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On the 14th of October, 1861, the board met. There were present G. R. Maben, of Madison township; B. W. Culver, claiming to be from Avery; Charles Church, from Avery, appeared and took the oath of office, claiming that he had a right to take his seat on the board. Jacob Ward also appeared from Ellington, claiming that he had a right to his seat, and was also sworn. B. W. Culver pro- tested against Charles Church and Jacob Ward taking their places on the board, making the point, that they had no right to do so until January following, they having been elected as they were in town. ships set off previous to election, and that he, B. W. Culver, was supervisor for Avery township, as it existed prior to the snb-division, and would remain such until the 1st of January, 1862.
To this Messrs. Ward and Church, in turn, protested, giving the following reasons: that said B. W. Culver was not a resident of the present township of Avery; that he had refused to take the oath of office, being elected in Amsterdam, then a newly organized township.
The clerk was then ordered to prepare ballots, by which Jacob Ward was to as- certain the length of his term of office. This being done, after an informal ballot, resulted in Mr. Ward drawing the one year term, and B. W. Culver the two
year term, and thus matters were amica- bly arranged and the board was organized as follows: G.R. Maben, Madison; Charles Church, Avery; B. W. Culver, Amster- dam; and Jacob Ward, Ellington. And at the organization of the board, in Jan- uary, 1862, G. R. Maben was elected chair- man.
The march of improvement struck the county about this time, for we find, gravely recorded, that the board ordered the pur- chase of five chairs for their use.
A special session was held on the 18th day of August, 1862, in response to the request of the governor of the State, that inducements, in the way of bounties, be held out to volunteers; and that pro- vision might be made for their families, In accordance, the following resolution was adopted:
Reso'ved, By the board of supervisors of Ilaneoek' county, that each person en- listing in the volunteer force, of this State, as a volunteer of this county, be allowed, out of the treasury of the county, the sum of $100; and the wife of each person, so volunteering, the sum of $1 per week, and to each child under fifteen years of age, fifty cents per week, to be paid to the woman and children, while said volunteer continues in the service of the United States. The warrants to be issued immediately upon being sworn into the service of the State.
Monday, Jan. 5, 1863, the new board came into power, consisting of the fol- lowing gentlemen: J. Ward, Ellington; John Maben, Madison; B. W. Culver, Amsterdam; and Charles Church, Avery.
After organization, Charles Church was elected chairman for the ensuing year.
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The first warrant issued to a volunteer, under the resolution above, was ordered at this session of the board. It was drawn to William Church, and was for eight dol- lars.
At the session of April, 1863, a petition of M. P. Rosecrans, and others, was pre- sented to the board,asking the board to pur- chase a tract of land, not to exceed a section or 640 acres, within a mile of the ten mile post on the road from Amsterdam to Ell- ington, and to improve the same, by the planting of the same with timber, for the purpose of establishing the county seat of Hancock county upon the same. "This wild scheme was voted down and rejected by an unanimous vote of the board." This year, in addition to the regular taxes levied, a special war tax of three mills was laid.
Jannary, 1864, the new board assem- bled for the transaction of business. It was composed of the following gentle- men: Charles Gillespie, Ellington; John Maben, Madison; B. W. Culver, Amster- dam; and Orick Church, Avery. On the organization of the board, Mr. Culver was elected chairman for the ensuing year.
At the April session, 1864, the follow- ing resolution was introduced and passed:
Resolved, That the board of supervisors appropriate the sum of $200, or such fur- ther sum as may be necessary, to purchase and fence a suitable piece of ground for a burying ground ; one in each end of the county; and that John Maben and Charles Gillespie be appointed a committee in the north part of the county, and B. W. Cul- ver and Orick Church a committee in the south part of the county, to attend to the matter, and in June, 1864, a proposition
having been made to the board that they refund to the citizens of the different townships, the amount paid by them as bounty to volunteers; on motion it was
Resolved, That the sum of $200 be ap- propriated to each township to refund to those who have paid bonnties, or to be used in procuring volunteers. It was also
Resolved, That a sufficient sum be ap- propriated to purchase twelve Colt's navy revolvers, and that said revolvers, when procured, be distributed three to each of the four townships in the county.
At the September session of the board, some $300 was appropriated to each end of the county, to finish fencing their re- spective grave yards. At this same ses- sion, it was
Resolved, That there be appropriated, out of the special fund levied by the board, the sum of $500 to each man, who may be drafted from Hancock county, into the service of the United States, to fill the quota of said county, under the call of the President of the United States issued in July, 1864, for 500,000 men; and that whenever said men are accepted as such soldiers, the clerk is hereby au- thorized and instructed to issue said war- rants to said men.
