History-Harrison Township History Of Delaware County
T. B. Helm
1881

Lora Radiches

HARRISON TOWNSHIP

LOCATION - BOUNDARY - NATURAL FEATURES.

Harrison is situated in the northwestern part of the county, and embraces all of Township 21 north, of Range 9 east, and six sections of Township 21 north, Range 8 east, the territory included within these limits amounting, in the aggregate, to 26,880 acres.

Washington Township bounds it on the north, Hamilton and Center on the east, Mount Pleasant on the south, and a portion of Madison County on the west.

The soil, in the vicinity of the streams, is composed of clay, with a liberal admixture of sand; and this feature is noticeable throughout the township, sand being present everywhere. In those localities remote from the creeks, the body of the soil is a rich black loam, and the presence of sand is almost as abundant as near the water-courses.

Big Kill Buck Creek is the principal stream of the township, flowing from the northeast to the southwest corner, and draining a large and fertile scope of land. Jake's Creek flows west through the southern part of the township, forming a confluence with Buck Creek in Section 29.

Along the banks of these streams, the land is broken into gentle hills, and in other localities it is of an undulating nature. There are but few places in the township where the land is level or flat. A fine natural drainage is afforded by the character of the surface, and the extensive systems of ditches which have been necessary in townships less favored by nature, are not a feature here, although there are several localities in which artificial drainage has been resorted to with good results.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The early history of Harrison is so closely interwoven with that of Mount Pleasant, that it is difficult fo separate and assign the events to their proper localities. Little or no note was taken of them as they happened, and the participants in the earlier scenes have nearly all passed away. No records have been kept, and no one has been found who was willing to give verbal testimony with the assurance of positive accuracy, especially as regards dates.

It is stated by Oliver P. Jones that the first white man who came to reside permanently in the township, and with the usual purpose of the pioneer in view, was Isaac Adamson. As no earlier entry of land is shown by the tract-book, he is undoubtedly entitled to the honor of priority in the chronicle of the early settlement. Isaac Jones, the father of Oliver P., had visited this locality in quest of a location at an earlier date, and had selected the very tract entered by Adamson. This was early in 1882, and he returned to his home in Clinton County, Ohio, never doubting that he could come back at will and occupy the land he had selected. With this view of the case, he took no legal measures to hold it, and, when he returned in the fall of that year, he found that Adamson had entered it in the meantime, and had erected a cabin, in which he was living with his family.

In the fall of 1882, Mr. Jones came with his family, and entered a tract of land at the western extremity of the township, and lying partially in Madison County. He erected his cabin upon that portion lying in Madison County, and, after its completion, returned to Ohio, leaving his son, Oliver P., with two sisters, at the home in the wilderness. During his absence, his son planted a crop, and, in the spring of 1833, the father returned and entered into the labor of clearing his land. But, in the following fall, he died. About three years later, the family removed to the land where Oliver P. now resides, and which had been entered for him by his father in October, 1833. One by one the children married and settled in other places, and Oliver was left to occupy the farm alone. In 1843, he married Sarah Dillon, daughter of one of the pioneers of Madison County. She died in 1844, and, in 1847, he married Miss J. C. McNeer, his present companion.

His life has been one of toil and industry, and, at a ripe old age, he enjoys the fruits of his labor. Mr. Adamson had lived in his cabin but a short time when the men of the neighborhood assembled at the land of Archibald Parker, for whom they were to erect a log house. Mr. Adamson managed one corner of the structure, and, as it was a cold, sleety day, the logs gradually became covered with ice. At an unguarded moment, he slipped and fell to the ground. Although he felt no ill effect at the time, it was believed that his death was traceable to the fall; for. when he started home at nightfall, he complained of a pain in the side, which, later in the evening, developed into something like pleurisy, and, within a few days, he died. Archibald Parker, whose house they were erecting on this occasion, was one of the pioneers of Harrison, as well as Mount Pleasant. He settled near Yorktown, on White River, in 1828, where he rented the land entered by Samuel Bell. From there he removed to the village of Yorktown, and, at a later date, to the eastern part of Madison County, where he purchased and improved eighty acres of land. In 1833, he entered a tract of land in Section 36, and here began the labor of clearing the farm now owned by William Lee.

