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John C. McNutt, of Martinsville, who is the nephew of the late Cyrus F. McNutt, of Terre Haute, served as prose- cuting attorney from 1888 till 1892 and as state law librarian from 1893 to 1898. Afterward he moved to Martinsville, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until April, 1916, when Governor Ralston appointed him to a seat on the Appellate bench to succeed Judge Joseph H. Shea who had re- signed to accept an appointment as Minister to Chili. Judge McNutt was nominated at the Democratic convention in April, 1916, for a place on the Appellate bench and his appointment to the vacancy on the resignation of Judge Shea immediately followed the convention.
John V. Oliver, a native of Johnson county, was a student at Franklin College, and in 1897 became the junior member of the firm of Overstreet & Oliver. He died April 27, 1900.
Jesse Overstreet, the son of G. M. Overstreet, Sr., was born in Franklin, December 14, 1859. He graduated from Franklin College in 1882. He was Deputy United States Mar- shal under President Harrison and practiced law with his father until his election to Congress from the Fifth district in 1894. After his election in 1896 from the Seventh district, composed of Marion and Johnson counties, he moved to In- dianapolis. He continued to serve as a member of Congress until 1909. He served as chairman of the committee on post- offices, and during 1909 and 1910 was a member of the na- tional monetary commission and the author of the gold stand- ard act passed by Congress in 1910. He died on June 3, 1910.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES
Israel Watts. May 2, 1823.
Daniel Boaz
May 2, 1823.
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Daniel Poaz August 15, 1829, to serve seven years from May 2, 1830.
James Smoek
August 15, 1829, to serve seven years from May 2,
1830; died June, 1830.
William Keaton
September 8, 1830 (special election), to serve
seven years from May 2, 1830; resigned June, 1834.
James R. Alexander .August 22, 1834 (special election), to serve seven years from May 2, 1830, vice William Keaton, re- signed.
James R. Alexander August 16, 1836, to serve seven years from May 2, 1837; removed from couuty September, 1842.
Robert Moore August 16, 1836, to serve seven years from May 2, 1837.
James Fletcher. November 30, 1842 (special election), to serve seven years from May 2, 1837, vice James R. Alex- ander, removed. John R. Carver August 15, 1843, to serve seven years from May 2, 1844.
James Fletcher
August 15, 1843. to serve seven years from May 2,
John Wilson.
1844: died October, 1844.
David McAlpin August 20, 1850 ,to serve seven years from May 2, 1851.
John Wilson. August 20, 1850 ,to serve seven years from May 2, 1851.
PROBATE JUDGES.
John Smiley
August 15, 1829.
Israel Watts September 8, 1830.
John Smiley August 22, 1837.
Bartholomew
Applegate
August 20, 1844.
Peter Voris
August 16, 1851.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Franklin Hardin
1852-60.
George A. Buskirk
1860-64
Oliver J. Glessner
1864-68.
Thomas W. Woollen
1864-70, resigned.
Richard L. Coffey
Appointed October 15, 1870-73.
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Samuel P. Oyler
1852-54.
Squire A. W. Garrett __ 1854-55.
Jonathan H. Williams_1855-59, resigned.
David D. Bauta
1859-60.
Stephen Thresher
1860-61. resigned.
James Harrison
Appointed January 7, 1861-62.
David D. Banta
1862-64.
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Kendall M. Hord 1864-66.
Francis M. Conner 1866-68.
James A. Reeves 1868-69, resigned.
William C. Sandifer Appointed May 24, 1869-70.
George W. Workman 1870-72, died in office.
James A. Jordan
Appointed August 21, 1872.
Charles W. Snow 1872-73.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
William W. Wick May 5, 1823-January 20, 1825, resigned to become secretary of state. Fifth circuit.
Bethnel F. Morris. Appointed January 20, 1825-December 4, 1834, re- signed.
William W. Wick Appointed December 4, 1834-August 2, 1839, re- signed.
James Morrison Appointed August 2, 1839-August 15, 1842.