In January, 1865, the new board as- sembled. There were present the follow- ing gentlemen: John Maben, Madison; Orick Church, Avery ; Charles Robins, Amsterdam, and Parley Colburn, Elling- ton, John Maben was duly elected chair- man for the ensuing year.
At a special session, held at the house of Mr. Colburn, in Ellington township,
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
January the 28th, the following resolution was introduced and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the bounty for volun- teers in Hancock county be raised to $1,000 to fill the quota of said county for the call made by the President of the United States, in December, 1864, and the said bounty of $1,000 be allowed to not more than two from each township, except Ellington, which may enlist three men, provided the county only pays $800 for the third man enlisted. Full and definite arrangements were at the same time made as to how and when this amount was to be made. A petition was at the same time read, that the county extend the same bounty to all who had entered the service from this county, but was rejected by a unanimous vote.
In September a petition was received by the board, asking that a division of the county be made, part being attached to the county of Winnebago. The board ordered that the question be submitted to the legal voters of the county at the next general election. (This was voted down at that time).
An important meeting of the honorable board of supervisors was held upon the 4th day of November, 1865. On that day, all of the members being present, the following report was presented:
"In pursuance to an order issued by the 12th district judge, (W. B. Fairfield) to John I. Popejoy, James Goodwin and S. B. Hewitt, Jr., to locate the county seat of Hancock Co., lowa, James Goodwin and J. I. Popejoy, met in pursuance to said order, and located said county seat on the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 31, township 96, range
23, at a point 16 chains and 50 links north, and 1 chain and 15 links west from the quarter post on the south side of said sec- Non, we believing said site the best loca- tion in said county, taking into considera- tion the present as well as the future prospects of the inhabitants of said county.
JOHN I. POPEJOY, JAMES GOODWIN.
Dated Nov. 4, 1865.
This report being adopted and accepted, the following resolution was adopted by a unanimons vote:
Resolved, That the board of supervisors proceed to build two buildings at the county seat of Hancock, to be occupied by the county officers, to-wit: On the southeast quarter of the southwest quar- ter of section 31, in township 96, range 23; said buildings to be of the following dimensions; each to be 16x24 feet, and nine feet high; to be built of pine plank and battoned on the outside, and ceiled on the inside with good pine flooring; the floors to be of good pine lumber and the sills of oak. Said buildings to be cov- ered with good pine shingles, and each building to contain one door and three windows.
James Crow, was at the same time, ap- pointed a committee to procure for the county a title of the land on which the county seat was located, and to survey and lay out a town thereon. An appro- priation of $2,000 was made for the pur- pose of erecting the buildings for the use of the county, and the board made a com- mittee of the whole on building.
The county buildings were at once erected, for under date of Dec. 4, 1865,
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
the board instructed the clerk to notify the various county officers that suitable offices have been prepared and are now in readiness for ther use. At this session, also, a report was made showing that the expense incurred in building the county offices was $1,797.55, but a stable had been erected at the same time and place at an expense of $582.90, making in the aggregate $2,380.45. This amount was swelled by $180, allowed for time em- ployed by John Maben, chairman of the board, in overseeing the work of building and $19.55 for fencing the stable lot, all making a grand total of $2,580 as the entire cost of county buildings.
The new board of supervisors met Jan. 1, 1866, and the following members took their seats: John Maben, Madison; Par- ley Colburn, Ellington; John Christie, Jr., Amsterdam; and Charles Church, Avery.
They proceeded to organize by the election of Mr. Colburn, as chairman for the ensuing year. The board fixed the salaries of the various county officers for this year as follows: County judge, $100; sheriff, $120; clerk, $600, besides the necessary fees accruing to each officer. A proposition was made to the qualified electors, that they allow a special levy of nine mills tax, for the purpose of raising the necessary funds to pay off the indebt- edness of the county, and raise the county warrants to par. At a special election held Aug. 28, 1866, it was carried by a majority of six in a total vote of fifty.
The board for the year 1867, met, being composed of the following parties: C. Church, Avery; J. Christie, Jr., Amster- dam; P. Colburn, Ellington; and J. Ma-
ben, Madison. The latter gentleman was unanimously elected to fill the office of president of the board for the year. The board proceeded to pass a resolution ordering the clerk to post notices of a special election, at which time would be submitted to the qualified electors of the county, the question as to whether the board of supervisors should levy a ten mill tax to be appropriated for the erec- tion of a county court house. On the 11th of February, the board met in special session and on a canvass of the votes cast at the special election, held on the 9th of February, 1867, it was shown that thirty- five ballots were cast against and nineteen for the ten mill tax levy and the measure was declared defeated. A resolution was, however, at once adopted as follows:
Resolved, That the board of supervisors take such immediate measures as will in- sure the providing a suitable place for the holding of the next term of the district court, at the county seat of Hancock county.
