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Harmon G. Barkwell. November 22, 1855-August 31, 1857, resigned.
William F. Parrott
Appointed August 31, 1857-November 12, 1857.
James H. Shanklin November 12, 1857; resigned October 11, 1858. Commissioned November 24, 1858, served to August 3, 1859, when he was removed by act of Legisla- ture to Fifteenth.
Richard A. Clements, Jr. Appointed August 3, 1859-August 14, 1866.
W. Ray Gardiner Appointed August 14, 1866-November 3, 1866.
Cutler S. Dobbins. November 3, 1866-November 3, 1872.
Samuel H. Taylor November 3, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March
6, 1873, put Dubois in the Eleventh.
John G. Schafer
Appointed March 12, 1873-October 15, 1877.
William H. Trippett
Apointed October 15, 1877-October 26, 1880.
Arthur H. Taylor
October 26, 18SO-November 17. 1884.
John L. Bretz.
November 17. 1884-November 17, 1890.
Thomas H. Dillon
November 17, 1890-November 17, 1892.
William E. Cox November 17, 1892-November 17, 1898, The act of March 8, 1895, put Dubois in the Fifty-seventh with Pike, where they have since remained. This act transferred William E. Cox from the Eleventh to the Fifty-seventh.
Kerr Traylor November 17, 1898-January 1, 1901.
Lee H. Fisher January 1, 1001-January 1, 1905.
Bomar Traylor January 1, 1905-January 1, 1909.
Harry W. Carpenter January 1, 1909-January 1, 1915.
Stanley M. Kreig. January 1, 1915; term expires January 1, 1917.
ELKHART COUNTY.
Elkhart county was organized January 29, 1830, and the act became effective on the first of the following April. At
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that time all of the territory included within the present counties of Lagrange, Steuben and the northern parts of Noble and Dekalb was in the civil township of Mongoquinong and under the jurisdiction of Elkhart county. A special session of the court of justices (which at that time performed the same duties as the present county commissioners) was held in March, 1830, to hear the report of David Miller, Anthony L. Davis and L. G. Thompson, the commissioners designated in the act organizing the county, to locate the county seat. They selected a site about five miles northwest of the present town of Goshen, at a town known as Dunlap. The ceding of a half tier of the townships on the west side of the county to St. Joseph made it necessary to select a more central location. With the assistance of the legislative act of February 10, 1831, the present site of Goshen was selected and a town was at once surveyed and platted, the first sale of lots occurring on June 20th of the same year. The court house which was provided for the same year was the first one erected north of the Wabash river in Indiana.
The first session of the Circuit court was held on Novem- ber 15, 1830, at the house of Chester Sage, near Elkhart, by Peter Diddy and William Latta, Associate Judges. The Presi- dent Judge of the circuit, Charles H. Test, was not present and did not meet with the local Associate Judges until April of the following year. It is interesting to note that the second session of the court (October 31, 1830) was held on the open prairie near the residence of James Friar, although the second day of this session was held in a house in Goshen. Some idea of the density of the population of the county in 1832 may be gathered when it is noted that only one hundred and eighty-nine votes were cast for President in that year.
When Elkhart county was organized in 1830 it was the first one to be formally organized north of the Wabash river and, as has been stated, it had the first court house north of the river. It was attached to the Sixth judicial circuit, which had been organized by the act of January 20, 1830, the circuit at that time including the counties of Elkhart, Allen, Delaware, Randolph, Henry, Wayne, Union and Fayette. This meant
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that the President Judge and his coterie of circuit riders had to traverse all of the territory between Connersville and Liberty, on the south, and Dunlap, the county seat of Elkhart, on the north. The counties of Kosciusko, Noble, Lagrange, Steuben, Dekalb, Whitley, Wabash, St. Joseph, Marshall, Ful- ton, Miami, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Jay, Blackford and Grant were not organized, and all of the territory now included in those counties was attached to the Sixth circuit for civil and criminal jurisdiction. In other words, the President Judge of the Sixth circuit in 1830 presided over the territory now included within twenty-five counties in the northeastern part of the state.
