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1 Son of Mr. James Watson (1831), and now of the Pitts- burg bar.
2 Mr. McCracken, of the present bar, argued to the jury the last case tried in the old court-house of 1842, and had the ver- dict for his client; he also argued to the jury the first case tried in the new court-house of 1900, and again had the ver- dict for his client.
Now president judge; for sketch and portrait, see ante, p. 157.
4 Brother of Mr. Boyd Crumrine, and since 1868 of the Topeka (Kansas) bar.
PRACTICING MEMBERS OF THE BAR, ADMITTED, 1890-1896.
G. P. Baker.
W. P. Warne. B. E. McCracken. H. B. Hughes. C. W. Campbell. I. W. Baum. A. G. Braden. J. P. Eaglesou.
Grant E. Hess. Jobn C. Bane. O. S. Chalfant. A. M. Templeton. O. C. Underwood, J. P. Miller, Jr.
Boyd E. Warne.
B. G. Hughes. R. W. Knox.
(Absent: F. E. Baird ; J. R. Burnside.) [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph by Hallam.]
295
THE ROLL OF ATTORNEYS.
1870.
Franklin Ezra Oliver, May. John Milton Oliver, May. Clark Riggle, August. George Fetterman, May.
Oscar L. Jackson, August. H. P. Mueller, August. John Mueller, August. William McEnrue, December.
1871.
Jacob Davis, February. B. F. Lucas, May.
Joseph McK. Acheson, April. GEORGE O. JONES, August. Daniel N. McCracken, April. Leopold Becker, December.
1872.
W. G. Guyler, January. William S. McFadden, August.
G. W. G. Waddle, February. William Blakely, October. B. C. Christy, December.
S. A. McClung, April.
1873.
J. Hanson Good, February. E. G. Creacraft, February. Nathaniel Richardson, February. JOHN H. MURDOCH,1 August. John McCracken Hoon, August.
1874.
Edgar Galbraith, January. John Dalzell, January. William H. White, April.
J. B. Jones, April. Thomas Henry, May. John R. Braddock, June.
John M. Kennedy,2 June. David H. Martin, April. T. JEFFERSON DUNCAN, October.
1875. Charles W. McCord, October. James L. Berry, October. George A. Hoffman, Jr., October.
Son of Hon. Alexander Murdoch; of whom see sketch, ante, p. 286.
2 Now president judge Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Allegheny County.
296
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
1876.
John W. Morehead, February.
Isaac S. Van Voorhis,
William O. Crawford, May. John H. McCreary, February, May.
John A. Moninger, March. A. S. Miller, August. Julian B. Crenshaw, December.
B. Frank Montgomery, May.
1877.
ALVAN DONNAN,1 January. David F. Enoch, May.
Willlam F. Wright, January. Joseph S. Haymaker, May.
Wm. Archibald Barr, August.
Ernest F. Acheson,4 August.
John M. Davis, January. J. CARTER JUDSON,' January. James M. Sprowls, March. W. C. Stillwagen, August. RALPH C. MCCONNELL,3 March. William M. Boggs, October. John F. O'Malley, May. J. B. R. Streator, October.
1878.
I. N. Patterson, February. John Barton, July.
Charles C. Montooth, March.
Louis R. Smith, April.
J. H. S. Trainer, May.
George C. Burgwin, June.
William M. Watson,5 August. JAMES IRWIN BROWNSON,6 October. J. F. MCFARLAND, October. W. McBride Perrin, October.
James McFadden Carpenter, October.
1 Brother of Mr. John W. Donnan, 1867.
2 Son of Mr. J. L. Judson, 1851.
3 District attorney, 1881-1883.
4 Son of Hon. A. W. Acheson, president judge, 1866-1876.
5 Son of James Watson (1831), as to whom see sketch, ante, p. 281.
6 See portrait; and for sketch, see ante, p. 182.
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PRACTICING MEMBERS OF THE BAR, ADMITTED, 1897-1901.
