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On the 31st of December, 1864, there was prepared in the office of the acting-assistant provost-marshal general, the follow- ing tabular statement for Daviess County:
TOWNSHIPS.
First Enrollment.
Quota Under Call of
February 1, 1864.
Quota Under Call of
Quota Under Call of
Total of Quotas and
Deficiencies.
craits.
New Re-
Veterans.
Credits by Draft.
Total Credits by En-
listment and Draft.
For One Year.
For Three Years.
Surplus.
Washington
626
93
37
106
236
150
66
21
237
30
207
1
Veal
105
15
6
18
39
49
39
30
69
33
36
1
Barr
280
43
17
44
104
80
24
104
37
67
Van Buren
105
16
6
17
39
24
8
8
40
11
29
1
Madison.
147
22
9
25
56
34
2
23
59
29
30
3
Elmore.
105
17
7
17
41
29
12
41
18
23
Steele
131
19
8
22
49
31
20
51
29
22
2
Bogard
92
15
6
15
36
24
13
37
15
22
1
Harrison
119
19
8
20
47
37
2
9
48
14
84
1
Totals.
1880
287
115
316
715
497
78
160
735
216
519
20
49
49
10
Reeve
170
28
11
29
68
March 14, 1864.
July 18, 1864.
Credits by Voluntary Enlistm'ts.
.
The veterans re-enlisting remained with their regiments, and the new recruits and drafted men, instead of going into new com- panies, were sent as recruits to the older organizations in the field. Owing to this fact, it is impossible to trace the where-
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abouts of all men from this county. No record seems to have been kept of the drafts in September, 1864, and March, 1865. The above table shows all that is known of the first-that of Sep- tember, 1864. Under the heavy call of July, 1864, the county made but little effort to meet her quota, aside from the offers of special bounties, but quietly awaited the action of the following conscript board: James W. Wartman, provost-marshal; Nathan- iel Usher, commissioner; William G. Ralston, surgeon. The draft did not take place in the county, a much better course than that of 1862, as riots were avoided. Under the call of December 19, 1864, the last of the war, for 300,000 men, the action in the county was at first heavy and slow, as people preferred to wait. The offer of the county board of a bounty of $400 in February, 1865, met with acceptance from nearly the requisite number of men, so that the draft which fell upon most counties in February and March, 1865, was almost wholly avoided in Daviess. The following table was officially prepared April 14, 1865, at which time all efforts to raise men for the war were abandoned:
TOWNSHIPS.
Second Enrollment.
Quota Under Call of
December 19, 1864.
Surplus, December
Total of Quota and
Deficiencies.
cruits.
Veterans.
Credits hy Draft.
Total of Credits by
Enlistm't and Draft.
One Year.
Two Years.
Three Years.
Deficiency.
Surplus.
Washington
24
24
21
1
6
28
23
5
4
Veal.
105
1
1
1
1
2
Reeve
43
9
9
4
1
5
5
4
Barr
151
24
24
19
6
25
24
1
1
Van Buren
84
10
10
10
10
10
Madison.
81
14
14
8
2
10
10
4
Elmore
29
5
5
2
1
3
3
2
Steele
38
9
9
5
2
2
Bogard
59
9
9
6
6
6
3
Harrison
92
12
12
11
11
11
1
1
Totals
1069
106
1
116
87
1
18
106
100
1
6
16
7
COMPANIES OF " MINUTE MEN."
In July, 1863, during the invasion of Indiana, by the rebel Gen. Morgan, three companies of Daviess County men were raised and mustered into the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regi- ment-"Minute Men." They, with their officers, were as follows: Company B-M. R. Maher, captain: S. R. McCormick, first
1
Credits by Voluntary Enlistm'ts.
19, 1864.
New Re-
ยท
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lieutenant; J. E. Redmond, second lieutenant. Company C- John S. Canfield, captain; John H. Seay, first lieutenant. Com- pany F-William F. Wood, captain; B. N. Helpenstine, first lieutenant. Of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regim ent, George W. Burge, of this county was colonel; Jacob Covert, lieu- tenant-colonel, and Wood Meredith, assistant surgeon. The regi- ment was organized July 10, 1863, and contained 526 men. It was assigned to Gen. Hughes' Brigade, and moved from Mitchell to North Vernon, which place it held against the enemy. It then moved to Sunman's Station, and thence to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out July 16, 1863.
