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The cooking was all done at the big wood fire with a few iron pots, skillets, ovens and kettles. Before the mills were accessible "hominy blocks" were used. A log 18 to 28 inches in diameter and from four to five feet long was made square at both ends, then stood on one end and a cavity chopped in the other. When the cavity was large enough a fire was built in it to burn the surface off smooth. It was now complete and resembled a large druggist's mortar. The pestle was made of a suitable piece of timber. In the "hominy block" corn was pounded, and one block often accommodated an entire neighbor- hood. Sometimes a family ground their meal in a coffee mill and some- times a grater was made by pricking holes in a piece of tin, and after
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the corn was softened somewhat by boiling on the ear, meal could be grated. Wheat flour was very scarce and in many families practically unknown.
The following extract from "Pioneer Days in Johnson County," published by the Elizabeth Randolph Chapter, D. A. R., in the "Holden Enterprise," is a fine account of early farming :
"A few acres fenced the first year for a corn patch, and a few vegetables, with the hunting that was expected to be done (for deer, elk and bear abounded), was all that was contemplated. This was enough, however, as the land must be grubbed, planted and cultivated and the only implements used were a 'bull-tongue' Colter plow and grubbing hoe. The plow was drawn by a pair of oxen, steady but sure. A rudely constructed wooden harrow and the top of a tree for a brush, were often used to level thie pulverized ground. Each succeeding year more land was opened up, and by the time a farmer owned twenty- five to fifty acres of cultivated land he had more than he could man- age.
"But few employed help, except in making rails. Rail-splitting was an avocation in which numbers of young men of poor parentage engaged. They were paid on the average one dollar per hundred rails and their board. At this business some saved money and became free-holders."
In the early days, fruits and vegetables raised by the settlers were never sold. If a man raised more than he needed and his neighbor wanted any, he gave them to him. The writer's father, who was born in the county in 1834, said that potatoes, apples, and such products were given away in this manner for many years, and a sale was unknown until long after he was a grown man.
The first permanent settlement in Johnson county was made in 1828 by Pleasant Rice or Nicholas Houx, in what became Columbus township. The Johnson County History of 1881 contains the following : "Several writers have disagreed concerning the date of the first settlement. We have, by close investigation, searched every avenue for a correct record of the first man who settled in the county. For a long time, the honor of the first settlement has been given to Columbus township, and a few from his prominence, have believed the esteemed pioneer, Nicholas Houx, to have been the first permanent settler. Not plucking any honors from this honored and respected pioneer, we find that Pleasant Rice settled in this township in the spring, and Nicholas
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Houx came with his family the following fall. This was in the year 1828.
"It has been reported that a few hunters had camped in various parts of the county prior to this time and that a hut by John Leeper was erected in the woods on Walnut creek in that part of the county now called Grover township. Even if this be so, Indian like, they passed away before permanent settlements were made.
"The honor of being the first permanent settler belongs to Pleasant Rice. He is still living and shows proof of his precedence."
On the other hand, Mrs. Rachel Fulkerson Martin, daughter of Dr. James Monroe Fulkerson and grand-daughter of Nicholas Houx, says that her family was always told and believed that Nicholas Houx was the first settler, and was immediately followed by Pleasant Rice. Other members of the Houx family have the same understanding.
The record of land entries in the government plat book show that Pleasant Rice, Nicholas Houx and John H. Ingram all entered land the same day. May 1, 1828, the earliest authentic record of land entry in the county.
Following these Columbus settlements were those in the neighbor- ing community of Jackson township around Basin Knob. Jonathan and Baldwin Fine came in 1829 and settled here. Other early settlers were:
William Cheek, in 1831, built a water mill and sawed lumber on Clear Fork near the line of Grover and Washington townships. He sold to James A. Gallaher in 1834. and this became Gallaher's Mill, and one of the first two voting places in the county.
The Johnson County History of 1881, under the history of Chilhowee township, says that William Norris settled near Walnut Grove ceme- tery, sometimes called the Carpenter graveyard, in 1829, and that year planted twenty seedling apple trees in the brush thicket, and also that he built the first grist-mill in the county. The editor has no reason to doubt this date, but has been unable to corroborate it.
