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CHAPTER IX.
CIVIL HISTORY.
ORGANIZATION OF DE WITT COUNTY.
HE idea of self-government and home-rule has taken root in the hearts of the American peo- ple to an extent unknown to other nations, nor even understood by them.
It is said that the Pole imbibes his hatred against oppressive Prussia with the milk from the breast of his mother. Why not say then that love of liberty and desire for self-gov- ernment have, with the people of this land, their origin in so beautiful and poetical a source? The very 8
atmosphere of America breathes this love of freedom, and the foreigner arriving on its shore seems to inhale it, and a feeling of self-reliance with it.
When the United States had become a hundred years old, the glorious day was celebrated by a people of fifty millions, scat- tered throughout three thousand five hundred counties. Who can foresee in how many more counties the uotold millions of 1976 will salute the second centennial in festive array ?
Meanwhile the American pioneer, scarcely realizing that the prosperity and the greatness of the land are largely his work, will continue his march west and south. Log cabins will spring up, and wilderness be converted into laughing fields of plenty.
The pioneer has scarcely become settled, when his innate desire for maintaining law and home government urges him on to organ- ize a new county. Connties, even in this State, have entered upon their mission as such with less than a hundred families residing in their respective limits.
Sometimes other motives combine with this desire of home-rule in the formation of counties,-the spirit of speculation is also well developed in this people.
And thus we reach De Witt county.
" This would be a beautiful site for a town and future county- seat," said A to F. (in 1834), when, on their journey from Deca- tur to Bloomington, they beheld, about midway between the two cities, the lovely mound on which now stands the public school- house of Clinton. "A good suggestion," or, "a capital idea," said F. to A. A quarter section of land was soon after entered, and the town of Clinton laid out on it by A. and F. in 1835
The question of organizing a new county commeneed to be agitated iu course of time, and culminated in the creation of the county of De Witt, March 1st, 1839.
Hon. James Allen, of MeLean county, had made great exer- tions to bave the Legislature, of which he was a member, pass the necessary act.
De Witt county takes the 84th place in the chronological order of the one hundred and two counties of this State.
An Act for the formation of De Witt County :-
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illi- nois, represented in the General Assemby, That all that traet of country within the following boundaries, to wit, Beginning at the north-west corner of seetion numbered eighteen, in township numbered twenty-one north, in range numbered one, west of the third principal meridian, and running thence east, on the section lines, to the north-east corner of section thirteen, in township numbered twenty-one north, in range numbered six east ; thenee sonth, on the range line between ranges six and seven, to the township line between townships numbered eighteen and nineteen north ; thence west, on the last-mentioned township line. to the third principal meridian ; thence, north, op said meridian line, to the township line between townships numbered twenty and twenty-one north; thenee, west, on the last-mentioned township line, to the range line between ranges numbered one and two west ; and thence, north, on said last-mentioned range line, to the place of beginning, shall constitute a new county, to be called the county of De Witt.
SEC. 2. For the purpose of permanently establishing the seat of justice of said connty, the legal voters thereof shall meet at the several places of holding elections for Representatives and Senators in said county hereby created, on the first Monday in May next, and proceed to vote for the following points, to wit : the towns of Clinton and Marion, of said county ; and the place
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receiving the largest number of votes given shall be the estab- lished seat of justice of said county.
SEC 3. The legal voters of said county shall, at the same time and places above specified, elect one Sheriff, oue Coroner, one Recorder, one County Surveyor, one Probate Justice, one Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court, and three County Commis- sioners, who shall hold their offices until the next succeeding general election, and until their successors are elected and quali- fied ; which said election shall be conducted in all respects agree- able to the provisions of the law regulating elections.
SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said county to give at least thirty days' notice of the time and places of holding said elections above provided for, by posting up notices thereof at least in six public places in the county ; aud the returns of said election shall be made to said Clerk who gave the notice as aforesaid, and by him, in presence of one or more Justices of the Peace, shall be opened and examined; and they jointly shall give to the persons elected County Commission- ers, certificates of their election, and shall transmit abstracts of the election for the county officers to the Secretary of State, as now required by law.
It shall further be the duty of said Clerk and Justice or Justices of the Peace, as the case may be, to furnish the Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court with an abstract of the votes given for the seat of justice of said county ; which said abstract shall be recorded in the record of the proceedings of said Commissioners' Court, and shall forever exist as evidence of the established seat of jus- tice of said county.