William Quarles August 15, 1842; returned commission September 28, 1842.
Stephen Major. Appointed September 28. 1842: declined to accept.
Fabius M. Finch Appointed October 6, 1852-December 16, 1842.
William J. Peaslee December 16, 1842-September 17. 1849. resigned.
William W. Wick Appointed September 17. 1849-October 12, 1852.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
William W. Wick 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; resigned to go to congress.
John T. Dye
Cyrus C. Hines
Appointed September 24, 1866-November 3, 1866. November 3, 1866-May 5, 1869. The act of May 5, 1869, put Johnson in the Twenty-eighth. Hines was transferred to the Fifth, composed of Marion and Hendricks, with the act of April 29, 1869.
Andrew L. Robinson Appointed May 18, 1869-August 25, 1869.
Samuel P. Oyler
August 25, 1869-August 24, 1870.
David D. Banta August 24, 1870-October 24, 1876. The act of March 6, 1873, put Johnson in the Sixteenth, with Shelby, and transferred Banta from the Twenty- eighth to the Sixteenth.
Kendall Moss Hord October 24. 1876-November 16. 1888.
Leonard J. Hackney November 16, 18SS; resigned January 2, 1893, to become a member of the supreme court.
William A. Johnson Appointed January 2, 1893-November 13. 1894. William J. Buckingham_November 13, 1894-November 13, 1906. The act of February 28, 1899, put Johnson and Brown in the
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Eighth, where they have since remained. At the same time Buckingham was transferred to the Eighth.
William E. Deupree. .November 13, 1906; term expires November 13. 1918.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Harvey Gregg Angust 9, 1824-August 9, 1825. Fifth circuit.
Calvin Fletcher. August 9, 1825-August 14, 1826.
James Whitcomb August 14, 1826-January 14, 1829.
William 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
April 11, 1833-December 9, 1836.
William Quarles
December 9, 1836-April 13. 1839, resigued.
William J. Peaslee
April 13, 1839-Jannary 29, 1841.
Ilugh O'Neal
January 29, 1841-January 29, 1843.
Abram A. Hammond
January 29, 1843-January 29, 1847.
Edward Lander
January 28, 1847-January 29, 1849.
David S. Gooding
August 27. 1851-October 12, 1852.
Reuben A. Riley
October 12, 1852-October 27, 1854. Fifth circuit.
DeWitt C. Chipman
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.
Appointed October 5, 1862-December 27, 1865.
Joseph S. Miller.
December 27, 1865-April 12, 1867.
John V. Hadley.
April 12. 1867-November 3, 186S.
Daniel W. Howe
November 3. 1868-May 5, 1869. The act of May 5, 1869, put Johnson in the Twenty-eighth, and pro- vided that Howe should be transferred to the Twenty-eighth in August of the same year.
William P. Hargrave Appointed May 18, 1869-August 23. 1869.
Daniel W. Howe. August 23, 1869-October 24, 1870.
Nathaniel T. Carr.
October 24, 1870-June 25, 1872. resigned.
John W. Morgan
Appointed June 25, 1872-March 6, 1873. The act of March 6, 1873, put Johnson in the Sixteenth.
Kendall M. Hord
Appointed March, 1873-July 16. 1874, resigned.
W. Scott Ray
Appointed July 16. 1874-October 24, 1878.
Leonard J. Hackney
October 24, 1878-October 25, 1880.
Jacob L. White
October 25, 1880-November 17, 1882.
Frederick S. Staff
November 17. 1882-November 17. 1886.
Peter M. Dill. November 17, 1866-November 17, 1888.
John C. MeNntt. November 17. 1888-November 17, 1892.
Thomas H. Campbell. _November 17, 1892-November 17, 1896.
Alonzo Blair November 17, 1896-February 28, 1899. The act of February 28, 1899, put Johnson and Brown in the Eighth, where they have since remained.
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Elmer E. Roland
February 28, 1899-October 22, 1899.
Fremont Miller October 22. 1899-January 1, 1906.
