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JUNE 4. The Iowa Indian trust lands are sold at Iowa Point by order of the Secretary of the Interior.
JUNE 13. Delegates to the Lecompton constitutional convention are elected Cyrus Dolman received 44 votes, Henry Smith 36 and Squire Griffiths 9 in the district composed of Brown and Nemaha counties.
JUNE 15. The will of Arny Ainen is probated and Henry C. Gragg quali- fies as executor. He gave bond for $5000 with John G. Spencer and Isom B. Gentry as sureties. This was the first will probated in the county.
JULY 4. First celebration. It was held on the farm of John Powe, on Mul- berry creek. Speeches were made by W. C. Foster, D. McFarland, W. G. Sar- gent and others. About 200 were present.
JULY 20. Leander Sawyer is appointed justice of the peace and G. B. Jones constable for Claytonville township.
-Caleb W. McGill resigns as justice of the peace of Lochnane township and John G. Spencer is appointed.
-The citizens of township No. 3, range 17 are authorized to meet at the court house on August 1st and divide the township into school districts.
-$500 is appropriated to build a bridge across Wolf river on the Marysville and Doniphan county road, and James Round is appointed special commis- sioner to contract for it.
-Sheriff Fulton makes his returns showing that the legal tax for' 1856 was $52.07 and that it cost $3 33 more than the whole amount to collect it. The total number of tax payers is 22. Allen Nash, Wm. Purket and John F. Boggs, against whom taxes had been assessed, are reported as "dead."
JULY 25. A meeting is held at the court house in Claytonville to adopt measures for the protection of settlers against claim-jumping The meeting was called to order by N. J. Coffey on whose motion Joseph Mathews, of Mt. Roy was chosen chairman. On motion of H. A. Frazer, N. J. Coffey was ap- pointed secretary. Resolutions are adopted calling for a committee of five in each township to try cases of disputed claims and require the person found against to abandon the contested claim within five days.
JULY 30. Hiram Wheeler and Eliza E. Root are married. First event of the kind in the county .
-Sol Miller says in the Kansas Chief:
"Our neighboring county of Brown is truly fortunate, as far as a county seat is concerned. There is no doubt that she will have one and her citizens can rest easy on that score. There are at present no less than six towns aspiring to this honor and all of them are bound to be the chosen place. We know this, for we have been told so. Each town possesses advantages over its rivals, and, of course, must be the county seat. They are Claytonville, Padonia, Hiawatha, Lane City, Hamlin and Deanolia."
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JULY -. A Sabbath School was organized this summer in the woods on E. H. Niles' farm with David Peebles as superintendent.
- During the summer the first house in Hiawatha was built on the present site of the Morrili & Janes Bank. Seth Barnum used it for a hotel.
AUGUST -. The Free State men hold a convention in Drummond's grove on the farm now owned by Col. Bierer, and decide to elect officers under the Topeka constitution and also to vote at the territorial election.
AUGUST 3. Richard L. Oldham reports that the court house is finished and that A. Head has been paid $250 and that there is now due him $250 more being the second payment for the work. This house was afterwards sold to Samuel W. Wade for $100.
-Assessor Joseph A. Brown turns in his books and the County Clerk is ordered to examine them and report as to their correctness.
-Election under the Topeka constitution. Brown county is entitled to two representatives. Jra H. Smith has 150 votes and Warren W. Guthrie 149. The vote for state officers is not known.
AUGUST 8. Claytonville post-office is established with Geo. E. Clayton as post-master.
