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June 10, 1811, it was " Ordered by the Board of Commissioners, that the rates of personal property taxable be rated as follows: Horses, three years old and upward, 30 cents; neat cattle, three years old and upward, 10 cents." The county levy for 1881, as received by Robert Eachus, Treasurer, amounted to $104.75. In 1816, it had increased to $738.64, Samuel Harvey, Collector.
James Montgomery, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, resigned Sep- tember 2, 1811, and Isaiah Morris was appointed in his place. The latter gen- tleman was an elegant penman, and the records kept by him appear to-day as clear and plain as copper-plate engraving. Dr. A. Jones, who subsequently discharged the duties of Deputy Auditor, patterned after Mr. Morris in his style of writing, and his records are also most excellent. In many counties, it is an extreme rarity to find the earliest records properly or even neatly kept, but in Clinton there appears to have been a class of well-educated men among the pioneers, capable of filling all positions to which they may have been chosen. . This being the case, there is little wonder that her citizens of the present day, as a class, should possess all the attributes belonging to a refined and cultured people.
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In 1812, tavern licenses were issued at $1.50 each for all in the county outside of Wilmington, while in the village $1 more was required, the amount being considerably increased in subsequent years.
. Among the orders issued during the first years after the organization of the county were the following: June torm, 1812, to Ferguson & Morris, $1 .- 741, which bill was mostly "for whisky furnished at sale of court house"- meaning the sale of the contract for building the first court house. February term, 1813, the sum of $11.123 was allowed to Peter Burr for the use of his house for the term of the Court of Common Pleas for that month and for ma- terial furnished. To Nathaniel Cunningham, February term, 1814, $13.623 for the use of his house and for fire-wood for Court of Common Pleas for that term. About that time also there was a run on the county treasury to pay for large numbers of wolf scalps which were brought in, and it is safe to infer that many persons made a fair living from the proceeds of wolf-hunting. It finally became necessary to reduce the bounty, and prices were kept down un- til the animals became quite scarce throughout the county. The eye of the pioneer was true and keen, his nerve was excellent and his rifle was not known to fail; consequently, when he " drew a bead " on a wolf or any other specimen of the wild brute creation, of which "the woods were full," death leaped re- sponsivo to the crack of the weapon and sped on leaden wings to its victim. We have been aware in later years of a practice known as "wolf farming " in some localities in the West, but in the days when the forests of Clinton County had hardly become acquainted with the sound of the woodman's ax, it could not have been necessary to resort to that scheme in order to get scalps, for the dismal howl of the wolf was borne on the shuddering air of night in all locali- ties, and it was scarcely necessary to seek the gaunt animal in order to find him. The sottler's pigs were apt to be quickly discovered by the numerous creatures, and "oternal vigilance" was in those days the price of pork.
Warren Sabin was the first Clerk of the Board of Commissionors, serving from April 6, 1810, to October of the samo yoar. Ho was succooded by James Montgomery, November 10 following; the latter rosignod September 2, 1811, and Isaiah Morris was appointed in his place; ro-appointed May 9, 1816, and resigned March 25, 1817. On the latter date, Dr. Loammi Rigdon was appoint- od, and held through successive re-appointments until 1820, in which an act was passed providing for County Auditors in the State, and the latter offices havo since been ex officio clorks to the Commissioners.
During his early residence in Wilmington. Dr. A Jones, then a youth yet in his teens, had an experience which does not often fall to the lot of a person so young. For two or three years, he had been employed as clerk, or deputy, in the Auditor's office, and, during a protracted absence of his chief, was called upon to perform the entire duties of the office. New matters came up, and he at first was considerably puzzled, but finally came from the trial with colors flying. John McManis, the Auditor, resigned his position on the 4th of March, 1826, and young Jones, as the person best fitted to discharge the duties of the office in the emergency, was appointed to fill up the vacancy until the next en- suing election, when Bebee Treusdell was chosen. The latter gentleman served for many years in the office, being its occupant at two different periods. [See list of Auditors elsewhere; this information is furnished by Dr. Jones himself.]