Mr. Parker was born in North Carolina in 1794, and removed to South Carolina when quite young. In 1811, at the age of seventeen years, he removed to Fayette County, Indiana. He served in the war of 1812, and, while still a resident of Fayette County, married Elizabeth Patton. At the time of his settlement in Delaware County, he had three children, of whom his son John is the only survivor.

He was a man of strong character, and was never behind his neighbors in the matter of improvement. It was he who presented the petition praying for the organization of this township, and by him the name was conferred, in honor of the "hero of Tippecanoe."

He lived at his farm for about twelve years, at the end of which time he sold out to Luke Wright, and purchased another farm in Madison County, Indiana. Several years later, he again sold out, and removed to the State of Iowa, where he died in 1878.

In 1833, Carvender Conner came to the township and settled in Section 28, where he still resides. He has always been recogmized as a good citizen, and has borne his full share in the settlement and improvement of the township.

William Patton came to the township in the same year, and settled upon a tract of land adjoining Mr. Conner. At the first township election, he was chosen one of the Justices of the Peace, and served five years.

For several years, the township settled slowly, and, as late as 1837, the arrival of new settlers was marked by as much interest as at an earlier date. Enoch Garner came with his family in that year, and it is said by his son, Vincent, that they were as much alone, to all appearance, as if they were the only settlers of the township. Their nearest neighbor was Charles Stout, who lived about two miles southeast, while Samuel Brady lived three miles north, and Job Garner three miles east.

Mr. Garner entered a part of Section 13, Township 21, Range 8, and cleared and improved a farm, upon which he resided until 1852, when he died. The homestead is now owned and occupied by his son Vincent.

In the vicinity of Jake's Creek, Job Garner, Henry Garner, James Garner, William Patton, and Solomon and Gabriel Williams, were early settlers.

The following record from the tract-book furnishes reliable data as to the early settlers, showing by whom the lands in the various sections were purchased, and the date of entry. In Township 21 north, Range 8 east, the lands were purchased by the following-named persons:

Section 1--John Robb and Otis Preble, October 17, 1886; Milton Lawrence, October 16, 1837; Almond B. Brand, February 10, 1838.

Section 12--James Z. Robb, October 17, 1836; Richard Justice and John Hodson, March 14, 1837; Harrison H. Dean, January 18, 1839; Michael Null, January 31, 1839.

Section 13--Enoch Garner, February 25, 1837; George Cook, February 27, 1837; Joseph Cook, March 1, 1837; Adam C. Lewis, March 9, 1837; Miles Marshall, March 14, 1837.

Section 24--Jonathan Langley, April 11, 1836; Joseph Cox, September 7, 1836; Jesse H. Healy, August 17, 1837; James Marshall, February 21, 1839; Curtis Langley, February 26, 1839; Thomas Worley, December 25, 1839.

Section 25--Robert Sibert, July 10, 1834; John Starr, May 7, 1836; Francis Davis and Samuel Langley, August 29, 1836.

Section 36--Isaac Adamson, October 18, 1832; Archibald Parker, April 23, 1833; John Fenny, August 18, 1835; John Parker, November 20, 1835; Stephen Crousore, March 20, 1886; John Crousore, August 29, 1836; Nathan Hodgson, March 1, 1837.

In the foregoing, we have probably enumerated some who were not actual settlers in the township, although land-owners; but, as a great difficulty was experienced in verifying the list, and separating the speculators from the settlers, it was deemed prudent to reproduce it in full, with this explanation.

In Township 21 north, Range 9 east, only the names of actual settlers are given, although large tracts of land were purchased here by capitalists, or speculators, particularly in Sections 1, 6, 11, 14, 15 and 26.

The lands in this division of the township were purchased by the following settlers:

Section 1--John Corner, December 15, 1836; John Sutton, December 13, 1836; Jeremiah Gard January 30, 1837.

Section 2--John Stewart, November 15, 1836; Job Garner, December 7, 1836; David Hayes, November 3, 1839.

Section 3---Gideon McKibben, May 30, 1836; Samuel McCrary, November 2, 1838.

Section 4--Daniel Gillelland and Joseph Corette, November 15, 1836; Samuel Richerson, November 11, 1837; Henry W. Smith, November 22, 1838: Andrew Welsh, June 30, 1839; Thomas Worley, December 25, 1839.

Section 5--Joseph Gillelland, November 15, 1836; Samuel Brady, October 25, 1836; Jeffersn Horine, November 15, 1836; George W. Horine, November 30, 1836; Reason Davis, September 20, 1837; Harrison H. Dean, February 21, 1839; Elisha Gillmore, June 10, 1839.

