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Charles T. Whippo and James Cubbison, besides many others, inhabitants both of the borough and of the surrounding coun- try. These interested citizens formed an organization, and year after year petitions were presented to the Legislature, but for a long time without effect.
This was chiefly due to the determined opposition, based on political reasons, with which the scheme was met by many adher- ents of the Whig party in this section. They urged against it: FIRST, that the counties out of which it was proposed to erect the new one were small enough al- ready; SECONDLY, that the two counties of Mercer and Beaver were strong Whig counties, and the townships to be included in the new county were the strongest Whig townships. By taking them out both the before-mentioned counties would become Democratic. In other words, the Whigs would gain one county and lose two by the operation. Consequently, they were op- posed to the project for political reasons, while the Democrats were naturally as much in favor of it. This situation con- tinued until about 1840, when the support- ers of the measure adopted a new line of policy, and began making friends of their erstwhile enemies. Party lines were ig- nored, and other political issues forgotten in discussing the all-absorbing topic. After strenuous exertions, the advocates of the division at length succeeded in electing their candidates to the Legislature, but had the mortification of finding them recreant to the great interest committed to their charge. But the people would not surren- der; they adopted as their motto the last words of the gallant Lawrence in his fight with the British frigate "Shannon," "Don't give up the ship!" and resolved to fight on until their object was obtained and to name their county in honor of the heroic commodore-Lawrence.
The outlook began to be more promising in the fall of 1847, when they succeeded in electing David Sankey to the State Senate. At the next election for members of the
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House they elected three out of the four representatives which Mercer and Beaver Counties were then entitled to. For Mer- cer County, David M. Courtney and Joseph Emery were elected, while Beaver County elected John Sharp, of Slippery Rock, and Dr. William Smith, who lived on the south side of the Ohio River, the doctor, of course, belonging to the opposition. The friends of the movement now put forth their utmost strength. Petitions bearing numerous signatures were forwarded and able men selected to bring them to a suc- cessful hearing at Harrisburg. Among others, Major E. Sankey attended the ses- sion of the Legislature, and remained at his post until a bill granting the petition was passed.
Though the bill for the division was in- troduced in the House of Representatives early in the session, no action was taken upon it until March, 1849, when it passed by a two-thirds vote. A few days later it passed the Senate by a vote of twenty-two to eight, and on the 20th day of March, 1849, it was signed by Governor William F. Johnston. By the act the new county was to be called LAWRENCE, and the county seat was to be located in the borough of New Castle. The influence and exertions of Senator David Sankey and his co-work- ers in the House, David M. Courtney, Jo- seph Emery and John Sharp, was largely responsible for procuring its passage.
The following named gentlemen were appointed to superintend the running of the lines of the new county, and to fix the locality for the county buildings: Colonel James Potter, Sr., of Mifflin County ; Hon. William F. Packer, of Lycoming County, and Hon. William Evans, of Indiana County. Mr. Packer failing to meet the others on their arrival at New Castle, May 16, 1849, they appointed Colonel John Pot- ter, of Mifflin County, in his place.
Henry Pearson was selected by the State Commissioners as surveyor to run the boundary lines, with Lot Watson and Har- vey Tidball as chainbearers, and Henry C.
Falls as axeman. About four weeks were occupied in the survey, the party being accompanied by the commissioners of Beaver and Mercer Counties, as well as by sundry individuals. Contrary to a some- what generally received opinion, no part of Butler County was included in Lawrence.
The minutes of the survey, as taken from the report of the State Commissioners, read as follows: "Commencing at a post at the corner of Wolfe Creek and Slippery Rock Townships, Mercer County; thence north forty-two degrees west, with the line dividing said townships, three miles and 312 perches, to a post, the south- east corner of Springfield Township; thence north eighty-eight and one-fourth degrees west, between the townships of Springfield and Slippery Rock, five miles 244 perches, to a white-oak stump, the southwest corner of Springfield Township; thence north along the line dividing Springfield and Lackawannock (now Wil- mington) Townships, three-fourths of a mile to a chestnut tree ; thence south eighty- nine degrees west, parallel with the south line of Mercer County, thirteen miles 210 perches to a post on the Ohio State line; thence south with the said line eighteen and three-fourths miles to a post; thence north eighty-nine degrees east parallel with the north line of Beaver County, eighteen miles 252 perches to an iron-wood tree, on the line between Beaver and Butler Coun- ties; thence north two degrees west along the line of Butler County, nine miles 244 perches to a post, the corner of Beaver, Butler and Mercer Counties; thence north thirty-five and three-fourths degrees east along the line between Butler and Mercer Counties, five miles 310 perches, to the place of beginning."