L. R. Boyd. W. N. Butler. J. P. Braden. Maynard Allen. J. A. Magill. B. E. Tombaugh. H. L. Williams. Clarence Rehn. R. H. Meloy. C. L. V. Acheson. A. H. Anderson.
H. R. Myers. W. M. Craft. R. W. Parkinson. E. B. Murdoch. O. S. Scott.
W. A. H. Mellvaine. V. Hazzard. J. W. McDowell. John C. Hart,
(Absent : W. K. Vance. A. T. Morgan, Blaine Aiken, J. P. Brownlee.) [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph by Hallam.]
297
THE ROLL OF ATTORNEYS.
1879.
Samuel C. Cook, March.
John M. Braden, March.
John S. Marquis, Jr., March. William Reardon, March. William H. Playford, March.
Thomas J. Lazear, April. John D. McKennan, October. JULIUS P. MILLER, October. ALBERT S. SPROWLS, October. JAMES FRANKLIN TAYLOR,1 October.
1880.
SAMUEL C. CLARKE,2 January. THOMAS FLEMING BIRCH, June.
Thomas McK. Hughes, William G. Stewart, June. September.
1881.
Hugh A. Rogers, January. ROBERT WILSON IRWIN, June. Joseph M. Swearingen, June. Joseph T. Noble, June.
1882.
George W. Guthrie, February. JOSEPH M. DICKSON, June. WILLIAM SANDERS PARKER,3 John L. Rodgers, March. June.
James Q. McGiffin,+ June. J. M. PATTERSON, June.
George Peyton Miller, June.
1883. WINFIELD MCILVAINE, June.
1884.
John W. Martindale, August.
1 Now additional law judge; see portrait, and for sketch, see ante, p. 177.
2 Now official court reporter; see portrait.
3 District attorney, 1890-1895.
4 Late county solicitor; a grandson of Thomas McGiffin, 1807.
298
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
1885.
JAMES M. McBURNEY, April. SAMUEL AMSPOKER, December.
THOMAS B. H. BROWNLEE,1 NORMAN E. CLARK,
December. December.
Matthew H. Stevenson, December.
1886.
ERNEST ETHELBERT CRUMRINE,2 ANDREW M. LINN, March.
February. JAMES A. WILEY, August. William McKennan, Jr., August.
1887.
JAMES C. EWING, February. Charles G. McIlvaine, February.
1888. DAVID STERRETT, April. JAMES S. NEASE, September.
1890.
JOHN C. BANE, January. James E. Barnett,3 January. CHARLES W. CAMPBELL, January. FRANK E. BAIRD,4 May. W. PARKISON WARNE, May.
1891.
JAMES R. BURNSIDE, June. Thomas C. Noble, October.
J. W. Berryman, November. ODELL S. CHALFANT, December.
1892.
G. PLUMER BAKER, January. GRANT E. HESS, June. ALEX. M. TEMPLETON,5 December.
1 District attorney, 1896-1898.
2 Son of Mr. Boyd Crumrine, 1861.
3 Lieutenant-Colonel Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers in Philip- pine War; now state treasurer of Pennsylvania.
Son of Mr. Thomas II. Baird, Jr., 1846, of whom see sketch, ante, p. 287, and portrait.
5 District attorney, 1899-1901; grandson of Hon. Alexander Murdoch, 1843.
299
THE ROLL OF ATTORNEYS.
1893. BERTRAM E. MCCRACKEN,1 March.
1894.
Robert Gibson, March. Oliver M. Henderson, October. OWEN C. UNDERWOOD,2 October.
1895.
ALBERT G. BRADEN, April. HALDAIN B. HUGHES, November. JULIUS P. MILLER,3 JR., November. Charles C. Sterrett, November. BOYD E. WARNE, November. Joseph K. Weir, November.
1896.
ISAAC W. BAUM, January. JAMES P. EAGLESON, January. BLANCHARD G. HUGHES, January. Frank E. Bible, February. ROBERT W. KNOX, October.
1897.
A. H. ANDERSON, June. H. RUSSELL MYERS, June. BYRON E. TOMBAUGH,5 June.
WILLIAM N. BUTLER, 4 June.