COMPANIES OF THE "LEGION."
The county furnished several companies for the "Indiana Legion." The following are the names of the companies, date of muster, and the names of the officers. "Washington Union Guards," mustered June 20, 1861; F. P. Bradley, captain; J. N. Martin, first lieutenant; W. H. Ray, second lieutenant. "Union Guards," mustered June 25, 1861; J. A. Dale, captain; W. T. Maher, first lieutenant; E. W. Thompson, second lieutenant. " Western Guards," mustered October 30, 1861; W. F. Wood, captain; Nelson Barker, first lieutenant; B. N. Helpenstine, sec- ond lieutenant. "Daviess County Rangers," mustered October 14, 1861; Elisha Perkins, captain; Peter Henry, first lieutenant; Moses Sefrit, second lieutenant. "Clark's Prairie Guards," mustered October 30, 1861; Z. V. Garten, captain; John C. Ball, first lieutenant; Joseph Smith, second lieutenant. " Relief Guards," mustered October 14, 1861; John S. Mitchell, captain ; William Wilson, first lieutenant; James Arthur, second lieuten- ant. "Union Guards of Harrison Township," mustered August 22, 1863, J. S. Mitchell, captain; G. W. Glover, first lieutenant; Nelson Jackson, second lieutenant. "Morton Cavalry," muste red August 22, 1863, J. L. Moore, captain; W. W. Pate, first lieuten- ant; Starling Simms, second lieutenant. "Barr Township Cav- alry," mustered August 26, 1863; John W. Buzan, captain; Albe rt Perkins, first lieutenant; F. P. McDonald, second lieutenant. . "Bogard Company," mustered October 10, 1863; James B. Towny, captain; C. Adkins, first lieutenant; John H. Bray, second lieu-
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tenant. " Alfordsville Legion," mustered October 3, 1863; Wayne Alford, captain; Virgil Alford, first lieutenant; William Hedrick, second lieutenant.
SUMMARY OF MILITARY CREDITS.
From the above pages can be made out a summary of the to- tal credits of volunteers, substitutes, conscripts, veterans, minute- men and members of the "Legion " given the county during the war. On the 19th of September, 1862, the county was credited with having furnished 1,237 volunteers. Under the call of June, 1863, a full company of 100 men was furnished. The quota of the October call, 1863, was 143, all of whom were furnished. Un- der the calls of February, March and July, 1864, the county was officially credited with 735 men, of whom 497 were new recruits, 78 veterans and 160 drafted. Under the last call of the war, De- cember 19, 1864, the county was officially credited with 106 men, of whom 87 were new recruits, 1 veteran and 18 drafted; but at this time there was a deficiency against the county of 9. In ad- dition to this there were three companies of minute-men in the State service-180 men and eleven companies mustered into the "Legion "-say 50 men in each company, or a total of 550 in the eleven. Taking the sum of the numbers 1,237, 100, 143, 735, 106 less 9, 180 and 550, and the grand total of 3,042 is obtained as the credits of the county during the war. Of course each man has been counted as often as he was mustered into the service, which in some cases was three or more times. This is certainly a splendid showing, of which the citizens of Daviess County, in all the future, may well be proud.
BOUNTY AND RELIEF.
In December, 1863, the county board offered a bounty of $50 to each volunteer under the call of the previous October. In De- cember, 1864, a bounty of $50 was offered, but in January, 1865, it was raised to $600 to each volunteer necessary to clear the quota of the call of December 19, 1864. The county (not the in- dividual townships, which were additional) paid in bounty $59,- 350. The first relief furnished was in November, 1861, when a large box of blankets, comforts, shirts, drawers, mittens, socks,
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money, etc., was sent to the boys in Tennessee and elsewhere. An organization of the ladies at Hudsonville was effected as fol- lows: Mrs. Mary Brattan, president; Mrs. E. H. Denbo, secre- tary; Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, treasurer; Mrs. Caroline Chapman, Mrs. Mary Wilson, Mrs. Mary J. Grover, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Susan Bruner, Mrs. Priscilla Stone, Mrs. Jett and Mrs. Laura More- head, soliciting committee. This society did most excellent serv- ice, second to none in the county. The ladies of Washington or- ganized, but had not the life of the other. In February, 1862, other boxes were sent to the field. The societies died during the summer, but were revived each winter. At a big meeting, Octo- ber, 1863, at Washington, in the interests of the sanitary com- mission, $423.30 was raised in a few minutes. The county (not the townships) paid out for relief $2,472.
