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OCTOBER 16. John S. Doyle is tried in the district court on the charge of selling liquor without a license and is acquitted. First criminal trial in the county.
-D. K. Babbitt is enrolled as an attorney in the district court.
OCTOBER 17. Cornelius Bonine is tried in the district court for murder and acquitted.
OCTOBER 28. School district No. 14, (South Fork) is organized by Superin- tendent David Peebles. The district was re-organized Oct. 21, 1862, and George Pierce was elected director, Wm. H. H. Sawyer clerk, and John Page treasurer.
NOVEMBER 6. Annual election.
Territorial Superintendent of Schools.
John C. Douglas .. 270
I. S. Magil. 150
Representative.
Warren W. Guthrie, Republican .. 261
Ira J. Lacock, Democrat. . 161
County Commissioner.
James Round 249
Wm. Vasser. 261
Lewis C. Dunn 285
M. C. Willis 165
W. S. Mclaughlin .133
W. C. Foster
E. A. Spooner County Assessor. 163
278
H. C. Gragg 143
County Superintendent.
G. G. Rice. 265
T. Kemper 1.50
G. Dusenshon 4
Robert Davis 1
County Clerk.
E. L. Pound. 260
J. W. Oberholtzer 159
I. H. Rogers
1
County Attorney.
E. W. Plankington 260
Wm. G. Sargant. 154
Coroner.
Samuel W. Wade
142
NOVEMBER 14, A Territorial Relief Convention is held at Lawrence. Samuel A. Kingman is made a member of the Relief Committee.
NOVEMBER-At a meeting of citizens of Brown county convened at Hia watha for the purpose of discussing the propriety and necessity of taking meas ures to obtain aid for those who may need assistance during the coming winter. W. G. Sargent was called to the chair and E. N. Morrill was chosen secretary.
After a full discussion of the subject it was unanimously voted to choose a Central Committee of three to take measures to ascertain the necessities of the people of the county, and to obtain aid for those who are needy. A. J. Selleg W. H. Jones and Abram Yount were chosen. It was further voted that the Central Committee be requested to appoint a sub-committee of one in each precinct to canvass the county and ascertain who are needing assistance, and also the amount of land cultivated the past season and the amount of grain raised.
The Central Committee appointed the following gentlemen as sub-con- mittee: Hamlin, E. N. Morrill; Page, Dr. Campbell; Powhattan, Rev. Mr. Becker; Harts, Jolın G. Spencer; Pony Creek, W. G. Sargent; Roys, Thos J. Kenyon; Padonia, C. B Hedding; Robinson, E. L. Pound.
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1861.
JANUARY. - The last train is run over the underground railway. Wm. H. Jones, of Hiawatha, known as Abolition Jones, went to Atchison after a load of aid for the Brown County sufferers. S. C. Pomeroy, afterwards a U. S. Senator, had charge of the distribution of the aid. Knowing that Mr. Jones had assisted in running negroes through to Nebraska he informed him that Col. Ege, of Doniphan County, had sold a slave woman and that she was then in Atchison at one of the hotels. That night Pomeroy and Jones stole the woman and putting her in a carriage had her taken to the home of I. N. Sea- man in Locknane township. Mr. Seaman passed her on the next night to Mr .. Wm. Drakes, near Hiawatha, who in turn sent her to the home of Ben Wat- kins. Jones was suspected by the Pro Slavery people and his movements were watched. The affair created a great excitement, especially at Hiawatha, on account of Jones' supposed connection with it and it was feared the Pro-slavery people would raid the town. A meeting was called to discuss the matter and the messenger who rode over the country notifying the people to come said that if they could prove that Jones stole the nigger they would hang him. That day Jones took J. K. Klinefelter into his confidence and asked him to help get the woman out of the country. Klinefelter readily assented. He ran his wagon into a barn and letting George Selleg and J. E. Bowers (afterwards sheriff) into the secret the three fitted it up with a cover. As soon as it was dark the team was hitched up and the three men started out. At the south- west corner of the townsite Mr. Jones met them and whispered to them where the woman could be found The three drove to Ben Watkins and taking the woman into the wagon started across the icy prairies to Pawnee City, which place they reached about daylight, and turned their charge over to a Quaker family to whom they had been directed. The party staid at Pawnee City that day and night. They reached Hiawatha after nightfall the next day and their part in the drama was never suspected
Mr. Jones. after directing the party where to find the woman, went to the indignation meeting. The meeting organized by the election of Samuel A. King man as chairman. Witnesses were sworn and all who were supposed to know anything about the matter were questioned, but nothing could be discov- ered. Jones was called upon for a speech and responded with a red hot roast of the meeting and its participants. Finally E. N Morrill arose and presented a set of resolutions to the effect that the people of Hiawatha were law abiding and that they wanted the people of the border to know that they did not coun- tenance nigger stealing. These passed and the meeting dissolved.