Thomas Williams January 1, 1906-January 1, 1908.
Henry E. White January 1, 1908-January 1, 1914.
John P. Wright January 1, 1914; term expires January 1, 1918.
KNOX COUNTY.
Knox is the oldest county in Indiana. Vincennes, its county seat, was an old town when George Washington was inaugu- rated President in 1789. In fact, the best evidence indicates that Vincennes was established in 1732, the same year Wash- ington was born. Knox county was organized on June 30, 1790, by Winthrop Sargent, the Secretary of the Northwest Territory. At that time the county included practically all of the present state of Indiana, half of Michigan, all of Illi- nois and Wisconsin, and about one-third of Minnesota. There was no question at that time but that Vincennes should be the county seat, since it was the only town of any size within the territory in question. Knox was the only county in In- diana territory until 1801, when Clark county was organized. As new counties were organized, Knox was decreased in its limits until it was given its present boundaries with the or- ganization of Sullivan county, December 30, 1816.
It is impossible within the limit of this article to give a complete resume of the territorial courts of Knox county and only a brief summary of these courts can be given in this con- nection. A full discussion of the territorial courts is found in chapter II. The French founded Vincennes and remained in undisputed possession of the city and most of the Northwest Territory until 1763, when the treaty of Paris deprived France of all the territory which that nation held on the continent of America. Under the dominion of the French, there were no courts in Vincennes and, as far as is known, no courts were maintained in the French possessions in the United States. Such affairs as might find their way into court were adjudi- cated by the commandants at Vincennes. It is true that the Northwest Territory was nominally a possession of England after the close of the French and Indian War in 1763, but, as a matter of fact, it exercised only a nominal jurisdiction over
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its inhabitants during the sixteen years it was under British control. England made no attempt to establish a form of gov- ernment for the territory, later known as the Northwest Ter- ritory, and it was not until after the conquest of George Rogers Clark in 1779 that steps were taken toward providing a definite form of government for the territory. In 1779 Vir- ginia, which claimed jurisdiction over most of the territory north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, passed an act providing for a definite form of government. The head of the government was John Todd, who was appointed by the Governor of Virginia as "Lieutenant of the Country and Com- mander-in-Chief." Todd at once proceeded to Vincennes and issued a proclamation in which he set forth the powers dele- gated to him by the Legislature of Virginia.
In June, 1779, Todd organized the first court which ever existed within the limits of the present state of Indiana. It bore the title of "A Court for the District of Post Vincennes." This court, which possessed both civil and criminal jurisdic- tion, was presided over by four Judges, appointees of Todd : F. Busseron, L. E. Doline, Pierre Gamelin and Pierre Queray. This court had charge of all court matters until the Ordinance of 1787 became operative.
The Ordinance of 1787, passed by the Continental Con- gress on the 13th of July, of that year, provided for a definite form of government for the "Territory Northwest of the River Ohio." Gen. Arthur St. Clair was appointed Governor of the newly organized territory and he proceeded at once to establish a semblance of government. Between 1787 and 1790 he organized three counties within the present state of Ohio. In the spring of 1790 Governor St. Clair sent his Secretary, Winthrop Sargent, to organize a county with Vincennes as the county seat. Pursuant to his instructions from the Gov- ernor, Secretary Sargent proceeded to Vincennes and on June 20th, as before stated, he formally established the county of Knox, naming it in honor of Gen. Henry Knox, who was then Secretary of War under President Washington.
With the establishment of the county, it was necessary to provide for some form of court and Sargent established what was known as the "General Quarter Sessions of the Peace."
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This court held its first session at the house of John Small in Vincennes on July 4, 1790. This was the first court estab- lished within the present limits of Indiana. Strange as it may seem, this court, with its meager amount of business to han- dle, was presided over by five Judges: Antoine Gamelin, Paul Gamelin, Francois Busseron, James Johnson and Luke Deck- er. Samuel Baird was clerk of the court and John Small was the sheriff. This court maintained regular sessions until In- diana territory was created in 1800.
