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Hiram Todd. May 8. 1829, resigned.
Jacob Bowman November 4, 1833, to serve seven years from May 8, 1829.
Robert Edwards November 4, 1833, to serve seven years from May 8, 1829.
H. Lasselle, Jr. May 28, 1834, vice Jacob Bowman (refused to serve), to serve seven years from May 8, 1829.
Robert Edwards August 10, 1835.
George T. Bostwick August 10, 1835.
Job B. Eldridge August 17, 1840.
Henry Brown August 17, 1840.
Hewit L. Thomas August 8, 1842, to serve seven years from May S, 1843.
Jesse Juliar August S, 1842, to serve seven years from May 8,
1843.
James Horney August 18, 1847, to serve seven years from August 8. 1843.
James Horney August 21, 1849, to serve seven years from May 8,
1850.
Hewit L. Thomas August 21, 1849, to serve seven years from May 8. 1850.
PROBATE JUDGES.
John Scott. August 27, 1829.
Chauncey Carter September 18, 1832; resigned March 24, 1834.
James McClurg May 10, 1834, vice Chauncey Carter (resigned), to serve uutil the first Monday in August, 1834.
James McClurg August 20, 1834.
Henry Larue April 3, 1836, appointed to serve until the first Monday in August, 1836.
Robert B. Stevenson August 30, 1836, to serve four years from date.
Thomas J. Wilson January 21, 1837, appointed vice Robert B. Steven- son (refused to qualify).
Thomas J. Wilson August 14, 1837.
John S. Patterson August 14, 1844.
Robert F. Groves. August 25, 1847, vice John S. Patterson, resigned.
John F. Dodds August 29, 1848, to serve seven years; resigned June 29, 1850.
James M. Lasselle August 14, 1850, to serve seven years from date; died February 2, 1851.
Alvin M. Higgins February 28, 1851, appointed vice James Lasselle, deceased.
Henry M. Edison August 15, 1851, to serve seven years from date.
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COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Robert F. Groves. 1852-56.
Samuel L. McFadden 1856-60.
Kline G. Shryock 1860-62.
David D. Dykeman
1862-65, resigned.
Thomas C. Whiteside
Appointed May 12, 1865-70. resigned.
Daniel P. Baldwin Appointed August 25, 1870-October 24, 1870.
James H. Carpenter. 1870-71.
Daniel Pratt Baldwin Appointed February 20, 1871-October 28, 1872. Act of February 3, 1871, placed Miami with Cass and Pulaski in newly created Twenty-fifth district.
John Mitchell 1872-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Samuel L. McFadden __ 1852-54.
Josiah Farrar 1854-58.
John Guthrie
1858-60, resigned.
William DeHart.
Appointed October 26, 1860, resigned.
W. W. Shuler. Appointed December 22. 1860-61, resigned.
E. T. Dickey. Appointed November 2, 1861-62.
Stewart T. McConnell 1862-64.
John A. Farrell.
1864-66, resigned.
Dyer B. McConnell Appointed March 14, 1866.
Horace S. Foot.
1866-68.
Jerome Q. Stratton 1868-70.
Hiram G. Depuy 1870-71. Act of February 3, 1871, put Cass in Twenty-fifth district.
Avery B. Charpie Appointed February 20, 1871-72.
James M. Howard. 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Bethuel F. Morris April 13, 1829-January 20, 1830. The act of Jan- uary 20, 1830, took Cass out of the Fifth and put it in the First.
John R. Porter January 20, 1830-January 7, 1833. The act of Jan- uary 7, 1833, put Cass in the Eighth.
Gustavus A. Everts January 7, 1833-July 5. 1836. resigned.
Samuel C. Sample. Appointed July 5, 1836-December 19, 1836. The act of December 19, 1836, organized the Ninth circuit and transferred Sample to it.
Charles W. Ewing Appointed December 19, 1836-September 1, 1839, re- signed.
Henry Chase. Appointed September 1. 1839-January 29, 1847.
Horace P. Biddle Jaunary 29, 1847 ; resigned April 20, 1852.
Robert H. Milroy Appointed August 20, 1852-October 12, 1852.
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CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Thomas L. Stanfield __ October 12, 1852-January 21, 1853, Ninth circuit. The act of January 21, 1853, put Cass in the Elev- enth.