In March, 1831, Judge Harvey Harrison and his wife, and his father and all his father's family settled about two and a half miles west of the present site of Fayetteville.
In Simpson township, Stephen Blevins had already settled and was here when the llarrisons came.
The other early settlements are given hereafter in detail in the
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history of each township.
In March, 1831, there were about fifteen heads of families in the county. The following is a list, given by Judge Harvey Harrison to Mr. W. E. Crissey in 1889:
"There were at this time but about fifteen heads of families in the (Johnson) county and they were named as follow: Nicholas Houx, at Columbus; Pleasant Rice, southeast of Columbus; Richard Bradley, Uriel Murray, Richard Huntsman, father of John Huntsman, of Hunts- man's favorite apple fame, Dr. - Rankin, Robert King.
Whitsett, father of T. Jeff Whitsett, James Matthews, Joseph Mat- thews, Morgan Cockrell. Isaac Noland, Mrs. Andrews, widow. with her two sons, Thomas Evans, Daniel Blevins. Sr., Daniel Blevins, Jr., Johnson Mulkey, Andrew Blevins, Stephen Blevins, single man, and Martin Warren, Jr. The Martin Warren, Jr., was not the Martin Warren. Sr., after whom the city, or town of Warrensburg was named. These were all living in the county (now Johnson) when we came here in 1831. For about two years after that I kept track of those that came to the county and knew them all, but after that they came too fast and I was unable to know everybody."
Reminiscences .- The following edited account of our early settle- ments and history was given to W. E. Crissey by Harvey Harrison (Judge Harrison) in March. 1889. Judge Harrison said in his statement :
"I was born in Blount county, East Tennessee, March 7, 1806. and can remember incidents of eighty years ago. When I was six months old, my father moved to Alabama. I was married on the 12th day of March, 1829. This year, father and our family and my wife started for Missouri. My father had an old-fashioned Virginia wagon hauled by six horses and he had it full of his goods. He also had a one-horse buggy and besides this a two-wheeled gig, stout and strong. This gig I rigged up with a sort of body to it large enough to get the stuff of myself and wife in it, and in this myself and wife rode, lived and slept in all the journey. We reached the Mississippi river at St. Louis and crossed it there. I would say it was a town then about as large. perhaps a little larger, than Warrensburg is now. In 1831, my father and his entire family, including myself and wife, moved to what is now Johnson county, Missouri. We settled about two and a half or three miles west of what is now Fayette- ville. We unloaded on the 22nd day of March. 1831. In two days we had a shelter, or camp, rigged up and in two weeks each family had
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a cabin of poles or logs with ground floor and clap-board roof, very com- fortable. When we arrived at this place there was but one house south of Blackwater creek and that was a cabin at High Point of Tebo in the southeastern part of Johnson county as it now is. This was the house of John Brummett, a squatter.
"The country was most delightful. It was one vast expanse of undulating prairie and in mid-summer covered with tall waving grass, interspersed here and there with strips or belts of timber along the courses of the little streams. The choicest variety of game abounded. Absolutely beautiful.
"Every autumn when the prairie grasses had withered and dried, about the month of November usually, the prairies were burned. Prob- ably these fires were started by the Indians for the purpose of driving game, or from some other unknown cause, the fires originated. The prairies would then become a vast sea of flames and woe be to the settler that had not taken the precautions to guard against them. While these fires were raging we had for from about four to six weeks what was known as Indian summer and for weeks at a time the smoke would be so dense that we could not see the sun. In the spring the ground would be free from grass and the wild flowers would spring up in endless variety and profusion and for some weeks, until the grass had hidden them from view, the prairies would be one vast flower gar- den. Constantly as one variety would cease to bloom others would take their places with ever changing colors and perfumes. I cannot describe these scenes in all their beauty and delight.
"After the site of Warrensburg was selected and before the ground could be platted, John Evans and James S. Raynols built a round pole cabin on the ground north of Gay street, where Joseph E. Lightner now lives, for a store house. This in 1835. This was the first merchant's store in or near Warrensburg.
"As well as I can remember, John Evans built the first store house in the corporate limits. It was at the northeast corner of Main and Gay streets, where William Brammer's house now stands."