In addition to the court just mentioned, there was organ- ized in 1795 a court of "Oyer and Terminer, and General Jail Delivery and Nisi Prius." This court held its first session in October, 1795, at Vincennes and was presided over by John Cleves Symmes, the senior Judge of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio. There was a very small amount of business transacted by this first session and, as far as the local records disclose, this first session was also the last one.
The next step in the history of the Knox county courts opens in 1800. On May 7th of that year, the Northwest Ter- ritory was divided by a line drawn from the mouth of the Kentucky river to Ft. Recovery and thence due north. All that part of the Northwest Territory west of this line was called Indiana Territory and that remaining on the eastern side retained the old name of the Northwest Territory. The federal act organizing Indiana Territory provided for a new set of Judges and new kind of courts. At that time there were only three counties in Indiana Territory-Knox, St. Clair and Randolph-the last two being in the southwestern part of what is now Illinois. Knox county comprised prac- tically all of Indiana, half of Michigan and more than half of the present states of Illinois and Wisconsin.
As soon as Indiana Territory was organized in 1800, Pres- ident Adams appointed Henry Vanderburgh, William Clark and John Griffin, Judges of the territory. According to the fed- eral statute, two courts were provided for the territory. The so-called General court exercised jurisdiction throughout the whole territory, while the Common Pleas court was restricted in its jurisdiction to the county where it was organized. The latter court exercised civil and criminal jurisdiction, and also
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had charge of all probate matters. These two courts were in existence during the sixteen years Indiana was a territory, the Federal Judges having charge of the General court and the Associate Judges presiding over the Common Pleas courts in the respective counties. It is interesting to note in this con- nection that Henry Hurst was clerk of both these courts for Knox county during the sixteen years they were in existence.
With the adoption of the Constitution of 1816 a new sys- tem of courts was established, although it should be mentioned that Circuit courts had really been established two years prior to that time. The Territorial Legislature in 1814 es- tablished what it called a Circuit court and Knox county pro- ceeded at once to organize a court based upon this statute. It held its first session at Vincennes, May 9, 1814, but, owing to the fact that there was no President Judge, Associate Judges or prosecutor present, no business was transacted. When the court met in August, 1814, the President Judge again failed to put in appearance and it was again necessary to adjourn the court. The first term of this court in which any business was transacted was held March 16, 1815, when Isaac Blackford appeared as President Judge and Daniel Sul- livan and James B. McCall as Associate Judges.
TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY.
July 4, 1800 Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions and Justices of the Court of Common Pleas : James Johnston, Luke Decker, Abel Westfall, Au- toive Marechall (or Marechal), Jonathan Purcell, Abraham Huff, Marston G. Clark, Johu Noble Woods.
July 28, 1800
Judge of Probate: Henry Vanderburgh.
November 5, 1800
Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions and Justices of the Court of Common Pleas: Ben- jamin Beckes and Ephraim Jordan.
Judge of Probate: Abraham Westfall.
January 14, 1801
February 3, 1801
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and Jus- tices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions : James Johnston, Luke Decker, Abel Westfall. An- toine Marechall (or Marechal), Benjamin Beckes and Ephraim Jordan.
February 3, 1801 Justices of the Court of Quarter Sessions: Pierre Gamelin and Jonathan Purcell.
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August 3, 1801 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Pierre Gamelin.
August 3, 1801 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions : John
Ochiltree.
August 29, 1801 Justice of the peace: William Wells and William Burnett.
December 26, 1801 Justice of the peace: David Robb.
February 3, 1802 Ephraim Jordan resigned as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Justice of the Court of General Quarter Sessions.
March 10, 1802 Justice of the peace: John Kinsey.
February 2, 1803. Judge of the General Quarter Sessions and of the Court of Common Pleas: George Leech, vice Ben- jamin Beckes, resigned.
November 1, 1803. Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions and Judges of the Court of Common Pleas: George Wallace, Jr., and Peter Jones.
