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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
continued the issue some time, he moved the office to Spencer, but after about a year returned, and is yet the editor and owner. While he was away, a paper called the Graphic was issued a short time by a Mr. Hyatt. S. E. Harris also issued the News for a short time. The first paper was the Republican, the second the Sun, the third the People, the fourth the Graphic, the fifth the News, and the sixth and present one the Monroe County Citizen. The last is now a lively little sheet, and enjoys a thriving patronage.
EARLY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
James Bigger, 1818; William Matlock, 1818 ; William Edmundson, 1818; John Barnes, 1818; William Chambers, 1818 ; Jonathan Nichols, 1818 ; James Wright, 1818; John Matlock, 1818; James Borland, 1819; William Harden, 1819; Joseph Baugh, 1820; Joshua H. Ludes, 1820; Daniel Hawkins, 1821; Elery Woodward, 1821; Samuel Dodd, 1821; John Swift, 1823; James Mitchell, 1823; Isaac Pauley, 1823; Samuel Hartsock, 1823 ; David Kelough, 1823; Elisha Pollard, 1823; James Crane, 1823; Joseph Reeves, 1823; William Harden, 1824; Michael Buskirk, 1825; John Bowland, 1825; Banner, Brummett, 1825; William Jones, 182 .; Joseph Baugh, 1825; Aquilla Rogers, 1825 ; Elzy Woodward, 1826; James Mitchell, 1827; David Kelough, 1827; Elisha Pollard, 1827; Benjamin Chandler, 1827; Jacob Moser, 1827 ; David Borrow, 1827 ; James Wright, 1827; William Hite, 1828; Alexander Buchanan, 1828 ; James Crane, 1829; Joseph Reeves, 1829; G. H. Johnson, 1829; Isaac Buskirk, 1829; Isaac Gillaspie, 1829 ; David Byers, 1829; George Parks, 1830; Henry Burkett, 1830; Aquilla Rogers, 1830 ; W. B. Mars, 1831; James Kippe, 1831 ; Jesse Renow, 1831; John W. Lee, 1832; James Snodgrass, 1832; Jonathan Rogers, 1832; David Kelough, 1833 ; David Paddock, 1833; David Barrow, 1833; James Brummett, 1833; John Davis, 1833 ; Benjamin Chandler, 1833; Samuel Martsock, 1833 ; John C. Marshall, 1833; Jacob Hud- sonpiller, 1833 ; Ezekiel Hendrickson, 1833; Henry Berkey, 1834; D. G. Weddel, 1834; Alexander Buchanan, 1834; James Crane, 1834 ; G. H. Johnson, 1834 ; Joseph Baugh, 1834; Alexander Johnson, 1835 ; Hugh McClung, 1835; Isaac Buskirk, 1835; Robert Hicks, 1835; John McPhetridge, 1835; Emsley Wood, 1835; Joseph Mitchell, 1835; F. T. Butler, 1836 ; Andrew Wampler, 1836; John M. Berry, 1836 ; William Hite, 1836; Elmon Walker, 1836; William S. Wright, 1836 ; David Byers, 1836; Enos Blair, 1836.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Bartlett Woodward, 1818 ; Michael Buskirk, 1818; James Parks, 1818 ; Elijah Morgan, 1819, vice Parks ; William Lowe, 1820, vice Bus- kirk ; Henry, Batterton, 1821; Michael Buskirk, 1821; Elijah Morgan, 1822; Joshua H. Lucas, 1823 ; Henry Batterton, 1824, vice Lucas. (In September, 1824, the Justices of the Peace of the county were empowered by law to transact the business previously done by the County Commis- sioners. The names of these Justices will be found on another page. In 1831, three County Commissioners again took charge of county busi- ness.) Joseph Reeves, 1831; Samuel Patten, 1831; William Jackson, 1831; Isaac W. Young, 1832, vice Jackson ; Elijah Morgan, 1833, vice