Section 6--Reason Somers, February 27, 1837; John Perdieu, February 18, 1837.

Section 7---Vincent Garner, December 7, 1836; Amos Ratcliff, December 7, 1836; Robert Robe, May 1, 1837; Henry Garner, October 5, 1838; Jacob French, October 24, 1839; James H. Swaar, July 18, 1851.

Section 8--Thomas Dean, November 15, 1836; Josiah Robe, December 7, 1836.

Section 9--Anderson Miller, October 26, 1836; Aaron Adamson, December 17, 1836.

Section 10--Samuel McCune, March 9, 1836: Prior Rigdon, September 20, 1836; John Woods, January 21, 1837; Matthew Burrows, February 25, 1837.

Section 11---Anderson Merritt, December 3, 1836.

Section 12--Wilson W. Fitzpatrick and Asher Storer, December 3, 1836; Jonas Fulton, December 13, 1836; Abraham McConnell, September 16, 1837.

Section 13--Samuel Moore, October 4, 1836; Samuel Snyder, October 5, 1836; Hiram Adams, January 12, 1837; Daniel Jarrett and William Beatty, January 21, 1837; Jacob Miller, Sr., November 15, 1839.

Section 14--Jacob Barnes, January 30, 1837.

Section 15--James Newhouse, May 20, 1836; Thomas Haworth. June 2, 1836.

Section 17--Thomas S. Collins, October 15, 1836; George Rouse, October 18, 1836.

Section 18--John Starr, May 17, 1836; William Brady, February 21, 1839; James H. Swaar, January 18, 1851.

Section 19--John Smith, October 14, 1836; Henry W. Smith, October 28, 1836; Jacob Garner, October 28, 1838.

Section 20--Job Garner, January 7, 1834; Joel Biggs and Isaac Stout, March 9, 1836; James Stout, April 20, 1836; Isaac Ridout, May 30, 1836; William Ridout, July 21, 1836.

Section 21--William B. Wilson, January 7, 1834; William Newhouse, March 9, 1836.

Section 22--Elijah Newhouse, July 21, 1836; John H. Garner, August 3, 1837.

Section 23--John Applegate, July 21, 1836; Jacob Haines, November 17 1836; James Marshall, January 31, 1839.

Section 25--William Moore, October 10, 1836; James Freeman, October 13, 1836.

Section 26--James Smith, September 3, 1834; Thomas Applegate, March 9, 1836; John Nottingham, March 10, 1836; Thomas Nottingham, April 13, 1836.

Section 27--William Patton, August 21, 1835; James Garner, August 27, 1835; Christopher Wilson, September 25, 1835; George Shafer, October 30, 1835.

Section 28--Elias Wilson, May 30, 1834; Jacob M. Holliday, June 10, 1834; John Coon, January 17, 1835; Jacob Cline, November 3, 1836.

Section 29--Jesse Stout, March 9, 1836.

Section 30--Hugh Fenley, November 9, 1835; Abraham Smith, November 30, 1835; James Wright, March 25, 1836; Luke Wright, May 14, 1836; John Langley and Jonathan Langley, August 29, 1836; Nicholas Reel, September 8, 1836.

Section 31--Oliver P. Jones, October 12, 1833; John D. Jones, November 20 1835; James Fortiner, November 23, 1835; William Palmer, July 13, 1836; William Miller, July 21, 1836; Jacob Crousore, August 1, 1836.

Section 32--James McLaughlin and Solomon McLaughlin, April 5, 1836; Moses Shephard, November 3, 1836; James Williamson, February 10, 1837.

Section 33--Thomas Patton, December 7, 1836; William Reed, May 3, 1836; Amos Janney, May 22, 1838.

Section 34--Samuel Bradford, July 18, 1836; Christopher Wilson, September 6, 1836.

Section 35--John McBride, March 10, 1836; John Van Buskirk, September 20, 1838.

Section 36--Daniel Jarret, April 13, 1836.

ROADS.