The records of the proceedings of the Commissioners are complete from the date of their first meeting, in April, 1810, the first volume being a small one of something over eighty pages, in which the writing is as plain as when it was placed there nearly three-quarters of a century ago. When Isaiah Mor- ris took the books, ho, with not an unwarrantable pride, indulged in numerous
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flourishes with his pen, and, though there was no particular arrangement in the manner of keeping the records then, they were made exceedingly neat and legible. The pages were not ruled, and it appeared difficult for the clerk to at all times write to the line; and occasionally the lines are in a form of a body of the "cornstalk militia" of the early days-somewhat wavy.
Upon turning to the records for the years in which the great rebellion existed, wo find that the county of Clinton was lavish with her bounty in aid of the cause of freedom, and provided magnificently for those to whom the fortunes of war had brought sorrow and affliction. Beginning with September, 1861, and continuing through a period of six years, the Commissioners appro- priated nearly or quite $60,000 in the way of roliof funds, which was a remark- ably largo sum for a county with no greater population than had Clinton at that time, when a great number of hor sons were risking their lives in defense of the principles of liberty and right.
The following figures are the footings from the county duplicate for 1863, and will give an idoa of its affairs and condition at that time:
Total number of acres of land in county. 258,645
Value of same ..
$ 7,401,438
Value of real estate in towns. 475,854
Value of personal property. 2,965,876
Total valuation ..
10,843,168
STATE TAX.
Stato debt or sinking fund.
15,180 43
War fund. ..
3,795 10
Government revenue ..
10,843 16
State common school fund .. $14,096 12
Relief of families of volunteers
10,843 16
Total State tax.
$54,757 99
County and relief tax.
7,027 50
Poor tax ..
2.514 28
Railroad tax ..
20,051 68
Township subdistrict schoolhouse tax.
17,765 10
Township taxes.
2,233 18
Corporation taxes.
764 97
Delinquent taxes, 1862.
1,507 32
Other special taxes.
307 81
Total taxes, 1863 ..
$106,993 07
The annexed table is from the duplicate for 18S1, and we give it by town- ships. It does not include the delinquent and dog taxes. It will be seen that the county has increased largely in wealth in the eighteen years which have elapsed since the above taxes were levied:
TOWNSHIPS.
Acres of Land.
Value of Lands.
Value of Real Estate in Cities, Towns and Villages.
Value of Chattel Property.
Total Valuation.
State Tax, 1881.
County Tax.
Poor Tax.
Union
37,214.91
$1,533,942
$692,985
689,916
1,382,901
$10,095 90
$7,310 83
$696 27
Chester.
20,109.02
767,894
16,899
260,609
1,045,402
3,031 66
2,195 31
209 08
Groene
26,103.44
1,010,294
186,536
468,953
1,675,783
4,859 77
3,519 14
335 16
Richland
21,210.73
796,749
144,764
368,336
1,309,849
3,798 5G
2,750 68
261 97
Liberty
15,556.80
592,704
4,232
216,239
812,175 788,901
2,358 21
1,707 67
162 63
Vernon
17,904.97
513,162
41,551
234,188 320,884
1,021,611
2,962 67
2,145 38
201 32
Marion
15,894.22
383,957
109,412
21,588
731,957
2,131 38
1,543 2
146 99
Washington.
17,375.85
610,340
11,616
196,433
818,389
2,373 33
1,718 62
163 68
Wayne.
19,932.34
741,166
9,789
219,428
970,383
2,814 11
2,037 80
194 08
Jefferson ..
14,594.27
316,684
16,881
167,017
500,582
1,451 69
1,051 22
100 12
Adams
13,826.77
472,033
148,733
620,766
1,800 22
1,303 61
124 15
Wilson.
15,773.62
609,477
7,370
183,820
708,667
2,316 13
1,677 20
159 73
Totale
268,507.68
$9,010,050
$1,201,114 $1,278,648
$14,570,812
$12,281 45
$30,617 60
$2,915 96
$564,50
$2,098,446
2,287 82
1,656 69
157 78
Clark
22,910.46
651,648
49,079
Wilmington City
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TOWNSHIPS.
Bridge Tax.
