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Letter transcription:

Muncie Ind. Sept. 4, 83’ 7 p.m.

Dear Sister

Ettie & Lin were out together this afternoon and Lin told Ettie that she had written you not to come to Muncie at present as she had had much company of late.

Come and visit us anyway—Ettie wants you to come and so do I. You can visit us and have a good time here, if Lin is tired. Sherman has gone to work in C— and is boarding at Josh Greer’s. Ettie send love and say come. Love to all Eugene. Answer on receipt.

[Editor’s note: Lin may be Lena and Eugene’s older half sister Malinda (Scofield) Claypool, who lived in Muncie. I have also seen Malinda possibly referred to as Minnie. This envelope was addressed to Lena in Kokomo where she was apparently staying with another brother Frank.]

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Fayette Friday – Eugene Scofield, June 27, 1883

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Letter transcription:

Muncie Ind. June 27/83

Dear Sister;

I don’t know just whose turn it is to write but make an endeavour to make myself heard from. We are both enjoying excellent health and are doing as well every way as can be desired. The Church here is moving on nicely, we have fair audirnces [sic] and good attention. Last week we had a festival at Sister Avrights, all went merrily.
But you no doubt wonder why we did not come down as we intended. Just one plain reason – it would have cost so much. The rates would have been four ct’s a mile each way for I can get no half fare, nor round

[page 2] trip tickets from Newcastle to C– anymore since the trains have changed. You know my financial condition—and I shall spend as little as possible until I am out of debt. I may come to C– any time, but will not disappoint you by false alarms anymore.
I regret that we did not get down last week—and Ettie wanted to go also as bad as myself—but it would have cost us between $4 and $5 and we couldn’t stand it now.
I received a letter from Sherman several days ago—but he said nothing of himself, but I presume he is well.
Have not heard from Bal. for a month or so. Had a letter from Lee several weeks since and must answer soon.
Tell Ella that I am sorry I could not come down for I want

[page 3] so much to see her “sweet baby.” Kiss it for me and give Frank a “buster” on my behalf.
I will leave the rest for Ettie to tell as she can handle news better than I. Love to all. Tell Ella that I am waiting for a letter from her; write soon,

Your Brother Eugene

[different handwriting]
Dear Sister: Gene said he would leave the rest for me to tell but do not think there is any “rest” to tell. We spend last week at home I stayed one night with Allie & Gertie Ice spent one day with Ankah Bowman then she and I went and stayed all night with Jennie Bouslog had a very pleasant visit. Presume you know that Dr. Jackson and Jes Ice are married. They live at Jessie’s old home by the R.R. Lu lives with them and the

[page 4] boys went to live with their Father & Step-mother on the farm. Mr. Ice gave Lu the piano and Jes the bedroom set. he took all the parlour furniture the Dr. has his office in the parlor. I guess this is about all the change there has been at Summit since you was there. I like Muncie much better since we moved. I have one of the best neighbors. I never met any one I liked better there is two families live in the same yard I like both of them very much you remember Mrs. Harchy that called on us that we did not like she was in often after you left and I like her so much she is coming down one evening this week. Dr. Spurgeon is building a new house on the north end of the church lot. Will close this scribbling answer soon and tell us all the news.

Your loving sister Ettie
Love to all.

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Random Record – State of Indiana vs. Horatio Turner

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Fayette County, Indiana
Circuit Court Fall Term A.D. 1842
Complete Civil Order Book H: 12-13
State of Indiana vs. Horatio Turner

Transcription:

