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TAX BILL FOR THE COUNTY OF HURON IN THE YEAR 1815.
WHEATSBOROUGH .- Bildad Adams, Joseph Albee, Epm. Adams. Seth Brown, Sumner Bacon, Mathew Benard, John Barney. Charles Blanch- ard, John Baker, Henry Barney, Elijah Braton, Hiram Blackman, Ste- phen Blackmore, Charles Rutler. William Bole, Gasper Clutter, Dougal Campbell, Samuel Chena. Nathan Cummins, Stephen Crippin, Thomas Cook, Josiah Curtis, Luther Coe, Christopher Cooper. James R. Cowen, Thomas Curren, Israel Coolidge. Henry Cole, Benj. Drake, Phinehas Dunham, Levi Dixon, John Dillingham. Peter Dunham. John Evens, Francis Evens, Lineus Ensign. Burrel Fitch, William Frink. William Ferguson, George Ferguson, John Fleming, Eli Ford. James Forsyth, John Fay, Truman Gilbert. Jacob Goodrich, Anslow Guthrie, Seth Har- rington, Job Hughs. Eli Hunt, John Harbison, John Inscho, J. Moses Inscho, Joseph Inscho. John Jackson, Alexis Jackson, Thomas James. John James. Samuel Knap, Martin M. Kellogg, Ezra Lee, Sanders Lit_ tlefield. C'yrus W. Marsh. Harlow Marth r. William MeKelvey, Israel Markham. James McIntyre. Thomas Morris, Chis. May. James More- craft, James McCord. Samnel Megill, Adam Myers. Timothy Olds, Stephen Palmer, Daniel Pratt. Caleb Palmer, David Powers, Isaac Powers. Uzziel Putnam, John Paxton. Dan. Putnam, Samuel Pettingale, Andres Parker, Andres Parker,Jr., Daniel Page, Green Parker. William Richey, Richard Richards, Ramsdale on the P. (Peninsula ?). Ebenezer Ransom, Hanson Reed, John Roberts, Samuel Rice, George Roberts, John Sower, Erastus Smith, Samuel Spencer. Gasper Smith, Mathew Smith. Danl. Sherman, Moses Sutton. Moses Sutton, Jr .. Levi Sutton, Andrew Stull, Francis Strong. Zadoc Strong. Sanford Selvey. Joseph Strong. Reuben Skinner, Samnel Spry, Dorastus P. Snow, Philip Sutton, Jonathan Sprague. Jona. Sprague, Senr., Willard Sprague, Nathan Shippy, Junr., Moses Thorp, Tuller on the P. (Peninsula ?), James Wilson, Thomas Webb, Michael Widner, Leonard Widner. Moses Wilson, Jasper Wood, Nathan Wood, Wolcott on the P., (Peninsula ?), William York.
HURON TOWNSHIP .- Isaac Allen. David Abbott, Daniel Butler, estate of David Barritt, Richard Bagley. Azariah Beebe, George Calvin. Levi D. Chapman. Daniel Curtis, Syrenns Campbell, Abijah Comstock, James Conaway, Jeremiah Daniels, John Dickson, John B. Flemmond, Anson Fox, Lyman Fay. Lyman Farwell, Anderson Hubbard, Abijah Hewet, George Giles, Eli Hubbard, John Hook. Luther Harvey, William Howard, Thomas Jeffery, Elijah Kinney, Manoak Kinney. Orsemus Kellogg, John Laughlin, Samuel Lewis, John Montgomery, Jacob Mingur, Osmer Merry. Moody Mears, Ebenezer Merry, Cornelia Mason. Aaron Noble, Benj. Newcomb. Moses Olmsted, Winslow Perry, Charles Parker. Reuben Pixley, John Roberts, Richmond Rhodes, Hiram Russell, David Smith, Josiah Smith, Tinker K. Smith, Asa Smith, Thomas Starr, Jonathan Sprague. Chester Smith. Phineas Tillotson, John Thompson, Kneeland Townsend. Joseph Vanorman, Henry Vanwormer, Jerred Ward. Jabez Wright.