CALLS OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR TROOPS.
April, 15, 1861, 75,000 men for three months. May 3, 1861, 82,748 men for three years; regular army. July 22 and 25, 1861, 500,000 men for three years. May and June, 1862, about 18,000 men for three months. July 2, 1862, 300,000 men for three years. August 4, 1862, 300,000 men for nine months. June 15, 1863, 100,000 men for six months. October 17, 1863, 300,000 men for two years. February 1, 1864, 200,000 men for two years.
March 14, 1864, 200,000 men for three years. April 23, 1864, 85,000 men for 100 days.
July 18, 1864, 500,000 men for one, two and three years.
December 19, 1864, 300,000 men for one, two and three years.
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CHAPTER VII .*
HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF THE COUNTY-WASHINGTON-EARLY PLAT AND ADDITIONS-LOT BUYERS-EARLY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS MEN-LATER GROWTH-INCORPORATION-THE CITY CHARTER-SE- CRET SOCIETIES-NEWSPAPERS-IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL ENTER- PRISES-PRESENT BUSINESS-BANKS-EARLY TEMPERANCE MOVE- MENTS-MONTGOMERY-ODON-CANNELBURG-RAGLESVILLE-ELNO- RA-CORNETTSVILLE-SOUTH WASHINGTON-LETTSVILLE-EPSOM- PLAINVILLE-ELDON-CHELSEA-CORBYTOWN-TONE'S HILL-HUD- SONVILLE-SMILEY-FARLEN-CUMBACK-MAYSVILLE-GLENDALE- ALFORDSVILLE.
W ASHINGTON comprises portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35, Township 3 north, and Range 7 west. The original town of Washington, according to the county com- missioners' plat, consisted of 136 lots, each lot being 80x132 feet in size. Lots 5, 35, 40 and 65 belonged to Emanuel Van Trees, and Lots 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 50, 55, 80, 85 and 90 to Peter Wilkins. The public square, lying between Walnut and Main and Second and Third Streets, was not to be sold, and the rest of the plat was to be sold for the benefit of the county. The map of this plat was made and finished March 31, 1817. Main Street in this plat is now Hefron Street, and the boundaries were sub- stantially Van Trees and Flora and Meridian and East Sixth Streets. Four squares and four lots, however, lay west of Me- ridian Street.
ADDITIONS.
The first addition made to this original town was laid out by Peter Wilkins and Emanuel Van Trees. This addition consisted of 165 lots, each 65x120 feet. It lay south of the original town, extending from the west line of Location 159 to East Sixth Street, and south to the section line. Peter Wilkins was propri- etor of the lots east of Second Street, and Emanuel Van Trees of those west of Second Street. The map of this addition was recorded August 18, 1817, and in connection therewith on the
*The sketch of Washington was prepared by Prof. John Wooldridge, of the historical force. The sketches of the remaining towns were prepared by Charles G. Sefrit, of Washington.
