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Mount Pleasant Precinct .- R. D. Webb, J. B. Swearingen, Robert H. Pool, Joseph C. Egenson, Benj Newbery, Peter Ar-
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HISTORY OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
bogast, Wm. Webb, John Jones, Solomon Hand, Samuel Buckey, Richard Kirby, John McCord, Peter Buckey, David White, Timothy Harley, Phineas Page, Wm. Dauner, David White, Jr., Edward Corry, James W. McCord, Samuel Dauner, Thes. Gardner, Absolom Dauner, Henry Smith, Wm. Pearson, John Dauner, Dennis Harley, Nathan Clearwaters, Henry Barnes, A. B. Dauner, Cornelius Corry, Wm. Cuttingham, Alex. Heely, Ezekel Shoukle, Wm. Harp, Lewis Jackson, Elias Johnson, Henry Haddleson, Benj. Mitchell, Benj. Newburg, Jr., N. W. Cox, J. P. Williams, John Doyle, Robert Williamson, Ilarrison Blake, John Smith, Asa Weedman, Isaac Parmeter, Preston Webb, Byron Carry, S. Corry, Josiah Davis, Ambrose Hall, Patton Camel, Joseph Brown, Wm. H. MeFall, Wm. Watson, James Sternes, John Weedman, James G. Watson, Peter Wat- son, Mathew Jackson, Wm. G. McCord, Hiram White, A. F. Rogers.
Long Point Precinct .- John Scott, Sr , John Chatham, Iliram Riley, Frederick Troxel, Homer Buck, J. A Payne, Wm. Scott, Abram Bash, David Bash, Wm. Cisca, Joseph Winkle, Jobu Chatham, Samuel Martin, Wm. Chatham, Daniel Scott, Isaac Chatham, Andrew Brownfield, Wm. Lane, Alfred Enland, Alex. Scott, Wm. Spencer, A. K. Scott, Elihu Lane, Wm. Morris, Henry Troxel, Wm. Downen, Wm. llolsey, Zebidee Holsey, Solo- mon Holsey, Amos Houghman, Adam Lane, Samuel Spencer, Ed- ward Philips, Peter Troxell, Elijah Swearingen, Amos Nichols, Samuel MeElhaney, Wm. Anderson, John H. Swearingen, James Anderson, Wm. Bowling, Thos. Jackson, Abraham Swearingen, Moses Houghman, John Scott, Wm. Scott, George IIanger, Chas. Leaper, Alex. Ellis, Samuel P. Gleason, Peter Crum, John Maxwell, Wm. T. Fears, James G. Hobbs, Mitchell Harrold, Jacob Harrold, Jonathan Harrold, J. W. Scott, S. F. Bowling, John Young, Samuel Troxell, Isam Harrold, Eli Harrold, James Johnson, Wm. Harrold, Nathan Lundy, Jonathan Frisby, Benj. Withham, James Scott.
The United States census of 1840, taken one year after the organization of the county, furnishes the following data in regard to its then inhabitants. The population amounted to 3,247 sou's, 586 of which were heads of families. The census mentions one person being over one hundred years of age, without naming said person. There was only one colored person, a young woman, in the county at that time.
Eight hundred and seventy-five adults were employed in agri- culture, eighty in mechanical pursuits, sixteen were merchants, and nine professional men of learning. Two deaf and dumb, two blind, and seven insane or idiotic persons are mentioned in the census reports. These unfortunates were depending on pri- vate charity for maintenance. as the authorities of the county had no funds whatever at their disposal to provide for paupers The county at that time supported eleven schools, attended by four hundred and seventy-four pupils. Three hundred and six- teen adults out of a total of less than one thousand five hundred were unable to read or write.
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The wealth of the people of the county consisted principally in lands, live stock and agricultural products.
The "squatter," su frequently met with in new counties, is scarcely observed in De Witt; fully one-third of the area of the county had been purchased from the United States, and was owned by bona fide citizens of the county on the day of its or- ganization. We shall here introduce some statistics in reference to the area of the various congressional townships, and the quan- tity of land taken up or entered in each prior to the Ist of March, 1839, the birth-day of the county :
Designation of Township.
Area According to Field Notes in Acres.
Arres Purchase of En- tered prior to Mar. 1, 1-39.
