Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Mary Etta COWLEY Changes Name (1895)
As mentioned in Hendricks County Civil Order Book Volume 39 (May 1895 - April 1896), Mary Etta COWLEY filed a petition in June 1895 to change her name. The petition was granted and her name was changed to Mary Etta PIERSON. NOTE: Thomas W. Cowley and Mary Etta Cowley were granted a divorce in Civil Order Book Volume 38.
Support Ordered During HORNADAY Divorce Case (1885)
As mentioned in Hendricks County Civil Order Book Volume 28 (June 1885 - March 1886), while the divorce case of Edom H. Hornaday vs. Emily Hornaday (Case #4318) was pending, the husband was to provide support for the wife as follows:
"It is ordered by the court in this cause that the plaintiff shall until the next term of this court make suitable provision for his wife's comfortable support either at home or at some other suitable place where she may desire to board, and in that event he is to pay her board and in case she prefer to remain at home she is to have entire control of the house with the furniture therein except one room downstairs to be selected by the defendant, which the plaintiff is to have the privilege of occupying if he so desire. And plaintiff's wife is to have the choice of cows now on the premises, all the garden, all the fruit and all the poultry, and all the roasting ears, and of the field for the use of the family that she may desire. And the plaintiff is in no way to disturb or threaten the defendant, and he is to have full control of the balance of the stock, the farming implements, the cordwood and the use of the barn and growing crops. And he is not to dispose of his interest in the real estate without his wife's consent."
"It is ordered by the court in this cause that the plaintiff shall until the next term of this court make suitable provision for his wife's comfortable support either at home or at some other suitable place where she may desire to board, and in that event he is to pay her board and in case she prefer to remain at home she is to have entire control of the house with the furniture therein except one room downstairs to be selected by the defendant, which the plaintiff is to have the privilege of occupying if he so desire. And plaintiff's wife is to have the choice of cows now on the premises, all the garden, all the fruit and all the poultry, and all the roasting ears, and of the field for the use of the family that she may desire. And the plaintiff is in no way to disturb or threaten the defendant, and he is to have full control of the balance of the stock, the farming implements, the cordwood and the use of the barn and growing crops. And he is not to dispose of his interest in the real estate without his wife's consent."
Monday, July 8, 2013
Hendricks County Circuit Court Judge Appointed (1886)
source: Hendricks County Civil Order Book Volume 28 (June 1885 - March 1886)
On March 10, 1886, after 3 straight days of Hendricks County Circuit Court Judge Alex C. Ayers failing to appear for the term of court, Hendricks County Auditor John Kendall, County Clerk William R. McClelland and County Sheriff William P. Ayers followed state law and met to appoint Charles Foley as the judge pro tem, to preside over the circuit court.
NOTE: Later that month Judge Ayers returned to preside over cases.
On March 10, 1886, after 3 straight days of Hendricks County Circuit Court Judge Alex C. Ayers failing to appear for the term of court, Hendricks County Auditor John Kendall, County Clerk William R. McClelland and County Sheriff William P. Ayers followed state law and met to appoint Charles Foley as the judge pro tem, to preside over the circuit court.
NOTE: Later that month Judge Ayers returned to preside over cases.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Hendricks County 1955 Special Census Added
An index of a special census taken in Hendricks County in 1955 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The special census was of males over the age of 21 and was taken by the various township assessors as part of an Indiana law to help determine counties' population for their allotment in the state legislature.
Friday, July 5, 2013
REMINDER: July Work Session for Hendricks County Probate Records
Saturday, July 27 at Plainfield library is the next scheduled work session for Hendricks County probate records - stop by anytime from 10 am to 4 pm to help unfold and organize some of Hendricks County's probate records from the 1860's and 1870's. Lunch is on your own, with a variety of eating options in Plainfield.
This is part of the Indiana Genealogical Society's ongoing project to preserve and digitize these court records, which date back to the founding of the county in 1824. These probate records include estates and guardianships and the receipts and other documents give fascinating details of what life was like back then.
Please register for the work session - register online through the library's events calendar, or contact their Indiana Room staff - phone (317) 839-6602 extension 2114; e-mail askindiana@plainfieldlibrary.net.
This is part of the Indiana Genealogical Society's ongoing project to preserve and digitize these court records, which date back to the founding of the county in 1824. These probate records include estates and guardianships and the receipts and other documents give fascinating details of what life was like back then.
