry fiarncr. sec. 34; Abner Conner, sec. 34: Andrew Bailey, sec. 36: Robert M. Seely, sec. 36.

181 5 - James Stewart, sec. 3; Mathew Sparks, sec. 4; James Montgomery, sec. 4; Jonathan Winn, sec. 7: Joshua Quile, .sec. 9; Fbenczer Lewis, sec. 9; Joshua Quile, sec. 9; Isaac S. Swearingen, sec. 15: Isaac S. Swearingen, sec. 15; David K. Este and Andrew Bailey, sec. 17: William Hudson, sec. 18; Isaac Swearingen, sec. 22; Israel Da\ is, sec. 2^: William Smith and Simon Gulley, sec. 26: John H. Rockefellar. sec. 31: 1. and William Watkins, sec. 2^: Ralph Wildrige, sec. t,t,: William Lewis, sec. 36: Joseph Hoop and Michael Flowers, sec. 36.

1816 - Hugh Moore, sec. 8: James anrl Josiah Lowers, sec. 14: Manuel Chambers, sec. 17; Oliver Benton, sec. 18: Joseph Peter, sec. 20; Thomas Clark, sec. 20; J^Iichael Rudicil, sec. 21; Richard Hubble, sec. 22; Thomas Mannering, sec. 31 ; James Jones, sec. 31.

1817 - William Burke, sec. 3: Abiah Hays. sec. 19; Joseph Hamion, sec. 20; Benjamin George, sec. 21; Richard Flubble. sec. 22; Robert Mc- Koy and George M. Brown, sec. 30; James Jones, sec. 30; Robert McKoy and George M. Brown, sec. 30; Alexander Abercrombie, sec. ^t,.

1818 - William Lemmon, sec. 4: Peter B. ^^lilespaugh, sec. 5: Jacob Felter, sec. 5; Stephen Craig, sec. 5; William Lowes, sec. 15; Philip Yost. sec. 17; Ralph Reiley. sec. 33; Benjamin Lewis, sec. 34.

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181 1 - James Ferrel, sec. 3; Stephen Gardner, sec. 3; James McCaw, sec. 3; Daniel Currie, sec. 4; Gideon Wilkinson, sec. 4; Philip Jones, sec. 9; Gideon ^^'ilkinson, sec. 9; Gideon Wilkinson, sec. 9; Cornelius Wiley, sec. 10; Samuel :McCray, sec. 10: William Ardery. sec. 14: William McDonald, sec. 19; Richard Cockey, sec. 20; Robert Luse, sec. 22; William Arder>-, sec. 23; Josiah Beall, sec. 21 : Robert Fossert. sec. 34; Chester Harrel, sec. 35.

1812 - Charles Burch, sec. 2 ; Alexander Filford. sec. 2 : Henry Burget. sec. 3; Lemuel Lemmon, sec. 4; William and Abraiiani Hetd.rick. sec. 7: Thomas Osborn, sec. 8; William Amistrong-, sec. 9; Richard Colli\er, sec. 10; John Milner, sec. 10; Adam Carson, sec. 11; George Todd and James McNutt, sec. 13; Moses Rardon, sec. 14; Thomas Seldridge, sec. 14: Andrew Shirk, sec. 17; Walter Tucker, sec. 18; Thomas Gregg, sec. 20; Joseph Cillev, sec. 23; Isaac Wood. sec. 25; Joseph Cilley, sec. 26: Stanliope Royster, sec. 26; Amos Atherton. sec. 27; Arthur Henrie, sec. 34.

