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farmer; Jacob Moyers, Sr., farmer; John Moyers, farmer; Jacob Moyers, Jr., farmer; Patrick McLeamy, laborer; John McKinny, innkeeper; William Mann, weaver; Thomas Picket, laborer; Francis Proctor, farmer; Peter Poorman, shoe- maker; Mary Pisel, widow; John Price, farmer; James Porter, farmer; Barnabas Parsons, laborer; Michael Quigley, farmer; Frederick Richards, farmer; William Reed, millwright; Thomas Reed, farmer; Ephraim Reed, farmer; James Reed, farmer; John Reed, constable; Thomas Ramsey, Jr., farmer; Thomas Ramsey, Sr., farmer; William Ramsey, farmer; Robert Ramsey, farmer; Edward T. Rorke, schoolmaster; Samuel Simnons, farmer; Robert Strain, farmer; John Scott, Sr., farmer; Robert Steele, laborer; Peter Shaw, schoolmaster; Amos Sturgis, farmer; Thomas Sturgis, farmer; Frederick Shaffer, tailor; Thomas Seemers, farmer; George Saltsman, farmer; John Scott, Jr., laborer; Samuel Scott, millwright; Edward Sheteto, millwright; John Starling, laborer; James Smith, farmer; Hugh White, farmer; William White, farmer; Chesney White, farmer; James Webb, laborer; Adam Walker, laborer; John White, tailor; William Wilson, farmer; Martin Wilson, farmer; William Woodard, constable; Robert Wilson, farmer; Jared Welch, farmer; Francis Yontz, farmer; Christian Zimmerman, chairmaker. Total, 154.
Loyalsock .- John Allward, laborer, 45, Priscilla, his wife, 52; Joseph Allward, laborer, 21; Thomas Alexander, carpenter, 23; Powel Burd, farmer, 50, Lydia, his wife, 30; John Brown, farmer, 25; Danforth Boen, farmer, 44, Mary, his wife, 30; Daniel Baily, farmer, 67, Ann, his wife, 54; Caleb Baily, farmer, 41, Elizabeth, his wife, 36; Daniel Baily, mason, 35, Patience, his wife, 30; William Benjamin, farmer, 32, Nancy, his wife, 36; William Biss, mason, 60, May, his wife, 35; John Calvert, 44, Elizabeth, his wife, 27; Ebenezer Cooke, innkeeper, 37, Elizabeth, his wife, 28; William Colbert, farmer, 23; John Cevil, carpenter, 50, Purmillia, his wife, 48; William Dale, farmer, 40, Ann, his wife, 32; John Done, farmer, 65, Phebe, his wife, 61; Henry Donnel, Esq., deputy surveyor, 30, Margaret, his wife, 23; Christian Eagle, laborer, 50; John Eldridge, tailor, 21; Matthias Eder, farmer, 46, Mary, his wife, 44; James Ecroyd, farmer, 30, Martha, his wife, 25; Thomas Emmons, carpenter, 28, Agnes, his wife, 28; Jonathan Frisby, farmer, 28; William Fleming, distiller, 26; John Gooldy, farmer, 43, Mary, his wife, 36; Robert Gray, carpenter, 23; Jacob Graffes, distiller, 33, Catharine, his wife, 26; William Gildea, farmer, 35, Mary, his wife, 30; Samuel E. Grier, merchant, 38, Jean, his wife, 20; Christopher Geffres, farmer, 39, Elizabeth, his wife, 30; John Hill, farmer, 44, Mary, his wife, 35; James Henderson, farmer, 30, Re- becca, his wife, 28; John Hays, farmer, 34, Ann, his wife, 32; Roland Hall, farmer, 35, Elizabeth, his wife, 30; John Hall, farmer, 51, Elizabeth, his wife, 30; Samuel Hall, carpenter, 44, Elizabeth, his wife, 33; Daniel Holdren, farmer, 50, Hannah, his wife, 52; James Hagerman, laborer, 50, Christiana, his wife, 49; Edmund Hoff, farmer, 53, Nancy, his wife, 51; Elizabeth Hoff, 30; Hannah Hoff, 28; William Hepburn, Esq., farmer, 46; Mordecai Hylnnen, 22; Charles Huston, attorney, 27; Thomas Huston, innkeeper, 60, Jean, his wife, 52; Rebecca Heston, innkeeper, 37; Jacob Hymon, carpenter, 30, Sarah, his wife, 24; John W. Hunter, Esq., attorney, 26, Margaret, his wife, 24; John Highlands, weaver, 32; Thomas Highlands, farmer, 29, Mary, his wife, 25; Thomas Harris, farmer, 23; Benjamin
