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When the town of Little Lock was laid out, William Rus- sell, by his Bill of Assurances, also designated two lots, 3 and
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4, of block 103, which he conveyed to the county of Pulaski in trust, the condition of which was that the county would, within
PULASKI COUNTY COURT HOUSE, LITTLE ROCK.
two years, build a jail on the lots, and occupy for such purpose exclusively. In 1823, October 30th, Henry Armstrong,
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Archibald McHenry and Edmund Hogan were appointed Commissioners to superintend the repairing of "the public jail, and to build a comfortable dwelling house on the public lot adjoining the jail for the residence of the public Jailer.". A jail of pine logs was built on the lots, which were then far out to the west of the town. This jail was used until 1836, when it was burned, and a brick jail was erected on the spot in its place in 1837 and 1838, built by Thomas Thorn, under a contract with Governor Pope.
In 1839 Ashley and Beebe obtained their patents to the lands on which Little Rock is located, whereby the previous locations under Russell fell through. Roswell Beebe, how- ever, to whom this particular property belonged, did not press the county for settlement or disposession, so it remained in her possession up to the 9th of September, 1885, when, on account of the crowded condition of the city around the location of the jail, rendering it a nuisance and a detriment to the neighbor- hood, the county sold the grounds, and bought grounds just west of the State-house, on the bank of the river, where Judge Hill erected a handsome and commodious jail structure during that year and the spring of 1886, at a cost of $20,000.00 for the house and grounds.
Pulaski county is a central county, its present area is about 1,200 square miles, it possesses fine agricultural lands, and also abounds in minerals-lead, with traces of silver, is found at the Kellogg lead mines in the eastern part, and manganese in large quantities in the western part. Iron deposits are also found to the southwest. It possesses fine slate beds, and near Little Rock has large granite quarries, producing an excellent specimen of blue granite, which is largely used in building and for street paving.
Besides Little Rock, other towns of importance in the county are Argenta, Wrightsville, Jacksonville and Alexander. At Argenta are located the work shops of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, the Memphis & Little
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Rock, and Arkansas Valley Roads. ] It has a number of costly and creditable buildings and several churches, among which the Methodist Church is a large and handsome brick structure, built in 1887 and 1888. In 1888 a handsome public school building was erected, at a cost of $5,000. It contains a large cotton seed oil mill and ice factory, and has a street railway. It is connected with Little Rock by two bridges. In 1890, after a vote on the subject, it was declared annexed to Little Rock.
The place was originally called by the name of De Cantillon, having been laid out by an officer of the United States Army, stationed at Little Rock about the year 1846, but did not re- ceive sufficient settlement to become a town, until the Mem- phis & Little Rock Railroad reached the place in 1860. After 1886 it began to grow somewhat, and the lower part of the place, where the railroad depot was, grew into a small town, which was named Huntersville. About 1870 both names, DeCan- tillon and Huntersville, were dropped, and the town, which was then growing considerably, took the name of Argenta for all the various additions.
When the upper bridge across the Arkansas river was built in 1871 to 1873, the point at the terminus of the bridge on the other side, where the work shops are located above the town of Argenta, received the name of Baring Cross, from the Bar- ing Brothers, Bankers, of London, who were interested in the railroad, which name it still retains.
The town of Alexander was founded in 1878. Jacob Ash and W. N. Slack were the first to settle there and the first per- sons to build a house there, which was in that year. It was incorporated as a town December 2d, 1887, and a plot of the town was filed December 15th, having then from 200 to 250 inhabitans. It is on the line of the St. Louis, Iron Moun- tain & Southern Railway.
Jacksonville is on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & South- ern Railroad, 14 miles from Little Rock, has telegraph, daily mail and express facilities.
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Wrightsville, in Campbell township, 12 miles southeast of Little Rock, on the Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railway, contains a population of 250. It was settled in 1880; has telegraph and express offices, and daily mail. The immense lumber mills of William Farrell are located here.
In 1846, December 2 Ist, permission was given by the Legis- lature to the citizens of Big Rock township to build "a levy or dam across the left-hand fork of Bayou LeFourche." The dam was constructed during the following year, and forms the the main road over the bayou to points beyond. One of the principal objects attained by its construction was to prevent the waters of the Arkansas river from flowing up the bayou and inundating the lands on either side in high water.
CLARK COUNTY.
