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Robert L. Mason November 15, 1906-November 15, 1912.
Earl Sample November 15, 1912; term expires November 15, 1918.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
James Whitcomb March 1, 1828-January 14, 1829. Fifth circuit.
W. W. Wick January 14, 1829-December 15, 1830, resigned.
Phillip Sweetzer Appointed December 15, 1830-March 10, 1831, re- signed.
Hiram Brown Appointed March 10, 1831-December 12, 1831.
Harvey Gregg December 12, 1831-April 11, 1833.
William Herod. Appointed April 11, 1833-December 9, 1836.
William Quarles December 9, 1836-April 13, 1839, resigned.
William J. Peaslee. Appointed April 13, 1839-January 29, .1841, re- signed.
Hugh O'Neal January 29, 1841-January 29, 1843.
Abram A. Hammond January 29, 1843-January 29, 1847.
Edward Lander January 29, 1847-January 29, 1849.
David S. Gooding Angust 27. 1851-October 12, 1852.
Reuben A. Riley October 12, 1852-October 27, 1854. Fifth circuit.
DeWitt C. Chapman October 27, 1854-November 2, 1856.
Peter S. Kennedy November 2, 1856-November 2, 1858.
William P. Fishback November 2, 1858-February 1, 1859. The act of February 1, 1859, put Hancock in the Seventh.
David Moss October 31, 1859-November 12, 1861.
John A. Harrison November 12, 1861-November 12, 1865.
Lemuel G. Gooding November 12, 1865-November 12, 1867.
David W. Chambers November 12, 1867-October 21, 1872.
John W. Ryan. October 21, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March
6, 1873, put Hancock in the Eighteenth.
Exum Saint Appointed March 7, 1873-October 22, 1873.
Charles M. Butler October 22, 1873-October 22, 1875.
William F. Walker October 22, 1875-October 22. 1877.
Joseph M. Brown October 22, 1877-October 22, 1879.
Charles M. Butler October 22, 1879-October 22, 18S1.
Leonidas P. Newby
October 22, 1881-October 22, 1883.
George W. Duncan
October 22, 1883-October 22, 1887.
William O. Barnard
October 22, 1887-February 27, 1889.
Lafayette H. Reynolds_ Appointed February 27, 1889-November 17, 1890. The act of February 22, 1889, made Hancock the sole county in the Eighteenth, where it has since remained.
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Edward W. Felt November 17, 1890-November 15, 1894.
John L. McNew November 15, 1894; died August 12, 1895.
Charles Downing Appointed August 21, 1895-November 17, 1896.
John F. Wiggins. November 17, 1896-January 1, 1901.
Albert C. Van Duyu January 1, 1901-January 1, 1905.
Charles L. Tindall
January 1, 1905-January 1, 1909.
Edward F. Quigley
January 1, 1909-Jannary 1, 1913.
Hiram L. Thomas
Jannary 1. 1913; died in office April 27, 1915.
Robert F. Reeves Appointed May 1, 1915, to fill the unexpired term of Thomas.
HARRISON COUNTY.
Harrison, the fourth county organized in the state, was created with the territorial act of October 11, 1808, the same becoming effective on the 1st of the following December. At that time only three counties had been organized in the state, Knox, Clark and Dearborn, organized in 1790, 1801 and 1803, respectively. The first county seat was located at Corydon upon land which had originally been entered by Governor William Henry Harrison. The first court house in the county, a solid stone structure, was built in 1811-12 at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars. This building, remodeled in 1873, still serves as the court house and is the oldest court house in Indiana in actual use at the present time. The legislative act of March 11, 1813, made Corydon the capital of the territory and when the state was admitted to the union in 1816 it was provided that the capital of the state should remain at Corydon until 1824. The court house was used as a state house during the this period of eleven years, the House of Representatives us- ing the lower floor for a chamber and the Senate occupying the upper rooms.
Upon the organization of the county in 1809, Governor Harrison appointed Patrick Shields President Judge of the Common Pleas court, with Moses Boone and John G. Pfrimmer as Associate Judges. The first session of this court met at Corydon on May 10, 1809, for the transaction of such busi- ness that might be brought before them. While Indiana was still a territory, the following Judges served on the Common Pleas bench in Harrison county: Patrick Shields, John G. Pfrimmer, Moses Boone, Peter McIntosh, Jesse L. Holman
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and Daniel C. Lane. It is probable that Patrick Shields and Jesse L. Holman were the only two Presiding Judges, with the others mentioned serving as Associates. Jesse L. Hol- man ascended the Common Pleas bench in 1814 and offi- ciated until November, 1817, when the first judicial officers under the new Constitution took their seats.
TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY.
November 3, 1808 Justices of the peace: Dennis Pennington, John Smith and John Boone.
December 28, 1808 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas: Patrick Shields, first Judge; John George Pfrimmer, sec- oud Judge; Moses Boone, third Judge.
January 13, 1809 Justice of the peace: John Oatman.
January 16, 1809 Justice of the peace: Moses Hoggatt.
January 17, 1809
Justice of the peace :
William D. Little.
July 22, 1809
Justice of the peace : William Erwin.
October 21, 1809. Justice of the peace:
James Young.
December 30, 1809 Justice of the peace :
James Black.
April 5, 1810 Justice of the peace :
Thomas Davis.
June 12, 1810.
Justice of the peace :
Pierce Chamberlain.
January 31, 1811
Prosecuting attorney : Thomas Randolph.
March 11, 1811
Justices of the peace : John Dougherty.
Zachariah Lindley and
March 26, 1811 Justices of the peace: Robert Capland and
McGee.
April 26, 1811 Justices of the peace: and
William Branham.
May 21, 1811 Justices of the peace: Martin West and Jesse Spurgin (Spurgeon).
June 20, 1811 Justice of the peace: John Tipton.
August 9, 1811 Prosecuting attorney : George F. Pope, vice
Thomas Randolph, resigned.
November 19, 1811 Justice of the peace: John Wright.
December 16, 1811 Justices of the peace: Caleb Newman and Samuel Lewis.
January 28, 1812 Prosecuting attorney : George F. Pope, vice Thomas Randolph, killed at the battle of Tippe- canoe, November 7, 1811.
April 16. 1812 Justice of the peace: John M. Adams.
April 16, 1812 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Peter Mc- Intosh.
April 27, 1812. Justice of the peace: Robert Ellison.
June 17, 1812. Justices of the peace: Nathaniel Veach and Sam-
uel
STATE HOUSE
INDIANA'S FIRST CAPITOL AT CORYDON.
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February 17, 1813 Prosecuting attorney : John F. Ross, vice George F. Pope, resigned.
February 27, 1813 Justice of the peace: John Morgan.
January 7, 1814
Justice of the peace: Nathan Taylor.
January 7, 1814
Judges of the Circuit court: Patrick Harrison, first Judge; Moses Boone, second Judge; Peter Mclutosh, third Judge.
January 15, 1814 Justices of the peace: Dennis Pennington and David Craig.
January 25, 1S14 Justice of the peace: Joseph Cultou.
May 14. 1814
Justice of the peace: Thomas McKie.
August 16, 1814 Justices of the peace: James Rawlins, Martin H. Tucker and Elijah Hurst.
September 16, 1814 Associate Judges of the Circuit court: Daniel Lane, first associate; Patrick Shields, second asso- ciate.
January 21, 1815 Justice of the peace: William Watson.
February 2, 1815. Justice of the peace : Henry Green.
June 17, 1815 Justice of the peace : Henry Barker.
September 23, 1815
Justice of the peace : Thompson Kindle.
January 26, 1816 Justice of the peace :
Absalom Hart.
March 25, 1816 Justice of the peace: Joseph Blackburn.
April 13, 1816. Justice of the peace : George Crutchfield.
May 25. 1816 Justice of the peace: Richard French.
September 7, 1816 Justices of the peace: John Boon and James Riley.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Patrick Shields February 24. 1817.
Peter McIntosh February 24, 1817; resigned, September, 1822.
Fielding N. Bradford. _March 7, 1818; resigned, 1821.
James Kirkpatrick August 16, 1821, vice Fielding N. Bradford, re- signed.
Abijah Bayless November 28, 1822.
John Harrison January 22, 1824.
Moses Boone January 22, 1824.
Moses Boone
September S. 1830, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1831; resigned, June, 1834.
Craven Lynn September S, 1830, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1831.
Fielding Cromwell August 16, 1834 (special election), vice Moses Boone (resigned), to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1831. John Hogan August 22. 1837, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1838.