Please register for the work session - register online through the library's events calendar, or contact their Indiana Room staff - phone (317) 839-6602 extension 2114; e-mail askindiana@plainfieldlibrary.net.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Memorial for Christian C. Nave (1884)
Hendricks County Civil Order Book Volume 27 (March 1884 - April 1885) includes a memorial for lawyer Christian C. Nave, who died August 3, 1884:
DEATH OF CHRISTIAN C. NAVE
Come now L.M. Campbell, E.G. Hogate and Charles Foley and present to the Court a memorial relative to the death of Christian C.Nave, a member of the Bar of this Court, which on motion was ordered spread of record as the sentiments of the Court and members of the Bar thereof and which is accordingly done and is in words as follows, to wit:
The undersigned as a committee appointed by the Bar of Danville to put in form the sentiments of the bar relative to the labors and life of the late Col. C.C. Nave, sys as the sentiments of the bar, that in the indomitable energy and ceaseless labor exhibited by him in the discharge of his professional duties, they have much to admire and initiate. He has closed a professional career in Danville, continuing almost for fifty years, and during all of that time we three think it probable, that the interests of none of his clients ever suffered by reason of any neglect or any inattention on his part, a commendation that can be spoken of scarcely any other lawyers. When he undertook a cause, he devoted himself to the interests of his clients to the exclusion of every other consideration. He was a public spirited citizen and contributed largely to every enterprise that was calculated to develop the country, by some of which he lost large sums of money. He was a clever neighbor, a faithful husband and kind and indulgent father. More than thirty two years ago his wife died, leaving him with five children to raise, and every old citizen of Danville will bear cheerful testimony as to his faithful endeavors in that regard. To those who, knowing him only of late years, looked upon him as a fretful and petulant man, we beg to remind them that for almost a third of a century he led the lonely wife of a widower and that for many years his children have been married and gone, and that incident to the misfortune of humanity, he met with much that was harrowing to his very soul. We only wonder that he could endure so much so long and perform his part so well as he did. At the ripe age of nearly eighty-one years he has been gathered to his father's. Peach to his ashes.
Committee:
L.M. Campbell
E.G. Hogate
Charles Foley
DEATH OF CHRISTIAN C. NAVE
Come now L.M. Campbell, E.G. Hogate and Charles Foley and present to the Court a memorial relative to the death of Christian C.Nave, a member of the Bar of this Court, which on motion was ordered spread of record as the sentiments of the Court and members of the Bar thereof and which is accordingly done and is in words as follows, to wit:
The undersigned as a committee appointed by the Bar of Danville to put in form the sentiments of the bar relative to the labors and life of the late Col. C.C. Nave, sys as the sentiments of the bar, that in the indomitable energy and ceaseless labor exhibited by him in the discharge of his professional duties, they have much to admire and initiate. He has closed a professional career in Danville, continuing almost for fifty years, and during all of that time we three think it probable, that the interests of none of his clients ever suffered by reason of any neglect or any inattention on his part, a commendation that can be spoken of scarcely any other lawyers. When he undertook a cause, he devoted himself to the interests of his clients to the exclusion of every other consideration. He was a public spirited citizen and contributed largely to every enterprise that was calculated to develop the country, by some of which he lost large sums of money. He was a clever neighbor, a faithful husband and kind and indulgent father. More than thirty two years ago his wife died, leaving him with five children to raise, and every old citizen of Danville will bear cheerful testimony as to his faithful endeavors in that regard. To those who, knowing him only of late years, looked upon him as a fretful and petulant man, we beg to remind them that for almost a third of a century he led the lonely wife of a widower and that for many years his children have been married and gone, and that incident to the misfortune of humanity, he met with much that was harrowing to his very soul. We only wonder that he could endure so much so long and perform his part so well as he did. At the ripe age of nearly eighty-one years he has been gathered to his father's. Peach to his ashes.
Committee:
L.M. Campbell
E.G. Hogate
Charles Foley
Monday, July 1, 2013
Plainfield library adds Plainfield High School class photos index
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Lincoln Township 1891 Landowners Index Added
An index to landowners in Lincoln Township in 1891 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is of the Hendricks County Assessor's plat book, which was used to determine how much property tax the landowner owed each year.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Hendricks County marriage applications index 1927-1928 added
An index to Hendricks County Marriage Applications Book 13 (which covers 5 February 1927 to 3 November 1928) has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is in progress - so far it covers 1905 through 1928.
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.
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.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Liberty Township 1891 Landowners Index Added
An index to landowners in Liberty Township in 1891 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is of the Hendricks County Assessor's plat book, which was used to determine how much property tax the landowner owed each year.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Hendricks County marriage applications index 1925-1927 added
An index to Hendricks County Marriage Applications Book 12 (which covers 27 May 1925 to 29 January 1927) has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is in progress - so far it covers 1905 through 1927.
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.
