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The commissioners at once set about re-building, on a larger and better plan than before. George Grove of Hummelstown, an architect of some considerable note, was secured to superintend the construction of the new buildings, which are the present, with some additions made since that date.
November 11, 1884, the buildings were accepted by the com- mittee of inspectors for the county, which gentlemen pronounced the workmanship first class in every particular and soon thereafter the institution was opened for occupancy to those legally entitled to find a home in such a place.
The inscription upon the base-stone at the front of the institu- tion, at the suggestion of Rudolph F. Kelker, reads as follows :
"In the name of Christ the Gift of Dauphin County To Her Poor and Destitute-Built 1868-Re-Built 1883."
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR A. D. 1905.
Isaac Lyter, Esq., Treasurer of Dauphin County, State of Pennsylvania, in account with the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment of said County during the year A. D. 1905.
To balance due Directors as per last settlement of A. D. 1904. $ 79.32
Requisition from County Commissioners, A. D. 1905 46,000.00
Amount of cancelled orders, A. D. 1905. . 56.00
Amount of outstanding orders of A. D. 1905. 96.43
To cash received from J. A. Ringland, Agent of the Board for maintenance of patients at Almshouse, State Lunatic Hospital, sale of wheat, hides, etc. 2,879.50
$49,111.25
By Directors orders from No. I to No. 2108 inclusive, issued during the year A. D. 1905. . $48,848.95 By amount of outstanding orders of A. D. 1904, paid in A. D. 1905 43.62 By balance due Directors by Isaac Lyter, Esq., Treasurer of Dau- phin County, Pennsylvania, January Ist, 1906 218.68
$49,111. 25
We, the undersigned Auditors of Dauphin County, State of Pennsyl- vania, after being duly sworn according to law, do certify that we did audit and settle the accounts of the Directors of the Poor and House of Employ- ment of said County for the year A. D. 1905. And after careful examina- tion of the accounts find due the Directors of the Poor and House of Em- ployment by Isaac Lyter, Esq., Treasurer of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the sum of Two Hundred and Eighteen Dollars and Sixty-eight cents. ($218.68).
In witness whereof, we, have hereunto set our hands and seal at our office in the City of Harrisburg, Penna., this 14th day of April, in the year of our Lord, A. D. 1906.
GEORGE F. REIGEL, ELMER W. DOCKEY, L. W. HOOVER, Auditors of Dauphin County.
Attest :
ELMER W. DOCKEY, Secy.
Deduct money paid to County Treasurer by J. A.
Ringland, Agent of the Board as per statement above $2,879.50
Cancelled orders of A. D. 1905. . 56.00 $ 2,935.50
Actual expense during the year A. D. 1905. $45,913.45
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES.
Groceries $2,190.54
Beef 2,909.24
Flour
1,363.10 $ 6,462.58
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HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY SALARIES, WAGES AND FEES.
Agent of the Board and Directors salaries for the year
A. D. 1905 $1,200.00
Steward's salary 600.00
Matron's salary 400.00
Salaries of Asst. Matron, Engineer, Night Watch- man, Farmer, Gardner, Baker, Butcher, Fireman, Cook, Pastor, Four (4) Attendants in Insane wards, Two (2) Nurses in Sick wards, Clerk to Board, Justice and other fees 4,407.05 $ 6,607.05
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR A. D. 1905.