Old Settlers' Reunion .- There are today living but few of the early settlers of the county. The largest gathering of them is at the Chilhowee Old Settlers' Reunion, which has been held annually for twelve years now. The following is the list of those present at the reunion in 1917, who have
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been here for years. The list gives in order, name, age, place of birth, and number of years in Johnson county :
Mrs. Frank M. Albin, 54; Missouri; 54. Mrs. P. H. Alexander, 76; Missouri; 76. P. H. Alexander, 84; Missouri; 54. Mrs. Mary Anderson, 61; Missouri; 61. H. A. Borthick, 70; Missouri; 70. J. M. Caldwell, 65; Missouri; 65. Lewis Corson, 57; Missouri; 50. J. B. Cull, 72; Missouri ; 72. J. C. Culley, 64; Missouri; 64. Mrs. Smith Cor. son, 62; Illinois ; 58. Smith Corson, 72; Ohio; 59. Mrs. Emma Crum- baugh, 70; Missouri; 70. D. L. Day, 66; Missouri; 66. Mrs. T. L. DesCombes, 73; Missouri: 67. J. L. Duncan, 76; 70. T. S. Dunham, 63; Missouri; 63. Noah Edwards, 73; Missouri; 50. Mrs. M. J. Epp- right, 76; Missouri: 76. R. F. Graham, 61; Missouri; 61. Mrs. Sarah Graham, 63; Missouri: 63. Mrs. Ellen Harris, 74; Missouri; 72. J. Heberling, 76; Missouri; 50. Mrs. G. W. Hilterbrand, 77. G. W. Hilterbrand, 79; Missouri: 51. Miss Mary Houx, 60; Missouri; 60. G. W. Houx, 77; Missouri; 77. William P. Hunt, 70; Missouri; 70. W. E. Jerome, 67; Missouri; 50. J. F. Knight, 81; Missouri; 65. J. S. Montague, 69; Kentucky: 55. Mrs. C. N. Pollock, 66; Missouri; 64. Mrs. W. P. Pollock, 65; Missouri : 63. W. P. Pollock, 70; Pennsylvania ; 50. J. H. Russell, 74; Missouri; 51. Mrs. J. A. Slifer. 57; Missouri; 57. Mrs. William Sweeney, 74; Missouri; 74. William Sweeney, 75; Mis- souri; 75. Mrs. M. L. Taylor, 86; Missouri: 69. J. M. Taylor, 84; Ten- nessee ; 60. Joe Taylor, 65; Missouri; 65. George Taylor, 62; Mis- souri; 62. Mrs. Isabelle Thompson, 81; Ohio; 67. F. N. Thompson, 59; Missouri; 58. Mrs. I. M. Vance, 72; Illinois: 58. I. M. Vance, 73; Ohio; 69. H. R. Warnick, 60; Missouri; 60. Mrs. J. W .. Wright, 71; Kentucky; 52. John Wantland, 66; Kentucky; 59.
The foregoing names are naturally chiefly of those who live near Chilhowee. In the two townships where the first settlements were made, Cobb Rice is said to have resided longest in Columbus town- ship, having been born there and Mrs. Lizzie Reese longest in Jackson township.
CHAPTER V .- ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.
TERRITORY-STATE-COUNTY-TOWNSHIPS-COUNTY COURT BUSINESS-COUNTY SEAT-CIRCUIT CLERKS-CIRCUIT JUDGES-COMMON PLEAS JUDGES-CRIM- INAL JUDGES - COUNTY COURT JUDGES - SUPERVISORS AND JUSTICES - JUDGES-COLLECTORS-COUNTY CLERKS-CORONERS-PROSECUTING AT- TORNEYS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS-PROBATE JUDGES-RECORDERS- REPRESENTATIVES-SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS-SHERIFFS -STATE SENA- TORS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY-SURVEYORS TREASURERS-COUNTY OFFI- CERS' SALARIES OR FEES.
