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BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
1729 .- - Caleb Cowpland, Richard Hayes, Joseph Brinton, Thomas Chandler, William Webb, Samuel Gilpin, James James, Joseph Pennock.
1730. - Henry Pierce, John Taylor, Samuel Lewis, John Parry, Thomas Chandler, Samuel Gilpin, William Webb, Henry Hayes.
1731 .- Joseph Harvey, John Parry, Samuel Lewis, Caleb Cowpland, John Taylor, Joseph Brinton, Henry Pierce, Evan Lewis.
1732 .- Caleb Cowpland, Joseph Harvey, Joseph Brinton, Thomas Thomas, William Webb, Joseph Pennock, John Davis, William Hewes.
1733 .- Caleb Cowpland, Joseph Harvey, Joseph Brinton, John Davis, Thomas Thomas, Joseph Pennock, John Owen, William Moore.
1734 .- Joseph Harvey, Joseph Brinton, Caleb Cowpland, John Evans, William Webb, William Moore, John Owen, Joseph Pennock.
1735 .- Joseph Harvey, William Moore, Joseph Pennock, Caleb Cowpland, John Evans, John Parry, Joseph Brinton, Thomas Cum- mings.
1736 .- Joseph Harvey, Thomas Cummings, John Evans, Caleb Cowpland, William Webb, William Moore, Thomas Chandler, John Parry.
1737 .- Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, John Evans, Thomas Cummings, William Moore, James Gibbons, William Hughes, Rich- ard Hayes.
1738 .- William Moore, James Gibbons, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, John Owen, Thomas Tatnall, William Hughes, Jeremiah' Starr.
1739 .- James Gibbons, Thomas Chandler. Joseph Harvey, William Hughes, Jeremiah Starr, William Moore, Samuel Levis, John Owen.
1740. - Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, . James Gibbons, William Hughes, Samuel Levis, John Owen, Jeremiah Starr, Thomas Tatnall.
1741 .- Joseph Harvey, Thomas Chandler, James Gibbons, John Owen, Thomas Tatnall, Sam'l Levis, William Hughes, Jeremiah Starr.
1742 .- James Gibbons, John Owen, Sam- uel Levis, Jeremiah Starr, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, William Hughes, Thomas Tatnall.
1743 .- Jeremiah Starr, James Gibbons, Thomas Chandler, Joseph Harvey, Samuel Levis, Joseph Pennock, George Ashbridge, jr., Francis Yarnall.
1744 .- George Ashbridge, Francis Yarnall, Joseph Pennock, Samuel Levis, James Gib- bons, Joseph Harvey, Thomas Cummings, Thomas Chandler.
1745 .- Joseph Pennock, ThomasCummings, George Ashbridge, Francis Yarnall, Joseph Harvey, Samuel Levis, Robert Lewis, Thomas Chandler.
1746 .- Francis Yarnall, George Ashbridge, Robert Lewis, Thomas Worth, Samuel Levis, Peter Dicks, Thomas Chandler, John Owen.
1747 .- Samuel Levis, Francis Yarnall, George Ashbridge, Thomas Worth, Peter Dicks, John Owen, John Davis, Thomas Chandler.
1748 .- Thomas Worth, George Ashbridge, Francis Yarnall, John Davis, John Owen, Jo- seph James, Thos. Chandler, Joseph Gibbons.
1749 .- Joseph Gibbons, George Ashbridge. Henry Hockley, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel Grubb, Nathaniel Pennock, Roger Hunt. Thomas Cummings.
1750. - Joseph Gibbons, George Ashbridge, Thomas Cummings, Henry Hockley, Thomas Chandler, Nathaniel Grubb, Nathaniel Pen- nock, Peter Dicks.
1751 .- Joseph Gibbons, Thomas Cummings, George Ashbridge, Nathaniel Grubb, Peter Dicks, Nathaniel Pennock, Henry Hockley, Thomas Chandler.
1752 .- Joseph Gibbons, Thomas Cummings, Nathaniel Pennock, Peter Dicks, George Ash- bridge, Nathaniel Grubb, William Peters, Jacob Howell.
1753 .- Thomas Cummings, Nathaniel Pen- nock, George Ashbridge, Joseph Gibbons. Nathaniel Grubb, Peter Dicks, William Peters, Joseph James.