Clark County, the fourth county formed, was created De- cember 15th, 1818, by the Act of the Missouri Legislature, which has been mentioned. It was formed out of territory taken from Arkansas county, and was named after William Clark, who at that time was Governor of Missouri Territory ; though the Act of the Legislature was approved by Frederick Bates as Acting Governor. It embraced the country west of Pulaski, north to the north fork of the Saline river, south along the Little Missouri and the "Ouachitas" river to the boundary line of the Quapaw Reservation. Courts were di- rected by the Act to be held at the house of Jacob Barkman. The county seat was established at what was called Clark Court- House, two miles from Barkman's; then was located at a place called Biscoeville, October 20th, 1825, but was moved from there to the house of Adam Stroud in 1827. An en- deavor was next made to secure its location at a place called
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Crittenden, but without success. In 1830 it was located at Greenville, now called Hollywood, and here it remained until 1842, when it was established at Arkadelphia, where it has since remained. On its establishment at Greenville, Jacob Stroope, James Sloan and John Rose were appointed Commissioners, October 24th, 1831, and directed to sell lots in the town. In 1819 a postoffice was established at Clark Court House, and Jacob Barkman was appointed Postmaster.
Daniel Ringo, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and United States District Judge, was a citizen of Clark county in 1825. He was Postmaster at Clark Court House, and resigning, was succeeded by Moses Collins.
In 1827 John Calloway, Wenthrop Coldbreath and Archi- bald Huddlestone, were appointed Commissioners to erect the public buildings, at the time when it was proposed to locate the county seat where Adam Stroud lived, and Jacob Wells, Lee Petit and William Stroope were appointed to receive donations and subscriptions for the purpose.
Samuel Calhoun Roane was an early resident of the county ; he represented it in the Council of the Legislature in 1821, was President of the Council that year and 1823, was United States Attorney from 1824 to 1830.
Among the early residents* of Clark county were Adam Blakely, Sr., Isaac Cates, Sam Parker and Abner Hignite, who settled at or near the present town site of Arkadelphia, which was then called Blakeleytown, after Adam Blakely. Near by there was a numerous French family, of the name of LeBoeuf. In 1811 John Hemphill, with his family and Mary Dixon, his mother-in-law, came from the west border of South Carolina, to settle in Arkansas, striking the Mis- sissippi river at Bayou Sara, in Louisiana. Here he purchased a large keelboat, and made the journey by the rivers to Blake- leytown, or Arkadelphia. On the way, at Trinity, they were
(*) Information obtained from a series of publications in the Southern Standard during 1888 and 1889, written by Maj. J. W. Callaway, over the signature Brent.
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HISTORY OF ARKANSAS.
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1818 to 1821
W. P. L. Blair, 1.
Moses Graham, 2.
Matthew Logan.
1821 to 1823
Culbert Baker.
James Miles.
David Fish ....
1823 to 1825
Thomas S. Drew.
James Miles.
Adam Stroud
1825 to 1827
Daniel Ringo.
James Miles.
Adam Stroud.
1827 to 1829
Daniel Ringo.
James Miles.
Isaac Ward.
Thomas Hubbane.
1829 to 1830
Daniel Ringo.
James Miles.
Isaac Ward ..
Thomas Hubbane.
1830 to 1832
Moses Moore 3
Isaac Ward
Joe Butler. .
Benjamin Lewis ...
Moses Collins
1832 to 1833
Moses Moore.
Isaac Ward.
Abner E. Thornton.
Benjamin Lewis ...
Moses Collins
1833 to 1835
A. H. Rutherford, 4. Isaac Ward.
Moses Collins
1835 to 1836
A. H. Rutherford .....
J. S. Ward
Abner E. Thornton.
Moses Collins
Jan. to Sept., 1836
Moses Moore
A. H. Rutherford
W. S. Smith
Jacob Wells
J. J. Bailey ..
J. H. Peak.
1838 to 1840
John Wilson
J. S. Ward.
w. S. Smith
Jacob Wells.
John Freeman, 5 ...