CLARENCE REHN, November. ROBERT W. PARKINSON, June.
1898.
JOHN C. HART, February. C. L. V. ACHESON, March.
Harry A. Jones, July. ROBERT H. MELOY, July.
W. A. H. MCILVAINE, October.
' Son of Mr. M. L. A. McCracken, 1867.
2 District attorney elect, from January, 1902.
3 Son of Mr. Julius P. Miller, 1879.
+ The first of the colored race ever admitted to our bar.
5 County superintendent of common schools, 1890-1896.
6 Served as second lieutenant Company K, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in Philippine War.
300
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
1899.
WILLISON K. VANCE, February. ALBERT T. MORGAN, May. W. MERWIN CRAFT, December. EDGAR B. MURDOCH,1 December.
1900.
JAMES A. MAGILL,
March.
JOHN W. MCDOWELL,2 JR., September.
MAYNARD ALLEN, JR., December,
JAMES P. BRADEN, 3 December.
1901.
OLIVER S. SCOTT,4 January. BLAINE AIKEN, March.
JAMES P. BROWNLEE, March. LAWRENCE R. BOYD, March.
HARRY L. WILLIAMS, March. VERNON HAZZARD,6 November. FRANCIS H. WOODS, December.
1 Son of Mr. John H. Murdoch, 1873; grandson of Hon. Alex. Murdoch, 1843.
2 Son of Mr. James W. McDowell, 1869.
3 Sergeant Company H, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in Philippine War.
+ Adjutant Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in Philippine War.
6 Son of Mr. John Aiken, 1869; and served as first lieuten- ant Company H, Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in Philippine War.
6 Grandson of Mr. T. R. Hazzard, 1840.
XIII.
LISTS OF JUDGES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
THE last chapter closes with a complete roll of all the attorneys shown by our records to have been admitted to the Washington County bar at and since its first term of court on October 2, 1781, down to January 1, 1902. Hereafter, for a reason to be given, we shall throw this list into alpha- betical array, but we shall precede it here with a list of all the judges, learned and unlearned in the law, who have served since the organization of our courts, followed with lists of the court-house officials, including the county commis- sioners and their clerks, the county treasurers, and the super- intendents of common schools; these to show with whom the lawyers of the past and present have had to meet in the transaction of their professional business.
These lists have been made under great difficulties, but care has been taken with the names and the dates of com- mission or service.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
Appointed under the Constitution of 1776. Henry Taylor, commissioned August 24, 1781. Dorsey Pentecost, commissioned October 31, 1783. Henry Taylor, commissioned September 30, 1788.
Appointed under the Constitution of 1790. Alexander Addison, commissioned August 22, 1791. Samuel Roberts, commissioned June 2, 1803. Thomas H. Baird, commissioned October 19, 1818. Nathaniel Ewing, commissioned February 15, 1838.
Appointed under the Constitution of 1838. Samuel A. Gilmore, commissioned February 28, 1848.
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302
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
Elected under the Amendment of 1850.
Samuel A. Gilmore, commissioned November 6, 1851. James Lindsey, commissioned November 20, 1861.
James Watson, commissioned (declined) November 9, 1864.
J. Kennedy Ewing, commissioned November 19, 1864. B. B. Chamberlin, commissioned February 3, 1866. Alexander W. Acheson, commissioned November 15, 1866.
Elected under the Constitution of 1874.
George S. Hart, commissioned December 11, 1876. John A. McIlvaine, commissioned December 14, 1886. John A. McIlvaine, commissioned December 19, 1896.
ADDITIONAL LAW JUDGES.
Elected under the Constitution of 1874.
James F. Taylor, commissioned June 24, 1895 (ap- pointed).
James F. Taylor, commissioned December 19, 1895.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Appointed under the Constitution of 1776. William Scott, commissioned August 24, 1781. John Craig, commissioned August 24, 1781. John White, commissioned August 24, 1781. Daniel Leet, commissioned August 24, 1781. John Marshall, commissioned August 24, 1781. John Douglass, commissioned August 24, 1781. Benjamin Parkinson, commissioned August 24, 1781. John Reed, commissioned August 24, 1781. Abner Howell, commissioned August 24, 1781. Matthew McConnell, commissioned August 24, 1781. Samuel Johnston, commissioned August 24, 1781. Samuel Mason, commissioned August 24, 1781. Matthew Ritchie, commissioned October 6, 1784. John Canon, commissioned October 6, 1784.
