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THE COUNTY SEAT.
In accordance with the provisions of the above section, the Commissioners proceeded with eir work of choosing a county seat for the new county. Lancaster at this time boasted of but le occupant, Aaron Boice, who resided near the " big spring," and had entered eighty acres of nd, a portion covering the present court house square. This, together with a second eighty, tered by Maj. Price, formed the site of the present county seat. Cassville, then an ambitious irg, was an aspirant for both territorial and county distinctions; but its location on the ex- eme western side of the county operated against its claims in the race for the lesser honors. ancaster was nearly the geographical center of the county, a point a few miles northeast was pposed to be the exact center, speaking in the manner of geographical exactness, and for a ne the scales wavered; but Maj. Glendower M. Price, who had purchased the land formerly vned by Aaron Boice, offered as extra inducements toward the location of the seat of justice in ancaster to pay to the county the sum of $1,000, and donate beside certain lots of land ithin the village, providing Lancaster's claims were allowed. This offer was accepted by the ommissioners, and the embryo village became the county seat. To the antiquarian the fol- wing deed setting forth a portion of the terms of the contract will be of interest, as an histor- al souvenir:
M. PRICE AND WIFE
IPERVISORS OF GRANT. TO This deed, made this the fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, wit- nesseth : That Glendower Morgan Price and Harriet, his wife, of the county of Grant snd rritory of Wisconsin, in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars, to them in hand paid by the Supervisors the county of Grant and Territory of Wisconsin, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do by these esents grant, bargain and sell, convey and confirm to the ssid Supervisors and their successors in office, the follow- g described property in the town of Lancaster, to wit: All of Block No. 10; Lots No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Block No, 22; Lots No. 1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 7 and 8, in Block No. 25; Lots No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, in Block No. 26; Lots ). 1 and 2, in Block No. 27; Lot No. 2, in Block No. 21 : Lots No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10, in Block No. 24; Lots No. 3, 6, 8, in Block 23; Lots 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10, in Block No. 9; Lots No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, in Block No. 8; Lots No. 1, 2, 3, and 5, in Block No. 7; Lots No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, in Block No. 6; Lots No. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, in Block No. 5; Lot D. 3, in Block No. 4; Lot No. 3, in Block No. 13 ; Lot 5, in Block No. 20 ; Lot No. 3, in Block No. 28. To have and hold the same with the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to the ssid Supervisors and their suc- ssors in office forever ; thessid Glendower M. Price and Harriet his wife, the aforessid premises unto the ssid Super- sors and their successors in office hereby covenanting that they and their heirs, executors and administrators will arrant and defend the title to the said premises to the said Supervisors and their successors in office forever, sgsinst I persons whatsoever. In witness whereof, the said G. M. Price and Harriet, his wife, have hereunto set their inds and sesls the day snd year first above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of
JOHN G. FLETCHER. BENJ. F. FORBES.
G. M. PRICE. HARRIET PRICE.
In the spring of 1837, the first election of officers for the new county was held, resulting in le choice of the following elective officers : Treasurer, Orris McCartney, Cassville; Register £ Deeds, Nelson Dewey, Cassville; Board of Supervisors, Henry Wood, J. J. Basye, Daniel ichards. The County Clerk (the title of this officer, until 1849, was Clerk of County Com- issioners, and from that date until 1872 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors), appointed by the ounty Commissioners, was J. Allen Barber, of Lancaster. First Clerk of the Circuit Court, ppointed by Judge Dunn, John S. Fletcher. The first District Attorney was T. S. Wilson, ppointed by Judge Dunn to act in that capacity at the first term of court held in Grant County. he Sheriff, County Judge and Justices of the Peace were appointed by the Executive of the erritory until 1844.
At this election, about three hundred votes were cast, the population being in the neigh- orhood of 1,600.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
The first meeting of the newly elected Board of Supervisors, or, as they were then called, County Commissioners, was held at Cassville, April 29, 1837. The next meeting was held at Lancaster, May 2. At this meeting, the contract for building the new Court House was awarded to G. M. Price and Daniel Banfield. At a meeting held a year later, or April 2, 1838, it was determined to erect a jail for the safe keeping of criminals, and the contract was awarded to Harvey Pepper, for $400.