State of Indiana }
vs. }
Horatio Turner } Riding Race

Be it remembered that at a term of the Fayette Circuit Court began
and held at the Court house in Connersville, in the County of Fayette and State of Indiana,
before the Honorable James Perry president Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the Said
State of Indiana, and Edward Webb and Jeremiah A. Wilson Esqrs., associate Judges of the
said Fayette Circuit Court on the fourth Monday and twenty seventh day of September, in
the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty one upon the oath of Sam-
uel Vance foreman, Ross Morrison, Thomas Jackson, James Kirkwood, Daniel Reimer
Samuel Martin, Joseph Bishop, Abraham Boys, John G. Eaton, George Scott, Evan
M. Bolton, Andrew M. B. Cole, John M. Layson, Manlove Caldwell, Andrew Kitchen,
John Williams, Payton Cook & William Dickson good and lawful men of the said County
of Fayette, who were empanelled and sworn as Grand Jurrors [sic] at the term aforesaid to
enquire within and for the body of the said County of Fayette, “It is presented that one Samuel
Brown the first day of June in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and forty one, with force
and arms at said County, did then and there knowingly suffer and permit his Mare to be seen
in a race commonly called a horse race in and [?] a certain public road and highway
then and there being. And the Grand Jurrors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid, do
further present, That Horatio Turner, late of said County of Fayette, on the first day of
June in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty one, at the County aforesaid with
force and arms, did then and there unlawfully and knowingly act as Rider of the said
Mare of the said Brown for and in said race so run as aforesaid contrary to the form of
the Statue in Such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State
of Indiana—
M.M. Ray Pros. Atty.—
And afterward to wit: at a term of the Fayette Circuit Court, began and held at the Court
house in Connersville, in the County of Fayette and State of Indiana, before the Honorable James
Perry president Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the said State of Indiana, and Edward
Webb and Jeremiah A. Wilson Esqrs., associate Judges of the said Fayette Circuit Court on

[page 13]
on the fourth Monday and twenty sixth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty two—Samuel E. Perkins Esqr., Special prosecuting
attorney in this behalf now comes, and the Said Defendant in his own person comes also
and by their agreement this cause is submitted to the Summary decision of the Court
without the intervention of a Jury upon a plea of Guilty, whereupon the Court assess
the Defendant’s fine at Five dollars. It is therefore considered by the Court that the
said Defendant do make his fine to the State of Indiana, in the Sum of Five dol-
lars and pay the costs of this prosecution and State committed to the Custody of
the Sheriff until said fine and costs are paid or replevied & C.—
And thereupon comes into Open Court William D. Ross and acknowledges him-
self replevin bail and security for the payment of the above fine and all costs in
this behalf according to Law.—

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Random Record – Indiana vs. James Nesbit

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Fayette County (Indiana) Civil Order Book F: 4 (Image courtesy of FamilySearch.org)

State of Indiana vs. James Nesbit
Fayette County, Indiana
Civil Order Book vol. F: 4
Spring Term 1845

State of Indiana }
vs. }
James Nesbit } Illegal Voting

The Prosecuting attorney in this behalf now comes
and the said Defendant in his own proper person comes also, and by
their agreement this cause is submitted to the Summary decision of the
Court upon the Defendant’s plea of Guilty—thereupon the Court assess his
fine in the sum of Five Dollars—It is therefore Considered by the Court
that said Defendant do make his fine to the State of Indiana, in the
sum of Five Dollars, and pay the Costs of this prosecution and stand Committed
to the custody of the Sheriff until said fine and costs are paid or replevied [1]—
thereupon comes into Open Court John Little and acknowledged himself
Replevin Bail and Security for said defendant for the payment of said
fine and Costs according to law.

[margin note]

Fine paid Co. Treasurer as per Receipt of
Auditor—July 17^th 1845—F. B. Thomas Clk.

[1] past tense of replevy —to take possession of goods or chattels under a replevin order

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Fayette Friday – Eugene B. Scofield, March 23, 1883

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Letter transcription:

Muncie 3/23/83

Dear Sister Lena;

I will, while writing to Ella send you a few lines by same stamp. Dr. Jackson was up and took dinner with us Wednesday. There was a large attendance at the funeral of Sister Muths, the funeral was preached at the Church. I went to the country night before last, and as the Director of the school house would not give up the key with written word from Trustee, I did not preach. But on yesterday morning we got a key from the Trustee and I will go back next Tuesday. Wednesday week ago Dr. Spurgeon and I went into the country some three miles from town to marry a couple. We had a good

[page 2] time. The Dr. said that some time ago he found a girl he thought would make a good wife, but that he found her to be the wrong one for him. I suppose he meant Miss Bartholamew. He said he intended to marry when he thought he would better himself.