303
LISTS OF JUDGES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Henry Vanmetre, commissioned February 11, 1785. William Johnston, commissioned February 9, 1786. John Hoge, commissioned November 21, 1786. Thomas Scott, commissioned November 21, 1786. John Worth, commissioned November 21, 1786. Joseph Scott, commissioned September 25, 1787. Samuel Glasgow, commissioned May 7, 1788. William Wallace, commissioned June 30, 1788. James Edgar, commissioned September 30, 1788. William McFarland, commissioned September 30, 1788. John Reed, commissioned November 8, 1788. Hugh Scott, commissioned November 8, 1788. William Smiley, commissioned November 11, 1788. Eleazer Jenkins, commissioned March 3, 1789. Absalom Baird, commissioned March 3, 1789. John Douglass, commissioned March 3, 1789. Thomas Ryerson, commissioned April 8, 1789. John Minor, commissioned November 30, 1789. William Smith, commissioned December 21, 1789. James Bell, commissioned January 11, 1790. James Archer, commissioned April 16, 1790. Zephania Beall, commissioned July 28, 1790. James Mitchell, commissioned August 24, 1790. John Canon, commissioned August 24, 1790. Henry Graham, commissioned August 24, 1790.
Appointed under the Constitution of 1790. Henry Taylor, commissioned August 17, 1791. James Edgar, commissioned August 17, 1791. James Allison, commissioned August 17, 1791. Matthew Ritchie, commissioned August 17, 1791. William Hoge, commissioned April 6, 1798. John McDowell, commissioned April 7, 1802. Boyd Mercer, commissioned January 1, 1806. John Hamilton, commissioned January 15, 1820. Thomas Mckeever, commissioned October 11, 1837.
304
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
Appointed under the Constitution of 1838. Samuel Hill, commissioned March 26, 1840. John Grayson, Sr., commissioned March 18, 1843. James Gordon, commissioned March 8, 1845. Isaac Hodgens, commissioned March 18, 1848. William Vankirk, commissioned March 12, 1850.
Elected under the Amendment of 1850. Abraham Wotring, commissioned November 10, 1851. John Freeman, commissioned November 10, 1851. James G. Hart, commissioned November 12, 1856. Jacob Slagle, commissioned November 12, 1856. James G. Hart, commissioned November 23, 1861. William Vankirk, elected October 8, 1861; election suc- cessfully contested.
Thomas McCarrell, commissioned June 3, 1862. James C. Chambers, commissioned November 9, 1866. John Farrer, commissioned November 9, 1866. Thomas W. Bradley, commissioned November 17, 1871.' John Scott, commissioned November 17, 1871.'
DEPUTY ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.
Appointed.
David Sample, appointed October 2, 1781. David Bradford, appointed December, 1783. Henry Purviance, served from March, 1795. Parker Campbell, served from April, 1796. James Ashbrook, qualified May, 1801. Thomas H. Baird, served from March, 1809. William Baird, served from March, 1814. Walter Forward, served from June, 1814. Thomas McK. T. McKennan, served from June, 1815. William Baird, appointed December 27, 1816. William Baird, reappointed March 26, 1821.
These two gentlemen were the last to serve as associate judges.
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LISTS OF JUDGES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
William Waugh, served from June 28, 1824. Isaac Leet, served from March, 1830. Isaac Leet, reappointed February 5, 1833. Alexander W. Acheson, qualified January 26, 1835. Richard H. Lee, qualified March, 1836. William McKennan, qualified August 23, 1837. Alexander W. Acheson, served from March, 1839. William Montgomery, qualified February 17, 1845. Alexander W. Acheson, served from February, 1846. George S. Hart, served from August, 1846.