J. H. Peak
1840 to 1842
J. D. Stewart.
J. S. Ward
W. S. Smith.
James Sloan
E. L. Hughes ..
J. H. Peak
1842 to 1844
J. L. McLaughlin.
J. S. Ward
W. S. Smith.
James Sloan
F. G. Moseley.
J. H. Peak
1844 to 1846
J. H. Crow
J. S. Ward
B. L. Duncan
James Sloan
W. E. Elkins.
J. H. Peak
1846 to 1848
J. H. Crow.
I. W. Smith
G. W. Wells
James Sloan
Wm. Eason
W. F. Browning ...
1848 to 1850
Jesse Overton.
J. S. T. Callaway ..
James Sloan
Wm. Eason
W. F. Brownın ....
1850 to 1852
L. G. Evans.
I. W. Smith
W. C. Randle.
J. M. Chandler
W. H. Stroope .
W. F. Browning.
1854 to 1856
N. Dyer
S. Spence, Jr.
J. M. Chandler
Thomas Cook.
J. H Peak, Jr ..
1856 to 1858
N. Dyer
Newton Love. .
S. Spence, Jr
B. S. Duncan ..
John Jarman ..
A. J. Marsh, 7 ..
1858 to 1860
N, Dyer
Newton Love ...
S. Spence, Jr.
A. S. Wells.
E. S. Haynes.
A. J. Marsh
1860 to 1862
N. Dyer
Newton Love, 8.
T. F. Spence
A. S. Wells.
J. M. Ruffin
George Haddock
1862 to 1864
Na Dyer
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Joshua Elder ..
A. S. Wells.
J. L. Callaway .
1864 to 1866
J. H. O'Baugh
F. M. Greene, 10
W. T. Crawley, 11 ...
Willis Wilson, 12 ... J. L. Stroope ..
J. L. Felkner, 13 .. w. S. Stroope.
George Haddock George Haddock, 18. A. E. Habicht.
1872 to 1874
Abolished in 1873.
L. B. Clark, 20. Jesse A. Ross.
Thomas B. Sloan.
J. L. Stroope
J. W. McKey
E. G. Fairbairn.
Ezra Cates. Ezra Cates.
1876 to 1878
Isaac W. Smith.
Jesse A. Ross
Thomas B. Sloan.
J. L. Stroope
James Rainey.
S. D. Callaway.
Ezra Cates.
1980 to 1882
Isaac W. Smith
W. W. Heard, 22
Thomas B. Sloan.
F. J. Carpenter.
T. M. Ewing
S. D. Callaway.
1882 to 1884
Isaac W. Smith
W. W. Heard, 23 ...
F. J. Carpenter
W. H. Callaway ...
T. M. Ewing
Stan C. Harley.
1884 to 1886
J. W. Wilson .
W. W. Heard, 24.
J. P. Hulsey.
F. J. Carpenter
W. H. Callaway. ...
B. C. Montgomery ...
Stan C. Harley.
1886 to 1888
W. A. Callaway ..
W. W. Heard.
J. P. Hulsey
D. T. Dale.
W. H. Callaway.
B. C. Montgomery ...
1888 to 1890
Duncan Flanagin ...
A. W. Wilson
James H. Abraham.
D. T. Dale.
W. H. Callaway ....
E. G. Fairbairn ..
Stan C. Harley. James Strong.
1-Resigned, and H. S. Biscoe in office from September, 1819. 2-Died September 1, 1819, and succeeded by S. M. Rutherford. 3-Election changed so as to begin January, 1830. 4-Time of elections again changed so that they would conform to time of electing delegates to Congress. 5-Failed to give bond, and T. H. Proctor obtained the office. 6-J. S. P. Callaway in office from February, 1851. 7-Failed to qualify and J. C. S ngleton held the office. 8-Resigned March, 1862, and I. W Smith held the office. 9-George Haddock held the office January, 1856. 10-W. A. Britton, Circuit Clerk from June 3, 1865. 11 B. L. Watkins held the office from N wvember, 1865. 12 -N. H. Locke from September, 1865. 13-R. Welder from September, 1865. 14-H. A. Timmons elected in November, 1870; resigned and D. C. Casey in office in March, 1871, and D. E. Dolbear in office November, 1872. 16-W. P. Coolidge from 1870. 17-J. A. Light- goot from December, 1870. 18-M. O. Campbell February, 1871.
19- J. N. Stewart, Circuit Clerk. 20-T. A. Heard held the office from May 26, 1x74, until the term expired. 21-A. J. Stewart held the office from June 20, 1874, until term expired. 22-J. A. Ross. Circuit Clerk. 93 94-R R Ross Circuit Clark
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J. M. Chandler
W. A. Callaway ..
J. H. Peak.
1852 to 1854.