The area within these lines is about equivalent to a square of nineteen miles, and would, therefore, contain 361 square miles, or 231,040 acres.
The ground selected by the State Com- missioners upon which to locate the county buildings was situated on the northeast
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corner of Jefferson and Lawrence (now Falls) Streets, and was owned by Thomas Falls. According to the report of the com- missioners, it was 100x160 feet in dimen- sions, with the longest diameter east and west. The following extract from the re- port shows that Mr. Falls agreed to donate the land to the county :
"The said Thomas Falls has agreed to convey and assure, FREE OF CHARGE, to the Commissioners of Law- rence County and to their successors forever, the said lot of ground; and he further agrees that the streets and alleys forming the boundaries of said lot may be kept open for public use forever-all upon consideration that the public buildings of said county be placed upon said lot.
"(Signed.) WILLIAM EVANS, "JAMES POTTER, SR., "JOHN POTTER."
LOCATION WRANGLE.
There had been numerous competing sites, and that chosen by the commissioners was not satisfactory to everybody. During the fall and winter of 1849 there was much excitement upon this subject. Absurd statements, regarding the ground selected, were put in circulation, public meetings were held, and the matter was warmly dis- cussed also in the hotels and business places, in the street, and even in the fam- ily circle.
The county commissioners elected in the autumn of 1849 were John K. Swisher, John Randolph and James Oliver, all of whom were in favor of choosing a new lo- cation. The movement, headed by R. B. McComb, Esq., and the commissioners, was prosecuted vigorously. Petitions were for- warded to Harrisburg, and subscription papers were circulated in favor of several different localities. Finally, an Act, sup- plementary to the one in March, 1849, erecting the new county of Lawrence, was passed by the Legislature, and approved by the Governor, March 25, 1850, the tenth section of which reads as follows:
"That the commissioners of the county of Lawrence shall, as soon after the passage of this act as shall be practicable, designate by numbers, and in such other manner as they shall think proper, four several sites for the location of the county buildings for said county, in
or within one-fourth of a mile from the borough of New Castle, including the site already fixed by the com- missioners appointed for that purpose; they shall also procure a book in which to receive subscriptions of money, land, labor and materials to aid in defraying the expenses of erecting said buildings for each of said sites, and shall permit all and every person or persons, body politic or corporate, by themselves or their agent, to subscribe in either of said books such sum or amount of money, land, labor or materials as he, she, or they, may think proper for the purpose aforesaid; and it is hereby made the duty of said county commissioners to give every person or persons, body politic or corporate, within said county, every facility within their power to make subscriptions as aforesaid, for the space of two months from the time of opening said books; and at the expiration of said term they shall forthwith determine upon which of said sites as aforesaid the said buildings shall be erected, and proceed to erect the same in the manner directed by law, having due regard to the health- fulness of the site, convenience and interest of the citi- zens of said county, and the amount of subscriptions to each of said sites; Provided, That before proceeding to erect said buildings they shall take such security as in their judgment shall be ample to insure the payment of the whole amount subscribed to the successful site."
Section 12:
"So much of the act to which this is a supplement, or any other law, as is hereby altered or supplied, or is inconsistent herewith, be and the same is hereby re- pealed. Approved the 25th day of March, 1850. "WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON."
The site was selected in accordance with the provisions of the above described act, the amount of subscriptions being some $1,600, and the lots were donated to the county by David Crawford, the commis- sioners advertised for sealed proposals for the erection of the necessary buildings, and the contract was let in August, 1850, to Messrs. James M. Craig and William Ham- ilton, for the sum of $12,004, they being the lowest responsible bidders. The work was commenced in the fall of that year, and the buildings were completed in 1852. During the progress of the work the plans, both of the court house and jail, were very materially changed from the original spe- cifications of the commissioners. The elab- orate portico of fluted Ionic columns, con- structed of gray sandstone, was not con- templated in the original design. Material alterations were made also inside the build- ings, and much extra work was also done in grading the grounds, erecting walls, etc., which brought the total cost up to about
RESIDENCE OF GEO. W. LAMOREE, NEW CASTLE.