The newly-formed county government was not without its troubles, as the following acts passed by the Territorial Legislature, at its second session in the latter part of 1837, will show. The first, entitled " An act to legalize the acts of the Supervisors of Grant County," provides :
WHEREAS, the Supervisors of Grant County did, in the spring of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, proceed to sell certain town lots donated for the use and benefit of said county, and likewise to contract for the building of a court house; and whereas, doubts exist as to the legality of the sales and contract for building, therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That all honds for the titles that have been given to guarantee the sales and titles shall be and are hereby declared to be valid in law.
SEC. 2. All contracts that have been entered into hy the Supervisors for building of the court house shall be of binding and legal effect upon the county of Grant, in their corporate capacity, any law to the contrary notwith- standing.
Under a general law passed by the Legislature in 1839, a County Agent was appointed to take charge of the lands belonging to the county, to sell and convey the same, and transact all business connected therewith. Nelson Dewey was appointed as the agent of Grant County, and continued to act in that capacity until the formation of the State Government.
The second act is entitled " An act to legalize the proceedings of the Justices of Peace in Grant County and release them from penal liability in certain cases," and reads as follows :
WHEREAS, Certain Justices of the Peace in the county of Grant, not having access to the revised code of laws of Michigan, of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, enforced in this Territory by the Act of Congress organizing the Territorial Government, and adopted by the Legislative Assembly at their last session ; and having the laws of eighteen hundred and twenty-seven in their possession, they supposed it to be their duty to give bonds to the United States, with a penalty of $200, when, in fact, the law required them to give bonds to the County Clerk, with a penalty of $250, whereby said Justices have incurred certain penalties ; for remedy thereof,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That the several Justices of the Peace in Grant County be and they are hereby released from all fines, forfeitures and penalties, incurred by them for the failure to give bonds according to the provisions of the act entitled " An act to regulate and define the powers of Justices of the Peace and Constables in civil cases."
SEC. 2. That all acts done and performed by them are hereby declared to be as legal, to all intents and purposes, as though they had given bonds in accordance with the provisions of the above recited act, any other law to the con- trary notwithstanding.
The passage of these acts placed the county affairs upon a proper legal basis, and the local government proceeded without further hitch.
ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE THE COUNTY.
Several times since its organization, Grant has been agitated by an effort to divide the county. The earlier agitations looked to a division into two parts, and a later one into three parts. In 1860, the movement progressed so far as the signing of petitions and counter-petitions, but the matter went no further than the ballot-box, where those opposed to a division received a heavy majority. The war coming on a few months later drove the subject out of the minds of the people, and the advent of railroads connecting the county seat with other portions of the county, and facilitating communications between different points, removed one great argument in favor of a re-organization of county lines. A slight ripple on the placid surface of events, a few years ago, showed that the ancient topic had not been forgotten, but the "indications " were not of a nature to give rise to any anxiety on the part of those who preferrred " old Grant " as it was, and the movement will hereafter be remembered simply as one of the exciting questions of "auld lang syne."
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Below is given a complete roster of the occupants of the various county offices from the organization of the county until the present time:
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
Sheriff .- 1836-37, James H. D. Street; 1837-38, Robert H. Reed, Potosi (resigned in 838, and Harvey Pepper appointed to fill unexpired term); 1839-41, Harvey Pepper, Lancas- er; 1842, Robert B. Reed, Lancaster; 1843-44, Enos S. Baker, Platteville; 1844-46, N. V. Kendall, Platteville; 1847-50, Matthew Wood, Potosi ; 1851-52, George R. Stuntz, Lan- aster; 1853-54, William McGonigal, Wingville ; 1855-56, Lorenzo Preston, Hazel Green; 857-58, Dexter Ward, Lancaster ; 1859-60, William H. Foster, Lancaster; 1861-62, J. B. Moore, Muscoda; 1863-64, N. Goodenough, Glen Haven ; 1865-66, W. H. Clise, Potosi ; 867-68, J. P. Cox, Lancaster ; 1869-70, W. H. Clise, Potosi ; 1871-72, W. E. Sloat, Lan- aster; 1873-74, Terrence Carrier, Boscobel ; 1875-76, J. B. McCoy, Platteville ; 1877-78, Jat H. Birchard, Fennimore ; 1879-80, Streeter ; 1881, John Lane.