JANUARY 9. Samuel A. Kingman declines to serve on the Relief Com- mittee and W. W. Guthrie is appointed.
JANUARY 15 The Kansas Relief Association has distributed 18,850 pounds of aid to Brown county settlers.
JANUARY 29. Kansas becomes a state.
MARCH 26. Meeting of the first state Legislature. Brown county is rep- resented in the Senate by H. R. Dutton, of Hiawatha and in the House by Ira H. Smith, of Robinson. H M. Robinson, of Hiawatha, is a door keeper in the Senate.
-HI. R. Dutton is appointed as State Treasurer to fill vacancy.
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APRIL 1. B F. Killey is appointed Probate Judge to fill vacancy of E. W. Plankington.
APRIL 2. The board of county commissioners organize by electing W. B. Barnett as chairman
APRIL 4. David Peebles appointed Superintendent of Schools in place of James Stanley resigned.
-Election of United States Senators. Samuel A. Kingman has eighteen votes.
APRIL 12. Fort Sumpter is fired on. Beginning of the Rebellion.
APRIL 25. Gov. Robinson issues an order for the organization of the state militia. Brown county companies will belong to the 3rd regiment and an elec- ion for regimental officers will be held at Holton, May 13th.
MAY 1. Ira H. Smith is appointed receiver of the Kickapoo land office.
MAY 8. The Frontier Guards, a mounted military company at Padonia, hold an election for officers with the following results: Captain, Orville H. Root; First Lieutenant, David A. Winn; Second Lieutenant, Thomas Hart; Third Lieutenant, John Belk; Ensign, Peter Thrift. The members of the company are Orville Root, David Peebles, David A. Winn, Eli Sampson, Wm. Belk, J. F. Ordway, Wm H. Jones, Peter Thrift, Hosea A. Rogers, John Belk, George G. Peebles, John C Belk, D. U. Muise, Wm. B. Sharp, Milton Dickson, David Gall, Sidney Belk, Henry Green, Daniel McCoy, John Schmitt, Thos. Hart, Joseph Mathews, John Sevier, T. Chew, Jus. K Belk, Adam Schmitt, S. W. Busy, F. Shriver, E. N. Ordway, Isaac Schmitt, Henry Sevier, Michael Schmitt, S. Autrey.
MAY 13. The Hiawatha Guards, Capt. Ira J Lacock, go to Holton to at- tend the organization of the 3rd Regiment of the State Militia. Steve Quaif, of Robinson, organizes and drills a band of drummers and fifers for the Company.
MAY 16. The Kansas Chief says: "There are two companies of Infantry and one of Cavalry being organized at Hiawatha. Everybody out there is for the Union. The members of the Companies take an oath to support the Con- stitution of the United States and of the State of Kansas and to sacrifice life and fortune, if necessary, for the preservation of the American Union. That's the talk.
MAY -. Dr. P. G Parker issues the first number of the Brown County Union at Hiawatha. It ran during the summer and fall and was then destroy ed by fire.