VERMILLION TOWNSHIP .- William Austin, John Austin, John Brooks. George Brooks, Ira Blackman, Joseph Brooks, Jonathan Brooks, Daniel Barton. John Beardsley. Harvey Bliss, Jeremian V Benscotre, Lemuel Blackin, James Buroughs, William Blackman, Charles Betts, Eli S. Barnum, Aaron C. Buck. James Cuddeback, Peter Cuddeback, Jacob Cumpton, Town Clark, David Frary. Rufus Judson, Francis Keys, Stephen Meeker. Joseph Parsons, Solomon Parsons, Horatio Perry, Almond Ruggles, Isaac Ransom, Martin G. Shelhouse, Loramie Shel- house. Lambert Shafer, Ezra Sprague, Barlow Sturges, John Sharets, George Sharets. Enoch Smith. Isaac Tillotson, Josiah Weston.
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
CHAPTER XIII.
ERIE COUNTY- ITS ERECTION AND ORGANIZATION.
THE earliest indication of a division of Huron county, that might have been discovered by the far seeing, was the springing up of a spirit of jealous rivalry between Sandusky and Norwalk. This feeling was developed at an early day and increased steadily up to and beyond the time when Erie county.was set off from Huron, though the main cause of its foster- ing was removed when Sandusky became the county seat of Erie. There were other and more potent forces in operation, however, which tended toward the division of the territory. There was a desire for the formation of new counties in several localities, notably in the southern part of Huron and the northern part of Richland, where a strong movement was on foot for the erection of a new county from the territory of the two named, to be known as Plymouth. This scheme was urged with considerable energy by the people of New Haven (then a thriving village), and of Paris (now Plymouth), between which places, had a new county been set off. there would have been a warm competition for the "honors and emolu- ments " of the county seat location. Had not Erie been set off from the northern part of Huron, some of the territory of the southern part would, in all probability, have been set off for the erection of the proposed county of Plymouth. .
The act for the erection of Erie county was intro- dueed in the Ohio legislature in the session of 1838, and was the subject of much argument pro and con, in the public prints of the territory more or less in- terested, and through memorials.
Petitions and remonstrances, the usual recourse of the public, were submitted to the legislature, showing the reasons for and against the erection of the county. The report of the standing committee of the senate -session of 1838-on new counties, comments at length upon these expressions of the people's will. A brief synopsis of this report gives an exhibit of the causes that led to the formation of Erie county. The petitions praying for the erection of the county were signed by twelve hundred and fifty persons, all of whom were said to reside in the boundaries of Huron and Sandusky counties and within the boundaries proposed for the county of which the act under consideration contemplated the erection. In addition to these there was another petition containing the names of forty-six persons, who expressed a prefer- ence for Erie over Ottawa county. These petitions represented that the counties of Huron and Sandusky. were larger than necessary; that they had an unusu- ally good soil; were capable of sustaining an unusually dense population; contained many flourishing towns and villages, and were being rapidly settled by an industrious and enterprising class of people. It was also represented that the judicial business of Huron county required annually three terms of the court of
common pleas, of from three to five weeks duration, and that there was every prospect of an increase in the same. The consequent delay and inconvenience arising to suitors, and the great distance of those re- siding on the peninsula and the islands from the seat of justice, and the fact that a large amount of the legal business of Huron county originated near the lake, were among the strongest reasons urged in favor of erecting the new county.
