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COURT-HOUSES AND JAILS .- The aet of erec- tion provides, in Section 9, that the commissioners of the county "build and ercet a Court-Houseand Prison, suitable and convenient for the Publiek, on the Publick and such other squares as shall be reserved for that purpose." Lot No. 86, on Mar- ket Street, was designated as a jail lot by the trustees appointed to lay out the town, and in the year 1790 the commissioners caused to be built upon it a log building, two stories in height, with an outside staircase. The lower story was fitted as a jail and the upper story as a court-room. An addition, fifteen by twenty feet, was made to the jail in 1795, for which on No- vember 5th of that year William Harper received seventy-four pounds. On the same date William Elliott presented a bill for three hundred and twenty-four pounds of iron for use in the jail ; Jacob Yost presented a bill for a grate of two Indred and thirty-five pounds' weight, both of which were paid. On the 16th of June, 1797, Robert Forsythe presented a bill of .62 5s.,
" for making two foot-locks and a chain, and one yoke for the neck of a certain Morrison, convicted in the county of Mifflin for felony, and sent to the cells in Philadelphia."
This jail was not considered sufficient for the purpose, and at the April session of the grand jury in 1799 they represented the necessity of a good and sufficient jail for Mifflin County, to be built in the borough of Lewistown, of stone and other material, suitable for the same. The size and plan were to be determined on by the trustees, by law appointed, for the county, and the commissioners were to be authorized to cause a tax to be levied and collected sufficient to defray the expenses of the same.
The log jail was torn down about 1802-3, and a stone jail erected upon its site, which served the purpose until 1856, when the present jail was erected upon the same site. Courts were held in the sceond story of the jail build- ing until 1795, when it seems to have been abandoned, and rooms rented in different parts of the town. It was in the upper room court was held in September. 1791. when the rioters came up from below the Long Narrow-, a full account of which will be found in the chapter upon the Bench and Bar of Mifflin County.
In 1794 a room was rented of Robert Kin- ney, the bill for which was presented to the commissioners, who, on January 14, 1795, gave an order upon the treasurer as follows :
"Sir: Pay Robt. Kinney the sum of ten pounds, four shillings and four pence half-penny for erecting a seat for the use of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon P'leas of the County of Mitllin, bringing benches from the Court-House to his own house and placing them round the council table and taking apart the Council table that was in the Court-House and carry- ing it to his own house and putting it together again for the use of the said Court, for finding two pounds of nails, one pound of candles and for the use of a room for the accommodation of the said Court."
In the same year a room was rented of James Ruglers " for the use of the court," and on the 81st of August, 1795, the commissioners passed a bill for 65, 12s. 5d. in favor of Jeremiah Daily, " for sawing out a door of a house for the use of the Court of Mifflin County, for find- ing one thousand feet of pine boards for the same use, for hauling the same from the River
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Juniata to the said house for the same use, for moving the seats and Council table from the Court-House of said County and carrying the same to said house for said use, and putting them up, finding said nails for said purpose and one and half days of his own work."
On the 17th of January, 1796, a room was rented in the tavernof Michael Foncannon (where Pratt's grocery now is) for the use of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, four days. At the same time a room in the tavern of William Elliott (site of National) was rented for one week for the use of grand and petit juries, and for the accommodation of the courts of Mifflin County.
The same room was rented for the April and May terms, and in the April term, 1797, and for the use of the Su- preme Court in the May term of that year, and for April and May terms, 1798.
In the year 1795 the public square, in the centre of the town, was selected by the trustees as a site for a court- house. The commissioners advertised for proposals in the Mifflin Gazette, then published in Lewistown; contract was made with John Norris and James Alexander to ercet a court-house of brick, two stories in height, in accord- ance with plans.
It probably was not commenced until 1797. The following order from the commissioners to the treasurer of Mifflin County, dated January 10, 1798, signed by Joseph Edmiston, William Bratton and Ezra Doty, commissioners, gives the names of the contractors :
"Sir: Pay John Norris and James Alexander, un- dertakers for the Building the Court-House in the Borough of Lewistown, the sum of five hundred pounds, being the second draught agreeable to con- tract for the Building said Court-honse."
The following order to the treasurer shows the time the court-house was first nsed. It is dated September 5, 1798, and was signed by the commissioners.