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Harris, farmer, 25; George Harris, carpenter, 29; Samuel Harris, Esq., farmer, 45, Cassandra, his wife, 48; Jonathan Hartly, farmer, 40; Sarah Hookel, widow, 44; Elias Harkins, shoemaker, 26; Nancy Harris, 32; Elizabeth Harkins, 24; Sarah Harris, 21; Robert Jobe, farmer, 22; Edward Jones, farmer, 28, Mary, his wife, 25; Phebe Jones, widow, 36; John Kester, farmer, 21; George Keness, laborer, 45, Christiana, his wife, 30; John Kidd, Esq., prothonotary, 30; William K. Lathe, doctor, 29, Mary, his wife, 28; Rebecca Lee, widow, 36; William Landen, farmer, 60, Catharine, his wife, 34; John Livergood, brickmaker, 24; Isaac Lyon, shoe- maker, 34, Nancy, his wife, 24; Uriah Loper, farmer, 34, Catharine, his wife, 26; Ephraim Lundy, farmer, 49, Hannah, his wife, 39; William Millinox, farmer, 38; Isaac Masters, farmer, 25; Peter Marshall, farmer, 57, Hannah, his wife, 53; Will- iam Murray, farmer, 49, Elizabeth, his wife, 39; William Mucklen, farmer, 30, Ann, his wife, 29; William McKee, cooper, 36; Macklin Gussel, 66; John McAd- ams, farmer, 30, Catharine, his wife, 30; Robert McClure, attorney, 26; William McCaslin, laborer, 24; David McCaslin, laborer, 21; Robert McElrath, hatter, 34, Barbara, his wife, 27; John Mooie, innkeeper, 44, Jean, his wife, 38; Daniel Mc- Kinney, laborer, 32; James Mustard, farmer, 23; Daniel Marres, farmer, 37, Deb- orah, his wife, 35; Brice Mckinney, farmer, 57, Hannah, his wife, 33; John Nees, farmer, 30, May, his wife, 30; Jacob Nees, farmer, 21; Charles O'Brian, schoolmaster, 25; Peter Place, blacksmith, 86; Nancy Perval, 18; Joseph Person, farmer, 21; Nathaniel Person, farmer, 48, Ann, his wife, 52; Phillip Pence, mill- wright, 25, Lydia, his wife, 24; Margaret Rosse, widow, S5; James Russell, inn- keeper, 42, Elizabeth, his wife, 36; Michael Ross, farmer, 42, Ann, his wife, 36; John Rose, farmer, 26, Rachel, his wife, 21; James Rothrock, hatter, 21; Amariah Rothmel, farmer, 39, Mary, his wife, 38; John Roberts, farmer, 30, Catharine, his wife, 26; Samuel Reed, farmer, 40, Mary, his wife, 32; George Sinclear, basket- maker, 45, Eunice, his wife, 43; Isaac Swain, farmer, 40, Elizabeth, his wife, 38; John Sebring, farmer, 30, Elizabeth, his wife, 26; Benjamin Strawbridge, farmer, 23; Thomas Sebring, farmer, 55; Jean Smith, widow, 65; Thomas Smith, farmer, 34, Jemima, his wife, 25; Amariah Sutton, farmer, 70; Hannah Sutton, widow, 38; Alexander Smith, farmer, 30, Rebecca, his wife, 30; Stephen Smith, watchmaker, 34; Moses Starr, farmer, 42, Martha, his wife, 34; John Smith, farmer, 30; Joseph Sample, farmer, 25; John Sheppard, farmer, 50, Elizabeth, his wife, 30; Adam Todd, weaver, 30; William Tharp, farmer, 23; John Tharp, farmer, 25, Mary, his wife, 21; Andrew Tulloh, 26; Daniel Tallman, farmer, 49, Deborah, his wife, 51; Ann Tallman, 24; Jeremiah Tallman, shoemaker, 21, Rachel, his wife, 20; Richard Titus, laborer, 30, Ann, his wife, 29; James Thompson, farmer, 49, Catharine, his wife, 43; Benjamin Thompson, farmer, 45, Deborah, his wife, 45; Isaiah Thomp- son, farmer, 35, Mary, his wife, 22; Henry Thompson, farmer, 79, Susan, his wife, 67; William Talbert, farmer, 22; Thomas Updegrove, farmer, 23, Elizabeth, his wife, 21; John Updegrove, hatter, 29; Peter Vanderbelt, blacksmith, 42, Mary, his wife, 36; Abraham Vanhorn, doctor, 52, Eve, his wife, 49; Sophia Vanhorn, widow, 23; Cornelius Vanhorn, farmer, 2S, Leonora, his wife, 21; William Vanhorn, farmer, 43, Hannah, his wife, 42; John Warren, farmer, 35, Mary, his wife, 30; Eleanor Winters, widow, 51; John Winters, farmer, 32; Sarah Winters, 23; Mary Winters, 21; Moses Wilson, farmer, 50, Ann, his wife, 52; Elihu Wilson, farmer, 32, Mar-
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garet, his wife, 28; Jonathan Wilson, farmer, 60, Abigail, his wife, 50; George Webb, farmer, 49, Hannah, his wife, 39; Joseph Williams, farmer, 29, Letitia, his wife, 24; John Wilson, farmer, 52; Ezra Wilson, farmer, 21; Ellis Walton, attorney, 29, Jean, his wife, 25. Total, 149.
