The history of Barbour County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time, Part 25

Author: Maxwell, Hu, 1860-1927
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Morgantown, W. Va. : Acme Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 538


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In May, 1845, the court met in the court house, although the building was not completed, and at that session ordered that William K. Hall be paid $1180 "for extras on the court house." In July an order was made that in the future the court would meet in the court house. In October, 1846, the build- ing was pronounced done "with a few slight exceptions." One of the last changes was to order the cupola made "eight square instead of round."


Early Court Proceedings.


The first special term of court was held May 29, 1843, for the purpose of trying the suit of Jacob Watson against Eugenus Coburn. The complaint alleged that Watson had been forcibly driven off his land (29 acres), by Coburn, and the court was asked to restore him to his possessions. The jury empaneled to try the case was the first summoned by the county court and consisted of the following: William Elliott, John Phillips, Felix Ryan, Henry Shaffer, Peter Zinn, Jacob Bolyard, William Moore, Richard Phillips, Amos Poling, Michael Boyles, Roger Poling and Ely Phillips. The case was decided in favor of Watson.


On June 29, 1843, the first grand jury called by the county court, was empaneled, consisting of John Robinson, Isaac B. Marsh, Abraham Phillips, Thomas Bartlett, Philip Haddix, Joshua Glascock, William Robinson, Wil- liam Vanscoy, Jacob Woodford, Elias Robinson, Henry Knapp, William Bolton, Gideon Ellison, Henry Shaffer, David Thompson, Thomas Thomp- son and Abel Morrall.


William F. Wilson was recommended to the Governor for the first County Surveyor, and subsequently was appointed. County surveyors, under the laws of that time, were required to pass an examination before a board composed of professors of William and Mary College.


Joseph McCoy, who had been appointed first Sheriff of Barbour,


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appointed as deputies Isaac Reger, Benjamin McCoy and John McCoy. It was permissable at that time, (and it was frequently done) for the Sheriff to sell the emoluments of his office to some one or more of his deputies. In other words, he would accept so much, and turn over all the work and all the receipts to another. There is nothing in the records to show that this was ever done in Barbour, but it was a not unknown procedure in Randolph before Barbour was formed.


On July 3, 1843, the court ordered the overseers of the poor to bind John Greathouse to Thomas Thompson till 21 years of age. This is men- tioned not because of its historical importance, but because it is the first order of its kind found on the court records of Barbour, and it shows what the method was at that time of disposing of the paupers. It was customary to bind them to responsible citizens, if they were under twenty-one years old, and require their masters to pay them a small sum, usually from $20 to $70 each, when they were of age. If the pauper was old, or unable to work, the county hired some one to provide a home, clothing and food for him. In June, 1851, an election was held to decide whether the county should buy grounds and build a poor house. The result was a defeat for the proposition. Forty years elapsed before a poor house was built.


At this term, July, 1843, the estimate was made for the county expenses of the year, and $558.793 was ordered paid, the principal items being:


John S. Duncan, services as Prosecuting Attorney. $100 Lair D. Morrall, services as County Clerk. 100


Blank Books for the use of the County 108 474


Expenses of surveying the County line 86


The court fixed bounties on old wolf scalps of $10 each; young wolves half price; old red foxes 75 cents; young foxes half price. No record has been found showing the number of wolves killed in the county, but the number was probably not large as those animals were nearly extinct in Barbour at the time the county was formed; but in Randolph, on the south, and in Tucker, on the east, wolves were sometimes killed for many years, the last killed in Tucker County being in 1894, and the last in Randolph in 1897.


In September, 1843, the County Surveyor appointed as his deputies Isaiah Wilson, Benjamin Heatherly, David Goff and Josiah W. Goff.


The first official recognition of public education in Barbour is found on the County Court's minute book for the October term, 1843, when twelve commissioners were appointed. It is probable that the county had been at that time divided into twelve school districts, but the earliest record of such division is not found till October, 1846, three years later. It was the beginning of public schools, but the beginning was small. The twelve commissioners appointed by the court were, John H. Woodford, Abraham Reger, Joseph Rightmire, James Dilworth, Thomas Proudfoot, Samuel Cleavenger, Lair D. Morrall, Abel Morrall, William Johnson, Daniel Nestor,


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Felix Ryan, Noah E. Corley. These commissioners elected one of their number County Superintendent. It is said that Lair D. Morrall was chosen at that time, but the record is silent on the subject until 1847 when the name of Morrall occurs as County Superintendent, and he held the office seventeen years after that time.