SEC 5. For the purpose of holding said election it shall be the duty of the present judges of election, embraced within the limits of said County, tract as judges of the same: Provided, however, That should said judges deeline acting, or be absent on the day of election, the qualified voters present may elect, from among their own numbers, three qualified voters to act as judges of said election, who shall have power to appoint two persons to act as clerks as in other cases.
SEC. 6. The present justices of the peace and constables em- braced within the limits of said County shall be and are hereby continued in office as justices and coustables of said County of De Witt until the next regular election of justices of the peace and other county officers.
SEC. T. The proprietor or proprietors of the town where the county scat may be located as aforesaid shall donate the sum of two thousand dollars payable within a period not less than twelve por more than twenty-four months from the tinie said election shall be made or in lieu thereof, at their discretion, shall grant and couvey by good and sufficient warranty deeds town lots or other lands situated in or about the town where the County seat shall be so located, the aggregate value of which shall not be less than two thousand dollars, to be appraised by three disinterested freeholders, to be mutually agreed upon by the proprietor or pro- prietors of said town and the County Commissioners of said Coun- ty, provided said proprietor or proprietors and the County com- inissioners of said County cannot agree upon the value of the same; Provided, however, And said donations or grants are upon this express condition, that the court-house and public offices of said County shall be erected on the present established public square of the town in which the County seat may be located.
SEC 8. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners' court, at as early a period as practicable, to appropriate said two thou- sand dollars so donated as aforesaid, or the proceeds of said real
estate granted as aforesaid, as the case may be, in the erection of a court-house or other necessary public buildings, for which pur- pose, should the donations consist of real estate, the County com- missioners shall have power to dispose of said real estate in such manner and upon such terms, as they may deem most consistent with the public interests.
SEC. 9. Said county shall be attached to, and form a part of, the eighth Judicial Circuit, and until the county seat shall be located as provided in this act, the Circuit and County Commis- sioners' Courts shall be held at the town of Marion.
SEC. 10. For judicial and other purposes, said county shall continue to form parts of McLean and Macon counties until organized as above provided for, and shall continue to he at- tached to said counties in all general elections until otherwise provided for by law.
SEC. I1. After the election of county officers as herein pro- vided, the persons elected County Commissioners are hereby authorized to administer oaths of office to all other county officers; and the said County Commissioners shall, within ten days after their election, meet together as a court, lay off' the county into precincts and justices' di-tricts, appoint a school Commissioner of the county, and transact any other business which may be deemed necessary.
SEC. 12. The school funds belonging to the several townships in said county, together with all interest arising out of said moneys that have not heretofore been expended for schools embraced within the limits of the counties of MeLean and Macon now proposed to be set off into the county of De Witt, and all notes and mortgages appertaining to the same, shall he paid and delivered over to the school commissioners of said county of De Witt, by the school commissioners of the counties of MeLean and Macou, as soon as said county shall be organized, and the commissioner of school funds shall be appointed and qualified according to law.
SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners of said county, before the erection of public buildings, to provide some suitable room or building in which to hold the Circuit and County Commissioners Courts. The inhabitants residing within so much of the territory set off' and forming a portion of De Witt county as are now within the bounds of Macon county, shall continue to be and constitute a part of the taxable in- habitants of Maeon county until the first day of January, A. D., 1840.
Approved March Ist, 1839. (Signed) THOMAS CARLIN, GOVERNOR.
The county was represented in the Constitutional Convention of 1847, by Hou G. B. Lemen ; in that of 1862, by Hon. T. R. Webber-and in that of 1870, by Hon. Clifton H. Moore.
In 1848 the counties of De Witt, Tazewell, McLean, Logan, and Macon formed the Eleventh seuatorial, aud De Witt and McLean the Twenty-uinth representative district.
The apportionment of 1854 made De Witt, Champaign, Piatt, Moultrie, Christian, Shelby, and McLean form the Six- teenth senatorial, and De Witt, Macon, Piatt, and Champaign the Thirty-sixth representative district.
By the apportionment of 1861, De Witt, McLean, Piatt, Moul- trie and Macon formed the Tenth senatorial, and De Witt and McLean the Thirty-eighth representative district.
Iu 1870 De Witt remained a part of the Tenth senatorial, and formed a representative district-the Fifty-second in itself. Since 1872, when the state was divided into fifty-oue senatorial
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districts, to elect one senator and three representatives each, De Witt and Macon have formed district No. Twenty-nine.
