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82 .- 1862. Frank Neilson.
83 .- 1863. Joseph W. Cowan.
84 .- 1864. T. J. Bell. 85 .- 1865. James Walker.
56 .- 1836.
66. 1846. Dutton Shannon.
88 .- 1868. James Kerr.
8 .- 1824. William Waugh. 9 .- 1830. Isaac Leet.
* S. Bentley resigned October 25. W. V. Leet appointed August 31, in place of S. Cunningham.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
LIST OF ATTORNEYS
Who were admitted to practise law in the courts of Washington County, from its organization to the present time, with the term in which they were admitted. Those marked thus + were resident attorneys.
TERM.
TERM.
+Acheson, Hon. Alexander W.
+Bradford, David
April, 1782.
Acheson, George
May, 1843.
Brady Jasper E. Feb., 1857.
tAcheson, George W.
Dec., 1830.
+Brady, John S.
June, 1817.
+Acheson Marcus
Dec., 1868.
Brown, D. W.
Aug., 1869.
Acheson Marcus W.
May, 1852.
Buchanan, Andrew July, 1811.
+Addison, Hon. Alex.
Mar., 1787.
Buchanan, J. A. J. Aug., 1848.
+Addison, Alexander
Dec., 1820.
Buckingham, S. May, 1863.
+Aiken, John
Dec., 1869.
Alden, T. J. Fox
May, 1838.
Caldwell, Alexander June, 1817.
Allison, Alexander
Sept., 1835.
Caldwell, George W. Callender, Robert
Aug., 1862.
Allison, William
Dec., 1838.
Aug., 1799.
+ Alter, Solomon
May, 1843.
Campbell, Charles Nov., 1823.
Andrews, A.
June, 1819.
Campbell, Francis C.
June., 1830. June, 1818. Mar., 1830.
tAshbrook, James
Nov., 1798.
Campbell, James
Avery, P. J.
Mar., 1838.
+Campbell, Parker
June, 1794.
Ayres, William
Nov., 1798.
Carson, John
Mar., 1786.
Bailey, Isaac
Aug., 1862.
+Clarke, J. Murray Cleavinger, Samuel Cloyd, John
Aug., 1798.
+Baird, William
June, 1812.
Cochran, A. G.
Feb., 1868. May, 1868.
Baldwin, Henry
June, 1815.
Cochran, S. N.
May, 1855.
Baldwin, Henry
Mar., 1838.
Cole, Samuel, Jr.
May, 1855.
Barr, S. Gailey
Aug., 1865.
Coleman, Charles Collins, Thomas
Mar., 1796.
Beckett, J. B.
Dec., 1812.
+Cooper, R. F.
May, 1842.
Beebe, Walter B.
Oct., 1818.
Craft, James S.
Oct., 1818.
Bell, D. B.
May, 1852.
Craig, David
Feb., 1848.
+Bell, Solomon
Dec., 1867.
Craig, I. H.
May, 1856.
+Bentley, Ianthus
Feb., 1866.
Crawford, David
Feb., 1862.
Biddle, Richard
Mar., 1824.
+Creacraft, E. G.
Aug., 1846.
Bigham, T. J.
June, 1837. Feb., 1841.
Creigh, Thomas
July, 1796.
Black, J. L.
Aug., 1869.
+Crumrine, Bishop
Aug., 1867.
Blair, David
June, 1838.
+Crumrine, Boyd
Aug., 1861.
Boice, Ebenezer
Aug., 1844.
Cunningham, Thomas
June, 1812.
Bowman, John
June, 1837. Jan., 1817.
Coyle, John, Dawson, John
June, 1819.
Bowman, William +Boyd, Thomas
Nov., 1852. 1861.
Dodridge, Philip
July, 1811.
Brackenridge, Alex.
Mar., 1818.
+Donehoo, John R.
May, 1858.
Brackenridge, H. H.
Oct., 1814. 1781.
+Donnan, John W.
Aug., 1867.
Brackenridge, H. M.
Donaldson, John W.
Dec., 1867.
+Braden, John D.
Feb., 1851.
Douglass, John
Aug., 1805.
Appleton, George
Aug., 1846.
Campbell, Henry M.
Chapline, John H.
July, 1810.
+Baird, Hon. Th. H.
Mar., 1808.