N. Dyer
I. W. Smith
Th mas B. Sloan ..
1868 to 1872
N. H. Locke, 14.
P. M. Carmichael
Wm. Marbury. 16 ... G. W. Grayson, 21 ..
J. A. Lightfoot ..
W. Fort ..
M. O. Campbell ...
A. H. Blish.
1874 to 1876
1878 to 1880
Isaac W. Smith
Jesse A. Ross.
Thomas B. Sloan.
J. L. Stroope
James Rainey ...... W. H. Callaway .....
W. W. Hall
George Haddock 9
1866 to 1858
G. Deaton ..
F. M. Greene ..
W. S. Smith
1836 to 1838
Wm. Jaines.
A. H. Rutherford
James Williams. ...
D. Halsey D. Halsey .. J. H. Crow.
T. H. Proctor
I. W. Smith.
James O'Baugh, 17 Hugh Hallis.
Isaac W. Smith.
J. P. Hulsey.
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joined by John and Jacob Barkman. John Hemphill es- tablished the salt works about the year 1815, and died about the year 1820 or 1821. Mary Dixon, the mother of Nancy Hemphill, purchased, in 1820, the first tract of land sold by the Government in Arkansas Territory. It was 320 acres, eight miles southwest of Arkadelphia, near the Bozeman farm. She established the first Methodist Church in Clark county. She died in 1843, at the age of ninety-one years. At the age of ninety she was accustomed to ride on horseback to Arka- delphia and back the same day, the round trip being twenty- four miles.
The following named families were among the settlers of Clark county of 1817 and 1818 : the Logans, John Callaway, William Arnett, Lee Petit, William Bennett, Huddleston, Brittons, from Missouri; the Crows, Mclaughlins, Wells, Southerman, Colbath, Wingfield, from different places ; George, Jacob and William Stroop and Adam Stroud from Louisiana. John Callaway's family consisted of wife, nee Nancy Ousley, his sons, Jonathan O., John, S. T., Peter, Thomas, and Nathaniel. His other sons, William A. and James M. were born in Arkansas, his daughters Mary (Mrs. Arnett,) Amy, Elizabeth, Nancy and Charity. John Calla- way settled on a place six miles from Arkadelphia, and lived there until his death, about 1830, the same place where Wm. A. Trigg lived for many years.
Captain John Wilson, President of the First Constitutional Convention, settled in Clark county about 1825. He lived at McNeill's Bluff, near Arkadelphia, and built a grist mill on the creek near his residence. Since that time the stream has been called Mill creek.
James Sloan, the Hardins, Judge William Jones and Scott Mckinney, came to Clark county somewhere about 1825 from Lawrence county, Arkansas.
The following came in 1835 or 1836, Nat K. Jones, Lewis Randolph, Simeon Buckner, Benjamin Dickinson, Michael
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Bozeman, Francis J. Browning, Joseph Browning, David Browning, William Browning, Wiley Rogers, Sr., his sons, G. W. Rogers, Dr. J. K. Rogers and Wiley Rogers, Jr., and his son-in-law, Gray S. Manning. It was this group of new settlers that in the main gave the first considerable impulse in Clark county to the production of cotton.
METHODIST-EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH, ARKADELPHIA.
Lewis Randolph was one of the favorites of Andrew Jackson. When Secretary William S. Fulton was, in 1835, appointed Governor of the Territory, Lewis Randolph was appointed Secretary of the Territory to fill the vacancy caused by Ful- ton's promotion. When the Territory was organized as a State, and the office of Secretary lapsed, Lewis Randolph, then
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a young married man, went to Clark county, and cleared up and cultivated a large farm on the Terre Noir, a few miles above where the stream empties into the Little Missouri river. Within less than two years he died, and is buried on the Terre Noir. His widow, who was Betty Martin, of the White House, a woman of uncommon beauty, afterwards mar- ried Andrew Jackson Donelson, adopted son of Andrew Jack- son, and who was a candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Millard Fillmore, in 1856.