Treasurer .- 1837-38, Orris McCartney, Cassville; 1839-41, Elisha T. Haywood, Potosi ; 842-43, Edmund Havelson, Lancaster ; 1844-46, Robert Templeton, Potosi ; 1846, Samuel Tompkins, Lancaster ; 1847, Cutler Salmon, Lancaster ; 1848, James M. Otis, Lancaster ; 849, J. H. Rountree, Platteville ; 1850-51, A. W. Worth, Lancaster; 1852-54, William T. innor, Potosi ; 1855-56, J. L. Marsh, Platteville ; 1857-58, Simon E. Lewis, Potosi ; 1859-62, ames Jones, Hazel Green ; 1863-66, Samuel Moore, Platteville; 1867-70, V. F. Kinney, Potosi; 1871-74, A. R. McCartney, Cassville ; 1875-78, Alex Ivey, Potosi ; 1879-81, Lou ". Lester, Boscobel.
Register of Deeds .- 1837-38, Nelson Dewey, Cassville; 1839-41, John S. Fletcher, Lan- aster; 1842, A. R. T. Locey, Platteville ; 1843-47, Hugh R. Colter, Lancaster ; 1848-52, L. W. Martin, Platteville ; 1853-54, George H. Cox, Lancaster ; 1855-56, William McGoni- ;al, Wingville ; 1857-60, J. H. Evans, Platteville; 1861-64, E. T. Mears, Platteville ; 865-68, Joseph Bock, Cassville ; 1869-76, James Woodhouse, Bloomington ; 1877-81, Perry Ourley, Paris.
County Clerk .*- 1837-39, J. Allen Barber, Lancastor; 1839-41, Nelson Dewey, Lan- aster ; 1842, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1843-46, L. O. Shrader, Lancaster ; 1847, Enos ›. Wood, Paris; 1848, Arunah A. Parker, Lancaster ; 1849-51, J. C. Squires, Platteville ; 852-60, Wood R. Beach, Beetown ; 1861-62, J. W. Angell, Potosi ; 1863-68, S. F. Clise, Ellenboro ; 1868, P. H. Parsons, t Lancaster ; 1869-72, Atlizer Smelser ; 1873-80, Fletcher 3. Kidd, Millville; 1881, C. W. Hill, Platteville.
County Judge .- 1837-38, J. H. Rountree, Platteville; 1839, Henry Wood, Lancaster ; 840-43, J. A. Barber, Lancaster ; 1844-49, Hugh R. Colter, Lancaster ; 1850-53, Cyrus <. Lord, Potosi ; 1854-56, S. O. Paine, Platteville ; 1858-81, William McGonigal, Lan- aster.
Clerk Circuit Court .- 1837-48, John S. Fletcher, Lancaster ; 1849-50, L. O. Shrader, 4
Lancaster; 1851-52, Joel C. Squires, Lancaster ; 1853-54, N. W. Kendall, Lancaster ; 855-60, J. G. Clark, Lancaster ; 1861-68, J. W. Blanding, Muscoda; 1869-76, David Schreiner, Lancaster ; 1877-81, Herman Buchner, Lancaster.
District Attorney .- 1837, T. S. Wilson, afterward of Dubuque; 1838, Nelson Dewey, Jassville; 1839, F. J. Munger, Cassville ; 1840-43, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1844-45, ames M. Goodhue, Platteville; 1846-48, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; 1849-50, William R. Biddlecome, Potosi ; 1851-52, William Hull, Potosi ; 1853-54, J. Allen Barber, Lancaster ; .855-56, Willis H. Chapman, Platteville; 1857-58, Ed D. Lowry, Lancaster; 1859-60, J. [. Mills, Lancaster ; 1861-62, A. R. Bushnell, Platteville; 1863-64, J. T. Mills, Lancaster ; .865-68, G. C. Hazelton, Boscobel ; 1869-72, George Clementson, Hazel Green ; 1873-76, Jeorge B. Carter, Platteville; 1877-80, W. H. Beebe, Platteville; 1881, R. C. Orr, Bloom- ngton.
