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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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