During the earlier days of the settlement, there were no roads, excepting those cut out by pioneers on their way through the trackless forests to the locations they had selected for homes. These, however, were lost in the surrounding woodlands, and suftbred to be obscured by the underbrush, as soon as they had served their purpose, excepting in a few instances, where "neighborhood roads" were subsequently laid out on routes thus opened. The Delphi and Muncie State road was probably the first public highway laid out with any regard to accuracy. This was surveyed by authority and at the expense of the State, and its route through the wilderness was preserved by the sureyors' cutting notches in the trees on either side. It was then left for the Supervisors and their assistants in each district to cut it out and improve it. A number of years elapsed between the date of its location and the time when it was cleared and opened for travel, as Vincent Garner states that he was quite a large boy when this was done, and that the road was "blazed" when his father first settled in the township.

A State road was surveyed from Jonesboro, in Grant County, to Chesterfield, in Madison County, shortly after the Delphi road was located, and was opened and improved by the Supervisors and their assistants.

There are no records from which can be ascertained the dates at which these roads were surveyed, and personal recollections fail to establish them.

From time,to time, the County Commissioners appointed Viewers to locate roads at various places in the township, and, at a still later date, the records of the Board of Township Trustees show the routes of others, located in response to petitions presented by citizens of the township. They were all routes of minor importance, yet serving a good purpose in the public interest of the township.

MILLS.

Long before the population of Harrison had grown to any considerable numbers, there were flouring-mills in successful operation, both at Mnncie and in Madison County, so that the problem of obtaining meal for bread was not so serious as in the earlier settlements; but a journey "to mill" was still an inconvenient trip, in view of the bad roads over which it was necessary to travel, and an enterprising citizen of Harrison conceived a project which was intended to overcome the difficulty as far as possible. This man was Charles Stout, and his mill was about as crude as one could imagine. There were two stones, to the top one of which was attached a handle. This was turned by the customers who brought corn to be ground, and, as they did the work, the proprietor never charged any toll. A strong man, with a liberal allowance of patience, could grind about a bushel of meal during the day. While this was the only mill in the township, it was well patronized--the citizens halting between two opinions--whether to go to Muncie or elsewhere to mill, usually choosing this as the least of two evils. It remained in existence for a few years, when Samuel McCune erected a mill at his farm. This was supplied with the best machinery that could be obtained at that day, and was operated by horses attached to levers, and traveling in a circle. It was used principally for grinding corn, manufacturing from fifty to sixty bushels of meal per day.

In the fall of 1842, Joshua Howell erected a mill on the banks of Big Kill Buck Creek, about a mile and a half below Bethel, in which he had a run of buhrs for grinding corn and supplying the neighborhood with meal. This was one of the primitive contrivances so often found in new settlements, and was only designed to subserve a temporary purpose.

In the year 1842, Jesse Stout erected a small distillery on the property of Col. Smith, in the southwest corner of Section 29. The demand for the article he manufactured was so great that it was purchased by his patrons, as fast as it could be made. They bought it red-hot from the still, and cooled it in tin cups at the neighboring creek. He kept his establishment in operation day and night, and still was not able tokeep up with the demand, as the capacity of the still was but three gallons per day. Subsequent legislation regarding the manufacture and sale of liquor caused him to abandon the enterprise. Stout was a local preacher of the Baptist persuasion, and, between the labors of his distillery, it is said, he would preach and exhort with great power and force.

There are several saw-mills in operation in the township at the present time, but no flouring-mills.

ORGANIZATION.

The earlier volumes of the County Commissioners' records have been destroyed, and the date of organization cannot be ascertained. It is stated, however, by John Parker, that the first election was held in the spring of 1834, at the house of Job Garner, and it is probable that the act erecting this into a separate civil township was passed by the Commissioners only a short time previously.

At this election, William Patton and Jesse Stout were chosen Justices of the Peace. They served five years, and Jefferson Horine and William Miller were elected as their successors for a term of the same length. John Parker and Jacob W. Miller were elected after the expiration of that term, and Mr. Parker was re-elected from time to time during a period of fourteen years. Mr. Miller served five years, and was succeeded by Benjamin Newhouse. Martin Langdon and James Snodgrass were elected as the successors of Messrs. Parker and Miller. Mr. Snodgrass resigned before the expiration of the term for which he was elected, and Joseph Shephard was chosen to fill the vacancy. John W. Gray and Lee Scott were the Justices next elected. Mr. Gray was succeeded by Isaiah Gayman, who still occupies the office. Lee Scott is also serving in this capacity, having been re-elected.