Surveyor .- 1839-Orson Lyon, Potosi ; 1840-41, Thomas Hugill, Platteville ; 1842-43, ames E. Freeman, Lancaster; 1844-46, Henry A. Wiltse, Jamestown ; 1847-48, George R. Stuntz, Lancaster ; 1849-50, James E. Freeman, Lancaster ; 1851-52, John T. Everett, James- own; 1853-54, Joseph H. Hayden, Beetown ; 1855-56, C. L. Overton, Platteville; 1857-58,
* Title of office, "Clerk of County Commissioners " till 1849, and "Clerk of the Board of Supervisors" till 1872. + Appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by death of S. F. Clise,
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
C. W. Hayden, Beetown ; 1859-60, J. W. Blanding, Muscoda ; 1861-64, H. A. W. McNair, Fennimore ; 1865-66, Joseph Allen, Clifton ; 1867-68, Joel Barber, Lancaster; 1869-70, Joseph Allen, Clifton ; 1871-74, George McFall, Harrison ; 1875-80, Joel Barber, Lancaster; 1881, J. C. Scott, Patch Grove.
Superintendent of Schools .- 1862-63, David Parsons, Bloomington; 1864-67, D. G. Purman,' Hazel Green ; 1868-69, J. P. Hubbard, Potosi; 1870-73, William H. Holford, Bloomington ; 1874-76, G. M. Guernsey, Platteville ; 1877-80, Charles L. Harper, Hazel Green ; 1881, C. L. Harper.
Coroner .- 1840, Darius Bainbridge, Lancaster ; 1841, A. R. T. Locey, Platteville; 1842 -43, James F. Chapman, Potosi ; 1844-47, David Gillespie, Potosi ; 1848, Andrew J. Green, Potosi ; 1849-50, William McDaniel, Beetown ; 1851-52, Llewellyn Brock, Potosi ; 1853-54, Leonard Coates, Platteville ; 1855-56, Benjamin M. Coates, Muscoda; 1857-60, Stephen Ma- hood, Lancaster ; 1861-62, M. M. Wood, Lancaster ; 1863-64, A. M. Neaville, Potosi; 1865- 66, Thomas Chesebro, Lancaster ; 1867-72, Charles Dickey, Paris; 1873-74, J. T. Taylor, Montfort ; 1875-76, H. F. Young, Cassville ; 1877-78, Mandley Dean, Ellenboro; 1879-81, Franklin Lyster, Jamestown.
Board of County Supervisors .- 1837-Daniel Richards,* Henry Wood, J. J. Basye. 1838-Daniel Richards, Henry Wood, F. F. Brock. 1839-Henry Wood, E. M. Orne, J. F. Brown. 1840-Allen Hill, E. M. Orne, J. F. Brown. 1841-F. F. Brock, E. M. Orne, Allen Hill. 1842-James P. Cox, Warren Hannum, N. McLeod. 1843-Orris McCartney, W. Davidson, N. H. Virgin. 1844-Orris McCartney, W. Davidson, J. F. Chapman. 1845- N. H. Virgin, Henry L. Massey, O. McCartney. 1846-H. L. Massey, J. F. Kirkpatrick, James P. Cox. 1847-H. L. Massey, George W. Patch, George Byerly. 1848-James P. Cox, Horace Catlin, H. Webster. 1849-Lewis Rood, Thomas Cruson, C. L. Lagrave.
1849-C. B. Eastman, E. D. Bevans, J. N. Jones, Jared Warner, D. R. Burt, D. Wiker, J. B. Turley, A. Smith, William Brandon, C. J. Cummings, Orris McCartney, J. Switzer, N. McLeod, A. Dyer, William Kinney, J. F. Chapman-16.+
1850-J. A. Barber, J. H. Roundtree, J. B. Turley, William McGonigal, E. D. Bevans, J. Warner, W. R. Biddlecome, C. Dickey, L. Basford, William Brandon, W. W. Barstow, H. Van Vleck, J. Walker, J. Waldorf, J. H. Champlin, D. R. Burt-16.