Building Tax.
Road Tax.
Debts for which County is Township responsi- Tax. ble. P'iko repairs.
Total Tax for School purposes.
Other Special Taxes.
City, Town and Village Taxes.
Total taxes for 1881, 0x- cept delin- quent and dog taxes.
Union
81,616 58
Wilmington C'y
$3,481 36
$1,392 53
$419 60
$6,962 69
$1,740 67
6,223 05
$1,965 49
$13,829 01
$58,734 07
Chester.
1,045 92
418 16
2,090 80
940 86
2,874 86
3,693 63
16,502 81
Greene.
1,675 78
670 32
3,351 57
469 23
7,240 09
2,739 61
980 61
25,841 31
Richland
1,309 85
523 94
109 45
2,619 70
523 94
4,910 66
450 20
1,507 65
18,766 60
Liberty ...
813 18
325 27
217 66
1,626 35
406 59
1,859 34
2,443 60
40 98
11,961 48
Vernon ...
788 90
315 56
1,577 80
1,577 80
3,295 88
1,757 39
480 24
13,935 86
Clark
1,021 62
408 64
2,043 22
510 81
4,326 70
3,325 23
423 34
17,372 03
Marion ..
734 96
293 98
159 37
1,469 91
514 47
3,872 38
1,202 04
12,068 90
Washington. ...
818 39
327 35
1,636 78
450 11
4,051 02
1,599 05
13,138 33
Wayno .....
970 38
388 15
1,940 77
320 22
2,105 73
Jefferson.
500 58
200 23
100 12
1,001 16
350 41
2,488 03
1,074 61
8,318 17
Adams
620 77
248 31
1,241 53
931 15
2,048 52
2,928 66
11,246 92
Wilson ..
798 67
319 47
1,597 33
1,198 00
1,836 94
1,146 64
11,050 11
Totals.
$14,579 86
$5,831 91
$1,006 29 $29,159 61
In 1854, the amounts of wheat and corn raised in the county, and the acreage, were as follows:
Wheat, 15,567 acres; 179,906 bushels. Corn, 35,582 acres; 924,010 bushels.
In 1855, the product of 18,701 acres of wheat was 282,585 bushels, while 1,965,069 bushels of corn were raised on 40,982 acres. For the latter year, the following shows the personal property, moneys and credits of the county:
Number.
Value.
Horses
7,999
$414,046
Cattle.
20,000
246,705
Mules
89
5,397
Sheep
. 67,186
84,388
Hogs
.30,459
76,074
Carriages
3,043
140,100
Personal property, 7th item.
231,183
Total value
$1,197,893
Watches.
738
$11,804
Piano fortes.
19
3,230
Merchandise
..
138,699
Manufacturing
36,310
Private banking, brokerage, etc.
19,485
Moneys and credits.
$1,263,090
United States stocks.
697
Ohio stocks.
125
Foreign stocks
3,025
Total.
$1,476,465
Total returned by Assessors
$2,674,385
Value new structures.
36,422
$2,710,807
Personal property, moneys and credits in Clinton County in 1856:
Number.
Value.
Horses
7,870
$496.661
Cattle.
. 18,823
286,803
Mules.
89
5,535
Sheep
.54,287
69,846
Hogs
.36,195
105.483
Carriages
3,053
148,804
Property not enumerated, 7th item.
.
Watches .
810
13,669
Piano fortes.
23
3,655
Merchandise
..
144,214
Manufacturing, etc.
.
34,861
..
..
. .
..
..
$9,934 26 $51,749 88
823.167 11 818.463 90
$220,707 63
1
269,326
10,771 24
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Number.
Value. 863,938
Moneys invested in stocks, etc.
11,601
Total ..
..
$2,454,396
New structures.
. .
31,371
Structures destroyed by fire, etc. ..
. .
991
Personal property, moneys and credits in Clinton County in 1857:
Horses
8,269
$593,087
Cattle
.31,056
327,693
Mules and asses
120
8,302
Sheep.
.43,224
81,928
Ilogs
.52,614
188,507
Carriages
3,265
160,256
Personal property, 7th item.