1813 - Mathew Smith. Jr., sec. i ; Thomas Craven, sec. 2: William Xel- sec. 5 ; James Wood, sec. 5 ; Jonathan Stount. sec. 8 : Adam Mow. sec. 8; Bryson Blackburn, sec. 11 : Charles Cone, sec. 12; Charles Cone, sec. 12: Elijah Atherton, sec. 15; Abraham Timberman, sec. 18; John and Christopher Stroubel, sec. 18: W'illiam Clark and Stephen Gregg, sec. xg: Andrew Shirk, Jr.. sec. 22 ; James Recs. sec. 23 : John McOuire. sec. 25 ; Ithamer White, sec. 26; Robert Gray, sec. 26; Thomas Shaw, sec. 27; Jacob Fausset. 27: Isaac Wamsley, sec. 28; Abner Leonard, sec. 29: Benjamin Hinds, sec. 29; Joseph L. Carson, sec. 30; William Seal. sec. 31: James Seal. sec. 31; John Rees, sec. 34; Benjamin Wood, sec. 35: James McCord. sec. 35: William Snodgrape, sec. 36: Jacob Hiday, sec. 36: Benjamin Abrahams, 36.

18 1 4 - Samuel Bourne and Benjamin Crocker, sec. i ; Ezra L. Bourne. I ; William Ferguson, sec. i : Jeremiah Abbott, sec. 2 : William P. Swett. 4: AValter Tucker, sec. 6: John Wanderlick. sec. 6: Joiin Wanderlick. 6; William Hetdrick. sec. 7: Joab Howell, sec. 7; Enoch D. John, sec

1815 - Benoni Goble, sec. 15; Abner Goble, sec. 15; James Stcvvart. sec. 17; Thomas Reeds, sec. 20; Joseph Kingery, sec. 26; William F'.irljes. sec. T.'j; Robert Pettycrew. sec. 31 ; James Stevens, sec. 33: David Jones, sec. }^}^; Lemmuel Lemmon. sec. 35.

1816 - John Spear, sec. 10; James Dunn. sec. 20; John Ross. sec. 28: Andrew Orr an.d John Hatfield, sec. 2S ; Samuel Huesion, sec. 33: Robert Ross, sec. 34; Samuel Huston, sec. 34: William Ruffin (assigned to John Pitman), sec. 35; Rphraim Tucker, sec. 35.

1813 - Henry Case, sec. 2; John Stafford, sec. 6; Elliott Herndon. sec. 6; Samuel Ca.se, sec. 10; Moses Cougar, sec. 12; George Singherse, sec. 12: Lesmund Basye, sec. 8.

1814 - Thomas Milholland. sec. i: John Quick, sec. 2: John Hale and Lewis Deweese, sec. 5 : Nathan Henderson, sec. 7 ; William Jackman. sec. 12; Nathaniel Henderson, sec. 18: Edward Carney, sec. 26: William Ramsey, sec. 26; John Mercer, sec. 27: Nicholas Pumphrey, sec. t^^i'- Nicholas Puniphrey. sec. 34; Daniel Harty. sec. 35.

1816 - Thcjmas Henderson, sec. 5; Solomon Allen, sec. 5; Solomon Shephard, sec. 8; Daniel tloshrook, sec. 8; Harvey Bates, sec. 8; John and Jacob Hacklenian, sec. 9; Jolm Fugit, sec. 11; Jolm Ward, sec. 13; John Jasen, sec. 14; John W. Morrison, sec. 17; Peter Priff)gle. sec. 18: Corbly Hudson, sec. 25 ; Eli Brooks, sec. 27.

1817 - Samuel C. Vance, sec. 6; Stephen Butler and E. P. Smith, sec. 7; Adam Nelson, sec. 9; James and John Andrew, sec. 9; Zachariah Co<^ksy. sec. 10; David E. Wade, sec. 17; John Hays, sec. 23; Jacob Hays, sec. 2^; John B. Chapman and James Price, sec. 24 ; John Ayers, sec. 24 ; John Page, sec. 24; William Knowley, sec. 25; Levi Fortner, sec. 26; Samuel Price, sec. 27; Reuben Clearwater, sec. 2-- J<"jbn Halberstadt, sec. 32; Samuel Price and William Mints, sec. 35 ; William Mints, sec. t,^.

