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April 15, 1836, William Askew was awarded a contract for constructing an absolutely fire- proof building, north of the Court House, to be 32 by 46 feet and two stories high, at a cost of $3,300. This building was constructed by Charles H. Bailey, and the building occupied the ground upon which the present jailer's resi- dence stands.
THE THIRD JAIL.
The second jail was soon found wholly in- adequate to confine the ever-increasing number of prisoners, and in 1842 it was again found necessary to build the third or stone jail, whichi was erected by Charles H. Bailey and Charles Collins at a cost of $38,002.
NEW COUNTY PROJECTS.
After the transfer of a portion of Kirkwood, Pultney and York townships to Guernsey County, and the whole of Salem township to Monroe County, as heretofore mentioned, the area of Belmont County was still greater than required by the Constitution. Whereupon in 1818 citizens in the townships of Somerset, Warren. Kirkwood and a part of Flushing township, remote from the county seat, united with citizens residing in the township of Guern- sey and Monroe counties to form a new county with Barnesville as the county seat. The citi- zens of Barnesville were very active in this project and presented the following petition to the Legislature setting forth the arguments favoring the proposed county :
"To the Honorable, the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, the petition of the sub- scribers, inhabitants of parts of the counties of Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe, respectfully showeth
"That your petitioners are situated at a con- siderable distance from their respective seats of justice. That they labor under many in- conveniences in attending courts as jurors, wit- nesses, etc. And that it would be a great con- venience to them to have a new county created out of the parts of the aforesaid, so as to es- tablish the seat of justice at Barnesville,
"Your petitioners presume not to dictate to Your Honorable Body, but are well convinced that the said counties of Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe contain a sufficiency of territory for four counties, without making either less than the Constitution requires. Your petition- ers are well convinced that such a measure would much- increase the population, greatly enhance the value of lands, and render general satisfaction to this part of the State. Compre- hended in said territory there are 400 square miles, with a very considerable population, and leaving at the same time in each of the afore- said counties of Belmont, Guernsey and Mon- roe a sufficient number of square miles to form a county. Your petitioners are well aware that there is considerable opposition to the erection of the new county by a part of the inhabitants thereof, who reside on that part of the State road and its vicinity which passes through the county hereby petitioned for. But your peti- tioners, reposing full confidence in Your Hon- orable Body, have little doubt that in your de- liberations on the subject you will be led to think that the benefit arising to this part of the county will more than counterbalance the advantages which our opponents have and do (lerive from the benefits resulting from the said State road, and we further beg leave to inform Your Honors that we have in the town of Barnesville a considerable woolen factory, mer- chant mill and sawmill just ready to go into operation, all of which will be operated by steam power, which in some degree, no doubt, claim the fostering care of Your Honorable Body." This measure failed, however. Twen- ty-nine years later Fairview in Guernsey Coun- ty instituted another movement for the estab- lishment of a new county, that in addiiton to the territory from Harrison and Tuscarawas counties would embrace all the townships of Belmont County included in the previous plan. This movement was vigorously opposed by Barnesville and indeed by citizens of Belmont County in general. And through the efforts of Belmont County's representative in the Gen- eral Assembly, Hon. Miller Pennington, the measure was indefinitely postponed.
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THE COUNTY SEAT WAR.
When the "Old Court House" had served the seat of justice for upwards of half of a century it was seen that a change must soon be made. Many additional rooms had been built as at- tachments to the Court House building proper, to accommodate the increased number of coun- ty officials whose quarters were very cramped and uncomfortable. The court building proper was under constant repair in order to make it habitable, and the whole structure was un- worthy a wealthy and populous county like Bel- mont. But every suggestion to construct a new Court House was met by a demand upon the part of the citizens of Pultney township to have the county seat restored to the site from which it was originally removed in 1804. And this agitation culminated in a county seat war beginning about 1857 and continuing with great bitterness for a period of 25 years.