De Witt county was represented in the state senate by John Moore, from 1840 to 1842; R. F. Barnett, from 1842 to 1844; G. W. Powers, from 1844 to 1848; E. C. Smith, of Micon, from 1848 to 1850; Ashel Gridley, of MeLean, from 1850 to 1854; Gabriel R. Jernigan, of Christian, from 1854 to 1856; Joel S. Post, of Macon, from 1856 to 1860; Rt. J. Oglesby, of Macon, from 1860 to 1862; Isaac Funk, from 1862 to 1866; W. A. Cheney, from 1866 to 1668; John McNulta, of McLean, from 1868 to 1870; Michael Donaline, from 1870 to 1874 ; J. F. Harrold, from 1874 to 1878 ; and W. T. Moffett, of Macon, from 1868 to date.
In the House of representatives, De Witt county was repre- sented by R. F. Barnett, from 1840 to 1842 ; James K. Scott, from 1842 to 1846, (two terms) ; S. P. Glenn, from 1846 to 1848 ; I. B. Price, from 1843 to 1850; Robt. F. Barnett, from 1850 to 1852; J. E. Met'lun, from 1852 to 1854; 1I. C. Johns, of Macon, from 1854 to 1856; Jerome R. Garin, of Macon, from 1856 to 1858; Daniel Stickel, from 1858 to 1860; Lawrence Weldon, from 1860 to 1864; Boynton Teney, from 1862 to 1864; John War- ner, from 1864 to 1866; Henry S. Green, from 1866 to 1868; Jacob Swigart, from 1868 to 1870; W. R. Carle, from 1870 to 1872; Tilman Lane, from 1872 to 1874; J. 11. Tyler, from 1874 to 1875; W. L. Chambers, from 1876 to 1878; J. II. Tyler and G. K. Ingham, from 1878 to 1880; and by Lewis Ludington, from 1880 to date.
It is remarkable that of all this long list, there is but one man who has served two terms in succession, to wit. : James K. Scott. R. F. Barnett has served two terms in the house, and a half term in the senate. J. H. Tyler has also served two terms in the house.
The county of De Witt was represented as part of the third congressional district of Illinois, by John T. Stuart, of Spring- field, in the 26th and 27th Congress, 1839-1843, by Orlando B. Ficklin, of Charleston ; in the 28th, 29th, and 30th, from 1843 to 1849, by Timothy R. Yonng, of Marshall; in the 31st, from 1849 to 1851, by Orlando B. Fieklin, of Charleston ; in the 32d, from 1851 to 1853, by Jesse O. Norton, of Joliet; in the 33d and 34th, from 1853 to 1857, and by Owen Lovejoy, of Prince- ton, in the 35th, 36th, and 37th, from 1857 to 1863.
As part of the 8th congressional district, De Witt was repre- sented by John T. Stuart, of Springfield ; in the 38th, from 1863 to 1865, hy Shelby M. Cullom, of Springfield ; in the 39th, 40th, Springfield, in the 42ud, from 1871 to 1873. As part of the 13th congressional district, the county was represented by John McNulta, of Bloomington ; in the 43d, from 1873 to 1875, by Adlai E. Stevenson, of Bloomington; in the 44th, from 1875 to 1877, by Thomas F. Tipton, of Bloomington ; in the 45th, from 1877 to 1879, by Adlai E. Stevenson ; in Bloomfield, in the 46th, from 1879 to 1881, and by Dieterich C. Smith, in the 47th, from 188I to 1883. None of the citizens of De Witt county have ever represented as such the congressional district in which the county forms a part. Among the successful presidental electors, how- ever, we find the following, De Witteans, to wit .: Lawrence Weldon in 1860,-first election of Abraham Lincoln, and Michael Donahue, in 1876, election (?) of Rutherford B. Hayes. The other successful electors for the districts of which De Witt county forms a part, were in 1840: James H. Ralston, in 1844: William A. Richardson, in 1848: H M. Vandeveer, in 1852: Edward Omelveny, in 1856: Milton T. Peters, in 1864: James
C. Conkling, in 1864 : Samuel C. Parks, in 1872: Hugh Fuller- ton, and in 1880, Jonathan H. Rowell.
No citizen of De Witt has ever graced the state board of equalization by his presence as member, since its erection in 1867. The politicians of the county seem to laek ambition. The county certainly has the very best of material from which to draw, and excellent timber with which to build.