Three Trustees were chosen at the first election, but neither their names nor the names of their successors can be obtained with sufficient accuracy to warrant their insertion here. The records of this board cannot be found, and it is probable, as stated by an old resident of the township, that the minutes of their meetings were kept on scraps of paper, which, during the intervening years, have been lost, and much valuable information bearing upon the organization of the township has passed beyond recall.

SCHOOLS

The history of public education in this township varies but slightly from that of other pioneer settlements. Winter schools were taught at irregular intervals, by men who came with no other certificate of ability than their own recommendations; and little was required of them beyond a knowledge of reading, writing and arithmetic, as far as the ""rule of three." Sometimes the settlers were fortunate enough to secure the services of a talented man, but, in general, their teachers were not superior to the average pedagogue of early days. It is a fact very much to the credit of these pioneers that, from their scanty means, they so cheerfully contributed the funds to sustain schools, and recognized the importance of educating their children to the extent of the limited advantages offered in the wilderness, and thus early founding and encouraging a public institution, which ultimately developed into the perfection of the free-school system of to-day.

Perhaps the first school in the township was that which was conducted at a cabin on the farm of Job Garner, in the winter of 1834-35. This cabin was erected especially for a schoolhouse, and was used for that purpose for a number of years consecutively. During the same winter, a school was taught at the farm of Archibald Parker, in a cabin which had formerly been occupied by his son-in-law, but deserted prior to its occupation for school purposes.

For a number of years thereafter, schools were taught whenever a cabin and a teacher could be obtained, and the citizens whose children attended paid a tuition fee of $1.25 to $1.50 per capita. A few years later, the revenues derived from the sale of lands in tho school section were appropriated to the maintenance of the schools; but this fund was nearly always exhausted before the term was half finished, in which event it was usual for the parents of the scholars to make up the deficiency from their own purses. In one instance, this deficiency, amounting to $45, was made up by two residents of the township, while there were many others whose children shared the benefits of the school. Log schoolhouses were erected in various portions of the township as the increasing population required, and districts were established. These remained nearly as at first described, and several of the log buildings were still standing when the present free-school system was inaugurated, and were accordingly converted into free schools under the provisions of that act. An improvement in the public educational system was at once apparent, and time has added to the efficiency of the institution in the employment of better teachers, until it stood clothed in all the perfectness that characterizes it to-day. There are no graded schools in the township, but in each of the districts there is a substantial building, in which the essential branches of an English education are taught by competent instructors.

Township Trustee's report for the year ending August 31, 1880: Number of white pupils admitted within the year, 764; average attendance, 382; length of school in days, 140; number of white teachers employed, 12; average compensation of teachers per day--male $1.723/4; female, $1.381/3; number of brick schoolhouses in township, 5; number of frame schoolhouses in township, 7; estimated value of schoolhouses, grounds, etc., $6,000; estimated value of school apparatus, $200.

ACCOUNT OF REVENUE FOR TUITION.
Amount on hand September 1, 1879 .............................$2,406 83
Amount received in February, 1880 ...................................871 08
Amount received in June, 1880 .......................................1,411 15
Miscellaneous receipts ...........................................................77 72

       Total .............................................................................$4,767 38

Amount expended since September 1, 1879 ................. 2,827 75
Amount on hand at date of this report ..........................$1,939 63

ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL SCHOOL REVENUE.

Amount on hand September 1, 1879 ................................$131 53
Amount received within the year ....................................... 848 18

       Total ................................................................................$974 71

Amount expended since September 1, 1879 .....................337 22
Amount on hand at date of report ......................................$637 49

The following persons constitute the corps of teachers for the school year of 1880-81:

Lungdon Schoolhouse, District No. 1, Mildred Stephenson; McCreery Schoolhouse, District No. 2, Orloff Dragoo: Brady Schoolhouse, District No. 3, C. W. Rector; Beech Grove Schoolhouse, District No. 4, J. R. Muncey; Stringtown Schoolhouse, District No. 5, William Driscoll; Bethel Schoolhouse, District No. 6, J. S. Muncey; Center Schoolhouse, District No. 7, Smith Childs; Buncum Schoolhouse, District No. 8, Walter Gray; Mount Olive Schoolhouse, District No. 9, E. E. Grimes; Sugar Grove Schoolhouse, District No. 10, Lou Spencer; Africa Schoolhouse, District No. 11, W. P. Barnett; Parker's Schoolhouse, District No. 12, John Jester.