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OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
1754. - George Ashbridge, Joseph Gibbons, Peter Dicks, Thomas Cummings, Nathaniel Pennock, Nathaniel Grubb, Joseph James, William Peters.
1755 .- Thomas Cummings, George Ash- bridge, Nathaniel Pennock, Joseph James, Joseph Gibbons, Nathaniel Grubb, William Peters, Peter Dicks.
1756 .- Joseph Gibbons, Peter Dicks, John Morton, Roger Hunt, George Ashbridge, Hughı Trimble, Nathaniel Pennock, NathanielGrubb.
1757 .- Joseph Gibbons, George Ashbridge, John Morton, Roger Hunt, Isaac Wayne, Nathaniel Grubb, Hugh Trimble, Joshua Ash.
1758 .- Jos. Gibbons, Jno. Morton, George Ashbridge, Roger Hunt, Hugh Trimble, Joshua Ash, Nathaniel Grubb, Isaac Wayne.
1759 .- John Morton, George Ashbridge, Joshua Ash, Joseph Gibbons, Hugh Trimble. Roger Hunt, Peter Dicks, Isaac Wayne.
1760 .- George Ashbridge, John Morton, Roger Hunt, Joshua Ash, Joseph Gibbons, Nathaniel Pennock, Isaac Wayne, William Boyd.
1761 .- Joseph Gibbons, George Ashbridge, Nathaniel Pennock, Joshua Ash, John Mor- ton, Isaac Wayne, Isaac Pearson, Roger Hunt.
1762 .- Nathaniel Pennock, George Aslı- bridge, Joshua Ash, Isaac Pearson, John Mor- ton, Isaac Wayne, Joseph Gibbons, John Jacobs.
1763 .- George Ashbridge, Joshua Ash, Isaac Pearson, John Morton, Nathaniel Pennock, John Jacobs, Isaac Wayne, Charles Hum- phreys.
1764 .- George Ashbridge, John Morton, Nathaniel Pennock, Joshua Aslı, Isaac Pear- son, Charles Humphreys, John Jacobs, John Fairlamb.
1765 .- John Morton, George Ashbridge, John Jacobs, Nathaniel Pennock, John Fair- lamb, Charles Humphreys, Isaac Pearson, Joshua Ash.
1766 .- John Morton, George Ashbridge, Nanthaniel Pennock, John Jacobs, Charles
Humphreys, Isaac Pearson, Joshua Ash, John Minshall.
1767 .- Isaac Pearson, Charles Humphreys, George Ashbridge, John Minshall, Jonas Pres- ton, John Jacobs, John Sellers, Nathaniel Pennock.
1768 .- John Jacobs, Nathaniel Pennock, George Ashbridge, Charles Humphreys, John Sellers, John Minshall, Isaac Pearson, John Crosby.
1769 .- George Ashbridge, Charles Hum- phreys, Isaac Pearson, John Sellers, John Jacobs, John Minshall, John Crosby, John Morton.
1770 - Charles Humphreys, Isaac Pearson, John Minshall, John Morton, John Jacobs, John Crosby, George Ashbridge, John Sellers. 1771 .- John Morton, Charles Humphreys, Isaac Pearson, John Jacobs, John Sellers, John Minshall, George Ashbridge, John Crosby.
1772 .- Charles Humphreys, Isaac Pearson, John Morton, John Jacobs, John Minshall, James Hockley, George Ashbridge, Benjamin Bartholomew.
1773 .- Isaac Pearson, Benjamin Bartholo- mew. John Jacobs, Charles Humphreys, John Morton, James Gibbons, John Minshall, Joseph Pennock.
1774 .- Benjamin Bartholomew, John Jacobs, Joseph Pennock, James Gibbons, Isaac Pear- son, Charles Humphreys, John Morton, An- thony Wayne.
1775 .- John Morton (Speaker), Benjamin Bartholomew, James Gibbons, Isaac Pearson, John Jacobs, Charles Humphreys, Joseph Pen- nock, Joseph Pyle.
1776 .- John Jacobs, Caleb Davis, Joseph Gardner, John Fulton, Samuel Cunningham, John Sellers.
1777 .- Joseph Gardner, John Fulton, Sam- uel Cunningham, John Culbertson, Lewis Gro- now, Stephen Cochran.
1778 .- Joseph Gardner, John Fulton, John Culbertson, Stephen Cochran, John Fleming, Patrick Anderson.
