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Charles Latham
11 March 1994
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 items
COLLECTION DATES: 1805, 1815
PROVENANCE: Philip Prenzel, Evansville IN, 9 March 1994
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
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RELATED HOLDINGS: None
ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0530
Samuel Elliott (fl. 1805-1815) was a cooper in Dearborn County, and owned considerable property there. In 1832 a man of the same name bought land in Miller Township of Dearborn County.
Source: Materials in collection
History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties (1885), p. 458
This collection consists of two items, an indenture of 1805 and a hand-written broadside of 1815. The 1805 indenture binds James Smith as apprentice to Samuel Elliott, cooper, for two years. In the 1815 broadside, Samuel Elliott lists for sale the following:
-100 acres of farm and timber land on the Blackwater River in the south part of Boscawen;
-a house, barn, and orchard on ten acres of land on the road from Corserhill to Warner;
-four good working oxen.
None of the place names in the broadside are found on early maps of Dearborn County, which at this time was larger than its present size. There are several James Smiths in the county histories, but any connection to this James Smith is unclear.
MAIN ENTRY: Elliott, Samuel, fl. 1805-1815
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Elliott, Samuel, fl. 1805-1815
Coopers and cooperage--Indiana--Dearborn County
Apprentices--Indiana--Dearborn County
Real property--New Hampshire--Merrimack County
Dearborn County (Ind.)
Merrimack County (N.H.)
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