The contest divided the people of the county socially, commercially and politically. In polit- ical conventions, candidates seeking prefer- ment in either of the great political parties for the sake of harmony were chosen from the ranks of those who in the matter of county seat removal had no pronounced views for or against. And these candidates were usually found beyond the limits of Richland and Pult- ney townships. . Those who favored removal for the most part resided in Pultney township or.in the townships bordering thereon in the eastern and southeastern portion of the county, while the advocates of maintaining the county seat at St. Clairsville dwelt largely in the rural townships west, south, and northeast of St. Clairsville. The arguments used by those favoring removal were that the completion of the Central Ohio and the Cleveland & Pitts- burg railroads had attracted a preponderance of population along the lines of these roads bothi east and south, and a removal of the county seat to Bellaire would afford easier facilities for the majority of the people of the county to reach the seat of justice. On the other hand, the advocates of the retention of the county seat at St. Clairsville insisted that
the public buildings were located near the geographical center of the county and there- fore were more accessible to all the people, and especially the rural population, as all roads constructed for a half century were built to St. Clairsville and the National Pike that was built through the county from east to west passed through St. Clairsville.
And in order to further emphasize their claim to the county seat, the citizens of St. Clairsville and Richland township under the two-mile law built two macadamized roads, one extending from the county seat to Warnock's station on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at a cost upwards of $62,500, and the other known as the Cadiz Pike, extending north to the county line. These were for the accommoda- tion of the citizens living in the north, south, and southwest portions of the county, in reach- ing the county seat.
A corporation of the citizens of St. Clairs- ville, with a view of making the county seat more accessible, built a narrow gauge railroad from St. Clairsville to St. Clairsville Junction on the Baltimore & Ohio, at a cost of $35,000. This road was so badly damaged by floods that it became inoperative, but was rebuilt at great cost and converted to a broad guage road that was subsequently turned over to the B. &. O. Railroad, under whose management it has been in successful operation for many years. At a later period, a Cleveland & Lorain Railroad was in course of construction ; a corporation of St. Clairsville, with a view of affording citizens of Bridgeport, Martin's Ferry and Bellaire speedy communication with St. Clairsville, con- structed a railroad from the county seat to a point on the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling road, near Barton, at a cost of nearly $30,000. Notwithstanding all these improvements, the figlit continued without abatement and the agi- tation was especially bitter through the "seven- ties." Every winter the advocates of removal would send petitions to the Legislature praying for the removal of the seat of justice. And every winter the opponents of the measure would send up lengthy remonstrances.
Delegations composed of the leading citizens
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of Bellaire and St. Clairsville spent most of the winter in Columbus lobbying for and against the bills for removal. In one or two instances legislative committees came down and looked over the ground and returning to the General Assembly reported against the bill for removal>. In 1881 Bellaire determined to bring the matter directly to a vote of the people by making it an issue in the campaign, and a re- moval ticket was placed in nomination. But the regular ticket was elected. In 1883 St. Clairsville, through Representative Locke of Medina County, introduced a bill providing for a new Court House at St. Clairsville, and a hard and bitter fight was made for its passage, but it also failed.
Finally in 1883 Hon. Samuel Hilles was nominated for the House of Representatives upon the Republican ticket, pledged that the county seat matter should not be agitated dur- ing his term of office. The Democratic con- vention that was held soon thereafter refused to bind its candidate by any such pledge. Mr. Hilles was elected. But when the Legislature met, a strong delegation of leading Democrats from the county seat reopened the question without the knowledge of Representative Hilles.
Senator Williams of Cleveland introduced a bill providing for the construction of a new and modern Court House at the county seat, and the Legislature, weary of the endless agita- tion and unprofitable discussion that occupied so much of its time every winter, determined to bring the question to an end, and the bill was carried under the suspension of the rules by an overwhelming majority. Thus this long protracted contest was brought to an end. Some bitter animosities were engendered by this continued strife which the fingers of time have long since removed.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.
When the bill for the construction of the new Court House was enacted into a law, the county commissioners, whose duty it was to carry out its provisions, were Messrs. Owen Mehan, Nathaniel Taylor and Morris Cope.
Plans and bids were advertised for, and many were received, but after careful consid- eration the commissioners adopted the plans submitted by Architect J. W. Yost of Colum- bus. Mr. McClain of Bellaire was awarded the contract for the stone work; John B. Fisher of Columbus, for painting and glazing; Simon Cain of Cleveland, for brick work; Doarzbach & Decker, for plastering; and Lane Brothers of Newark, for iron work; the total aggregat- ing $97,000. These bids before being accepted were submitted to a committee consisting of Probate Judge Thomas Cochran, Sheriff Leroy Sedgwick, Clerk of the Courts W. B. Cash and William Alexander, Esq., and were by them approved. In order to obtain a suitable site upon which to erect such a pretentious structure, the street known as Market street, and extending north beyond the town limits, was vacated, and the property known as the Frasier House, one of the old National Road hostelries, was purchased. When everything was in readiness, the work began under the superintendence of Thomas E. Clark, a skilled architect and builder, who maintained an over- sight over all the building until the work of construction was completed. As the work progressed, many changes in the original plan were found necessary. In the main building it was determined to use stone rather than brick, and in order to secure a solid founda- tion for such an enormous building an addi- tional expense of $20,000 was incurred. To meet the additional expenses incurred in the completion of all the buildings, special legisla- tion was obtained from time to time.