The first Judge of this circuit, after Elkhart became a part of it, was Charles H. Test, who administered justice in this extensive region until the act of January 7, 1833, organized the Eighth circuit. This circuit included the counties of Elk- hart, Carroll, Cass, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Allen, La- grange, St. Joseph and Laporte. Whitley was attached to it when it was organized, February 6, 1836. In addition, there was considerable unorganized territory which came under the jurisdiction of contiguous counties. When this new circuit was organized, Gustavus A. Everts was chosen by the Legisla- ture to preside over it, and he served until July 5, 1836, when he resigned. Governor Noble appointed Samuel C. Sample to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Everts, and he served until 1843, when he resigned to make the race for Congress in the Ninth congressional district. Judge Sample was elected to Congress and served during the Twenty-eighth session (1843-45) .. While Judge Sample was on the bench the act of December 19, 1836, organized the Ninth circuit and Elkhart was transferred to this new circuit, Judge Sample also being transferred to the new circuit. Upon the resignation of Sam- ple in 1843 Governor Whitcomb appointed John B. Niles to serve out his unexpired term, but he resigned December 1, 1843. The Legislature selected Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, and he continued on the bench of the Ninth circuit until August 28, 1852, when he resigned. Governor Wright then appointed Robert R. Lowry, who served until the new Constitution went into operation, the 12th of the following October.
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When the state was divided into ten circuits in June, 1852, Elkhart was placed in the Tenth circuit with Adams, Wells, Huntington, Wabash, Whitley, Allen, Noble, Lagrange, Steu- ben and Kosciusko. Elza A. McMahon was the first Judge elected for this circuit and served until he resigned, August 15, 1855. Governor Wright appointed James L. Worden to fill out the unexpired term of Judge McMahon, but he resigned January 16, 1858, to accept a seat on the Supreme bench of Indiana, to which he had been appointed by the governor. Judge Worden continued on the Supreme bench until January 3, 1865. He was again elected in the fall of 1870 to the Supreme bench and served by re-election until he resigned, December 2, 1882, to become Judge of the Superior court of Allen county.
Governor Willard appointed Reuben L. Dawson to succeed Judge Worden when the latter went on the Supreme bench. Judge Dawson only served until after the fall election of 1858, at which time Edward R. Wilson was elected. Judge Wilson served a full term of six years, being succeeded in October, 1864, by Robert R. Lowry. The act of February 20, 1867, organized the Fourteenth circuit out of the counties of Elk- hart, Lagrange, Steuben, Dekalb, Noble and Kosciusko. Judge Lowry was left on the bench of the old Tenth circuit which, by this act, was composed of Adams, Wells, Whitley and Allen. Governor Baker appointed, February 28, 1867, Hiram S. Tousley as Judge of the newly created Fourteenth circuit, and he served until October, 1872. In the fall of that year James I. Best was elected Judge of the Fourteenth.
When the entire state was recircuited with the act of March 6, 1873, Elkhart was united with Lagrange in the Thirty-fourth circuit, and no change has been made in the circuit since that time. Governor Hendricks appointed James D. Osborn, March 13, 1873, as the first Judge of the newly created Thirty-fourth circuit to serve until the election in the following October. At the fall election of that year William A. Woods was elected Judge of the Fourteenth, and he served by re-election until January 3, 1881, when he resigned to accept a seat on the Supreme bench, to which he had been elected in the fall of 1880. Judge Woods served as a member
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of the Supreme court from January 3, 1881, until May 8, 1883, when he resigned to become United States District Judge. He served in this capacity until March 7, 1892, when he was appointed United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh circuit, a position which he held until his death.
When Judge Woods resigned in 1881 from the bench of the Thirty-fourth circuit Governor Porter appointed James D. Osborn as his successor, and he served by re-election until November 15, 1888. John M. Van Fleet took the bench as the successor of Judge Osborn and was, in turn, followed in 1894 by Henry D. Wilson, who likewise served a full term of six years. Joseph B. Ferrall became Judge, November 16, 1900, and served until his death, February 16, 1904. During the nine days which intervened between the death of Judge Ferrall and the appointment of Francis D. Merritt, Otis L. Ballou presided as Judge. Judge Merritt served by appointment from February 25, 1904, until the 16th of the following Novem- ber, when he was succeeded by James S. Dodge. The present incumbent, James S. Drake, ascended the bench November 21, 1910, for the regular six-year term.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
William Latta June 11, 1830; resigned, September 10, 1836.