Oct., 1832.
+Baird, Thomas H., Jr.
Feb., 1846.
Baird, William
Aug., 1849.
Cochran, George R.
June, 1826.
tBeall, Thomas B.
Oct., 1834.
+Creigh, Samuel
Dec., 1829.
Black, Ross
Bowman, J. L.
Denny, Harmar
Oct., 1818.
June, 1832.
+Brady Freeman, Jr.
May, 1860.
Nov., 1861.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
+Dugan, Henry M.
TERM. May, 1869. Dec., 1782.
+Hopkins, Andrew Howell, Alfred Howell, Joshua B.
TERM. Nov., 1847. Feb., 1850. June, 1831.
Downey, R. W.,
Edgington, Jesse
Oct., 1810.
Huffnagle, William Humbrickhouse, T. S. +Hurd, Seth T. Hopkins, James H.,
May, 1841.
+Ewing, John H.
June, 1818.
Ingall, R. C.
Feb., 1846.
Ewing, Hon. Nathaniel
June, 1816.
Irwin, Samuel
Oct., 1781.
Ewing, Thomas L.
Feb., 1858.
Israel, Charles H.
Nov., 1824.
Ewing, Hon. J. Kennedy,
Fanning, N. D.
Aug., 1858.
Jennings, David
June, 1812.
Ferero, E.
Nov., 1855.
Jennings, Obadiah
Nov., 1801.
Fetterman, N. P.
Jan., 1831.
Johnston, B. W.
Nov., 1849.
Fetterman, W. W.
Mar., 1824.
¡Johnston, Job
Feb., 1845.
Fitzhugh, S. H.
Sept., 1819.
Johnston, F. W.
Aug., 1843.
Fitzwilliams, F. P. Aug., 1858. Flenniken, John C. Aug., 1849.
Flenniken, R. P.
Nov., 1842.
Forrest, Joshua R.
May, 1869.
¿Kelso, Charles W.
Oct., 1832.
Forward, Walter
Dec., 1812.
¡Keppelle, George H.
Sept., 1795.
Frew, Samuel
Mar., 1839.
Kennedy, Hon. John Kerr, Isaac
Aug., 1799. Aug., 1800. Feb., 1802.
Galbraith, Robert
April, 1782.
Gantz, Henry
May, 1865.
+King, W. W.
Jan., 1825.
Gapen, W. A.
Feb., 1859.
Kingston, J.
Aug., 1841.
Garret, John S.
Dec., 1820.
Koote, Ephraim
Sept., 1819.
Gazzam, Edward D.
Mar., 1827.
+Koontz, Robert H.
Aug., 1840.
+Gibson, R. M. Gfimore, John Glenn, John
Aug., 1853. Aug., 1800.
Kurtz, Wm. K.
Jan., 1815.
Goodenow, John M.
June, 1817.
Lacey, B. W.
Nov., 1854.
Lacock, Ira J.
Aug., 1858.
Lane, Richard Carr
July, 1810.
+Lee, R. H.
Oct., 1834.
+Leet, Isaac
June, 1826.
Lcet, Daniel W.
May, 1839.
+Gow, John L., Jr. Grayson, William Gregg, Ellis
Aug., 1846.
+Leet, Jonathan, D.
Nov., 1843.
Feb., 1859.
Hadden, Thomas
Oct., 1796.
+Hamilton, Isaac Y.
May, 1861.
Hamilton, John
Mar., 1785.
+Lynn, William
May, 1850. July, 1797.
+Hart, George S.
Aug., 1846. Sept., 1819.
Lyon, John Lyon, Samuel
Oct., 1814.
Hawkins, William G. Hasbrouck, Cicero Hays, Charles McClure Hays, Joseph +Hazzard, T. R.
Mar., 1821. May, 1869. Aug., 1860. Nov., 1865. Nov., 1840.
Marsh, Roswell Marshall, John Massey, M. B.
Feb., 1807.
May, 1861.
Meason, Thomas
Aug., 1798.
Heaton, Hiram +Henderson, Joseph Hoffman, R. C.
Sept., 1819. May, 1839. Feb., 1868.
Meredith, William
Nov., 1841.
+Messinger, John
Aug., 1853.
Ege, Peter F.
Aug., 1840.
Oct., 1832.