In November, 1843, the court fixed the charges for taverns, and every subsequent year, up nearly to the war, they did the same. The rates fixed n the year named were as follows:


Meals, each, 163 cents Horse to hay 24 hours ... 123 cents


Lodging, per night 64 cents Apple brandy, per pint. 6} cents


Oats or corn, per gallon .. 8 cents Whiskey, per } pint 6 cents


French brandy, per } pint 12} cents Peach brandy per } pint. . 62 cents


The court also fixed a scale of prices, seemingly very low, for keeping property while under execution and in the hands of an officer. The prices were:


For keeping a slave 24 hours 25 cents


For keeping a horse or mule 24 hours 4 cents


For keeping horned cattle 24 hours, each. 2 cents


For keeping a sheep or goat 24 hours ¿ cent


For keeping a hog or shoat 24 hours. ¿ cent


The first citizen of Barbour licensed to practice law, who had not practiced before the county was formed, was Albert G. Reger. The preliminary step to his obtaining the license was taken January 1, 1844, when the county court certified that he merited a license. It was custom- ary at that time for a young lawyer who desired a license, to obtain a recommendation from the county court, and he would present this recom- mendation to the circuit court by which he would be licensed, if he could pass the required examination.


At that time, and for several years later, the Sheriff's bond was $30,000.


On June 22, 1844, Solomon Yock was indicted for "giving a challenge to fight a duel." So far as found by an examination of the records this was the first and only indictment for that offence in Barbour. One year later he was tried and acquitted.


In 1844 William F. Wilson was appointed by the court to "lay off the V prison bounds." That was required by a law unknown under the consti- tution of West Virginia. It was lawful, and by no means uncommon, to imprison a man for debt; but he was usually granted privileges not accorded other prisoners. A certain space around the jail building, sometimes includ- ing two or three acres, was laid off as the prison bounds, and the prisoner for debt was granted liberty to walk about these bounds, but, on his honor, he promised not to cross them. At night he must return to prison to sleep. The bounds were usually coincident with certain streets and squares. The record does not show what bounds were set in Philippi. No


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prisoner for debt could be kept in jail at public expense. The creditor who secured his imprisonment was compelled to feed and clothe him, and this expense usually made the creditor weary of the business and the prisoner would be turned out. There was also a provison in law by which a prisoner for debt could obtain his freedom by surrendering his property and declar- ing himself to be a bankrupt. The minntes of the county court do not show that there ever was a man imprisoned for debt in Barbour; but it is probable that if all the justice dockets were examined, cases would be found.


In June, 1847, the court ordered all county roads cleared of brush eighteen feet wide, and graded twelve feet wide. In December of that year the coroner held an inquest on the body of John O'Neal, finding that he had been killed by a blow dealt by Benjamin Heatherly, and that Heatherly had fled. The coroner discovered that property worth $275 be- longing to Heatherly could be seized, and it was taken, as the law directed at that time .*


In 1850 the court elected another Clerk. The candidates and the votes which each received were as follows: Lair D. Morrall 21, Thomas Hall 8, Henson L. Hoff 1, Isaac Booth 1. At the same court Thomas Proud- foot was chosen to assess the lands of Barbour. t


In July, 1852, Justices of the Peace were elected by the vote of the people for the first time. Prior to that they were appointed by the Governor. Their term was for four years. At the same time the first Prosecuting Attorney was elected, Charles S. Hall.


In January, 1853, there was a smallpox scare. The court entered of record that Oliver Cromwell had died of that disease and that his family were afflicted with it, and they were ordered to be quarantined. In February the court ordered the vaccination of all persons within one and a half miles of the residence of William Castello, deceased.


In 1856 Lair D. Morrall was commissioned a notary public, the first on record in the county.


From May 8, 1861, to October 7, 1861, there is no record of a county court. That was the opening of the war, and many of the public men who had been prominent in the county's affairs up to that time, went into one or the other army, some never to return. New names are found in many places when the minutes of the court are examined after the re-establish- ment of the Federal authority in Barbour.


On September 27, 1861, the record states, Lewis Wilson was elected County Clerk "to fill a vacancy." This election was held under the reorganized government of Virginia. At the same election James Trahern was chosen Sheriff, also "to fill a vacancy;" while another vacancy was declared in the office of Prosecuting Attorney, and Nathan H. Taft was


*This was in accordance with a law passed in 1792. See page 87 of this book. tIn accordance with the act of March 20, 1850.