Robert H. Koontz, qualified February, 1848.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Elected under Act of 1850.
George S. Hart, elected 1850; served 1851-1853. William Linn, elected 1853; served 1854-1856. Alexander Wilson, elected 1856; served 1857-1859. Alexander Wilson, elected 1859; served 1860-1862. James R. Ruth, elected 1862; served 1863-1865. Boyd Crumrine, elected 1865; served 1866-1868. Ianthus Bentley, elected 1868; served 1869-1871. Thomas H. Baird, Jr., elected 1871; served 1872-1874. John A. McIlvaine, elected 1874; served 1875-1877. John A. McIlvaine, elected 1877; served 1878-1880. Ralph C. McConnell, elected 1880; served 1881-1883. James F. Taylor, elected 1883; served 1884-1886. James F. Taylor, elected 1886; served 1887-1889.
William S. Parker, elected 1889; served 1890-1892.
William S. Parker, elected 1892; served 1893-1895.
Thomas B. H. Brownlee, elected 1895; served 1896- 1898.
Alexander M. Templeton, elected 1898; served 1899- 1901.
Owen C. Underwood, elected 1901; served 1902-
306
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
SHERIFFS.
Under Constitution of 1776.
Van Swearingen, served from November 30, 1781. Van Swearingen, served from November 10, 1783. James Marshel, served from November 3, 1784. James Marshel, served from November 21, 1786. David Williamson, served from October 26, 1787. David Williamson, served from January 17, 1789. William Wallace, served from November 9, 1790.
Under Constitution of 1790.
John Hamilton, served from October 21, 1793. Thomas Hamilton, served from November 2, 1796. Absalom Baird, served from November 2, 1799. George Hamilton, served from November 6, 1802. John McCluney, served from October 21, 1805. Robert Anderson, served from October 25, 1808. George Baird, served from November 23, 1811. Thomas Officer, served from November 1, 1814. Dickerson Roberts, served from November 6, 1817. Robert Officer, served from October 23, 1820. Samuel Workman, served from October 25, 1823. Robert McClelland, served from October 27, 1826. Joseph Henderson, served from October 26, 1829. Samuel Cunningham, served from October 16, 1832. John Marshel, served from November 5, 1835. John Wilson, served from October 24, 1836. James Spriggs, served from October 20, 1837.
Under Constitution of 1838.
Sheshbazzar Bentley, Jr., commissioned November 7, 1840. Jehu Jackman, commissioned November 4, 1843. Alexander G. Marshman, commissioned October 23, 1846. Peter Wolf, commissioned October 22, 1849. John McAllister, commissioned October 23, 1852. Andrew Bruce, commissioned October 22, 1855.
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LISTS OF JUDGES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Norton McGiffin, commissioned October 23, 1858. James M. Byers, commissioned November 18, 1861. Edmund R. Smith, commissioned November 8, 1864. Hugh Keys, commissioned November 25, 1867. William C. Ramsey, commissioned November 11, 1870. William Thompson, commissioned November 21, 1873. George T. Work, commissioned December 20, 1876. George Perritte, commissioned December 4, 1879. William B. Chambers, elected 1882; served 1883-1885. James T. Hemphill, elected 1885; served 1886-1888. George E. Lockhart, elected 1888; served 1889-1891. William P. Cherry, elected 1891; served 1892-1894. J. Vernon Clark, elected 1894; served 1895-1897. John H. Kennedy, elected 1897; served, died June 30, 1898. John A. Kennedy, appointed 1898; served 1898. Joseph T. Hemphill, elected 1898; served 1898-1901. C. E. Carothers, elected 1901; served 1902
CORONERS.
William McFarland, commissioned November 30, 1781. William McFarland, commissioned November 10, 1783. William McCombs, commissioned November 1, 1784. William McCombs, commissioned December 10, 1785. William McCombs, commissioned November 1, 1786. Robert Benham, commissioned October 26, 1787. Robert Benham, commissioned January 17, 1789. Samuel Clark, commissioned November 6, 1789. Samuel Clark, commissioned December 14, 1790. William Slemens, commissioned November 18, 1799. Dorsey Pentecost, commissioned November 6, 1802. Thomas Hutchinson, commissioned November 4, 1805. Dickerson Roberts, commissioned October 25, 1808. William Marshall, commissioned January 23, 1812. William Carter, commissioned February 22, 1815. James Ruple, commissioned November 6, 1817. John Johnson, commissioned October 23, 1820. George Sowers, commissioned November 10, 1823.