The picture of the new Court House pre- sented in this chapter exhibits a public building which for beauty and architectural design is perhaps not surpassed by any building of a like character in the State. Erected upon the high- est summit of this beautiful hill country, its great steeple cleaves the sky, serving the trav- eler as a guiding tower by day and a beacon light by night. From the upper windows of this stately structure the eyes sweep the hori- zon revealing a pastoral scene of surpassing beauty. Hilltop and valley are clothed in liv-
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ing green, with clumps of forest here and there beited by green meadows and fields of golden grain, while every roadway is bordered by homes of comfort and content.
Adjoining the Court House, with a broad stone promenade intervening, was built the sheriff's residence and jail. The former, an attractive modern residence, and the latter, a strong, substantial structure of stone and iron, provided with all the improvements in prison equipment. The cost of these imposing public buildings is best told by the commissioners' re- port in their summary of all expenditures which we publish herewith :
Net cost of site. $ 3,952.00
Surveyor 58.00
Advertising 462.23
Arbitrators 124.00
Building committee
263.00
Grading, curbing, paving, etc. 4,976.75
Extra depth stone foundation. 14,500.00
Stone work superstructure. 57,135.41
Boiler house and stack, brick in tunnel. 12,391.21
Iron work 53,686.69
Furniture 13,270.33
Gas machine and fixtures .. 5,327.59
Roofing and galvanized work. 14,103.59
Sheriff's residence 11,090.27
Carpenter work 18,112.73
Stcam heating 17,443.98
Tiling 3,998.05
Brick work 17,730.02
Painting and frescoing. 5,212.20
Amount paid other contractors, cisterns, etc .. 3,278.54 Clock, $1,436.10; carpets, $707.26. 2,143.36
Architect's percentage 7,310.47
Architect's fce, extra trips
325.00
Superintendent's wagcs 4,400.00
Attorney's fee, McClain vs. Commissioners. . 300.00
Treasurer's fees
888.19
Total $272,484.52 Deduct from total cost bonded indebtedness .. 155,000.00
Amount paid by annual levy. $117,484.52
We have deducted amounts received from sale of public property and premiums on bonds, viz., $7,448.00 from the amount paid for new site, viz., $11,400, which leaves the above net amount as cost of site to county.
The cost of sheriff's residence, as stated above, in- cludes a considerable amount which properly belongs to cost of jail, but cannot be separated, as it was con- tracted for with the residence.
MORRIS COPE, W. C. BERRY, J. C. ISRAEL,
Commissioners of Belmont County.
LIST OF COUNTY OFFICIALS FOR A CENTURY.
Before concluding the chapter upon the growth of Belmont County, it might be proper to give a list of the men who filled the various positions of public trust since the formation of our county, and among this long list of able and honored men will be found the names of some of Ohio's most distinguished statesmen.
The officials of Belmont County in 1902 are :
Common Plcas Judge-J. W. Hollingsworth.
Probate Judge-William F. Smith. Clerk of Courts-Louis L. Schcele.
Sheriff-S. S. Forcman.
Auditor-Madison Aldredge.
Treasurer-W. O. Burgundthal.
Prosecuting Attorney-H. S. Armstrong.
Recorder-J. K. McFarland.
Stenographer-A. L. Bumgarner.
Surveyor-John A. Bond.
Coroner-Dr. C. C. Cole.
Commissioners-George M. Wisc, President ; John W. Wilkinson, T. B. Smith.
Infirmary Directors-Otto Rottmeier, President ; J. A. Brown, Auditor ; J. H. Heed.
Superintendent Infirmary-Orlando Copc, East Rich- land.
Superintendent Children's Home-T. W. Branson, Barnesvile.
School Examiners-James Duncan, Bridgeport ; E. F. Barnes, Bethesda; J. O. Porterfield, Demos.