1779 .- John Fulton, David Thomas, Henry
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BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Hayes, James Boyd, Patrick Anderson, Joseph Park, William Harris, Sketchley Morton.
1780 .- David Thomas, Henry Hayes, Jo- seph Park, William Harris, James Boyd, Pat- rick Anderson, John Culbertson, Evan Evans.
1781 .- John Culbertson, Evan Evans, James Moore, Persifor Frazer, Thomas Maffat, Pat- rick Anderson, John Hannum, John Lindsay.
1782 .- Persifor Frazer, James Boyd, Evan Evans, Thomas Strawbridge, Benjamin Bran- nan, David Thomas, John Lindsay, Thomas Maffat.
1783 .- David Thomas, Evan Evans, John Hannum, Joseph Park, Richard Willing, Thomas Potts, Thomas Bull, Edward Jones.
1784. - Richard Willing, Edward Jones Anthony Wayne, Robert Ralston, James Moore, Thomas Potts, Persifor Frazer, Jos- eph Strawbridge, Charles Humphreys.
1785 .- Anthony Wayne, Robert Ralston, James Moore, Thomas Bull, John Hannum, Robert Smith (Oxford), Samuel Evans, Jon- athan Morris.
1786-1787 .- Robert Ralston, Richard Will- ing, James Moore, Samuel Evans, Richard Thomas, Townsend Whelen.
1788 .- Richard Thomas, James Moore, Mark Wilcox, John McDowell, Caleb James, Richard Downing, jr.,
1789 .- Richard Thomas, John McDowell, Caleb James, Richard Downing, jr.
FROM DELAWARE COUNTY.
1790-91. - Hugh Lloyd, Richard Riley. 1791-92 .- Hngh Lloyd, Nathaniel Newlin. 1792-93 .- Joseph Gibbons, William West. 1793-94 .- Nathaniel Newlin, William West, 1794 97 .- Jonas Preston, William West. 1797 1801 .- Jonas Preston, Wm. Palmer. 1801-2 .- Jonas Preston, Benj. H. Smith. 1802 3 .- Isaac G. Gilpin, Benj. H. Smith. 1803-4 .- William Pennell, Benj. H. Smith. 1804-8 .- William Pennell, WilliamTrimble. 1808-9 .- Thomas Smith, William Trimble. 1809-12 .- Thomas Smith, William Pen- nock.
1812-14 .- William Cheney, John Thomp- son.
1814-15. William Cheney, Samuel Ed- wards.
1815-16 .- Samuel Anderson, Samuel Ed- wards.
1816-18 .- William Cheyney, Samuel An- derson.
1818-19. - William Cheyney, John Kerlin. 1819-20 .- Thomas Robinson, John Kerlin. 1820-21 .- George G. Leiper, Abner Lewis. 1821-22 .- John Lewis, William Cheyney. 1822-23 .- Samuel Anderson.
1823-25 .- Abner Lewis.
1825-26 .-- Samuel Anderson.
1826-27 .- Joseph Engle.
1827-28. - William Martin.
1828-29. - Edward Siter. 1829-30. - Samuel Anderson.
1830-31 .- John Lindsay.
1831-35 .-- Samuel Anderson.
1835-36 .- William Mendenhall.
1836-37 .- John Hinkson.
1837-39 .- John H. Zeilin.
1840-42. - Joshua P. Eyre. 1842-44. - H. Jonas Brooke.
1844 46 .- John Larkin, jr.
1846-48 .- Sketchley Morton. 1848- 50. - James J. Lewis.
1850-52 .- John M. Broomall.
1852- 54. - Jonathan P. Abraham.
1854 .- Thomas H. Maddock.
1855 .- Charles D. Manley. 1856 .- Hiram Cleaver. 1857 .- Thomas D. Powell.
1858-59 .- William D. Pennell.
1860 .- Chalkley Harvey. 1861-62 .-- William Gamble. 1863. - Chalkley Harvey. 1864 .-- Edward A. Price. 1865 66 .- Elwood Tyson. 1867 .- John H. Barton. 1868-69. -- Angustus B. Leedom.
1870 -- Thomas V. Cooper.
1871 .- Tryon Lewis. 1872 .- Thomas V. Cooper.
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OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
1873. - Orson Flagg Bullard.
