Hendricks County marriage applications index 1942-1943 added

An index to Hendricks County Marriage Applications Book 23 (which covers 10 June 1942 through 12 November 1943) has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is in progress - so far it covers 1905 through 1943.

ABOUT THESE RECORDS: Beginning in May 1905, Indiana law required the recording of marriage applications, which included biographical details about the bride and the groom, as well as their parents. In Hendricks County, the information from these applications was kept in a separate set of books from the marriage record from May 1905 until June 1950.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of all of the marriage application books.

Hendricks County elected officials (1906)

This is a list of various elected officials in Hendricks County, who were in office as of fall 1906.

Source: Biennial report of Fred A. Sims, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, for the two years ending October 31, 1906 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1906)

Hendricks County Clerk - John C. Taylor (term expires July 26, 1908)
Hendricks County Auditor - David D. Mills (term expires January 1, 1908)
Hendricks County Recorder - Ellis M. Weaver (term expires January 1, 1907)
Hendricks County Treasurer - James A. Clay (term expires January 1, 1908)
Hendricks County Sheriff - Isaac J. Mendenhall (term expires January 1, 1907)
Hendricks County Coroner - Henry S. Curtis (term expires January 1, 1907)
Hendricks County Surveyor - John W. Figg (term expires January 1, 1907)

Hendricks County elected officials (1904)

This is a list of various elected officials in Hendricks County, who were in office as of fall 1904.

Source: Biennial report of Daniel E. Storms, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, for the two years ending October 31, 1904 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1904)

Hendricks County Clerk - John C. Taylor (term expires July 26, 1908)
Hendricks County Auditor - David D. Mills (term expires January 1, 1908)
Hendricks County Recorder - Ellis M. Weaver (term expires January 1, 1907)
Hendricks County Treasurer - John E. Vestal (term expires January 1, 1906)
Hendricks County Sheriff - Archibald A. Figg (term expires January 1, 1905)
Hendricks County Coroner - Henry S. Curtis (term expires January 1, 1905)
Hendricks County Surveyor - William F. Franklin (term expires January 1, 1905)
Hendricks County Assessor - James D. Pratt (term expires January 1, 1907)

Hendricks County elected officials (1900)

This is a list of various elected officials in Hendricks County, who were elected in November 1900.

Source: Biennial report of Union B. Hunt, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, for the two years ending October 31, 1900 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1900)

Hendricks County Treasurer - Oscar Hadley (term expires January 1, 1904)
Hendricks County Sheriff - Archibald A. Figg (term expires November 13, 1902)
Hendricks County Coroner - Henry S. Curtis (term expires November 18, 1902)
Hendricks County Surveyor - William F. Franklin (term expires November 6, 1902)
Hendricks County Assessor - James D. Pratt (term expires November 16, 1904)

Hendricks County elected officials (1898)

Hendricks County elected officials (1898)

This is a list of various elected officials in Hendricks County, who were in office as of fall 1898.

Source: Biennial report of William D. Owen, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana, for the two years ending October 31, 1898 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1898)

Hendricks County Clerk - Zimri E. Dougan (term expires July 26, 1904)
Hendricks County Auditor - Charles M. Caviness (term expires November 1, 1903)
Hendricks County Treasurer - William N. Lakin (term expires January 1, 1902)
Hendricks County Recorder - William L. Wilson (term expires November 13, 1902)
Hendricks County Sheriff - Henry I. Eaton (term expires November 13, 1900)
Hendricks County Coroner - Henry S. Curtis (term expires November 18, 1900)
Hendricks County Surveyor - WilliamF. Franklin (term expires November 6, 1900)

List of Union Township landowners in 1911 added

An index of the landowners in Union Township in 1911 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. It includes the owners of lots in the town of Lizton.

This index is compiled from Hendricks County Assessor's plat books and includes the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

Presbyterian ministers in Hendricks County (1885)

This is a list of the ministers of various Presbyterian churches in Hendricks County.

Source: Minutes of the Synod of Indiana of the Presbyterian Church held in Logansport 8-12 A.D. 1885 (Indianapolis: William A. Patton, 1885)

Brownsburg - H.L. Dickerson
Danville - Ninian S. Dickey
Shiloh (Avon) - William H. Hyatt
White Lick (Avon) - H.L. Dickerson

Hendricks County students at Indiana School for the Blind (1869)

These were the students from Hendricks County who were attending the Indiana School for the Blind in Indianapolis as of June 1869:

Source: Twenty-third annual report of the trustees and superintendent of the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind (Indianapolis: Alexander H. Conner, 1869)

--M. Jane Smith
cause of blindness: typhoid fever

--Phebe E. West
cause of blindness: inflammation

Hendricks County elected officials (1883)

This is a list of various elected officials in Hendricks County, who were in office as of spring 1883.

Source: Annual report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana for the year ending October 31, 1883 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1883)

Hendricks County Auditor - John Kendall (term expires November 1, 1887)
Hendricks County Clerk - William R. McClelland (term expires July 26, 1888)
Hendricks County Coroner - William M. Hutchings (term expires November 13, 1884)
Hendricks County Recorder - Adrian A. Parsons (term expires November 13, 1886)
Hendricks County Sheriff - Abraham Douglass (term expires November 13, 1884)
Hendricks County Surveyor - Charles M. Griggs (term expires November 13, 1884)
Hendricks County Treasurer - Rodney Jegar (term expires September 7, 1885)

Canterbury College graduates list 1946-1950 added

A list of graduates from Canterbury College in Danville for the years 1946 through 1950 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The list includes the graduate's name, the year they graduated, their hometown, and the degree they received.