"Sir: Pay to James Alexander or John Norris the sum of Twenty-Eight dollars, being for the use of the
present Court-House and preparing the same for the accomodation of the Court at August term, Que thon- sand seven hundred and ninety eight."
The last payment on the court-house was made to James Alexander and John Norris, April 11, 1799, and was for five hundred pounds, with interest, and £87.38 extra, which was for fitting up a room for the commissioners.
In the fall of 1798, Richard Hope presented a bill " for erecting a table for the Clerk of the Court, a Council table and Jury boxes agreeably to a new plan and making shelves in the Com- missioners' Room."
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The court-house was erceted in the centre of the diamond. It was built of brick, two stories in height, exactly square, with a cupola in the centre and with doors opening from Market and from Main Streets. An open mar- ket-house was built on the northeast corner of the court-house which was torn away in 1819, when, by an ordinance of the borough, the square about the court-house was to be improved. It was directed that the street " be raised one foot, with stone in the middle and graveled and turn-
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piked to 9 inches at the edges and to extend twenty-one feet from the pavement of the court-honse in cach direction."
It would appear from the action of the grand jury given below that the public offices were not held in the court-house.
At the April sessions of court, 1799, the grand jury presented that Samnel Echmiston, Esq., prothonotary, should receive compensa- tion out of the county treasury for his ex- pense in furnishing an apartment for holding the public offices of the county, and also the adjourned Courts of Common Pleas and Or- phans' Courts ; also for books and stationery furnished by him ; the ammal sum to be fixed by the judges of the court and a majority of the county commissioners.
The public offices were probably held in the room fitted up by Mr. Edmiston until the erection of the publie offices, which was about 1816.
On the 24th of November, 1815, George Hanewalt, John Kinzer and IT. Burkholder, commissioners, advertised for proposals for building public offices. The proposals were to be handed to David Reynolds on or before the first Monday in January next., with whom plans and specifications were left.
Publie offices were built soon after, in 1816, and were used until the erection of the present conrt-house.
The action that led to the erection of the present court-house was taken by the grand jury of the county at their meeting in Novem- ber, 1837, when that body presented the follow- ing report embodying the reasons why a new court-house is needed :
" PRESENTMENT.
"To the Honorable, the Judges of the Court of General Quarter Session of the Peace, now hold- ing for the County of Mifflin.
"The Grand Inquest of the body of the County of Mitllin, inquiring for the interest of the same, would respectfully present that, after having gone through our other duties, think it very proper, under all the circumstances of the case, to recommend the removal and rebuilding in a permanent nummer, in some suita- able place the Court-House and Public offices of the Said County (believing as we do that within a very few years past the present Court-House has cost in
repairs a sum very near equal to what would be re- quired to rebuild the same in a more suitable place). We do therefore recommend the taking down of both the Court- House and offices and rebuilding the whole together in a systematic manner ont of the materials that may be used from the old buildings in addition to such new materials as may be necessary. And think it would be proper for the County Commis- sioners, to make provision in due time for such little expense as may be necessary to carry out the aforesaid project under the order and instruction of the Court aforesaid (believing as we do that money expended with due economy towards building and keeping in a proper stateof repair such buiklings as the public busi- ness of the County indispensably requires for public convenience, as also for the safe keeping of Public Records, etc., can never be a public loss).
" D. R. REYNOLDS, Foreman."
This report was received by the court, but not acted upon until November 8, 1839, when it was approved.
The lot on the corner of Main Street and the public square, on which the court-house now stands, was purchased, in 1842, of R. C. Hale, and in that year the contract for its erce- tion was let to Holman & Simon, who com- pleted it and delivered it to the commissioners in December, 1843. The amount paid, includ- ing $741.17 extra work, was in round numbers fifteen thousand dollars.
The size of the original building was forty- eight by thirty-two feet, with a portico ten by thirty-five feet.
The public offices were filled up on the first floor of the buikling with vaults and desks suitable to the wants of the different officers, and they have been oceupied as such to the present time.
The court-room and grand and petit jury- rooms were on the second floor. The enlarge- ment in 1878 increased the size of the court- room, and the jury-rooms were placed farther to the rear.
The last meeting held in the old court-house was the one mentioned in the Gazette of Decem- ber 23, 1813, when the "Old. Court-House is given as the place of holding a Democratie Whig Meeting." The building was torn down the next year and the Square was leveled and paved.