Wayne .- Henry Antes, carpenter, 63; William Antes, carpenter, 23; Jacob Antes, carpenter, 21; Samuel Anesly, schoolmaster, 38; Abraham Andrews, weaver, 52; Philip Barnhart, weaver, 39; Thomas Carts, stiller, 39; Francis Clark, farmer, 50; John Clark, farmer, 52; Thomas Clark, shoemaker, 47; Robert Crawford, farmer, 31; Samuel Clark, laborer, 45; Samuel Capler, miller, 46; Henry Ellis, weaver, 49; Huff Gashan, basketmaker, 75; Benjamin Ganzey, farmer, 25; Joseph Hoake, weaver, 30; Baltzer Havner, saddler, 44; Benjamin Huff, shoemaker, 51; Nicholas Jones, school- master, 68; John Kennedy, farmer, 43; Robert Love, carpenter, 67; Samuel Love, farmer, 30; Robert Montgomery, farmer, 60; Joseph Montgomery, farmer, 25; Charle s McElhenny, weaver, 50; George Myers, shoemaker, 28; Peter Pence, farmer, 68; James Paterson, farmer, 42; John Quigley, farmer, 36; Michael Quigley, farmer, 60; George Quigley, Sr., farmer, 30; Philip Quigley, weaver, 50; George Quigley, Jr., weaver, 25; Johu Ralston, weaver, 43; Sebastian Shade, miller, 48; George Strong, shoemaker, 32; Hugh Shaw, farmer, 31; John Shaw, farmer, 22; John Shepherd laborer, 29; Francis Strong, laborer, 30; James Stone, stiller, 50; David Shaw, 45; John Williams, laborer, 72; George Williams, tailor, 30; William Windland, farmer, 23; William Williams, carpenter, 35. Total males, 47. The names of the females, with their ages, are given on the same sheet as follows: Jennie Anesly, 40; Anna Andrews, 34; Elizabeth Barnhart, 32; Sarah Curts, 32; Barbara Clark, 50; Mary Clark, 52; Sarah Clark, 21; Elizabeth Crawford, 28; Elizabeth Clark, 31; Susannah Capler, 35; Christiana Clark, 22; Margaret Ellis, 49; Elizabeth Hoake, 26; Phebe Havner, 40; Mary Huff, 50; Mary Jones, 60; Mary Kennedy, 42; Jenny Love, 65; Nancy Montgomery, 50; Sarah McCafferty, 30; Betty McElhenny, 40; Mary Myers, 27; Mary McClure, 70; Mary Pence, 50; Elizabeth Peterson, 34; Elizabeth Philips, 26; Mary Quigley, 30; Fanny Quigley, 56; Elizabeth Quigley 39; Anna Quigley, 58; Mary Ralston, 34; Dolby Simonson, 50; Mary Strong, 23; Patty Shaw, 28; Rebecca Shaw, Sr., 55; Mary Shepherd, 28; Jenny Strong, 27; Jennie Stone, 40; Rebecca Shaw, Jr., 30; Elizabeth Williams, 62; Mary Williams, 27; Susannah Windland, 22; Margaret Williams, 34. Total, 43.