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
Patten. (In 1834, county business again passed to the Board of Justices, and continued thus until 1839, since which time three County Commis- sioners have, without interruption, done the work. In 1838 and 1839, as high as nineteen Justices of the Peace assembled to do the work which has since been done by three men.) Gideon Walker, 1839, for one year ; George Finley, 1839, for two years; Benjamin Rogers, 1839, for three years ; Isaac Buskirk, 1840; George Finley, 1841; Benjamin Rogers, 1842; Benjamin Neeld, 1843; Isaac Buskirk, 1844; George Finley, 1845 ; Benjamin Neeld, 1846; David Barrow, 1847; George Finley, 1848 ; John Graham, 1849; I. S. Buskirk, 1850; Joseph S. Walker, 1851; Henry Eller, 1852; David Barrow, 1853; Benjamin Rogers, 1854; Henry Eller, 1855; David Barrow, 1856; James Carmichael, 1857; Reuben Ward, 1858; Thomas Y. Rader, 1859; James Carmi- chael, 1860; James Small, 1861; David Barrow, 1862; Thomas Oli- phant, 1863; George Eller, 1864; David Barrow, 1865; Clelland F. Dodds, 1866; James Small, 1867; T. Y. Rader, 1868; Samuel H. Phillips, 1869; George Eller, 1870 ; John Hupp, 1871 ; F. M. Oliphant, 1872; John Waldron, 1873 ; W. E. Wood, 1874 ; R. M. Wylie, 1875; George Eller, 1876; William Peterson, 1877; J. D. Handy, 1878; John Huntington, 1879; W. S. Walker, 1880; J. D. Handy, 1881; William B. Baker, 1882; D. P. Burton, 1883.
AUDITORS.
William C. Tarkington, 1841 ; Robert C. Foster, 1855; Milton Mc- Phetridge, 1863; Henry F. Perry, 1867; James F. Manley, 1870 ; R. A. Fulk, 1878 ; W. M. Alexander, 1882.
CLERKS.
William Lowe, 1818; Jacob B. Lowe, 1820; David Browning, 1838; W. F. Browning, 1844; M. McPhetridge, 1846 ; David Carson, 1860 ; David Sheeks, 1862; Robert C. Foster, 1866; John R. East, 1870 ; William F. Browning, 1874; D. W. Browning, 1882.
RECORDERS.
Chesley Bailey, 1818; James H. King, 1831; David Browning, 1839 ; Samuel H. Buskirk, 1844; Robert Acuff, 1845; James M. Beatley, 1860 ; William H. Jones, 1867 ; Drury Rogers, 1870 ; Thomas Howard, 1874; Oliver Mclellan, 1876; Robert Gilmore, 1878; W. N. Hall, 1880.
SHERIFFS.
John W. Lee, 1818; Jesse Wright, 1819 ; Enos Blair, 1822 ; James Alexander, 1830; Elias Blair, 1834; John M. Sluss. 1838; John El- ler, 1842; William F. Browning, 1846; James Kelley, 1850 ; P. L. D. Mitchell, 1854; Andrew W. Reeves, 1858 ; Aquilla W. Rogers, 1862; Lawson E. McKenney, 1866; Richard A. Fulk, 1870; L. E. McKen- ney, 1872; W. M. Alexander, 1876; Silas Grimes, 1880.
TREASURERS.
Roderick Rawlins, 1818 ; James Borland, 1820; William Alexan- der, 1826 ; Stephen P. Seall, 1840; Elias Abel, 1841; Charles Abel,
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1853; Samuel Gentry, 1855 ; P. L. D. Mitchell, 1858 ; Johnson Mc- Collough, 1860; P. L. D. Mitchell, 1862; David B. Buskirk, 1866 ; J. M. Rogers, 1870 ; John A. Reeves, 1874; L. E. McKenney, 1878 ; Isaac Claman, 1882.
CORONERS.