1874-76. - William Cooper Talley.
1875-76 .- William Worrall. 1877-78 .- Orson Flagg Bullard. 1877-80 .- Y. S. Walter.
1879-81 .- Nathan Garrett (elected to fill Walter's unexpired time. )
1881 1884 .- Robert Chadwick. 1882-84 .- William G. Powell.
1884-88 .- John B. Robinson, Robert Chad- wick.
1888 .- I. P. Garrett, Jesse M. Baker and Ward R. Bliss.
1889 .- Albert Magnin.
1890 .- Albert Magnin, Jesse M. Baker and Ward R. Bliss.
1892 .- Ward R. Bliss, Thomas H. Garvin and George E. Heyburn.
The year of election in the preceding list is given since 1884.
SHERIFFS, 1676-1893.
1676, Capt. Edmund Cantwell ; 1681, John Test ; 1682, Thomas Usher; 1683, Thomas Withers ; 1684, Jeremy Collett ; 1686, Thomas Usher ; 1687, Joshua Fearne ; 1689, George Foreman ; 1692, Caleb Pusey ; 1693, Joseph Wood ; 1697, Andrew Job ; 1701, John Hos -. kins ; 1708, John Simcock ; 1709, John Hos- kins ; 1715, Henry Worley, 1717, Nicholas Fairlamb ; 1720, John Crosby ; 1721, John Taylor ; 1729, John Owen ; 1732, John Parry ; 1735, John Owen; 1738, John Parry ; 1740, Benjamin Davis; 1743, John Owen ; 1746, Benjamin Davis ; 1749, John Owen ; 1752, Isaac Pearson ; 1755, John Fairlamb : 1759, Ben- jamin Davis ; 1762, John Fairlamb; 1764, Philip Ford ; 1766, John Morton ; 1769, Jesse Maris ; 1772, Henry Hayes ; 1774, Nathaniel Vernon ; 1777, Robert Smith : 1778, Charles Dilworth ; 1778, Robert Smith ; 1779, David Mackey ; 1780, John Gardner ; 1783, William Gibbons ; 1786, Ezekiel Leonard.
Delaware County.
1789, Nicholas Fairlamb ; 1792, James Bar- nard ; 1795, Abraham Dicks ; 1798, John Oden-
heimer ; 1801, Matthias Kerlin, jr. ; 1804, John Odenheimer ; 1807, Richard P. Floyd ; 1810, Isaac Cochran ; 1813, DanielThompson ; 1816, Robert Fairlamb ; 1819, Samuel Anderson ; 1822, Joseph Weaver, jr. ; 1825, John Hink- son ; 1828, Jehu Broomhall; 1831, William Baldwin ; 1834, Charles Baldwin ; 1834 (Oc- tober), Samuel A. Price; 1837, Evans S. Way; 1840, John Larkin, jr. ; 1843, Samuel Hibberd ; 1846, Robert R. Dutton ; 1849, Jon- athan Esrey : 1851, (May), Henry T. Esrey ; 1851, (November), Aaron James ; 1854, John M. Hall: 1857, Jonathan Vernon ; 1860, Mor- ris L. Yarnall ; 1863, Abraham Vanzant ; 1866, Caleb Hoopes ; 1869, Evan C. Bartleson ; 1875, Charles W. Matthew ; 1878, John J. Row- land ; 1881, William Armstrong ; 1884, Wil- liam F. Mathues ; 1887, G. Leiper Green ; 1890-93, John D. Howard.
TREASURERS, 1695-1893.
1695, Jeremiah Collett ; 1697, Walter Mar- ten : 1704, Caleb Pusey ; 1706, Walter Mar- ten ; 1720, Henry Pierce ; 1724, Philip Taylor ; 1740, Joseph Brinton ; 1756, Robert Miller ; 1761, Humphry Marshall ; 1765, Jesse Maris, jr .; 1766, Lewis Davis ; 1770, James Gibbons ; 1770 (?), Richard Thomas ; 1775, Philip Tay- lor ; 1775, John Brinton ; 1778, Thomas Levis ; 1779, William Evans ; 1780, Persifor Frazer ; 1781. David Cloyd ; 1785, Andrew Boyd and David Cloyd ; 1786, William Evans; 1788, Andrew Boyd.
Delaware County.