Peter Diddy June 11, 1830; resigned, September, 1833.
Aaron M. Perine November 18, 1833, vice Peter Diddy (resigned), to serve seven years from June 10, 1830; resigned, August, 1835.
Havillah Beardsley September 24, 1835, vice Aaron M. Perine (resign- ed), to serve seven years from June 10, 1830.
Havillah Beardsley August 19, 1836, to serve seven years from June 10, 1837.
Elias Baker August 19, 1836, to serve seven years from June 10, 1837.
Ebenezer Brown November 26, 1836, appointed to serve seven years from June 10, 1830, vice William Latta, resigned.
Asa A. Norton August 17, 1840.
Joseph Beane August 19, 1843, to serve seven years from June 10, 1844.
Asa A. Norton August 21, 1844, to serve seven years from June 10, 1844.
Samuel Simonton August 18, 1845, to serve seven years from June 10, 1844.
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Solomon P. Yeoman August 30, 1850, to serve seven years from June 10, 1851.
Harden Cleveland. August 30, 1850, to serve seven years from June 10, 1851.
PROBATE JUDGES.
John Carpenter August 19, 1831; refused to accept commission for second term in 1835. Writ issued Juue 16, 1835, for new election.
Samuel P. Beebe August 14, 1835, to serve seven years from date.
Samuel P. Beebe August 10, 1842, to serve seven years from August 14, 1842.
James Cook July 27. 1848, vice Samuel P. Beebe, resigned.
Joseph H. Mather August 28, 1848, to serve seven years from date.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
John H. Mather 1852-56.
Edgar W. Talcott 1856-60.
Elisha Egbert 1868-70.
Edward J. Wood 1870-72.
Daniel Noyes 1872-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Robert Parrett 1852-54, resigned.
E. W. Metcalf.
Appointed November 9, 1854-56, resigned.
Milo S. Hascall
Appointed October 28, 1856-58.
John K. Morrow
1858-60.
Charles P. Jacobs 1860-62.
William Andrews 1862-68.
Joseph B. Arnold 1868-70, resigned.
Orville T. Chamberlain Appointed July 15, 1870.
William B. Hess 1870-72.
George Ford 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Charles H. Test April 1, 1830-January 7, 1833. The act of January 7, 1833, took Elkhart out of the Sixth and put it in the Eighth.
Gustavus A. Everts Appointed January 9, 1833-July 5, 1836, resigned.
Samuel C. Sample. Appointed July 5, 1836-July 13, 1843, resigned. The act of December 19, 1836, organized the Ninth and Elkhart was put in it. Sample was trans- ferred to the Ninth upon its organization.
John B. Niles Appointed August 8, 1843-December 1, 1843, re- signed.
E. M. Chamberlain Appointed December 1, 1843-August 28, 1852, re- signed.
Robert R. Lowry Appointed Angust 28, 1852-August 12, 1852.
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CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Elza A. McMahon October 12, 1852-resigned, August 15, 1855. Tenth Circuit.
James L. Worden Appointed August 15, 1855; resigned, January 16, 1858, to accept a seat on the Supreme bench.
Reuben L. Dawson Appointed January 18, 1858-October 26, 1858.
Edward R. Wilson October 26, 1858-October 26, 1864.
Robert R. Lowry. October 26, 1864-February 20, 1867. The act of February 20, 1867, put Elkhart in the newly cre- ated Fourteenth.
Hiram S. Tousley Appointed February 28, 1867-October 30, 1872.
James I. Best
October 30, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, put Elkhart in the newly created Thirty- fourth with Lagrange, where they have since re- mained.
James D. Osborn Appointed March 13, 1873-October 22, 1873.