John U. Pettit Appointed January 25. 1853; resigned August 28, 1854.
John Brownlee Appointed September 6, 1854-October 25, 1854.
John M. Wallace. October 25, 1854-October 26, 1860.
Horace P. Biddle October 26. 1860-November 3. 1872.
Dudley H. Chase
November 3, 1872-November 3. 1884. The act of March 6, 1873, put Cass in the newly created Twenty-ninth. The act of April 4. 1881. made Cass the sole county in the Twenty-ninth, where it has since remained.
Maurice Winfield November 3, 1884; resigned November 5, 1889.
Dyer B. McConnell Appointed November 5, 1889; resigned April 1, 1895.
Moses B. Lairy Appointed April 1, 1895-November 3, 1896.
Dudley H. Chase November 3. 1896; died in office July 2, 1902.
George A. Gamble Appointed July 8. 1902-November 3. 1902.
John S. Lairy November 3, 1902; term expires November 3, 1920.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
W. W. Wick April 13, 1829-January 20, 1830. The act of Jan- uary 20, 1830, took Cass out of the Fifth and put it in the First.
Edward A. Hannegan __ January 25, 1830-January 25, 1832.
Andrew Ingram January 25, 1832-Jannary 7, 1833. The act of Jan- uary 7, 1833, put Cass in the Eighth.
John B. Chapman January 10, 1833-August 11, 1834, resigned.
Samuel C. Sample. Appointed August 11, 1834-July 5. 1836, resigned.
Joseph L. Jernegan Appointed July 5, 1836, to fill unexpired term of Samuel C. Sample, resigned. Transferred to Ninth, December 10, 1836.
Thomas Johnson December 10, 1836-December 3, 1838.
John W. Wright. December 3. 1838-December 5, 1839.
Lucian P. Ferry December 5. 1839-December 15. 1841.
Spier S. Tipton December 15, 1841-December 15, 1843.
William Z. Stuart. December 15, 1843-December 15, 1845.
David M. Dunn December 15, 1845-December 15, 1847.
William Potter August 23, 1849-August 28, 1851.
George E. Gordon
August 28, 1851; resigned September 15, 1852.
Johu M. Wilson Appointed September 15, 1852-October 12. 1852.
D. J. Woodward .October 12. 1852-January 21, 1853. Ninth circuit. The act of January 21, 1853, put Cass in the Elev- enth.
John M. Connell Appointed January 25, 1853-November 9, 1855.
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Isaiah M. Harlan November 9, 1855-February 11, 1856.
Orris Blake Appointed February 27. 1856-October 30, 1856.
Charles H. Parrish October 30, 1856-December 1, 1858.
Richard P. DeHart December 1, 1858; resigned October 29, 1860.
Meredith H. Kidd October 1, 1860-February 17. 1862; resigued.
Thomas C. Whiteside __ February 17, 1862-November 3, 1864.
Dudley H. Chase November 3. 1861-November 3, 1870.
Alexander Hess
November 3, 1870-January 1, 1873.
James M. Justice
Appointed January 1, 1873-October 22, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, put Cass in the Twenty-ninth and transferred Justice from the Eleventh to the Twenty-ninth.
Thaddeus R. Rollins October 22, 1873; resigned September 1, 1874.
Charles R. Pollard. Appointed September 3, 1874-October 24, 1876.
Dyer B. McConnell
October 24. 1876-October 24, 1878.
Simon P. Weyand
October 24. 1878-October 25, 1880.
Elmore S. Daniels October 25, 1880-November 17, 1884.
Michael D. Fansler November 17, 1884-November 17, 18SS.
James W. McGreevy November 17, 18SS-November 17, 1892.
Frank M. Kistler
November 17, 1892-November 17, 1894.
C. E. Hale. November 17, 1894-November 17. 1896.
George S. Kistler November 17. 1890-January 1, 1901.
William C. Fitzer January 1, 1901-January 1, 1903.
George Walters January 1. 1903-January 1, 1907.
George A. Custer January 1, 1907-January 1, 1911.
Michael L. Fansler
January 1, 1911-January 1, 1915.