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.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Indiana Legislature Validates Town of North Salem's Incorporation (1903)
Source: Laws of the State of Indiana passed at the sixty-third regular session of the General Assembly (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1903)
According to Acts of 1903, Chapter 164 [approved March 9, 1903], the incorporation of the town of North Salem in Hendricks County is hereby legalized - all its elections, its proceedings and ordinances (including levying/collection of taxes) are hereby declared to be legal and valid.
According to Acts of 1903, Chapter 164 [approved March 9, 1903], the incorporation of the town of North Salem in Hendricks County is hereby legalized - all its elections, its proceedings and ordinances (including levying/collection of taxes) are hereby declared to be legal and valid.
Austin Pierson Earns A Belated $218 Salary As Middle Township Trustee (1903)
Source: Laws of the State of Indiana passed at the sixty-third regular session of the General Assembly (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1903)
According to Acts of 1903, Chapter 28 [approved February 25, 1903], Austin Pierson is to be paid $218 by the Hendricks County Commissioners, as payment for his salary as the township trustee for Middle Township in 1882. The act says that Pierson served as Middle Township Trustee from April 1882 until April 1886, and that his annual report for 1882 mentioned a salary of $218, which the county commissioners approved, but when he turned over his township funds in 1886, he forgot to deduct the $218 from it.
According to Acts of 1903, Chapter 28 [approved February 25, 1903], Austin Pierson is to be paid $218 by the Hendricks County Commissioners, as payment for his salary as the township trustee for Middle Township in 1882. The act says that Pierson served as Middle Township Trustee from April 1882 until April 1886, and that his annual report for 1882 mentioned a salary of $218, which the county commissioners approved, but when he turned over his township funds in 1886, he forgot to deduct the $218 from it.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Franklin Township 1886 Landowners Index Added
An index to landowners in Franklin Township in 1886 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is of the Hendricks County Assessor's plat book, which was used to determine how much property tax the landowner owed each year.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Hendricks County Formed By Indiana Legislature (1824)
Source: The revised laws of Indiana, adopted and enacted by the General Assembly at their eighth session (Corydon: Carpenter and Douglass, 1824)
According to Acts of 1824, Chapter 19 [approved December 20, 1823], effective April 1, 1824, Hendricks County is formed out of part of Wabash County, with these boundaries:
According to Acts of 1824, Chapter 19 [approved December 20, 1823], effective April 1, 1824, Hendricks County is formed out of part of Wabash County, with these boundaries:
- Beginning at southeast corner of Section 20 in Township 14 North, Range 2 East
- Then west, 20 miles to the east line of Putnam County
- Then north 20 miles with said line, to the northwest corner of Section 18 in Township 17 North, Range 2 West
- Then east 20 miles to the northwest corner of Marion County
- Then south 20 miles with said line, back to the beginning.
- William Templeton of Lawrence County
- William McCulloch of Monroe County
- Calvin Fletcher of Marion County
- Abel Cole of Shelby County
- John Smiley of Johnson County
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Hendricks County marriage applications index 1923-1925 added
An index to Hendricks County Marriage Applications Book 11 (which covers 20 August 1923 to 26 May 1925) has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is in progress - so far it covers 1905 through 1925.
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.
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.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Eel River Township 1891 Landowners Index Added
An index to landowners in Eel River Township in 1891 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is of the Hendricks County Assessor's plat book, which was used to determine how much property tax the landowner owed each year.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Hendricks County marriage applications index 1922-1923 added
An index to Hendricks County Marriage Applications Book 10 (which covers 14 January 1922 to 17 August 1923) has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is in progress - so far it covers 1905 through 1923.
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.
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.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Hendricks County probate records - work session in Plainfield
Want to get an idea of what life was like in the mid-1800's? Stop by the Plainfield Public Library on Saturday, July 27 any time from 10 am to 4 pm to help unfold and organize some of Hendricks County's probate records.
This is part of the Indiana Genealogical Society's continuing effort to preserve and digitize Hendricks County's early probate records, which are currently stored in the courthouse basement. Unfolding and organizing the documents is crucial preparation for the end goal - being digitized and put online for free access at the Indiana Genealogical Society's website.
Since the Indiana Genealogical Society began this project, almost 3,000 probate records have been worked on, and 700 records are online. These records include receipts from doctors for making house calls, orders for tombstones (including the inscriptions to be written on them), and even original documents for Civil War service and a land purchase from the federal government.
You can stay for as little or as long as you like - lunch is on your own. Please register with the library – register online through the library's calendar of events or by contacting the library's Indiana Room - phone (317) 839-6602 extension 2114.
Questions? Contact the Indiana Genealogical Society - e-mail webmaster@indgensoc.org.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Union Township 1886 Landowners Index Added
An index to landowners in Union Township in 1886 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. The index is of the Hendricks County Assessor's plat book, which was used to determine how much property tax the landowner owed each year.
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