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CHAPTER XL.

A LIST OF THE COUNTY OFFICERS FROM 1813 TO 1880.

THE following is a complete list of the officers of Richland County from the organization of the county government in 1813, clown to the present time

County Treasurers-Levi Jones, 1813; John Pugh, 1813; Samuel Williams, no record showing term of service; William Timberlake, no record showing term of service; Mordecai Bartley, no record showing term of service; Sylvanus B. Day, 1823; John Murray, 1836; Robert Cowan, 1842 ; Andrew Conn, 1846; Jno. B. Drennan, 1852; David MCCullough,1856; Thomas Willett, 1858; Thomas J. Robinson, 1860; Thomas Willett, 1862; John M. Jolley, 1864; Thomas J. Robinson, 1866; Hugh W. Patterson, 1868; Henry Rowland, 1872; Thos. Willett,* 1873; John A. Lee, 1874; Merchant Carter, 1877.

County Auditors-James Hedges, 1821 ; John Stewart, 1822; Samuel G. Wolf, 1829; Benjamin Gass, 1833; John S. Marshall, 1837 ; John Meredith, 1841 ; John M. Rowland, 1845; Willard S. Hickox, 1849 ; Jesse Williams, 1853 ; John J. Douglass, 1857: Jonas Smith, 1861 ; Samuel Snyder, 1865 ; Mark McDermott, 1869 ; L. F. Harrington,t 1873 ; M. D. Ward, 1877.

Clerks of Common Pleas-Andrew Coffinberry, 1813; Winn Winship, 1815; Ellzey Hedges, 1820; Jared Irwin, 1834; Elijah W. Lake, 1838; William W. Irwin, 1846; Calvin A. Croninger, 1852; William S. Higgins,1854 ; George B. Harmon, 1857; Isaac Crum, 1857 Eckles McCoy, 1861; William Ritter, 1861

* Appointed by Commissioners to All the unexpired farm of Henry Rowland.

t In the you 1877, the Legislature changed the farm of office three years.

George B. Harmon, 1867; W. S. Bradford, 1874; Thomas T. Dill, .1877.

Sheriffs of the County-John Wallace, 1813; James Moore, 1816 ; Henry H. Wilcoxon, 1820 ; Samuel C. Wolf, 1825; Matthew Kelly, 1829; George Armentrout, 1833; John McCullough, 1837; David Bryte, 1841; William Kerr, 1843 William B. Hammett, 1847; Frederick Warf, 1851; David Wise, 1855; George Weaver, 1859; John W. Strong, 1863; Nelson Ozier, 1864; Isaac Fair, 1865; Robert Moore,* 1869; J. J. Dixon, 187`2 ; James Richie, 1878.

County Commissioners-Samuel McCluer, 1813; Melzar Tannehill, 1813; Samuel Watson, 1813; Michael Beam, 1814; Isaac Osbun, 1818; Robert Bentley, 1820; Barthel Williamson, 1820; Alexander Curran, 1820; Samuel McCluer, 1821 ; James Hedges, 1821 ; Linus Hayes, 1821 ; Thomas Coulter, 182'2 ; James Heney, 1823 ; Solomon Gladden, 1824 ; Spooner Ruggles, 1824; James Larimer, 1830, John Oldshue, 1831; William Taylor, 1832 ; Henry Keith, 1835; Joshua Canon, 1836; Daniel Campbell, 1837 ; William Taggart, 1841 ; William B. Hammett, 1842, John McCool, 1843; Thomas B. Andrews, 1845; Jesse W. Davidson, 1847; Robert Leech. 1848; James W. McKee, 1848; Thomas B. Andrews, 1849; Jonathan Montgomery, 1850; James Lang ham, 1852; Willard S. Hickox, 1854; John Ramsey, 1854; Charles Anderson, 1856; Benjamin Morris, 1859 ; Leonard Swigart, 1860; James Thompson, 1861; Henry Cline, 1862; David Taylor, 1866; John T. Keith, 1867;

* Died during his second term of office, and J. J. Dixon wee appointed to fill the unexpired term.

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Daniel M. Snyder, 1868; W. R: Newlon, 1872; Peter Snapp, 1874 ; James Boals, 1874 ; John F. Gerhart, 1878.

County Recorders - Andrew Coffinberry, 1813; Winn Winship, 1815; Matthias Day, 1820; John Reed, 1832; William W. Irwin, 1838; James D. Summers, 1844; James E. Cox, 1847; Eckels McCoy, 1853; James E. Cox, 1859; Elijah Clark, 1865; A. J. Littler, 1871; J. S. Bollman, 1877.

Probate Judges-Joel Myers, 1852; John Meredith, 1858; M. W. Worden, 1864; Joel Myers, 1867; H. D. Keith, 1873; E. McCoy, 1879.

County Surveyors-The following list embraces the successive County Surveyors, from the organization of the county: First, William Riddle; second, John Stewart; third, Christian Wise; fourth, Joseph Hastings; fifth, T. J. North ; sixth, Warren Scranton, seventh, John Newman.