EARLY MERCHANTS AND PHYSICIANS.

In the year 1851, Jacob W. Miller completed a small brick storeroom adjoining his residence on the old Job Garner farm, and, in September of that year, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and purchased a stock of merchandise, consisting of dry goods and groceries, which he hauled to his store in three wagons. He conducted a good trade here, renewing his stock from year to year until about 1855, when he sold the remnant of his stock to William Moore. Daring this time, he also served as Postmaster. Mr. Moore established himself at the village of Bethel, where he continued in trade about a year, and was succeeded by James K. Trimble, to whom Mr. Miller had the office of Postmaster transferred. Mr. Trimble sold his stock to Charles Kirk two or three years later, who continued to sell goods for several years longer. The office of Postmaster passed to Dr. Samuel E, Mitchell, the principal physician at that period.

During the earlier years of the settlement, there were a number of self-constituted physicians, but none whose qualifications would fairly entitle them to that name, until the arrival of Dr. Samuel E. Mitchell, in 1853 or 1854. He settled at the village of Bethel, where he practiced successfully until his decease. Dr. William J. Morgan settled at Bethel in 1867, continuing to practice there until 1875, when he removed to Gilman, Madison Co., Ind. Dr. Milton Ricks is the only practicing physician in the township at this time (November, 1880).

CHURCHES.

The schoolhouse at the Garner farm was the place where the first religious meetings were held, and it was occupied by all of the denominations whose ministers visited the settlement, but more regularly by the Christian Friends, who had the only organized society. This society, however, was disbanded in later years, and is not now represented by a church in the township.

Olive Chapel United Brethern Church.--This church was erected in 1873, on land donated by Allen Benadam. It is a frame house, 38x25 feet, and cost, when completed, $l,200. The class was organized in 1864, and held its meetings at Schoolhouse No. 2 until the church was erected. The original members of the class were Jonathan Rector, Mary Rector, Scott Richardson and wife, Mrs. Martha Clevinger, James Rector, Amanda Rector, and two whose names have been forgotten. Rev. Arthur Rector was the first Pastor; Jonathan Rector, Class-leader; and Scott Richardson, Steward. Since organization, stated circuit preaching has been heId in the afternoon of every third Sunday, and class meeting once every two weeks.

Sunday school has been regularly held during the summer ever since the organization of the church; and, since 1873, it has been held throughout the year. The present number of scholars attending varies from twenty to forty.

The church has been blessed with a goodly membership during its existence, and has enjoyed frequent revival seasons, the most interesting of which took place in the latter part of 1879 and the early part of 1880, resulting in a large accession to the membership, which, at this time, consists of sixty persons.

The Pastors who have served this church are Revs. Alexander Carroll, Riley McVickers, Thomas Bell, Arthur Rector, William Mosher, T. J. Halstead, William Hall and Milo Bailey.

VILLAGES.

On the farm of Job Garner, a village was platted, to which the proprietor gave the name of "Harrison." It was never a very pretentious village, however, and, when Jacob W. Miller purchased the Garner farm, he vacated the lots, and converted the town plat into a farm.

Bethel, the only viillage in the township at the present time, has one general store, of which Isaac Stout is the proprietor.

POPULATION.

The United States Census of 1,250 states the population of Harrison as 798 at that time. Ten years later, it was 1,148. In 1870, there was a total population of 1,400, of whom 1,393 were native Americans, and 7 of foreign birth. The census returns for 1880 show a population of 1,785.

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS---1879.

Wheat, 1,983 acres, 30,397 bushels; corn, 3,151 acres, 127,775 bushels; oats, 410 acres, 5,326 bushels; barley, 44 bushels; Irish potatoes, 3,208 bushels; flax, 8,259 bushels; meadow, 891 acres; clover, 44 bushels of seed; pasture land, 3,873 acres.

TOWNSHIP EXPENDITURES--1879.


Amount expended on roads .......................................... $283
Amount expended for road implements ....................... 165
Amount paid Supervisors ................................................. 50
Amount paid for building new schoolhouses ........... 1,331
Amount paid to teachers ............................................. 2,875
Amount paid for sheep killed by dogs .............................. 5
Amount paid Trustees for services ............................. 103

      Total ....................................................................... $4,812
(Pages 249-253 including bio and residence pictures)

Jacob W. Miller Bio with Residence & Portrait-- Residence Pictures of Trout, & Crampton
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