1851-J. Allen Barber, H. E. Rice, Isaac Williams, Charles Dickey, C. W. Wright, J. B. Turley, S. Barstow, Henry Patch, C. L. Lagrave, Jesse Waldorf, Benjamin F. Woods, David McKee, Edward Sprague, Benjamin Bull, David Thompson, H. P. Patterson, Joseph Walker -17.
1852-William N. Reed, Jared Warner, Thomas Laird, Stephen Brock, A. H. Gilmore, Titus Hays, Philo Dempy, J. B. Turley, L. S. Reynolds, Joseph Palliser, James Moore, Jesse Waldorf, Benjamin Bull, H. D. York, A. Woods, J. H. Barnett, Charles Dickey, D. R. Burt -18.
1858-J. Allen Barber, Lewis Rood, Thomas F. Lane, Hugh B. Patterson, Thomas Pal- liser, W. W. Barstow, Charles Dickey, H. Hurlburt, J. Waldorf, Benjamin Bull, W. S. Chap- man, James Moore, William Jeffrey, J. Wannemaker, H. A. W. McNair, W. G. Wilcox, J. B. Turley, Daniel Andrews, J. D. Harp-19.
1854-Nelson Dewey, Joseph Walker, J. F. Murphy, Jared Warner, John Welsh, J. D. Harp, William G. Wilcox, Samuel Wilson, Lewis Rood, Thomas Burns, Isaac Williams, S. F. Clise, John Wilkinson, Jonas Wannemaker, Nathan White, A. D. Mills, Noah Hutchins, W. W. Barstow, James Moore, William Clifton-20.
1855-J. Allen Barber, Benjamin Straw, George E. Cabanis, T. T. Lane, Nathan White, William T. Ennor, O. C. Jones, J. H. Rountree, Jesse Waldorf, George W. Mace, A. D. Mills, James Moore, W. W. Field, Joseph Walker, S. F. Clise, Augustus Blanfus, W. G. Wil- cox, Tim E. Barr, John D. Harp, J. F. Murphy, Henry R. Miles, Jared Warner-20.
*The name of the Chairman ie first mentioned.
+These officers were elected in the spring of 1849 under the new township system rendered obligatory by the new State Constitution, The previous hoard had been elected under the Territorial law in the autumn of 1848, and held over until the new hoard qualified in the spring.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
1856-J. Allen Barber, J. D. Harp, W. P. Dixon, O. Rice, Jesse Waldorf, Thomas Weir, Fish, James Moore, J. F. Murphy, C. Kaltenbach, James Bonham, Mahlon Fawcet, S. F. ise, G. W. Paugh, T. T. Lane, J. Prideaux, William Kidd, Charles Dickey, J. H. Roun- e, William Brandon, Joachim Gulick, A. D. Mills-22.
1857-Jared Warner, J. B. Turley, D. R. Sylvester, G. W. Mase, W. P. Dewey, S. F. ise, J. Graham, J. W. Kaump, J. M. Chandler, Joseph Walker, Henry Van Vleck, Jesse aldorf, James Prideaux, Thomas Wier, J. G. Clark, C. R. Dean, J. W. Blanding. T. Long- tham, J. T. Murphy, F. H. Virgin, David Mckee, Hugh Laird, A. A. Petty, James Bon- m, Robert Glenn, A. D. Mills-26.
1858-John G. Clark, John B. Turley, D. R. Sylvester, F. C. Kirkpatrick, W. P. Dewey, Springer, H. A. W. McNair, W. W. Barstow, J. M. Chandler, Mason Fish, Jason Lath- p, Thomas Weir, Jesse Waldorf, Alfred Bark, J. R. Muffley, George Ballantine, James Moore, illiam Davidson, J. C. Orr, Samuel Moore, H. B. Patterson, A. Foster, James Bonham, avid Brodt, A. A. Petty-26.