Territory .- That portion of "The District of Louisiana," composed of the country ceded by France to the United States, lying north of the 33rd degree of north latitude, was organized as a territory of the United States by an Act of Congress approved March 24, 1804, and put under the jurisdiction of Louisiana Territory for governmental purposes. The "District of Louisiana" was changed to the "Territory of Louisiana" by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1805. The name of "Louisiana Ter- ritory" was changed to "Missouri Territory" by Act of Congress ap- proved June 4, 1812. This act also provided for the government of said territory and established the seat of territorial government at St. Louis.
State .- The state of Missouri was created by act of Congress, with certain conditions. These conditions were approved by the Legislature of Missouri Territory, June 26, 1821, and August 10, 1821. President Monroe issued proclamation announcing the admission of Missouri to be completed.
County .- Johnson county was organized by act of the General Assembly, December 13, 1834, out of Lafayette county, which at that time included all of what is now Lafayette, Johnson and Henry counties, the northwest half of St. Clair, and a narrow strip on the east side of Bates and Cass counties, about 1,600,000 acres. Johnson county boun- daries were as at present.
At the organization of a county, it was customary for the gover- nor to appoint a county court of three judges and a sheriff, and the county court would then appoint the other officers. In Johnson county's
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case, Governor Dunklin had a preliminary election held to recommend persons for county judges and sheriff. The polls were at Columbus and Gallaher's Mill (on Clear Fork). About sixty votes were polled at Columbus and thirty at Gallaher's Mill, and Amos Horn, Robert W. Rankin and Uriel Murray were recommended as judges and Joseph Cockrell as sheriff. These men were then appointed by the governor.
The first county court was held at the residence of Mrs. Rachel Houx, near Columbus, on April 13, 1835. Amos Horn was made presi- dent of the court; John H. Townsend, appointed clerk pro tempore ; James Carmichael, appointed assessor, and court then "adjourned until court in course." which was the following May.
Townships .- At the second court on May 4, 1835, Richard Hancock was appointed collector for the county, and the county was divided into four townships, Jackson, Washington, Jefferson and Madison.
Jackson township extended fifteen miles east and twelve miles south from the northwest corner of the county, and included all of congressional townships 46 and 47. in ranges 27, 28, and east three miles of 29. The site of Centerview town was in the southeast corner.
Madison township lay exactly south of Jackson, and included town- ships 44 and 45, in the same ranges, being twelve miles north and south and fifteen miles east and west. The site of Chilhowee town was near the southwest corner.
Jefferson township embraced the southeast part of the county imme- diately east of Madison, and also ran three miles further north. It included townships 44 and 45 and the south half of 46, in ranges 24. 25 and 26. It included the present site of Warrensburg and nearly all of Knob Noster. It was fifteen miles north and south by eighteen miles east and west.
Washington township was the balance of the county, containing the north half of township 46. all of 47 and the south two miles of 48. in ranges 24, 25 and 26. It was eleven miles north and south by eighteen miles east and west.
W. E. Cocke was appointed constable of Jackson township, and W. H. Anderson, constable of Washington township. S. Whitsett was appointed surveyor.
At the first election, August. 1835, in Jackson township. Moses Pinkston, Samuel Wilson and S. Rowdon were elected justices of the peace.
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In Jefferson township, Moses Owsley, Benjamin Snelling and James Harris were elected justices, and James McWilliams, constable.
In Washington township, George McMahan and Joseph Robert- son were elected justices.
In Madison township, William Conway and Hiram Helm were elected justices and Nicholas Turner, constable.
County Court Business .- The first regular petition to the court was by J. B. Morrow to organize township 47, range 27, into a school district. This was granted by the court, July 16, 1835, and the town- ship was incorporated as Franklin school district No. 1. Robert Craig, Samuel Wilson and William Kincaid were appointed trustees.
June 8, 1835, Prince L. Hudgins deposited in the clerk's office "the sum of five dollars, in order to obtain at the next county court a grocer's license for the purpose of retailing spirituous liquors in said county."
P. L. Hudgins was also appointed commissioner to sell school lands, and August 4, 1835, his petition to sell section 16, township 47, range 26, was granted.
The first road overseer in the county was Joseph Dixon, appointed in December, 1835. He was succeeded by William Flannery, William K. Reeves, James Borthick, and J. H. Evans.
The first petition for a road was presented December 20, 1835, by William M. Kincaid.