The present area of Clark county is about 900 square miles. It is situated in the southwestern portion of the State, in the valley of the Ouachita river, and along the line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, which runs through the county from northeast to southwest, and with a branch at Gurdon, leading to Camden, in the neighboring county of Ouachita. It is well timbered, and with a number of saw and grist mills in operation. The Ouachita, Caddo, Terre Noir and Little Missouri rivers traverse the county, of which the Ouachita is navigable. The county contains indications of coal and minerals, but they are undeveloped.
There are forty-eight public schools, and in Arkadelphia a flourishing high school is kept. There are over forty churches in the county, of Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Chris- tian denominations, with colored Methodists and Baptists.
The towns of the county are Arkadelphia, Okalona, Gur- don, Hollywood, Amity and Bierne.
The city of Arkadelphia was founded in 1839 by A. G. Johnston and M. Moore. Mr. Johnston gave the name to the town. It became the county seat in the year 1842, the same having been moved from Greenville. The first County Court was held at Arkadelphia, January 9th, 1843. Judge J. H. Field was Circuit Judge at the time ; Anderson Tupper, Prosecuting Attorney; and J. S. Ward, Circuit and County Clerk; Joshua D. Stewart, County Judge, W. S. Smith, Sheriff, James Sloan, County Treasurer.
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The first dry goods and grocery store in the town was owned by John S. T. Callaway, the second by Truxton Lowell, the third by Barkman & Salvage, and the fourth by Barkman & Newberry. Harris Flanagin, Governor in 1862 to 1864, was the first lawyer in 1839, and Doctors McCollum, E. P. Kirby and J. H. Peake were the earliest
BAPTIST CHURCH, ARKADELPHIA.
physicians there in the same year. The first newspaper was the Sentinel, edited by J. L. Pignes, and the next one was called the Arkansaw Traveler, edited by S. M. Scott.
The court-house, a substantial building of brick, was erected in 1843 by J. H. O'Baugh. The city was incorpor-
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ulation of about 3,500.
ated January 6th, 1857. At the present time there is a pop- There are about 30 business houses.
There are many elegant residences in the city. Of churches there are three handsome structures, the Presbyterian, Meth- odist and Baptist, and among the colored people, three neat houses of worship. Educational facilities are good. The Ouachita College, maintained by the Baptist denomination, is located there, and occupies a beautiful site near the Ouach- ita river. There is also a prominent school of the Methodists at the place. The Arkadelphia Lumber Company does a large business there, and a cotton factory is about being put in operation. The city is in general enjoying a high degree of prosperity and advancement.
Judge Henry Bolling Stuart became a resident of Arkadel- phia in 1848, and resided there continuously afterwards. He was born near Athens, Clark county, Georgia, on the 26th day of February, 1826, son of Robert and Priscilla Stuart, who was Priscilla Green. When a child his parents moved to Wal- ton county, Georgia, where he resided until 1848, when, at 22 years of age, he came to Arkansas, and located at Arkadelphia. He studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1849, and was thereafter actively engaged in the practice of that profession, except when occupying the Bench. He was a Representative of Clark county in 1858. In 1862 he was elected Circuit Judge, and served as such to 1865. In 1878, and again in 1882, he was elected to the position. In 1876 he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination to Congress, from the Third District, and by a split in the convention both he and Colonel Jordan E. Cravens were placed in nomination by the two divisions of the convention, and though making a spirited canvass before the people, he was defeated.
In 1850 he was married in Clark county, Arkansas, to Miss Julia A. Hart, daughter of William A. and Nancy Hart, who was Nancy Peeples. The family was previously of Wal-
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ton county, Georgia, but had moved to Clark county, Arkan- sas, in 1847. Five children were born of this marriage : Robert A., John N., Hubbard T., Laura, who is Mrs. Bark- man, the wife of James Barkman, of Malvern, Hot Spring county, and Hortense E., who is Mrs. Young, wife of H. B. Young. All except Mrs. Barkman living at Arkadelphia. He died at Arkadelphia, March 19th, 1890.
Judge Rufus D. Hearn became a citizen of Arkadelphia in 1859. He was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, March 20th, 1842, son of William F. and Ellen Hearn. He is the only survivor of his family. He came to Arkansas in October, 1859, locating at Arkadelphia, where he has since lived, en- gaged in the practice of law, except at such times as he was on the Bench. He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1867; appointed County Examiner in 1874; elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Eighth Circuit in 1878, 1880 and 1882, and was elected Judge of the Circuit Court in 1886, which position he now holds. He was in the Confederate Army, a member of Roberts' Battery, better known as Wiggins' Battery, serving most of the time in Wheeler's and Forrest's Cavalry. He was twice made prisoner, and made his escape each time. On the Ist of September, 1875, at Arkadelphia, he was mar- ried to Miss Bettie E. Hearn. By this marriage there are two children.