RESIDENCE OF E. N. OHL, NEW CASTLE.
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM M. BROWN, NEW CASTLE.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE STITZINGER, NEW CASTLE.
RESIDENCE OF M. IT. HENDERSON, NEW CASTLE.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE W. JOHNSON, NEW CASTLE.
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$32,000. All this extra work was arranged for by the commissioners. Labor and ma- terial were very cheap in those days, and the expenses were much less than would be called for by similar improvements at the present time. The court house occu- pies a fine and commanding position, fronting the west, and is elevated some sixty feet above low water mark in the rivers.
POPULATION.
The population of Lawrence County at the time of its organization was, by the United States census, 21,079, including 132 colored. The population of New Castle, at that time, was 1,614, including 51 col- ored. In 1860 the population of the county was 22,999, and of New Castle 1,882. In 1870 the county contained 27,298, and the city of New Castle 6,164 inhabitants. In 1900 the county had a population of about 57,000. The present estimated population of the city is about 40,000.
The last government census of the county, outside of New Castle, showed the following population :
Big Beaver Township 1,488
Ellwood City 2,243
Enon Valley 395
Hickory Township 855
Little Beaver Township 735
Mahoning Township 2,617
Neshannock Township 1,080
New Wilmington 891
North Beaver Township. 2,215
Perry Township 847
Plain Grove Township. 655
Pulaski Township 1,607
Scott Township 845
Shenango Township 2,806
Slippery Rock Township. 1,428
Taylor Township 571
Union Township 2,055
Volant
120
Wampum
816
Washington Township
480
Wayne Township 3,108
Wilmington Township 951
28,808
FIRST COUNTY ELECTION.
At the first election, held in the fall of 1849, the following were the names of the county officers chosen : Sheriff, David Em- ery; prothonotary and clerk of the courts, James D. Clarke; treasurer, Joseph Jus- tice; register and recorder, James Mc- Clane; county commissioners, John K. Swisher, James Oliver, John Randolph; county auditors, Isaac P. Rose, William Work, A. Galloway ; coroner, John L. War- nock.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
At the time of the organization of the county, Hon. John Bredin was president judge of the courts, with Hons. Jacob Bear and Charles T. Whippo, associates. The first election for judges was held October 14, 1851, when Hon. Daniel Agnew, after- wards chief justice of the Supreme Court of the State, was elected president judge, and John Reynolds and James Henry, as- sociates. Mr. Henry died, and Jacob Bear was elected in 1852.
In 1856, Hon. Thomas Pomeroy was elected associate judge, and in 1857, Sam- uel Van Horn.
In 1861, Hon. Daniel Agnew was re- elected president judge, and Joseph Cun- ningham, associate.
In 1863, Judge Agnew was elected to the Supreme Court of the State, and Hon. L. L. McGuffin was appointed, and in October, 1864, elected president judge in his place.
In 1862, James McClane was elected as- sociate.
In 1866, Samuel Taylor, and in 1867, Thomas Pomeroy were elected associates.
In 1871, Samuel Taylor, and in 1872, Thomas Pomeroy, were re-elected asso- ciates.
In 1874, Hon. Ebenezer McJunkin was
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elected president judge, and Hon. James Bredin, additional law judge.
In 1876, James P. Aiken was elected as- sociate judge.
In 1878, A. T. McCready was elected as- sociate.
In 1880, James P. Aiken was re-elected associate.
In 1882, Robert Cochran was elected as- sociate.
In 1884, Aaron L. Hazen was elected president law judge, and John McMichael, additional law judge.
In 1886, Robert Fulkerson was elected associate judge.
In 1888, O. H. P. Green was elected as- sociate judge.
The president judges are elected for ten years, and the associates for five years.
The office of additional law judge was created by act of Assembly in 1873.
The following is a list of county officers from 1850 to 1908:
SHERIFFS. - 1849, David Emery; 1852, Andrew B. Allen; 1855, Robert Gailey ; 1858, Silas Stevenson ; 1861, Andrew B. Al- len ; 1864, Thomas McConnell; 1867, David C. Rhodes; 1870, James Davis; 1873, James H. Cooper; 1876, William B. Miller; 1879, Alexander Richardson; 1882, Wil- liam L. Davis; 1885, William G. Warnock; 1888, Samuel W. Bell; 1891, William Douthitt; 1894, William Becker; 1897, Charles Matthews; 1900, James H. Brown; 1903, Edwin L. Ayers; 1906, J. W. Wad- dington.