James Warren was appointed clerk of the court September 12, 1835, to succeed John H. Townsend, who resigned. William Flannery was appointed constable of Jefferson township to succeed James Mc\Vil- liams, who resigned November 2, 1835. James Carmichael was allowed $1.50 a day for thirty-two days' work as assessor and Richard Han- cock presented his delinquent tax list amounting to $17.10.
The foregoing is a synopsis of all the business of the county court for the first year.
The first general election was held in August, 1836, when there was an election of governor, lieutenant governor, Legislature, mem- bers of Congress, sheriff and coroner.
County Seat .- The county seat was located at Warrensburg in 1836, and the first county court held there was at the residence of Henry Colbern, with Uriel Murray presiding.
Warrensburg has continued the county seat so long that few know
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that it was originally established in Hazel Hill township and later at one time a regular campaign was opened to move it to Centerview.
Judge Harvey Harrison, who came here in 1831, and died in 1890, gave the following account of the county seat location to Mr. W. E. Crissey in 1889:
"In 1835 the county court appointed commissioners to select a site for the future county seat. The commissioners first selected a place about a mile west of where Judge William McMahan now lives. Some people had moved into the county and settled near Shanghai (or Cornelia) and these bitterly opposed the site selected because it was on one side of the center of the county. This commission reconsidered its work and selected the original site of the town of Warrensburg as being as near the geographical center of the county as it was possible to get it. The county then bought the land of the owners and laid out the town of Warrensburg, now known as Old Town and appointed James Carmichael, commissioner to sell the lots."
In the campaign to move the county seat to Centerview, a news- paper was published in Holden especially to promote the move, and on August 14, 1872, the records of the county court show the following: George Washington, Elhanan Roop, and others filed their petition praying the court to submit to the voters at the next general election, November 5, 1872, the proposition "for the removal of the seat of justice of the county of Johnson from the town of Warrensburg to the town of Centerview." It was taken under advisement till 1 p. m. Later in the day "George Washington, on behalf of the petitioners, withdrew the petition."
From 1873 to 1877, the township system was in force and officers elected by the township did much of the work done by county officers, especially in the assessment, collection and disbursement of the revenue. But the county system was re-established and seems to be much pre- ferred.
The following is a complete list of county officers. Since the Civil War, their township residence is also given.
Assessors .- 1835, James Carmichael; 1836-1841, Robert Graham; 1842, William Smith; 1843-47, Isham Reese; 1848-49, John G. Gibbons; 1850-53, G. W. Houts; 1854-58, Newton Walker; 1859, Arthur Kirkpat- rick; 1860-1861, David W. Johnson; 1863-64, S. D. Foulke; 1865, John Cheek; 1866-67, Daniel C. Quick, Rose Hill township; 1868, G. W.
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Short ; 1869-1872, W. C. Rowland, Warrensburg township; 1873-77, town- ship system ; 1877, Benjamin E. Lemmon, Warrensburg township; 1878- 1882, W. R. Bowen, Post Oak township; 1882-1886, Robert I. Moses, Post Oak township : 1886-1890, W. M. Hamilton, Madison township; 1890- 1894, Andrew S. Campbell, Madison township; 1894-1900, L. B. Thomas, Washington township; 1900-1908, T. J. Summers, Washington town- ship : 1908-1916, Charles Gillilan, Columbus township : 1916, R. F. Boone, Simpson township.
Circuit Clerks .- Circuit clerks and ex-officio recorders since 1836: 1836-1840, James D. Warren; 1840-47, Z. T. Davis: 1848-1860, James McCown: 1861-63, no circuit court ; 1861-64, S. P. Williams, Warrens- burg township: 1865-1870, Mel. U. Foster, Warrensburg township; 1871-73, C. C. Morrow, Warrensburg township ; 1874-1881, H. S. Wither- spoon, Warrensburg township: 1882-1890. W. K. Morrow. Warrens- burg township: 1890-98, John M. Caldwell, Jefferson township: 1898- 1906, William H. Henshaw, Warrensburg township: 1906-1910, Eura J. McCormack, Montserrat township: 1910-1913, William H. Henshaw, Warrensburg township: 1913-14. M. P. Moody, Warrensburg township : 1914 to present, J. M. Caldwell, Warrensburg township.