LAND AND PEOPLE.
The area of the county of De Witt, in its present boundaries, is composed of seven full and seven fractional townships, embrac- ing two hundred and fifty-two thousand four hundred and thirty acres of land, a fraction less than 305 square miles, -not 675 square miles, as stated by Appleton's American Cyclopedia. A large portion, about thirty-three per cent. of the full area of the land, had been entered, and was principally owned by bona fide residents at the time of the organization of the county. About 11,000 acres of land were owned by non-residents or speculators. These lands were usually assessed a little higher than those of the actual settlers of the county,-a policy always to be expected in " new" counties. Mahlon Ilall, mentioned in a previous chap- ter, was the largest landholder at that time: he owned 1200 acres of land, assessed at 84,600. He also paid taxes on eight hundred and sixty-three dollars' worth of personal property. Besides him, there were two resident taxpayers assessed at 83,000, ten at over $2 000, and fifty-eight at over one thousand dollars' worth of property, hoth real and personal. Fifty-three resident citizens paid taxes on personal property only. The first election held in the county had to decide the question of where to locate the county seat, and it is to be presumed that a full vote was brought out. The poll-books, however, cannot be found, and from a short memorandum made in the records of the County Commissioners we learn that 493 citizens voted on that day, March 6th, 1839. The orignal census lists of 1840 are also lost so that no names of heads of families could be obtained from that source. The writer found, however, a list of voters, most carefully compiled on the 29th of November, 1844, by Hoo. John J. McGraw, then Clerk of the County Commissioners' Conrt This list is here introduced in substitution of the lost census lists of 1840. It is arranged by election precints, and many of those 635 names may remind the survivors of persons and events they have not thought of for years.
and 4Ist, from 1865 to 1871 ; and by James C. Robinson, of ' Bevan, Thomas Jenkins, Benjamin Howard, James Brown, Ninian
Clinton Precinct .-- Levi Spencer, Lorenzo D. Scott, Thomas W. Peddecord, Burnel Martin, Nelson Davis, Eli B. Fruitt, Thomas Devenport, Poetan Bennett, John Davis, Henry Thomas, Peter D. Spain, Anderson Johnson, G. Hall, John McAboy, Jonathan Curtright, Rufus Mills, Dawson Beatty, John M. Cox, Darius Hall, Martin Scott, George Clifton, Josiah Downen, Thomas Hutchin, George W. Cox, Jacob Kranish, Paseal Mil- ler, Archibald MeCullough, Nathan Harvey, Thomas K. Blad- lock, James ffall, Wm. Neal, Harvey Bradshaw, Frederick Troxell, Matthew Mill-r, B. R. Warfield, William Hutchin, Henry H. Hall, Isaac Ifutchin, Daniel French, Isaiah Deven- port, George W. Mills, Thomas Coon, Jacob Bruner, Alfred Murphey, Joseph Malson, Wm. McPherson, Joshua Fenton, John Lowry, Amos B. Wright, Thomas C. Wright, Lewellen Hickman, John Springer, James L. McMurry, John B. Allsup, Solomon Miller, Ezekich Lane, James Eunis, Charles Hutchin, Landers Slatten, Henry Foster, Joseph Howard, Thomas Allsup, B. L. Cundiff, Gabriel Watt, Thomas Dunham, Rolla Richards,
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George W. Karr, John W. Karr, Mahlon Hall, Reuben Thorn- Jy, Wm. James, Jesse Blaukinship, James Cantrail, Henry King, Henry Cundiff, Rumsford Peyton, Armsted Gideon, Wm. Coppenbarger, James Freneb, John Winn, Wm. Clifton, Vernon Brown, Thomas J. Mills, John Coppenbarger, Uriah McKenney, Edward Thornby, John Walker, James Walker, Jeremiah Kel- ley, Elisha Littler, James Stephens, James McAboy, Wilson Allen, Joshua Dale, Fleming Lynch, Newton Lynch, Henry Fourdice, Solomon Cross, Benjamin Cross, Skelton K. Cross, George Carlock, Jacob Cross, Thomas Spainhoward, Calvin