Purnal Chane, 1818; William Jackson, 1822; James Slocum, 1827 ; Richard Hardesty, 1828 ; John M. Sluss, 1832; John Hardesty, 1834; John Deaman, 1836 ; James Slocum, 1838 ; Samuel Kirk, 1844; Y. B. Pullen, 1850; James McBride, 1852; John S. Moore, 1854; Alexander McClelland, 1856 ; Elbert Johnson, 1858; J. R. Sluss, 1859; J. W. Pullen, 1862; John C. Hook, 1863; Wilson Adams, 1865; W. A. Legg, 1867; W. H. Slerum, 1868; W. L. Adams, 1870; G. P. Hines, 1872; A. J. Axtell, 1876 ; James Dodd, 1878; C. D. McLahlen, 1880; J. H. Gaston, 1882.
SURVEYORS.
Jonathan Nichols, 1818; William D. McCulloch, 1820; James Borland, 1826; * * * Henry Farmer, 1846 ; James Woodburn, 1849 ; J. W. Spencer, 1852; John J. Poynter, 1854; J. W. Spencer, 1855; I. S. Buskirk, 1859 ; J. W. Spencer, 1863 ; W. A. Alexander, 1864; E. P. Cole, 1867 ; A. C. Spencer, 1870; Henry Henley, 1872; M. H. Buskirk, 1876; G. W. Varroy, 1878 ; M. H. Buskirk, 1880.
SEMINARY TRUSTEES.
William Lowe, 1818; William Jackson, 1819; J. Gregory, 1820 ; William Newcombe, 1820; Samuel Irvin, 1821; Samuel W. Moore, 1823; William Lowe, 1824; P. M. Doty, 1829; F. T. Butler, 1830; Benja- min Rogers, 1831.
PROBATE JUDGES.
William D. McCulloch, 1829; Aquilla Rogers, 1833; Stephen P. Sealls, 1838; Henry Eller, 1840; William Edmundson, 1840 ; Aquilla Rogers, 1841; Jacob B. Lowe, 1847; F. T. Butler, 1847. (Rogers en- listed in the Mexican war, and Lowe was appointed in his stead, but for some reason did not qualify, whereupon Butler was appointed.) In 1852-53, the jurisdiction of probate matters was transferred to the Common Pleas Court, and the office of Probate Judge was abolished.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES.
Thomas H. Blake, 1818; Gen. Washington Johnson, 1819; Jonathan Doty, 1819 ; W. W. Wick, 1822; John F. Ross, 1824 ; Bethuel F. Morris, 1825; John Law, 1830; Gen. W. Johnson, 1830; Amory Kenney, 1832; Elisha M. Huntington, 1837; David McDonald, 1839; James Hughes, 1852; A. B. Carlton, 1856; James M. Hanna, 1856 ; Solomon Claypool, 1858 ; D. R. Eckles, 1865.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Joseph Berry, 1818; Lewis Noel, 1818; John Sedwick, 1821; William Matlock, 1823; Michael Buskirk, 1825; William Edmundson, 1825 ; Abram Buskirk, 1832; Stephen Sealls, 1832; Joseph Reeves, 1839; John M. Berry, 1839; Coonrod Koons, 1846.