939
14,765
Pianos
24
3,655
Merchandise, etc.
168,305
Manufacturing.
36,741
Moneys.
334,724
Credits
579,140
U. S. stocks, etc
5,915
Bonds, stocks, etc,
10,069
Total returned by Assessors,
$2,832,330
Value of new structures, $49,143. Wheat raised, 1856, 21,141 acres, 281, 302 bush- els ; corn raised, 1856, 42,838 acres, 1,648,543 bushels.
In the annual report of the Auditor of State for 1865 is found the follow- ing exhibit of the products of Clinton County for 1864:
Wheat, 24,684 acres sown
248,218 bushels produced.
Rye, 215 acres sown.
2,590 bushels produced.
Barley, 483 acres sown ...
11,887 bushels produced.
Buckwheat, 197 acres sown.
2,430 bushels produced.
Corn, 41,423 acres sown
1,344,467 bushels produced.
Oats, 5,661 acres sown.
145,063 bushels produced.
Meadow, 12,005 tons
11,192 bushels produced.
Clover, 1,453 tons.
575 bushels produced ..
Flax, 621 bushels seed.
5,134 bushels produced.
Potatoes, 558 bushels planted.
35,612 bushels produced.
Tobacco, 66 pounds planted.
Butter, pounds produced.
Cheese, pounds produced.
13,859
Sorghum, 508 acres planted.
48,352 gallons produced.
Maple sugar, pounds produced.
106,758
Maple sirup, gallons produced.
3,037
Dogs, number in county.
2,470
Sheep, killed by dogs, 427, value. $
2,083
Sheep, injured by dogs, 313; value
542
Horses in county, 9,620; value.
653,593
Cattle in county, 13,674; value.
325,931
Mules in county, 425; value. . 30,146
Sheep in county, 51.762; value.
189,894
Hogs in county, 34,994; value.
177,521
Personal property in Clinton County in 1867, as reported to the Auditor by the Township Assessors:
Horses
9,607
$ 686,082
Cattle.
13,680
451,793
Mules
607
39,745
Sheep.
58,375
161,472
Hogs.
45,391
239,799
Dogs
1,103
3,561
..
319,233
Watches:
Number.
Value.
*Bank and railroad stocks not included.
No.
Value.
Moneys and credits.
44,555 pounds produced. 268,029
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Carriages
Number. 4,000
Value. 204,383
Watches.
1,140
22,090
Pianos ..
70
15,105
Items not included in above.
. .
375,383
Average value of property not pertaining to mer- chandise. . .
266,566
Average value of property pertaining to manu- factures ...
17,851
Value of manufactured articles
. .
..
892,535
Value of bonds and stocks.
. .
150
Total.
$3,724,936
CROPS OF 1866.
Wheat, 17,522 acres sown.
30,859 bushels produced.
Rye, 304 acres sown .. 2,686 bushels produced.
Buckwheat, 1,110 acres sown.
13,563 bushels produced.
Oats, 6,486 acres sown.
176,221 bushels produced.
Barley. 525 acres sown ..
3,938 bushels produced.
Corn, 47,686 acres planted.
1,944.612 bushels produced. 7,344 bushels of seed.
Potatoes, 535 bushels planted.
23,179 bushels produced.
Butter, pounds made.
314,734
Cheese, pounds made.
17,793
Sorghum, 690 acres. .
75,613 gallons sirup.
Sorghum, pounds sugar
1,701
Maple sugar pounds.
73,948
Maple sirup, gallons
8,153
Wool, pounds shorn. ..
135,877
Sheep killed by dogs, 552; valne.
$1,980
Sheep injured by dogs, 567; value.
615
The following is a list of the Commissioners of Clinton County from 1810 to 1882 inclusivo:
April. 1810-George McManis (resigned, and James Wilson appointed to fill vacancy), James Birdsall, Henry Babb.
December 3, 1810-Joseph Doan, Henry Babb, James Mills.
December 2, 1811-Joseph Doan, Henry Babb, Mahlon Haworth.
November 30, 1812-15-Joseph Doan, Mahlon Haworth, Timothy Bennet. November, 1815-Mahlon Haworth, Joseph Doan, James Birdsall.