Circuit Judges .- 1835-1848, J. F. Ryland: 1849-1853, Henderson Young: 1854-55, William T. Wood; 1856-58, Russell Hicks: 1859-1860, Robert G. Smart : 1861-62 no circuit court : 1863-67, J. A. S. Tutt : 1868- 1872, David McGaughey ; 1873-76, Foster P. Wright : 1877-1886, Noah M. Givan ; 1886-1892, Charles W. Sloan : 1892-98, William W. Wood; 1898- 1904, William L. Jarrett; 1904-1910, Nick M. Bradley; 1910-16, Andrew A. Whitsett ; 1916 to present, Ewing Cockrell.
Common Pleas Judges .- 1867. G. N. Elliott : 1868, to June 21, 1872. A. R. Conklin.
Criminal Judges .- 1875-1880, W. H. H. Hill : 1880-1892. J. F. Ryland.
County Court-Judges .- 1835. A. Horn, presiding; R. Rankin, U. Murray : 1836, U. Murray P. L. Hudgins, G. Gallaher : 1837, P. L. Hud- gins. U. Murray, George Gallaher; 1838, P. L. Hudgins, Uriel Murray, George Gallaher: 1839, Uriel Murray presiding, John Thornton, George Gallaher, P. L. Hudgins: 1840, Robert Graham, Uriel Murray, John Price : 1841. Robert Graham, Uriel Murray, John Price: 1842. Uriel Murray, John Thornton, Robert Graham, John Price; 1843-44. Uriel Murray, Robert Graham, John Thornton; 1845-47, Uriel Murray, Rob- ert Graham, Jehu Robinson: 1848, J. K. Farr. William Trapp, Jacob Knaus: 1849, Wm. Trapp, Jno. A. McSpadden, Jacob Knaus, J. K.
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Farr; 1850-51, Wm. Trapp, Jacob Knaus, John A. McSpadden; 1852- 55, Wm. Trapp, Wm. Kirkpatrick, Joseph L. Gaut ; 1855, Wm. Trapp, Richard M. King. Wm. Kirkpatrick; 1856 to 1861, Wm. Trapp, Sam- uel Craig, J. K. Farr; 1862, Wm. Trapp. J. J. Welshans, J. K. Farr; 1863, Wm. Trapp. J. J. Welshans, J. K. Farr; 1864, Wm. Trapp, J. J. Welshans, Harvey Harrison; 1865, Harvey Harrison (H. H.), J. J. Welshans (Wbg.), John Windsor (Jack.); 1866, Daniel Adams, (Wash.), John Windsor (Jack.), Thomas Iams (Simp.); 1867-69, G. Will Houts (Wbg.), Daniel Adams (Wash.), John Windsor (Jack.) ; 1870, G. Will Houts, Thomas Iams (Simp.), John Windsor; 1871, J. K. Farr (Wbg.), Thomas Iams (Simp.), John Windsor (Jack.) ; 1872, J. K. Farr (Wbg.), Thomas Iams (Simp.), Geo. S. Walton (Mad.).
Supervisors and Justices .- 1872-73 W. McClean (Wbg.), J. W. C. Hulse (Mad.), I. B. Smith, P. E. Gowdy (Wbg.), John Lay (Wash.), W. B. Ames, Thos. A. Marshall (P. O.), John Umstadt ( Mad.), J. M. Wall (Jeff.), W. H. Crumbaugh (Chil.), Cyrus McDonald (Jack.), T. J. Cald- well (P. O.) ; 1872-1874, G. B. Mayes (Wash.), W. McMahan (H. H.), B. E. Morrow (Col.), G. Washington (Cent.), D. B. Reavis (King.) ; 1876, G. B. Mayes (Wash.), W. McMahan (H. H.), G. Umstadt (Mad.), Geo. Washington (Cent.), D. B. Reavis (King); 1877, Geo. Washington (Cent.), J. Umstadt (Mad.), G. B. Mayes (Wash.), Wm. McMahan (H. H.), J. W. C. Hulse (Mad.).
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