In the course of time repairs were needed and
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in 1878 it was resolved at a meeting of the commissioners (April 20th) to repair and cularge the court-house as recommended by the grand jury of the November and April terms preced- ing, providing the expense did not exceed ten thousand dollars.
Daniel Ziegler was employed to make plans and specifications which were adopted April 30th and the board advertised for sealed pro- po-als to be opened May 9th. At that time the contract was let to Buyers, Guyger & Co. for $7245. The tower and vestibule was not in the original plan and contract was made for that Furt of the work September 9th, the same year, for $1850 making the entire cost of repairs and addition $9095.
POOR-HOUSE .-- On the 31st of March, 1845, an act was passed by the assembly authorizing the people of Lewistown borough and of Gran- ville and Derry townships to vote upon the question as to whether a poor-farm should be purchased. If by a vote it was decided in the affirmative, the townships and borough were cach to contribute twenty-five hundred dollars towards the purchase in question and the main- tenance of the poor.
A poor-farm was purchased by the borough and townships and on the 22d of April, 1850, an act was approved " for the erection of a loan for the support of the poor in the County of Mifflin " which provided that if " the poor- farm now owned by the borough of Lewistown should be sold by the burgess and Town Council, a County poor-house should be erected as soon thereafter as could conveniently be done." The measure was carried out, and Samuel W. Taylor, Isaiah Coplin, Samuel Barr, James Criswell and David Jenkins were appointed commissioners to purchase real estate on or before Angust 1, 1850.
The commissioners, after viewing several sites, selected a tract of two hundred and two acres owned by James Burns and lying on the bank of the Kishacoquillas Creek one-half mile rast of Lewistown. This tract, with two brick buildings upon it, was purchased July 20, 1850, for $1600 and at once converted into the poor- farm of Mitllin County, and it is still used as such.
CIVIL LAST OF MIFFLIN COUNTY .- The civil list of Mifflin County is here given as completely as it could be obtained from the records, ---
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Ninth District, composed of Huntingdon, Mit- flin, Centre, Clearfield and MeKean Counties : John Brown, 1820.
Twelfth District, composed of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre and Clearfield Counties: John Brown, 1822.
Fifteenth District, composed of Huntingdon, Miillin, Centre and Clinton Counties: Dr. Joseph Henderson, 1832; re-elected 1834. George Mccullough, 1839.
STATE SENATORS.
Ezra Doty, 1808. R. P. MeClay, 1838.
William Beale, 1812. Jon. J. Cunningham, 1850.
Alexander Dysart, 1816. Joseph S. Waream, 1874.
Geo. Mccullough, 1832. John B. Selheimer, 1884.
MEMBERS OF STATE LEGISLATURE.
John Oliver, 1790. James Banks, 1790.
Ezra Doty, 1790.
Jonathan Rothrock, 1790.
Daniel Christy, 1820. Robert Alexander, 1823. John Patterson, 1828. Joseph Kyle, 1828.
John Cummings, 1830. Abraham S. Wilson, 1837. Abraham S. Wilson, 18440. James Burns, 1844. William Wilson, 1845. William Reed, 1846. Hugh MeKce, 1847-48. Alex. Gibboney, 1819. John Ross, 1850-51. llenry P. Taylor, 1852. Alex. Gibboney, 1853. Elijah Morrison, 1854. John Purcell, 1855-56. Charles Bower, 1857.
David Withrow, 1858.
George Bates, 1859.
Adol. F. Gibboney, 1860. James II. Ross, 1861. Holmes Maclay, 1862.
C. C. Stanbarger, 1863-64.
James M. Brown, 1865-66. John S. Miller, 1867. Henry S. Wharton, 1867. Samuel T. Brown, 1868.
Amos HI. Martin, 1868. Ilen. J. McAtecr, 1869-70.
1. Rohrer, 1869-70. George V. Mitchell, 1871. George Bates, 1872. Jerome Hetrick, 1873. Jos. W. Parker, 1874-75. E. H. II.Stackpole, 1876-77. Jos. IT. Maclay, 1878-80. Dr. W. II. Parcels, 1883-81. Geo. S. Hoffman, 1884-85.
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL OF THE STATE.
Reuben C. Hale, 1861.
SHERIFFS.