Township 19-R. 1 E.
2 E.
22,424,81
10,320
fr.
~
4 E.
17,379,36
440
20
1 E.
22,757,01
6.80
2 E.
21,632,01
5.760
3 IS.
21,511,88
11.880
¥
4 E.
21,648 32
8.200
fr.
=
5 E.
5,167,09
960
fr.
21
1 E.
15,021,48
11.250
fr.
=
2 E.
15,321,41
6,640
fr.
=
3 E.
15,376,23
520
fr.
4 E.
15,446.78
2,360
fr.
5 E.
12,255,49
3,280
TOTAL.
.....
252,429,73
83,040
Township 21, Range 1 West, was a part of the county at that time, and half of its territory, viz., 11.080 acres had been entered prior to March 1, 1839.
It is impossible to state accurately how many acres were under cultivation, but the agricultural products of the year indicate that a considerable portion, probably eleven or twelve thousand acres, were being cultivated during the year. The census reports the following crops, to wit: Wheat, twenty-five thousand three hundred and seventy-four bushels ; vats, thirty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy-two bushels ; rye, eight hundred and twenty bushels ; Indian corn, two hundred and eighty-five thousand five hundred and seventy bushels ; potatoes, eight thousand four hun- dred and twenty-one bushels ; hay, seven hundred and sixty-six tons ; flax and hemp, seventeen tous ; tobacco, six thousand and fifty pounds ; sugar, four hundred pounds. Nine thousand two hundred and sixty-six pounds of wool had been clipped off five thousand and eighty-three sheep. Said census reports further, one thousand four hundred and thirty four horses, four thousand two hundred aod seventy-two heads of cattle, and fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety-eight hogs. There were ten retail stores in the county, with a capital of 823,660 invested ; two tanneries, with 83,500 capital ; one distillery and three grist and three saw-mills constituted the various branches of industry represented in the county at that early day. During the year 1840 sixteen houses had been erected in the county at an expense uf about nine thousand dollars.
Comparing the statistics as taken from the census reports, with the county assessments of 1840, the following may be added : Thirty-five thousand acres of land, or about two-fifths of all lands entered, were assessed at one hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars-some at three dollars, some at four dollars, and the lands of non-residents at five and six dollars per acre. The personal property was valued at eighty-six thousand five hundred dollars, and the improved town lots in the county at six thousand five hundred dollars.
Land sales in the present limits of De Witt county, prior to its organization as such :
On February 3, 1832. Richard Dogget sold to Baron T. Lowry the west half of the south-west quarter of section 22, in township 19, range 2 east, containing 80 acres, for $200. This land is now owned by Magill Brothers, is assessed at $1,200, and worth about $3,000.
On April 18, 1832. William Spitters sold to John Lowry the east half of the south-east quarter of section 21, in township 19, range 2 east, containing 80 acres, for $200. This tract is now divided into six unequal parts, which in the aggregate, are worth about $3,500.
23,253.07
10,4440
3 E.
23,194.79
4,680
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On September 25, 1832. Jesse Morris sold to Alexander Purviance the west half of the south-east quarter of section 19, in township 19, 3 east, for 81.25 per acre; it is now worth fully $40 per acre.
April 24, 1832. Robert Hamilton sold to Alexauder Pur- viauce the cast half of the north-west quarter of section 9, town- ship 19, range 3 east, 80 aeres, for $140. This tract belongs now to H. C. Spainhour, and it is very questionable whether this land could now be purchased for twenty times that price.
December 25, 1832. Hiram Daniel sold to Mahlon Hall the west half of the south-east quarter of section 34, in township 20, range 1 east, 80 acres, for $160. This traet is now subdivided into six parcels of various sizes, it is assessed at $1,600, and is worth $4,000.
January 5, 1832. Samuel Curtright sold to Mark McPherson the west half of the north-west quarter of section 32, in town- ship 21, range 1 east, for $400, 85 per acre. This quarter section is How divided into twenty-seven lots and tracts, beiug in the immediate vicinity of Waynesville. Agricultural lands there- about are assessed at 820, and are worth 845 to 850 per acre.