Ellmaker, Ellis E.
Feb., 1805.
Espy, David
Jan., 1782.
tJohnston, Thomas G. +Judson, J. Lawrence Johnston, W. F., Kane, Daniel
Aug., 1849.
Foster, W. Alexander
Feb., 1802.
Krepps, John B.
Aug., 1853.
June, 1829.
Gormley, Samuel
June, 1830. Feb., 1857. May, 1867. June, 1824.
Lewis, R. P. Lindsey, Hon. James
Nov., 1859. May, 1862. May, 1861.
Lindsey, William C. +Little, Le Roy Woods
Mueller, H. P., Mahon, Samuel S.
Oct., 1796.
Nov., 1823.
Harvey, William
Aug., 1870.
Gow, Alexander M. Gow, George L. tGow, John L.
Feb., 1866.
Nov., 1850.
King, Sampson, S.
Nov., 1798.
Aug., 1851.
Duncan, Hon. Thomas
Dec. 1783.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
TERM.
Miller, Alexander
¡Miller, George W.
May, 1845. Feb., 1851. Feb., 1866.
Oliver, George M. Owens, William, Jr.
TERM. Feb., 1857. Nov., 1848. May, 1867.
Mills, William
Aug., 1855.
Montgomery, James
Oct., 1796.
Pane, George A.
Nov., 1853.
+Montgomery, William
Nov., 1841.
+Patterson, David F. May, 1865.
Moody, R. S.
May, 1848.
Patterson, R. B.
Dec., 1867.
Moore, Robert
Aug., 1800.
Patton, Hon. Benjamin Mar., 1833.
Moore, J.
Mar., 1809.
Patton, William J.
Nov., 1861.
¡ Moore, William S.
Nov., 1848.
Paul, George Paxton, Wilson N.
May, 1805. 1860.
Moreland, W. C.
Aug., 1867.
Penny, John P.
Nov., 1846.
Morrison, James
Sept., 1795
Pentecost, Dorsey B.
July, 1823.
Morrison, Joseph S.
Nov., 1847.
fPentecost, Joseph
Sept., 1792.
+Morgan, Thomas
Mar., 1813.
Pepper, Samuel G. Pierson, Hon. John J.
May, 1848.
Moss, J. W.
Mar., 1823.
Porter, John
Aug., 1867. 1805.
Mountain, James
Nov., 1801.
Purman, Andrew A.
Feb., 1860.
+Murdoch, Alexander
Aug., 1843.
+Purviance, John
Mar., 1790.
Mueller, John H.,
Aug., 1870.
Purviance, John, Jr.
Feb., 1805.
Minor, L.,
McBride, Archibald
Aug., 1859.
Quail, Huston Feb., 1850.
McCarrel, L.
Aug., 1869.
Ralph, John
June, 1790.
McConnell, R. A.
Feb., 1862.
Rutan, J. S.
Feb., 1863.
McCook, George W. May, 1867.
+Reddick, David
Dec., 1782.
tMcCracken, M. L. A.
May, 1867.
Reddick, Jonathan
Nov., 1803.
McDonald, John
Dec., 1807.
Reed, David
May, 1846.
tMcDonald, Wm. K.
June, 1831.
Roberts, Lewis
Feb., 1840.
McDowell, J. W.
Aug., 1869.
Rodgers, H. Gould
Nov., 1860.
McEddington, Daniel
Mar., 1839.
Rodgers, Thomas L.
June, 1824.
+McFadden, O. B.
Feb., 1843.
Ross, Hugh
Sept., 1792.
tMcFarlane, Samuel
Dec., 1827. Nov., 1846.
+Ruple, Charles M. May, 1866.
¡McGiffin, Thomas, Sr. +McGiffin, Thomas, Jr. McIlvaine, G. W.
Feb., 1807. 1841. Aug., 1844. 1867.
Runyan, Hill
Feb., 1805.
+Mellvaine, John A.
1844 May, 1855.
Sample, Cunningham Sample, David
Oct, 1781.
McKee, John
Nov., 1847.
Sampson, John P. C.
June, 1815.
McKeehan, David
Dec., 1792.
Sayer, James P.
Dec., 1869.
tMcKennan, James W. June, 1825.
+Scott, Thomas
Sept., 1791.
tMcKennan, Th. T. M.