MAY 23. "A requisition has been made upon Kansas for three regiments of troops-one for three years and two for three months. The Hiawatha Guards, Captain Ira J. Lacock, have been ordered to Fort Leavenworth, to form a por- tion of the three months' levies. He has issued a call for volunteers and will be off in a few days."-Kansas Chief.
JUNE 4. The legislature provides for a state road from Atchison by way of Robinson and Hiawatha, to Padonia, thence by one branch to the Nebraska line, in the direction of Falls City, and by another branch from Padonia to the Nebraska line in the direction of Salem. Thomas Butcher, Ephraim Pound and Orville Root are designated as Commissioners.
JUNE 6. "The Brown County Guards marched to Leavenworth last week, but when they arrived they were informed that no three month volunteers would be received. After remaining in camp several days they were supplied with arms and returned home. Some two or three of the number volunteered
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in the three years regiment. The Guards on their homeward march had a great deal of sport. They hoisted the Stars and Stripes over a secession store at Mt. Pleasant, Atchison county, and almost frightened the proprietor out of his wits. One of the officers became unsubordinate and hurled stones into the ranks. He was ordered under arrest, but he took to his heels and was caught after a chase of about a mile, placed under guard, and in this way brought home."-Kansas Chief.
JUNE 11. Election for Representative in Congress. 98 votes are cast of which Martin M. F. Conway had 81; John A. Halderman 5; Henry Chiel 1; E. N. Morrill 1. D. K. Babbitt was appointed to carry the returns to the Governor.
AUGUST 3. James and Jacob Mills place an American flag on their build- ing at Mt. Roy. The secessionists tear it down. The next day the Brown County Guards marched to Mt. Roy and arrested Lloyd Ashby, William and David Dunn, two Gwins and another man and boy. The prisoners refused to take the oath of allegience and were taken to Hiawatha but were released the next day.
AUGUST 8. "Brown county has within her borders an old soldier of Na- polean in the person of Mr. Meisenheimer, an old man of 73, residing at Hia- watha. He accompanied the memorial expedition to Moscow, and participated in the terrible battle of Waterloo, surviving the horrors of both; but he bears the scars of several wounds-one of them a bayonet thrust through the chin, received at Waterloo .- Kansas Chief.
AUGUST 18. School district No. 15, (Stony Point) organized by Superin- tendent George G. Rice. James Stumbo was chosen director, Daniel D. Ross clerk and Milton Dickson treasurer.
SEPTEMBER 19. Pony Creek post-office discontinued.
OCTOBER 7. It is ordered that the sum of $2238 03 be raised for state purposes.
-A levy of 1 mill for school purposes, 2} mills for highways and 4 mills for county purposes is made.
OCTOBER 15. The Masonic Grand Lodge in session at Topeka grants a charter for Hiawatha Lodge No. 35, A. F. & A. M. Some time in 1860 Deputy Grand Master G. H. Fairchild, granted a dispensation for a lodge at Hiawatha which was continued by the Grand Lodge held that year. The returns for 1861 show the following roster: W. B. Barnett, W. M., J. G. Kelsey, S. W., Jas. Round, J. W., W. W. Guthrie, Secy., S. W. Wade, H. R. Dutton, Isaac B. Hoover, Joseph Vaughn, B. Watkins, J. C. Scott, W. G. Sargent, J. F. Babbitt, H. C. Gregg, Gregory Amann, Entered Apprentice Ira J. Lacock.
OCTOBER 16. The Republican State Central Committee nominate a state ticket. H. R. Dutton, of Brown county is the nominee for State Treasurer. This was the scheme of Senator Lane who hoped to get rid of Gov. Robinson by forcing a new election. The scheme was a failure.
OCTOBER 17. Republican Convention at Robinson to nominate a candi- date for District Attorney. J. F. Babbitt, of Hiawatha, is the nominee.
NOVEMBER 4. Judge Albert II. Horton, recently appointed to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of A. L. Lee to enter the army, opens District Court at Hiawatha.
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ANNALS OF BROWN COUNTY.