Notwithstanding the vote on the court house tax of the 9th inst., a petition was presented to the board on the 17th of Feb- rnary, for a new election on the same measure. Whereupon the board ordered a second special election to take place on the 23d day of March, following, for the levy of a ten mill tax for the building of a court house. At this election the vote stood fifty-five in favor and eighteen against the tax, so the board declared the measure carried.
John Wegands, of Winnebago county, was offered two blocks in Hancock Cen- ter, on condition of his building a hotel at that place, the seat of county govern-
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ment of Hancock county, but did not ac- cept.
At an adjourned meeting, held April 8, 1867, bids for the erection of the court house were received, but the plans not being to the notion of the board, all were rejected, and a committee appointed to draft new plans and specifications. I May new bids were received as follows: G. R. Knapp, $9,800; G. W. Beadle, $8,- 500; J. C. Bonar, $8,900; John Christie, Sr., $8,500; Charles Bice, $8,449; H. N. Brockway, $9,444.44; G. R. Maben, $9,000; J. P. Gardner and Robert Clark, $9,000; A. D. Hiams, $9,000; George Butts, $0,000; David Lean and L. Hill, $9,000.
The board after due deliberation, let the contract to G. R. Maben, for the price of 89,000, and the contract with him was finally signed at the June session, 1867.
On the 6th of January, 1868, the new board met for their first session, and the following members took their seats: C. Church, Avery; George R. Knapp, Am sterdam; John Maben, Madison; and P. Colburn, Ellington. On organization Charles Church was elected president for the ensuing year. The usual amount of road and bridge business was then trans- acted.
The board of county supervisors for the year 1869, were convened the 4th of Jan- uary, of that year, and the following members took their place in that body: G. R. Maben, Madison; G. R. Knapp, Amsterdam; Charles Church, Avery; and John II. Beadle, Ellington Mr. Maben was duiy elected as chairman, and having qualified, took his place at the head of the board. It was during this year that
the court house was finished and accepted. Concord and Crystal townships were or- ganized.
The new board, for 1870, met on the 3d day of January, and the following mem- bers took their places: G. R. Maben, Madison; J. Q. Beadle, Ellington; A. D. liams, Amsterdam; Orick Church, Avery; B. F. Scott, Crystal; and H. H. Bush, Con- cord. A. D. Hiams was duly elected to the position of chairman of the board, for the ensuing year.
The new method of electing supervisors, by districts instead of townships, coming into action, the board for the year 1871. was as follows: A. D. IFiams, three years term; G. R. Maben, two years term; and J. M. Elder, one year term. They organized, at their first meeting, held on the 20 day of January, by the election of A. I). Hiams as chairman, and proceeded to the trans- action of business.
The boards succeeding this, were as fol- lows:
1872 .- George W. Beadle, chairman; A. D. Hiams and G. R. Maben.
1873 .- H. H. Bush, chairman; George W. Beadle and A. D. Hiams.
1874 .- H. II. Bush, chairman; George W. Beadle and J. II. Melins.
1875 .- H. II. Bush, chairman; J. H. Melins and G. R. Maben.
1876. - G. R. Maben, chairman; J. H. Melins and John Burnside.
1877 .- G. R. Maben, chairman; John Burnside and A. D. Hiams.
1878 .- A. D. Iliams, chairman; George W. Beadle and John Burnside.
1879 .- A. D. Hiams, chairman; II. II. Bush and G. W. Beadle.
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1880 .- H. H. Bush, chairman; G. W. i Beadle, G. Davenport, A. D. White and W. Greenup.
1881 .- II. II. Bush, chairman; A. D. White, C. C. Way, W. F. Greenup and E. C. Packard.
1882 .- H. H. Bush, chairman; A. D. White, C. C. Way, E. C. Packard and W. F. Greenup.
1883 .- H. Il. Bush, chairman; C. C. Way, E. C. Packard, A. D. White and G. W. Gillett.
CHAPTER IV.
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
In this chapter are presented the various matters gathered from the county records, and other official sources, and which fill no other niche. '
POPULATION.