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
George C. Sullivan, 1818; John Law, 1818; Addison C. Smith, 1819; John F. Ross, 1820; W. W. Wick, 1825; Calvin Fletcher, 1825 ; John Kingsbury, 1826 ; James Whitcomb, 1827 ; E. M. Hunt- ington, 1829; John H. Dowden, 1832; Paris C. Dunning, 1833; McJunkin, 1833; David McDonald, 1835; D. R. Eckles, 1838; John S. Watts, 1839; W. G. Quick, 1843; C. P. Hester, 1844; John S. Watts, 1849; James S. Hester, 1850; Samuel H. Buskirk, 1851; William M. Franklin, 1852 ; William E. McLean, 1853; A. B. Carlton, 1853; G. A. Buskirk, 1854; A. B. Carlton, 1854; Theodore Reed, 1855; Francis L. Neff, 1855; Martin A. Osborn, 1857; Isaac N. Pierce, 1858 ; Willis G. Neff, 1861 ; Michael A. Malott, 1865 ; Jacob A. Broadwell, 1866 ; John C. Robinson, 1868,
SCHOOL EXAMINERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
Milton McPhetridge was School Commissioner during the thirties and forties. Robert A. Milligan, James Woodburn and John J. Poynter, Examiners, 1853 ; James Woodburn, Ranson W. Akin and Benjamin Wolfe, 1855 ; James Woodburn, M. M. Campbell and Theophilus A. Wylie, 1856 ; James Woodburn, T. A. Wylie and Elisha Ballentine, 1857 ; E. P. Cole, D. J. Shaw and W. C. Foster, 1859 ; E. P. Cole, 1859-63; D. E. Hunter, 1863; James H. Rogers, 1865; T. M. Hopkins, 1867 ; Edward Wright, 1869 ; James H. Rogers, 1871; M. M. Campbell, 1872; G. W. Rumage, 1877; John W. McGee, 1879.
In 1849, Monroe County voted on the question of having free public schools, with the following result :
TOWNSHIPS.
FOR FREE SCHOOLS.
AGAINST FREE SCHOOLS.
Bean Blossom
59
112
Benton.
44
41
Bloomington
128
307
Clear Creek
76
85
Indian Creek
40
101
Marion.
16
35
Richland.
59
128
Perry
127
20
Salt Creek
39
60
Van Buren
43
113
Washington
36
38
667
1,040
Excess Against ...
...
373
The total receipts and expenditures of the county from its organization up to February 8, 1819, were as follows:
RECEIPTS.
June -. From Benjamin Parks, County Agent.
$810 50
July 7. From Benjamin Parks, County Agent ....
1,315 05
September 5. From Benjamin Parks, County Agent 820 90
November 3. From William Anderson.
190 00
November 10. From Benjamin Parks, County Agent.
5 00
November 10. From Benjamin Parks, County Agent.
84 10
December ]. From William Anderson 38 85
December 19. From J. W. Lee.
264 47
December 29. From Benjamin Parks, County Agent.
226 77
April 4. From John Grier, merchandise license.
7 50
June 6. From William Hardin, merchandise license.
12 00
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December 7. From John Hayworth, merchandise license. 20 00
January 2, 1819. From Edmund Phillips ... 7 50
February 7. From Benjamin Parks. 244 07
February 8. From Edmund R. Moss, store license. 7 50
Total receipts
$4,054 21
EXPENSES.
Paid Robertson Graham, on order $ 900 00
Paid Jonathan and David Rogers.
1,058 60
Paid Aquilla Rogers ..
13 00
Paid John Whisenand, for whisky.
10 10
Paid Chesley Bailey.
10 00
Paid J. W Lee.
7 00
Paid J. W. Lee.
18 00
Paid David Fouts
33 00
Paid Jonathan Nichols.
62 40
Paid Hon. Lewis Noell.
10 00
Paid Benjamin Parks
91 25
Paid John Scott.
2 50
Paid George Anderson
5 00
Paid James Parks.
16 00
Paid James Smith.
2 00
Paid William Lowe ..
40 00
Paid Bartlett Woodward
14 00
Paid Joseph Baugu
1 50
Paid George Sharp.
3 00
Paid Michael Buskirk
20 00
Paid Addison Smith
2 00
Paid David Rogers.
5 00
Paid Jonathan Nichols
3 50
Paid John Nusser
5 00
Paid Joel Woodward.
15 00
Paid Bartlett Woodward.
16 00
Paid Chesley Bailey
7 02
Paid Coleman Puett.
3 00
Paid Lewis Noell ..
4 00
Paid Thomas Graham
2 00
Paid Roderick Rawlins
100 00
Paid Benjamin Parks.
80 00
Paid John Penick
30 00
Paid David Rogers.
1 00
Paid Roderick Rawlins.