William A. Woods. October 22, 1873; resigned, January 3, 1881, to ac- cept seat on the Supreme bench,
James D. Oshorn Appointed January 6, 1881-November 15, 18SS.
John M. Van Fleet. November 15, 1888-November 14, 1894.
Henry D. Wilson November 14, 1894-November 16, 1900.
Joseph B. Ferrall November 16, 1900-February 16, 1904, died in office.
Francis D. Merritt Appointed February 25, 1904-November 16, 1904.
James S. Dodge. November 16, 1004-November 21, 1910.
James S. Drake. November 21, 1910; term expires November 21, 1916.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
James Perry April 1, 1830-January 25, 1832. Sixth circuit.
William J. Brown January 25, 1832-January 7, 1833. The act of January 7. 1833, took Elkhart out of the Sixth and put it 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-August 15, 1838, resigned. The act of December 19, 1836, organized the Ninth and Elkhart was put in it. Jernegan was trans- ferred to the Ninth from the Eighth.
John B. Niles Appointed August 15, 1838-December 7, 1838.
William C. Hanna . December 7, 1838-December 15, 1842.
E. M. Chamberlain December 15, 1842-September 19, 1843, resigned.
Reuben L. Farnsworth_ September 19, 1843-September 19, 1845.
Johnson Horrell
September 19, 1845.
James Bradley
Appointed Auril 13. 1816-August 25, 1846, vice Reu- ben L. Farnsworth removed from state. Johnson Horrell having failed to file with secretary of state his bond and oath of office, his commission was re- turned under date of April 29, 1846, said Farns- worth not vacating his office.
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Joseph H. Mather August 25, 1846-August 25, 1848.
James S. Frazer August 28, 1851-October 12, 1852. Tenth circuit.
John M. Connell October 12, 1852-January 27, 1853.
Joseph Brackenridge Appointed January 27, 1853-February 17, 1853;
refused to accept office.
James L. Worden Appointed February 17, 1853; resigned February 1, 1854.
E. R. Wilson
February 1. 1854-August 20, 1856, resigned.
Sanford J. Stoughton - August 20, 1856-December 6, 1858.
James M. Defrees
December 6, 1858; died May, 1859.
John Colerick Appointed May 10, 1859-October 26, 1860.
Augustus A. Chapin October 26, 1860-November 3, 1862.
James H. Schell
November 3, 1862-November 3, 1866.
Thomas W. Wilson
November 3, 1866-February 20, 1867. The act of February 20, 1867. put Elkhart in the newly cre- ated Fourteenth.
James H. Carpenter Appointed March 7, 1867-October 30, 1867.
Ezra D. Hartman October 30, 1867-October 24, 1870.
James McGrew
October 24, 1870-May 20, 1872.
Leigh H. Haymond
Appointed May 20, 1872-March 6. 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, put Elkhart in the newly created Thirty-fourth with Lagrange, where they have since remained.
Cyrus U. Wade Appointed March 13, 1873-October 22, 1873.
Wesley C. Glasgow October 22, 1873-October 22, 1877.
Cyrus U. Wade.
October 22, 1877-October 22, 1879.
James S. Drake.
October 22, 1879-October 22, 1883.
Francis D. Merritt October 22, 1883-October 22, 1SST.
John E. MeClaskey October 22, 1887-October 22, 1889.
John T. Sullivan
October 22, 1889-October 22, 1893.
Miles R. McClaskey October 22, 1893-October 22, 1897.
Charles G. Sims October 22. 1897-January 1, 1901.
William B. Hile January 1. 1901-January 1, 1906.
William H. Duff Jannary 1, 1906-January 1, 1908.
Lloyd L. Burris Jannary 1, 1908; resigned, December 29, 1910.
James L. Harmon Appointed December 29, 1910-January 1, 1912.
Sidney K. Ganiard January 1, 1912-January 1. 1914.
Oscar Jay January 1, 1914; term expires January 1, 1918.
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES.