AUGUST 13. Sol Miller writes up Brown county. He says of the towns:
"Claytonville has the advantage of being the temporary county seat; and Mt. Roy, that of having extensive coal banks in its site. But the principal town in the county will be Hamlin "
AUGUST 17. Democratic convention at Claytonville. Leander Sawyer was chosen president, C. C. Hawkins secretay and J. J. Kersay assistant sec- retary. Committee on credentials-H. C Gragg of Lochnane, J. B. Heaton of Irvin, Henry Smith of Claytonville, Mr. Osborn of Walnut. The committee found the following delegates present: Lochnane-J. B. Sneed, H. C. Gragg, J. W. Duvall, C. W. MaGill, Stephen Pilant, A. J. Boston, J. G. Spencer. Irvin-J. A. Alford, Thos. J. Kenyon, S. Duff, J. B. Heaton, S M. Griffith, J. V. L. Rodgers, Wm. Dunn. Claytonville-R. L. Oldham, Leander Sawyer, James Smyth, A. W. Farel, James Cameron, James Irby, Henry Smyth. The following ticket was nominated: Representative, S. M. Griffith; probate judge, J. G. Spencer; commissioners, L. C. Dunn, Leander Sawyer; county clerk, Jas. Waterson; sheriff, Miles Collins; treasurer, G. E. Clayton; commissioners to locate county seat, G. W. McGill, E. M. Hubbard, W. C. Foster; surveyor, C. C. Hawkins; assessor, James Smyth J. B. Heaton reported the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, We, the Democracy of Brown county, in convention assembled, for the purpose of a more permanent organization, and to form a general ticket to be supported at the ensuing October election; and
WHEREAS, We. the delegates, have been selected by the entire Democracy of the county to represent and reflect the will of the whole, do hereby most cordially and respectfully invite all good, law abiding and order loving citizens to unite with us upon the truly national and con- servative principles adopted by the National Democratic Convention, held in Cincinnati in June. 1856, and ratified by the Conservative Democracy of Kansas assembled at Lecompton in 1857; and inasmuch as our present peace and promising prosperity are again threatened with domes- tic disquiet through the evil influences of designing demagogues, which all good men of all parties, should try to avert, by harmonizing all' that is true in patriotism and conservative in principle among the bona fide citizens of our beautiful and growing county ; be it therefore
Rexolred, That we will stand to and abide by the union of states, the constitution of the United States and the laws passed in pursuance thereof.
Resolved, That we will discountenance all irregular opposition to the lawfully constituted authorities within this county and territory.
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Resolved, That in his excellency, the Hon. R. J. Walker, we recognize the man for the place and the times, so long as his administration is, as heretofore, charterized by ability, prudence and firmness.
Resolved, That we most cordially endorse and ratify the nomination of the Hon. E. Ran- som, as the candidate of the National Conservative Democracy of Kansas, for a seat as dele- gate to the next congress, and pledge to him our hearty and united support.
Resolved, That we, as order loving citizens of Brown county, know how to sacrifice our minor party differences of opinion upon the altar of patriotism and unite and use all honorable means to secure the election of the ticket this day nominated.
SEPTEMBER -. Free State Convention at Hiawatha to nominate a county ticket. The meeting is held on the open prairies a lumber wagon serving as a speaker's stand. The following ticket is nominated: Probate judge, W. G. Sargent; commissioners, A. B. Anderson, Jacob Engelhart; sheriff, Franklin O. Sawin; treasurer, Moses P. Proctor; commissioners to locate county seat, I. P. Winslow, Isaac Chase, I. B. Hoover.
SEPTEMBER 2. Mount Roy postoffice established with Shelton Duff as the postmaster.
SEPTEMBER 14. Election judges are appointed as follows: Claytonville- Samuel Allen, A. J. Farel and Jas. T. Irby. Walnut Creek-John Powe, W. C. Foster, E. H. Niles. Irving-Thos. J. Kenyon, Jas. A. Warhurst, Solomon McCall. Lochnane-Isom B. Gentry, Jolin N. Barnes and C. Smith. Election precincts were located in Claytonville, at the court house; in Irving, at J. B. Heaton's; in Walnut Creek, at W. C. Foster's; in Lochnane, at Jno. G. Spencer's.
SEPTEMBER 21. Gov. Waiker requests Gen. Harney to send one company cavalry to Claytonville or Hiawatha to act as a "posse comitatus," in aid of the civil authorities, in the due execution of the laws, and to preserve the public peace. The troops spent some weeks in the county.
SEPTEMBER 26. Sale of town lots at Padonia.