November, 1816-Samuel Ruble, Joseph Doan, Mahlon Haworth.
November, 1817-Samuel Ruble, Joseph Doan, Richard Fallis.
December, 1818-Joseph Doan, Richard Fallis, William Hibben. June, 1820-Richard Fallis, William Hibben, Joseph Roberds.
December, 1820-William Hibben, Joseph Roberds, Mahlon Haworth.
December, 1821-Mahlon Haworth, Joseph Roberds, Eli Gaskill.
December, 1822-Mahlon Haworth, Eli Gaskill, Elijah Lieurance. November, 1823-24- Eli Gaskill, Elijah Lieurance, John A. Hays.
1825 -- William Stockdale, Elijah Lieurance, Eli Gaskill. 1826 -- Eli Gaskill, William Stockdale, William Hadley.
1828-William Hadley, William Stockdale, Joseph Roberds.
1829-William Stockdale, Joseph Roberds, John Lewis.
1830-Joseph Roberds, John Lewis, James Sherman. 1831-Peter P. Knickerbocker, James Sherman, David F. Walker. March, 1834-James Sherman, David F. Walker, John B. Posey.
December, 1834-35-Asahel Tribbey, James Sherman, John B. Posey.
1837-John B. Posey, James Sherman, William Walker.
1838-John B. Posey, Ezekiel Haworth, William Walker.
1839-David F. Walker, Ezekiel Haworth, William Walker.
.
50,825
Value of moneys ....
207,612
Value of book accounts.
Meadow, 9,043 tons of hay.
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1840-42-Ezekiel Haworth, David F. Walker, Jesse Doan. 1843-Ezekiel Haworth, Jesse Doan, James Dakin. 1845-Ezekiel Haworth, Jesse Doan, Azel Walker.
1847-Joseph Hoskins, Jesse Doan, Azel Walker. 1849-Enos L. Lacy, Joseph Hoskins, Azel Walker. 1850-Azel Walker, Enos L. Lacy, George Dunn. 1852-Elias Roberds, George Dunn, Azel Walker.
1853-Elias Roberds, Joseph Hoskins, Azel Walker. 1854-Joseph Hoskins, Joseph R. Moon, Elias Roberds. 1855-Joseph Kelsey, Joseph R. Moon. Joseph Hoskins. 1856 -- Joseph R. Moon, Joseph Kelsey, Jephtha Porril.
1858 -- Jephtha Perril, Patil H. Vandervort, Jonathan Bailey.
1860-Paul H. Vandervort, Jonathan Bailey, Thomas Goffs. 1861-P. H. Vandervort, Thomas Goffs, Archibald Haynes. 1862-63-Aaron R. Sewell, Archibald Haynes, P. H. Vandervort.
1865 -- William B. Andrews, Archibald Haynes, P. H. Vandervort.
1866-William B. Androws, Archibald Haynes, Cyrus Linton.
1867-William B. Andrews, Cyrus Linton, Lewis Hockett.
1868-Cyrus Linton, Lowis Hockett, Thompson Douglass.
1869-Thompson Douglass, Paul H. Vandervort, George D. Haworth, Jr.
1870-Goorgo D. Haworth, Jr., Thompson Douglass, Paul H. Vandervort. 1871-72-Samuel Lemar, Frank M. Moore, Paul H. Vandervort. 1873-74-Samuel Lemar, Caroy Clark, Frank M. Mooro.
1875-76-Carey Clark, Josiah M. Townsend, Samuel Lemar.
1877-78-Alfred Mckay, Carey Clark, Josiah M. Townsend. 1879-John R. Moon, Alfred Mckay, Carey Clark.
1880-82-Joseph W. Slack, Carey Clark, John R. Moon.
The following figures show the votes for Governor as cast in the county of Clinton at the various elections. The first Gubernatorial campaign in which the county took part was in October, 1810. She had no Representative in Congress until 1812. The votes are as follows:
1810-Thomas Worthington, 109; Return J. Meigs, Jr., 6; total, 115. Meigs elected.