Lower Bald Eagle .- Matthew Allison, farmer; John Armstrong, farmer; Charles Bennett, farmer; John Beans, farmer; Samuel Bodle, weaver; James Brown, farmer; John Brownlee, farmer; Widow Barnhill, farmer; James Boyd, farmer; John Bott, farmer; Robert Black, farmer; Francis Boyce, blacksmith; Robert Boale, farmer ; James Burney, farmer; James Burns, farmer; James Carskaddon, farmer; James Curry, farmer; Griffith Carr, farmer; Samuel Carpenter; Matthew Crunk, farmer; Cleary Campbell, schoolmaster; Mark Caldwell, farmer; George Carr, farmer; Will- iam Duffield, farmer; Branson Davis, farmer; Joshua Davis, farmer; Leonard Doctor, farmer; Moses Dickey, farmer; John Dougherty, farmer; Daniel Davids; John Fleming, Esq. ; James Foster, farmer; John Ferron, farmer; Thomas Fullerton, weaver; Enos Finch, shoemaker; Matthew Findley, distiller ;. Joel Free, farmer; Stophel Firsht, farmer; James Gamble, farmer; Henry Gundy, farmer; Thomas Goodfellow, farmer; James Hemphill, farmer; John Hazlet, farmer; Joseph Hunt, Sr., farmer; Joseph
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Hunt, Jr., farmer; Jesse Hunt, farmer; Robert Hays, farmer; Richard Hays, school- master; James Hays, farmer; William Hays, farmer; William Hunt, farmer; James Hindman, farmer; Widow Johnston, farmer; Joseph Johnston, farmer; James Laughery, farmer; Richard Limber, blacksmith; Adam Longe, farmer; Mungo Lindsey, farmer; Jacob Long, farmer; Matthew Leech, farmer; Alexander Lindsay, schoolmaster; David Lusk, farmer; John Laughery, farmer; William Martin, merchant; William Miller, farmer; Thomas Martin, farmer; John Miller, weaver; Joseph McCloskey, farmer; Patrick Mullin, farmer; Joseph Mackey, carpenter; John McCormick, farmer; Alexander Maughan, farmer; John Mclaughlin, farmer; Alexander Monson, wheelwright; Jacob Moats, farmer; William Murray, tailor; Joseph Mckibben, farmer; William Mckibben, farmer; David Mckibben, farmer; Michael Myer, carpenter; William Moore, distiller; William McGaw, weaver; Will- iam Montgomery, farmer; Samuel Platcher, farmer; Samuel Porter, farmer; Joab Packer, farmer; Nathan Peeples, farmer; Samuel Philips, carpenter; David Philips, carpenter; Thomas Prion, farmer; Robert Quay, joiner; Widow Quay, farmer; Mat- thias Richards, Esq., farmer; James Reed, farmer; Caspar Richards, distiller; Will- iam Reed, farmer; Robert Richey, farmer; Alexander Robinson, farmer; John Spangler, farmer: John Shields, tailor; Theodorus Scowdau, farmer; Jacob Swine- hart, farmer; Henry Stoner, farmer; Archibald Stewart, farmer; John Stevenson, schoolmaster; Thomas Seamers, farmer; Andrew Smith, farmer; William Thompson, farmer; Robert Thompson, millwright; William Templeton, farmer; Peter Vincent, farmer; Joab Vancourt, shoemaker; Samuel Wilson, distiller; Henry Weaver, farmer; Amos Williams, farmer; Edward Williams, farmer; William Watson, farmer; David Watson, farmer; John Watson, farmer; Ellis Williams, farmer; David Wilson, farmer; John Yost, farmer; George Yost, farmer. Total, 127.
At the time this enumeration was made a bill was pending in the Assembly for the erection of a new county out of parts of Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, and Huntingdon, to be called Centre. It passed, February 13, 1800, and largely ab- sorbed Lower Bald Eagle, leaving only the following out of the foregoing list in Lycoming county:
John Beans, Samuel Bodle, Robert Black, James Carskaddon, Griffith Carr, Mark Caldwell, George Carr, Leonard Doctor, John Fleming, Esq., Joseph Hunt, Sr., Joseph Hunt, Jr., Jesse Hunt, James Hindman, Adam Longe, Alexander Lindsay, David Lusk, John Laughery, William Martin, Samuel Porter, Samuel Philips, David Philips, Thomas Prion, Matthias Richards, Robert Richey, Henry Stoner, Andrew Smith, Robert Thompson, Joab Vancourt, Samuel Wilson, David Wilson, George Yost, Jacob Yost. The census of Lower Bald Eagle for 1800 showed 663 white inhabitants, thirty-four colored, and one slave, making a total of 698. This was the first slice taken from the immense territory of Lycoming.