2 00
Paid J. W. Lee, Tax Collector
15 90
Paid J. W. Lee, extra services
32 50
Paid Edward Armstrong
1 50
Paid John Barnes
5 00
Paid J. W. Lee ..
1 98
Paid Jesse Wright.
18 12
Paid William Lowe
85 00
Paid Elijah Morgan ..
4 00
Paid Benjamin Parks
24 67
Paid John Treat.
1 50
Paid Abner Blair.
1 50
Paid James Storm.
5 00
Paid Jonathan Rains.
5 00
Paid Julius Dugger
1 50
Paid James Parks.
14 00
Paid M. Buskirk
14 00
Paid Patrick S. Booth.
13 00
Paid James Bigger.
32 00
Paid Samuel Burcham
30 00
Paid M. Stout, of Vincennes.
3 00
Paid Samuel Elliott.
43 42
Paid Lewis Noell, sale crier.
10 00
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Paid John Whisenand, for whisky.
$23 40
Paid Robertson Graham, chain carrier
13 50
Paid William Hardin.
1 30
Paid Joseph Gilbert.
1 50
Paid Benjamin Parks, for Indiana Herald.
3 50
Paid James Parks, clerk of sale.
6 00
Paid Jonathan Rogers, selling whisky
1 00
Paid Samuel Elliott
43 42
Paid T. B. Clark
1 50
Paid Roderick Rawlins, on jail.
500 00
Paid Roderick Rawlins
100 00
Paid James Parks
9 42
Paid Daniel Stout.
3 00
Paid Michael Buskirk
6 68
Total expenses.
$3,685 10
Treasurer's percentage.
184 86
Total.
$3,869 96
Balance on hand.
184 25
RODERICK RAWLINS, Treasurer.
For the calendar year 1821, the total receipts of the county, exclusive of course of the proceeds of the sale of town lots, were $795.24, and the total expenses $792.80. This does not include delinquent taxes nor out- standing orders. In 1827, the receipts, with the above exception, were $829.57, and the expenditures were $858.37. There had been on hand at the beginning of the year a balance of $190.99, so that at the end of the year there was in the treasury $162.19. These figures must be re- garded only as approximately correct. The old records are too ambig- uous for exact statements. In 1836, the receipts, with the exception mentioned, were $1,306.40, exclusive of $303.38 which remained from the previous year. The expenses were $955.28, leaving a balance in the treasury of $351.12. In 1839-40, the receipts were $2,226.74, and the expenses $2,450.37. In 1842-43, the county revenue was $3,228.75, and the total receipts $3,411.46. The paupers cost $582 ; the county officers cost $844.70; outstanding orders redeemed, $103.42; total expenses, $3,411.46 ; orders outstanding and unredeemed, $1,462.44. In 1846- 47 the receipts of county revenue were $2,540.33 ; County Seminary, $41.88; on hand at the beginning of the year, $1,647.33 ; total receipts, $5,837.63. The expense on the poor-farm was $625; the paupers, $268.13; total expenses, $3,955.30. Owing to certain outstanding orders, the amount remaining in the treasury was $2,175.02. In 1852-53, there was on hand at the beginning of the year $422.84; county revenue re- ceipts, $3,677.98 ; school tax, $1,919.11; Seminary fund, $54.15 ; total receipts, $8,625.55. The poor-farm expenses were $262.40 ; the paupers $456.04 ; the county officers, $1,048.56 ; total expenses, $6,446.44 ; on hand, $2,179.11. In 1856-57, the county revenue receipts were $9,118 .- 11; and there was on hand at the beginning of the year $3,047.93; total receipts, $30,956.39. The common school fund expended was $4,148.46; poor-farm cost $439.19; the paupers cost $899.83; county officers cost $1,425.51 ; total expenses, $26,380.73; old outstanding orders, $2,746.73 ; total orders to be redeemed, $29,127.46; total orders redeemed during the year, $16,382.04. In 1860-61, there was on hand at the beginning of the year $1,589.06; county rev-