Oct., 1814.
Selden, George
June, 1825.
tMcKennan, William
June, 1837.
Seney, Joshua
1822.
t Mc Williams, John W. M'Neill, J.,
Dec., 1867.
Shaler, Charles, Hon.
Mar., 1817. Oct., 1808. 1831.
Neville, Morgan
Dec., 1806.
June, 1867.
Nicholls, John
May, 1854.
Jan., 1824.
Nickerson, Wm.
Aug., 1868.
Smith, David S.
Aug., 1865.
Oliphant, Ethelbert P.
Dec., 1829.
+Smith, Jonathan B.
Nov., 1823.
1850.
Morgan, Thomas Gibbs
June, 1821. Nov., 1858.
Pollock, H. C.
Morrison, R. L. Feb., 1868.
Pentecost, J. Ross
Nov., 1823.
Morrison, A. P.
Nov., 1853.
Oliver, Addison
Milligan, I. M.
Nesbitt, Thomas
July, 1797.
Shannon, John Shields, Thomas L.
Nov., 1798.
McMahon, Peter B.
+Ruth, James R.
May, 1861.
Sayres, Ezra,
McIlvaine, R. F.
Ross, James Oct., 1781.
McGiffin, George W.
+Ruple, John G. April, 1861.
Shiras, George, Jr. Simison, James C.
Mountain, A. S.
McComb, John H. May, 1843.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
TERM.
Smith, Thomas
Jan., 1782.
tWatson, James
Slagle, Jacob, Jr.
Nov., 1852.
Watson, John
Aug., 1841. Sept., 1820.
St. Clair, Arthur
Sept., 1794.
+Waugh, John H.
St. Clair, David
1789.
+Waugh, William
June, 1818.
Stewart, J.
June, 1819. 6 1829.
Weills, John S. C. White, John
1806.
Stockdale, John
May, 1851.
+ White, J. W. F.
1844.
Stokes, Will. A.
May, 1858.
White, S. F.
1864.
Swartzwelder, Marshal
Feb., 1865.
Whitehill, Robert
Oct., 1797.
Sweitzer, Bowman
Nov., 1845.
Wiley, John Wishart
Aug., 1867.
Shutterly, Lewis,
Wilkins, William
Mar., 1808.
Strean, Robt. F.,
Williams, E., Jr.
May, 1867.
Tarr, John
Oct., 1808.
Wilson, Alexander
June, 1826.
Taylor, James
Sept., 1806.
+Wilson, Alexander
Nov., 1852.
Taylor, Samuel O.
Aug., 1863.
+Wilson, A. Wiley
Aug., 1863.
+Templeton, William F. May, 1860.
+Wilson, David Shields
1849.
tTodd, Alexander M.
1868.
Winge, Isaiah
Sept., 1820.
Todd, James
June, 1824.
+Wise, Uriah W.
Feb., 1844.
Tomlinson, W. F.
May, 1860.
Withey, Griffith, Jr.
June, 1830.
Vallandigham, George
April, 1786.
+Wolf, Westley
Aug., 1863.
t Vankirk, Harvey J.
Feb., 1851.
Woods, Henry
June, 1794.
Veech, James
Jan., 1834.
Woods, John
Dec., 1783.
Walker, Stephen D.
June, 1819.
Woods, Robert
1840.
Walker, David
Dec., 1832.
Wright, John.C.
Mar., 1813.
+ Watson, David T.
July, 1866.
Wills, John A.,
Watson, George
Jan., 1842.
Young, John
Nov., 1789.
TREASURERS.
1 .- 1783. Feb. Andrew Swearingen. | 18 .- 1841. Oct. William Workman.
2 .- 1795. June. David Reddick.
19 .- 1843. William Hughes.
3 .- 1801.
Isaac Kerr.
20 .- 1845. James D. McGugin.
4 .- 1806. 66 Daniel Kehr.
21 .- 1847. Robert K. Todd.
5 .- 1811. Aug. Robert Colmery.
22 .- 1849
Norton McGiffin.
6 .- 1815. William Baird.
23 .- 1851.
John Hall.
7 .- 1817. Thomas Good.
24-1853.
Thaddeus Stanton.
8 .- 1822.
Samuel Workman.
