...blockhouse where they remained several days. The alarm soon passed. The war party of Delawares, which had been reported approaching from Muncietown, probably had been diverted to the southwest.
This daughter became assistant to her father in the recorder's office and many of the documents recorded two decades later are in her handwriting.
It was not long after this scare that Dr. Sackett moved to Salisbury and became its first postmaster. The exact date of this appointment is not known. One of his descendants has a letter, written in 1813, which directed to him as "Postmaster, Salisbury, Wayne County, Indiana Ter".
Dr. Sackett served three terms of seven years each, as recorder of Wayne County. He probably was elected the first time in 1816.His name appears first in the records in 1813 as witness to a signature on a deed. Early deeds recorded are attested by George Hunt, clerk of court and sometimes as recorder, as sometimes both the initials C.W.C. and R.W.C. are used. The first signature, "David F. Sackett, Recorder W.C." appears in 1817. It was not long after this that the records were moved to Centerville, then about two years old. Dr. Sackett also became postmaster of the new county seat and held the office for about nine years. He continued to act as recorder until 1838.
In addition to his political services, Dr. David F. Sackett took an active part in the early medical history of the state. On Dec. 24, 1816, when the state of Indiana was only 14 days old, Governor Jennings approved an act of the legislature, providing for the licensing of physicians. It divided the state into three medical districts and appointed a Board of Censors for each. Dr. Sackett was named a member of the board for the Third district, which was directed to hold its first meeting at Lawrenceburg in May, 1817, to license physicians. there is no record that this...