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enue receipts, $9,124.02; total receipts, $17,154.80. Of the ex- penses the military cost $227.55; the paupers, $1,641.51; the poor- farm, $103.04; the county officers, $1,877.40 ; total expenses, $15,612 .- 42 ; old outstanding orders, $6,756.22; total to be redeemed, $22,368 .- 64; orders redeemed during the year, $15,062.14; outstanding orders in June, 1861, $7,306.50 ; balance in the treasury, $2,092.66. In 1864-65, there was on hand at the beginning of the year, $4,058.91; county rev- enue receipts, $26,757.07; school tax, $5,238.98; total receipts were $39,766.18. The poor cost $5,693.10 ; the county officers cost $3,023.01 ; county orders paid out for military bounty, $81,000 ; total orders issued were $106,054.84 ; old outstanding orders, $21,966.82; total orders to be redeemed, $128.021.66 ; orders redeemed during the year, $35,006.64 ; on hand at the end of the year, cash, $4,759.56; total county debt, $88,255.46. In 1868-69, the county revenue amounted to $37,582.49 ; special school fund, $7,575.33 ; total receipts, $55,617.18. The County Asylum cost $3,788.97 ; county officers, $3,855.83; orders outstanding at the beginning of the year, $26,237.13; orders issued during the year, $41,671.91; total orders to be redeemed, $67,908.04; outstanding orders at the end of the year, $12,290.86; cash in treasury, $2,114.95; county debt, $10,185.91. In 1872-73, the county fund was $22,052; special school fund, $13,199.30 ; total receipts, $45,228.60. The paupers . and poor-farm cost $3,290.75; the courts, $3,107.10 ; the county officers, $7,222.80 ; the total expense was $49,207 ; outstanding orders paid, $13,- 465.10; in the treasury, $7,615.51; outstanding orders, June, 1873, $17,606.84. In 1875-76, the county fund was $35,251.45 ; special school fund, $14,390.95; total receipts, $65,506.10; on hand at the beginning of the year, $2,717.41. The paupers and poor asylum cost $3,467.10 ; the courts, $6,354.10; county officers, $8,089.55; total expense, $64,- 123.80 ; outstanding orders, $14,060.59; in treasury at the end of the year, $2,162.76; outstanding orders June, 1876, $12.123.24; county debt June, 1876, $9,969.48. In 1879-80, the county revenue was $34,- 789.29; the special school fund, $4,902.77; total receipts, $82,053.61. The poor cost $5,270.96; the county officers, $6,281.90; total expense, $69,798.67 ; receipt balance, $12,254.94. In 1882-83, the finances were as follows: Balance on hand, $23,617.81; receipts during the year, $58,087.21; total receipts, $81.705.02; orders redeemed, $67,099.82 ; county officers cost $6,138.16 ; paupers, $4,190.86 ; poor-farm, $1,640 .- 45 ; total expenses, $56,453.06; outstanding orders at the beginning of the year, $+1,682.64; grand total expense, $98,135.70 ; outstanding orders June, 1883, $31,035.88 ; warrants redeemed, $67,099.82; county ยท debt, $16,430.68 ; balance in the treasury, $14,605.20. In September, 1883, county bonds to the amount of $50,000 were issued and sold to aid in building the new university building. Each bond was of the denom- ination of $500, bore six per cent interest, and was redeemable within ten years.
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The following exhibit of the county was prepared by the Auditor in 1836 :
TOWNSHIPS .*
POLLS.
Acres of Cultivated Land.
Value of Land.
Value of Lots.
Value of Personal Property.
TOTAL.
Richland
181
20,435
$162,905
$44,579
$207,484
Jackson
55
4,205
49,247
44,566
93,813
Bean Blossom
123
10,201
88,217
30,572
118,789
Clear Creek
76
5,517
47,134
9,319
56,453
Indian Creek
175
13,184
149,166
44,514
193,680
Salt Creek
85
2,027
7,975
28,868
36,843
Washington
60
1,064
9,600
5,023
14,623
Benton.