Walter W. Foskett January 1, 1915 ; term expires January 1, 1917.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Cass county Superior court was established March 3, 1877, and abolished April 2, 1881. John C. Nelson was Judge of this court during its whole existence.
CLARK COUNTY.
Clark county, which was the first county to be created out of the territory included within the original limits of Knox county, the latter of which was organized on June 20, 1790, by proclamation of Winthrop Sargent, Secretary of the Northwest Territory, embraced at its creation, February 3, 1801, about one-fifth of the present area of the state of Indi- ana. It included, in whole or part, Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Washington, Jackson, Scott, Jefferson, Jennings, Ripley, De- catur, Franklin, Bartholomew, Shelby, Rush, Fayette, Union,
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Henry, Randolph, Wayne and possibly part of Jay and Switzer- land counties. The town of Springville was selected, April 7, 1801, as the first seat of justice. The county seat was removed to Jeffersonville, June 9, 1802, where it remained until De- cember 10, when the Legislature placed it at Charlestown. It remained at the latter place until September 23, 1873, when it was permanently located at Jeffersonville.
On April 7, 1801, the first court in Clark county was held at Springville. It was called the court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and was created by Governor William Henry Harrison. It was composed of Justices Marston Green Clark, Abraham Huff, James Noble Wood, Thomas Downs, William Goodwin, John Gibson, Charles Tuley and William Harwood. The courts were held at Springville until July 6, 1802, after which they were held at Jeffersonville until March 3, 1811, when the court was first held at Charlestown. These local county courts continued to exist for thirteen years. Dur- ing this period Evan Shelby, Rezin Redman and John Miller appeared as Judges. None of the Judges pretended to be lawyers, but were plain, honest and intelligent men, acting under the appointment of the Governor.
In 1814 the judicial system of the territory underwent a change and it was divided into three circuits, with a Presid- ing Judge for each circuit and two Associate Judges in each county, all of whom were appointed by the Governor. In November, 1814, Jesse L. Holman appeared in Charlestown and took his seat as Presiding Judge under commission from the Territorial Governor, Posey. William Goodwin and John Miller produced their commissions as Associate Judges.
The first term of Clark Circuit court, under the Constitu- tion, was held in March, 1817, with David Raymond as Pre- siding Judge and William Goodwin and John Beggs as Asso- ciate Judges. In October, 1817, Davis Floyd took his seat as Judge of the Second Circuit under a commission to hold the office for seven years from October 13, 1817. William Goodwin and John Beggs continued as Associate Judges and John F. Ross was Prosecuting Attorney. Floyd was a promi- nent man in the early history of Indiana territory and the
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early history of the state under the new Constitution. He rep- resented Harrison county in the first session of the state Leg- islature, which convened November 4, 1816, and it was upon his motion that the great seal of the new state, showing a woodsman felling a tree, a fleeing buffalo and a setting sun, was adopted.
Judge Floyd was succeeded in December, 1823, by John F. Ross who served until his death in December, 1834. John H. Thompson became Judge of the Second circuit following the death of Judge Ross. Judge Thompson was subsequently elected and served until December 20, 1844. At the time he was appointed Judge he resided at Charlestown, but he aft- erward moved to Salem. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of Indiana from 1826 to 1828. The Legislature, which con- vened in December, 1844, elected William T. Otto, a young lawyer of Brownstown, to succeed Judge Thompson, who was a little later elected Secretary of State by the Legislature.
Judge William T. Otto first presided as Judge of the Clark Circuit court at the May term, 1845. Judge Otto was the last Judge of the Second circuit elected by the Legislature. His term expired when the Constitution of 1851 went into force. He was succeeded by Judge Bicknell, who was elected by the people. He became Assistant Secretary of the Interior under President Lincoln's administration and, subsequently, official reporter of the decisions of the Supreme court of the United States. Judge Otto died in Philadelphia in November, 1905, at the age of eighty-nine.
The Clark county bar during Judge Otto's term was a strong one. The resident attorneys were Judge Charles Dewey, Capt. T. W. Gibson, Amos Lovering, Charles E. Walker, John D. Ferguson, J. G. Howard, Charles Moore, John F. Read, William H. Hurst, Henry Foster Smith, C. T. Solas, W. W. Gilliland and perhaps others. Among the strong lawyers at the Clark county bar was Judge Charles Dewey, who served ten years as Judge of the Supreme court of In- diana.