The remonstrances were signed by fifteen hundred persons, "excluding the names that were found ap- pended more than once." Of these, one thousand and fifty were represented as residing in Sandusky county, and four hundred and fifty in the county of Huron. More than four hundred and fifty of those from Sandusky lived within the territory which it was proposed in the bill to attach to the new county. The reasons urged against the erection of Erie were various, and differed according to the location of the remonstrants. From Sandusky it would take several of the most fertile and densely settled townships, by which the taxes of the people residing in other parts of the county would be greatly increased: the seat of justice would be thrown near the southeast corner of the county, and before many years would require to be moved from its present location, causing difficul- ties and embarrassments to the people. It was further represented that the inhabitants of the peninsula were compelled to cross the bay when required to visit the (then) present seat of justice, and that by the erection of Erie county, as proposed, they would, though being nearer the seat of justice, still be com- pelled to the inconvenience of crossing the bay, which was sometimes both difficult and dangerous. Most of the remonstrances were circulated after the bill had passed the senate, the remonstrants alleging that its passage caused their first knowledge of the measure.
The committee closed its report with the recom- mendation, that as it was by no means certain that the spirit of the act was in accordance with the wishes of a majority of the people interested in the erection of the new county, no action should be taken until there had been further consideration of the matter.
The act, after having been sent back and forth from the house to various committees, and being variously reported upon, was finally passed, March 15, 1838.
As this act fully describes the county as it was originally constituted, we print the full text. It reads as follows:
AN ACT To erect the County of Erie.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio' That such parts of the counties of Huron and Sandusky, as are em- braced in the boundaries hereinafter described, be and the same are hereby erected into a separate and distinet county, which shall be known by the name of the county of Erle, and the seat of justice in and for said county, shall be, and is hereby fixed and established at Sandusky City, to wit : Beginning at a point on the east line of Oxford township, in the county of Huron, one mile north of the southeast corner thereof : thence northerly on the said east line, and In the same direction, to the Canada
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line; thence westerly along said Canada line, to a point therein directly opposite the west line of the township of Portage, in Sandusky county ; thence southerly, parallel with the east line of said Sandusky county to the northwest corner of the township of Townsend, in Sandusky county ; thence east, to the west boundary of Huron county; thence south, on aaid west boundary of Huron county, to a point one mile north of the south line of the township of Groton, in said Huron county; and from thence to the place of beginning: Provided, and it is hereby declared, That if the east line of said connty of Erie, as above described, will not include the whole of Cunningham's Island, in Lake Erie, then, and in that case, said line shall be so far varied from the south shore of said lake to the said Canada line, that it will embrace the whole of said Cnn- ningham's Island.
SEC. 2. That the said county of Erie be, and remain attached to the counties from which it is detached, until the same shall be organized by the legislature.
C. ANTHONY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE J. SMITH, Speaker of the Senate.
MARCH 15TH, 1838.
The aet for the organization of Erie county was passed March 16, 1838. It provided for the holding of an election on the following May, and that all justices of the peace and constables, residing within the territory taken from the counties of Huron and Sandusky and embraced within the limits of Erie county, should continue to discharge their duties until their terms should expire, and that suits begun in court before the taking effect of the aet should proceed and be prosecuted as though the act had not been been passed. The county was by the power of this act attached for judicial purposes to the second judi- cial circuit.
It was not until 1840, that Erie county was consti- tuted, territorially, as it now exists. By an act passed March 6th of the year above designated, the township of Danbury (the peninsula) and the islands, which previous to that time had been within the boundaries of Erie county, were transferred to Ottawa county, and Erie county was enlarged so as to embrace all of the Fire-lands north of the north line of Lyme, Ridgefield, Norwalk, Townsend and Wakeman, (ex- cept the peninsula. )
CHAPTER XIV. CIVIL LIST.
David Abbott was a presidential elector in 1812, but is marked as "not present." Other citizens of the county who have exercised the trusts of this office are: Ebenezer Merry, in 1824; H. D. Cooke, in 1856, and Joseph M. Root, elector at large.
The following have served as members of State conventions to revise the constitution of the State of Ohio: Convention of 1851, Joseph M. Farr, of Hn- ron, and James W. Taylor, of Erie; convention of 1873. Cooper K. Watson, of Huron, and Joseph M. Root, of Erie.