Out-Door-Poor, permanent, Cash . $ 1,432.00
Out-Door-Poor, permanent, Groceries. 1,895.50
Out-Door-Poor, temporary, provisions, coal and shoes. 4,159.34
Household expenditures 6,462.58
Light and fuel 2,387.12
Salaries, wages and fees
6,607.05
Medicine and Medical attention Almshouse and for Out-Door- Poor
6,056.73
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Bedding and Furniture for the Almshouse
4,775.39
(All wooden beds were replaced with iron beds.) Burial of paupers and coffins
1,018.25
Farm expenditures, timothy and clover seed, garden seeds, seed po- tatoes, fertilizer,. rent of Cameron field, two (2) milch cows, one (1) stock bull, one four (4) horse wagon with ladders, one (1) two horse wagon, Dayton wagon, seven (7) sets new harness, blacksmithing, threshing wheat and oats, and chop feed
2,202.66
Buildings and repairs, such as one ( 1) new Fairbanks wagon scales, respouting buildings, paint and painting, lumber, glass, hard- ware, carpenters wages and all general repairing. 2,167.27
Maintenance of Insane at State Lunatic Hospitals, chargeable to the Directors of the Poor . 3,163.64
Publishing Annual Report, (1904)
395.00
Stationery, books, printing, postage for office and Almshouse. . Maintenance of Children in Homes for Children at Harrisburg. . 948.53 362.41
Maintenance of Children at Home for Feeble-minded at Polk, Penna. I13.00
Steward's account for sundries bought and paid for as per his bills 151.14 Freight on goods for Almshouse and telephone toll 30.25
Telephone charges for telephones for office and almshouse.
127.44
Cleaning office during the year.
24.00
Tobacco furnished for inmates
422.82
Conveying and shipping paupers
637.38
Other counties for maintenance of paupers chargeable to Dauphin County 1.20
Groceries, coal and wood furnished to small-pox cases 2,020.07
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Physicians for special examinations, attention, disinfectants, Sani- tary Officers, horse hire and all other expenses for small-pox 1,119.34 During the year this office cared for one hundred and fifty-two (152) cases of small-pox in fifty different families in the dif- ferent townships of the County, namely, Susquehanna, Lower Paxton, Lower Swatara, Swatara, Derry, East Hanover and Jefferson 48,848.95.
Other counties for maintenance of paupers chargeable to Dauphin County 167.94
STEWARD'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Number of bushels of corn grown on farm (in the ears) 2,750
Number of bushels of potatoes 1,450
Number of bushels of wheat 638
Number of bushels of oats
690
Number of bushels of turnips
325
Number of bushels of Tomatoes
125
Number of bushels of beans
100
Number of bushels of peas
20
Number of bushels of onions
77
Number of bushels of beets
25
Number of bushels of pears
15
Number of bushels of spinach
25
Number of heads of cabbage
6,000
Number of heads of lettuce
2,000
Number of bunches of radishes
2,025
Number of bunches of rhubarb.
400
Number of quarts of lima beans
425
Number of dozen of sweet corn
2,500
Number of stalks of celery 2,100
Number of tons of hay 41
Number of pounds of butter made 1,936
Number of pounds of hard soap made
375
Number of barrels of soft soap made
80
Number of barrels of saurkraut
12
Number of barrels of sweet corn dried
8
Number of pounds of beef killed, (net)
31,468
Number of pounds of pork killed, (net)
11,330
Number of pounds of veal killed (net)
1,242
NUMBER OF INMATES IN COUNTY ALMSHOUSE DECEMBER 31, 1905.
White males III
White females
58
Colored males
II
Colored females
8
188
Children
3
Adults and children
. 191
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Average number of inmates daily during the year A. D. 1905. 189
Of this number twenty-eight (28) were insane patients.
Number of lodgings furnished tramps 2,765
Number of meals furnished tramps .5,698
Officers for the year A. D. 1906:
J. A. RINGLAND, President. D. D. HELT, Agent of the Board. J. W. EARLY.
Attest :
G. A. L. Row, Clerk.
FINANCIAL.
According to the records of the State and county officials, there is a marked contrast between the commencement of the Civil War period-1861-and the present, in the matter of valuations and fi- nances of the county in general. Then the county of Dauphin con- tained but 48,640 people, as against 114,443 in 1900. In 1860-61, the assessed valuation of all personal and real estate property sub- ject to taxation, was $11,971,815 as against $57,090,466 in 1905, the date of the last published statement of the county officials.
The Auditors' report for the year 1905 is an index of the county's financial standing up to that date, (and which will not be materially changed by the forthcoming report for the year 1906) and is as follows :
ASSETS.
Balance in hands of the Treasurer of the various county funds. . $ 75,066.12 Amount in sinking fund 74,466.66
Value of jail and fixtures 310,000.00
Value of Court House and furniture 300,000.00
Value of Almshouse and fixtures . 1 40,000.00
Outstanding taxes, 1903, 1904 and 1905 26,425.69
$925,958.47
LIABILITIES.