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NOVEMBER 5. General Election.
Walnut.
Padonia.
Roys Creek.
Hiawatha.
Locknane.
Robinson.
Pages.
Pony Creek.
Total.
Governor, Geo. A. Crawford ..
Lieutenant Governor, Joseph L. Speer
21
21
Secretary of State, John W. Robinson
21
21
Auditor, Jas. R. McClure ...
21
21
Treasurer, H. R. Dutton.
51
8
11
48
23
46
18
19
224
Attorney General, Samuel A. Stinson
64
13
11
57
24
52
18
21
260
District Attorney, J. F. Babbitt.
65
13
11
56
24
51
14
21
255
State Senator, John J Ingalls
65
14
10
62
24
51
18
21
265
65
14
11
62
24
53
18
21
268
Representative, Thos. Murphy
65
11
11
60
24
51
18
21
261
65
11
9
61
24
51
18
21
260
66
J J. Patterson
65
11
9
61
24
51
18
21
260
66
Jas. D. Church
65 10
0
59
23
51
13
21
251
66
R. A. Van Winkle
11
9
61
24
51
18
21
260
66
O. H. McCauley
13
11
61
24
48
18
21
261
Sheriff, I. B. Hoover ..
13
11
59
24
53
18
21
265
65
14
11
62
24
53
18
21
268 262
Probate Judge, W. W. Guthrie
47
13
11
53
24
54
18
21
241
Register of Deeds, David Peebles
61
9
56
20
18
19
250 72
Clerk, E. L. Pound.
66
14
11
61
24
54
18
21
269
66 W. J. Hart
34
1
33
22
45
19
15
169
Surveyor, E H Niles
64
13
11
61
24
54
18
21
266
Superintendent, G. G. Rice
65
14
11
50
21
54
18
21
254
Coroner, Orville Root.
64
14
11
61
24
54
15
21
265
State Capital, Topeka
54
13
5
56
24
47
18
21
238
66
Lawrence
1
1
5
2
10
For Banking Law.
41
9
11
55
24
49
16
21
226
Against Banking Law
10
1
.
3
2
16
Among the scattering votes were State Treasurer, F. O. Sawyer 1, E. A. Spooner 3, Amasa Owen 1, Wm. Twidwell 1; Sheriff, H M Robinson 1; Com- missioner, Thos. B. Cummings 1; Probate Judge, Amasa Owen 16, Eli Hesel- tine 1, A. K. Yount 1; Register of Deeds, Samuel W. Wade 1, Winslow Smith 1; County Treasurer, T. B. Cummings 1; Surveyor, Amasa Owen 1; Superin- tendent, G. Dusendschon 1; Coroner, J. F. Babbit 1; District Attorney, Wm. H. Jones 1; State Senator, Geo. W. Bowman 4; Representative, M. C. Willis 3: John Bean 4, A. W. Robertson 4, P. Roach 4, S. B Davis 4, J. B. Reynolds 4.
The small vote cast for state officers was due to the fact that the great majority of the people held that there was no vacancies in the state offices and that the election was illegal. The Supreme Court sustained this view in the case of Kansas ex rel Crawford vs Robinson 1 Kan., 17.
NOVEMBER 8. William Vassar having gone into the U. S. Army, Thomas Ellis is appointed to fill the vacancy in the Board of County Commissioners.
-Enmion W. Plankington is appointed tru-tee of Locknane town-hip to fill vacancy.
1862.
JANUARY 3. The Brown County Union office is destroyed by fire and the paper suspends publication.
JANUARY 8. John A Martin is allowed $207 80 for printing delinquent tax list for the year 1860 in the "Freedom's Champion."
66
J. Round.
62
14
10
62
24
51
18
21
65
14
10
61
24
53
18
21
266
Treasurer, S. Spear. 66 Geo. J. Englehart.
40
5
3
42
24
46
19
21
200
Assessor, G. G. Rice
32
13
9
25
2
8
. .
6
95
66
County Commissioner, Noah Hanson
66
6.
