Joseph F. Welborn was treasurer of Posey County Indiana from 1861 - 1863.

From the book, "History and Directory of Posey County 1882" by W. P. Leonard:

"Among the representative men of Posey County not one has identified himself with its material growth more creditably than Joseph F. Welborn; not one is there who has labored with greater zeal to the end that the County might reach a position second to none in the great State of Indiana; not one is there who can lay claim to a more emulative spirit of public improvement than he. Indeed, we feel that he is entitled to a position that has been reached by few, when we consider the extent of his sacrifices of time and contributions of money to promote the best interests of his fellow citizens. He has always kept in view the prosperity of the County and has been a public bene-factor in every sense. Mr. Welborn was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, August 6, 1818, and in I833 emigrated with his family to Mt. Vernon, where his father for five years worked at the trade of wagon-making, while his son Joseph cultivated a small farm in the vicinity until he was twentv-one years of age, when he removed to Robinson Township and engaged in stock-raising and farming with eminent success. He paid particular attention to fine stock and acquired the reputation of being an excellent judge of horses and hogs. In 1844 he married Miss Nancy Mills, whose father, David Mills, was one of the early settlers of the County and who was a man of considerable prominence in his day. Her brother, Felix Mills, was elected Sheriff several times and also filled the position of County~: Treasurer, discharging the duties of those offices with great efficiency and rare ability. In 1856 Mr. Welborn leased his farm and removed to Mt. Vernon, where he associated hinself with the late Wm. J. Lowry, with whom he engaged very extensively in the grain and pork-packing business until 1872, when the firm was dissolved by mutual consent. In that year, in company with Charles A. Parke, E. T. Sullivan, and S. M. Leavenworth, he organized the Mt. Vernon Banking Company, of which he was chosen President, from which he retired 1877, leaving the institution on the highway of prosperity. In 1858, he was elected County Treasurer for two years, during which time he showed much executive ability and great business capacity. He was prominently identified with the organization of the Mt. Vernon and Grayville Railroad Company, of which he was President until its consolidation with the Chicago and Illinois Southern Railway Company. In 1876 the nominee of the Democratic County Convention for Representative in the Legislature and was elected by a handsome majority the regular election of that year. He served in the capacity of Legislator two years with honor to himself and credit to the County. He was for fifteen years Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee,and was also a Delegate to the National Convention held Chicago, in 1864, when George B. McClellan was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States. In 1881, he the actively participated in securing an appropriation of money and the right of way to aid the E. & T. H. R. R. in the construction its line through the County to Mt. Vernon, contributing not only time, but money for the success of the movement. A half century hence the name of Joseph F. Welborn will be mentioned with a feeling of greater veneration than it is now perhaps. It will be written in connection with emulative deeds and acts which perpetuate memory through the ages."