Fielding Cromwell August 22, 1837, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1838.
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John Hogan August 20, 1844, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1845.
Fielding Cromwell August 20, 1844, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1845.
Fielding Cromwell August 22, 1851, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1852.
Lyman S. Chittenden August 22, 1851, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1852.
PROBATE JUDGES.
William A. Porter August 15, 1829; resigned, December 7. 1833.
Lyman Lessler December 7, 1833, appointed Probate Judge pro tem.
Ignatius Abel August 16, 1834, to serve seven years from date.
George Bentley October 23, 1834. appointed in place of Ignatius Abel, who refused to qualify and to serve until first Monday in August, 1835.
George Bentley August 11, 1835, to serve seven years from date.
Charles D. Murray August 12, 1842. to serve seven years from date.
Lemuel S. Leonard March 15, 1843, appointed vice Charles D. Murray, removed from state.
Lemuel S. Leonard August 16, 1843, to serve seven years from date; resigned, July 16, 1847.
Thomas C. Slaughter July 16. 1847, vice Lemuel S. Leonard (resigned same date).
Craven Lynn August 26, 1848, to serve seven years from date; died prior to August 5, 1850.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
William Morrow 1852-56.
Frederick W. Mathis 1856-60.
Amos Lovering
1860; resigned, March 24, 1864.
William W. Gilleland Appointed April 28, 1864-November 4, 1864.
Nathan P. Willard 1864-68.
Patrick H. Jewett. 1868-72.
Charles P. Ferguson 1872-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
David W. Lafollette 1852-54.
Zachariah L. Garriot. 1854-56.
Joel Vandeveer 1856-57, resigned.
Zachariah L. Garriot
Appointed November 9, 1857-58.
Hamilton A. McRae 1858-59.
Benjamin L. Smith 1859-60.
John Batt 1860-62.
James A. Ghornitz 1862-66.
Isaac N. Caress 1866-67.
Thomas J. Jackson Appointed March 18, 1867.
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Robert J. Shaw 1868-70.
John McCarty 1870-72.
Charles L. Jewett 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
David Raymond December 21, 1816-October 13, 1817, resigned. Sec- ond circuit.
Davis Floyd Appointed October 13, 1817-December 18. 1823.
John F. Ross December 18, 1823; died in office in 1834.
John H. Thompson Appointed July 5, 1834-December 30, 1844.
William T. Otto December 30, 1844-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
George A. Bicknell October 12. 1852-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, took Harrison out of the Second and put it in the Third, over which Frank Emerson was then presiding.
Frank Emerson March 6, 1873-October 22, 1873.
Thomas C. Slaughter October 22, 1873; died in office January 28, 1879. The act of March 3, 1877, united Harrison and Crawford in the Third circuit.
George W. Denbo October 22, 1879-October 22, 1885.
Samuel Ramsey Appointed January 28, 1879-October 22, 1879.
William T. Zenor October 25, 1885; resigned, January 5, 1897, to go to Congress.
Robert S. Kirkham Appointed January 8, 1897-October 22, 1897.
Christ W. Cook October 22, 1897-October 22, 1909. The act of March 3, 1903, constituted Harrison, Crawford and Perry the Third, where they have since remained.
William Ridley October 22, 1909; term expires October 22, 1921.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Johu Kingsbury August 9, 1824-August 14, 1826. Second circuit.
Milton Stapp Auugst 14, 1826-December 30, 1826.
John Kingsbury December 30, 1826-December 30, 1828.
John H. Thompson December 30, 1828-December 30, 1832.
Isaac Howk December 30, 1832-June 5. 1833, died.
Charles Dewey Appointed June 5, 1833-June 4, 1836; transferred to Supreme court.
John W. Payne. Appointed June 4. 1836-December 12, 1840.
Theodore I. Barnett
December 12, 1840-July 13, 1842, resigned.
William A. Porter Appointed July 13, 1842-December 14. 1844.
Cyrus L. Dunham December 14, 1844-December 14, 1846.
George A. Bicknell. August 15, 1851-October 12, 1852.
Samuel W. Short October 12, 1852-March 8, 1854, resigned. Second circuit.
Patrick H. Jewett Appointed March S, 1854-November 19. 1856. Thomas M. Browne. November 19, 1856-November 7, 1858.