Thos. Ellis
29
9
21
54 6
.
.
. . . .
..
21
21
Superintendent, Hiram D Preston
1
21
22
..
.. Wm. B. Barnett
.6
A. W. Johnson
65
65
13
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JANUARY 14. The state legislature convened. J. G. Kelsey, of Brown County is chosen Journal Clerk in the Senate.
FEBRUARY 14. School district No. 16, (Old Fairview) is organized by Superintendent Geo. G. Rice. The following board is chosen, James W. Belts director, Thos. J. Sewell treasurer, G. S. Boyce clerk.
MARCH 3. Brown and Nemeha are placed in the Fifth Senatorial district and allowed one Senator.
-The townships of Irving and Claytonville are made the Eleventh Rep- resentative district.
- The townships of Walnut Creek and Locknane are made the Twelfth Representative district.
MARCH 24. Township election: Trustee Locknane township, E. W. Plankington 22, H. C. Gragg 11; Justice of Peace, Locknane, P. M. Hodges 33, Chas. McRay 9, E. W. Plankington 8; Constables, Locknane, John Russell 31, J. W. Duvall 16, W. H. Piatt 17; Trustee, Irving township, J. W. Oberholtzer 34, Thomas Ellis 9, Wm. R. Smith 1; Constable, Irving township, H. M. Rob- son 44, Daniel McCoy 40; Trustee, Walnut Creek township, Noah Hanson 24: Constable, Walnut Creek township, L. D. Brown 22, Enoch Willett 22, David Snively 1; Trustee, Claytonville, Ephriam Pound 14, E M. Hubbard 14, Henry Chiel 1; Justice of Peace, Claytonville, R. L. D. Bartlow 28; Constable, Clay- tonville township, B. A. Williams 27, Hiram Horton 28, J. F. Shields 1. The above is the vote for Robinson precinct. The Commissioners rejected the vote of Pages precinct because there was no oath or affirmation subscribed to it. The tie for trustee was decided by the Commissioners by lot the choice falling upon Ephriam Pound.
APRIL 12. Methodist Conference at Hamlin. E N. Knapp and Jolin Belk are elected Stewards. There are 19 members in full communion and 58 on probation.
MAY 20. Joint school district No. 1, B. and A, is organized by Superin- tendent Geo. G. Rice. The first officers are Jonathan Hunt director, M. C. Willis clerk, R. Baldwin treasurer. This district was dissolved June 20, 1874.
JUNE 12. Englehart & Fairchild, of Hiawatha, ship 3000 busliels of wheat to St. Louis from White Cloud.
JUNE 28. The Kickapoos make a treaty giving up a large portion of their Brown county lands. The Atchison & Pike's Peak Railroad Company bought 123,832 acres, most of which was in Brown county, at $1 25 per acre. The lands were advertised for sale in 1866.
AUGUST 21. W. H. Jones, of Hiawatha, is recruiting for the contraband regiment and requests us to announce that he is paying two dollars per head for buck niggers-that is, for every negro man brought over from Missouri, he will pay two dollars to the person bringing him across .- Kansas Chief.
SEPTEMBER 6. Republican Judicial Convention at Hiawatha. Ira J. La- cock and W. W. Guthrie are the Brown county delegates. A. H. Horton is re- nominated by acclamation. E. L. Pound is selected as the Brown county member of the Central Committee.
SEPTEMBER 17. Republican State Convention at Topeka. Warren W. Guthrie of Brown county nominated for Attorney General.
OCTOBER 11. Gov. Chas. Robinson issues a pardon for B. L. Rider of Brown county, charged with having committed an assault upon A. R. Clarke. This is the first time the pardoning power was used in this county.