Bonds issued series 1890-4 per cent., maturing 1910. $ 64,000.00
Bonds issued series 1891-4 per cent., maturing 1911. 50,000.00
Bonds issued, series 1901-3 per cent., maturing 1931 300,000.00
Bonds issued series 1902-3 per cent., maturing 1932. 78,000.00 Bonds issued series 1903-31/2 per cent., maturing 1918 125,000.00 Assets in excess of liabilities 308,958.47
$925,958.47
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The Commissioners' statement shows the subjoined items of county expense for the year, 1905 :
Advertising and printing $ 2,416.85
Appropriations beneficent and reformatory institutions 98,538.18
Assessments and elections 20,168.79
Books, blanks and stationery
2,761.91
Bridges, bridge and road views
2,276.86
Aldermen's, justices', mayors' and constables' fees County officers and court house employes
32,454.78
County auditors' salaries
900.00
Courts and jurors
22,805.25
Heat, light, postage, etc.
6,366.64
Miscellaneous
2,920.39
Sinking fund, loans and interest
99,394.06
$308,411.55
NATIONAL AND STATE REPRESENTATION.
The following have served in the various capacities, either in the National or State Legislative bodies, thus representing Dauphin county :
MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES SENATE FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
Wm. Maclay 1789-1791
James Buchan 1834-1845
Robert Morris 1789-1795
Daniel Sturgeon 1839-1851
Albert Gallatin 1793-1794
Simon Cameron 1845-1849
James Ross 1794-1803
James Cooper 1845-1855
Wm. Bingham 1795-1801
Richard Broadhead 1851-1857
John P. G. Muhlenberg 1801
Wm. Bigler 1855-1861
Geo. Logan
1801-1807
Simon Cameron 1857-1861
Samuel Maclay 1803-1808
David Wilmot 1861-1863
Andrew Gregg
1807-1813
Edgar Cowan 1861-1867
Michael Leib .
1806-1813
Chas. R. Buckalew
1863-1869
Abner Leacock 1813-1819
Simon Cameron 1867-1877
Jonathan Roberts 1814-1821
John Scott 1869-1875
Walter Lowrie 1819-1825
Wm. A. Wallace 1875-1881
Wm. Findley 1821-1827
J. Donald Cameron 1877-1897
Wm. Marks 1821-1827
John I. Mitchell 1881-1887
Isaac D. Barnhard
1827-1831
Matthew S. Quay 1887-1899
Geo. Mifflin Dallas
1831-1833
Boies Penrose 1897-1904
Wm. Wilkins . 1831-1834
Matthew S. Quay 1901-1904
Samuel MIcKean
1833-1839
Philander C. Knox
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
John W. Kittera 1789-1795 David Baird 1807-1813
John A. Hanna 1795-1807
Ed. Crouch . 1813-1815
Robert Whitehill . 1807-1813
James Wallace 1815-1821
17,407.84
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John Phillips 1821-1823
Robert Harris 1823-1827
Richard J. Haldeman . 1873-1875
Innis Green 1827-1831
John B. Packer 1875-1877
John C. Bucher 1831-1833
Wm. Clark
1833-1837
John W. Killinger 1879-1881
Luther Reily 1837-1839
Wm. Simonton 1839-1843
Alex. Ramsey
1843-1847
Geo. N. Eckert
1847-1849
Franklin Bound 1887-1889
Chas. W. Pittman
1849-1851
John W. Rife 1889-1891
Thos. M. Bibighaus
1851-1853
N. Middlesworth
1853-1855
John C. Kunkel 1855-1859
Ephriam M. Woomer 1895-1897
John W. Killinger 1859-1863
Martin Olmsted 1897-1899
Wm. H. Miller 1863-1865
Martin Olmsted . 1899-1901
Geo. F. Miller 1865-1867
Geo. F. Miller
1867-1869
Martin Olmsted
1903-1905
MEMBERS OF STATE SENATE.