308
COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
Alexander Gordon, commissioned November 20, 1826. Moses Linn, commissioned November 2, 1828. James McFadden, commissioned October 16, 1832. John Wilson, commissioned November 18, 1835. John R. Griffith, commissioned October 20, 1837. John R. Griffith, commissioned December 23, 1837. William Tweed, commissioned November 7, 1840. William J. Wilson, commissioned November 4, 1843. Oliver Lindsey, commissioned November 24, 1846. James D. Best, commissioned November 9, 1849. William B. Cundall, commissioned November 8, 1852. Moses Little, commissioned November 13, 1854. Jonathan Martin, commissioned October 26, 1858. John E. Black, commissioned November 27, 1861. Isaac Vance, commissioned November 16, 1864. Charles W. McDaniel, commissioned November 16, 1867. Lewis Barker, commissioned December 11, 1868. Samuel M. Decker, commissioned December 4, 1871. James M. Byers, commissioned January 19, 1875. Samuel D. Harshman, commissioned February 13, 1878. Charles V. Greer, commissioned December 17, 1880. Charles V. Greer, commissioned January 22, 1884. J. F. Kennedy, commissioned December 14, 1887. T. R. H. Johnson, commissioned December 19, 1890. T. R. H. Johnson, commissioned December 19, 1893. John J. Fitzpatrick, commissioned December 19, 1896. John J. Fitzpatrick, commissioned December 12, 1899.
PROTHONOTARIES.
Under Constitution of 1776. Thomas Scott, commissioned April 2, 1781. Alexander Scott, commissioned March 28, 1789. David Redick, commissioned August 17, 1791. Under Constitution of 1790.
David Redick, commissioned March 14, 1792. William McKennan, commissioned January 11, 1803.
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LISTS OF JUDGES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Alexander Murdoch, commissioned March 6, 1809. Alexander Murdoch, commissioned January 1, 1815. Alexander Murdoch, commissioned April 9, 1818. William Sample, commissioned May 6, 1819. Thomas Morgan, commissioned February 12, 1821. William Sample, commissioned December 30, 1823. William Sample, commissioned December 21, 1826. Thomas Officer, commissioned February 10, 1830. Thomas Officer, commissioned January 25, 1833. George W. Acheson, commissioned January 8, 1836. John Urie, commissioned October 25, 1837. John Grayson, Sr., commissioned February 5, 1839.
Under Constitution of 1838.
John Grayson, Sr., from first Monday December, 1839. Ephraim L. Blaine, from first Monday December, 1842. Obadiah B. McFadden, from first Monday December, 1845. James Brown, from first Monday December, 1848. James Brown, from first Monday December, 1851. William S. Moore, from first Monday December, 1854. James B. Ruple, from first Monday December, 1857. James B. Ruple, from first Monday December, 1860. John E. Bell, from first Monday December, 1863. John L. Gow, Jr., from first Monday December, 1866. Daniel M. Donehoo, from first Monday December, 1869. Julius P. Miller, from first Monday December, 1872.
Under Constitution of 1874.
Julius P. Miller, from first Monday January, 1876. William A. Barr, from first Monday January, 1879. John W. Seaman, Jr., from first Monday January, 1882. John W. Seaman, Jr., from first Monday January, 1885. Elmer R. Deems, from first Monday January, 1888. Elmer R. Deems, from first Monday January, 1891. Wilson S. Campbell, from first Monday January, 1894. Wilson S. Campbell, from first Monday January, 1897. John I. Carson, from first Monday January, 1900.
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COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
CLERKS OF COURTS. Under Constitution of 1776.