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elected to fill it. The office of assessor was likewise vacant and was filled by the election of Josiah L. Hawkins and Samuel S. Lackney. The constables elected at that time filled vacancies. Thus there was a change in most of the offices of the county.


In February, 1862, the jail of Taylor County was adopted as the Barbour Jail. No reason for it is given.


The last county court held under Virginia's authority convened June 1, 1863. West Virginia became a State twenty days later.


On February 9, 1895, the county court record contains the following entry :


"Be it remembered that, commencing on the 26th day of December, 1894, there fell a snow something like 22 inches deep in this part of the county; and from that time up to and including this date, we have had, according to the remembrance of the oldest inhabitants, the coldest and most severe winter since the year 1856 .*


In 1896 there was a hydrophobia scare. The county court ordered all dogs in the county killed, and also all animals that had been bitten by dogs. But the owners of dogs might muzzle and confine them, instead of killing them.


Notes from the Circuit Court Records.


The first circuit court in Barbour was held Wednesday, May 10, 1843, at the residence of John R. Williamson. Edwin S. Duncan was Judge. Edwin D. Wilson was appointed Clerk by the court, and his bond was fixed at $10,000 and his bondsmen were, Gideon D. Camden, George Hay Lee, Wil- liam Calder Haymond, John S. Duncan and George Lee. The court appointed Geoge Hay Lee Prosecuting Attorney and allowed him $50 for his service.


The first grand jury impaneled by the circuit court (and the first in the county) consisted of the following named men: Henry Sturm, foreman, James Teter, Abraham Reger, John Black, Robert Talbott, Michael Boyles, John Hoff, John Gall, Bryan Sturm, Daniel Howdershelt, Jacob Smith, Abner Schoonover, Martin D Poling, John Trimble, Hezekiah Mitchell, and Martin B. Poling.


The first foreigner naturalized in Barbour was Charles Alfred Viquesney, October, 1847. The second man was John Miles, a native of England, naturalized in the county court, March 21, 1851.


In 1853 occurred the first murder trial in the county. Thomas Board waylaid and shot his nephew, Strickler I. H. Chrislip, a small child, and was indicted for the offence in April, was tried in July and hanged in October.


There is no record of any circuit court in Barbour from May, 1861, to November, 1866. There was court during every year between these dates as is shown by papers filed in the Circuit Clerk's office, but no minute book


*For mention of the winter of 1856, and other hard winters, see page 79 of this book.


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is known to be in existence, and no one knows what became of it. That was during the war, and eighteen months after its close.


Last Wills and Testaments.


In the first twenty years of Barbour's existence there were placed on record in the county 102 wills. Below will be found a list of the testators and the dates when the documents were placed on record. The date does not necessarily imply that the person who made the will died at or near that time; but such was usually the case, and unless there is reason for believing to the contrary, it is reasonably safe to conclude that the will was recorded shortly after the death of the testator, Following is the list:


1843.


1850. 1854


Lawrence Mitchell Sarah Thompson Isaac Phillps 1844.


Alexander McCoy


Dorcas A. McCoy


Isaac L. McCoy


Robert Carter


Amos Hilliard


James Ramsay


Edward Reed


John Simpson


Samuel Poling


Edward Stewart Robert Foster


William Hartman


1845.


Christopher Nutter Richard Male Job Kesling 1846.


Simeon Curkendall Jacob Nestor Garrett Johnson Jacob Leshier


1847.


William Chrislip William Cole Jonas Vanscoy Solomon Jarvis


1848.


Hezekiah Thompson Tevalt Moats William Male Adrain Heatherly John Carlin


1849.


John Parrill William Sargent Edmond Cleavenger Samuel Black John Premble Eppa Bartlett Francis Thompson


1853


Jacob Simon Asa Bennett Joseph Phillips


1855


Levi Johnson James McGlamary James Poling Jacob House


1856


George Maple Solomon Mitchell William Benson Thomas Bartlett Henry Pride


1857


William F. Wilson Charles S. Hall Samuel George George Chrislip


George Rodabaugh Christian Markley


1858 William McLean Isaac Booth Matthias Hilliard 1859


Enoch Hall Martin D. Poling Christian Carr Isaac Norris Christopher Costeloe


John Dorton Joshua W. Cole


John Rider


John Johnson


Mesheck Hyatt


1851.


Benjamin Simon William Poling Jesse B. Wells


William Ryan Levi Coberly


Jacob Carpenter James Heatherly John Walter


1852.