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An interesting story is connected with this pardon. One morning all of the leading citizens of Hiawatha arose from their beds to find anonymous letters beneath their doors. Each of these letters recited that State Treasurer H. R. Dutton, who was a resident of Hiawatha had been unduly intimate with the wives of the citizens. At least thirty of these letters were re- ceived aud before night the husbands got together and went to comparing notes. It was finally determined that a certain man who was known as the implacable enemy of Treasurer Dutton had written all of them, and, without further ado, Mr. Rider, who was among those whose wives had been accused, took a shotgun and went gunning for the suspected man. Coming up- on him on the main street, Mr. Rider poured a load of shot into him which inflicted some greiv- ous wounds, but did not cause death. A few days later Judge Kingman proceeded to the state capital, laid the case before Governor Robinson, and procured the pardon which was held against the time when Mr. Rider should be arraigned in court. Judge Horton says that he was puzzled for a day or two to know what to do about the matter. It did not appear to him that a man could be pardoned for a crime of which he had not been convicted, but he finally concluded that it was according to Hoyle, and so discharged the prisoner .- Kansas City Journal, July 13,'97.
OCTOBER 13. Judge Horton of the District Court announces that he will not try any cases where one of the parties or a material witness has enlisted in the army.
-Lewis Roberts is tried in the district court for "Misprison of Treason" and acquitted.
OCTOBER 14. First mortage foreclosure sale in the county confirmed by the court.
NOVEMBER 4. General election.
Pony Creek.
Hamlin,
Locknane.
Hiawatha.
Mt. Roy.
Robinson
Pages.
Total.
Congress, A. C Wilder, Republican .6 M. J Parrott, Union
23
75
30
44
10
40
6
228
Governor, Thos. Carney. Republican .6 W. R. Waystaff, Union
22
75
30
45
16
40
7
229
Lieutenant Governor, T. A. Osborn, Republican
23
75
30
44
10
40
227 24
Secretary of State, W. W. Lawrence, Republican 66 - Humphrey, Union
23
75
30
43
10
40
7
228
Auditor, Asa Hairgrove. Republican
23
75
30
45
10
40
7
230
N. S. Gross, Union ..
23
71
30
22
10
40
196
Superintendent, Isaac T. Goodnow, Republican
23
74
30
45
10
40
7
22
Chief Justice, John H. Watson, Republican
23
71
30
20
10
40
194
66
Wm. P. Gamble.
23
75
30
46
10
40
7
21
Attorney General. W. W. Guthrie, Republican 66 66
23
74
37
36
10
37
11
228
Louis Carpenter, Union
23
74
38
56
46
13
250
State Senator, Byron Sherry, Republican
23
75
37
54
10
45
12
256
Representative 11th District, Ira J. Lacock
43
2
36
12
93 3
.6
66
Fred J Weil
3
66 66 Noah Hanson .
. 1
1
..
66 D. K. Babbitt
6
Representative 12th District, Noah Hanson
6
28
26
60
Geo. E. Irwin
18
46
14
. . .
. .
23
70
38
46
1
32
12
222
66 D. K. Babbitt
5
2
6.
66 Joe Baggs
1
1
Probate Judge, G. G. Rice
22
40
40
22
10
30
164
Superintendent Schools, G. G. Rice
23
72
40
41
10
16 42
12
95
...
33
34
..
11
249
. .
19
...
7
2
28
District Judge, Albert H. Horton, Republican
4
..
36
..
5
7
52 6 231
Associate Justice, L. D. Bailey, Republican
E. S. Lowman, Union
10
5
6
22
Treasurer, Wm. Spriggs, Republican D. L. Lakin, Union
4
34
5
13
56 229
E. D. Brown, Union
11
5
6
....
22
J. J. Ingalls, Union
11
5
8
. .
11
5
6
22
11
5
6
5
. .
5
7
24
12
...
NOVEMBER 22. School district No. 17, (Fairview) is organized by Super- intendent Geo. G. Rice. The first board are Henry Monroe director, J. S. Tyler treasurer and Micheal McGinty clerk.
6
6.
78
Clerk District Court, J. G. Kelsey .6
7
. .
....
B. F. Killey
...
Willard P. Gamble, Union
6
11
6 5
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ANNALS OF BROWN COUNTY.