It is but proper to add that since July 1, 1902, the auditor-elect. A. W. Beatty, the treasurer- elect, John D. Hayes, and the clerk of courts, Louis L. Scheehle, have been inducted into office.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
The following have been Representatives in Congress from the district in which Belmont County was situated from the time of its or- ganization as a county : Jeremiah Morrow, of Warren County, 1803-1813; James Caldwell, Belmont County, 1813-1817; Samuel Herrick, Muskingum County, 1817-21 ; John Chright and David Chambers, Muskingum County, 1821-23; John Patterson, Belmont County, 1823-25; David Jennings and Thomas Sher- man, Belmont County, 1825-27; John Daven- port, Belmont County, 1827-29; Judge William Kennon, Belmont County, 1829-33; Judge M. Ball, Guernsey County, 1833-35; Judge Will-
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iam Kennon, Belmont County, 1835-37; James Alexander, Jr., Belmont County, 1837-39; Isaac Parrish, Guernsey County, 1838-41 ; Ben- jamin S. Cowen, Belmont County, 1841-43; Joseph Morris, Monroe County, 1843-47; William Kennon, Jr., Belmont County, 1847- 49; W. F. Hunter, Monroe County, 1849-53; William Shannon, Belmont County, 1853-55; Charles J. Albright, Guernsey County, 1855- 57; William T. Lawrence, Guernsey County, 1857-59; Thomas C. Theaker, Belmont Coun- ty, 1859-61 ; James R. Morris, Monroe County, 1861-63; J. W. White, Guernsey County, 1863- 65; John A. Bingham, Harrison County, 1865- 73; Lorenzo Danford, Belmont County, 1873-79; J. T. Updegraff, Jefferson County, 1879-84; Joseph D. Taylor, Guernsey County, 1884-91; Lorenzo Danford, Belmont County, 1891-97; J. J. Gill, present incumbent.
STATE SENATORS.
Under the Constitution of 1802, Senators and Representatives were elected every year, and under the Constitution of 1851 once in two years.
The Senators in 1803 were William Vance and Thomas Kirker; 1804, William Vance; 1805-06, Joseph Sharp; 1807-08, Joseph Dil- lon; 1808-11, James Caldwell; 1813-14, Charles Hammond; 1815-18, James Caldwell; 1819-24, David Jennings; 1825-26, John Dav- enport ; 1827-28, William Hubbard; 1829-30, Thomas Shannon; 1831-32, William Dunn; 1833-34, James Alexander, Jr .; 1835-36, George Sharp; 1837-40, Thomas Shannon; 1841, Chauncey Dewey; 1842-44, Robert H. Miller; 1845-46, Benjamin McCall; 1847-48, Edward Archibald; 1849-52, William P. Simp- son ; 1854, David Allen; 1856, Charles War- field; 1858, Isaac Holloway; 1860, Marshall McCall; 1862, Isaac Welsh; 1864, John C. Jamison; 1866, Henry West; 1868-70, James B. Jamison; 1872-74. Samuel Knox; 1876-78, David Wagoner; 1880-82, D. A. Hollings- worth ; 1884-86, Solomon Ilogne; 1888, George WV. Glover; 1890, J. W. Nichols; 1894, Senator Burke of Columbiana; 1898, F. B. Archer, present incumbent.
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Representatives elected to the General Assembly from Belmont County were: 1803, Joseph Sharp and Elijah Woods to the Gen- eral Assembly, at Chillicothe, March 1, 1803, and Josiah Dillon and James Smith to the one convened in December, 1803; 1804, Thomas Wilson and John Stewart; 1805, John Stew- art and James Smith; 1806, Josiah Dillon and John Stewart; 1807, William Vance and John Patterson; 1808, Joseph Sharp, Edward Bry- son and Isaac Vore; 1809, Joseph Sharp, Isaac Vore and Josiah Dillon; 1810, Elijah Woods, Joseph Moorehead and William Smith; 1811, James Smith, Thomas Mitchell and Joseph Sharp; 1812, Josiah Dillon, Jacob Myers and Peter Yarnell; 1813, Moses Moorehead, Am- brose Danford and William Sinclair; 1814, Joseph Sharp, Edward Bryson and Thomas Majors; 1815, David Wallace, James Smith and Thomas Majors ; 1816, Charles Hammond, Thomas Townsend and Edward Bryson; 1817, Charles Hammond, George Paull and William Dunn; 1818, Charles Hammond, George Paull and William Dunn; 1819, William Dunn, Thomas Shannon and John Smith; 1820, Will- iam Dunn, Thomas Shannon and Charles Hammond; 1821-22, William Dunn, Thomas Shannon and Alexander Armstrong; 1823, William Perrine, Isaac Atkinson and John Scatterday; 1824, John Davenport , Thomas Shannon; 1825-26, William Perrine, William Dunn and Eli Nichols; 1827-28, James Wier, Crawford Welsh and William Dunn; 1829, Crawford Welsh, James Weir and Andrew Patterson; 1830, Jolin Davenport and James Alexander; 1831-32, Jolin Patton, William Workman and William B. Hubbard; 1833-34, Joseph A. Ramage, John Thompson and Sol- omon Bentley : 1835-36, Solomon Bentley, William Chambers and James Weir; 1837, Ephraim Gaston and Isaac II. Green; 1838-39, Henry West and Thomas A. Way; 1840, Crawford Welsh and John Koontz; 1841, William Workman and Samuel Dunn; 1842, Thomas Pilcher; 1843, Samuel Dunn and William R. Carle; 1844-45, Benjamin S.