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records is this memorandum: "This town was formerly called Liverpool, but now, as it is added to Washington, it is called Washington." The laying out of the plats was, however, consid- erably prior to the recording of them .* The first lot was sold November 13, 1816, by Emanuel and Juliana Van Trees to Sam- uel J. Kelso, for $50, the lot being No. 49, on the north side of Walnut Street, midway between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Four lots were sold June 5, 1817, by Joseph Miller to Michael Wiley, on condition that Michael Wiley appear in court and pay a cer- tain debt adjudged to be due to Sholts & Read from Joseph Miller. The price for these four lots was $200. On the 9th of June, 1817, Emanuel Van Trees sold, for $150, four lots, 24, 25, 193 and 200, in the town of Liverpool, to William Chapman, and on the same day William Chapman bought of John Aikman, for $820, the southwest quarter of Section 10, Township 2, Range 7, "which had been deeded to John Aikman by James Madison, President of the United States, at Washington, January 13, 1816." "On the 24th of May, 1817, David and Sarah Flora sold to James G. Read Lot 15 for $100, and on September 25, 1817, Lot 16 for $100. Lot 16 lies on the southeast corner of Van Trees and Second Streets, and Lot 15 adjoins it on the east. On the 11th of June, 1817, John Allen, as agent for Daviess County, sold to Richard Palmer, for $32.50, a certain lot (69) of ground
*Upon the question of the original ownership of the towo site of Liverpool, about which there has been some controversy, the following extracts from certain deeds may throw a little light : "William Morrison purchased 100 acres of land of Louis La Violette and his wife, Jeannette, hy deed, dated July 10, 1813, lying in Sections 27 and 34, Township 3, Range 7, and sold this land to Emanuel Van Trees, through his attorney, Mr. Mclotosh.
"David Flora, July 13, 1813, bought 400 acres of land, for $133.33, of Francis Racicot and other heirs-at-law of Marie Anne Romagone, who, on or before 1783, was the head of a family. This land appears to have joined that of William Morrison on the west, and to have had the same south line for a boundary. October 16, 1815, David Flora sold to Isaac Galland and George Curtis, for $1,474, forty-nine and sixteen-hundredths acres of this land, which is described in this deed as follows : ' All and singular of a certain tract of land beginning at the southeast corner of a tract of land of the said David Flora, and being the southwest corner of a tract of land belonging to William Morrison, and running thence north twenty-nine rods and four links ; thence west along the State road 160 rods to a stake; thence south twenty-nine rods and four links; theace east to the place of beginning.'" Galland and Curtis and David Flora then proceeded to lay out the town site of Liverpool on this forty-nine and sixteen-hundredths acres of land, and the plat of the town is thus described in the Knox County records :
"A plan of the town of Liverpool, in Indiana Territory, as laid out in the forks of White River, in Knox County, by Isaac Galland, George Curtis and David Flora. It contains 186 lots, each one being sixty feet in width and 120 feet in length, each street sixty feet wide, to remain open. and common highways forever ; Lots 61, 62, 63, 64, 97, 98 and 99 to form a public square, to remain for the benefit of the public forever."
The deed was recorded November 11, 1815, and on May 9, 1816, Isaac Galland sold to David Flora one-half of this same tract of land (forty-nine and sixteen-hundredths acres) for $1,474, the same price for which David Flora had sold the entire itract, seven months previously, and in the deed the land is described as being "the land sold to said Galland and George Curtis by said Flora, by deed, dated October 16, 1815, and being the tract of land on which the town of Liverpool is now located."
The deed to Galland and Curtis by David Flora, of October 16, 1815, as David Flora could not sign his name, was witnessed by Emanuel Van Trees, William Wallace and John Wallace
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in Washington. This lot fronts north on Hefron Street, and lies midway between Meridian and East First Street. June 10, 1817, Emanuel Van Trees sold to John Allen and Isaac Blackford Lot 65, southwest corner of Hefron and Second Streets, for $100.
PUBLIC SALE OF LOTS.
A great sale of lots occurred at Washington on the 9th and 10th of June, 1817, a list of which is here appended as showing the names of those desirous of owning property in the town which had such bright prospects before it, and the price at which the lots were sold:
Name of Purchaser.
No.
Price.
Name of Purchaser.
No.
Price.
Emanuel Van Trees
1 .$30 00
John Allen.
56
53 00
Joseph Hobbs
3 31 75
David Killion.
57
28 25
Samuel Smith.
4
3 25
Robert Magers.
58
60 50
William Samples
6 60 00
William Ballow 59
80 00
Willis Miller.
7 51 50
John Allen. 61
84 00
James G. Read.
8
3 50
Robert Myers.
62
73 00
Samuel Bachelor
9
55 50
John S. Allen
64
191 00
Josiah Wallace
11
47 00
James G. Read.
66
82 00
Elias Myers, Sr.
12
55 00
William Hawking
67
L 50
Fredrich Myers.
13
49 00
William Perry
68
57 00
Elias Myers, Jr.