OCTOBER 5. The free state men carry the county election by a vote of 136 to 72. The following is the vote by townships:
FREE STATE. PRO-SLAVERY.
Walnut Creek Township
46.
3
Lochnane Township
10
11
Irving Township.
43 :23
Claytonville Township. 37 35
136 72
-E. N. Morrill is elected to the legislature from the counties of Brown and Nemelia by a vote of 283 to 102 for E. M. Hubbard, the Democratic candi- date. The vote stood Brown county, Morrill 138, Hubbard 72; Nemela county, Morrill 145, Hubbard 30.
OCTOBER 19. The last meeting of the Pro-slavery board of county com- missioners is held.
OCTOBER 20. Padonia post-office established with Orville Root as post- master.
OCTOBER 29. A project is discussed in the Kansas Chief in relation to petitioning the legislature to change the boundry lines of Brown county so as to give it White Cloud and a few miles of river front.
NOVEMBER 16. The Free State board of county commissioners organize. Ira H. Smith is chosen County Surveyor, David Peebles County Clerk and John S. Tyler Assessor.
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NOVEMBER 30. A special session of the Board of Commissioners is held and $25 appropriated to buy a stove.
DECEMBER 5. Hamlin post-office is established with Edward H. Niles as post-master.
DECEMBER 9. Carson post-office is established with Marcellus L. Sawin as post-master.
-A Free State meeting is held at Padonia with I. P. Winslow as Chair- man and Daniel McFarland Secretary. Resolutions endorsing the late Free State convention at Lawrence are passed. It was further
Resolved: That we will resist to the life, if necessary, all attempts to force upon the people of this territory, a constitution which has not been submitted to them for approval or dis- approval-but we will submit to the will of the majority, when fairly and freely expressed.
-A vigilance committee consisting of Orville Root, Benjamin Winkles and Franklin O. Sawin was appointed.
DECEMBER 14. The commissioners elected to locate permanently the county seat, met at Sawin's store and organized by the election of Isaac Chase as president and Daniel McFarland as secretary. The first ballot resulted, Padonia 1, Hiawatha 1, Carson 1. An adjournment was then taken until the next day when the town sites of Padonia and. Hiawatha were visited. The propositions from the various town companies were then opened and found to read as follows:
PADONIA'S PROPOSITION: To the Commissioners to locate the county seat of Brown K. T. Gentlemen :- The town company of Padonia have authorized me to say that in case the county seat is located at Padonia that said company will donate to the county a square of ground in Padonia on which to erect a court house and said company will also erect on said square of ground a good court house free of charge to the county costing two to three thousand dollars. I would also state that a large hotel and many other buildings will be put up in Padonia the ensuing year to accomodate the public. R. I. Gatling, President of the Padonia Town Com- pany. Attest, Orville Root, Secretary.
HIAWATHA'S PROPOSITION: The Hiawatha Town Company propose at the request of the locating commissioners that in case they should see fit to locate the county seat at Hiawatha that they will immediately or within twenty days prepare a room suitable for the holding of court and where the county officers can transact business free of charge until the first of May, next, when the said company obligate themselves to have in readiness a building fifteen feet by thirty feet to be used as a temporary court house until a house of proper dimensions can be erected. Said house to be the property of the county and to be a donation by the company and citizens. They will also donate lots as follows: Begining at lot 1, in the northeast corner of the town plot, and convey to the proper officers for the benefit of the county every alternate lot upon said town tract except those lots (about fifty in number) which are otherwise donated. Said town tract occupies three hundred and twenty acres, and is laid out in lots fifty feet front by one hundred and twenty feet deep with twenty foot alleys and eighty foot streets. Has public square three hundred by four hundred feet. For the company, H. R. Dutton.
CARSON'S PROPOSITION: The undersigned President of the Town Company of Carson, is authorized by said company to offer to Brown county through you, one-half of the lots in the town of Carson, which town consists of three hundred and twenty acres, and fifteen hundred dollars in labor and materials to be applied in buildings for the county. Also to furnish to the county a room free of charge to be used as a temporary court room until a court house shall be erected, provided the county seat of said county be permanently located within said town of Carson. D. McFarland, President of the Carson Town Company.