1812-Return J. Meigs, Jr., 50; Thomas Scott, 162; total, 212. Meigs re-elected.
1814-Thomas Worthington, 134; Othniel Looker, 5; total, 139. Wor- thington elected.
1816-Thomas Worthington, 434; James Dunlap, 82; total, 516. Wor- thington re-elected. elected.
1818-Ethan A. Brown, 408; James Dunlap, 86; total, 494. Brown 1820-Ethan A. Brown, 284; Jeremiah Morrow, 322; total, 603. Brown re-elected.
1822 -- Jeremiah Morrow, 536; Allen Trimble, 266; W. W. Irvin, 32; total, 834. Morrow elected.
1824-Jeremiah Morrow, 820; Allen Trimble, 243; total, 1,063. Morrow re-elected.
1826-Allen Trimble, 549; John Bigger, 152; Alexander Campbell, 339; Benjamin Tappan, 113; total, 1,153. Trimble elected.
1828-Allen Trimble, 644; John W. Campbell, 646; total, 1,290. Trim- ble re-elected.
1830-Duncan McArthur, 590; Robert Lucas, 803; total, 1,393. McAr- thur elected.
1832-The vote for President this year was: Jackson, 897; Clay, 1,158;
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total, 2,055. Jackson elected. This year Robert Lucas was elected Governor, the first Democratic Govornor the State of Ohio over had.
1834-For Governor, Robert Lucas, 823; James Findlay, 034; total, 1,757. Lucas ro-elected.
1836-Vote for President: William Henry Harrison, 1,448, Martin Van Buren, 807. Van Buren olected. Whig majority in the county, 641. Joseph Vance (Whig) was elected Governor over Eli Baldwin (Democrat).
1838-Wilson Shannon, 939; Joseph Vance, 1,013. Shannon elected. Whig majority in the county, 74.
1840-Thomas Corwin, 1,846; Wilson Shar.non, 1,080; total, 2,926. Corwin elected. Whig majority, 766.
1842-Thomas Corwin, 1,735; Wilson Shannon, 1,037. Shannon elected. Whig majority, 698.
1844-Mordecai Bartley, 1,588; David Tod, 1, 165; Leicester King, 218. Bartley elected. Whig majority in county, 423.
1846-William Bebb, 1,295, David Tod, 928; Samuel Lewis, 392. Bebb elected. Lewis and King were Abolitionists.
1848-Seabury Ford, 1,949; John B. Woller, 1,108. Ford elected. Whig majority in the county, 841.
1850 -- Reuben Wood, 814; William Johnson, 1,387; Edward Smith, 350. Wood elected. Whig majority, 573. Smith, Abolitionist.
1851-Reuben Wood, 977; Samuel F. Vinton, 1,318; Samuel Lewis, 268. Wood elected; Lewis Abolitionist. Whig majority, 341.
1853-William Medill, 688; Nelson Barrier, 784; Samuel Lewis, 839; Medill elected. Abolition majority in the county, 55. The vote in the entire State that year was: Medill (Democrat), 147,663; Barrier (Whig), 85,857; Lewis (Abolitionist), 50,346.
1855-William Medill, 802; Allen Trimble (K. N.), 162; Salmon P. Chase, 1,640. Chase elected. Republican majority in the county, 838.
1857-Salmon P. Chaso, 1,846: Henry B. Payne, 1,117. Chase elected. Republican majority, 729.
1859-William Dennison, 1,721; Rufus P. Ranney, 1,019. Dennison elected. Republican majority, 702.
1861-David Tod, 2,081; Hugh J. Jewett, 158. Tod elected. Republi- can majority, 1,923.
1863-John Brough, 3,169; Clement L. Vallandigham, 1,176. Brough elected. Republican majority in the county, 1, 993.
1865-Jacob D. Cox, 2,328; George W. Morgan, 1,253. Cox elected. Republican majority, 1,075.
1867-Rutherford B. Hayes, 2,634; Allen G. Thurman, 1,628. Hayes elected. Republican majority, 1,006.
1869-Rutherford B. Hayes, 2,556; George H. Pendleton, 1,474. Hayes re-elected. Republican majority, 1,082.