14
30 25
Richard Palmer
69
32 50
Samuel Potts.
16
57 12
James Steel. 73
40 00
Abraham Beegher
17
27 00
Benjamin Hawking. 74
65 25
Samuel Bachelor.
18
40 00
John McClure & Blackford 76
78 00
Solomon Suplee.
19
35 00
Abraham Perkins.
77
109 00
Alexander Bruce
21
35 50
Thomas Bradford, Jr .....
78
123 00
Henry Stewart.
22
27 25
John McClure & Blackford 79 William Ballow .. 81
130 00
Solomon Wallace.
24
68 00
McClure & Blackford. 82
113 00
John Wallace, Jr.
26
64 00
John Allen. 83
84
30 00
James G. Read.
28
42 00
David Ellis.
86
90 00
James G. Read.
29
129 00
Wesley Wallace
87
35 25
George Mckinley
30
63 00
John Allen
88
48 50
Valentine Routt.
31
127 25
Dennis Clark
90
26 00
Henry Cruse
32
207 00
Morgan Wallace.
92
40 50
Emanuel Van Trees.
34
62 00
Robert Elsey.
93
56 00
James G. Read.
37
40 50
John Aoret. .
94
49 50
Andrew Berry & Barton .. 38
33 50
Solomon Suplee.
95
40 00
Andrew Berry & Barton .. 39
33 00
John W. Miller.
96
84 00
Isaac Chancelor.
41
77 221
Josiah Culbertson.
97
93 00
Abraham Perkins
42
95 00
James A. Steel 98
99
115 00
Mcclure & Blackford
44
108 00
McClure & Blackford.
100
104 00
George H Keith.
46
80 30
Josiah Wallace .. 101
75 50
James G. Read
47
73 00
Robert P. Wycoff. 102
103
25 00
Abraham Perkins.
49
76 00
Robert Magers. 104
20 50
George Mckinley 51
57 00
John S. Allen .105
25 00
Amos Mckinley.
52
37 00
James Steel.
106
15 00
Samuel Bachelor
53
41 00
James Street. 107
10 00
William Allen.
53
98 00
James Street.
108
25 00
William Bachelor.
54
42 124
235 00
Henry Stewart.
23
53 00
Jesse Smith.
27
68 00
John Allen.
91
35 25
Ebenezer Jones
33
136 00
Joseph Cole.
110 00
Joseph Cole
43
88 62
Berry & Barton.
75 00
John Perkins.
48
77 00
Ninian Steel.
101 50
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HISTORY OF DAVIESS COUNTY.
FIRST RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS MEN.
There were doubtless several inhabitants in the town of Wash- ington previous to this great sale, but their names and the loca- tion of their residences have not been preserved. The first house, however, that was built was probably located near the site of the present high school building, and was of hewed logs. James G. Read opened the first store in 1817. The building was a one- story log house, standing at the southwest corner of Main and Second Streets. Joseph Warner and Seth Rodick, under the firm name of Warner & Rodick, bought the store in 1818, and continued in the business until 1825. In 1818 there were about seventy-five people living in the place, all in log houses. A second store was opened this year by a Mr. Van Camp, from Kentucky, about 100 feet from the southeast corner of Main and First Streets. In 1823 the town had so grown as to require and sustain four stores, the population being about 100, located mostly along Main Street. Friend Spears is believed to have been the first blacksmith to locate in Washington. William Bratton and Thomas Brown came about the same time. The first shoe- makers were Isaac Hedden and Stephen Belding, the latter the father of the present editor of the Daviess County Democrat. The first hatters were William Ballow, James Calhoun and Robert Stephens, the latter of whom came from Pennsylvania, reaching Washington May 15, 1822. The first hotels in Washington were opened and kept by Alexander Hinton and Alexander Bruce in 1818. Mr. Hinton's hotel was located near the southwest corner of Main and East Second Streets, and Mr. Bruce's at the corner of Main and East First Streets. The first physician was Philip Barton, whose name figures prominently in the early history of the county. Among those living in Washington, in 1822, along Main Street, were the following persons: Samuel Miller, a wheelwright; Aaron Grider, a shoemaker; Col. Berry, who kept a boarding-house; Richard Weaver; Thomas Tuning, a saddler and harness-maker; George Bruner, who kept a meat market and whisky-shop in the old block-house; a family named Blankenship, two of whom assisted "Uncle Dick" Palmer to kid- nap Sam, the colored man; George Bradford, who kept a small store; A. C. Kinney, the lawyer who procured the freedom of the
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two colored boys, Isaac and Jake; and Emanuel Van Trees, who moved from Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1815, to a "sugar camp," about two miles north of Washington, and who, in 1816, moved to Washington; John and Michael Murphy, merchants; Capt. Kelso and John Trauter. There were still other inhabitants living on Van Trees Street, Walnut, Sixth, and other streets, in all proba- bility about 100. Among them was a Mr. Carr, who built a tread-wheel grist-mill on Walnut Street, near Friend Spears' blacksmith-shop, operating it with a yoke of oxen.