1790, Edward Richards ; 1799, Seth Thomas ; 1806, Joshua Lewis; 1809, John Thompson ; 1812, Robert Fairlamb ; 1815, John Thomp- son ; 1822, Robert Fairlamb ; 1825, John Russell ; 1827, Homer Eachus ; 1830, William Eyre ; 1833, Oborn Levis ; 1835, Samuel T. Walker ; 1838, William Eyre; 1839, Davis Beaumont ; 1840, William Eyre : 1840, Wil- liam Eyre, jr .; 1841, John Miller ; 1844, Rich- ard F. Worrell ; 1846, Benjamin F. Johnson ; 1848, Marshall Eachus; 1850, Edmund Taylor ;
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BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
1852, Samuel Dutton; 1854, Joseph H Hinkson; 1856, Jackson Lyons ; 1858, Charles R. Wil- liamson ; 1860, Charles Johnson ; 1862, David R. Ralston ; 1864, William Hinkson; 1866, William H. Eves ; 1668, William F. Mathews ; 1870, John J. Hoopes : 1872, John D. Howard; 1874, Alvin Baldwin; 1876, Henry B. Taylor ; 1879, William P. Yarnall; 1882, Stephen Clowd, jr .; 1884, Samuel M. Challenger ; 1887, Gasway O. Yarnall ; 1890-93, B. F. Compton.
PROTHONOTARIES, 1681-1893.
1681, Thomas Revel; 1683, Robert Eyre ; 1690, Joshua Fearne ; 1693, John Childe ; 1700, Henry Hollingsworth ; 1709, John Sim- cock ; 1724 to 1766, Joseph Parker ; 1766 to 1777, Henry Hale Graham ; 1777, Benjamin Jacob : 1777 (July 1), Caleb Davis.
Delaware County.
1789, William Richardson ; 1796, Davis Bevan ; 1800, James Barnard ; 1806, Thomas B. Dick ; 1809, Joseph Engle; 1818, Benja- min Pearson ; 1821, Thomas Robinson ; 1824, Henry Myers; 1832, John K. Zeilen ; 1834, John Hinkson; 1836, John Richards; 1838, Samuel Weaver, jr. ; 1841, James Houston ; 1844, Josepli Taylor; 1847, James Sill, jr. ; 1853, Nicholas F. Walter ; 1859, Thomas Forsythe; 1862, Benjamin F. Baker; 1862, George Esrey; 1865, Orson Flagg Bullard ; 1874, Isaac Johnson; 1886, W. D. Thomas; 1891, W. R. Fronefield; 1891 93, W. L. Mathues.
RECORDERS, 1688-1893.
1688, John Bristow ; 1691, Joshua Fearne ; 1693, Robert Eyre ; 1695, John Childe ; 1700, Henry Hollingsworth ; 1706, Peter Evans, whose term ended in 1707, and one person held the three offices of prothonotary, recorder and register up to 1777; 1777, John Taylor ; 1782, John Beaton ; 1786, Persifor Frazer.
Delaware County.
From 1789 to 1862 the offices of recorder of deeds and that of prothonotary were held by one person. 1862, Frederick Fairlamb ;
1871, Frederick R. Cutler ; 1873, Canby S. Smith ; 1875, Charles P. Walter ; 1880, Edward Blaine ; 1889-93, John H. Kerlin.
CLERKS OF COURTS, 1681-1893.
1681, Thomas Revell ; 1683, Robert Eyre ; 1690, Joshua Fearne ; 1693, John Childe ; 1700, Henry Hollingsworth ; 1709, John Sim- cock ; 1713, Richard Marsden ; 1717, George Yeates ; 1719, Richard Marsden ; 1724, Jos- eph Parker; 1766, Henry Hale Graham ; 1777 to 1789, Caleb Davis. From 1789 down to the present time the office of clerk of the courts and that of prothonotary have been held by one person.
REGISTERS OF WILLS, 1714-1893.
1714, John Simcock ; 1716, Joseph Parker ; 1759, Henry Hale Graham; 1777, Thomas Taylor; 1782, John Beaton; 1786 to 1789, Persifor Frazer.
Delaware County.
In 1873 the office of register of wills and clerk of the orphans' court was made a sep- arate office from that of prothonotary, and the following persons have served : 1874, Thomas Lees ; 1886, G. A. Hazlett ; 1892, William H. Hall.