I received your card last night. Received a letter from Bal. [tear in paper] are well. Have more on hand than I can get through with. Have had a cold for two weeks and it makes my head-ache most all the time. Your writing on postal cards is so erased that I cannot make out what you say either about A.J. & M—or about the Dr. The Dr. told me that the same day that he send a letter to you, he received one from you.

Write at once and ask your questions again. Ettie sends love.

Your Brother Eugene

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Random Record – State of Indiana vs. Henry Myers

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Fayette Circuit Court, Complete Civil Order Book vol. A: 281 (Image courtesy of FamilySearch.org)

Fayette County (Indiana)
Circuit Court, Complete Civil Order Book vol. A: 281-282

State of Indiana }
vs. }
Henry Myers } On an Indictment for Larceny

Be it remembered that at the term of said
Court begun and held at Connersville in and for the said County of Fayette before the
Honorable the Judges aforesaid in Monday the nineteenth day of March A.D. 1821
By the oath of Stanhope Royster, foreman, David Melton, James Groendyke, Robert
M^cCormick, Ephraim Myers, Noah Pumphrey, John Melton, Joseph Justice, John
Hughes, Alanthn Curtis, Joshua Heizer, Moses Lockhart, Samuel Harlan and Wil-
liam Legg good and discreet householders of said County of Fayette It was presented
as follows to wit “State of Indiana Fayette Circuit Court in and for the County of
Fayette in the said State of Indiana of the term of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty one Fayette Circuit Fayette County SS.
The Grand Jurors for the said State of Indiana impannelled and sworn in the name of and
by and under the authority of the said State of Indiana in the said Fayette Circuit Court
and in and for the Bod of the said county of Fayette upon their oath presen that Henry
Myers late of said County of Fayette wheelwright on the twenty seventh day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty with force
and arms at the County of Fayette aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of the said
Fayette Circuit Court three pair of cotton stockings of the value of three dollars
and seventy five cents of the personal goods of Jonathan Keny and John Tucker
and one silk shawl of the value of six dollars of the personal goods of the said
Jonathan Keny and John Tucker then and there being found feloniously did
take steal and carry away contrary to the form of the statute in such case made
and provided and against the peace and dignity of the said State of Indiana.
And whereas afterwards to wit at the Term of our said Court and on Tuesday
the second day of said term came as William W. Wick Esquire Attorney prose
-cuting the pleas of the State of Indiana and the said Henry Myers in his own
proper person who being arraigned upon the Indictment aforesaid and the same
being read to him and being demanded of him how he will acquit himself
for plea thereto he saith he is not guilty in manner and form as he stands charged

Fayette County Circuit Court, Complete Civil Order Book vol. A: 282 (Image courtesy of FamilySearch.org)

[page 282]

therein and for trial thereof, he puts himself upon the County and the said prosecutor each so [?]
and thereupon the Sheriff, as he is commanded, brought into Court the following panel of good and
discreet householders of his Bailwick, to wit “Joshua Jones, Elnathan Cory, Jonathan Coleman
James Brownlee, James Dale, Jonathan John, Philip Louderback, Asa Harper, Basil Roberts
Enos Harlan, William Vardeman nd Robert Knowlton who being elected tried and sworn
the truth to speak upon office joined afs’d upon their oath afsd do say and said the following
verdict to wit “We the Jury so find the defendant guilty as he stands charged in the within
Indictment, that the property stolen and spedified in the within Indictment has not been
restored, that the property stolen as specified in the within Indictment is of the value of nine
dollars and seventy five cents. We do further find that the within named Indictment defendant
make his fine to the State of Indiana in the sum of nine dollars and seventy five centers and that
he receive one stripe and that he pay the costs of prosecution” And thereupon the said defendant
by his counsel moved the Court for a new trial in the above cause for reasons then and there filed
to wit “1^st That the verdict is contrary to law, 2^dThat the verdict is contrary to evidence”
which reasons being seen by the Court and due deliberation thereon had. It is therefore considered
by the Court that Henry Myers the defendant aforesaid for the offence afs’d by him as afs’d
committed so make his fine to the State of Indiana in the sum of nine dollars and seventy
five cents and that he receive on his bare back one stripe and that he pay the costs of
prosecution and the said defendant is recommitted to the custody of the Sheriff
the Court recommend the said defendant to the mercy of the Governor of this State for a
full and general pardon.