The Judicial district of Indiana, of which the Clark Cir- cuit court was for many years a part, was composed of Floyd, Clark, Harrison, Crawford, Orange, Washington, Jackson and
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Scott counties, until March 6, 1873, when the counties of Clark and Floyd were formed into the Fourth judicial circuit. Judge Bicknell was succeeded in 1876 by John S. Davis, who presided over the court until his death on July 6, 1880. Simeon K. Wolfe was appointed to fill out the unexpired term caused by the death of Judge Davis. He was succeeded by Charles P. Ferguson, who served on the bench from 1880 to 1892. Judge Ferguson succeeded by Judge George H. D. Gibson, who served from 1892 to 1898. Judge Gibson was succeeded by James K. Marsh, who served one term of six years and was then succeeded by Harry C. Montgomery, who died in office in January, 1914. James W. Fortune was appointed January 23, 1914, and by election will serve until November 15, 1920.
Judge William T. Otto, of the Clark Circuit court, after retiring from the bench, became one of the most celebrated" lawyers of the state. He settled at New Albany in 1853 and in 1855 was employed by the Liquor League of Indiana to test the constitutionality of the Maine liquor law, which had recently been enacted by the Indiana Legislature. Judge Otto succeeded in having the law declared invalid.
Judge George A. Bicknell, who succeeded Judge Otto on the bench of the Clark Circuit court, was a native of Philadel- phia, who settled in Scott county about 1848. He served as Prosecuting Attorney of the Second judicial district, and after retiring from the bench in 1876, represented the Third In- diana district in Congress during the forty-fifth and forty- sixth sessions, from 1877 to 1881. From 1881 to 1885 he was one of the members of the Supreme Court Commission. At the time of his death, April 15, 1891, he was the Judge of the Floyd Circuit court.
Judge John S. Davis was first identified with the Whig party, and later became a Republican. As the Republican nominee for Congress in 1860, Judge Davis, came within three hundred votes of being elected in a district which normally gave a Democratic plurality of three thousand. During the War, he joined the Democratic party and, although he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1870, 1872, 1874 and 1876, was defeated each time. He served
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in the state Legislature during the session of 1875 and is given credit for having obtained the one vote necessary to elect Joseph E. McDonald to the United States Senate over Benjamin Harrison.
Although Simeon W. Wolfe served only a few months (July-November, 1890) as Judge of the Clark Circuit court, he was a prominent citizen of southern Indiana. After grad- uating from the law department of the State University, he settled at Corydon. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Demo- cratic national convention at Charleston, South Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate from Harrison county dur- ing the sessions of 1862 and 1864. In 1872 he was elected to Congress from the Second Indiana district.
Judge Charles P. Ferguson presided over both the Com- mon Pleas court and the Clark Circuit court. Patrick H. Jewett served as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1868- 72) for the district comprising Clark, Floyd, Washington and Scott counties. Amos Lovering, the first Judge of the Clark Court of Common Pleas (1852-64) was a native of Massachusetts. He settled at Jeffersonville in 1840 and died in Louisville about 1877. Melville C. Hester was a graduate of old Asbury (now DePauw) University at Greencastle. Cyrus L. Dunham, a native of New York state, located at Salem, in Washington county, in 1841. In 1845 he was elect- ed Prosecuting Attorney for this circuit. In 1846, and again in 1848, he was elected to the Legislature from Washington county. Dunham served three terms in Congress, from 1849 to 1855. In 1859 he was appointed Secretary of State by Gov- ernor Willard to fill out the unexpired term of Daniel Mc- Clure. He became the colonel of the Fiftieth Indiana Infan- try at the breaking out of the Civil War, and served for about one year. In 1871 he was elected Judge of the Floyd and Clark Criminal Court circuit, after which he moved to Jef- fersonville, where he lived until his death, on November 21, 1877.
