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Clay Township, Dearborn County Indiana Dearborn County Indiana

This is a list of the delegates for Clay Township for the 1859 Convention.
Source: The Lawrenceburg Register, July 17, 1859 edition.
John Mathews
M. Frank
H. B. Goff
A. Helm

    
 

--Below is information concerning the Millers Mill located in Dillsboro, Indiana. The information was submitted by Susan D. Engle. Thank you Susan!

"MILLER'S MILL" (1830's-1901)

This newspaper clipping, currently in Susan Engle's possession, is among family papers, pertaining to the Miller family of Dillsboro, Dearborn County, Indiana.

{Curly Brackets} indicate my editorial comments.

Susan D. Engle-- June 2001

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The Enquirer, Cincinnati, Saturday March 23, 1901 {photo 5" x 6 3/4"}
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INDIANA MILL BUILT BY EARLY SETTLERS

Special dispatch to the Enquirer.
Dillsboro, Ind., March 22.
-The accompanying picture is a reproduction of the old stone flouring mill which for so many years has stood about two miles north of here on Hogan Creek, and but a few rods south of the B. and O. Railroad.

The mill was built by W. and E. Miller soon after their arrival from England. A large stone in the west wall of the building bears the following inscription, which is rudely carved: "Built by W. and E. Miller in 1839."

For several years the mill contained but two pairs of burrs, one for grinding wheat, and one for grinding corn.

Originally the mill was driven by an overshot wheel, which was 15 feet high, with wood bull wheel and an upright shaft, also of wood.

  In 1850 two more pairs of burrs were added, and machinery to bolt flour was put in. Two years later a wooden overshot wheel was put in which was six feet wide and sixteen feet high.

The water required to run the mill was brought by a narrow mill race from a dam about 500 yards north of the mill. When the old O. and M. Railroad was built there was a bitter legal fight between the promoters of the railroad and the proprietors of the mill over the territory traversed by the little mill race, but the mill people were victorious.

The original proprietor of the old mill, W. Miller*, operated the plant until his death, about 20* years ago, when it was taken in charge by his son Robert W. Miller, and later by another son, Enoch D. Miller

When the vast Miller estate was divided the old mill fell to the share of Mrs. Emily Miller Schmolsmire. She had the mill remodeled, put in new machinery, a new bolting and cleaning apparatus, but retained the old burr system of grinding. It had been in operation but a few weeks when the flood, which visited Hogan Creek four years ago, washed the mill dam away. Later the B. and O. Railroad purchased the right to turn off the water from the mill, and thus the once busy hum of the Hogan mill has been silenced perhaps, forever.

About a year ago the property was purchased by Mr. William Ruhlman. A short distance from the mill stands a sun dial which is 336 years old, it having been brought from England by the Millers almost a hundred years ago.

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*{William B. Miller, born Feb 9, 1812 England; died Feb 6 1889;
buried Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Dearborn Co., Indiana}
    

--Below are links with information concerning towns in Clay Township.
The items were contributed by Barb Boese and were taken from the book:

COTTON'S KEEPSAKE POEMS OF VARIOUS SUBJECTS
By Rev. Judge A. J. Cotton, Philom.
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY APPLEGATE & CO.,
1858
Thanks Barb!

Milton
Dillsbourough

CEMETERIES and BURIAL PLACES: in Clay Township

Britton Family, Conaway(Section 28 on map), Oakdale(Section 12 on map), Spangler(Section 23 on map), Windsor(Section 1 on map), Dillsboro Cemetery, Mount Tabor Church Cemetery, Old Presbyterian Cemetery. --SOURCE for this list Find a Grave.

Henry Pate family, Charles Byrd Pate family, Saint Johns Church, Saint Pauls Church(aka German or Pieper), Cole Chapel, Mount Hebron(aka Pioneer), Rand family, Mcguire family, Lost Farmers Retreat Road, Old Dillsboro, Old Oakdale, New Oakdale, Brittin family, Spangler, Conaway family, Lost Ohlmanseik Farm, Lost Windsor family, Lost Wolber family, Mount Sinai Public, Lost Crozier family, Wilmington Public, Adam Carbaugh family, William Batnum family, Conaway/Hancock families, Flake/Buffington families, Flake family, Spicknall family, Thomas Kilner, Lemuel Elder family, Nathan Powell family, Noyes Canfield family, William Bruce family, Prichard family, William Todd family, Nathaniel Todd family, Masten family, Moores Hill Public(aka Forest Hill), Bedunnah family, Lost Alexender C. Low family, Whiteford family, Mckinistry family, Sparta Presbyterian Church, Joseph Churchill family, Chilson Family, Morgan/Houston families, Cold Springs Church, Turner family, South Sparta Church, Lost Bayly family, Givan/Johnson families, Concord Church, Olcott family, Thomas Record family, George C. Transier family, Lost James R. Noble family, Gilbert Givan family, Lost Benadic Eden family, Wills/Chance families, Caleb Cottingham family, Lost John F Cain family, Lost Eli Spencer family, Laws family, Walker family, Lost John Chance family, Lost Julius Churchill family, Wilson family, Mount Tabor Church I, Mount Tabor Church II, Tufts/Conway families, Trestor family, Lost Lynn family, O'Connor family cemetery Darius Crosby Cemetery Stone.

The above list covers Caesar Creek, Hogan, Sparta, Washington Townships as well as Clay Township. THE SOURCE: "Dearborn County, Indiana, Cemetery Records" Volume C by Milton A. Masing.

Some of these Burial Places can be found on the map below. Some are indentified others are not.

FOR INFORMATION: About any of the above, Check with RAOGK. There are three volunteers for Dearborn County.

Clay Township

Clay Township
     
Dillsboro Church---
Can anyone identify it or give a location?
Source..Penny Postcard
Date Unknown..		  Dillsboro Health Resort
Date unknown...
Source...Penny Postcard

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