Fifth District,-Berks and Dauphin.
1790-91. Joseph Hiester.
1796. Christian Lauer.
John Gloninger. 1798. John Kean.
1791-92. Gabriel Hiester, vice Jo- seph Hiester, resigned. 1800. John Kean.
Christian Lauer.
1792. John Andrew Hanna, vice Gloninger, resigned.
Christian Lauer.
1794. John Kean.
1801. Henry Orth, vice Kean, re- signed.
Gabriel Hiester.
1802-4. Christian Lauer.
Henry Orth.
Sixth District,-Dauphin.
1806-12. Melchior Rahm. 1814-16. John Forster.
Dauphin and Lebanon.
1818. John Sawyer.
1820. John Andrew Shulze.
1822. John Harrison, vice J. An-
drew Shulze, resigned.
Eighth District,-Dauphin and Lebanon.
1824. Adam Ritscher. 1830. Jacob Stoever.
1826. George Seltzer. 1832. Jacob Stoever.
1828. George Seltzer. 1834. John Harper.
Seventh District,-Dauphin and Lebanon.
1836. John Harper. 1838. John Killinger.
1840. John Killinger.
1842. Levi Kline.
John W. Killinger . 1877-1879
Sam. F. Barr 1881-1883
Sam. F. Barr 1883-1885
Franklin Bound 1885-1887
John W. Rife 1891-1893
Ephriam M. Woomer 1893-1895
Martin Olmsted 1901-1903
John B. Packer 1869-1871
1796. John Kean.
Richard J. Haldeman .1871-1873
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HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY
Fifteenth District,-Dauphin and Lebanon ..
1859. John B. Rutherford. 1864. David Fleming. 1861. Amos R. Boughter.
Sixteenth District,-Dauphin and Lebanon. 1868. G. Dawson Coleman. 1870. David Mumma.
Twelfth District,-Dauphin and Lebanon.
1873. Jacob G. Heilman. 1893-1900. Samuel J. M. McCarrell
1875-84. A. J. Herr. 1901-1904. John E. Fox.
1885-92. A. F. Thompson.
1904-
. John E. Fox.
MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1776.
[Those in italics prior to 1814 were from what is now Lebanon County. ]
1785-86. Robert Clark. 1787-88. Jacob Meiley.
Adam Orth. John Carson.
David Krause. 1788-89. Adam Orth.
Daniel Bradley. Jacob Meiley.
1786-87. Robert Clark. John Carson.
Jacob Meiley.
1789-90. James McCreight.
John Carson.
Jacob Meiley.
John Carson.
1787-88. Robert Clark.
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1790.
1790-91. James McCreight. Jacob Meiley. John Carson. 1791-92. Stacy Potts. Jacob Meiley. John A. Hanna. 1792-93. Stacy Potts. 1798-99. Thomas Forster. David Krause. James Wilson. 1799-1800. Stacy Potts. Christian Ley. James Wilson. 1800-I. Stacy Potts. Christian Ley. James Wilson.
1796-97. William Maclay.
Jacob Weirick.
Samuel Ainsworth.
1797-98. William Maclay. David Krause. Samuel Ainsworth.
Jacob Meiley. William Brown.
1793-94. Christian King. Anthony Kelker. Andrew Forrest. I794-95. Christian King. Jacob Weirick. Valentine Shouffler.
1795-96. William Maclay. Jacob Weirick. Valentine Shouffler.
1801-2. Stacy Potts. Christian Ley. James Wilson.
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1802-3. Stacy Potts. Jacob Weirick. James Wilson.
1817-18. John Downey. John Rutherford.
1818-19. Isaac Smith. William N. Irvine.
1819-20. Simon Sallade. William Rutherford.
1820-21. Simon Sallade. William Rutherford.
1821-22. Thomas Smith. William Cochran.
1805-6. Edward Crouch. Jacob Weirick. Jacob Bucher.
1822-23. Valentine Hummel. William Cochran.
1806-7. James Wallace. John Andrew Shulze. Jacob Bucher.
1807-8. Jacob Bucher.
James Wallace. John Andrew Shulze.