A separate Superior court for Elkhart county was estab- lished with the act of February 21, 1913. Prior to this date (January 31, 1907) Elkhart and St. Joseph counties had been united in a Superior court district, and they remained united until the act of February 21, 1913, provided for a separate Superior court for each county. Upon the organization of the joint Superior court for the two counties in 1907 Gover-
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nor Hanly appointed, April 4, 1907, Vernon W. Van Fleet as Judge of the newly created court, to serve until January 1, 1909. The first session of the court convened on April 22, 1907. On April 4, 1907, a temporary restraining order was issued by the Elkhart Circuit court restraining the board of county commissioners from furnishing a place to hold court or from furnishing supplies or allowing the clerk and sheriff of the county to act in their respective capacities as such officers of the Elkhart Superior court. The court opened, however, in the Elkhart city council chamber, the use of the room being donated by the city authorities, and the court proceeded to appoint L. A. Dennert, a former clerk of the Elkhart Circuit court, as clerk pro tem. and Fred N. Dewey, coroner, as sheriff. Thus court was opened. Later a per- manent injunction was granted by the Elkhart Circuit court; the case was appealed to the Supreme court of the state; the case reversed, and then court was held in the manner pre- scribed by statute. At the first election following his appoint- ment Judge Van Fleet was elected to succeed himself, and by a subsequent act of the Legislature had his term extended two years. He was on the bench when the act of February 21, 1913, dissolved the Elkhart-St. Joseph Superior court and organized a separate Superior court for each county. Before the division of the district Judge Van Fleet had moved to South Bend, St. Joseph county, and consequently became the first Judge of the St. Joseph Superior court upon its organiza- tion. Governor Ralston appointed James L. Harmon as the first Judge of the Elkhart Superior court to serve until Janu- ary 1, 1915. Judge Harmon was elected at the November, 1914, election and is now on the bench.
FAYETTE COUNTY.
Fayette county was organized by the Legislature, Decem- ber 28, 1818, and the act provided for the opening of the county on the 1st of the following January. Connersville has been the county seat from the beginning and no other town in the county has ever threatened to take the honor away from it.
The first term of the Circuit court of Fayette county met
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in Connersville on May 3, 1819, at the house of George Reed. At the first session John Watts was the President Judge, Train Caldwell and Edward Webb, Associate Justices, and W. W. Wick, prosecuting attorney. At the time of the organization of the county, it was attached to the Third judicial circuit. The county has been attached to several different circuits, in- cluding various contiguous counties, but since March 2, 1883, it has been united in the Thirty-seventh circuit with Franklin and Union counties.
Prior to 1829 the Associate Judges functioned as Probate Judges. The first Probate court met April 26, 1819, and was presided over by Train Caldwell and Edward Webb, Associate Judges. Philip Mason was the first elective Probate Judge in the county and he served until 1834. He was followed by Justus Wright, who occupied the Probate bench until the office was abolished by the Constitution of 1851.
The first term of the Common Pleas court in the district including Fayette county opened at Connersville on the first Monday in January, 1853, with John S. Reid on the bench. Judge Reid retired in December, 1860, in favor of Jeremiah M. Wilson, who presided over the court until March, 1865. From that date until the court was abolished in 1873, John F. Kibbey occupied the bench.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Train Caldwell February 2, 1819; resigned March 21, 1819.
Edward Webb February 2, 1819.
William Helm March 23, 1821, vice Train Caldwell, resigned.
Edward Webb December 12, 1825, to serve seven years from February 2, 1826.
James Brownlee December 12. 1825, to serve seven years from February 2, 1826; died July, 1827.
William Miller November 1, 1827 (special election), to serve seven years from February 2, 1826.
Edward Webb August 23, 1832.
John Treadway
August 23, 1832; resigned April 18, 1837.
Stanhope Royster June 23, 1837, appointed, to serve seven years from February 2, 1832, vice John Treadway, resigned.
Jeremiah M. Wilson August 17. 1839, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 2, 1840.
Edward Webb August 17, 1839, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 2, 1840.
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John Scott
August 18, 1846, to serve seven years from Feb-
ruary 2, 1847.
Joshua Mcintosh August 18, 1846, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 2, 1847.
PROBATE JUDGES.