Ebenezer Lane, of Huron, and Walter F. Stone, of Erie, have been judges of the supreme court of the State
The list of congressmen does not extend further back than 1823. Previous to this the number of representatives was small, and each district covered at large territory. The census of 1820, however.
changed this. In the period between 1810 and 1820, more especially after the war of 1812, the growth of Ohio was rapid, almost beyond precedent, and almost at a bound it took that prominent position in the Union that it has ever since maintained. The Fire- lands have often been represented in the halls of Con- gress by men of distinguished ability and wide repu- tation. Mordecai Bartley, of Mansfield, afterwards Governor; Joseph M. Root, then of Norwalk, now living in the retirement of old age at Sandusky; John Sherman, of Mansfield, senator, and now sec- retary of the treasury in the cabinet of President Hayes, and James Monroe, of Oberlin-these are all men who have left the impress of their influence on the polities of their time, and some of them have been and are still among the leading minds and mor- ing spirits in American politics.
CONGRESSMEN.
18th Congress, 1823-25 .- 14th District, Mordecai Bartley, Richland. 19th Congress, 1825-27 .- 14th District, Mordecai Bartley, Richland. 20th Congress, 1827-29 .- 14th District. Mordecai Bartley, Richland. 21st Congress, 1829-31 .- 14th District, Mordecai Bartley, Richland. 22d Congress, 1831-33 .- 14th District, Eleutheros Cooke, Huron. 23d Congress, 1833-35 .- 14th District, William Patterson, Richland 24th Congress, 1835-37 .- 14th District, William Patterson, Richland. 25th Congress, 1837-39 .- 14th District, William H. Hunter, Huron. 26th Congress, 1839-41 .- 14th District, George Sweney, Crawford. 27th Congress, 1841-43 .- 14th District, George Sweney, Crawford. 28tlı Congress, 1843-45 .- 21st District, Henry R. Brinkerhoff. Huron. Ed.
ward S. Hamlin, Lorain (elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Brinkerhoff).
29th Congress, 1845-47 .- 21st District, Joseph MI. Root, Huron. 30th Congress, 1847-49 -21st District, Joseph M. R ot. Huron. 31st Congress, 1849-51. - 21st District, Joseph MI. Root. Erie. 32d Congress, 1851-53 .- 21st District. Norton S. Townshend, Lorain. 33d Congress, 1853-55 .-- 13th District, William D. Lindsley, Erie. 34th Congress, 1855-57 .- 13th District. John Sherman. Richland. 35th Congress, 1857-59,-18th District. John Sherman, Richland. 36th Congress, 1859-61 .- 13th District, John Sherman. Richland. 37th Congress. 1861-63 .- 13th District. John Sherman, Richland. Elected
Senator, and succeeded by Samuel T. Worcester, Huron. 38th Congress, 1563-65 .- 9th District, Warren P. Noble. Seneca. 39th Congress, 1865-67 .- 9th District. Ralph P. Buckland, Sandusky. 40th Congress, 1867-69 .- 9th District, Ralph P. Buckland, Sandusky. #Ist Congress, 1869-71 .- 9th District, Edward F. Dickinson, Sandusky, 42d Congress, 1871-73 -9th District. Charles Foster, Seneca. 43d Congress. 1873-15 .- 10th District, Charles Foster, Seneca. 44th Congress, 1875-17 .- 10th District, Charles Foster. Seneca. 45th Congress, 1877-79 - 10th District, Charles Foster. Seneca. 4fith Congress, 1879-81 .- 17th District, James Monroe, Lorain.
During the early part of the present century, a member of the State legislature represented a far larger area of territory than is now the case. Among those who served the Fire-lands in this capacity, were not only such men as David Abbott, Almon Ruggles. Ebe- nezer Merry and Elentheros Cooke-names which have a familiar sound to every old resident of the Fire- lands-but such others as Ephraim Quinby, of War- ren: Peter Hitchcock, of Geanga, a jurist of reputa- tion: Alfred Kelly, often styled the father of the Ohio canals: and Reuben Wood. afterwards governor. The list here given begins at 1816, which is about the time when Hnron county began to have a real existence.