1824-25. Valentine Hummel. Isaac Smith. 1825-26. Moses Maclean. Isaac Smith.
1808-9. Jacob Bucher. James Wallace.
Henry B. Dorrance.
John Andrew Shulze.
1827-28. William Lauman. John Roberts.
1809-10. James Wallace. Peter Shindel. Benjamin Kurtz.
1828-29. William Lauman.
John Roberts.
1810-II. James Wallace. Peter Shindel. Benjamin Kurtz.
1829-30. William Rutherford. Jacob Hoffman.
1811-12. David Ferguson.
Valentine Shouffler.
1831-32. John Fox. Christian Spayd.
Benjamin Kurtz.
1832-33. John Fox. John Funk.
1813-14. Amos Ellmaker. Peter Shindel. David Ferguson.
1834-35. William Ayres. Matthew B. Cowden.
1835-36. David Krause.
Jacob Gilbert.
1815-16. Jacob Bucher.
1836-37. Simon Sallade. Hamilton Alricks.
James R. Reily.
1816-17. Jacob Bucher.
1837-38. Martin Kendig.
James R. Reily.
Christian Ehrman.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1838.
1838-39. Martin Kendig. Christian Ehrman.
1842. William Bell.
Henry Balsbaugh.
1843. Solomon Shindle. Benjamin Jordan.
1840. Valentine Hummel. William McClure. 1841. Benjamin Musser. 1844. John C. Kunkel. Samuel H. Clark. John C. Harper.
1830-31. William Rutherford. Christian Spayd.
1812-13. Amos Ellmaker. Valentine Shouffler. David Ferguson.
1833-34. William Ayres.
Jacob Hoffman.
1814-15. Jacob Bucher. Jacob Goodhart.
HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY
1803-4. William Maclay. Jacob Weirick. Jacob Bucher. 1804-5. Edward Crouch. Jacob Weirick. Jacob Bucher.
1823-24. Valentine Hummel. . William Cochran.
1826-27. William Lauman.
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1845. John C. Kunkel. Michael Keller.
1846. James Fox.
Theodore Gratz.
1847. James Fox. Theodore Gratz.
1857. William C. A. Lawrence. Edward J. Lauman.
1848. Thomas Duncan.
John B. Rutherford.
1849. Thomas Duncan.
John B. Rutherford.
Marks D. Whitman.
1850. John C. Kunkel.
1860. William Clark.
John Cooper.
Lewis Heck.
1851. James Freeland. Jacob Landis.
1861. James Freeland. Thomas G. Fox.
1852. Isaac Waterbury. Jacob Landis.
1862. James Freeland. Thomas G. Fox.
1853. Simon Sallade.
George T. Hummel.
1854. Luther Bergstresser. John A. Stehley.
1864. Henry C. Alleman. Daniel Kaiser.
UNDER A NEW LAW.
1865. Jeremiah Seiler.
1868. A. Jackson Herr.
Henry B. Hoffman.
Henry B. Hoffman.
1866. Jeremiah Seiler. 1869. A. C. Smith.
Henry B. Hoffman. John E. Parsons.
1867. A. Jackson Herr. 1870. A. C. Smith. Peter S. Bergstresser. John E. Parsons.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERRY COUNTY.
1871. Andrew K. Black.
1873. J. Ed. Allen.
A. Fortenbaugh.
Isaac D. Schminkey.
Joseph Shuler.
Jo. H. Nisley.
1872. Andrew K. Black. J. H. Sheibly.
Isaac S. Schminkey. 1874. A. Fortenbaugh. Joseph Shuler. Jo. H. Nisley. J. H. Sheibly.
UNDER CONSTITUTION OF 1874.
1875-6. Robt. R. Chrisman.
1881-82. Wm. H. Hoofnagle.
Alex. F. Thompson.
A. K. Nibinger.
Joseph H. Nisley. J. E. Allen. 1876. A. Fortenbaugh. 1877-78. Joseph H. Nisley. Anton F. Engelbert. Andrew K. Black. 1879-80. Joseph H. Landis. 1885-1886. John W. Rife.