66
1,050
8,400
11,267
19,667
Bloomington
303
14,797
176,739
$103,329
141,668
421,736
Totals.
1,252
72,480
$699,383
$103,329
$360,376
$1,163,088
* The townships given not only included all of the present Monroe County, but also a strip three miles wide on the western side of Brown County, and considerable more of the latter county which was yet attached to Monroe. The statistics of Jackson Township cannot be given.
RECAPITULATION OF TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1883.
TOWNSHIPS.
Value of Lands.
Value of Value of Im- prove- ments.
Land and Value of Improve- Lots. ments.
Value of Im- prove- ments.
Value of lots and Value of Im- prove- ments.
Total Personal Value of Polls. Property. Taxables.
Bean Blossom.
$260,045
$37,845
$297,890
$1,540
$5,305
$6,845
$142,878
$447,613
236
Washington
105,955
34,760
140,715
155
555
710
68,790
210,215
167
Marion.
50,535
12,765
63,300
340
1,215
1,555
59,470
151,025
143
City of Bloomington
18,898
7,750
26,648
227,230
450,010
677,240
750,060
1,453,948
467
Richland.
344,825
79,350
424,175
9,965
34,520
44,485
74,330
131,395
120
Van Buren
256,220
61,165
317,385
845
3,240
4,085
176,530
498,000
173
Perry ...
427,068
85,175
512,243
50,860
22,795
73,655
251,805
837,703
156
Salt Creek
75,430
20,235
95,665
53,825
149,490
139
Polk
71,055
13,795
84,850
50,050
134,900
145
Clear Creek
253,635
45,495
299,130
4,275
24,520
28,795
181,595
509,520
230
Indian Creek
181,470
43,165
224,635
345,790
161
Totals ...
$2,391,546
$534,310
$2,925,856 $295,210
$542,160
$837,370
$2,281,331
$6,044,557|
2,530
TOWNSHIPS.
STATE TAX.
STATE HOUSE TAX.
STATE SCHOOL TAX.
COUNTY TAX.
TOWNSHIP TAX.
TUITION TAX.
Bean Blossom.
$654 58
$89 42
$833 43
$2,471 36
$223 81
$447 60
Washington
336 06
42 04
420 24
1,219 27
Marion
161 91
20 71
203 28
592 19
206 70
Benton
252 75
20 20
313 14
898 12
226 53
151 02
Bloomington.
672 64
99 19
870 77
2,636 85
496 35
742 05
City of Bloomington
1,980 28
291 14
256 68
7,745 69
Richland
773 15
115 53
1,004 20
3,048 00
577 60
866 46
Van Buren
685 40
99 80
885 00
2,668 75
250 16
Perry ..
1,083 65
167 59
1,418 82
4,346 00
419 00
419 00
Salt Creek
249 28
29 94
309 18
888 25
299 48
Polk ...
234 85
27 00
288 85
821 50
135 40
67 57
Clear Creek
726 56
101 90
930 48
2,778 25
509 62
254 81
Indian Creek
495 75
69 15
634 16
1,891 25
519 03
345 89
Totals.
$8,525 93
$1,209 88
$10,945 96
$32,785 85
$3,863 68
$3,294 40
40,248
103,548
76
Benton
72,155
17,845
90,000
Bloomington.
271,620
65,020
336,640
157,060
493,700
155
153,535
577,710
160
Town of Ellettsville.
2,635
9,945
12,580
Town of Ellettsville.
219 07
26 27
271 73
780 37
121,155
26
Perry
128
412
HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
TOWNSHIPS.
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX.
ROAD TAX.
UNIVER- SITY TAX.
DOG TAX.
TOTAL TAX.
Bean Blossom
$1,341 44
$1,123 70
$22 38
$217
$7,424 72
Washington.
736 28
315 90
10 51
157
3,237 30
Marion
258 30
365 45
5 19
66
1,879 73
Benton
302 05
152 70
7 55
146
2,480 06
Bloomington.