The second ballot resulted, Padonia 1, Hiawatha 1, Carson 1. The third ballot resulted, Carson 2, Padonia 1. The fourth ballot resulted in 3 for Car- son. And the commissioners declared the county seat to be permanently lo- cated at that place.
DECEMBER 19. Acting Governor Stanton issues a proclamation for an
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election to be held January 4, 1858 to select delegates to a constitutional con- vention. Orville Root, Thos. J. Drummond and Wm. C. Foster are appointed to establish voting precincts in Brown county and select three judges for each precinct.
DECEMBER 21. Election on the Lecompton Constitution. The free state men abstain from voting. No returns can be found.
DECEMBER 28. First meeting of the county board at Carson. Samuel W. Wade appointed county treasurer to succeed Moses P. Proctor, resigned. Henry Rymal appointed Coroner.
1858.
JANUARY 4. The Lecompton Constitution is voted upon. 187 votes are cast against it and 2 for it with slavery. The Pro-slavery men refuse to vote.
JANUARY 7. The store house at Mt. Roy burns down and about four thousand dollars worth of merchandise, flour and pork, is destroyed. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
JANUARY 11. The County Commissioners order the Sheriff to procure four arm chairs and eight common ones for the use of the court.
JANUARY 18. Franklin Meyers is appointed Alloting Justice for Walnut Creek township, and Ira H. Smith for Claytonville township.
JANUARY 22. The Board of County Commissioners divide the county into four municipal townships to be known as Irving, Anderson, Hamlin and Powhattan, and it is ordered that an election be held on the 22nd of July for township officers. This organization of townships does not seem to have been perfected and the order was rescinded April 3, 1860.
-One-sixth of one per cent. for the territorial tax, one-third of one per cent. for general county fund and one-third of one per cent .. for county build- ing fund is levied.
FEBRUARY 6. The Sabetha Town Co., incorporated by A. W. Williams, Isaac Sweetland and E. N. Morrill. The town is to be located either in Brown or Nemalia county.
-The town of West Claytonville is incorporated by S A. Allen, James Waterson, R. L. Oldham, W. Kelson, L. B. Kentz, D. A. Werts, W. Hammet, A. P. Davidson and J. R. Plowman
FEBRUARY 9. Hamlin City Association incorporated by W. G. Sargent, George Ross, E. H. Niles, S. C. Shaw, Noah Hanson, Moses Emery and E. N. Morrill.
-The Padonia Town Co., is incorporated by R. J. Gatling, Wm. Gatling, Jas. H. Lane, Onias Bailey. David Bailey, F. S. Reed and Orville Root.
FEBRUARY 11. The Carson Town Co., is incorporated by Danial McFar- land, J. J. Ross, J. N. Belts and David Snively.
FEBRUARY 12. The legislature orders a special election for the purpose of locating the permanent county seat of Brown county.
-The Leavenworth City, Hamlin and Nebraska Railroad Co. is incorpor- ated. The incorporators are Joel Parker, Jas. Davis, C. F. Currie. M. J. Par- rott, Wm. Pennick, W. Y. Roberts, J. B. Irvin, O. B. Holman, J. M. Dixon, J. P. Root, W. G. Sargent, Geo. Ross, James Winkles, Jas. H. Lane, William Spencer, A. Elliott, John M. Wood, R. M. Sherwood, C. Robinson, E. H. Niles, Gaius Jenkins, S. A. Wardsworth, Geo. H. Keller, Morris Hunt, H. Miles Moore, S. W. Eldridge and E. N. Morrill.
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FEBRUARY 15. James Winkles is appointed Constable for Walnut Creek township, - Duvall, Constable for Locknane township, - Martindale, Constable for Claytonville township, H. C. Gragg, Alloting Justice for Lock- nane township, John Maglott. Alloting Justice for Irvin township.
