JANUARY 1834 TERM

Jackson township was organized at this term.

James M. H. Allison was appointed agent for the County Seminary.

A road in Morgan township from the southeast corner of section 11 was ordered opened and made in order for traveling to where it intersects the State road leading from Spencer to Bowling Green in Section 5.

This term of the Commissioners Court end on the 7th of January, 1834.

An act of the State Legislature approved February 1, 1834 to "regulate the mode of doing County business in this State". It was provided "that in each of the counties of Harrison, Orange, Monroe, Parke, Hendricks, Johnson, Putnam, Owen, Clay, Spencer and Green, the qualified Justices of the Peace of said counties shall constitute a Board of Commissioners in their respective counties and shall be known by the name and style of the "Board of Commissioners of ____ County".

In accordance with the above law, on the 3rd day of March 1834, the first board under the new law met, were qualified and took their seats as members of the "Board of Commissioners of Owen County". The following named persons constituted the new board:

Delana R. Eckels, Isaac Heaton, Abraham Littell, Samuel Oram, Thomas Harvey, James W. Haltom, Joseph Landrum, Isaac Teal.

Issac Heaton was elected President of the Board to serve as such for one year.

The board elected Basil Champer, County Treasurer for one year.

George W. Moore , the outgoing County Treasurer reported revenue collected for a total of $1,539.74; total expenditures of $1, 316.62

Basil Champer filed his bond as County Treasurer, with Thomas Allen, James M.H. Allison and Isaac Westfall as sureties.

The first order the County Treasurer received was to "sell the lumber provided for fencing the court house door and that he report his doings thereon.This was for a door previously mentioned as building in another session.

Hon. Alexander Eason, Associate Judge, was allowed $4 for two days services in hearing an application in Chancery of Thomas F.G. Adams vs. Beem's administrators.

Now comes Joseph Whiles, Esq. and presents his commission as Justice of the Peace and being duly sworn takes his seat as a member of this board.