Tioga. - In the meantime, however, a new township (now in Tioga county) had been erected by the court of Lycoming and called Tioga. It embraced a great ter- ritory which was largely a wilderness. It appears in the enumeration as follows: Elisha Alderman, farmer, 50; Ephraim Alderman, farmer, 44; John Allenton, farmer, 24; Isaac Adams, farmer, 55; Rufus Adams, farmer, 24; Merwin Ammisey, farmer, 22; Moses Ammison, farmer, 50; Ralph Brevear, farmer, 25; Dormon Bloss, mill- wright, 29; Lewis Bigelow, farmer, 38; Pems Bodwell, cooper, 33; Samuel Bartlet,
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farmer, 38; Jonathan Barney, farmer, 25; Joseph Bidings, farmer, 25; William Buckley, farmer, 40; Abner Blanchard, cooper, 63; Charles Blanchard, farmer, 32; Ezekiel Blanchard, farmer, 23; Abner Blanchard, farmer, 21; William Burlingame, farmer, 56; John Bobster, farmer, 50; Peggy Borcher, widow, 31; Thomas Berry, innkeeper; Hopsteas Beecher, farmer, 24; Ammesey Culver, farmer, 25; Calvin Chambers, farmer, 27; William Campbell, farmer, 23; Benjamin Chambers, 40; David Chambers, farmer, 24; Reuben Cook, farmer, 51; Charles Cloger, farmer, 44; Lemuel Gaylord, farmer, 35, Aaron Gillet, innkeeper, 34; John Goodline, 21; Jon- athan Guisel, farmer, 30; John Griggs, farmer, 50; Stephen Gardner, farmer, 30; John Gardner, farmer, 35; George Goodhue, tailor, 57; Josiah Hovey, innkeeper, 52; Simeon Hovey, carpenter, 24; Girdin Hovey, carpenter, 22; William Holden, farmer, 28; Stephen Harrison, farmer, 43; Gideon Haines, joiner, 28; John Hulings, shoemaker, 27; Daniel Holeday, farmer, 21; Titus Ives, innkeeper, 33; John Ives, Jr., farmer, 26; John Ives, Sr., farmer, 55; Benijah Ives, farmer, 29; Benjamin Ives, farmer, 45; Timothy Ives, farmer, 33; Ambrose Ives, farmer, 63; Obadiah Immser, farmer, 36; Daniel Ingersole, farmer, 60; James Jennings, farmer, 27; Philip Job, farmer, 24; Subil Johnston, joiner, 30; Daniel Jordan, farmer, 35; Barret Ingersole, farmer, 22; John Jervis, farmer, 21; Joseph Kelly, farmer, 28; David Kennedy, farmer, 50; William Kennedy, farmer, 25; Peter Keydy, farmer, 23; Elijah Keydy, farmer, 52; Philip Keydy, farmer, 26; William Knox, farmer, 30; - Kingsby, carpenter, 40; Zebulon Keydy, farmer, 46; John Keydy, farmer, 25; Manasseh Keydy, farmer, 69; Abel Keydy, farmer 25; James Kinyon, farmer, 72; Benjamin Kinyon, farmer, 26; John Kinyon, farmer, 28; Jacob Kape- heart, farmer, 52; Gad Lamb, farmer, 55; Jerry Locy, farmer, 35; Stephen Locy, farmer, 30; Stephen Lane, farmer, 54; Joseph Lane, farmer, 23; Richard Mitchel, farmer, 30; Garret Miller, farmer; 42; Samuel Miller, farmer, 22; Elisha Meavin, farmer, 28; Thomas Mitchel, smith, 29; Robert Mitchel, farmer, 24; Samuel Needham, farmer, 28; Nathan Niles, farmer, 44; John Newal, farmer, 35; William Penrose, farmer, 35; Job Philips, farmer, 59; Daniel Philips, farmer, 31; Samuel Palmer, 53; Leymond Pritchard, farmer, 26; Reuben Pribble, farmer, 27; George Pike, farmer, 37; Stephen Randle, farmer, 30; Jacob Reep, farmer, 38; Jacob Radley, farmer, 40; William Rothman, farmer, 24; Royal Southworth, joiner, 24; Uriah Spencer, farmer, 30; Ebenezer Seleih, farmer, 45; Job Stiles, farmer, 40; Titus Sesse, farmer, 40; Stephen Smith, farmer, 23; Daniel Straight, farmer, 39; Chris- topher Scoonover, farmer, 43; Jacob Server, farmer, 48; Stephen Socket, farmer, 28; Daniel Thompson, farmer, 49; Christopher Thompson, farmer, 26; James Van- camp, farmer, 60; John Vancamp, farmer, 24; Samnel Wilcox, farmer, 23; Ezekiel Webster, farmer, 24; John Wilson, farmer, 25; Thomas Wilson, farmer, 26; Elisha White, farmer, 52. Total, 122.