LEGISLATURE.
Ist-Senate, Samuel Huntington, Trumbull. House, E. Quinby, Aaron Wheeler, Trumbull.
2d-Senate, Benj. Tappan. House, David Abbott, Epm. Quinby. 3d-Senate, George Tod. House, Amos Spofford, Homer Hine. 4th-Senate, George Tod House, Homer Hine, James Kingsbury.
HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
5-5-1806-7. Senate, Calvin Cone. House, J. P. Bissell, James Kingsbury 6th-1807-8 Senate, Calvin Cone. House, John W. Seeley. James Montgomery, 7th-1808-9. Senate, David Abbott. House,
8th-1809-10. Senate, David Abbott. House, -
9th-1810-11. Senate, David Abbott. House, Peter Hitchcock.
10th-1811-12. Senate, David Abbott. House.
11th-1812-13. Senate, Peter Hitchcock. House,
12th-1813-14. Senate, Peter Hitchcock. House.
13th-1814-15. Senate, Peter Hitchcock. House,
14th-1815-16. Senate, Peter Hitchcock. House.
15th-1816-17. Senate, Aaron Wheeler, Almon Ruggles. House, Alfred Kelly, William Kerr.
16th-1817-18. Senaten Almon Ruggles, Aaron Wheeler. House, Lewis Dille. Levi Gaylord.
17th-1818-19 Senate. Aaron Wheeler, John Campbell. House, Ebr. Merry, Lewis Dille. 18th-1819-20. Senate, John Campbell, Almon Ruggles. House, Alfred Kelly, E. Merry.
19th-1820-21. Senate. Almon Ruggles. House. Lyman Farwell. 20th-1821-22. Senate, Alfred Kelly. House, David Abbott, Lyman Far- well.
21st-1822-23. Senate, Alfred Kelly. House, Eleutheros Cooke. 22d-1623-24. Senate, Jabez Wright. House, Elentheros Cooke. 23d-1824-25. Senate, J. Wright. House. Almon Ruggles.
Senate, Reuben Wood. House, Eleutheros Cooke.
24th-1825-26. 25th-1826-27. 26th-1827-28. 27th-1823-29. 23th-1829-30 29th-1830-31. 30th -- 1831-32. 31st-1832-33. 32d-1833-34. 33d-1834-35. 34th-1835-35. Senate, Joseph Howard. House, Cyrus Butler. Senate, John K. Campbell. House, Philo Clark.
35th-1833-37. 36th-1837-38 Senat-, John K Campbell. House, Philo Clark.
Senate, Josiah Tracy. House, Walter Branch, John G-
38th-1839-40. 39th-1840-41 Senate, Josiah Tracy. House, Ebenez-r Warner. Senate, Joseph M. Root. House, Eleutheros Cooke. 10th-1841-42. Senate, Joseph M. Root. House, Eleutheros Cooke. 41st-1842-13. Senate. John Fuller. House, Samuel Atherton.
42nd-1843-44. Senate, John Fuller. House, Samuel Atherton. 43rd-1844-15. Senate, John R. Osborn. House, Benjamin Summers. 44th-1845-46. Senate, J. R. Osborn.
16th-1847-48.
17th-1848-49. Senate, Samuel T. Worcester. House, George Reher.
18th-1849-50. Senate, Samuel T. Worcester. House, Harvey Chase. 49th-1850-51. Senate, Earl Bill. House, De Morris Pratt.
50th-1851-52. Senate, Elihu P. Hill. House, Hiram McMillen.
51st-1854. Senate, Albert G. Sutton. House, Harvey Fowler, Erle; Alpia R. Segar, Huron.
52nd-1856. Senate, Ralph P. Buckland. House, C. L. Burton, Erie: Thomas M. Cook, Huron.
53rd-1858. Senate, Ralph P. Buckland. House, Thomas C. Furnold, Erie: Charles B. Simmons, Huron.