1871-Edward F. Noyes, 2,546; George W. McCook, 1,387; Gideon T. Stewart, 39. Noyes elected. Republican majority, 1,159. Stewart, Prohibi- tionist.
1873-Edward F. Noyes, 2,283; William Allen, 1,342; Gideon T. Stew- art, 296; Isaac Collins, 20. Allen elected. Republican majority, 941. Col- lins, Liberal Republican.
1875 -- Rutherford B. Hayes, 3,154; William Allen, 1,938; Jay Odell, 34. Hayes elected. Republican majority, 1,216. Odell, Prohibitionist.
1877-William H. West (Republican), 2,766; Richard M. Bishop (Demo- crat), 1, 709; Henry A. Thompson, 88; Stephen Johnston, IS. Bishop elected. Republican majority in the county, 1,057.
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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
1879-Charles Foster (Republican), 3,589; Thomas Ewing (Democrat), 2,051; Gideon T. Stowart, 68; A. Sanders Piatt, 4. Foster elected. Repub- lican majority in the county, 1,538.
1881-Charles Foster (Republican), 3,179; John W. Bookwalter (Demo- crat), 1,762; Abraham R. Ludlow, 274; John Seitz, 3. Foster elected. Re- publican majority in the county, 1,417.
POPULATION.
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In 1810, the total population of Clinton County, according to the figures of the United States census for that year, was 2,674. In 1820, it had increased to 8,085, including forty-six freo colored persons, and, in 1830, the following shows the population by townships:
Wilmington Village.
607
Balance of Union Township
2,160
Liberty Township.
800
Greene .
1,120
Richland
1,548
Chester.
1,577
Marion
553
Vernon
1,042
Clark
1,885
Totals
11,292
This includes 110 free colored persons, of whom twenty-four were in Wil- mington, twenty-five in the rest of Union Township, twenty-eight in Liberty, four in Richland, eight in Vernon and twenty-one in Clark
The returns for 1840 and 1850 were as follows:
Townships.
1840.
1850.
Adams.
869
Chester
1,784
1,600
Clark .
1,297
1,654
Greene.
1,833
2,026
Jefferson
474
810
Liberty
1,049
1,232
Marion
643
995
Richland
1,385
1,975
Union .
3,284
2,320
Wilmington
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1,238
Vernon
1,434
1,468
Washington
1,170
1,216
Wayne.
1,366
1,435
Totals
15,719
18,838
For 1860 and 1870, the returns were as follows, giving the number of in- habitants in the villages separately:
Townships and Villages.
1860.
1870.
Adams
976
883
Chester
1,420
1,173
New Burlington (part of).
191
184
Clark . .
1,352
1,877
Martinsville
293
264
Greene ....
2,480
2,492
New Antioch.
120
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New Vienna.
580
573
Jefferson
1,080
1,445
Westboro
200
237
Liberty
1,205
1,184
Port William
212
184
Marion
1,674
1,592
Blanchester
õ53
513
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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
Townships and Villages.
1860.
1870.
Richland
1,689
1,854
Sabina ..
255
Union
3,709
4,227
Wilmington
915
2,023
Vernon ... Clarksville
1,168
1,513
Washington
1.319
1,250
Cuba ..
76
Morrisville
39
Wayne ..
1,200
1,267
Centerville.
120
Wilson ...
1,109
1,157
Bloomington
114
119
Totals.
21,461
21,914
The following, taken from the annual report of the Secretary of State for 1881, shows the population of Clinton County in 1880:
Adams Township
921
Chester Township
1,443
Clark Township.
1,651
Village of Martinsville 355
1,961
Village of New Vienna.
797
Jefferson Township
1,449
Liberty Township.
1,201
Village of Port William.
181
Marion Township
1,180
Village of Blanchester
776
Richland Township
1,581
Village of Sabina.
757
Union Township .
2,306
Village of Wilmington.
2,745
Vernon Township.
1,185
Village of Clarksville
367
Washington Township
1,294
Wayne Township
1.448
Wilson Township
1,159
Total,
24,756
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