H. B. Elliott. 25 .- 1855. 26 .- 1857. Thomas Martindale.
9 .- 1823. Nov. James Dougherty.
27 .- 1859.
John E. Bell.
11 .- 1826. -12 .- 1829.
Isaac Leet.
28 .- 1861.
29 .- 1862. Feb. William S. Moore.
13 .- 1832. Samuel Marshall.
14 .- 1833. Benj. S. Stewart.
15 .- 1834.
Samuel Marshall.
32 .- 1867. " James P. Hart.
33 .- 1869. James B. Gibson.
16 .- 1835. Feb. Henry Langley. 17 .- 1838. Jan. Zachariah Reynolds.
AUDITORS.
On the 10th of March, 1809, an act of the General Assembly was passed, authorizing the election of Auditors at the general election
TERM. Oct., 1831.
tStewart, Benjamin S.
Weigley, Joseph
Oct., 1810. May, 1866.
Stokely, Samuel
Oct., 1816.
Woods, J. G.
Aug., 1867. 66
10 .- 1824. Jan. James Allison.
James Pollock.
Samuel McFarland.
30 .- 1863. Oct. J. W. Douds.
31 .- 1865. A. W. Pollock.
265
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
as a more effectual mode of settling the public accounts of the Com- missioners and Treasurer. Prior to this time the courts appointed
1809. Thomas Acheson.
1838. R. Donaldson, 2 years.
1809. Isaac Kerr.
1839. Dickinson Roberts.
1809. Joshua Dickinson.
1840. John K. Wilson.
1810. Eleazer Jenkins.
1841. Thomas Watson.
1811. Isaac Kerr, 3 years.
1842. John Macoy.
1811. Thomas Patterson, 1 year.
1812. John Colmery.
1844. Abraham Wotring.
1813. Dickinson Roberts, 3 years.
1845. Jacob Morgan.
1813. Samuel Scott, 1 year.
1846. John K. Wilson.
1814. Isaac Kerr, 3 years.
1847. John McCullough.
1814. Jacob Crabbs, 2 years.
1848. Joseph W. Cowan.
1815. James McQuown.
1849. John Stephenson.
1816. John Wilson.
1850. Adam Winnett.
1817. William Sample.
1851. Jehu P. Smith, 1 year.
1818. Richard Crooks.
1851. J. E. Black, 3 years.
1819. Isaac Kerr.
1852. James Taggart.
1820. William Colmery.
1853. Isaac J. Newkirk.
1821. Robert Bowland.
1822. Joseph Henderson.
1855. J. D. Irwin, 3 years.
1824. William Welsh.
1825. James Gordon.
1826. James Orr.
1827. Robert Officer.
1858. John L. Phillips.
1829. Stephen Wood.
1859. Samuel Scott .---
1830. Robert Officer.
1860. David Bradford.
1831. William Hopkins.
1832. James Pollock.
1862. Thomas D. Ohara.
1833. Thomas Enlow.
1863. James P. McCord.
1864. D. M. Leatherman.
1834. Jehu Jackman, 2 years.
1835. Joseph Henderson.
1836. James McClelland.
1837. H. J. Rauhauser.
1838. Henry Langley, 3 years.
1869. G. W. Morrison.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.
The act of incorporation to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Wash- ington, was approved by Governor George Wolf on the sixth day of April, 1830.
The commissioners appointed by the said act to determine upon and purchase a site or farm, on which suitable buildings should be erected, were James Lee, of Cross Creek; Alexander Reed, of Washington ; Joseph Barr, of Nottingham; Wallace McWilliams, of Buffalo; Zephaniah Beall, of West Bethlehem ; William Patterson, of Tenmile ; and David Eckert, Esqs., of Washington.
After diligent inquiry, both as to its situation and locality, they purchased one hundred and seventy-two acres of land in Chartiers
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1823. Joseph Patton.
1855. J. B. Ringland, 1 year.
1856. Joseph W. Douds.
1857. Isaac Newkirk.
1857. John Murphy, Jr.
1828. Samuel Hill.
1861. James Ely.
1834. Benjamin Bubbett, 3 years.
1865. George Buchanan.
1866. Grier McIlvaine, Jr.
1867. Joseph Linton.
1868. A. E. Walker.
1854. Robert C. Burns.
1855. W. C King (appointed).
1843. E. B. Marsh.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
township, one mile and a half north of Washington, from Robert Colmery and Maria his wife, for two thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars, being sixteen dollars per acre.