Pain, John Lane, Henry Bour Kain, Samuel S. P. Huff, S. Dunean, Murrell Pain, John Thompson, H. Bennett, Abram Miller, Wm. Lowry, Ralph Rosencrans, Henry Clerage, John Miller, Lemuel Woodard, Dudley Richards, Egbert Hill, Wm Gadberry, John Boyer, Noel Blankenship, John Bruner, David Hood, Wm. Belford, James Henson, Joseph Pollock, Hugh Dev- enport, T. R. Archard, Bonarges Ely, J. Thompson, Melvin Lowry, Job Clifton, Sidney Gary, Henry Bowles, John Clifton, Ruben Parkburst. William Allsup, Alvin Potter, Ebenezer Mil- ler, Moses Kenney, Samuel Beebe, Lewis Atkinson, James Lowry, John Hutchin, Remus Davis, Thomas Wilson, Alexauder Dale, .Jacob Silvers, James S. Browu, Joel E. King, Joseph Karr, William Mathews, William Wallace, IIenry Thompson, Philo Farmer, Thomas J. Rogers, Jordon Banta, Solomon Ely, Har- rison Lane, B. T. Lowry, Walter Karr, James Smallwood, Sam- nel Smallwood, John B. Smallwood, James Pollock, William Williams, Samuel Curtright, E. W. Fears, John French, John J. McGraw, Melvin Lowry, Daniel McGinnis, Thomas Lamb, David Willis, Gustavus Skelley, Major Farris, William Hayes, Dennis Provine, David Maiken, Ervin French, Wm Coon, J. M. Fears, Isaac Strain, Joseph Coppenbarger, Charles S. Lisenby, Nathan Cooper, Wm. A Knight, Richard Murphy, Andrew Wallace, Henry Brown, Robert F. Barnett, Jefferson T. Cross, Thomas Fruit, Washington Allsup, Joshua Gardener, William Adams, Samuel II. Martin, Miles Gray, Juseph Bowles, William Hiekman, A. L. Barnett, Z. H. Blount, Daniel Banta, Jesse Stout, Wm. Cundiff, Tolbert Allsup, N. Murphy, Leonard Provin, Joel Hall, Anderson Bowles, Hugh Glenn, Henry Summers, B. H. Farris, Samuel Browu, Johu P. Mitchell, Daniel Neweomb, John Warner, George L. Hill, Wm. IIill, Franklin Barnett, F. G l'aide, James Luttle, John W. Scott, Wm. Mitchell, James K. Scott, Jameson Wright.
Waynesville Precinct -Abraham Hamilton, J. L. Jennings, J. B. Jones, Harrison Maltby, Elisha Butler, O. W. Young, Charles Maltby, John F. Buckner, R Post, Daniel H. Dragstrem, R. E. Post, Wm. Evans, J. E. Cantrall, Wm. Branson, Wm. Richards, Darius Cody, E G. Lawrence, A. N. Dills, Johannas Bergen, Thos. C. Bergen, John Zollars, Alfred Miller, James C. Riley, James R. Robb, John Slatten, A. B. Ireland, John Simp- kin, John Montgomery, F. S. Harrison, Z. P. Cantrall, Samuel Ilamet, Coruelius W. Slinker, David Wheeler, A. T. Jones, John Barr, George Dyer, James M. Harrold, John [ Eveland, Preston Butler, Jerome Gorin, Thos. D. C'antrall, Hugh Bowles, D. F. Grosh, James Barr, Jobu Ilobbs, Edward Morris, John Christison, James Ellis, J. C. Cantrall, Wyatt Cantrall, Thos. Burtou, Thos. Coffer, James T. Morton, Geo. W. Stipp, John Humphreys, John Scott. Allen Turner, Wm. H. Jones, Jonathan Ellington, Samuel C. Baker, Charles Huffam, Jas. W. Hamitt, Robert Turner, Wm. L. Cantrall, George Bodkin, Moses G. Williams, Abel Larison, John MeIntire, Charles Cook, John Turner, Isaiah Cheek. Richard MeElhiney, Adam Stevens, Jona- than Williams, John Miller, Wm. Dyre, Jacob Jonson, Levi
Cantrall, Squire Devenport, Charles Graves, Wm Summers, Thos. Hull, James H. . Morley, Jesse Griffin, F. M. Jeffrey, Thos. Ackerson, Linus Graves, B. W. Gray, Wm. Summers, Jr., Frederick Eveland, John Cantrall, Wm. Jeffrey J. C. Macon, Henry Michael, Nathaniel Eveland, Elijah Hull, Joel Gray, Garrett Ackerson, Abram Ackerson, Wm. Hall, Samuel Richards David Eliington, Nathaniel Harris, George Isham, Wm. Mont- gomery, Wm. J. Davis, Abraham Oustott, David Montgomery, David MeNnley, A D. Downey, John Robb, E. W. Matthews, Elisha Bushnell, John Thissell, V N. Sampson, Chas Adkinson, Edward Winn, Ezra Thissell, Andrew Broek, Isaac W. Jones, Benjamin Broek, Isaae Ellington, F. M. Brock, James Cook, Jacob F. Sampson, Z. G Cantrall. R. S. Doulittle, Thos. Frisby, Parmer Story, J. S. Atchinson, Josiah Porter, Hardin Wallace, Wm. Cantrall.