Asa Skidmore Joel O'Neal Joseph Paugh Oliver Shurtliff John Thompson William Chambers Edwin D. Wilson Oliver Shutliff Frederick Hills Abraham House John H. Sample Joseph Corder


William Pickens George Nutter James Campbell


John McGee John Mitchell


Rebecca Hudkins


John Foy


John P. Moore


Jacob Teter


RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL VANHORN WOODS.


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1860


Samuel Cleavinger Charles W. Parrott Benjamin Winans 1862. John I. Poling


James W. Haines William Murphy Malinda Bartlett


1863. Thomas J. Sharp Samuel Cooper


Robert Morrison John Holsberry Banister P. Stephens.


The First Deed Book.


When the county was organized, one of the first duties of the court was to provide a book in which to record the deeds. There was a discus- sion of considerable length whether it would be better to buy one large book or two small ones, and finally it was decided that one large one was preferable, so that all the deeds could be recorded in one volume. It was agreed among the members of the court that one book (if large) would contain all the deeds that would ever be filed for record in Barbour County. Accordingly, the large book was bought. It was filled in eight years. Since then 39 other books have been filled with recorded deeds, and a new one is required each year.


Early Marriage Licenses.


Following is a list of the marriages solemnized in Barbour in the first five years of the county's existence:


1843.


MAN'S NAME


WOMAN'S NAME


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Baylus England


Rebecca Wright


Joel Pitman


Isaac Kelley


Lucinda Rohrbaugh


John R. Thompson


Mary Day


Nicholas Poling


Rachel Robinson


G. S. Warner 66


Nicholas Gainer Adam Coontz William Chrislip John Jenkins


Phoebe Poling


Sarah Stalnaker


Francis H. Reed


Edmund Dennison


John M. Corley


Joseph Wrightman


William Leonard


Hamilton G. Bartlett Jesse Reed Jacob Proudfoot


B. F. Sedgwick


William McClaskey


Nathan Reed


Francis Hathaway Jesse Mitchell


Nancy Ward Sarah Cleavinger Ann Maria Wilson Prudina Bennett


Catherine Mckinney Rebecca Cole Cyrena Vanscoy Catherine Proudfoot Malinda Vanscoy Leanna Proudfoot Eliza Walker


Henry G. Bonnett


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NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


MAN'S NAME


WOMAN'S NAME


BY WHOM MARRIED


Susanna Fitzwater


Simeon Harris


Martha Jane Phillips


Jesse Fitzwater


Sarah Harris


Simeon Harris


Levi Moore


Barbara Harris


William S. Harris


Agnes Phillips


Noah B. Wamsley


Elizabeth House


Moses Tichnell


Absalom Strader


Catherine Ward


Jacob W. Reger


Anne Nealy


66


Absalom Roberts


Rebecca O'Neal


66


Joel Bonnett


Barbara Hoover


Rezin White


Joseph Decker


Elizabeth Cummins


Catherine Rohrbaugh


Samuel H. Purkey


Phoebe Phillips


Oliver Shurtliff


Lathrop P. Rude


Ruth Phillips


Elizabeth Welch


P. W. Holder John Dennison


James Romine


Mary Hudkins


David Cole


Lucinda Thompson


Jane Lipscomb


G. Martin


1844


Elias England


Rosa Yock


Joel Pitman


James W. McGuffin


Ann Rebecca Carter


66


E. Yoke


Margaret Goldsberry


Joshua Newman


Rachel Newman


66


John Day


Elizabeth Thompson


66


Abner Turner


Rebecca Thompson Clarissa Morrison Elizabeth Nealy Louisa Kesling


Francis H. Reed


Marshall Dean


James T. Hartman


Mary Burner


66


Adam Wamsley


Rachel Pifer


Jacob H. Wolf Lair Dean


Sarah Lanham Eleanor Reed


Wellington Hickman


Eppa Hathaway


Mary Robinson


Robert R. Talbott


James Thompson


Jane Virginia Stickle Elizabeth Virginia Stickle Elizabeth Zinn


Minerva Corder


66


John Dennison B. F. Sedgwick Joseph Wrightman


Thomas Corder Anthony Simon


66


Anthony S. Rohrbaugh


David B. Riser


Lucy Ann Carr


66


Stephen Debar


Christian Smith


Jonathan Hornbeck


Simon Phillips John B. Poling


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NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