54th-1860 .- Senate, F. D. Parish. House, C. B. Choate, Erie; Alexan- der McPherson. Robert McCune, Huron.
55th-1862 .- Senate, John Kelly. House, J. W. Pierce, Erie; Ezra Stew art, Huron.
56th-1864. Senate, Frederick Wickham. House, William D. Lindsley, Erie: John C. Thompson, Huron.
57th-1866. Senate, E. B. Sadler. House, A. T. Wilcox. Zalmuna Phil- lips, Erie: Frank Sawyer, Huron.
58th-1868. Senate, Homer Everett. · House, Benj. L. Hill, Erie; W. O. Parker, Huron.
59th-1870. Senate, Homer Everett, J M. Root. House, Benj. L. Hill, Erie; W. O. Parker, E. Bogardus, Huron.
60th-1872. Senate, Welcome O. Parker. House, David C Richmond, Erie; Henry C. Breckenridge, Huron.
61st-1874. Senate, John H. Hudson. House, D. C. Richmond, Erie; Edgar Martin, Huron,
62nd-1876. Senate, John H. Hudson. House, James Douglas. Erie; E. Borgardus, Huron.
63rd-1878. Senate, C. S. Parker. House, James Douglas, Erie; John A. Williamson, Huron.
HURON COUNTY OFFICERS.
AUDITORS,
18 -.. Asa Sanford.
1822 .. Moses Kimball. 1851. . Gideon T. Stewart.
1831 .. James Williams.
1833 .. Cyrus Butler .
1835 .. John Kennan.
1838 .. - Wilcoxson. H. H. Johnson. acting.
1841 .. Daniel A. Baker
1857. . William Case.
1863. . David H. Pease.
1869 .. John Barnes.
1875. . Henry W. Owen.
TREASURERS.
1815. Abijah Comstock. 1844. . Henry H. Brown.
1818. . David Abbott. 1448 .. Daniel S. Pond.
1 19. . Ichabod Marshall. 1850 .. E. E. Husted.
1823 .Cyrus Butler. 1854. . James S. Felton
1×26 .. Ichabod Marshall. 1856. . Charles A. Preston
1:27 .. Henry Buckingham.
1860 .. J. F. Dewey
1832 .. George Sheffield 1862 .. C. W. Manahan
1834. . John V. Vredenburgh. 1866 .. J. N. Watrous.
1-38. . William H. Caswell.
1870. . Edwin H. Brown.
1839 .. John Kennan.
1874 .. E. W. Gilson.
1840. . John M. Latimer.
1878 .. O. W. Williams
RECORDERS.
1809 .. Almon Ruggles.
1848 .. D. M. Barnum.
1815. . Nathan Strong 1855 .. James Brown
1816. . Ichabod Marshall.
1867 .. John F. Randolph, Jr
1835. Paul G. Smith
1873 .. E. G. Boughton
1836 .. Woodward Todd.
PROBATE JUDGES.
[Office established by Constitution of 1851].
1852 .. C. B. Stickney 1861 .. George Q. Adams.
1855. . Frederick Sears. 1867. . Daniel H. Fox
CLERKS OF COURT.
1815 .David Abbott. 1858. . Joseph C. Curtiss. Jr
1818 .. James Williams
1864 . W. C. Allen.
1823. . David Gibbs. 1867 .. Alvin B. Griffin
1844 .Prudden Alling.
1870 .. B. P. Smith.
1845. . Henry Brown.
1876 .Samuel T. Vansciever.
1852 . Frederick A. Wildman
1850 .. David Johnson.
1820 .. D. W. Hinman.
1854 .H L. Moore.
1821 .. Enos Gilbert.
1858 . G. M. Cleveland.
1824 .. H. G. Morse
1862 .. Jos. F. Badger, (died
1828 .. Enos Gilbert.
while in office.)
1:30 .. Philo Adams.
1864. . (L. D. Allen, coroner,
1832. . John Miller
sheriff ex-officio).