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HEMPSTEAD COUNTY.
Hempstead County, the fifth county formed, was created by Act of the Legislature of Missouri Territory, of date Decem- ber 15th, 1818. It was formed out of territory taken from Arkansas county, and was named after Edward Hempstead, first Delegate in Congress from Missouri Territory; the first Delegate, in fact, from west of the Mississippi river. It ex-
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE HELD OFFICE IN THE COUNTY :
DATE.
JUDGE.
CLERK.
SHERIFF.
TREASURER.
CORONER.
SURVEYOR.
ASSESSOR.
1819 to 1821
James M. Steward ..
A. S. Walker
1821 to 1823
James M. Steward ...
A. S. Walker
Benjamin Clark.
1824 to 1825
Allen M. Oakley
Thomas Dooley
Edward Cross
1825 to 1827
Allen M. Oakley ..
Daniel T. Witter
Wm. McDonald
D. Wilburn .
1827 to 1829 James Moss ....
Allen M. Oakley ...
Daniel T. Witter
Wm. McDonald
D. Wilburn ...
1829 to 1830 James Moss.
Allen M. Oakley
Daniel T. Witter
Wm. McDonald
M. H. Dixon.
1830 to 1832 James Moss ..
Allen M. Oakley ..
James Gibson.
Wm. McDonald.
D. E. Williams
1832 to 1833 |A. Wading.
Allen M. Oakley.
James Gibson.
William Shaw ..
D. E. Williams
1833 to 1835|A. Wading.
Allen M. Oakley ..
James Gibson.
J. Morrison
D. E. Williams
1835 to 1836 B. D. Jett ...
Allen M. Oakley ..
James Gibson.
J. W. Finley
J. Pate
N. E. Stuart ..
1836 to 1838 B. D. Jett
Allen M. Oakley ..
James Gibson
1838 to 1840 W. H. Wynn.
Simon T. Sanders ...
James Gibson ..
R. L. Phillips ...
J. Pate
N. E. Stuart ..
R. L. Phillips.
J. Pate
N. E. Stuart ...
1840 to 1842 B. D. Jett.
Simon T. Sanders.
William Arnett.
William Arnett ..
E. Nance
J. Pate
N. E. Stuart ..
1842 to 1844 B. D. Jett
Simon T. Sanders
William Arnett ..
E. Nance
J. Pate
N. E. Stuart .. ....
1844 to 1846 Daniel T. Witter.
J. Pate
D. E. Williams ..
1846 to 1848 J. D. Trimble
Simon T. Sanders.
D. Block.
J. Pate
J. P. Jett
1848 to 1850 J. D. Trimble
Simon T. Sanders.
J. B. Sandefer.
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A. B. Williams
1852 to 1854|J. D. Trimble
Simon T. Sanders
J. B. Sandefer.
D. Block ..
J. Pate
D. E. Williams ..
1854 to 1856 Daniel T. Witter
Simon T. Sanders ..
J. B. Sandefer.
M. R. Green.
J. Pate
C. P. Williams.
1856 to 1858|Daniel T. Witter.
Simon T. Sanders.
J. B. Sandefer .
R. L. Phillips ..
J. Pate
J. R. Gratiot.
1858 to 1860 M. T. Holt
Simon T. Sanders
J. B. Sandefer.
R. L. Phillips ..
W. A. Alexander .. J B. Davis
1860 to 1862 A. B. Williams.
Simon T. Sanders ...
W. A. Alexander. ...
R. L. Phillips .....
J. M. Norwood
J. B. Davis
1862 to 1864 J. R. Page.
Simon T. Sanders .. ...
M. T. Holt ..
R. L. Phillips ...
E. K. Williams
J. R. Gratiot.
Thomas H. Simms. J. A. Whitesides.
1866 to 1868 A. H. Carrigan.
Simon T. Sanders ....
M. T. Holt ...
R. L. Phillips ..
J. T. Barton.
J. Stewart
1868 to 1872|S. D. Belden.
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