June 1, 1804 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions: Jacob Hardin.
Setember 22, 1804 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions and Judge of the Common Pleas: Daniel Mcclure.
June 4, 1805. Justice of the peace: George Hobiu.
August 8, 1805 Justice of the peace: Jonathan Antointy (or Anthony).
September 4, 1805 Justice of the General Quarter Sessions: William V. Moorman.
September 24, 1805 Justices of the peace: Isaac White and William Prince.
November 5, 1805 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas: Elihu Stout and William V. Moorman.
December 31, 1805 Judge of the Common Pleas: James Johnson, Luke Decker and George Leech.
March 15, 1806 Justice of the peace: Robert Gill.
April 11, 1806
Justice of the peace : Robert M. Evans.
July 15, 1806. Justice of the peace: Abraham Lander.
August 15, 1806. Justice of the Peace : Wilson Montgomery.
January 30, 1807 Justice of the peace:
Israel MeGready.
February 19, 1807. Justices of the peace :
Walter Wilson and
May 2, 1807. Justice of the peace :
John Shively. Jabez Jones.
May 25, 1807 Justice of the peace :
July 1, 1807. Justice of the peace:
August 5, 1807 Justice of the peace :
Henry Brinton.
August 24, 1807 Justice of the peace :
Jonathan Taylor.
March 16, 1808 Justice of the peace :
Paul Casselberry.
May 24, 1808 Justice of the peace: Robert Warfth.
July 14, 1808 Justice of the peace :
George Robinson.
August 17, 1808 Justice of the peace: Daniel Grass.
Jacob Winemiller.
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September 24, 1808 Justice of the peace: William Jones.
November 28, 1808 Justices of the peace: Benjamin D. Price and William Polke.
March 16, 1809 Justice of the peace: Aeneas McAllister.
March 30, 1809
Justice of the peace: William McCormick.
April 7, 1809.
Justice of the peace: Abraham Kuykendall.
February 9, 1810 Justices of the peace: General W. Johnson and Isaac Montgomery.
April 5, 1810 Justice of the peace : John McDonald.
April 13, 1810
Justice of the peace:
William Prince.
May 2, 1810.
Justice of the peace : Samuel Gill.
Juue 21, 1810 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Daniel
MeClure, vice George Leech, resigned.
June 26, 1810 Justice of the peace: William Carruthers.
July 14, 1810
Justice of the peace:
General W. Johnston.
August 1, 1810
Justice of the peace :
Joseph Kennedy.
December 14, 1810
Justice of the peace :
Jacob Warrick.
January 1, 1811 Justice of the peace:
John Johnson.
January 7, 1811 Prosecuting attorney :
Thomas Randolph.
March 4, 1811 Justice of the peace :
John Wallace.
March 7, 1811 Justice of the peace :
William Flint.
March 15, 1811
Justice of the peace:
William Gamble.
April 30, 1811
Justice of the peace:
Squire Patterson.
July 16, 1811 Justices of the peace: James Black and Charles
Carson.
December 3, 1811 Justice of the peace: James Smith.
March 28, 1812.
Justice of the peace: Daniel Sullivan.
April 27, 1812 Justices of the peace : Aaron Young and Wyatt Anderson.
November 22, 1812 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Abel West- fall.
March 3, 1813 Justice of the peace: John McMadden.
April 16, 1813 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Benjamin
Beckes, vice James Johnson, resigned.
August 7, 1813 Prosecuting attorney : William Prince.
January 7, 1814 Judges of the Circuit court: Luke Decker, first Judge; Abel Westfall, second Judge; Benjamin V. Beckes, third Judge.
April 16, 1814 Justice of the peace: John B. Drennen.
September 15, 1814 Associate Judges of the Circuit court: Daniel Sullivan, first associate; James B. McCall, second associate.
November 22, 1814 Justice of the peace : Samuel Chambers.
February 8, 1815. Justice of the peace : Frederick Graeter.