Jannary 28, 1832. Daniel Venson sold to Thomas Cuppy the east half of the north-west quarter of section 28, in township 21, range I east, containing 80 acres, for $400 The land now be- longs in part to M. Finprock and Augustus Ball, is assessed at 8900, and worth about 82,400.
February 20, 1832. Fred. Troxell sold to HIenry Troxell the north half of the east half of the north-east quarter of section 32, in township 21, range 2 east, 40 acres, for $40. This tract is now owned in part by Eli Harrold and David Troxell, and is worth $45 per acre.
November 12, 1831. Thomas Cuppy sold to George Isham the west half of the south-east quarter of section 29, in township 21, range 1 east, for $100, 81 25 per acre. This tract belongs now to James Cook, and is worth 833 per acre.
First lund sdes after the organization of the county: James Vandeventer sold to Thomas Patterson the north-east quarter of section 27, township 20, range 3, for 8640, or $4 per acre, June 7, 1839.
Elijah Watt sold to Robert Rosencrans the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of section 31, and the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section 32, all in town. bip 20, range 4, for 8310, on May 21, 1839.
Prettyman Maxwell sold to Thomas Barr the south-west quar- ter of the south-west quarter of section 30, in towuship 21, range 1, 40 acres, for $75, June 11, 1839.
James Nelson sold to Henry Summer the south-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section 32, in township 20, range 2, 40 acres, for $100, June 12, 1839.
These prices are introduced here to compare them with the assessed value hereafter to be mentioned, and to show that the assessors of 1839 invariably assessed property at its actual value.
The census of 1850 enumerates eight hundred and ninety two families residing in eight hundred and eighty-eight dwelling- hou-es.
The occ ipations of those heads of families are stated to have been as follows: Five hundred and ninety-one farmers, one hundred and fifty-one mechanics, thirty-six merchants, nineteen engineers and millers, ten teachers, ten ministers, nine physicians, two lawyers, five county officers, six clerks, two tavern keepers, fourteen day-laborers, and thirty-seven without occupations.
The county. had then nine mills, one steam, six water, and two horse-power; two tanneries, two saddle and harness shops, two blacksmiths, two cabinet makers, and one wagon-shop.
The assessed values of all the property in the county amounted to $738,621, an inerease of over 200 per cent. on the values of 1840, viz., 8244,000. The population showed an increase of 60 per cent.
The county supported forty-one schools, attended by nine hundred aud forty-six pupils. The public funds for school pur- poses were still very limit d, and the schools depended almost exclusively on private subscriptions.
The public funds expended during the year for school pur- poses amounted to 8759 45, by which only thirty-six of the pub. lic schools were benefitted, five not receiving any support from this source. In some of the districts efforts had been made to start school libraries, and the year 1850 finds fourteen libraries, with about seven hundred volumes in the aggregate. The census man reports one pauper in the county, supported by the county at an expense of $212 78 per annum. Some marginal remarks of the said officer may find room here also. He says: "The health of this county has been very good, only twenty-four deaths during the year. The county is in the central part of Illinois, in a fine farming district ; it is watered by Salt Creek, running from east to west, a fine stream for mills; the timber is of an excellent quality for farming purpos s; white, black, and burr-oak, walnut, hickory, and maple. Stone and coal are scarce; excellent water is reached by digging from fifteen to twenty feet ioto the ground. The prairies are covered with a fine crop of grass. Wages are as follows: Farm hands per month, $13; day-laborers, 623 cents per day and board, or 87} without it; mechanics receive $1.50 per day and board, which is considered to be worth 25 cents per day."
Ten years later, in 1860, the population of the county had increased to 10,820, fully one hundred per cent. since 1850. Among these were ouly six persons of color.
The census of 1870 shows a populatien of 14,768,-an increase of thirty-seven per cent. The chief productions of 1870 were 118.185 bushels of wheat, 1,311,635 of Indian corn, 216,756 of oats, 88,1.0 of potatoes, 20 289 tons of hay, 341,456 pounds of butter, and 96,916 of wool, 39,790 acres of pasture, 14,938 of woodland, 10,719 of cultivated lands, and 1217 of acres in cities and villages.
The value of the products enumerated above is estimated to have been $1,300,000, to which may be added the value of the produets of those 53,000 acres not mentioned in the returns, amounting in the aggregate to $335 000.