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Cowen and Peter Tallman; 1846, John C. Kerr and William Hogue; 1847, Miller Pennington ; 1848, Samuel Bigger; 1849, John A. Wayer and Hugh McNeely; 1850, A. C. Ramage and James J. Grimes; 1851, A. C. Ramage and Price Cornwell; 1853, E. V. Cleaver and Samuel Findlay ; 1855, James A. Turner and Robert Hamilton; 1857-59, Isaac Welsh; 1861, Wilson S. Kennon ; 1863, Robert E. Chambers; 1865-67, Coulson Davenport and John Patter- son : 1869, John W. Kennon and Thomas M. Nichol; 1871, John A. Wayer; 1873, Thomas H. Armstrong; 1875, E. V. Cleaver and Will- iam Bundy ; 1877, Ross J. Alexander and Har- vey Danford; 1879, David Wagner; 1883, Samuel Tilles ; 1885, Samuel Hilles and C. L. Poorman; 1887, C. L. Poorman and A. T. McKelvey; 1889, A. T. McKelvey; 1891, C. J. Heinlein; 1895, C. J. Howard and E. B. Arm- strong; 1897, E. B. Armstrong; 1899, P. B. Worthington, present incumbent.
SHERIFFS.
1801-03, Jacob Coleman (appointed ) ; 1803-09, Josiah Hedges; 1809-12, James Hedges; 1812-13, Anthony Weir; 1813-19, David Moore; 1819-24, William Perrine; 1824- 26, Solomon Bentley, Sr .; 1826-30, Ezer Ellis ; 1830-32, Solomon Bentley, Sr. ; 1832-36, Will- iam H. Johnson; 1836-38, John Lippincott; 1838-44, William P. Simpson ; 1844-48, Hugh McNeely ; 1848-50, James McConnaughy ; 1850- 56, J. C. Nichols; 1856-60, John S. Anderson ; 1860-64, Patrick Lochary; 1864-66, George H. Umstead; 1866-68, Samuel B. Piper; 1868-70, William H. Hayes; 1870-76, William C. Cocli- ran; 1876-78, William G. Kinney; 1878-82, Samuel Ililles; 1882-86, Leroy C. Sedgwick ; 1886-90, E. O. Foulke; 1890-94, M. M. Scott; 1894-98, W. N. Darby; 1898-02, S. S. Fore- man, present incumbent.
Since writing the above, A. M. Majors, of Union township, has been elected sheriff for the ensuing term.
TREASURERS.
1801-04, Daniel McElherren (appointed ) ;
1804-07, Andrew Marshall (appointed) ; 1807- 12, Josiah Hedges (appointed) ; 1812-14, Jeremiah Fairhurst ( appointed ) ; 1814-25, Solomon Bentley ; 1825-27, James Kelsey ; 1827-33, John McElroy; 1833-39, Jacob Neis- wanger; 1839-43, John Eaton, Jr .; 1843-45, J. M. Mitchell; 1845-49, Lycurgus Jennings; 1849-53, John Kelley; 1853-57, Thomas John- son; 1857-59, John Twinan; 1859-61, Isaac Patterson; 1861-63, Amos Glover; 1863-67, Barkley Cooper; 1867-71, James Irwin; 1871- 73, Andrew Porterfield; 1873-77, William J. Kelley; 1877-81, Hamilton Eaton; 1881-85, A. L. Feeley; 1885-89, George Robinson; 1889. Frank Archer; 1893, Howard Kirk; 1897, W. C. Burgundthal ; 1902, John D. Hayes, present incumbent.