Canterbury College existed in Danville from the fall of 1946 until 1951, when it closed. It was a reorganization of Central Normal College, which existed in Danville from 1878 until the spring of 1946.

Hendricks County elected officials (1878)

This is a list of various elected officials in Hendricks County, who were in office as of spring 1878.

Source: Annual report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana for the year ending October 31, 1878 (Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal Co., 1878)

Hendricks County Auditor - William H. Nichols (term expires November 1, 1883)
Hendricks County Clerk - William T. Haynes (term expires July 26, 1884)
Hendricks County Coroner - Benjamin Hayden (term expires November 2, 1880)
Hendricks County Recorder - John A. Osborn (term expires November 7, 1882)
Hendricks County Sheriff - James M. Emmons (term expires November 7, 1880)
Hendricks County Surveyor - Joseph A. Clark (term expires October 29, 1880)
Hendricks County Treasurer - Wyatt Osborn (term expires November 7, 1881)

Justices of the Peace in Hendricks County (1878)

This is a list of those that were elected as a Justice of the Peace for the various townships in Hendricks County and who were in office as of the spring of 1878.

Source: Annual report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana for the year ending October 31, 1878 (Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal Co., 1878)

Brown Township
--Thomas C. Dollarhide
--James Smoot

Center Township
--Simon Rammel

Clay Township
--Thomas Mendenhall
--Joseph Williams

Eel River Township
--William J.K.P. Jones

Franklin Township
--Elisha McAninch
--John Campbell

Guilford Township
--Thomas Archer

Liberty Township
--D.H. Walts
--Amos I. Wills

Lincoln Township
--Isaac W. Gray

Marion Township
--Anthony W. Kelley
--Joseph Allison

Middle Township
--James M. Duzan

Union Township
--Thomas B. Hall

Washington Township
--William R. Barker

David MATLOCK, Jr. sues for false imprisonment (1853)

As shown in Hendricks County Circuit Court Order Book 7 (September 1853 - October 1857), in September 1853 David Matlock, Jr. sued John Wilson, James McLain, William Brittain and Seth Hurin for false imprisonment. Because Matlock was under 21, the case was filed on his behalf by his next friend, Thomas Nichols. Matlock alleged that John Wilson was an unlicensed constable who, with the help of his fellow church members McLain and Brittain, had arrested Matlock at a church camp meeting for having disturbed the meeting of a religious society (men and women were segregated at the camp meeting; Matlock had seated himself with the women and allegedly refused to move). Matlock had then been brought before Seth Hurin (a justice of the peace), found guilty and fined $5. A Hendricks County jury had found for Matlock and awarded him $100 in damages.

Wilson et al. appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court and in June 1856, they overturned the decision, noting that religious societies had the power to impose their own rules for their meetings. They ordered a new trial. At the new trial, the jury found that John Wilson owed Matlock $5 in damages, and that Matlock should pay the defendants for their costs for the Supreme Court case.

Memorial for Solon A. ENLOE (1932)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 81 (November 1931 - October 1932), the death of Solon A. Enloe on October 15, 1932 led the Hendricks County Bar to issue this memorial about him in the circuit court minutes of October 18, 1932:

"Judge Solon A. Enloe became a member of the bar of the Hendricks Circuit Court June 4, 1897, and continued as a honored member until his death, October 15th, 1932.

"He was elected as a member of the Appellate Court of Indiana in 1918, 1922 and 1926 and served as a member of that Court with distinction for twelve years.

"He was graduate of the Central Normal College, and for a time was Dean of the Law Department of that institution.

"He was a Spanish War veteran, a member of the Christian Church and of the Masonic Order. He was devoted to his family, his country and his friends, and all were his friends who knew him. He was seventy-two years of age at the time of his death, and left a good record for loyalty and devotion to the higher ideals of lie.

"Be it resolved by the bench and bar of Hendricks County, that in the passing of our brother, we have sustained a real loss. That we hereby express our appreciation of his patriotism, his sturdy character, his professional attainments and the honor which he has brought to bench and bar of Indiana."

Flora ARCHER gives birth to illegitimate child (1933)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 82 (October 1932 - October 1933), in April 1933 Flora Archer filed a bastardy suit against Judson Renn (case #13600) for the illegitimate child she had given birth to. The court ordered Renn to pay Archer $10 a month for 3 years for the support and maintenance of the child.

Hendricks County guardianship docket index 1853-1866 added

An index to a Hendricks County guardianship docket book which covers 1853 through 1866 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index includes the name of the ward, as well as the name of their guardian and the date that the case began.

Guardianship records are part of probate records, and additional information can be found in probate order books as well as probate "loose papers".

9-year-old Norman Ernest McCLOUD guilty of Petit Larceny (1921)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 70 (November 1920 - October 1921), in January 1921 9-year-old Norman Ernest McCLOUD was found guilty of petit larceny (case #5257). His sentence was suspended but because of "not good" behavior, he was put in the custody of the Board of Children's Guardians of Hendricks County. The Board told the court they were unable to place him in an institution "where he can be properly educated and disciplined," so the court had him committed to White's Manual Labor Institute in Wabash, Indiana until he turned 21.

Hendricks County divorce index 1947-1949 added

An index to divorce cases settled in Hendricks County during 1947-1949 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. Entries were added from Hendricks County Circuit Court Order Book 96 (12 February 1947 - 11 March 1948) and Book 97 (12 March 1948 - 1 April 1949).

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the circuit court order books for the years 1824-1949.