FEBRUARY 16. E. H. Niles is appointed guardian of the persons and es- tate of Sarah I. Strange, Benjimin M. Strange and William A. Strange, minor heirs of Jacob Strange, deceased. First guardian appointed in the county.
FEBRUARY 26. Convention at Carson for the purpose of electing delegates to the Constitutional Convention at Leavenworth. Mr. Miller, of Pony Creek, was called to the chair, and Messrs. Peebles and McFarland, Secretary. It was decided to make it a delegate convention and allow one delegate for every ten votes polled on January 4th. Messrs. Root, Rymal and Morrill were ap- pointed a committee on Credentials and Apportionment, and made the follow- ing apportionment: Plymouth 2, Ilamlin 2, Padonia 1, Hiawatha 2, Mt Roy 1, Claytonville 3, Powhattan -. They found the following delegates present: Claytonville, James Round, S. A. Kingman, H. S. Rymal; Hiawatha, Jacob Engelhart, T. J. Drummond; Hamlin, H. Woodward, J. W. Belt; Padonia, I. P. Winslow; Plymouth, Wm. Resser, Isaac Sweetland. No delegates were present from Mt. Roy or Powhattan.
Orville Root, A. B. Anderson and A. W. Williams were elected as dele- gates to the Constitutional Convention
Mr. Peebles offered resolutions that were adopted instructing the delegates to oppose the incorporation of any clause in the constitution prohibiting free negros from settling in Kansas, and condeming the location of the capital at Minneola and declaring in favor of Topeka.
E. N. Morrill offered a resolution which was adopted instructing the dele- gates to use their influence to have the Platte River fixed as the northern boundry of Kansas.
The executive committe was increased to five and Ira H. Smith and J. P. Tyler were elected members. It was decided on motion of Mr. Peebles, that all future nominating conventions should be delegate conventions.
MARCH 1. Wm. Tidwell is appointed Constable for Walnut Creek town- ship.
-Sheriff Fulton appears before the Board of Commissioners and submits the following account of Revenues for 1857.
Brown county in account with Jas. A. Fulton, Collector of Revenue.
Cr. by tax book of 1857.
$348.22
Dr. by delinquent list attached. $285 27₺
Dr. by percentage for collecting revenue 2.95
Dr. warrant paid to County Treasurer .. 39 01
On hand due Territory including percentage. 20.99
$348.22
MARCHI 4. The county seat question is still the bone of contention in Brown county. The first vote is to be taken on the first Monday in April. If no point reaches a majority of all the votes cast, the one having the lowest is to be dropped and another vote taken on the first Monday in the following month-and so on voting monthly, and dropping the lowest candidate until it is decided. From present prospects it will probably be a long magazine story-"To be continued next month." The aspirants for the honor will be
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Carson, Claytonville, Padonia, Hamlin, Hiawatha and perhaps several others. Go it you cripples .- Kansas Chief.
MARCH 9. A. B. Anderson, Orville Root and A. W. Williams are elected to represent Brown county in the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
MARCH 15. Meeting of the County Commissioners. It is ordered, "That there be an election in Brown county on Monday, the fifth day of April, next, for the purpose of locating the county seat of said county agreeably to the pro- visions of the act of the last Territorial legislature." That the following per- sons be and are hereby appointed as Judges of Election in said election, in the various precincts, to-wit:
Hiawatha: John Belk, Joseph Klinefelter, Joseph Miin.
Spencer: J. G. Spencer, J. S. Taylor, Caleb Magill.
Burroughs: S. A. Kingman, James E. Kimball, Joseph A. Brown.
Hamlin: A. C. Foster. John C. Powe, Benjamin Burnham.
Plymouth: Morgan Willett, Wm. McB ide, A. W. Williams.
Padonia: R Bickford, J. C Snow, E. W. Short.
Mt. Roy: Soloman McCall, Loyd Ashby, I W. Wilhoit.
Robinson: Sam W. Wade, Miles Collins, James Rounds.