George Wilson, commissioned October 24, 1789. William Wilson, commissioned November 6, 1792. Andrew Nelson, commissioned November 7, 1796. William Elliott, commissioned November, 5, 1798. William Sterrett, commissioned May 10, 1800. Edward MeCarty, commissioned October 21, 1803. William Scott, commissioned October 10, 1805. William Bell, commissioned October 21, 1806. John McDowell, commissioned November 16, 1809. Daniel Christy, commissioned October 28, 1812. Thomas Horrell, commissioned November 28, 1815. Thomas Beale, commissioned October 21, 1818.
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John Beale, commissioned September 13, 1821. Samuel Edmiston, commissioned October 17, 1821. George McCulloch, commissioned October 29, 1821. Foster Milliken, commissioned November 21, 1827. Sammel W. Stuart, commissioned November 18, 1830. James Gibboney, commissioned October 25, 1833. Robert Matthews, commissioned November 15, 1836. James Turner, commissioned November 8, 1839. John Stoneroad, commissioned November 7, 1842. Robert Me Manigil, commissioned November 5, 1845. Davis MeKean Contner, commissioned November 9, 1848.
William Shimp, commissioned October 31, 1851. Jacob Muthersbongh, commissioned November 9, 1854.
Thomas E. Williams, commissioned November 7, 1857.
C. C. Stanbarger, commissioned November 9, 1860. Davis Mckean Contener, commissioned November 18, 1863.
William T. MeEwen, commissioned November 9. 1866.
William Willis, commissioned February 20, 1869.
Michael Jones, commissioned November 13, 1869.
David Muthersbongh, commissioned November 6. 1872.
Joseph W. Fleming, commissioned January 1, 1876. George Buffington, commissioned January 1, 1879. John S. Garrett, commissioned January 1, 1882.
C. Stewart Garrett, commissioned January 1, 1885.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
James Lyon, 1789.
Christopher Horrell, 1817.
Robert Little, 1789.
Louis Evans, 1818.
Enoch Ilastings, 1789.
Henry Long, 1819.
Thomas Anderson, 1793.
David Walker, 1820.
John Wilson, 1794.
Joseph Sharp, 1794.
George MeClelland, 1795. James Harris, 1795.
Andrew Bratton, 1823. Benjamin Law, 1824.
Joseph Edmiston, 1796.
John McConnal, 1796.
William Lyon, 1799.
Ezra Doty, 1799. Andrew Banks, 1800. John Piper, 1800.
Nicholas Arnold, 1801.
John Horrell, 1802.
John Kelley, 1805.
Jonathan Rothrock, 1806.
William Arbuckle, 1808. Ilenry Steely, 1809. Joseph Sellers, Is10. Francis Boggs, 1811. Samuel Myers, 1812. George Hanawalt, 1813. Henty Burkholder. 1514. John Kinser, 1:15. Samuel Wallick, 1816.
Thomas I. Postlethwaite, 1836.
Isaiah Coplin, 1837. Ilugh Conly, 1838.
Robert Mc Kee, 3:39. Henry Leattor. I.Pt. James Brisbin, 1841.
Samuel Barr, 1842. John Fleming, 18-13. George Bell, 1811. Solomon Kinser, 1815. David Jenkins, 1816. Levi Glass, 18:17.
William Custer, 18.18. Gabriel Dunmire, 1819. Thomas Stromp, 1850. James Dorman, 1851. Cyrus Stine, 1852. James Fleming, 1853. Jacob Hoover, 1854.
Jacob Linthurst, 1855.
William Wilson, 1856.
William Creighton, 1857. Joli Peachey, 1858. Richeson Bratton, 1859. Samuel Brower. 1860.
John MeDowell, 1861. Samuel Drake, 1862. Moses Miller, 1863.
Oliver P. Smith, 1863. John Taylor, 1864.
James C. Dysart, 1865. John W. Kearns, 1866. Charles Naginey, 1867. Thomas Romp, Isix. James Shehan, 1869. Henry S. Wilson, 1870, Henry Garver, 1871. Moses Miller, 1872.
Henry 1. Close, 1873. Jacob Stine, 1873.
David Hiester, 1874.
David Iliester, 1875.
John Culbertson, 1875. William A. Orr, 1875. John Henry, 1878.
Robert F. Cupples, 1878.
Robert J. MeNitt, 1878.
Francis A Means, Iss1.