496 35
1,235 75
24 78
161
7,435 73
City of Bloomington.
866 46
1,158 70
28 88
123
8,561 98
Town of Ellettsville.
6 56
32
1,336 00
Van Buren
250 16
747 20
24 95
139
5,750 42
Perry.
419 00
840 95
41 90
159
9,314 91
Salt Creek
449 65
225 10
7 50
101
2,559 38
Polk ..
405 70
272 35
6 75
153
2,412 97
Clear Creek
1,274 10
766 10
25 48
155
7,522 30
Indian Creek
519 03
693 60
17 30
114
5,299 16
Totals
$7,318 52
$7,897 50
$302 52
$1,827
$77,971 24
The following table shows the condition of the school lands (six- teenth sections) of Monroe County in 1846:
CONGRESSIONAL TOWNSHIPS.
ACRES SOLD.
AMOUNT OF SALES.
RECEIPTS.
Town 10, Range 2 west.
638.75
$1,480 00
$1,405 00
Town 9, Range 2 west ..
640
1,302 80
1,302 80
Town 8, Range 2 west.
640
1,205 20
804 40
Town 7, Range 1 west
640
1,182 20
915 80
Town 9, Range 1 west.
640
1,480 00
1,330 00
Town 7, Range 2 west.
640
1,082 40
887 40
Town 10, Range 1 west.
400
732 00
220 80
Town 9, Range 1 east
220
333 40
216 40
Town 8, Range 1 east.
220
505 00
126 25
Town 8, Range 1 west *
9,525
15,583 99
8,007 76
Town 10, Range 1 east.
640
No sale ordered
Town 7, Range 1 east
640
No sale ordered
* This entire township (now Perry) was, by Legislative enactment in 1820, devoted to the founda- tion and maintenance of a State Seminary, which, in 1828, became the Indiana College, and in 1838 the State University, as it is at present.
The following table shows the enumeration, enrollment, and the num- ber of pupils instructed in the various branches during the year 1881, by townships :
TOWNSHIPS.
No. Taught Reading.
No. Taught Writing.
No. Taught Orthography.
No. Taught Arithmetic.
No. Taught Geography.
No. Taught Grammar.
No. Taught History.
No. Taught Physiology.
No. in Fifth Grade.
No. in Fourth Grade.
No. in Third Grade.
No. in Second Grade.
No. in First Grade.
No. Enumerated.
No. Enrolled.
No. out of School.
Bean Blossom
370
370
370
370
260
260
280
299
71
75
90
82
52
424
370
35
Washington
298
298
298
298
190
190
110
110
46
53
67
55
68
360
299
62
Marion
160
160
160
160
100
100
89
89
29
32
32
40
39
222
160
62
Benton.
292
292
292
292
190
190
150
150
44
60
70
59
69
348
292
62
Bloomington
233
233
233
233
191
191
190
140
42
40
50
60
60
275
233
42
Richmond .
260
260
260
260
189
189
150
150
48
68
50
48
46
339
260
79
Van Buren
360
360
360
360
290
290
200
200
59
58
80
74
89
395
360
35
Perry ..
326
326
326
326
250
250
200
196
52
72
78
50
73
373
326
47
Salt Creek
260
260
260
260
160
160
120
120
44
59
56
75
66
300
260
40
Polk ...
353
353
353
353
280
250
200
200
60
78
80
54
61
413
353
60
Clear Creek
480
480
480
480
390
390
300
295
90
108
95
70
107
523
480
53
Indian Creek.
383
383
383
383
300
298
203
203
57
83
85
69
90
395
383
12
Totals.
4368
3766
602
72 79
104
12,756 58
Richland
413
HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
ENUMERATION OF TOWNSHIPS BY DISTRICTS, 1882.
NUMBER OF DISTRICT.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Bean Blossom.
49
26
52
36
17
40
67
46
37
37
Washington.
50
57
35
60
30
57
36
59
Marion
63
36
53
24
Benton.
33
32
47
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