1818 - John Stafford, sec. 17; George W. Matthews, sc-c. 19; Nicholas Longwbrth, sec. 20; Robert Douglass, sec. 22; William Cummings. sec. 27; Uzziah Kendall, sec. 28 : John Atkinyon and William \\'alkcr. sec. 28 ; Bradbury Cottrell and Joseph ^IcCafferty. sec. 28; William Stephenson, sec. 29: Phineas J. Johnson, sec. 29; Job Harrison, sec. 29; John Davis, sec. 29: Charles Flarrison, sec. 30; Henry Dougherty, sec. 30; George W. Shank. sec. 31 ; Corbly Fludson, sec. 36.

1804 - Robert Templeton. sec. 4: James Taylor, sec. 9: Thomas Williams, sec. 19; Amos Butler, sec. 20; John Ramey, sec. ^2; Solomon Tyner. sec. 33 ; William Tyner, sec. 33.

1805 - Jobn Logan, sec. 9; John .Allen, sec. 29; Amos Butler and Jesse B. Thomas, sec. 29; Samuel Arnet, sec. 32; Thomas Henderson, sec. ^2: Thomas Henderson, sec. 32 ; John Brown, sec. 33.

1806 - Agness Taylor, sec. 3 ; William Henderson, sec. 8 : David Bell, sec. 8; John Vincent, sec. 19; Amos Butler, sec. 20; Amos Butler, sec. 20; Amos Butler, sec. 29 ; Abraham Hackleman. sec. 34.

181 1 - Joseph Thor]). sec. 8; J(isci:)h Uareknian, sec. 10; Jacob Crai^. sec. 11; James Knic;lit, Jr., sec. 17: William Barr and William Kiift'iii. sec. 17; Amos Butler, sec. 21: .\rtiuir Ilenrie, sec. 25; Davifl Penwell. sec. 27; Micajah Parke, sec. 28; James Mc^^iinnis and James Xoble. sec. 2^\ Rucjgles Winchill, sec. 28; John Kennedy, sec. 28; Thomas Williams, sec. 30; John Richardson, sec. 33; John Collins and William McCoy, sec. 34; Georg'c Anthony, sec. 35.

1815 - John Smith, sec. 5; Alexander Tilford. sec. ri: Thomas Bond, sec. 12; Enoch Buckingham, sec. 15; Enoch Buckingham, sec. 21: Stephen Davis, sec. 29: Xixon Oliver, sec. ^2: Samuel Dui^ans. sec. 36.

1817 - James Port. sec. 12: Peter and Elijah Updike, sec. 15: Samuel F. and Jesse Hunt. sec. 15; Steijhen Craig', sec. 22: Cornelius Simonton. sec. 22; Benjamin Blue, sec. 25; Benjamin Tucker, sec. 32.

1806 - Peter Davis, sec. 7; Peter Davis, sec. 8; William Crawford, sec. 13; Abraham Hamman, sec. 13; Jacob Rake, sec. 13; Samuel Howell, sec. 18; James Reedy, sec. 18: Joseph Nelson, sec. 18: Jonathan Copeland and Tames Berry, sec. 19: James Crooks, sec. 24; Thomas Burke, sec. 26: Chatfield Howell, sec. 30; Carmick Galligan and Hyren Campion, sec. 30; Willard Dubois, sec. 30 ; Chattield Howell, sec. 30.

Fkaxkli.V County, Indiana. 9I

1810 - William l.capcr, sl-c. 10; John Miller, sec. 12; John Miller, sec. - 14; William Stephc-ns, sec. 14; Isaac Coon, sec. 14; Moses Maxwell, sec. 19; Joseph Lee. sec. 23; William Stephens, sec. 27; John and Chatfield Howell, sec. ^j ; Andrew Conielison, sec. 32; David Gray, sec. 36.