1883-84. Wm. H. Hoofnagle. Alex. F. Thompson. David C. Burnite. 1885-1902. John B. Seal.
Chas. A. Miller.
Charles L. Bailey. Benj. Bordner.
1855. David Mumma. John Wright. 1856. David Mumma. John Wright.
1858. William C. A. Lawrence. Edward J. Lauman.
1859. William C. A. Lawrence.
1863. Henry C. Alleman. Daniel Kaiser.
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1887-1890. W. E. Barnes. Bayard T. Dickinson. Valentine Lenker. 1888-1889. David C. Burnite.
1889-1892. David A. Boyer.
1891-1892. David S. Herr.
1891-1894. M. L. Hershey.
1891-1893. J. A. Laudenslager.
1893-1903. Geo. F. Kunkel.
1894-1898. W. H. Clay Keen.
1895-1898. John M. Heagy.
1899-1902. Saml. H. Rutherford.
1901-1904. Wm. H. Ulrich.
1903-1904. M. E. Straup. B. Frank Ober.
1904-1907. B. Frank Ober. Michael E. Straup. Frank W. Wickersham.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Commission. [Under Constitution of 1776.] Timothy Green ... April 2, 1785
Commission.
Calvin Blythe ( res. ) Feb. 5, 1852 Nath'l B. Eldred. . March 30, 1843 John J. Pearson. .. April 7, 1849
John J. Pearson
(elected for IO
years ) March 6, 1851
John J. Pearson
( elected for IO
years ) . . . . . . Nov. 20, 1861
John J. Pearson
David Scott (res. . July 3, 1815
July 29, 1818) .. Dec. 21, 1816
Samuel D. Franks
(res. Jan. 12,
1830) July 29, 1818
Calvin Blythe ( res. June 20, 1839) .. Feb. 1, 1830
John W. Simonton. 1892
James M. Porter
John W. Simonton (dec'd) 1902 (res.) July 14, 1839
John H. Weiss (dec'd) 1904
Anson V. Parsons
Geo. Kunkle 1904 (res. ) .July 16, 1840
George Kunkle 1906
ADDITIONAL LAW JUDGES.
Robert M. Henderson was appointed additional law judge for Twelfth Judicial District, Dec. 3, 1874, and resigned in 1882, and commissioned president judge Jan. 13, 1882. John W. Simonton, Dec. 8, 1881, and commissioned president judge Feb. 8, 1882.
John B. McPherson, Feb. 8, 1882, and for ten years Dec. 13, 1882. John H. Weiss. Geo. Kunkle. The". H. Capp.
Additional Law Judges. (A District Court, expired by limitation. )
Charles Smith. Ebenezer G. Bradford.
Isaac D. Barrard.
[Under Constitution of 1790.] William Augustus Atlee .Aug. 17, 1791
John Jos. Henry. . . Dec. 16, 1793
Walter Franklin .. Jan. 18, 1811
Amos Ellmaker
(res. Dec. 21,
1816) .
(elected for 10
years) . Nov. 7, 1871 Robert M. Hender-
son (res.) ...... Jan. 13, 1882 John W. Simonton (for ten years) .. Feb. 8, 1882 John B. McPherson 1892
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Timothy Green, the first Presiding Justice, was born about 1733, in Hanover township, Lebanon, (now Dauphin) county, Pennsylvania. His father, Robert Green, was of Scotch ancestry, came from the North of Ireland in 1725, locating near the Kittoch- tinny mountains, on Monada Creek. The first record we have of his son, is subsequent to Braddock's defeat, when the frontier settlers were threatened with extermination by the marauding savages. Timothy Green assisted in organizing a company and for seven years was chiefly engaged in active service in protecting the settlers from the fury of the bloodthirsty Indians. In the Bouquet expedition of 1763-'64, he commanded a company of Provincial troops. At the outset of the Revolution, Captain Green became an ardent advocate of independence and the celebrated Hanover resolution of June 4, 1774, passed unanimously by the meeting of which he was chairman, shows that he was intensely patriotic. He was one of the Commit- tee of Safety of the Province, which met November 22, 1774, in Lancaster. During the Revolution, he commanded the Tenth Bat- talion of Lancaster Associates and was in active service in the Jer- sey campaign of 1776. Before the erection of Dauphin county, Colonel Green being the oldest Justice of the Peace in point of com- mission and under the constitution of 1776, became president of the courts. He continued therein until under the constitution of 1790, which required the presiding judge "to be learned in the Law," when Judge Atlee of Lancaster was appointed.