PROTHONOTARIES .- 1849, James D. Clark; 1852, James D. Clark (died December 2, 1854), David M. Kissinger appointed to fill term; 1855, Cyrus Clarke (resigned) ; 1857, John S. Pomeroy; 1860, John Elder ; 1863, John Elder, re-elected; 1866, Jacob Haus; 1869, Samuel K. McGinness; 1872, S. C. McCreary, re-elected in 1875; 1878, Andrew Hutton; 1881, David I. Campbell ; 1884, David I. Campbell; 1887, Joseph H. Gilliland; 1890, Joseph H. Gilliland; 1893, A. S. Love; 1896, A. S. Love; 1899, R. M.
Campbell; 1902, R. M. Campbell; 1905, Charles H. Andrews.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS .- 1849, John K. Swisher, James Oliver, John Randolph; 1850, John Randolph; 1851, Robert Bentley; 1852, William R. Wallace; 1853, Marmaduke Wilson; 1854, Rob- ert Reynolds; 1855, William Carlon; 1856, William Gaston; 1857, Isaac P. Cow- den; 1858, Robert Fullerton ; 1859, Thomas Cairns; 1860, James Forrest; 1861, John Wilson; 1862, William B. Lutton; 1863, Jacob Rowland; 1864, Henry H. Emery ; 1865, William Y. Greer; 1866, Asa Eckles; 1867, John H. Gormley; 1868, Alex. Car- penter; 1869, Joseph Douthett; 1870, James M. Lawrence; 1871, David M. Court- ney; 1872, William McClelland; 1873, Robert Mehard; 1874, James D. Bryson. In 1875, under the new constitution, three were elected; James Patterson, for three years; James D. Bryson, for two years, and Robert Mehard, for one year; 1877, Robert Mehard; 1878, James D. Bryson; 1881, Robert Mehard, Robert P. Pomeroy and A. G. Kelso; 1884, James M. Long, George B. Gibson and Robert Mehard; 1887, James M. Long, Alexander Wright and Samuel Clark; 1890, James Crawford, Robert M. Eekles and Edward Yoho; 1893, Robert M. Eckles, Stewart Thompson and William W. Monison; 1896, W. L. McCon- nell, W. Y. Gibson and J. H. Weekly; 1899, W. L. McConnell, W. Y. Gibson and Joseph M. Wilkison; 1902, James A. McMillan, R. L. McNabb and James Flynn ; 1905, James A. McMillan, John F. Pitts and Robert H. McConahy.
COUNTY AUDITORS. - 1850, John Elder; 1851, John S. Foy; 1852, James C. Brack- ey (Mr. Brackey died, and David Sankey was appointed in his place) ; 1853, Pearson McCreary (died in office) ; 1854, A. Tyler and Thomas Pearson; 1855, William Drake and William Nesbit; 1856, Joseph M. Burns; 1857, James R. Miller; 1858, Isaac P. Cowden; 1859, Philo S. Morton; 1860, John H. Gormley; 1861, D. S. Robinson
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and Joseph R. Sherrard; 1862, William C. Harbison; 1863, E. M. McConnell; 1864, David Warnock; 1865, Zebina N. Allen; 1866, Peter R. Sedgwick; 1867, William M. Gibson; 1868, Matthew Stewart; 1869, John Jellison; 1870, Peter K. Sedgwick and Robert Elder; 1871, John M. Power; 1872, George Y. Leslie; 1873, Lafayette Baldwin; 1874, John M. Power; 1875, La- fayette Baldwin, William Weller and George B. Gibson; 1878, John M. McKee, Lafayette Baldwin, Geo. B. Gibson; 1881, John M. McKee, R. M. Eckles, David G. Ramsey ; 1884, R. M. Eckles, Jesse B. Lock, Isaac D. Kirk; 1887, John W. Fulkman, James M. Sterling, W. H. Chambers; 1890, Thomas F. Shingledecker, Connelly Mc- Conahy; 1893, J. C. Riblet, Edward For- rest, Walter Hopper; 1896, Edward For- rest, J. C. Riblet, Edward Sergent; 1899, J. C. Riblet, E. N. Houk, J. C. Johnston; 1902, E. N. Houk, James Elder, W. W. Eckles; 1905, E. J. Klein, James Elder, William McCune.