Thomas Scott, commissioned April 2, 1781. Alexander Scott, commissioned March 28, 1781. David Redick, commissioned August 17, 1781.
Under Constitution of 1790.
David Redick, commissioned March 14, 1792. William McKennan, commissioned January 11, 1803. Alexander Murdoch, commissioned March 6, 1809. Alexander Murdoch, commissioned January 1, 1815. Alexander Murdoch, commissioned April 9, 1818. William Sample, commissioned May 6, 1819. Robert Colmery, commissioned February 12, 1821. Joseph Henderson, commissioned December 30, 1823. Joseph Henderson, commissioned December 21, 1826. James Ruple, commissioned February 7, 1828. James Ruple, commissioned February 19, 1830. James Ruple, commissioned January 25, 1833. James Blaine, commissioned January 8, 1836. James Ruple, commissioned February 5, 1839.
Under Constitution of 1838.
James Ruple, served from December 1, 1839. Alexander G. Marshman, served from December 1, 1842. William Hays, served from December 1, 1845. Robert F. Cooper, served from December 1, 1848. George Passmore, served from December 1, 1851. David Aiken, served from December 1, 1854. David Aiken, served from December 1, 1857. David Aiken, served from December 1, 1860. William Kidd, served from December 1, 1863. William Kidd, served from December 1, 1866. Samuel Ruth, served from December 1, 1869. James S. Stocking, served from December 1, 1872.
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LISTS OF JUDGES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Under Constitution of 1874.
James S. Stocking, from first Monday January, 1876. Benjamin F. Hasson, from first Monday January, 1879. Benjamin F. Hasson, from first Monday January, 1882. Clark Riggle, from first Monday January, 1885; died. Norman E. Clark, served from August 10, 1887. Maynard R. Allen, from first Monday January, 1888. Maynard R. Allen, from first Monday January, 1891. Henry T. Bailey, from first Monday January, 1894. Henry T. Bailey, from first Monday January, 1897. Charles E. Baker, from first Monday January, 1900.
REGISTERS OF WILLS.
James Marshel, commissioned April 4, 1781. Thomas Stokeley, commissioned November 19, 1784. Thomas Stokeley, commissioned September 14, 1790. James Marshel, commissioned August 17, 1791. Samuel Clarke, commissioned March 6, 1795. John Israel, commissioned January 15, 1800. Isaac Kerr, commissioned December 1, 1806. Isaac Kerr, commissioned March 6, 1809. Isaac Kerr, commissioned December 10, 1811. Isaac Kerr, commissioned April 9, 1818. Robert Colmery, commissioned May 6, 1819. Samuel Lyon, commissioned February 12, 1821. Robert Colmery, commissioned December 30, 1823. Robert Colmery, commissioned December 21, 1826. John Grayson, Sr., commissioned March 19, 1830. John Grayson, Sr., commissioned January 25, 1833. Samuel Cunningham, commissioned January 8, 1836. James Gordon, commissioned February 5, 1839.
Elected under Constitution of 1838. George Morrison, commissioned December 1, 1839. James Spriggs, commissioned November 12, 1842. William Workman, commissioned November 17, 1845. Odell Squier, commissioned November 25, 1848.
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COURTS OF JUSTICE, BENCH, AND BAR.
John Grayson, Jr., commissioned November 22, 1851. John Meloy, commissioned November 14, 1854. Harvey J. Vankirk, commissioned November 13, 1857. William A. Mickey, commissioned November 23, 1860. William A. Mickey, commissioned November 13, 1863. George Buchanan, commissioned November 8, 1866. I. Y. Hamilton, commissioned November 20, 1869. A. O. Day, commissioned November 7, 1872. A. O. Day, commissioned December 16, 1875. W. H. Underwood, commissioned December 12, 1878. John F. Cooper, commissioned December 20, 1881. John F. Cooper, commissioned December 17, 1884. James B. Kennedy, commissioned December 14, 1887. James B. Kennedy, commissioned December 19, 1890. O. M. Hartley, commissioned December 19, 1893. O. M. Hartley, commissioned December 19, 1896. W. C. Robison, commissioned December 27, 1899.
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