1859-J. E. Dodge, J. B. Turley, D. R. Sylvester, J. D. Harp, N. Millard, S. F. Clise, . R. Dixon, W. L. Wilson, J. M. Chandler, Mason Fish, Jason Lathrop, James Prideaux, arles Fulks, Jesse Waldorf, J. C. Holloway, James Moore, Moors Rice, Levi Brown, F. D. ancis, H. Patch, Samuel Vance, J. Augustine, George E. Cabanis, Robert Glenn, J. D. Jenks, enry Morgan-26.
1860-S. F. Clise, J. M. Chandler, W. W. Field, W. P. Dewey, George E. Cabanis, W. Wilson, Jason Lathrop, Silas Brooks, Mason Fish, Joseph Horsfall, Thomas Tormey, Jesse aldorf, J. B. Turley, Samuel Vance, James Bonham, James Prideaux, J. C. Holloway, A. R. ishnell, B. F. Hilton, Jesse S. Jones, W. W. Demock, A. A. Bennett, J. A. Houghtaling, . Shafer, A. F. Schnee, Henry Patch, Moors Rice, J. Cranston-28.
1861-W. W. Field, John Pepper, Henry Webster, George Cutts, W. P. Dewey, S. F. lise, A. A. Bennett, W. L. Wilson, G. R. Frank, Jason Lathrop, Jesse Waldorf, J. C. Hollo- ay, D. F. Brown, Joseph Horsfall, Moors Rice, Silas Brooks, E. M. Hoyt, T. L. Hammonds, enry Patch, James Bonham, J. M. Sifford, G. Hess, John Clark, S. Lightcap, Edward Chil- 'en, William Brandon, W. W. Dimock, J. T. Murphy, J. S. Jones-29.
1862-63-J. H. Rountree, Henry Patch, Jesse Waldorf, D. G. Seaton, James W. Sea- n-5 .*
1864-65-Addison Burr, Alfred Palmer, A. A. Bennett, M. A. Harper, J. W. Kaump-5. 1866-A. Burr, J. W. Seaton, A. C. Stiles, H. A. W. McNair, Henry Mitchell.
1867-J. W. Seaton, Addison Burr, H. B. Wood, Cyrus Sargent, H. A. W. McNair. 1868-Addison Burr, J. B. Moore, A. W. Emery, Cyrus Sargent, H. B. Wood. 1869-J. B. Moore, J. H. Evans, Jared Warner, Joseph Allen, A. W. Emery.
1870+-William P. Dewey, W. J. McCoy, Michael Nolan, T. Carrier, George H. Cham- ers, Elisha Carrington, John Geiger, E. D. Bevans, D. T. Parker, A. A. Bennett, A. F. Knapp, homas G. Stevens, James Murphy, John Heir, J. Waldorf, Thomas Weir, John H. Griffis, . B. Mcintyre, James B. Ricks, Joseph Horsfall, Israel Miles, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, imes W. Seaton, James Ballantine, George E. Cabanis, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, Robert lenn, Thomas Laird, T. N. Hubbell, W. W. Field, G. W. Ryland, C. Clementson, J. H. vans-35.
1871-A. A. Bennett, W. P. Dewey, William J. McCoy, Henry Gore, Alfred Palmer, Lenry Lord, E. Carrington, Herman Grimm, J. S. Maiben, John Montieth, Thomas G. Ste- ens, Moses Vanatta, James Murphy, John Hier, George W. Ryland, G. D. Pettyjohn, Thomas Teir, John H. Griffis, T. J. Graham, J. B. Ricks, E. I. Kidd, E. Abrams, Peter Casper, N. W. ass, J. W. Seaton, Jared Warner, George E. Cabanis. Archie Brown, J. E. Jones, Thomas aird, George Brown, Robert Glenn, W. W. Field, George Broderick, J. H. Evans-35.
*That section of the revised statutes creating the County Board of Supervisora was amended by the Legislature of 1861, and a return made a Board of Conoty Commissioners to consist of three electors, except in those counties which contained three or more assembly districts. In ch counties one Supervisor, was elected in each assembly district, and one additional for the county at large, in those counties where there are an even number of assembly districts. This gave Grant County five Supervisors.