"That the above precints be known and described a- established by the commissioners appointed for that purpose by an act of the special session of the last Territorial Legislature."
MARCH 25. Morgan Willett advertises that he has contracted to mana- facture 200,000 brick at Plymouth.
APRIL 2. The steam saw mill of Morrill & Ross at Hamlin burned.
APRIL 5. A county seat election results, Hiawatha 128, Carson 37, Hamlin 25, Claytonville 20, Washington 13, Prairie Springs 4, Padonia 2.
-"Speaking of Hiawatha, she is indebted to Doniphan county for making her. When the first county seat election was ordered. the winning of which made the place, Hiawatha was a town consisting of stakes. Dozens of young men in Doniphan county were hired to squat on claims around Hiawatha, a sufficient number of days before election to acquire a residence, and these squatters carried a majority for Hiawatha, over older settled places that were surrounded by bona-fide residents. The Chief office furnished one recruit for Hiawatha .- Kansas Chief, July 27, 1882.
APRIL 12. The County Commissioners hold their last session at Carson.
APRIL 19. The County Commissioners hold their first meeting in Hia- watha.
APRIL 22. Free State Convention at Hiawatha. Noah Hanson is Presi- dent and H. S. Rymal Secretary. M. L. Sawin, E. A. Smith and J. Scott were appointed a committee on credentials and M. L. Sawin, John Scott and O. B. Hedding on permanent organization, Delegates present; J. Scott, E. Miller, J. Starns, O. B. Hedding, E. A Smith, Noalı Hanson, J. Winkle, M. L. Sawin, L. W. Dennen, J. Englehart, T. J. Drummond, H. R. Dutton, J. W. Partch, C. Campbell, S. A. Kingman, H. S. Rymal, S. W. Wade, J. Round, and Ira H. Smith. N. Hanson was selected as permanent president, S. A. Kingman as vice-president, H. S. Rymal and E. A. Smith as secretaries. E. Miller, H. S. Rymal and H. R. Dutton were elected delegates to the Topeka state conven- tion. S. A. Kingman was nominated for the Territorial Council and Orville Root and Ira H. Smith for Representatives.
S. A. Kingman introduced the following resolutions:
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Resolved: That we approve of the Leavenworth Constitution, and while we may differ as to the policy of some of its provisions, we will yet give it as a whole our unanimous and cordial support.
Resolved: That we consider the approval of that instrument by the great body of the peo- ple of Kansas, will insure us peace, secure us in the enjoyment of the great rights of man, and all our essential political rights.
Resolved: That we will view with distrust the movements of any portion of the Free State men, or those claiming to be such, who shall attempt to divide the party, by raising issues against the Leavenworth Constitution on unimportant and minor questions.
MAY 18. Vote on the Leavenworth Constitution, State officers and Legis- lature. Brown county does not seem to have taken any part.
MAY 25. Two thousand dollars is appropriated for the purpose of build- ing a court house with jail and offices attached upon the following plans and specifications: The house to be thirty feet square, the lower part to be divided into four rooms and a hall. The upper story to be divided into a court room and a jury room. Joseph Klinefelter is appointed as commissioner of public buildings to contract for and supervise the work.
JUNE 21. Pony Creek post-office established with Morgan Willett as post-master.
JUNE 30. Robinson post-office established with Samuel W. Wade as post- master.
JUNE 5. J. G. Kelsey and John H. Whitehead are commissioned as No- taries Public for Brown county.
JUNE 28. Warren W. Guthrie commissioned Notary Public for Brown county.
JULY 4. Celebration at Hamlin. Rev. R. D. Parker and others deliver addresses.
JULY 19. On petition of J. G. Kelsey, M. C. Barney, Samuel W. Wade etal., H. R. Dutton is appointed Commissioner of Public Buildings to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Joseph Klinefelter.
-$200 is appropriated by the Commissioners to build a bridge across the Walnut at Padonia.
-The Claytonville court house is sold to David Peebles for $135 in county warrants, one-half to be paid in thirty days, balance in six months. The pro- visions of the sale were not carried out however.
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