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Random Record – Samuel Port application to become a citizen

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Fayette County (Indiana) Civil Order Book D: 201 (Image courtesy of FamilySearch.org)

Fayette County (Indiana)
Civil Order Book D: 201
September Term 1839

Samuel Port }
Exparte— } Application to become a citizen

And now at this day personally comes into
Open Court Samuel Port aged forty six years who is a resident of the
County of Fayette. Who being duly sworn upon his solemn Oath Saith that
he was born in the County of Derry in Ireland, that he sailed from
Liverpool On the 8^th of May 1839—And landed in the city of Phil-
adelphia On the 8^th day of June of the same year, that he now
resides in the County of Fayette Where he has resided since about
the first of August last, that it is bonafide his intention to become
a citizen of the United States, And that he hereby renounced all Allegiance
to any foreign Prince, Potentate State or power. And more particularly
Victoria the present Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland.—

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Random Record – State of Indiana vs. William Scott

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Fayette Circuit Court, Complete Civil Order vol. A: 58 (Image courtesy of FamilySearch.org)

Fayette County (Indiana)
Circuit Court Complete Civil Order Book A: 58-59
Spring Term March 1820

State of Indiana }
Vs. }
William Scott } On an Indictment for an Assault & Battery on the body of Silas Thomas alias M^cName

Be is remembered that heretofore to wit, at the term of the Fayette circuit
court began and held at Connersville in and for the county of Fayette be
-fore the Hon. John Watts Esq. circuit and presiding Judge and the Hon.
Edward Webb and Train Caldwell Esq^s Associate Judges of said court
on Monday the sixth day of September A.D. 1819 by the oaths of
John Bradburn foreman, Jonathan Bishop, Daniel Heaton, Moses
Prewitt, William Gossett, Forest Webb, Lewis Noble, John Grewell, James
Haughan, Timothy Orr, William Harreld, Thomas Green, Gabriel Ginn
Charles Royster, Jacob Rees, Jesse Webb, Thomas Simpson and Silas

Fayette Circuit Court, Complete Order Book vol. A: 59 (Image courtesy of FamilySearch.org)

[page 59]

Pumphrey Sworn as grand jurors and charged to inquire in and for the
county aforesaid and in behalf of the State of Indiana. It was presented
as follows to wit: State of Indiana, Fayette Circuit Court, in and for the
county of Fayette aforesaid, of the term of September in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Fayette County, Fayette Circuit S.S.
the Grand Jurors for the said State of Indiana impannelled and Sworn in
the name of and by and under the authority of the said State of Indiana, in
the said Fayette Circuit Court, and in and for the boy of the same county
of Fayette, upon their oath present that William Scott late of the county of
Fayette aforesaid, laborer, on the fifteen the day of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and nineteen at the county of Fayette aforesaid,
and within the jurisdiction of this Circuit Court aforesaid, with force and
arms in and upon one Silas Thomas alias M^cName, an Indian, in the peace
of the said State of Indiana, then and there being, did make an assault and
him the said Silas Thomas alias M^cName did then and there beat, wound
and evil treat and other wrongs to him the said Silas Thomas, alias M^cName
then and there did contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and
provided and against the peace and dignity of the said State of Indiana.
and whereas afterwards to wit, at the term of said Court, began & held
at Connersville in and for the county of Fayette, before the Hon. Miles
C. Eggleston Esq. Circuit and presiding Judge in the said third circuit and
the Hon. the Associate Judges af’d, on Monday the 20^th day of March
1820 then came as well William W. Wick Attorney prosecuting the pleas
of the State of Indiana in this behalf, as the defendant aforesaid, Wil-
liam Scott who now moved the Court to quash the indictment afore
said for reasons then and there orally shown: which reasons being
heard by the Court, and due deliberation thereon had. It seems to
the court now here, that the said Indictment is insufficient to main-
tain the action af’d and that it be therefore quashed. It is therefore
considered by the Court, that William Scott the defendant af’d as
to the indictment af’d, do stand thereof discharged and do go there of
hence without day.