March 22, 1815. Justice of the peace : Jesse Hollowell.
June 1, 1815
Justice of the peace: Samuel Cobb.
June 17, 1815
Justice of the peace : William H. Routt.
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December 16, 1815. Associate Judge of the Circuit court: William Polk.
March 7, 1816 Justices of the peace: William Turner and Ben- jamin B. Kercheval.
March 23, 1816 Justice of the peace: Samuel Perry.
April 13, 1816.
Justice of the peace: Joseph Letchan.
May 18, 1816 Justice of the peace: Frederick Shultz.
September 7, 1816. Associate Judges of the Circuit court: John Ewing and Daniel Sullivan.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
William B. McCall. February 24, 117; resigned, 1819.
William Carrothers
February 24, 1817.
John Ewing August 1, 1818.
John B. Drennin April 10, 1819, vice William B. McCall, resigned ; resigned, February, 1820.
Henry Ruble April 27, 1820.
Mark Barnett April 27, 1820.
William S. Colman
September 25, 1821; died, December, 1822.
Edghill Burnside December 25, 1822.
William Polke February 26, 1823, vice William S. Colman, de- ceased.
Henry Ruble December 4, 1823; resigned, Jauuary, 1829. -
John Moore December 4, 1823.
Richard P. Price March 27, 1829 (special election), March 8, 1829. vice Henry Ruble (resigned), to serve seven years from December 4, 1823. Richard P. Price died, March, 1834.
Richard P. Price September 8, 1830, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1831.
John Moore September 8. 1830, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1831.
Joseph Chambers May 13, 1834, to serve seven years from February 24, 1831, vice Richard P. Price, deceased.
Robert N. Carnaan August 11, 1837, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1838; resigned, 1839.
John Barkman August 11, 1837, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1838; resigned.
Thomas Bishop August 13, 1839, vice Robert N. Carnaan, resigned.
Andrew Berry August 8, 1842, to serve seven years from February 24, 1838, vice John Barkman, resigned.
Charles Polke August 21. 1844, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1835.
Thomas Bishop August 21. 1844, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1845; died, September, 1845.
Archibald Simpson November 13, 1845 (special election), to serve seven years from February 24, 1845, vice Thomas Bishop, deceased.
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Robert N. Johnson August 23. 1851, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24. 1852.
Frederick I. Myers. August 23, 1851, to serve seven years from Feb- ruary 24, 1852.
PROBATE JUDGES.
William Polke August 13, 1829.
George W. Ewing April 19, 1831, appointed vice William Polke, re- signed.
George W. Ewing. August 13, 1831; resigned, October 6, 1835.
Abner T. Ellis October 19, 1835, appointed to serve until first Monday In August, 1836.
Abner T. Ellis August 9, 1836; resigned, October, 1838.
Benjamin M. Thomas. October 5, 1838, vice Abner T. Ellis, resigned.
Robert N. Carnaan November 9, 1838.
George R. Gibson
August 13, 1839.
Robt. F. McConaughey_July 28, 1841, vice George R. Gibson, resigned.
Robt, F. McConaughey_August 9, 1841; died, September, 1841.
John H. Harrison October 8, 1841, vice Robert F. McConaughey, de- ceased.
James Thom August 8, 1842.
Clark Willis August 24, 1849.
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
R. A. Clements, Sr. 1852-66, resigned.
James C. Denny Appointed May 21, 1866-November 12, 1866.
R. A. Clements, Sr 866-67.
W. Ray Gardiner Commission issued October 22, 1867; declined to
accept.
James T. Pierce 1867-73
DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
James H. McConnell 1852-54.
Clark M. Anthony 1854-55, resigned.
Henry S. Cauthorn Appointed July 2, 1855-56, resigned.
J. W. Burton Appointed March 29, 1856.
William H. Donahey 1856-58.
Oliver T. Baird 1858-60, resigned.
Noah S. Givan Appointed March 27, 1860-62.
James T. Pierce
1862-66.
Samuel H. Taylor
IS66-70.
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