These agricultural statistics of 1880 report also 350 sheep, valued af $1059, killed by dogs; 58,418 pounds of wool shorn; 3035 fat sheep sold, weighing 310,340 pounds in the aggregate ; 3413 cows kept ; 112,612 pounds of butter, 320 pounds of cheese, and 19,370 gallons of milk sold ; 796 colts foaled during the year, and 399 horses died ; 3618 fat cattle, weighing 4,717,295 pounds, sold; also 28,643 hogs, weighing 6,851.837 pounds. It is fur- ther reported that during the year 857,105 feet of drain-tiling had been laid throughout the various parts of the county, and that 698,788 feet of the same had been laid previously.
There were 7873 horses, 12,067 head of cattle, 21,800 sheep, and 29,322 hogs, 12 carriage factories, 1 large flour mill, and 2 manufactories of saddlery and harness. .
The census of 1880 gives the county a population of seventeen thousand sonls, in round numbers. The statistics of said censns not having been published at the date of this writing, we take
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HISTORY OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
the county assessment of 1880 as the basis for the following sta- tisties :-
251,657 acres of land, assessed at 83,831,729
4207 town lots, 414,188
Personal property of every description, 1 123.246
Railroad property, with the exception of
Illinois Central and its branches, 265,049
Total, $5,634,212
The assessed value of property is about forty per cent. of the actual value, hence the wealth of the county may safely be esti- mated at twelve millions, or about 8700 per capita,-a splendid showing.
The agricultural statistics of the county for the year 1880 account but for 198,859 acres, or four-fifths of its area. They are here introduced as follows : 82,779 acres of corn, having pro- duced 2,714,168 bushels; 12,776 aeres of wheat (winter), pro- ducing 191,221 bushels; 1901 aeres of spring wheat, 18,209 bushels; 15,203 aeres of oats, 397,153 bushels; 2127 acres of orchards, 91,938 bushels of fruit ; 2248 aeres of rye, 37 742 bush- els ; 25 aeres of barley, 329 bushels ; 309 acres of potatoes, 20,084 bushels; 14,418 acres of meadows, producing 17,167 tons of hay ; 509 acres of all other field productions, valued at $4,450.
One-fifth of the area of the county was donated to the Illinois Central Railroad Company, about the year 1853, and as this company received all the open land in each alternate section, it may be inferred that, prior to said time, three fifths of the land had been entered. We have shown above that 83,000 aeres had been entered during a period of time commeneing November 1827 and March 1830. From 1839 to 1853 some 70,000 aeres seem to have been entered.
The said railroad company received the following quantity of lands, to wit :-
In range 1, east,
9,555,65 aeres.
In range 2 east,
12,511,03 aeres.
In range 3, east,
14,598,12 aeres.
In range 4, east,
14,049,20 aeres.
Total,
50,714,00
Puuperism .- This ugly sore on the body politie has caused the people of this eouuty less trouble than other counties had to endure. The accounts of public expenditures at an early day scarcely mention this item, and when mentioned, the amounts of money needed and expended in this direction are very small, to wit : $1 25 in 1839, aud $7.00 in 1840. The records of the county do not mention pauperism at all, though overseers of the poor were appointed. A county farm, that had been intended for an asylum for the helpless at an early day, was sold again December 31st, 1860. The few paupers in the county at that time were farmed out under contraets.
Soon after, however, it became necessary to provide ampler means to meet the expenses of earing for paupers. The writer found in the tax levies of from 1862 to 1866 the following amounts, under the name and title of "Pauper Fund," to wit : $2,112.83 for 1862; $1,365.34 for 1863; 82,360.97 for 1864; $3,349.54 for 1865 ; and $2,729.57 for 1866,-amounting in the aggregate, for those five years, to $11,918.25. The tax levies for all other expenditures, with the exception of war and sinking- fund taxes, amounted, during those five years, to $47,275.01. From it we may infer that, at the period mentioned, pauperism absorbed twenty per cent. of the county tax. In 1867, 1868,
and 1869 no mention is made of pauper tax, and the support of paupers was treated as one of the regular branches of expendi- tures. In 1870 and 1871 a heavy pauper tax, amounting to 87,152.16 and $7,082.91 respectively, was levied. About the same time the present eounty farm was purchased. The reader will find a full account of this transaction in another part of this chapter, under the head of " Government."