The professions were well represented in those early days. In the ministry there was a Rev. Mr. Pipher, an Episcopalian, and a Dr. Holland, who, besides being a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was also a physician. The Wash- ington Circuit, in 1823, was in charge of the Rev. Mr. Ray, from Kentucky. The Rev. Mr. Martin, of the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Hiram Hunter, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, became residents of the town in 1825. The law was represented by Judge Call, Judge Dewey, Judge Blake, John Ewing and A. C. Kinney, all able men and of upright character; most of these, however, were foreign attorneys.
SUBSEQUENT GROWTH OF WASHINGTON.
Still after the subsidence of the first impetus given to its growth, Washington increased in population but slowly from ' 1825 to 1857. The roads were not the best, and no railroad reached the city until the last named year. The products of the farm were shipped in flat-boats to Memphis, Natchez and New Orleans, and merchandise was brought in on wagons from Louis- ville, Evansville and other points. Merchants conducted their business at large profits on long credits, and few became exces- sively wealthy compared with the general population .. The stage coach was the principal means of travel to distant places. The construction of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway through the town in 1857 changed the economy of the city and county. Means of travel, of carrying freight and communication almost instantly changed. New men and fresh capital came to Washington and in- stilled new life into the town. Lands adjacent to the city that had for years been devoted to the growth of agricultural pro-
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ductions were suddenly surveyed, laid off into additions to the town and transformed into village lots, as it was a much more speedy way of acquiring wealth to sell off small parcels of land at a great advance upon the price paid, than to depend on slow accumulations by farming methods.
A period of forty years elapsed with but one addition being made to the town plat, from 1817 to 1857, and in this latter year the only addition made was Bradford's, on December 22, in Location 160, adjoining the original town of Washington on the north. In 1858 three additions were made-Myers' First Addition, part of Location 131, consisting of ten acres; Myers' Second Addition, extending from the center of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad to the Lashley line, and from the Peters- burg to the Troy Road, September 5, and Turner's Addition, in Location 134, made September 24. In 1859 the following addi- tions were made: January 19, Cable's; February 14, Cassidy's, in Location 134; February 18, Hyatt's Western, in Location 250; March 14, Hyatt's Eastern, in Location 159; April 25, Ayers' First, in Location 135; August 24, McTagart's First, in Location 131; November 18, Conant's, in Location 135. In 1860-De- cember 1, Turner's Second Addition. In 1861-July 6, Kin- sella's. In 1864-December 9, Ayers' Second. In 1865-April 26, McTagart's Second, in Location 131; October 16, Ayers' Third. In 1866-October 23, Bath's Addition. In 1869-Octo- ber 6, Tranter's. In 1870-June 14, McTagart's Third, in Loca- tion 131. In 1872-May 17, Wright, Cabel & Wilson's; Sep- tember 16, Read & Thompson's. In 1874-December 21, Do- herty's, and Turner's Third Addition. In 1875-Wright, Cabel & Wilson's Second Addition. In 1877-January 31, Graham's. In 1884-November 10, the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Addi- tions. In 1885-May 14, McTagart's Fourth Addition.
THE INCORPORATION.
For a number of years, probably about fifteen, Washington was afflicted with a certain form of government, consisting of a board of trustees. This board so neglected its duties as to be severely criticised by press and people, and on March 15, 1867, was dissolved by the court. But it was found exceedingly incon-
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