COMMISSIONERS 1721 1893.
1721, David Lloyd, John Wood, Nathaniel Newlin, Henry Miller (in office); 1722, Robert Pyle ; 1723, Nathaniel Newlin; 1724, Samuel Hollingsworth ; 1725, Robert Pyle; 1726, Isaac Taylor; 1727, William Webb; 1728, Henry Miller, Evan Lewis ; 1729, Samuel Nut; 1730, Evan Lewis ; 1731, Jacob Howell ; 1732, Samuel Lewis; 1733, George Aston ; 1734, John Davis ; 1735, Richard Jones ; 1736, Samuel Lightfoot; 1737, John Parry, jr .; . 1738, William Jefferis; 1739, John Davis; 1740, John Parry, jr. ; 1741, John Yarnall, 1742, John Davis ; 1743, Jacob Howell ; 1744, Joseph Mendenhall ; 1745, John Davis ; 1746, Thomas Pennell; 1747, Joshua Thompson ; 1748, Isaac Davis ; 1749, Thomas Pennell ; 1750, Edward Brinton, Samuel Bunting ; 1751,
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OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
William Lewis ; 1752, John Fairlamb ; 1753, Robert Miller ; 1754, Thomas Pearson ; 1755, Joseph Ashbridge ; 1756, Joseph Davis ; 1757, Joseph James ; 1758, John Hannum ; 1759, Jonas Preston ; 1760, Joseph Pennock; 1761, John Griffith ; 1762, Lewis Davis ; 1763, John Price ; 1764, Benjamin Bartholomew ; 1765, Richard Baker; 1766, John Davis; 1767, Robert Pennell; 1768, John Webster; 1769, John Evans; 1770, Jesse Bonsall ; 1771, Robert Mendenhall: 1772, John Fleming ; 1773, Thomas Levis; 1774, Thomas Taylor ; 1775, William Evans ; 1776, Sketchley Mor- ton ; 1777, David Cloyd ; 1778, Andrew Boyd ; 1779, Benjamin Brannan ; 1780, John Barthol- omew ; 1781, Joseph Strawbridge; 1782, Ca- leb James : 1783, John Davis ; 1784, Joseph McClellan ; 1785, Caleb James ; 1786, Caleb North ; 1787, John Worth ; 1788, Joseph Gib- bons.
Delaware County.
1790, Edward Hunter, Gideon Gilpin, James Barnard; 1791, John Jones ; 1792 to 1796, no record ; 1797, David Platt, Richard Lloyd ; 1798, Isaac G. Gilpin ; 1799, Thomas Bishop ; 1800, Thomas Vernon ; 1801, Jonas Eyre ; 1802, John Hunter, Josiah Lewis; 1803, Pierce Crosby ; 1805, Nehemiah Baker; 1807, Joseph Engle ; 1808, William Menden- hall; 1809, George B. Lownes; 1810, Thomas Bishop; 1811, Preston Eyre; 1812, Thomas Hemphill ; 1813, Maris Worrell; 1814, John Brooke ; 1815, Robert Fairlamb ; 1816, John Willcox ; 1817, Joseph Davis ; 1818, William Hill; 1819, Jonathan Lindsay, jr. ; 1820, Jos- eph Henderson; 1821, George Green ; 1822, Joseph Engle ; 1823, Edward Hunter ; 1824, William Johnson ; 1825. James Sill; 1826, Samuel H. Eves ; 1727, James Maddock ; 1828, Joseph Bishop; 1829, Oliver Levis ; 1830, Evan Evans ; 1831, David Siter ; 1832, David Trainer and John Aitkins ; 1835, James Serrill ; 1836, James S. Peters; 1837, Isaac Fawkes ; 1838, Spencer McIlvain ; 1839, Ed- ward Lewis, jr .; 1840, Davis Beaumont ; 1841, Thomas Williamson ; 1842, Thomas Steele, jr. ;
1843, Isaac Yarnall ; 1844, George Harvey ; 1845, David Worrell; 1846, Samuel Palmer ; 1847, Edmund Pennell; 1848, Mark Bartle- son ; 1849, Caleb J. Hoopes ; 1850, John D. Gilpin : 1851, Annseley Newlin ; 1852, James Barton ; 1853, William H Grubb ; 1854, Rob- ert Plumstead ; 1855, Thomas Pratt ; 1856, Persifor Baker ; 1857, Samuel Leedom ; 1858, James Clowd ; 1859, Elwood Tyson ; 1860, Vanlear Eachus ; 1861, Thomas Reece ; 1862, Nathaniel Pratt ; 1863, Joseph Lewis : 1864, Daniel James ; 1865, George Drayton ; 1866, William D. H. Serrill; 1867, Charles John- son ; 1868, T. Baker Jones: 1869, Jacob M. Campbell ; 1870, William Russell : 1871, John B. Heyburn; 1872, John B. Holland ; 1873. James McDade ; 1874, Elias Baker ; 1876, Owen W. Yarnall, Abram C. Lukens and Ed- ward H. Engle ; 1879, Owen W. Yarnall, Abram C. Lukens and Jesse Brooke: 1882, Owen W. Yarnall, Benjamin F. Pretty and Jesse Brooke ; 1885, Benjamin F. Pretty, Wil- liam Armstrong and Andrew Osborne; 1888, William Armstrong, D. M. Field and William Quinn ; 1889, William Lane Quinn in place of William Quinn, who died; 1891-93, William Lane Quinn, Harry Hipple and James Clark.