John F. Stine, 1881.
1I. C. Van Zandt, 1881.
COMMISSIONERS' CLERKS.
Thomas Anderson, 1789. John Culbertson, 1793.
Sammel P. Lilley, 1838.
4. Rittenhouse, 1842.
H. J. Walters, 1847.
R. D. Smith, 1857.
Ephraim Banks, 1822.
George Frysinger, 1861.
Joseph S. Waream, 1866.
Joseph McCulloch. 1872.
J. Diekson, 1833.
Joseph Iloot, 1874.
A. B. Norris, 1834.
J. K. Rhodes, 1876. Samuel J. Brisben, 1885.
PROTHONOTARIES.'
Samuel Edmiston, commissioned October 24, 1789. John Norris, commissioned January 4, 1800.
William P. Maclay, commissioned February 28, 1809.
David Reynolds, commissioned November 22, 1816. Ephraim Banks, commissioned March 25, 1818.
Robert Craig, commissioned March 25, 1821.
William Mitchell, commissioned January 14, 1824.
Abraham S. Wilson, commissioned January 7, 1830. David R. Reynolds, commissioned March 12, 1832. William B. Johnston, commissioned January 18. 1836.
William Brothers, commissioned December 22, 1837.
James Gibboney, commissioned February 8, 1839. James Gibboney, elected November 14, 1839.
1 At the organization of the county, and for about twenty years thereafter, the offices of Prothonotary, Clerk of Quar- ter Sessions, Oyer and Terminer, Register of Wills, Record- er of Deeds and Clerk of the Ordan-' Court were held by one in ithe -the person. That: continued miatti february 28, 1809, when the offices were divided as at present.
W. W. Laird, 1801.
David Reynolds, 1819.
J. Dickson, 1827.
D. Milliken, 1831.
William Ramsey, 1821.
William Wharton, 1822.
Stephen Hinds, 1825. William Sharon, 1826. James Gibboney, 1827. Thomas Kerr, 1828.
Francis Boggs, 1829. John Knox, 1830. Lukens Atkinson, 1531. Robert Milliken, 1832. Francis MeCoy, 1833. John McClenahan, 1834. Samuel Alexander, 1835. Casper Dull, 1835.
Charles Ritz, 1835.
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David R. Reynolds, appointed April 28, 1811.
John R. MeDowell, commissioned November 12,
Zachariah Rittenhouse, commissioned November 25, 1847.
Thomas F. McCoy, commissioned November 25, 1550,
Henry J. Walters, commissioned November 19, 1856.
Nathaniel C. Wilson, commissioned December 10, 1862.
William IT. Bratton, commissioned January 9, 1866.
William S. Settle, commissioned January 1, 1875. Lafayette Webb, commissioned January 1, 1884.
REGISTERS AND RECORDERS.
David Reynolds, commissioned February 28, 1809.1 David Milliken, commissioned November 22, 1816. Tobias Kreider, commissioned January 14, 1824. Joshua Beale, commissioned January 7, 1830.
Daniel Eisenbeise, commissioned Jannary 18, 1836. Enoch Beale, commissioned, February 8, 1839.
Enoch Beale, elected November 14, 1839.
Jesse R. Crawford, commissioned November 12, 18.12.
James L. Mellvaine, commissioned November 25, 1848.
James McDowell, commissioned November 22, 1851.
Joseph S. Warcam, commissioned November 8, 1857.
Samuel Barr, commissioned November 23, 1860. Samuel W. Barr, appointed September 9, 1862. Samuel W. Barr, elected December 4, 1862.
Michael Hiney, commissioned November 30, 1865. John Baum, commissioned November 23, 1868.
Willis V. B. Coplin, commissioned January 1, 1875.
McClellan P. Wakefield, commissioned Jannary 1, 1881.
TREASURERS.
Samuel Armstrong, appointed in 1790.
Samuel Montgomery, appointed in 1793.
James Alexander, appointed in 1794.
John Norris, appointed in 1797.
Andrew Keiser, appointed in 1811.
Joseph B. Ard, appointed in 1812.
Robert Robison, apppointed in 1817.
William Brizbin, appointed in 1819. Joseph B. Ard, appointed in 1822. Henry Kulp, appointed in 1824.
Joseph B. Ard, appointed in 1827.