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Robert M. Weir November 7. 1858-November 7. 1860.
Ambrose B. Carlton November 7, 1860-November 7. 1862.
Thomas M. Browne. November 7, 1862-November 7. 1866.
Robert M. Weir November 7. 1866-November 24. 1870.
Robert J. Shaw
November 24. 1870-March 6. 1873. The act of March 6. 1873, took Harrison out of the Second and put it in the Third.
Alfred B. Collins Appointed March 15. 1873-October 22. 1873.
Samuel B. Voyles
October 22. 1873-March 10, 1877.
Fred L. Prow
Commission dated October 24. 1876, to serve two years from October 22, 1577. However. before his term began the act of March 3, 1877. placed Har- rison and Crawford in the Third circuit, and Prow. who lived in Washington county. became prosecu- tor of the Washington-Jackson cirenit. The Gov- ernor appointed William T. Zenor prosecutor of the Harrison-Crawford circuit.
William T. Zeuor Appointed March 10, 1877-November 17. 1882.
Major W. Funk November 17, 1882-November 17, 18S6.
George K. Gwartney November 17. 1886-November 17. 18SS.
Jerry L. Suddarth
November 17, 1888-November 17. 1890.
Christ Cook
November 17. 1890-November 17. 1894.
A. W. Funkhouser.
November 17. 1894-November 17. 1896.
Charles L. Fleishman
November 17. 1896-January 1. 1901. January 1. 1901-January 1. 1905.
The act of
March 3, 1903. constituted Harrison, Crawford and
Perry the Third, where they have since remained.
John W. Ewing
January 1, 1905-January 1, 1909.
Clyde R. Lottick
January 1. 1909-January 1. 1913.
Charles T. Brown January 1. 1913; term expires January 1, 1917.
John H. Luckett
HENDRICKS COUNTY.
Hendricks county was organized out of what was then a part of Wabash county, by an act of the Legislature, ap- proved December 20, 1823, which became effective on April 1, 1824. The county was named in honor of William Hen- dricks, then Governor of the state. According to the provi- sions of this act, the locating commissioners began to investi- gate several claims for the location of the county seat. Many localities were at work striving for the honor, among them the community near George Mattock's tavern, two miles east of Belleville, where a town had been laid out named Hills- boro. This site was rejected in favor of a location as near
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as possible to the geographical center of the county, and on the second Monday in July, 1824, the site of Danville was chosen. Four men, Daniel Beals, George Matlock, Robert Wilson and James Downard, being the owners of land in four sections having a common corner, each donated twenty acres touching the common corner for the benefit of the county seat, all of which was laid out into town lots. Thomas Hinton was appointed agent of the county, and on October 20, 1824, he placed on file a plat of the town of Danville. The lots were immediately put up at a public sale, and this continued for three days. An order was made by the commissioners for fifteen gallons of whiskey to assist the purchasers to make their selection. Samuel Herriman, the coroner, was the dis- tributor on this occasion. The price paid for the lots ranged from three to one hundred and fifteen dollars. The latter price was given by Mr. Hulse for the lot on the northeast corner of Main and Washington streets. The lot on the south- west corner brought the next highest price.
The first term of Circuit court in Hendricks county was held at the house of William Ballard, October 25, 1824, with William W. Wick as President Judge and Nathan Kirk and James Downard as Associate Judges. Hervey Gregg was the first prosecuting attorney. The court house was completed and first term of court held in Danville in April, 1826. The building was constructed of peeled hickory logs at a cost of one hundred and forty-seven dollars.
James M. Gregg, one of the first attorneys in Hendricks county, was born in 1806 in Virginia and came to Hendricks county in 1830. He was employed for a time as a deputy in the county clerk's office and later served as county surveyor and as county clerk. Gregg represented the Sixth Indiana district in Congress from 1857 to 1859 and was in the lower House of the General Assembly during the session of 1863.
Simon T. Hadley, another of the earliest attorneys of Hen- dricks county, was born in 1801 in North Carolina. In 1826 he located at Danville. He served as clerk and recorder of the county for seven years and as recorder alone for twenty- two years. For many years he was president of the First National Bank of Danville.
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Christian C. Nave, who was a native of Tennessee, born in 1803, settled in Danville in 1831, after having made the journey north on horseback, arriving in the county seat with a few articles of wearing apparel in his saddle-bag, a copy of Blackstone's "Commentaries," a pistol and five dollars in money. During the Mexican War, he was colonel of the Third Indiana Regiment. He died at Danville in 1884.