On the 26th April, 1865, John Burns, John L. Cooke, and Wil- liam Davis, constituting the Board of Directors, purchased from John Melone and Mary his wife, six acres of land, contiguous to the poor-house farm, for six hundred dollars.
On April 1, 1867, William Davis, William Dinsmore, and Wil- liam Wylie, Esqs., the Board of Directors, purchased from John L. , Cooke and Catharine D. his wife, twenty-eight acres and one hun- dred and fifty-one perches, at one hundred dollars per acre. This farm now contains, by recent survey, two hundred and nine acres.
So faithful, so diligent, so devoted to the interests of the unfor- tunate poor who become tenants of the county farm, that the office of superintendent has been filled during this entire period by but three persons, viz : Dr. John Logan, who was elected the first superintendent in 1832, and continued as such until September, 1851, a period of nineteen years ; his successor was Major Wil- liam W. Wilson, who served seven years, or until April 1, 1858, when the present incumbent, John Gamble, Esq., assumed its oner- ous duties, and for the last eleven years has been discharging bis duties satisfactorily to the inmates, the directors, and the citizens of this county.
It will be interesting to remark that during the first twenty years of its existence the entire cost of the purchase of land, erection of buildings, support of the inmates, and all other expenses pertaining to the institution, amounted to one hundred and seven thousand one hundred and four dollars, averaging per year $5289. During the next seven years the cost was fifty-two thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-eight cents, averaging per year $7570.15 ; during the last eleven years the entire cost was sixty- four thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and nineteen cents, averaging per year $5871.19. This last item includes the purchase of two parcels of land, amounting to thirty-five hundred dollars.
1830. John Watson. 1842. Joseph Vanewan.
66 William Hunter.
1843. James McClaskey.
Stephen Woods.
1844. Joseph Wise.
1831. Enoch Wright.
1845. John Kenna.
1832. Lewis Hewitt.
1846. Daniel Darragh.
1833. John Cooke.
1847. Joseph Wier.
1834. Robert Moore.
1848. Andrew Miller.
1835. William Wylie.
1849. John Holland.
1836. John Brownlee.
1850. Joseph Vankirk.
1837. John Morgan.
1851. Benjamin Anderson.
1838. John Horn.
1852. James Fife.
1839. John Bower.
1853. John Sampson.
1849. William Lindley.
1854. James Brown.
1841. John Johnson.
1855. Thomas Buchanan.
267
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
1856. James Stroud.
1857. William Wylie.
1858. Alexander Sprowls.
1859. A. B. Scott.
1860. William Wylie.
1861. William Davis.
1862. John Burns.
1863. John L. Cooke.
1864. William Davis.
1865. William Dinsmore.
1866. William Wylie.
1867. William Davis.
1868. J. Miller Day.
1869. Workman Hughes.
DEPUTY SURVEYOR-GENERALS.
1 .- July 15, 1769. Jas. Hendricks. 2 .- April 17, 1776. Daniel Leet.
3 .- March 27, 1780. Thos. Stokely. 4 .- March 8, 1784. John Hoge.
5 .- Dec. 7, 1784. David Reddick. 6 .- Aug. 12, 1785. Pressly Neville. 7 .- MatthewRitchie. 8 .- Alex. McClean. 9 .- June 5, 1801. Jonathan Leet. 10 .- Feb. 2, 1810. Wm. Hawkins. 11 .- Sept. 10, 1811. Jonathan Men- denhall. 12 .- Dec. 15, 1817. James Reed.
13,-April 12, 1822. Wm. V. Leet. 14 .- Feb. 8, 1825. Stephen Woods. 15 .- May 10, 1836. James McQuow- en. 16 .- Aug. 27, 1839. E. G. Creacraft. 17 .- March 19, 1846. T. C. Noble. 18 .- March 17, 1851. H. J. Vankirk. 19 .- Dec. 10, 1854. T. C. Noble. 20 .- Dec. 13, 1858. Thos. J. Boyd.
21 .- Oct. 28, 1862. Francis Reader. 22 .- Dec. 1, 1865. Demas Benning- ton.