1814 - James Ford}ce, sec. 7; William Coe, sec. 7; Christopher Smith, sec. 8; John Kell. sec. 9; James and Thomas R. Smiley, sec. 9; William' Denni-ston, sec. 9; Closs Thompson, sec. 10; David Black, sec. 11 ; John Mc- Cord, sec. 17; Jonathan W. Powers, sec. 17; James Smith, sec. 17: Jacob Bell, sec. 22; Christian Gerton, sec. 22; Joshua PLarris, sec. 27; Robert Brisbin, sec. 29; John W^ills, sec. i ; James Stevens, sec. 1 : Ezekiel and William Powers, sec. i; Elias Baldwin, sec. 2; Jacob Stair, sec. 2; David Smith, sec. 2; John Tharp, sec. 5; W'illiam H. Eads, sec. 5; William ^Morris and Stacy Fenton, sec. to; Richard Cockey. sec. 11 ; Peter Ambrose, sec. 12; William Crooks, sec. 12; David Smith, sec. 13: James Wallace, sec. 13; John Allen, sec. 14; John Allen and Benjamin IMcCarty. sec. 14: Andrew Bailey, sec. 14: Benjamin McCarty and John Allen, sec. 15: Jonathan McCarty. sec. 15; Firmin Smith, sec. iS; William Butler, sec. 21: John Kelsey, sec. 22; David Black, sec. 23 ; Amos Baldwin and Joseph Riche, sec. 25 : ArchibaUl Talbqtt. sec. 26 ; Peyton S. Symmes. sec. 26 ; John Fledlcy. sec. 26 ; Isaac Kimmy, sec. 27: Isaac K. Finch, sec. 2~ : Jacob Hetdrick. sec. 30: James Xoble. sec. 30; Eli Stringer, sec. 31; Thomas Henderson, sec. 31: David Clearwaters, sec. 31 ; John Collin, sec. 35; Mary Milholland. sec. 36; Aloses Finch, sec. 36 ; Mary Milholland. sec. 36 ; Enoch McCarty. sec. 36.

181 5 - William Dubois, sec. i : Enoch Buckingham, sec. i : Enoch Buckingham, sec. 3; Blaksslee Barns, sec. 9; Jacob ClearAvater. sec. 10; Enoch Buckingham, sec. 11; Daniel Haymond. sec. 12; Jacob Stout, sec. 13: Thomas Baldwin, sec. 13: Daniel G. Templeton. sec. 27,: David Graham, sec. 23; David Hays. sec. 24; Abel White, sec. 24: Enoch Thompson, sec. 24; "Enoch Buckingham, sec. 24.

Q2 Franklin Col'Ntv, Indiana

1804 - Joseph Hanna, .sec. 9; James Taylor, sec. 9; William Logan, sec. 28; Robert Templeton, sec. 28; Robert Hanna. sec. 28; Robert Hanna, sec. 33.

1806 - George Hollingsworth, sec. 9; George Hollingsworth. sec. 10; William Dubois, sec. 11; John Dickeson. sec. 11; Alexander and Isaac Dubois, sec. 12; James Piper and Joel Williams, sec. 13: Jacob Bloyd. sec. 17; Obadiah Estes, sec. 33; Robert Glidewell. sec. 34.

181 1 - Jacob Dubois, sec. Ji; Daniel Willson, sec. 12: Clark Bates. r>ec. 13; John Flint, sec. 24; Robert White, sec. 24: Arcliil)ald :Morro\v. sec. 27; Benjamin Nugent, sec. 27; Ralph Williams, sec. ^^2 ; Robert Hanna. sec. 33; John Hornaday. sec. 34.

1812 - James Pipes, sec. 14; George Johnston, sec. 21 ; John Smith, sec. 23; William, Henry, Charlotte and. John Gibbs, sec. 24: James and Joseph Stephens, sec. 36.

1814 - Abraham Elwell, sec. 10: Reuben Scarlock, sec. 10: William Coomes, sec. 12; Clark Bates, sec. 13: W'illiam Popenoe, sec. 14: John \\'hitsworth and John Keeley, sec. 14: James Watters, sec. 20: Robert Green, sec. 23; Vincent Davis, sec. 23; Richard Freeman, sec. 25; Daniel Osborn. sec. Daniel Powers, sec. 27; William Rusing. sec. 29; Joel Belk. sec. 29; Robert Hanna. Jr.. and John Negent. sec. 32; Emery Hobbs. sec. 32: John Huttman. sec. 33 ; Daniel Powers, sec. 35 ; Stephen Gardner, sec. 36 ; Aaron Frakes. sec. 36; John Watty, sec. 36.