Capt. Thomas W. Gibson was a great criminal lawyer and participated in all of the criminal trials during the period of his active practice in southern Indiana. John F. Read was a graduate of Hanover College and had read law with Major
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Henry Hurst in Jeffersonville. He served in the Indiana State Legislature during the session of 1853 and was afterwards appointed receiver of the land office at Jeffersonville. For a number of years he was in partnership with Jonas G. Howard, one of the ablest attorneys of the Clark county bar. Read led the fight in behalf of the removal of the county seat from Charlestown to Jeffersonville. He took a leading part in the industrial life of the city and Jeffersonville is indebted to him for the government building, for the county seat, for the car works, for the levee and for the Big Four bridge. Jonas G. Howard, another eminent lawyer at the Clark county bar, represented the Third Indiana district in Congress from 1885 to 1889, serving during the forty-ninth and fiftieth sessions. Ward H. Watson, who formerly lived at Charlestown, was elected a Judge of the Appellate Court of Indiana in 1906 and served until 1911. Frank B. Burke was a native of Jef- fersonville, who was admitted to the practice of law in 1878. He represented Clark county in the state Senate from 1885 to 1890. In 1893 he was appointed by President Cleveland as United States District Attorney for the District of Indiana. In 1880 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the circuit comprising Clark and Floyd counties, and served three terms. He was a Democratic candidate for the Democratic nomina- tion for Governor in 1900, but was defeated by John W. Kern. The same year he was nominated by the Democrats of the Indianapolis district for Congress, but was defeated by his Republican opponent.
TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY.
February 4, 1801 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions: Mars- ton Green Clark, Abraham Huff, James Noble Woods, Thomas Downs and William Goodwin.
February 4, 1801 Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions : John Gibson, Charles Teeley and William Har- wood.
February 4, 1801
Judge of Probate: Jesse Rowland.
March 24, 1802
Oyer and Terminer: William Clarke.
March 24, 1802 Oyer and Terminer: Marston C. Clark and Ab-
raham Huff, associates of William Clarke.
May 5, 1802 Judge of Probate: David Espy, vice Jesse Row- land, resigned.
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September 30, 1803. Justie of the General Quarter Sessions: Nicholas Harrison.
November 21, 1803 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions: George Newland.
September 22, 1804 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions: Job Guest.
December 21, 1805 Judges of the Common Pleas: Evans Shelby, Thomas Downs and William Goodwin.
January, 25, 1806 Justice of the Peace: James Lemon.
July 19, 1806.
Justice of the Peace: Patrick Shields.
July 22. 1806
Justice of the Peace:
Aquilla Rogers.
December 1, 1806.
Justice of the Peace :
John Douchett.
July 10, 1807
Justice of the Peace :
Dennis Penningtou.
August 22, 1807
Justice of the Peace:
John Rychart.
September 9, 1807
Justice of the Peace:
Charles Johnsou.
November 3, 1807
Justice of the l'eace :
James Smock.
May 18, 1808. Justice of the Peace :
William Vawter.
June 20, 1808
Justice of the Peace :
John Beggs.
July 6, 1808
Justice of the Peace : Jacob Zenor.
July 16, 1808 Justice of the Peace : John Vawter, vice William
Vawter, resigned.
October 27. 1808 Justice of the Peace :
Absalom Little.
May 10, 1809. Justice of the l'eace:
John Hay.
February 14, 1810
Justice of the Peace :
Edmund H. Taylor.
May 23, 1910
Justice of the Peace:
Andrew Gilveck.
July 11, 1810 Justice of the Peace :
Samuel MeKinley.
November 14, 1810 Justice of the l'eace:
John Thomas Chunn.
December 6, 1810
Justice of the Peice :
James McConnell.
December 14, 1810 Prosecuting Attorney :
James Scott.
December 18, 1810.
Justice of the Peace:
James M. Campbell.
March 4, 1811 Justice of the Peace: Jesse Henley.
April 17, 1811
Justice of the Peace:
John H. Thompson.
April 29, 1811
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas:
Daniel
Graham, vice Thomas Downs, resigned.
May 21, 1811 Justice of the Peace: James Ferguson.
May 29, 1811
Justice of the Peace: John Parvin.
May 23. 1810 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas:
Rezon
Redmau, vice William Goodwin, resigned.
August 20, 1811 Justice of the Peace: Solomon Fuller.
December 16, 1811 Justice of the Peace: Abraham Kimberlain.
January 1, 1812
Justice of the Peace: John Weathers.