MAN'S NAME


WOMAN'S NAME


BY WHOM MARRIED


Joseph Wrightman


Lewis Wilson


Simon M. Switzer


Lucy Ann Proudfoot


Simon Swick


Surrilda Weaver


Elam B. Bosworth


Evaline Switzer


John O. Smith


Dian Phillips


Samuel O'Neal


Mary Crites


William C. Jenkins


Mary White


Elizabeth Hawkins


J. S. Patterson


John Daniels Daniel O'Neal James Chriss


Mary Reed


Eliza Chrislip Mahala Crites


Rezin White


Jeremiah Lanham


Elizabeth Crites


William Brown


Emily Wright


Oliver Shurtliff


James P. Yokum Esau Bennett Francis O. Shurtliff Jacob Hudkins Abraham K. Holder


Eliza Booth Rachel W. Holder


Emily Hudkins


Deborah Moore


Jacob Keller


Lydia Martin


Mary Walter


Elizabeth Constable


Catherine Reed


Eunice Marteney


66 John Davidson James Little G. S. Warner


1845.


Michael Simon


Catherine George Joseph Wrightman


Ephraim Welch


Mary Daniels


Mary Welch


Statira Glascock


Alexander Zinn David Hall


Mary Ann Reed


66


Matilda Dickenson


Margaret Finley Rebecca Nutter Mary Woodford Rebecca McVicker


66


Guilda Duckworth


Mary Poling


Oliver Shurtliff


Jacob Abel George W. Brake


Malinda England Abigail Workman


Peter W. Holder 66


James W. Ryan Philip F. Poe Daniel Howdershelt George Binegar James W. White Henry Gall


Hulda Kuykendall


Rachel Hudkins


66


Clarles B. Cleavenger Aaron McDaniel


Joseph Marteney Andrew Miller Alpheus Zinn John Proudfoot George Weaver Edwin L. Rude


Alexander Morrison


John Reed


Margaret McCalley Ann Keys


Joseph Wrightman Simeon Harris Alexander Morrison


James Morrison


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NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


MAN'S NAME.


WOMAN'S NAME.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Daniel Wilson


Naomi Reger


Amelia White


Sarah H. Kirby


Thomas Bartlett


Martha Swick


Mary Jane Swearingen


Joel Pitman


Fielder W. Swearingen


David Wilson


Jane Amanda Carter


John W. Kittle


Perry Green H. Hudkins


Mary Castello Elizabeth Harsh


R. W. Holder G. Nestor


Frederick Booth


Emily Stalnaker


Jacob Keller


Collins Skidmore


Sarah Gainer


David M. Auvil


Eliza Keyser


John Auvil


Catherine Cox


Martin G. Poling John D. Black


Hulda Limber Cyrena Walter


George W. Howdershelt Mary Stalnaker


Samuel W. Nestor


Elizabeth Smith


James Edwards


Emily England


Thompson M. Norman


Elizabeth Boyce


66


1846


Elias Coffman


Ellen Corley


Jacob Keller


Levi Kuykendall


Sarah Ann Cokenour


Adam G. Mustoe


Nancy Wilson


66


Peter Shafer


Amelia Nestor


William Engle


Tabitha Chriss


J. S. Patterson 66


Loman Reed


Elsie E. Engle


Lemuel Chrislip


Salnia Peck


Valentine Hinkle


Matenda Lewis


66


Saul Simon John Swick Alva Teter


Rachel Black


66


Francis Marion Will


Eleanor Zirkle


Joel Pitman


Samuel C. Jackson


Mary Ann Harris


Bazael J. Mills


Elizabeth Skidmore


Joseph Sargent


Lucinda Lanham


John W. Alvis J. S. Patterson


Ormsley B. Lowden Abraham R. Chrislip William Price


Bethany Payne


A. J. Warren Job Wolverton


Henson Stout


George Smith


Jane Hoff Mary Ann B. Stout


Absalom Digman


Susanna England


66


William Nestor


Eliza Skidmore


Nancy Black


Mary A. Hartman


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NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


MAN'S NAME.


WOMAN'S NAME. BY WHOM MARRIED.