Franklin' Coc.Vtv, Indiana Q4 Franklin Colnty, Indiana

1814 - Isaac Step, sec. 4; ]<Am Campbell, sec. S: David Lewis, sec. 17; Nathan Lewis, sec. 17; David Nelson, sec. 24; John Hawkins, sec. -'9; Bartholomew Fitchpatrick, sec. 30.

iSj- - John Hawkins, sec. 4; Eli Allen, sec. 8; John Miller, sec. 17; William Marlin, sec. 20; Jacob Burnet and A. Bailey, sec. 20; Joseph C. Feeder, sec. 30; Joseph C. Reedcr, sec. 30.

1811 - Archibald Guthren, sec. 3; Samuel Garrison, sec. 3; William Smith, sec. 3 ; Elijah Lynipus. sec. 3 ; James Agnis, sec. 9 ; Robert Russell, sec. 9; William VanMeter, sec. 21 ; James McCoy, sec. 21 ; Hugh Brison. >ec. 22; James Russell, sec. 24; William Gordon, assigned to Thomas Curry, sec. 25 ; William Gordon, sec. 25 ; Artcma D. Woodworth, assigned to Charles, sec. 26; Artema D. Woodworth, sec. 26; Artema D. Woodv.orih. .-ec. 26; George Willson, sec. 26; John Connor, sec. 27; James W. Bailey, sec. 27; George Crist, sec. 2y, Michael Manan, sec. 28; Eli Stringer, sec. ^^^ Jacob Manan, sec. 34; William Floor, sec. 35; George Adams, sec. 35: George Guiltner, sec. 36; John Reed, sec. 36; Larkin Sims, sec. 36: David ?\Iount, sec. 36.

1811 - William Simes, sec. 2; William Bradley, sec. 3; John Neal, sec. 3; John Brown, sec. 3; William Wilson, sec. 3; Harvey Brown, sec. 4; William Arnett, sec. 4; Simpson Jones, sec. 4; Isaac Willson, sec. 5; William Arnold, sec. 5; Alexander Miller, sec. 6; John Stafford, sec. 10; Henry Calfee, sec. 10; Brown & Martin, sec. 11.

1812 - David Mount, sec. 5; William George, sec. 6: Benjamin Salor, sec. 6; Samuel Alley, sec. 7 ; David Alley, sec. 18; James Alley, sec. 10.

1814 - Eli Stringer, sec. 5; John Wells, sec. lo; Benjamin Smith, sec. 10; Cyrus Alley, sec? 18; Jonathan Allen, sec. 18; Elisha Cragun, sec. 19: Peter Alley, sec. 30.

1817 - James Hobbs, sec. 7; Amos Butler, sees. 14-23; Robert W. Halsted, sec. 15; Edmund Adams, sec. 15; S. Butler and E. P. Smith, sec. 15; Andrew Jackson, sec. 20: Aaron and Daniel G. Gana, sec. 21 : Eli Stringer, sec. 21; WillianvC. Drew and Samuel Todd, sec. 21; Samuel F. Hunt and William C. Drew. sec. 28.

1811 - Jacob Blacklidge, sec. 19: Ralph Williams, sec. 19; David Mount, sec. 31; Richard Williams, sec. 31: Hezekiah Blount, sec. ^2: Hezekiah Mount, sec. 32 ; William Willson. sec. 33 ; David Stoops, sec. SS-

Alexander White, sec. 15; J. Curry aiul Benjamin Xorwell, sec. 15; Christopher Swift, sec. 15: Henry Teagarden. sec. 21: Jacob Blacklidjje. sec. J3 ; Chnrk's Collctt, sec. 24.