New Castle Precinct .- Moses L. Bashnell, James Foley, Wm. R. Hulsey, Spencer Turner, Andrew Fogg, Harvey Turner, Cornelius Lambert, Samuel Briggs, John Druly, George Guard, Joel Hulsey, Lemuel Shipley, Charles Council, Beuj. Shipley, E. II. L. C. Dunegan, Samuel Bevan, John Gellatly, Sampson Reese, John E. Hoblitt, James Shipley, John Kensey, James Hobblitt, Samuel Jones, Cyrus Tuttle, John Druly, Samuel Hob- litt, Sylvester Strong, Jesse Hedges, Isaae A. Dunnagan, Eze- kiel Hedges, T. J. Larisou, David Mason, James Hedges, A. K. Marden, Jonn Mason, Wm Foley, Archibald V. Gardner, John Hoblitt, James ;Downey, John Barr, Henry Williams, J. P. Dunham.
Marion Precinct .- James A. Lemon, J. A. Jackson, James Harp, James Martin, D. B Sallwood, William Bennett, James Vandeventer, Geo Barns, Wm. H. Lafferty, John M. Richeter, Benj. Church, Peter Lear, Charles Sawyer, Thos, Glenn, D. F. Robbins, James Me Deed, Daniel Robbins, John McDeed, Daniel Baker, Thos. Smith, Nathaniel Goodall, R. D. Taylor, E. O. Day, B S. Day, Gabriel Bennett, J hn Blount, Joshua E Jack- son, Alex. Heap, J. B. Hagar, J. E Daugherty, Solomon Moore, Green Lee Taylor, Hiram Beebe, Eli Harrold, Thos. Swain, A. W. Haddock, Sylvester Griffen, T. E. Sanger, William Hull, Solo- mon Despain, John D. Huston, Elijah Walden, Christian Shenkle, Wm. Walden, Wm. Rust, Johu Rust, Wmn. Haus, Daniel Wil- lard, Douglass Spear, John B. Williams, E W. Wright, John Gatmao, T. B. Hoblitt, Benj. Lisenby, L Cantrall, Rodeu Laue, Monroe Thompson, B. D. F. Maple, Stillman Sawyer, Robert Me Kinley, Johu Cooksey, N. C. Caine, John E. Day, Thos. Dye, Henry M. White, Henry Webb, Jesse E Sawyer, John Kelli- son, Job Rathtone, John Lash, John Wilson, Geo. Livingston, Wm. Webb, Nathaniel Button, Henry Webb, Sr., Joseph Wil- son, Wm. E. Walker, Nathan Boman, Wm. E. Sawyer, Thos. Vandeventer, Morris Button, Geo. Weidman, Geo. Barns, Wm. Bodkins, Wm. J. Rutledge, Beuj. Button, J. B. Caine, John E. Harris, Robert Semple, Thos. Williamson, John Andrew, Wm. Walters, Joseph Semple, P. M. Gideon, Charles Richardson, Wm. Mc Kinley, John Marsh, James M. Stone, Wm. Bernes, David Ropp, Arthur Jones, Henry Arbogast, Hugh Arbogast, Pleasant Smith, Elish Gussford, Elijah Watt, Geo. Lemen, Isaae Swisher, David Vandeventer, John Button, John Layton G S. Morrison, S. Waterford, John Dorson, C. Webb, Jacob Walters, Edward Wilson, Charles Day, Michael Troutman, Wm: Carew, Chas. Parker, S. Donor, Stillman A. Chapin, James McCord, Hiram Chapin, Wm R Deterager, F. S. Robbins, O. Wake- field.
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