COLORED PEOPLE.
In connection with the foregoing enumeration is the following table, showing the colored inhabitants, slave and free, in the county, which was taken in pursuance of the act of March 7, 1800:
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NAME
Age
Condition
Sex
Township
George Smoke, mulatto
24
free man
male
Washington
Joseph, negro.
35
Bose Lawson. .
30
female
Liberty Jordan .
25
free man
male
Tioga Nippenose
Adam
70
Dine
60
female
Dạn
21
male
Pine Creek
Dine.
20
female
.Joan
30
One
19
Bald Eagle
Nenis
35
free woman
Loyalsock
Joan
24
Rebecca
21
May Jones.
25
66
66
Joseph Head.
47
free man
male
Thomas Downing
40
66
66
Jack Laflet.
21
66
Jack
50
Lycoming
Sinah
47
female
44
Nance
25
66
Nine males and eleven females. By the census of 1800 Lycoming county had a population of 5,414. Northumberland, the mother county, had 27,796.
ELECTION DISTRICTS.
By act of February 26, 1801, the following changes in three of the election districts of the county were made:
That those parts of Muncy township on the west of a line to hegin at the mouth of Work- man's run; thence a due north course to the county line, shall be annexed to the First election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their elections at the conrt house in Williamsport. That the residue of the electors of Muncy township and those townships composing the Second election district shall hold their elections at the house now occupied hy Jacob Merril, in the town of Pennsboro, in Muncy Creek township. That those parts of Bald Eagle township in- cluded within the bounds of said county shall be annexed to the Fourth election district, and the electors thereof shall hold their elections at the house lately occupied by Hugh Andrews, in the town of Dunnsburg.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Prothonotaries. - In Lycoming county one person is elected to the office of prothonotary of the court of common pleas, clerk of the court of quarter sessions, and clerk of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery every three years. Under the Constitution of 1790 the incumbent was appointed by the Governor, and con- tinued under that rule till the office became elective by the amendments of 1837-38. Under these changes the succession of prothonotaries, with the dates of their ap- pointments and elections, has been as follows: John Kidd, April 14, 1795; Ellis Walton, February 28, 1809; John Burrows, September 14, 1813; Thomas Hays, February 17, 1818; Philip Krebs, March 8, 1821; Tunison Coryell, January 17, 1824; Joseph Wood, January 29, 1830; Joseph K. Fredericks, January 18, 1836; Herman C. Piatt, October 8, 1839; Hepburn McClure, October 11, 1842; Lewis Martin, October 14, 1845, re-elected, October 10, 1848; Joseph M. Green, October 14, 1851; George F. Boal, October 10, 1854 (Mr. Boal died, January 18, 1856, and Robert Hawley, Esq., was appointed by Governor Pollock, January 24, 1856, to fill out his unexpired term.); Huston Hepburn, October 9, 1856; Jacob S. Runyan,
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66
66
6.
66
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October 11, 1859; Charles D. Eldred, October 14, 1862; N. B. Kimble, October 10, 1865; H. H. Martin, October 13, 1868; Theodore Hill, October 10, 1871; (The amendment to the Constitution by the convention of 1872-73 abolished the October election and made every State and county officer elective in November.) H. H. Blair, November 3, 1874; William Follmer, November 6, 1877, re-elected, Novem- ber 2, 1880; Daniel Steck, November 6, 1883; John L. Guinter, November 2, 1886, re-elected, November 5, 1889.