1814 - John Brcjwn. sec. i: Joseph Glenn, sec. 2: Tyler McW'harton. sec. 2; Michael Kint,^er}-, sec. 3; Solomon Shepard, sec. 4: Ann D<ju<;herty. sec. 4; Daniel Teagarden. sec. 5: John R. Beaty, sec. 5: Rhoda Crump, sec. 5; John R. Beaty, sec. 5; Caleb B. Clements, sec. 8: James Webb, sec. 10; Thomas Sherwood, sec. 10; James Sherwood, sec. 10: William and James Harvey, sec. 1 1 ; William Smith, sec. i r ; William Skinner, -ec. i i : John Delany, sec. 14: Matthew h'arran ixnd Cicorgc W . Millis, sec, 13: Richard Clements, sec. ly: Richard Williams, sec. 17; Joseph llughell, sec. jj : Thomas Smith, sec. 27, ; Philip Riche, sec. 31 ; Thomas Owsley, sec. t,^.

1815 - Richard Dunkin, sec. 2; Samuel Steel, sec. 3: Elizabelhi Teagarden, sec. 3: John Riggs, sec. 8; William Richardson, sec. 8; John Riggs. sec. 9; James Fordice, sec. 9: James W^inden, sec. 9: Charles Harvey, sec. 1 1 : P. Snowden and Peter Dunkin. sec. 12: Henry Bruce, sec. 23; Thoma> Slaughter, sec. 23: Corbly and M.-iry Hudson, sec. 35.

1816 - Samuel !McHenry, sec. 3: Emery Scotton. sec. 14: William Williams, sec. 22; Isaac Heward, sec. 24: Robert McKoy, sec. 2y: Robert ^[c- Koy, sec. 34; Henry Teagarden. sec. 34.

1817 - Sarah Jones, sec. 6: William Jones, sec. 8: Malach.i Swift, sec. 14; Calvin Kinsley, sec. 20: Warren Buck. sec. 20: Peter Plinds, sec. 20: Calvin Kinsley, sec. 21; Thomas Slaughter, sec. 22; William Harper, sec 22: John ]Melone, sec. 28; Henry Hinds, sec. 28: Samuel Gustin. sec. 20: Jonathan Chapman, sec. 30; Benjamin Gustin, sec. 30: Charles Collett, sec. t,^.

181 1 - David, George and Jas. Mallack. sec. 2~ : Eli Stringer, sec. 2y ; Thomas Henderson, sec. 2"/: Thomas Henderson, sec. 34; Thomas Henderson, sec. 34.

1814 - David Fallin, sec. 22; Elijah Corbiti, sec. 22; Thomas Stockdale. sec. 22; William Beckett, sec. 23; Isaac M. Johnson, sec. 23; Robert F. Taylor, sec. 26; Thomas Stockdale, sec. 27; John Mcllvain, sec. 35; Edward Carney, sec. 35.

In a little paper-covered volume of eleven pages is recorded the four hundred and sixty-seven taxpayers of Franklin county for iSli, ihe first year of its existence. They are listed for taxation in alphabetical order, their names being followed by the number of slaves and lior.ses which they own, these being the only two kinds of property listed for taxation. Only three slaves were returned, one belonging to John Hall and two to James James. However, there were other ])eo])le in tlie county vAv> held slaves, although they may have called them boiul servants, lliere were a total of «ight luuidred fiftv-one horses listed for taxation, but the duplicate does not the rate at which slaves and horses were taxed.

Amos Butler, Adam Banks. David Brown, David Boner. David Brad- -ford, Hugh Brownlee, Isaac Blades, Peter Briggs, Samuel Brown, Thomas Brown, William Brown, William Burns. Burrel Banister. Jo'.iu Brown. Jacob Bake, Joseph Billings, Joel Belk, John Brown, Joshua Baker, Joseph Brown, (then follow four ntimes which are not decipherable on account of the dog- -eared corner of the page. The names are John, Reuban, James and Josiah). David Bell, Jacob Blovd. William Buster. William Brown. (7)

Alexander Dubois, (then follow two whose surnames only are given. Arthur and George), Thomas Deweese, Peter Deter. Thomas Da\is. James Davis, Jacob Dubois, John Dickeson, Joel Davis. Lewis Dewee<e. \\ illiam Davis, William Dubois, Sarah Deniston, William Dcniston.