1836 .. Wm. Carkhuff.
1865 .. Irving Cole.
1838 .. Robert Morton.
1869. . Edward C. Culp
1840 D. Johnson.
18:3 .. John M. Latimer.
1842 .. E. E. Husted.
1877 .. Parlee C. Breckenridge.
1846 .. Benjamin Ells.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
For many years this office was not elective, but was appointed by the court, and held office at its pleasure. The following is a list of incum- bents for the past thirty years.
1847 .. J. R. Osborn 1843 .. Charles E. Pennewell.
1851. . Frank S .wyer.
1867 . Charles P. Wickham.
1853 .. G. H. Safford.
1871 .. George W. Knapp.
1×55. . Moses R. Brailey .
1×25 .. Wm. B. Woolverton.
1857 R. C. Powers.
1879 .. Lewis C. Laylin.
1861. Philip N. Schuyler.
COMMISSIONERS.
1815 .. Nathan Cummins, Frederick Falley, Bildad Adams.
1816 .. Frederick Falley, Bildad Adams, Ebenezer Merry.
1817. . Bildad Adams, John S. Reed, Joseph Strong.
1818 .. Same as 1817.
1819 .. Bildad Adams. Joseph Strong, Lyman Farwell.
1820. . Bildad Adams, Joseph Strong, Eli S. Barnum.
1821 .. Eli S. Barnum, Robert S. Southgate, Amos Woodward. 1822 and 1823 .. Same as in 1821.
1824. . Eli S. Barnum, Amos Woodward, Schuyler Van Rensselaer.
1825. . Eli S. Barnum, Schuyler Van Rensselaer, George W. Choate.
1826 .. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, George W. Choate, Frederick Forsyth.
1827 George W. Choate, Frederick Forsyth, Bradford Sturtevant. 1828 .. Same as in 1827.
1429 .. George W. Choate, Bradford Sturtevant, M. MeKelvey. 1830. . Same as in 1829.
1831 .. Bradford Sturtevant, M. McKelvey, George Hollister.
1832 .. Bradford Sturtevant, George Hollister, George W. Choate.
1833 .. George Hollister, George W. Choate, Sam. B. Carpenter.
1834 .. George W. Choate, Sam. B. Carpenter, W. C. Spalding.
1835 .. Sam. B. Carpenter, W. C. Spalding, John Dounce.
1836 .. W. C. Spalding, John Dounce, Benjamin Cogswell.
1837 .. W. C. Spalding, Benjamin Cogswell, John Miller.
1838. . Benjamin Cogswell, John Miller, John Fuller. 1839. . John Fuller, Henry Terry, Lemuel Morse.
1840 .. John Fuller, Lemuel Morse, John B. Wilhor.
1841 .. Lemuel Morse, Samuel Atherton, Nathan W. Spears.
1842. . Samuel Atherton, Joseph C. Curtiss, Stephen Russell.
1843 .. Joseph C. Curtiss, Stephen Russell, Rouse Bly. 1844. . Same as in 1843.
1845 .. Joseph C. Curtiss, Rouse Bly, James Smith.
1446. . Rouse Bly, James Smith, Benjamin Benson.
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1842 .. Henry Buckingham
SHERIFFS.
1815. . Lyman Farwell.
Senate, Reuben Wood. House, David Campbell. Senate. Reuben Wood House, David Campbell. Senate. David Campbell. House, Daniel Tilden. Senate. David Campbell. House, Moses C. Saunders. Senate, S. M. Lockwood. House, George G. Baker. Senate. S. M. Lockwood, House, Charles Lindsay. Senate, Dan. Tilden. House, Ebenezer Merry. Senate. Daniel Tilden. House, Charles Lindsay. Senate, Joseph Howard. House, Philo Clark.
87th-1838-39 Camp.
45th-1846-47. Senate, vacancy. House, Joseph C. Curtis. Senate, Thomas Hamilton. House, Samuel Atherton.
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