February 26. 1812
Justice of the Peace: Samuel Gwathmey.
March 16, 1812.
Justice of the Peace: Samuel Bowen.
November 4, 1812 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Judge Mil-
ler.
April 18. 1807
Justice of the Peace :
Robert Melutire.
June 30, 1807
Justice of the Peace:
John Smith.
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December 22, 1812 Justice of the Peace: Willis W. Goodwin.
January 22, 1813. Justice of the Peace: John Prather.
February 11, 1813. Justice of the Peace: David Foutz.
February 18, 1813 Justice of the Peace: David Fanisin.
January 7, 1814 Judges of the Circuit Court: Evans Shelby, first judge; Rezon Redman, second judge; John Miller, third judge.
April 22, 1814 Justice of the Peace: James McCay.
September 17, 1814 Associate Judges of the Circuit Court: John Mil- ler, first associate; William Goodwin, second as- sociate.
October 7, 1814 Justice of the Peace: John T. Littell.
November 4, 1814 Justice of the Peace: John Hilton.
January 13, 1815
Justice of the Peace: Nathaniel Scribner.
January 26, 1815. Justice of the Peace: George Ross.
February 25, 1815 Justices of the Peace: John Dietz and Joseph Jacobs.
March 18, 1815 Justice of the Peace: Henry Aborne.
March 6, 1816 Justice of the Peace: Absalom Little.
March 28, 1816.
Justice of the Peace: Bennet Nugent.
April 18, 1816. Justice of the Peace: Spencer Hagglin.
May 18, 1816 Justice of the Peace: James A. Pruitt.
May 18, 1816. Associate Judge of the Circuit Court: Robert A. .
New.
May 25, 1816 Justice of the Peace: William A. Lilly.
Angust 7, 1816 Justice of the Peace: Amos Goodwin.
September 28, 1816. Justice of the Peace: Jacob S. Holt.
October 15, 1816 Justice of the Peace: Samuel Merriwether.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
William Goodwin February 24, 1817.
John Beggs February 24, 1817.
Benjamin Ferguson February 3, 1824; resigned August 15, 1829.
Willis W. Goodwin. February 3, 1824.
John Carr
February 15, 1830 (special election), to serve seven years from February 3, 1824, vice Benjamin Fer- guson, resigned.
John Carr. January 3, 1831, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1831.
Beverly W. James January 3, 1831, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1831; resigned July, 1832. Samuel Prather September S. 1832, vice Beverly W. James, re- signed.
Joseph Work December 9, 1837 (special election). to serve seven years from February 24, 1838; resigned May, 1842.
Lemuel Ford December 9, 1837 (special election), to serve seven years from February 24, 1838; resigned December 1841.
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Beverly W. James February 16. 1842 (special election), to serve seven years from February 24, 1838, vice Lemuel Ford, resigned.
Hezekiah Robertson August 20, 1842, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1838, vice Joseph Work, resigned.
IIezekiah Robertson August 27, 1844, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1845.
Beverly W. James August 27, 1844, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1845.
William Dunar Angust 22, 1851, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1852.
Andrew I. Huckleberry_August 22, 1851, to serve seven years from Febru- ary 24, 1852.
PROBATE JUDGES.
Lemuel Ford August 21, 1829.
Willis W. Goodwin August 21, 1832.
Willis W. Goodwin August 19, 1839.
Lemuel Ford August 15, 1846, to serve seven years from August 19, 1846.
Willis W. Goodwin June 1, 1847, appointed, vice Lemuel Ford, re- signed.
Willis W. Goodwin August 17, 1847, to serve seven years from date. COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Amos Lovering 1852; resigned March 24, 1864.
William W. Gilleland. Appointed April 28, 1864-November 4, 1864.
Nathan P. Willard. 1864-68.
Patrick H. Jewett.
1869-72.
Charles P. Ferguson. 1872-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Patrick H. Jewett
I>52-54, resigned.
William Trulock
Appointed November 9, 1854-56.
Benjamin F. Walter 1856-60.
John Batt
1860-62.
James A. Ghornitz 1862-66.
Isaac N. Caress 1866-67.
Thomas J. Jackson Appointed March 18, 1867-6S.
John McCarty ISGS-70.
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