After his retirement, Judge Green settled on his quiet farm at the mouth of Stony Creek, where he had erected a mill and made other improvements. He died February 27, 1812, and is buried in the old graveyard, back of Dauphin. His legal knowledge was not of the highest order, but he was surrounded by as brilliant a bar as has since illumined our county courts, and hence said little and acted wisely.
Samuel Jones, Associate Judge, was from Bethel township, Lebanon county, where he was born, 1750. His father, William Jones, laid out Jonestown, dying November, 1771, the son falling heir to most of his large estate. He was in active service during the struggle for independence and November, 1777, was appointed by the Supreme Executive Council one of the committee to collect cloth- ing, blankets, etc., for the half-clad army at Valley Forge. This service was well performed. August 15, 1784, he was made a Jus- tice of the Peace for Lancaster county, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas on January 3, 1785. He was the next oldest, in com- mission, when the county of Dauphin was formed.
Jonathan McClure, the other Associate Judge, was the son of
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HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY
Richard McClure, born 1745, in Paxtang township. He was one of Judge Hutchinson's pupils; received a good English education and was brought up to mercantile pursuits. When the Revolutionary war needed his services, he became a lieutenant in Captain John Rutherford's company, and did good service during the New Jer- sey campaign of 1776; also in front of Philadelphia. Towards the close of the conflict he commanded a company of militia raised in Paxtang for the defense of the frontier. He was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council as a Justice of the Peace on Sep- tember 8, 1784, and November 17, following, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. When the county of Dauphin was or- ganized, the spring following, he came to be one of the first Judges of the courts here. He died at Middletown December 11, 1799, aged fifty-four years. Of the three persons who illumined the judi- cial bench a hundred and twenty years ago, Judge McClure was the most intelligent.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
According to the election and other official records, the sub- joined is a complete list of the principal officials who have served Dauphin county since its organization. Should the spelling of any name herein be incorrect, it must be by error in the record-book from which the list was carefully taken :
COLLECTOR OF EXCISE.
Dr. Andrew Forrest ... . Sept., 1785 James Clunie Oct., 1785
CLERK OF THE QUARTER SESSIONS, OYER AND TERMINER.
[From 1785 to 1809 the prothonotary performed the duties of this office. Under the Constitution of 1838 the office was merged into the recorder and clerk of the Orphans' Court.]
(Commissioned.)
Jacob Boas Feb., 1809 Obed Fahnestock Jan., 1824
John Machesney Oct., 1815 John Roberts Jan., 1830
James Alricks Mar., 1821
CLERKS OF THE ORPHANS' COURT.
Daniel Stine
. April, 1818
Christian Seiler Jan., 1824
James Alricks Mar., 1821
George Taylor Dec., 1835
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HISTORY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY
REGISTERS AND RECORDERS.
(Commissioned. )
Joseph Montgomery
1785
Christian Seiler 1821
Andrew Forrest
1794
John Cameron
. 1824
Robert Harris
1800
Samuel Pool
1830
Henry Beader
1809
Robert M. Thompson 1835
Daniel Stine
1816
REGISTER OF WILLS.
(Commissioned.)
John Hoffman 1839
Wm. B. Meetch 1879
Christian B. Henry
1845
Wm. B. Meetch 1882
Geo. Koppenheffer 1848
Martin M. Santo 1885
Valentine Hummel, Jr 1852
John H. McIlhaney 1887
Geo. R. Long
1855
John H. McIlhaney 1890
Charles Carson 1858
J. Henry Stroup 1893
Samuel Marquart
1858
J. Henry Stroup 1896
Geo. M. Mark
1864
Bayard Dickinson 1899
Simon Duey .
1870
Bayard Dickinson
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