Philip Mason
August 18, 1829; resigned May 26, 1834.
Justus Wright August 8, 1834, to serve seven years from August
4, 1834.
Justus Wright
August 23, 1841, to serve seven years from August
4, 1841.
Justus Wright August 24, 1848, to serve seven years from August 4, 1848.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
John S. Reid 1852-60.
Jeremiah M. Wilson 1860-65, resigned.
J. F. Kibbey Appointed March 6, 1865-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
James R. McClure. 1852-54.
Joseph Marshall 1854-56.
Nathan'l McCrookshank 1856-58.
Clement C. Cory 1858-60.
John C. Whitridge 1860-64.
Heury C. Fox. 1864-68.
William H. Jones. 1868-70.
Johu L. Rupe 1870-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Alexander A. Meek January 2, 1819-February 2, 1819, resigned. Never held court in Fayette county. Third circuit.
John Watts Appointed February 2, 1819-January 21, 1820.
Miles C. Eggleston January 21, 1820-January 20, 1830. The act of
January 20, 1830, put Fayette in the Sixth.
Charles H. Test Appointed January 23, 1830; resigned January 20, 1836.
Samuel Bigger Appointed January 20, 1836-January 3, 1837, re- signed.
James Perry Appointed January 3, 1837-January 23, 1844.
Jehu T. Elliott. January 23, 1844-February 15, 1851.
Oliver P. Morton February 15, 1851-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
William M. McCarty __ _October 12, 1852; resigned July 29, 1853. Fourth circuit.
William S. Holman Appointed July 29, 1853; resigned August 10, 1853. Reuben D. Logan Appointed August 10, 1853-October 12, 1865.
Jeremiah M. Wilson October 12, 1865-October 24, 1871.
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William A. Cullen October 24, 1871-October 24, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, put Fayette in the Eighth and transferred Cullen from the Fourth to the Eighth.
Samuel A. Bonner October 24, 1876-March 2, 1883. The act of March 2, 1883, put Fayette in the Thirty-seventh with Franklin and Union, where they have since re- mained.
Ferdinand S. Swift. March 2. 1883-October 27. 1904. Judge Swift had been on the bench in the Thirty-seventh since July 28, 1880.
George L. Gray October 27, 1904; term expires October 27, 1916. Raymond S. Springer __ Commissioned November 12, 1914, for term begin- uing October 27, 1916.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Oliver H. Smith August 9, 1824-August 1, 1826, resigned. Third circuit.
Amos Lane Appointed August 1, 1826-December 30, 1826.
Cyrus Finch
December 30, 1826-December 30, 1828.
M. M. Ray
December 30, 1828-January 20, 1830. The act of
January 20, 1830, put Fayette in the Sixth.
James Perry January 25, 1830-January 25, 1832.
William J. Brown. January 25, 1832-December 10. 1836, resigned.
Samuel Parker
December 10, 1836-December 10, 1838.
David Macey
December 10, 1838-December 11, 1840.
Jehu T. Elliott December 11, 1840-January 23, 1844, resigned.
Samuel E. Perkins Appointed January 23, 1844-August 20, 1844.
Jacob B. Julian August 20, 1844-August 27. 1846.
John B. Still August 27, 1846-August 27, 1848.
Joshua H. Mellett .August 18, 1851-October 12, 1852.
Oscar B. Hord October 12, 1852-November 2, 1854, resigned. Fourth circuit.
William Patterson November 2. 1854-August 13, 1858, resigned.
Sebastian Green Appointed August 13, 1858-November 2, 1858.
Henry C. Hanna November 2, 1858-November 2, 1860.
Milton H. Cullum November 2, 1860-November 3. 1862.
Samuel S. Harrell November 3, 1862-November 3, 1864.
Creighton Dandy
November 3. 1864-November 3, 1866.
Kendall M. Hord.
November 3. 1866-November 3, 1868.
Platt Wicks November 3, 1868-July 1, 1869.
Alexander M. Campbell Appointed July 1. 1869-October 21, 1872.
Elias R. Montford. October 21, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, put Fayette in the Eighth,
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