Isaac Price


Mary Elizabeth Stonestreet Joel Pitman


Jesse Rightman


Mary Ann E. Stemple A. J. Warren


George Gainer


Maria Poling


Asa Phillips


Mary Phillips


Ambrose Himes


Zephery Phillips Sarah Phillips Judy Fitzwater


Simeon Harris


Simeon Harris


Jacob Shaver


Joseph P. Cross


Emily Phillips


Martin Poling


Sarah Wells


Isaac I. Post


Mary Brake


Alexander T. Morrison John Davidson James Little


James E. Carver


Minerva Lanham


Matthias Ross


Nancy Douglass


John G. White


Martha Jane Boatwright


William Reed


Sarah Robinson


A. A. Reger Gideon Martin


Morgan H. Burner


Sarah Ann Baker


Joshua Wood


Elizabeth Martin


Noah Lantz


Catherine Teets


Edward F. Grant


Ann Eglantine Jarvis


John W. Alvis


Emanuel Cool


Nancy Ann Reed


Gideon Martin


Washington Martin


Matilda Cool Sarah Ann, Chrislip


James F. Burris


Martin Chrislip Michael Shaw


Emeline McVicker


David P. Murphy Adam C. Rider


Elmore McCollough


Susan Trimble


Isaac Trimble


Belinda Jane Neal


Elisha Skidmore


Harriet Wright


James Smith


Hanna Cottrill


Benjamin Bailey Benjamin Stickley


1847


Ellerton Phillips


Hannah Ball


Jacob Keller


Levi W. Richman


Anna. Nestor


John W. Marsh


Eva Gainer


Alexander. K. Wilson


Miranda Fravel


66


David P. Murphy


Francis Murphy


Levi Barb


Appaline V. Fravel Amelia Nestor


66


Peter Shafer


Robert Phillips


Nancy Valentine


66


D. Yates


Mary C. Sinsel


66


John W. Chrislip


Belinda George


60


William Auvil John Sturm


Nancy Valentine Minerva Ann Curry


220


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


MAN'S NAME.


WOMAN'S NAME.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Thomas H. Isner


Caroline Furguson


Jacob Keller


Arnold Poling


Lydia Hudkins


Andrew Sturm


Margaret Harris


Nestor Hardin


Margaret Stalnaker


Edward Hill


Catherine Digman


66


Nathan Rogers Levi I. Queen


Nancy Ritchie Rachel Talbott


H. Reger Oliver Shurtliff


George H. Phillips


Martha Hillyard


66


Perry Hillyard


Sallie Phillips


Alpheus Murphy


Mary McVicker


. David J. Murphy 66


Israel Poling


Rachel Limbers


Henry Clay Dean 66


Michael Poling


Sarah Sturm


Thomas F. Bartlett


Nancy Pepper


Benjamin Bailey


Marshall Pepper


Mary E. Bartlett


Stewart Chapman


Mary Jane Paugh


James Wrightman 66


Isaiah Michael


Darinda Duckworth


Benjamin Stickley 66


Asa Crites


Nancy Boatwright Elizabeth Crites


66


Fountani Moody


Eleanor Frymire


66


William Adams


Delila Lipscomb


Joab Wolverton


James Zinn


Catherine Criss


Gideon Martin


James Dean


Eliza Black


James L. Hickman


Susanna Benson


Hanson Reger 66


Hiram Cotrill


Lucy Ann Peck


Daniel Wilson


Naomi Reger


John W. Alvis


Page D. Carter


Mary Ann Perry


66


Henry H. Boatwright John Bolton


Nancy Jones


Joel Pitman


Jacob Shockey


Nancy Wilmoth


James Heatherly


Mary Ann Engle


Edgar Poling


Mary Weaver


John W. Kittle


Sarah Yeager


66


Harvey Poling


Mary Markley


Eli J. Swearinger


Anna Poling


66


Abraham Wells


Mary O'Neal


Samuel Knapp


Catherine Delawder


·


Isaac Haddix


Malinda Weaver


Susan Amanda Jamison James Little


Adam White


Daniel W. Shurtliff


Jane Holder


Samuel Heatherly


Helen A. Corder


William Frymire


Rhoda Hudkins


NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.


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MAN'S NAME


WOMAN'S NAME


BY WHOM MARRIED


Joel Pitman


William L. Parks


Margaret Smith


Stewart Chapman


Mary Jane Paugh


Joseph Rightmire


Samuel Heatherly


Helen A. Corder


Robert Carter


Eppa H. Carter Isaac Coontz Austin Reader


Ephraim McCalley


Rebecca Robinson


William W. Wood


Lucinda Heatherly


John Pickens


Hannah Corder


John H. Proudfoot


Sarah Ann Modesitt


Benjamin Reger


Prudence Talbott


Election Returns.


During the fifty-six years of Barbour's existence, elections have been held at least once a year, but the poll-books are not to be found for the elections prior to 1874, nor are they complete for all elections since that time. For the early years of the county the only source of information concerning the election of officers is contained in the proceedings of the courts, and this information is meager. Following will be found a sum- mary of the results of general elections since 1873.




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