William Mitchell, appointed in 1830. James Dickson, appointed in 1832. Sanmel Edmiston, appointed in 1834.
I The date at which the office was separated from that of Prothonotary.
James Burns, appointed in 1835.
Charles Ritz,appointed in 1838.
James Burns, appointed in 1811.
Lewis Hoover, clected in 1841.
James A. Cunningham, clected in 1843.
Jolm C. Sigler, elected in 1845.
Nathaniel Fear, elected in 18-17.
Robert 11. MeClintic, elected in 18-19.
Daniel Zeigler, elected in 1851.
William Morrison, elected in 1853.
Henry Zerbe, elected in 1855.
John B. Selheimer, elected in 1857.
William C. Vines, elected in 1859.
Robert W. Patton, clected in 1861.
Amos Hoot, elected in 1863.
Charles Gibbs, clected in 1865.
Joseph McFadden, elected in 1867.
John Swan, elected in 1869.
John A. Shimp, elected in 1871.
Jesse Mendenhall, elected in 1873.
James M. Nolte, elected in 1875.
Joseph A. Fichthorn, elected in 1878.
James Firoved, elected in 1881.
Robert Myers, elected in 1884.
SURVEYORS.
Michael M. Monahan, appointed in 1812.
Robert Robison, appointed in 1829.
David Hough, appointed in 1832.
William Shaw, appointed in 1836.
John Shaw, elected in 1839.
David Hough, elected in 1842.
John R. Weeks, elected in 1850.
John Swartzell, elected in 1853.
George H. Swigart, elected in 1859.
Thomas F. Niece, elected in 1862.
John Swartzell, elected in 1868.
William J. Swigart, elected in 1874.
David A. MeNabb, elceted in 1877.
David Hough, appointed in January, 1880. W. Worrall Marks, elected in 1880.
CORONERS.
James Taylor, appointed in 1789.
William Armstrong, appointed in 1791. Jolin Culbertson, appointed in 1792. Robert Steel, appointed in 1795.
James C. Ramsey, appointed in 1798.
Edward Williams, appointed in 1799.
John Steel, appointed in 1802. James Walker, appointed in 1805.
James Glasgow, appointed in 1809.
William McCrum, appointed in 1811.
John Stewart, appointed in 1828. Thomas J. Postlethwait, appointed in 1829.
James MeDowell, appointed in 1830. John McKee, appointed in 1836. Christian Hoover, elected in 1839. Frederick Swartz, elected in 1845 George Davis, elected in IS-IS.
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George Wiley, clected in US51.
James McCord, elected in 185 1.
John MeKce, clected in 1857. John Musser, elected in 1858. George Miller, elected in 1859. John Davis, elected in 1872. Samuel Belford, elected in 1875.
George Miller, elected in 1876.
William W. Tront, appointed in 1877.
William N. Hoffman, clected in 1880.
Grantham T. Waters, appointed in 1883.
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.
James M. Brown, 1850. Ang. Wakefield, 1850.
Christian C. Hoover, 1870. James Kyle, 1870.
Robert Mathews, 1850.
Joseph 11. Morrison, 1871. Charles Bratton, Jr. 1872. Andrew Spanogle, 1873. Joseph MI. Fleming, 1874. William Greer, 1875.
John Atkinson, 1855.
Daniel Zeigler, 1855.
John Peachy, 1856.
John Cubbison, 1857.
[Act of Assembly made the commissioners also
directors of the poor. This continued until 1870.]
Jacob Bollenger, 1883. Robert Taylor, 1884. Joseph Winter, 1885.
Alex. Morrison, 1870. COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.1
R. C. Ross, from July 5, 1854, to October 18, 1856.
A. M. Woods, from Oct. 21, 1856, to Jme 3, 1857. 1. D. Hawn, from June 3, 1857, to Dee. 1, 1858. A. J. Warner, from Dee. 1, 1858, to Aug. 29, 1859. Azariah Smith, from August 30, 1859, Lo June 1, 1863. J. Williamson, from August 10, 1863, to June 5, 1864. M. Mohler, from June 6, 1864, to June 5, 1869. J. M. Bell, from June 4, 1859, to June 7, 1875. W. C. Gardner, from June 7, 1875, to June 6, 1878. W. C. MeClenahan, from June 6, 1878, to June 2, 1884. W. L. Owens, elected June 2, 1884.
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