23 .- Oct. 1869. Jacob Gayman.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The organic law provided that the trustees should divide the county into the necessary number of townships, in each of which justices should be elected. Accordingly, on the 15th July, the elec- tors of the thirteen townships met in their respective election dis- tricts, and elected these officers. The justices of the peace were also commissioned to be justices of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Orphans' Court. But by the constitution of 1790 the judiciary system was changed, and their powers as judges of the court ceased February, 1792. This constitution provided for the appointment of justices of the peace by the governor with limited powers .* In 1838 justices were elected by the new constitution, and have continued so until the present time.
In the following table the Roman numerals refer to the number of terms to which the individual was elected.
NAME. DATE. DISTRICT.
Adams, Alexander. Nov. 18, 1811. Cross Creek and Hopewell.
Ailes, Isaac ; II. April 14, 1839. East Pike Run.
Allen, Thomas G. April 15, 1845. Hopewell.
* By an act of legislature of May 4, 1803, the commissioners divided Washington County into eleven districts for the appointment of justices. 1st district, Washing- ton and Strabane townships ; 2d, Buffalo and Canton ; 3d, Hopewell and Cross Creek ; 4th, Smith, Hanover, and Robinson ; 5th, Cecil and Chartiers ; 6th, Peters and Not- tingham ; 7th, Pike Run and Fallowfield ; 8th, Somerset ; 9th, East and West Beth- lehem ; 10th, Morris and Amwell ; 11th, Finley and Donegal. At the same session of the legislature the Court of Quarter Session was authorized to lay off, alter, and divide townships by appointing three impartial men, if necessary, to inquire into the propriety of granting the petition ; and it shall be their duty to make a plot or draught of the townships proposed to be divided.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
NAME. DATE. DISTRICT.
Alexander, Andrew J. April 10, 1849. East Bethlehem.
Alexander, Henry. Dec. 10, 1817. E. Bethlehem.
Alexander, Joseph. Feb. 9, 1799. Donegal.
Alexander, Joseph. March 26, 1817. Donegal and Finley. Alexander, William S. May 19, 1857. Donegal.
Allison, Adam. Jan. 7, 1805. Canton and Buffalo.
Allison, Patrick. April 16, 1792.
Ammons, Joshua M. April 12, 1859. Millsborough.
Archer, David T. Dec. 8, 1823. Cross Creek, Hopewell, Mt. Pleasant.
Archer, Ebenezer. Aug. 6, 1845. Peters.
Archer, James. April 6, 1790. Franklin.
Armstrong, Hugh. Oct. 29, 1829. Finley and Donegal.
Bailey, Eli. April 21, 1794. Cumberland.
Baird, Absalom ; II. March 3, 1789. Washington.
Baird, George. April 11, 1848. Washington.
Barnett, Samuel. May 13, 1858. West Bethlehem.
Baker, Lewis F. April 10, 1860. West Pike Run.
Barr, John. April 10, 1849. Somerset.
Barr, John A. April 13, 1869. Somerset.
Beall, Zephaniah ; II. Aug. 24, 1790. Bethlehem.
Bean, Isaac. April 16, 1792.
Bearley, Nicholas ; III. April 14, 1839. Claysville.
Bebout, Ira C. April 9, 1850. North Strabane. Bell, James. Jan. 11, 1790. Morgan.
Bentley, Shazbazzar, Sr. Feb. 8, 1819. Somerset.
Bentley, Shazbazzar, Jr. Feb. 18, 1830. Peters, Nottingham, Mt. Pleasant.
Bentley, Shazbazzar, Jr. April 10, 1860. Monongahela City.
Bennington, Moses ; II. Oct. 17, 1836. Pike Run and Fallowfield.
Berry, William. Dec. 13, 1815. Chartiers and Cecil.
Bigger, Thomas. June 12, 1822.
Smith, Hanover, and Robinson.
Birch, John ; II. April 15, 1845. Claysville.
Blaine, James ; III. Jan. 1, 1817.
Washington.
Blaine, Eph. L. ; II. April 12, 1827. East and West Bethlehem. Blackeny, Gabriel. Feb. 26, 1793.
Washington.
Boggs, Andrew. Feb. 17, 1797. Fallowfield.
Bowers, John; II. Jan. 16, 1819. Peters and Nottingham.