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1863.
JANUARY 5. The County Clerk is ordered to secure from the land office plats of Brown county showing the land that is entered and not entered, date of entry, name of person entering the same, etc.
JANUARY 20. School district No. 18, (Mt. Roy) is organized by Superin- tendent Geo. G. Rice. The first board are, Lewis C. Dunn director, Thos. J. Kenyon clerk, Wm. H. Dunn treasurer.
JANUARY 21. County Superintendent reports $287.48 in the school fund and is ordered to apportionate it among the schools according to the number of scholars.
FEBRUARY 16. M. C. Willis, George Storch and J. F. Bliss are appointed by the legislature to locate a state road from Lawrence to Hiawatha, via Grasshopper Falls, Muscotah, Oskaloosa and Kennekuk.
FEBRUARY 28. School district No. 19, (Marak) is organized by Superin- tendent Geo. G. Rice. The first board were, R. D. Bartlow director, Thos. N. Price clerk, John Bunck treasurer.
-Joint school district No. 2, B. & N., organized by Superintendent Geo G. Rice. The first officers are, Joseph Haigh director, L. R. Wheele clerk, L. S. Couner treasurer.
MARCH 2. Joint school district No. 3, B. & N., organized by Superintend- ent Geo. G. Rice.
MARCH 18. E. N. Morrill is appointed Commissary.
MARCH 23. Township election.
CLAYTONVILLE TOWNSHIP.
Trustee. Page. Robinson.
Ephriam Pound
1 34.
Geo. Pierce. 15. 3.
Justice of Peace.
Geo. Rush 21.
S. C. Shields 14 17.
M. Sawyer 7. 10.
R. D. Bartlow 9. 3.
Constable.
Marion Wyatt 5
6.
O. Jones ..
11
C. L Carroll. 12. 37.
T. W. Price
6.
IRVING TOWNSHIP.
Trustee.
Hiawatha
Padonia.
Thos. Ellis ..
33 8 ..
· Justice of Peace.
A. K. Yount 24 8.
I. P. Winslow 14
8.
J. G. Kelsey 10
T. J Kenyon
6
Constable
H. M. Robinson 20 8
O. McCoy 4 8.
A. Morris 12
No returns from Mt. Roy Precinct.
WALNUT CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Trustee.
Hamlin.
Noah Hanson .:
18.
..
Wm. Hunter
17
. .
Justice of Peace.
E. A. Spooner
35.
Wm. Carter
26 ...
Jno. Carter
9.
Constable.
L. D. Brown
35.
M. Willett 28 ..
J. S. Oldfield
3.
- Scott .. 2 ..
No returns received from Pony Creek.
LOCKNANE TOWNSHIP.
Trustee.
C. C Grubb.
25
W. J. Hart 13
W. M. Cassady
4
Justice of Peace.
H. Sutherland .. 34
E. W Plankington. .22
G. B. Lyon
17
Constable.
F. M. Sutton .
21
Urius Billman 20
J. Russell
. 19
J. Randal
12
MARCH 24. School district No 20, (Prairie College) is organized by Super- intendent Geo. G. Rice. The first board are, Thomas Carney director, Chas. E. Fox clerk and Wm. B. Geer treasurer.
MARCH 26. Treaty locating the Iowas on the Great Nemeha Agency is proclaimed.
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ANNALS OF BROWN COUNTY.
1863]
APRIL 20. School district No, 21, (Diamond) is formed by Superintendent Geo. G. Rice. The first board are, Daniel Marker director, Stephen Huglies clerk and John Quigley treasurer.
MAY 28. Treaty proclaimed with the Kickapoos by which their reserva- tion is reduced to present limits. The Atchison & Pike's Peak R. R. is given an option on the remaining land at $1.25 per acre.
JULY 18 School district No. 22, (Plum Creek) is organized by Superin- tendent Geo. G. Rice. The first board are, W. S. Hart director, C. W. Magill treasurer, J. G. Spencer clerk.
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