CORONERS, 1684-1893.
1684, James Kennerly ; 1696, Jacob Sim- cock ; 1707, Henry Hollingsworth ; 1710, Henry Worley ; 1717, Jonas Sandelands ; 1721, Rob- ert Barber ; 1726, John Mendenhall ; 1728, Robert Parke; 1729, Abraham Darlington ; 1730, John Wharton ; 1732, Anthony Shaw ; 1734, John Wharton ; 1737, Stephen Hoskins ; 1738, Aubrey Bevan ; 1743, Thomas Morgan ; 1746, Isaac Lea; 1751, Joshua Thomson ; 1752, John Kerlin ; 1753, Joshua Thomson ; 1761, Philip Ford ; 1763, Davis Bevan ; 1765, Abel Janney : 1766, John Trapnall ; 1768, Joseph Gibbons ; 1771, John Crosby, jr .; 1773, John Bryan ; 1775, Harvey Lewis ; 1778, David Denny ; 1780, Allen Cunningham ; 1782, Benjamin Rue : 1783, John Harper ;
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BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
1785, Isaac Thomas ; 1786, John Harper ; 1787, John Underwood.
(Delaware County. )
1789, Jonathan Vernon ; 1791, Caleb Ben- nett ; 1793, John Odenheimer, jr. : 1795, James Birchall ; 1829, Abraham Kerlin ; 1830, Daniel Thompson : 1833, Joel Lane : 1839, John Lloyd ; 1840, Moses Reed : 1842, John Lloyd ; 1845, Stephen Horne : 1848, Seth C. Thomas : 1854, Reuben H. Smith : 1857, Isaac Johnson ; 1858, William A. Minshall: 1858, Samuel Long, sr .: 1861. Washington B. Levis ; 1865, George H. Rigby ; 1871, William A. Min- shall ; 1877, Horace W. Fairlamb ; 1880, Abram J. Quimby : 1883, Horace W. Fair- lamb : 1889, L. M. Bullock : 1892-93, Joseph E. Quinley.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR, 1805-1893.
1805, William Anderson, Jonathan Heacock, and John Smith (resigned), and John Thomp- son appointed ; 1806, Thomas Pennell and Philip Moore, 1807. John McIlvain ; 1808, Benjamin W. Oakford, 1809, David Pratt : 1810, George W. Oakford (died in office and John McIvain appointed ), William Peters and John Worrall ; 1811, Thomas Garrett ; 1812, George Miller ; 1813, Francis Wesley ; 1814, John Powell ; 1815, George B. Lownes ; 1816, Joseph Hoskins ; 1817, William Trimble ; 1818. William Mendenhall (vice William Trimble), Enos Sharpless ; 1819, Samuel Garrett ; 1820, Jesse Darlington : 1821, Joseph James ; 1822, James Craig ; 1823, Enos Williamson ; 1824, Micajah Speakman ; 1825, Isaac Yarnall (in place of Speakman, resigned ); 1826, John Lar- kin ; 1827, Joseph Henderson ; 1828, Thomas Dutton ; 1829, Isaac Fawk ; 1830, John Kerns ; 1831, John Hinkson ; 1832, David Lyons : 1833, Robert N. Gamble ; 1834, James Ogden : 1835, Edward Lewis ; 1836, Samuel Hale ; 1837, Jesse Walter ; 1838, George Martin : 1839, Capt. James Serrill : 1840, James Barton ; 1841, Moses D. Palmer ; 1842, George Lewis ; 1843, Caleb D. Hoopes ; 1844, Moses D.