In 1860, the first recognition appears of the population of this county. The United States census, of that year, gives the num- ber of inhabitants as 179. In 1865 this had increased to 292, and in 1869 to 572. In 1870 Hancock county's population numbered 999, and in 1875, 1,482. By the last eensus, taken in 1880, it had 3,453, which has probably been increased to 4,500, at the present writing. This popu- lation is made up of natives of Germany, Ireland, France, Bohemia and the United States, with a slight sprinkling of Scandi- navians, Scotch and English. The Ameri- can element emigrated mostly from the New England States, New York, Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin, and, as a whole, are an enterprising, indns- trions people. The Germans came prin- cipally from the northern part of that Empire. As a class, they came here poor, | 1879.
bought lands at low rates, on long time' making small payments, and by industry and frugality, have since become thrifty and substantial farmers.
CIVIL TOWNSHIPS.
The sixteen eivil townships in the county were organized upon the following dates.
Madison township, on the 28th of June, 1858.
Avery township, on the 28th of June, 1858.
Ellington township, on the 4th of June, 1861.
Amsterdam township, on the 4th of June, 1861.
Concord township, on the 9th of Octo- ber, 1869.
Crystal township, on the 9th of October, 1869.
Britt township, on the 14th of October, 1873.
Magor township, on the 14th of October, 1879.
Erin township, on the 14th of October,
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IIISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
German township, on the 14th of Oc- tober, 1879.
Ell township, on the 14th of October, 1879.
Twin Lake township, on the 7th of Oe- tober, 1882.
Daggett township, on the 14th of Oc- tober, 1879.
Bingham township, on the 14th of Oc- tober, 1879.
Orthel township, on the 7th of October, 1882.
Boone township, on the 2d of Novem- ber, 1880.
TOWN PLATS.
The plats of the several towns in Han- cock county, were filed for record upon the following dates:
Laconia, for record in Webster county, on the 4th of September, 1858.
Amsterdam, on the 9th of April, 1859. Concord, on the 18th of July, 1868.
Garner, on the 23d of August, 1870.
Seymour's addition to Concord, on the 23d of November, 1871.
Tallman's addition to Garner, on the 28th of September, 1875.
Britt, on the 20th of June, 1878.
Anderson's addition to Britt, on the 18th of July, 1878.
Anderson's second addition to Britt, on the 14th of Jannary, 1879.
Lattimore's addition to Britt, on the 10th of June, 1880.
Corwith, on the Ist of September, 1880. MARRIAGE RECORD.
Marriage licenses have always been re- quired in this State, and the greater portion of the facts here found were taken from the clerks record of certificates issued.
The first license issued in Hancock county bears the date of April 14, 1861, and authorizes Thomas Wheelock to wed Christine Sheaf. This ceremony was solem- nized by M.P. Rosecrans, the county judge.
Among the curious items, in regard to marriages in the county, it is a well known fact, that when James Dickinson and Annie Williams were ready to enter into matrimony, they drove up to the court building, or office, where Judge Rosecrans was, and he was called out. The necessary license was soon procured, but all hands seeming to be in a hurry, the judge to go to dinner, Mr. Dickinson and lady to return to some farm work, the august magistrate mounted into the wagon and while the horses trotted some forty rods, the distance to the judges res- idence, he married the couple. Reaching home he jumped out, and the team, with- out stopping coutinned right along. One of the old settlers in speaking of it de- fined it as being "married on a trot."
The second license was issued on the 15th of April, the next day, to William L. Thatcher and Frances A. Fisk. The connty judge preformed the rite.
The following is a list of the various licenses issued for the first few years sub- sequent to the organization of the county.
James Dickinson and Annie Williams, July 17, 1861; ceremony preformed by M. P. Rosecrans, county judge.
Charles Buffon and Hannah Catlin, Nov. 6, 1861; married by J. M. Elder, justice.
Bernard Bolsinger and Margaret Gilpin, July 26, 1862; married by the county judge.
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
Jacob Ward and Catharine Kneadler, Nov. 13, 1862; ceremony by James Crow, justice of the peace.
Joseph F. M. Perttenarte and Martha E. MeNutt, July 15, 1863.
Elias Tompkins and Sarah Gilpin, Dec. 14, 1864.
1871.
Value of land in the county $919. 415
town property. 6, 355
personal property.
32,222
Total assessed value. $957,992
1872.
Value of land in the county $911,586
town property ... 7.355
personal property 35.947
Total assessed value.
$953,888
1873.
Value of lands in the county. $1,042, 693
town property. 8, 627
personal property 42,182
railroad property. 99,384
Total assessed value. $1, 192, 886
1874.
Value of lands in the county. $1, 145, 960
town property. 9,489
personal property 33, 228
railroad property. 84,840
Total assessed valne
$1,273, 517
1875.