Leander M. Campbell, a Kentuckian by birth, who was ad- mitted to the Hendricks county bar in 1854, became one of the ablest attorneys in this section of the state. Peter S. Kennedy, another Kentuckian and a contemporary of Lean- der M. Campbell, practiced law at Danville for many years. In 1865 he moved to Crawfordsville, where he spent the re- mainder of his life.
Jesse S. Ogden, a native of Virginia, who arrived in Dan- ville in November, 1858, attended the old Danville Academy and at the breaking out of the Civil War enlisted in the Seventh Indiana Infantry. Having been wounded in action, he returned to Danville, was elected recorder in the county and spent his idle hours in reading law. He was admitted to practice in 1866 and in 1870 was elected prosecuting attorney. From 1869 until his death on February 20, 1897, Mr. Ogden was in partnership in the practice of law with Judge John V. Hadley.
Among the well-known men of Indiana and other states, who received their early training at the Danville bar, there may be mentioned, Solomon Blair, William Irvin, Joshua G. Adams, Newton M. Taylor and Richard B. Blake. Blair, Irvin, Adams and Taylor afterward were Judges of the va- rious courts in Marion county. Richard B. Blake served on the Superior bench in the city of Spokane, Washington, for a number of years. Enoch G. Hogate, the present dean of the law school of Indiana University, is a native of this county and a former member of the Hendricks county bar.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Nathan Kirk July 26, 1824; removed from county, July, 1827.
James Downard
July 26, 1824.
Samuel Jessup August 16. 1827 (special election), vice Nathan Kirk, removed; resigned.
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Samuel Jessup September S. 1830, to serve seven years from July 26. 1831.
Elijah Anderson September 8, 1830, to serve seven years from July 26, 1831.
Thomas Lockhart February 16, 1832 (special election), vice Samuel Jessup, resigned; resigned July 12, 1834.
Gideon Wilson August 16, 1834 (special election), vice Thomas Lockhart, resigned, to serve seven years from July 26, 1831.
Gideon Wilson August 16, 1837, to serve seven years from July 26, 1838; resigned, August, 1842.
James McCoun August 16, 1837, to serve seven years from July 26, 1838.
William Naylor September 29, 1842 (special election), vice Gideon Wilson. resigned, to serve seven years from July 26, 1838: removed from county, 1838.
James McCoun August 21, 1844, to serve seven years from July 26. 1845; resigned, April 1, 1851.
James Greene August 21, 1844, to serve seven years from July 26, 1845; resigned, September 26, 1850.
Ennis Dodd August 21, 1844, to serve from July 26. 1838, vice William Naylor, removed from county.
William Tomlinson December 11, 1850, to serve seven years from July 26, 1845, vice James Greene, resigned.
Jonathan Cope August 25, 1851, to serve until July 26, 1852.
Peter Curtis August 25, 1851, to serve until July 26, 1852.
PROBATE JUDGES.
William H. Henton August 14, 1829.
Samuel Jessup December 24, 1831, appointed in place of William H. Henton, removed.
Samuel Jessup August 13, 1832, resigned, June, 1835.
Henry H. Marvin September 24, 1835 (special election).
James McClure August 9, 1839.
Abram Bland August 16, 1843.
Abram Bland August 20, 1850.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
John Cowgill 1852-60. John Coburn 1860-61, resigned.
Charles A. Ray Appointed September 30, 1861; resigned Decem- ber 7, 1864.
Solomon Blair Appointed December 13. 1864-71, resigned.
Livingston Howland Appointed February 25, 1871-October 24, 1872.
William Irwin
1872-73.
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DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Addison Dagy 1852-54.
Leander M. Campbell _1854-56.
James A. Crawley 1856-58.
R. H. Litson 1858-60.
John C. Buffkin 1860-64.
William W. Woollen 1864-68.
William Irwin
1868-70.
David V. Burns
1870-72.
Robert E. Smith 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
William W. Wick April 1, 1824-January 20, 1825, resigned. Fifth
circuit.
Bethuel F. Morris Appointed January 20, 1825-August 2, 1839, re- signed.
James Morrison Appointed August 2, 1839-August 15, 1842.