At present the county paupers are domieiled ou that farm, which contains two hundred aeres of good land, and is provided with ample buildings, representing a cash value of at least $12,000. The land is productive, and provides for the wants of its twenty-three inmates of the asylum, six of whom are insane.
W. M. Moore took charge of the farm in March, 1879, as Superintendent. Ilis administration has been very successful, and has given satisfaction in all directions. His salary, $900 per annum, is, like the salaries of all officials of the county, below the average salaries paid in the State.
INCREASE OF POPULATION.
We have seen, in the foregoing, a population of 3247, in 1840, increase to 5002 in 1850, to 10,820 in 1860, to 14,765 in 1870, and to 17,014 in 1880.
Records of births and deaths not having been kept until recently, it is impossible to state how great the natural inerease of population has been.
Marriages were solemnized as follows: twelve in 1839 ; thirty- six in 1840 ; forty-one in 1841 ; thirty-three in 1842; forty-four in 1843; twenty-tour in 1841 (must have been an off year) ; twenty nine in 1845; thirty-one in 1846; forty-six in 1847; thirty-five in 1848; fifty-two in 1849; sixty-one in 1850; fifty- two in 1851; sixty-eight in 1852; one hundred in 1853; eighty- eight in 1854; one hundred aud nine in 1855; one hundred and twelve in 1856; ninety-four in 1857; one hundred and thirteen in 1858; one hundred and thirty-one in 1859; one hundred and four in 1860; oue hundred and twenty in 1861; seventy-eight in 1862 (war) ; seventy-three in 1863; one hundred and eleven in 1864; one hundred and twenty in 1865; two hundred and three in 1866 (boys in blue are home again); one hundred and sixty in 1867; one hundred aud forty-four in 1868; one hundred and fifty-three in 1869; two hundred and eighty in 1870; one hundred and fifty-eight in 1871 ; three hundred and six ( elimax) in 1872; one hundred and six y-four in 1873 ; one hundred and ninety in .874; one hundred and fifty in )875; one hundred and thirty-eight iu 1876; and one hundred and fifty-one in 1877; hundred and forty-five in 1878; one hundred aud seventy in in 1879; and one hundred and thirty-eight in 1880,-4567 mar- riages in forty-two years.
The statistics of the county in reference to births and deaths are as follows :-
Born during the year 1880, .. 339 children.
Died during the year 1880, .. 98 persons.
Natural increase, ...
241
This increase, equal to 1 1-25 per cent., corresponds with the general average of the nation. It does not seem large,-14 to 1000,- and yet it would double the population in about sixty-six years, and continued at the rate, it would produce a population of about four millious iu five hundred years.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
The eivil government of the county of De Witt was conducted hy boards of' County Commissioners, consisting of three members, from the date of its organization, May 15th, 1839, to December
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HISTORY OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
1st, 1849. The administrative duties then devolved on county courts, composed of one county judge and two associate justices.
Io 1859 the present system -government of county by a Board of Supervisors-superseded the county court-, and has conducted the affairs of the county ever since.
Before entering upon a recitation of the acts of the officers conducting the affairs of the county, we shall here introduce an alphabetically arranged list of the various officers having served the people of the county in the forty-two years of its political life.
ROSTER OF COUNTY OFFICERS OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Barnett, Alexander L , County Surveyor, from 1839 to 1859, and from 1879 to date.
Barnett, Franklin, County Commissioner, from 1841 to 1847.
Bolin, William, Treasurer, from 1845 to 1847, and Sheriff from 1848 to 1850, aud from 1852 to 1854.
Blount, Zeno H , Recorder, 1847 to 1849.
Brown, J. S. County Surveyor, from 1861 to 1863, and from 1869 to 1875.
Barnett, Lyman, Sheriff, from 1874 to 1876.
Booth, W. H., States Attoruey since 1880.
Campbell, D. B., States Attorney, from 1839 to 1849.
Cantrall, Zehulon, District Assessor in 1840.
Cottingham, William, County Commissioner, from 1846 to 1849. Cundiff; Henry, Treasurer, 1847 to 1849.
Clay, Samuel E, Associate Justice, from 1857 to 1858, when he left the State.