Bowers, John, Jr. April 14, 1854. Hanover.
Bowers, Andrew ; II. Aug. 13, 1836. East and West Bethlehem.
Bower, George. April 10, 1849. Peters.
Bower, Benj. F. April 10, 1860. East Bethlehem.
Botkins, G. W. March 9, 1861. Claysville.
Boyd, John. Nov. 17, 1837. Cross Creek, Hopewell, Mt. Pleasant, and West Middleton.
Boyd, John ; III. April 14, 1840. West Middletown.
Boyd, Geo. W. April 15, 1845. Canton.
Brackenridge, John. June 18, 1800. Peters.
Bramley, William. April 10, 1849. Millsborough.
Brenton, Joseph. April 11, 1854. East Pike Run.
Brice, George W .; IV. April 14, 1839. Washington.
Brice, Henry. April 14, 1840. Buffalo.
Brownlee, James. July 24, 1821. Canton and Buffalo.
Brownlee, John. April 14, 1840. Canton.
Brownlee, John; III. April 16, 1856. Franklin.
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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
NAME. DATE. DISTRICT.
Brown, Joseph ; II. April 9, 1850. Canonsburg.
Brown, David. April 14, 1857. Hopewell.
Buchanan, David. April 18, 1870. Independence.
Buchanan, John. Dec. 9, 1799. Hopewell. Buchanan, John. Dec. 13, 1824. Smith, Hanover, Robinson, and Mount Pleasant.
Buchanan, James S. Nov. 6, 1869. Mount Pleasant.
Buchanan, Walter ; III. April 11, 1848. Hanover.
Buck, Thomas. April 10, 1860. Buffalo.
Bubbet, Benjamin T. Dec. 8, 1823. Smith, Hanover, Robinson, and Mount Pleasant.
Buffington, Seth, Jan. 23, 1819. Pike Run and Fallowfield.
Burgan, Daniel. April 14, 1839. Somerset.
Bumgarner, Jesse. Jan. 3, 1816. East and West Bethlehem.
Bumgarner, David. April 9, 1850. Millsboro'.
Burns, John ; IV. April 14, 1839. West Finley.
Burns, Alexander. June 23, 1845. West Middletown.
Butler, Ira R .; Iv. April 15, 1845. Carroll.
Butz, David. April 21, 1862. Beallsville. Baker, D. G. C. April 11, 1865. California.
Boyd, D. M. ; 11. April 11, 1865. Hopewell.
Baker, L. F. April 11, 1865. West Pike Run.
Baker, L. J. April 17, 1866. Greenfield.
Boyd, Thomas. April 14, 1868. Independence.
Caesber, Jonathan. April 11, 1865. Nottingham.
Caldwell, John ; II. April 14, 1839. Somerset.
Caldwell, Robert. April 9, 1850. Peters.
Campbell, John. Feb. 8, 1799. Peters. Campbell, John. April 14, 1840. Smith. Canon, John ; fr. Oct. 6, 1784. Chartiers.
Carrol, William ; II. April 11, 1854. California.
Carson, Thomas. Jan. 1, 1806. Pike Run and Fallowfield.
Carson, Washington. April 11, 1865. Fallowfield. Carter, John. Dec. 8, 1823. Amwell and Morris. Castner, Daniel. April 11, 1865. Carroll.
Chalfant, H. S. April 12, 1859. Greenfield.
Chalfant, H. S. April 11, 1865. East Pike Run. Chester, Morrison. April 15, 1845. East Pike Run. Clark, David. July 15, 1781. Smith. Clark, David. July 15, 1781. Strabane.
Clarke, Andrew ; IV. August 25, 1845. Nottingham.
Clarke, Harvey H. April 10, 1849. Canton.
Clarke, William. April 3, 1799. Chartiers. Clarke, J. Murray. April 15, 1851. Robinson.
Cleaver, Isaac N. ; III. April 9, 1850. East Bethlehem.
Clemens, William. Feb. 5, 1801. Donegal and Buffalo. Peters, Nottingham, and Carrol.
Clemens, John. March 28, 1836. Clemens, John ; v. April 14, 1839. Monongahela City.
Clemens, John ; II. April 10, 1860. Buffalo.
Cloakey, John S. April 14, 1839. Carroll. Cloakey, John S. April 13, 1847. Canton.
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