William Quarles August 15, 1842; returned commission September 28, 1842.
Stepben Major Appointed September 28, 1842; declined to accept.
Fabius M. Finch Appointed October 6, 1842-December 16, 1842, re- signed.
William J. Peaslee Appointed December 16. 1842-September 17, 1849, resigned.
William W. Wiek Appointed September 17, 1849-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
William W. Wiek October 12, 1852-January 12, 1854. Fifth circuit.
Stephen Major January 12, 1854; resigned, September 5, 1859.
William W. Wick Appointed September 5, 1859-October 24, 1859.
Fabius M. Finch October 24, 1859-October 27, 1865.
John Coburn October 27, 1865-September 24, 1866.
Jolın T. Dye. September 24, 1866-November 3, 1866.
Cyrus C. Hines November 3, 1866-November 5, 1870.
John S. Tarkington
November 5, 1870-October 21, 1872.
Livingston Howland
October 21. 1872-December 28, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, put Hendricks in the Nineteenth and transferred Howland from the Fifth to the Nineteenth.
Jacob B. Julian. December 28, 1876-October 14, 1878.
Joshua G. Adams October 14, 1878-October 14, 1884.
Alexander C. Ayers. October 14, 1884; resigned January 11, 1SS8.
Thomas L. Sullivan Appointed January 11, 1888-November 15, 1888.
John V. Hadley November 15, 18SS-resigned December 30, 1898.
The act of February 28, 1889, made Hendricks the sole county in the newly created Fifty-fifth, where
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it has since remained, and transferred Hadley to the new circuit.
Thomas J. Cofer
James L. Clark
Appointed December 30, 1898-November 15, 1906. November 15, 1906-November 16, 1912.
George W. Brill. November 16, 1912; term expires November 16, 1918.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Harvey Gregg August 9, 1824-August 9, 1825. Fifth circuit.
Calvin Fletcher August 9, 1825-August 14, 1826.
James Whitcomb
August 14, 1826-Jannary 14, 1829.
W. W. Wick
January 14, 1829-December 15, 1830, resigned.
Phillip Sweetzer December 15, 1830-March 10, 1831, resigned.
Hiram Brown Appointed March 10, 1831-December 12, 1831.
Harvey Gregg December 12, 1831-April 11, 1833.
William Herod
Appointed April 11, 1833-December 9, 1836.
William Quarles December 9, 1836-April 13, 1839, resigned.
William J. Peaslee. Appointed April 13, 1839-January 20, 1841, re- signed.
Hugh O'Neal January 20, 1841-January 29, 1843.
Abram A. Hammond January 29, 1843-January 29, 1847.
Edward Lander January 20, 1847-January 29, 1849.
David S. Gooding August 27, 1851-October 12, 1852.
Renben A. Riley October 12, 1852-October 27, 1854.
Dewitt C. Chapman October 27, 1854-November 2, 1856.
Peter S. Kennedy
November 2, 1856-November 2, 1858.
William P. Fishback
November 2 1858-October 5, 1862, resigned.
William W. Leathers October 5, 1862-December 27, 1865.
Joseph S. Miller. December 27, 1865-April 12, 1867.
John V. Hadley. Appointed April 12, 1867-November 3, 1868.
Daniel W. Howe. November 3, 1868-August 26, 1869, resigned
Jesse S. Ogden
Appointed Angust 26. 1869-October 21, 1872.
Thomas 1. Cofer
October 21, 1872-October 26. 1874. The act of March 6, 1873, put Hendricks in the Nineteenth, and transferred Cofer from the Fifth to the Nine- teenth.
John Denton October 26. 1874-October 26, 1876.
Joshua G. Adams
October 26, 1876-October 26, 1878.
Richard B. Blake
October 26, 1878-October 26, 1880.
Newton M. Taylor.
October 26. 1880-November 17, 1882.
William T. Brown
November 17, 1882-November 17, 1884.
William N. Harding
November 17, 1884-November 17, 1886.
James L. Mitchell November 17, 1886-February 28, 1889. The act of February 28, 1889, made Hendricks the sole county in the newly created Fifty-fifth, where it has since remained.
Thaddeus S. Adams. November 17, 1800-November 17, 1892.
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Daniel F. Hill
November 17, 1892-November 17, 1894.
Otis E. Gulley
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