Value of lands .. $1, 114. 368
town lots. 11,330
personal property,
41,673
railroad property .
84,840
Total assessed value. $1,252,211
1876.
Value of land .. $1,237, 995
town lots. 13,552
personal property 54,641
railroad property. 84,840
Total assessed value. .$1,391,028
1877.
Valne of land. $1,113,006
town lots. 29,690
railroad proper y. 84,840
personal property . 43, 998
Total assessed valne $1,264, 531
1878.
Value of lands. . $1,218,044
town lots. 22, 420
railroad property 79,629
personal property. 42, 954
Total assessed value
1880.
Valne of lands. $1,082, 881
Valne of land in the county.
$922,091
town lots.
30,520
town property . .
2. 044
railroad property.
96,520
personal property.
23, 552
personal property. 76,140
Total assessed valne $1,286, 072
Total assessed value
$917,687
2 1873. 5
1863
1|1874. 13
1864
1 1875. .10
1865
3 1876. 14
1866. .
9 1877 17
1867
3 1878 9
1868.
0 1879
20
1869
1 |1880
26
1870.
5 1881. 36
1871.
10 1882. 34
ITEMS OF INFORMATION,
A number of items are here presented as taken from the books and reports of the auditor.
FINANCIAL,
The following items show the value of taxable property in the county each year, from 1869 to 1883, with the exception of two years, the abstracts of which have been mislaid.
1869.
Lewis Colburn and Melissa Ward on the 30th of January, 1865; ceremony per- formed by the Rev. Richard Burge.
Joseph S. Bamford to Lucy Barker, Oct. 10, 1865.
But this is sufficient. Many of these names will be readily recognized by the settlers of the latter days, as among our most prominent citizens.
The following table shows the number of marriages per year, and how the market matrimonial is affected by the State of the market financial.
1861
2|1872. 12
1862
.$1, 385, 467
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IHISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
1881.
Value of Iund. $1,263,644
town lots 43,673
railroad property.
98, 216
personal property.
98, 216
Total assessed value. $1, 503, 749
1882.
Value of lands. $1,263,644
town lots.
43,673
railroad property.
151, 899
16
personal property.
115, 613
Total value.
$1, 574, 829
1883.
Value of 359,691 acres of land. $1, 422,105
town property. 51,065
railroad property in county.
151,899
personal property.
129, 964
Total value. $1, 755, 033
Exemption for trees planted 59,200
Total assessed value.
$1, 695, 833
LIVE STOCK IN THE COUNTY.
KIND.
NUMBER.
VALUE.
Cattle assessed.
5,715
$44,636
Horses
2, 227
43, 427
Mules
81
1,910
Sheep
903
627
Swine
4,281
4,972
Total value
$95,572
TREASURERS' REPORTS.
The following is the first treasurer's report, as banded to the county judge for settlement, Jan. 1, 1859 :
COUNTY TREASURER, DR.
To State tax collected ..
$2,752 16
To county tax collected
5,506 12
To sebool lax collected.
917 69
To road tax collected 917 69
To Avery school district. 3,472 38
To Madison school district.
2, 953 76
Total. $15, 820 70
CONTRA
By am't. disbursed on warrants, etc .. $183 28
By bilance due State. . 1,182 75
By balance due county fund 5,322 84
By balance due school ťnud. 853 24
By balance due road fund 853 25
By balance on hand. 7,425 34
Total. $15,820 70
By the last report of the county treas- urer, the following is a summary of the
cash on hand for the county, and credited to the various funds:
SUMMARY OF CASH ON HAND.
State fund $3,044 45
County fund. 555 11
County school fund. 838 49
Bridge fund. 907 15
Court house fund 716 79
County Insane fund. 564 85
Permanent school fund, principal. 264 15
Permanent school fund, interest. 691 69
Total. $7,883 68
REGISTRY OF DEEDS.
As has been stated, before its organiza- tion Hancock county was attached to Webster county. The first transfers of land, therefore, were recorded in the books of that county, and were afterwards transcribed into Hancock county books.
The first warrantce deed was recorded as being filed Jan. 1, 1857, at 6 o'clock P. M., and conveyed from David F. Hunt to Robert L. Irwin, of the county of Han- cock, the northwest quarter of the south- east quarter of the southwest quarter and the south seven-tenths of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of sec- tion 32, township 94, range 23, the same containing seventeen aeres, more or less, according to the government survey. The consideration named therein was $200, and the instrument acknowledged before L. H. Cutler, notary public, on the 20th day of November, 1856.
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