CLERKS OF TIIE COURTS.
1801-06, Elijah Woods (appointed) ; 1806- IO, James Caldwell (appointed) ; 1810-13, Josiah Hedges (appointed) ; 1813-26, Ezer Ellis (appointed) ; 1826-34, Peter Tallman, Sr. (appointed) ; 1834-46, Jolin C. Tallman (appointed) ; 1846-50, R. H. Miller (appoint- ed) ; 1850-51, John Heaton (appointed ) ; 1851- 52, St. Clair Kelley (appointed ) ; 1852-55, John Heaton; 1855-56, William R. Carroll; 1856- 57, David S. Adams (appointed) ; 1857-60, S. W. Gaston; 1860-63, David S. Adams; 1863- 66, J. F. Charlesworth; 1866-69, Joseph R. Mitchell; 1869-72, James B. Campbell; 1872- 78, Josephı R. Mitchell; 1878-84, Alexander C. Darrah; 1884-90, William B. Cash; 1890-96, H. M. Davis; 1896-02, Lawson Emerson; 1902, Louis L. Schechle, present incumbent.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
1804, Levan Okey, John Mc Williams, Rob- ert Griffin ; 1806, Levan Okey, John McWill- iams and Alexander Boggs; 1808, Levan Okey, John McWilliams and Sterling Joh- son; 1810, Jolin McWilliams, Sterling Jolin- son and Peter Tallman; 1811, John McWill- iams, Peter Tallman and Alexander Boggs; 1818, Peter Tallman, Alexander Boggs and Joseph Morrison; 1821, Joseph Morrison,
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David Neiswanger and John Nichols; 1824, Joseph Morrison, David Neiswanger and John Nichols; 1829-30, David Smith, Isaac Barton and David Neiswanger; 1833-36, Thomas Armstrong, Isaac Barton and Thomas Heaney ; 1837, Thomas Armstrong, Isaac Barton and Isaac Patton; 1838-39, William Workman, John Cook and Isaac Patton; 1840, Peter A. Dallas, John Cook and Thomas Pilcher; 1842, Thomas Pilcher, Peter A. Dallas and Robert B. Green; 1843, John Lisle and William Work- man; 1844, John Lisle, Robert B. Green and David Harris; 1845, John Lisle, Robert B. Green and Stephen C. Gregg; 1846, David Harris, Jacob Coleman and Stephen C. Gregg; same in 1847 and 1848; 1849, David Harris, James Norman and Stephen C. Gregg; 1850, S. C. Vance, James Newman and Stephen C. Gregg; 1851-52, S. C. Vance, James Newman and Ira Lewis; 1853, Thomas Majors, James Newman and Ira Lewis; 1854, Thomas Ma- jors, - Hatcher and Michael Danford; same in 1854 and 1855; 1856, John Majors, John Johnson and Michael Danford; 1858, John Majors, Jolin Johnson and Harrison Mas- sey ; 1859, J. T. Scofield, George C. Bethel and Harrison Massey; 1860, J. T. Scofield, James Alexander and William Wilkinson; 1862-65, Jesse Barton, James Alexander and William Wilkinson; 1865, Dennis Kemp, James Alex- ander and William Wilkinson; 1866, Dennis Kemp, James Alexander and W. M. Campbell ; 1867, Dennis Kemp, James Alexander and James Campbell; 1868, H. Frasier, James Alexander and James Campbell; 1869-70, II. Frasier, James Alexander and William Arm- strong; 1871, H. Frasier, William Armstrong and James Kinney ; 1872, B. E. Dungan, Will- iam Armstrong and James Kinney; 1873, B. E. Dungan, James Alexander and Solomon Hogue; 1874, William Barber, James Alexan- der and Solomon Hogue; 1875, William Bar- ber, 1. J. Potts and Solomon Hogue; 1876, I. J. Potts, William Barber and A. W. Ander- son; 1877-78, H. Frasier, I. J. Potts and A. W. Anderson; 1879, H. Frasier, I. J. Potts and Owen Mehan; 1880, Owen Mehan, I. J. Potts and William Alexander; 1881-82, Owen
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