Carter, S. K., Superintendent of Schools, 1867 to 1869, and States Attorney from 1872 to 1876.
Campbell, Barz., Sheriff, from 1860 to 1862.
Chambers, W. L., Circuit Clerk, 1868 to 1872.
Carle, J. T., Circuit Clerk since 1880.
Dragstrem, Daniel, Assessor, 1839.
De Spain, Peter, Treasurer, 1840 to 1841.
Danner, William, Associate Justice 1849, died in office July 13th, 1851.
Donahue, Michael, Master in Chancery, 1865 to 1871.
Deland, James, Circuit Clerk, to fill vacancy, appointed 1880. Emerson, Charles, States Attorney 1849.
.Eads, A. A., County Judge, 1861 to 1865.
Ely, Lafayette, Corouer since 1880.
Fell, K. H., Circuit Clerk, 1839 to 1841.
Fears, E. W., Sheriff, from 1839 to 1844, and also Collector of Revenue in 1841 to 1843. Fuller, William, Sheriff, 1854 to 1856.
Graham, Samuel, Associate Justice, from 1853 to 1859, and County Judge from 1865 to 1869.
Green, J. M., Coroner, 1862 to 1864.
Green, H. S, States Attorney, 1862. -
Gardiner, Thomas, Jr., Sheriff, 1870 to 1874.
Graham, G. B., Master, since 1872.
Graham, W. W., County Clerk, 1873 to 1877.
Gambrel, W., Treasurer, 1873 to 1877.
Hall, H. H., Coroner, 1839 to 1844. Ilughs, John, Commissioner, 1839 to 1841.
Halt, Darius, Assessor, 1841, and Coroner 1876 to 1878.
Hoblett, T. B., Commissioner, 1842 to 1845.
Hamilton, Absalom, Assessor in 1843, and Recorder in 1847 to 1849. llammitt, A. J., Treasurer, 1849 to 1851.
IIall, B. F., Coroner, from 1852 to 1858.
Hull, William, Corouer, from 1860 to 1862.
Hand, J. S .. Superintendent, 1863 to 1867. Hickman, W. W., Coroner in 1868. Howell, J. H, States Attorney, 1868. Hall, Jouathan R., County Judge, 1869 to 1873.
Hovey, Lorenzo D., Treasurer, 1871 to 1873.
Hefferman, William, Coroner in 1871.
Harrison, W. H, Circuit Clerk, 1872 to 1880. Ingham, J. K., County Judge since 1881.
Jones, B. T., Treasurer, 1861 to 1863.
Kelly, J. J., Schoul Superintendent, 1859 to 1861, and Circuit Clerk from 1860 to 1868.
Kelly, Thomas, Treasurer, 1867 to 1571.
Kelly, W. R., State Attorney, 1876 to 1879.
Lowry, William, Recorder, 1839 to 1841.
Lafferty, W. H., Assessor and Collector of Revenue, 1839 to 1841, and County Judge from 1857 to 1861.
Lane, Ezekiel, Sheriff, from 1850 to 1852.
Lewis, Robert, Circuit Clerk, from 1852 to 1860.
Lemeu, G. B., Associate County Justice, from 1854 to 1857.
Lutterell, G. M , Treasurer, from 1855 to 1857.
Lamont, W. H., State Attorney, from 1858 to 1860.
Lukin, Oliver, Caunty Surveyor, from 1859 to 1861, and from 1863 to 1865.
Lisenby, James, Treasurer, from 1859 to 1861, and County Clerk from 1861 to 1869
Lafferty, J. A , Sheriff, from 1862 to 1864.
Lisenby, A. V, County Clerk since 1877.
McGraw, John J., County Clerk from 1839 to 1857, County Treasurer pro tem. in 1840, School Superintendent in 1839 to 1855, Master in Chancery from 1839 to 1865, County Judge from 1877 to 1881.
Maxwell, John, County Commissioner in 1839, four months. and again from 1845 to 1849, also Associate County Justice from 1849 to 1853.
McPherson, J. C., Treasurer, 1839 and 1840.
Maltby, Charles, Treasurer and Assessor, 1841 and 1842.
Mitchell, William, Treasurer in 1843 and 1844, Sheriff from 1846 to 1848.
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