+The amendment passed by the Legislature of 1861 was repealed by the Legislature of 1870.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
1872-George W. Ryland, O. C. Hathaway, Henry Gore, L. J. Woolley, Benjamin M. Coates, Henry Lord, J. McLeod, H. Grimm, James H. Rowe, John Montieth, William Curtis, Moses Vanatta, T. G. Stevens, George Broderick, James Murphy, John Hier, William H. Clise, John A. Boerner, Perry Squires, J. H. Griffis, George Tuffley, E. I. Kidd, Jacob Brem- mer, Ezra Abrams, Peter Casper, Jared Warner, N. W. Bass, J. H. Rountree, J. W. Seaton, William Brandon, Archie Brown, Jacob Scott, Robert Glenn, George Brown, Thomas Laird-35.
1873-G. W. Ryland, E. Bayley, George Broderick, John Schreiner, O. C. Hathaway, Henry Gore, William T. Scott, D. F. Brown, John Mcleod, Herman Grimm, John G. Hudson, H. A. Dankleff, D. P. Grinter, James Murphy, J. M. Chandler, Moses Vanatta, Rufus Han- num, Perry Squires, Peter Clayton, J. H. Griffis, C. G. Rodolf, George Tuffley, Joseph Hors- fall, Reuben Cooley, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, J. W. Seaton, Haynes Fitch, David Wilkinson, Adam Mink, Jacob Scott, Thomas Laird, Robert Glenn, George Brown, James Barnett-35.
1874-George W. Ryland, George W. Parker, E. Bayley, George Broderick, George Clementson, W. J. McCoy, Henry Gore, W. T. Scott, D. F. Brown, F. C. Kirkpatrick, Her- man Grimm, J. H. C. Mckinsey, H. A. Dankleff, D. P. Grinter, G. S. Hammond, J. H. Chan- dler, Moses Vanatta, John Hier, E. P. Dickenson, John Boerner, Delos Abrams, C. G. Rodolf, George Munns, Joseph Horsfall, R. G. Humphrey, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, A. W. Emery, George Ballantine, George E. Cabanis, Archie Brown, William Northey, Thomas Laird, Rob- ert Glenn, George Brown-35.
1875-George W. Ryland, W. J. McCoy, Henry Gore, B. M. Coates, George W. Fennel, F. C. Kirkpatrick, Herman Grimm, J. H. C. Mckinsey, H. A. Dankleff, D. P. Grinter, Henry Maxam, Matthew Thompson, Moses Vanatta, John Hier, E. P. Dickenson, John Boerner, Delos Abrams, C. G. Rodolf, George Munns, E. J. Kidd, David D. Snider, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, R. H. Kendrick, J. C. Scott, John A. May, W. B. Slocum, William Northey, Thomas Laird, Riley Jacobs, George Brown, James Barnett, George E. Clementson, E. Bayley, Joseph Clement- son-35.
1876-George W. Ryland, C. Hutchinson, C. G. Van Buren, T. N. Hubbell, W. B. Clark, Thomas Watson, Herman Grimm, Samuel Barstow, Jacob Baumgartner, John Ryan, Adam Kruel, Matthew Thompson, George W. McFall, John Hier, E. P. Dickinson, John Boerner, Delos Abrams, C. G. Rodolf, D. R. Walker, E. I. Kidd, David D. Snider, Peter Casper, N. W. Bass, Robert H. Kendrick, George Ballantine, George E. Cabanis, W. B. Slocum, C. H. Williams, Thomas Laird, P. C. Palmer, George Brown, Gustave Meyer, George Clementson, Hanmer Robbins, Joseph Clementson-35.
1877-George Clementson, Jesse Wagner, L. J. Woolley, W. B. Clark, C. J. Van Buren, Herman Grimm, Thomas Weston, J. H. C. Mckinsey, T. Tormey, John Ryan, W. D. Jones, Adam Kruel, Henry M. Bowen, John Hier, E. P. Dickenson, J. A. Bremmer, John G. Clark, John Henkel, Ezra Abrams, George Munns, E. J. Kidd, C. G. Rodolf, George Ballantine, T. Stephens, N. W. Bass, Peter Casper, R. A. Wilson, Archie Brown, C. H. Williams, W. H. Middleton, Robert Glenn, George Brown, Benjamin M. Coates, Matthew Thompson, H. Rob- bins-35.
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