John Kidd, the first prothonotary, etc., whose beautiful handwriting is still so much admired on the books of record opened by him ninety-six years ago, was of Scotch-Irish origin, but the time and place of his birth are unknown. He was resid- ing at Northumberland when Governor Mifflin appointed him prothonotary of Lycoming county. And although his penmanship and clerical qualifications would indicate that he was a teacher and bookkeeper, he was a lawyer by profession, for the records at Suubury show that he was admitted to the bar in August, 1791. He was well qualified to fill the various offices to which he was appointed and made himself popular with the public. He was accomplished in his manners, of fine presence, possessed some literary taste, and was the author of several poems which were regarded as meritorious, but they have long since perished. On account of his social qualities and mirthfulness, his company was much sought after. In his dress he was neat, wore a ruffled shirt, and had his hair done up in a queue. But with all his accomplishments, he became negligent in his work and allowed it to fall behind, which caused much annoyance to those who had business in his offices. Dissipation was the cause of his downfall. After the election of Governor Snyder he was an applicant for re-appointment, but his habits had become such that he was unfitted for the office, and the Governor appointed Ellis Walton, of Muncy. He found that the work was so far behind that he was compelled to employ an assistant to bring it up, and two or three years elapsed before it was done. A great many deeds had been filed for record and the fees paid, but they lay there unattended to. It was this neglect which caused so much complaint. On account of his per- sonal popularity, the refusal of the Governor to re-appoint him caused much indignation among his friends, who were numerous. The Governor admitted his superior qualifications, but his neglect of duty and dissipation could not be tolerated in such a responsible office. Kidd died, April 9, 1813, and was buried in the Harris graveyard at Loyalsock. He had held office from April 14, 1795, to February 28, 1809, a period of nearly fourteen years. His neglect of duty, especially in keeping the court records, has been felt more than once by those who have had occasion to examine them.
Although John Kidd was reputed a bachelor, he had a daughter named Rosanna, who was reared by William Harris. She was born about 1787, married Samuel Shoemaker, March 29, 1810, at the age of twenty-three, and died, January 19, 1842, at Muncy.
Ellis Walton, the second prothonotary of Lycoming county, was born on the farm of his father at the mouth of Glade run, Muncy, September 21, 1771, and died in office, November 9, 1813. On attaining his majority he studied law with Charles Huston, and afterwards married his sister Jane. At his death he left three daughters and one son. His eldest daughter, Martha L., was remarkably bright
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and intelligent, and at the age of eight years went into the prothonotary's office with her father and assisted him in recording deeds.
Sheriffs .- Sheriffs are elected and serve three years. When Lycoming county was erected, John Brady, fourth son of Capt. John Brady, was sheriff of Northumberland county, and exercised authority over the territory of which the new county was com- posed. Samuel Stewart, Lycoming county's first sheriff, was elected October 26, 1795. The date of the election of his successors down to 1889 is as follows: John Cummings, October 24, 1798; Samuel Stewart (second term), October 27, 1801; John Cummings (second term), October 26, 1804; John Hays, October, 1807; John Cummings (third term), October, 1810; Arthur Mckissic, October 26, 1813; John Cummings (fourth term), October 18, 1816; David McMicken, October 22, 1819; Thomas Hays, October 21, 1822; James Winters, October 22, 1825; Thomas Hall, October 28, 1828; James Winters (second term), October 21, 1831; William Harris, October 20, 1834 (Mr. Harris died in 1835, when Charles Low, coroner, took charge of the office and served out the year. ); Thomas W. Lloyd, October, 1836; John Bennett, October 18, 1838; Hugh Donley, Jr., October 12, 1841; William Riddell, October 8, 1844; John Bennett (second term), October 12, 1847; John B. Beck, October 8, 1850; Abraham Bubb, October 11, 1853; Daniel S. Rissell, October 14, 1856; Frederick Shale, October 11, 1859; John B. McMicken, October 14, 1862; Robert McCormick, October 10, 1865; John Piatt, October 13, 1868; Samuel Van Buskirk, October 10, 1871; (The constitutional amendment of 1872-73 changed the time of holding the election for sheriffs to November.) Thomas Mahaffey, November 3, 1874; John S. Bastian, November 6, 1877; Samuel Wilson, November 2, 1880; W. E. Sprague, November 6, 1883; J. M. Wolf, November 2, 1886; Edward W. Michael, November 5, 1889.
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