Or, if the internet survives, just yesterday.
Some snips of ads or news from
the 1830s (Brookville papers).
Fairfield was incorporated until the 1880s, when it was deemed unnecessary as township and county government began to assume authority over roads and schools. Ah, melancholy.
Indentured (white) servants were another form of unpaid employment, though in the case of apprentices, youths were trained in a craft or business. Most were poor.
Some of them got tired of that and ran away. They were worth a penny or more.
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Estray animals, usually horses, were those found wandering. The person who found the animal assumed temporary ownership and was obligated to report having "taken up" the animal. The owner had a specific time to claim said estray, and if failing that, the person who found it, kept it. Horses were considering major currency for virtually everyone. If you lost a horse, you tried to find it. Greensborough was the original name for the town of Blooming Grove.
No idea where Washington Hall was located or what replaced it.
Bath Springs was notable for being a place to relax and cure the 'maladies.'
The Poor Farm was located north of the Bentley area between Everton, Blooming Grove and Fairfield and lasted for several years until each county got its own asylum.
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