COUNTY TREASURERS .- 1849, Joseph Jus- tine; 1851, Archibald Cubbison; 1853, James S. Tidball; 1855, James Mitchell; 1857, Isaac N. Phillips; 1859, Alexander Carpenter; 1861, E. I. Agnew; 1863, Mat- thew D. Tait; 1865, William H. Shaw; 1867, Cochran Leslie; 1869, John A. Por- ter; 1871, Isaac Murdock, Jr .; 1873, Forbes Holton; 1875, John Blevins; 1878, W. H. H. Shaffer; 1881, James Reynolds; 1884, Martin Hartman; 1887, J. W. Clark; 1890, R. C. G. White; 1893, J. W. Cunningham ; 1896, J. A. Hainer; 1899, L. C. Cochran; 1902, J. A. DeNormandy ; 1905, Lafayette Baldwin.
REGISTERS AND RECORDERS .- 1849, James McClane; 1852, Hugh Moore; 1855, John Hoffman; 1858, John W. Fulkerson; 1861, Robert Boyd; 1864, Sylvester Gaston, re- elected in 1867; 1870, James Crowl; 1873, re-elected (resigned) ; 1873, Isaac Murdock, Jr., appointed (died) ; 1874, William W. Officer appointed; 1874, James C. Steven-
son; 1876, B. C. Rhodes; 1879, B. C. Rhodes; 1883, W. F. Leathers ; 1886, W. F. Leathers; 1889, J. T. Gleason; 1892, J. T. Gleason; 1895, H. P. Shaner; 1898, H. P. Shaner; 1901, A. C. Hyde; 1904, A. C. Hyde; 1907, W. A. Eakin.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. - 1849, W. P. Bu- chanan, appointed by Governor Johnston; 1850, James Pollock; 1853, David Craig; 1856, B. B. Pickett; 1859, John P. Blair; 1862, Robert Gilliland; 1865, J. Smith Du Shane; 1868, O. L. Jackson; 1871, Aaron L. Hazen; Aaron L. Hazen re-elected in 1874; 1877, John G. McConahy; 1880, J. Scott Irwin; 1882, Malcolm McConnell; 1885, S. L. McCracken; 1888, A. L. Porter ; 1891, S. P. Emery; 1894, R. K. Aiken; 1897, W. J. Moffat; 1900, Charles E. Me- hard; 1903, J. V. Cunningham; 1906, Charles H. Young.
CORONERS .- 1852, J. H. M. Peebles ; 1855, Phillip Miller; 1858, Daniel Leasure; 1861, Dr. G. W. Coulter (removed from county) ; 1862, Malachi P. Barker; 1865, Dr. A. M. Cowden; 1867, Malachi P. Barker; 1869, Malachi P. Barker; 1870, J. B. Reinholdt; 1873, James Pollock; 1875, David P. Jack- son.
COUNTY SURVEYOR .- Henry Pearson was appointed by the State Commissioners to survey and mark the original boundaries of the county, in 1849. He was elected Deputy Surveyor, in 1850, by a vote of the people, and there seems to have been no election for surveyor afterwards, until 1865, when Mr. Pearson was again elected. He held the office until his death, about 1872. There is no record of any surveyor for the county since 1865.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT .- This officer is elected by the School Directors of the county. The following gentlemen have filled the position since the first election, under an Act of Assembly of May 18, 1854 : 1854, Thomas Berry ; 1857, Thomas Berry ; 1860, Stephen Morrison; 1863, Stephen Morrison; 1866, George W. McCracken;
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1869, George W. McCracken; 1872, W. N. Pomeroy and Malcolm McConnell; 1904, Aiken; 1875, W. N. Aiken; 1878, W. N. George F. Weingartner and Walter S. Rey- nolds; 1906, George F. Weingartner and Walter S. Reynolds. Aiken; 1881, D. F. Balph; 1884, D. F. Balph; 1887, J. R. Sherrard; 1890, J. R. Sherrard; 1893, James M. Watson; 1896, James M. Watson; 1899, Thomas M. Stew- art; 1902, Thomas M. Stewart; 1905, R. G. Allen; 1908, W. Lee Gilmore.