Palmer (resigned, and George F. Gilpin ap- pointed ) ; 1845, James J. Lewis ; 1846, Mar- shall Painter ; 1847, John Clayton ; 1848, Joel Evans : 1849, John Miller ; 1850, Thomas Wil- liamson ; 1851, J. Edward Garrett ; 1852, Abra- ham Pennell ; 1853, William Trainer ; 1854, Joseph B. Leedom ; 1855, Jacob Byers : 1856, Samuel A. Barton ; 1857, Francis Leedom ; 1858, Samuel Johnson ; 1859, E. B. Loveland ; 1860, William H. Grubb ; 1861, Judge Tyson ; 1862, Samuel B. Leedom ; 1863, Peter W. Green ; 1864, Joseph Powell ; 1865, Baldwin Howard ; 1866, Frederick J. Hinkson : 1867- 68, Powell, Howard and Hinkson : 1869-71, Powell, Howard and Thomas Trainer ; 1872, James S. Tyson, Joel Sharpless ; 1873, Edgar T. Miller : 1874, Jesse Hibberd ; 1875, Chalk- ley Harvey ; 1876-80, Chalkley Harvey, Jesse Hibberd, and John H. Kerlin ; 1880-SI, Har- vey, Kerlin and Milton Edwards : Harvey, Edwards and Henry L. Donaldson ; 1883, Henry L. Donaldson, John B. McCay, jr., and Joseph Leedom ; 1884, Henry L. Donaldson : 1885, Charles M. Cheyney ; 1886, Joseph Lee- dom, Charles M. Cheyney ; 1887, Calvert Card- well : 1889, Joseph Leedom; 1890, Calvert Cardwell : 1891, Charles M. Cheyney : 1892-93, Joseph Leedom.
COUNTY AUDITORS - 1791-1893.
1791, John Talbot, Mark Willcox, William Pennock ; 1792, John Pearson, Abraham Pen- nell, Richard Flower ; 1793, Benjamin Bran- non, Thomas Newlin, Abraham Sharpless ; 1795, Samuel Price, John Horn, Caleb Pierce; 1796, John Crosby, Elisha Price, William Martin ; 1797, John Crosby, William Martin, Thomas Newlin : 1798, Crosby, Newlin, and Richard Flower ; 1799, Edward Hunter, Wil- liam Trimble, Nicholas Newlin ; 1800, Abra- ham Pennell, Joseph Shallcross, John Talbot : 1801-2, Nathaniel Newlin, Joseph Pennell, Jacob Gibbons : 1803, B. W. Oakford, Moses Palmer, Pierce Crosby ; 1804, William Ander- son, Thomas Smith, Frederick Fairlamb ; 1805, Abraham Sharpless, Richard P. Lloyd,
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OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
John Thompson : 1806, Moses Palmer, B. W. Oakford, Dr. Jonas Preston ; 1807, Dr. Jonas Preston, Moses Palmer, Pierce Crosby : 1808, William Pennock, Moses Palmer, Pierce Crosby : 1809, Moses Palmer, Edward Hun- ter, Maskill Ewing; 1819, Moses Palmer ; 1823, William Bishop, Enoch Abraham, Sam- nel Hewes ; 1824, Cyrus Mendenhall; 1825, Joseph Gibbons; 1826, Enos Sharpless ; 1827, Henry Moore : 1828, Abner Lewis ; 1829, Daniel Abraham ; 1830, Benjamin Ser- rill ; 1831, John D. White: 1832, James McMullin : 1833, Alexander Mc Keever : 1834. Joseph Gibson, William S. Flower (in room of James McMullin): 1835, William Eyre : 1836, H. Jones Brooks : 1837, Caleb J. Hoopes ; 1838, C. W. Sharpless ; 1839, George Smedley : 1840, Joel Evans ; 1841, William J. Willcox : 1842, Minshall Painter ; 1843, Jesse Brooke, jr .: 1844, Robert E. Hannum ; 1845,
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