SENATORS .- The State Senators who have been elected from Lawrence County are: 1854, Hon. William M. Francis; 1858, Hon. John Ferguson; 1872, Hon. Samuel Mc- Kinley ; 1876, George W. Wright (res. Mer- cer County) ; 1880, George W. McCracken; 1884, Samuel B. McClure (res. Mercer County) ; 1888, Thomas M. Mehard; 1892, James S. Fruit (res. Mercer County) ; 1896, William M. Brown; 1900, J. D. Em- ery (res. Mercer County) ; 1904, E. I. Phil- lips.
REPRESENTATIVES. - Thomas Dungan, 1851 and 1852; John D. Raney, 1853; R. B. McComb, 1854, 1855 and 1856; G. P. Shaw, 1857 and 1858; J. D. Bryson, 1859 and 1860; John W. Blanchard, 1861 and 1862; Isaiah White, 1863 and 1864; Samuel Mc- Kinley, 1865 and 1866; William C. Harbi- son, 1867; John Edwards, 1868 and 1869; David Craig and George W. McCracken, in 1870; A. P. Moore and Samuel D. Clarke, in 1871; A. P. Moore, in 1872; George W. McCracken, in 1873; E. S. N. Morgan, in 1874 and 1875; J. Q. Stewart in 1875 and 1876; and E. S. N. Morgan and J. Q. Stew- art in 1877 and 1878; 1879, William M. Mc- Candless and Walter Fullerton; 1880, Ellis Morrison and John N. Emery; 1882, John N. Emery and Ellis Morrison; 1884, Henry C. Falls and Silas Stevenson; 1885, Wil- liam P. Morrison; 1886, Henry Edwards and Silas Stevenson; 1888, John B. Brown and William P. Morrison; 1890, William P. Morrison and Alexander M. Phillips; 1892, H. W. Grigsby and A. L. Martin; 1894, H. W. Grigsby, A. L. Martin; 1896, A. L. Martin and R. A. Todd; 1898, James McAnlis and R. A. Todd; 1900, Malcolm McConnell and James McAnlis ; 1902, R. P.
CONGRESSMEN .- The Representatives in Congress who have been elected from Law- rence County : 1860, Hon. John W. Wal- lace; 1872, William McClelland; 1874, John W. Wallace; 1876, William S. Shallenber- ger (res. Beaver County) ; 1878, William S. Shallenberger; 1880, William S. Shal- lenberger; 1882, George V. Lawrence (Washington Co.); 1884, Oscar L. Jack- son; 1886, Oscar L. Jackson; 1888, Charles C. Townsend; 1890, E. P. Gillespie (res. Mercer County); 1892, Thomas W. Phil- lips; 1894, Thomas W. Phillips; 1896, James J. Davidson; 1897, Joseph B. Sho- walter; 1900, Joseph B. Showalter; 1902, Ernest F. Acheson; 1894, Ernest F. Ache- son; 1906, Ernest F. Acheson.
Lawrence became a separate Represent- ative district in 1871. Under the new con- stitution adopted in 1873, it became enti- tled to two Representatives in the State Legislature.
FIRST COURTS.
The first court held in Lawrence County convened in the First Methodist Episcopal Church in New Castle, on Monday, Janu- ary 7, 1850. It was presided over by Hon. John Bredin, assisted by Hon. Jacob Bear, associated judge. The following are the names of the attorneys admitted to prac- tice at that term, belonging to Lawrence County : Jonathan Ayers, L. L. McGuffin, J. K. Boyd, David Craig, Lewis Taylor, W. P. Buchanan, D. B. Kurtz, J. Hoffman, D. C. Cossitt, John M. Crawford, George W. Watson, John N. McGuffin and James Pol- lock. Attorneys were also present and ad- mitted to practice, from Beaver, Butler, Mercer and Indiana Counties.
In 1877 the county jail that had been in use from 1850 was torn down and a new prison erected. A residence for the sheriff was built at the same time.
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ORIGINAL TOWNSHIPS.
At the time of the organization of the county it was divided into thirteen civil sub-divisions or townships, namely: Pu- laski, Wilmington, Slippery Rock, North Slippery Rock, Mahoning, Neshannock, North Beaver, Big Beaver, Little Beaver, Shenango, Wayne, Perry and North Se- wickley. Of these Pulaski, Wilmington, North Slippery Rock, Mahoning and Nesh- annock were formerly a part of Mercer County; the remainder were taken from Beaver County.
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