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GUERNSEY COUNTY IN THE WAR OF 1812.
The following is a
list of the members of a company of men who went from
Guernsey county to serve in the War of 1812. Many are
names of families yet familiar to residents of the county:
| James Frame |
Amos Williams, |
Thomas Hyde, |
| William Smith, |
William McCulloch, |
Joshua Robe, |
| Enoch Thomas, |
Patrick McLaughlin, |
John Waller, |
| David Waller, |
Lewis Waller, |
John Barton, |
| Adam Shriver, |
Henry Baker, |
William Shepherd, |
| Jacob Smith, |
Timothy Sharock, |
Everett Sharock, |
| Shandy Hammond, |
William Morehead, |
William Cherry, |
| James Morehead, |
William Hudson, |
John Secrest, |
| James Dye, |
Thomas Bay, |
James Bay, |
| Samuel Bay, |
William Bryan, |
James Oldham, |
| William Hosiach, |
John Hutchinson, |
John Marling, |
| Isaac Oldham, |
James DeLong, |
Isaac DeLong, |
| William Laws, |
Enoch Phillips, |
Aaron Hedges, |
| James Fuller, |
David Hollis, |
Gnomar Matthews, |
| John Gibson, |
Adam Tedrich, |
John Phillips, |
| Israel Hedges, |
Paul DeWitt |
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VOTE OF GUERNSEY COUNTY.*
The following
statement exhibits the vote of Guernsey county, at
gubernatorial and presidential elections, from 1810, the
year of organization, to the present time:
1810 - Return Meigs, 204; Thomas
Worthington, 31; total, 235.
1812 - Return Meigs, 183; Thomas
Scott, 143; total, 326
1814 - Thomas Worthington, 329;
Othniel Looker, 19; total 348
1816 - Thomas Worthington, 483; James
Dunlap, 179; Ethan Allen Brown,
2; total 664
1818 - Ethan A. Brown, 574; James
Dunlap, 126, total, 700
1820 - Ethan A. Brown, 364; Jeremiah
Morrow, 382; William Henry Harrison,
47; total, 793
1822 - Jeremiah Morrow, 765; Allen
Trimble, 244; William W. Irwin, 14; total,
1,023
1824 - Jeremiah Morrow, 719; Allen
Trimble, 713; total, 1,432
1826 - Allen Trimble, 1,704; John
Bigger, 24; Alexander Campbell, 6;
Benjamin Tappan, 31; Total, 1,765.
1828 - Allen Trimble, 973; John W.
Campbell, 925; total, 1,898
1830 - Duncan McArthur (Whig), 923;
Robert Lucas (Democrat), 762; total, 1,685
1832 - Presidential - Andrew Jackson,
1,356; Henry Clay, 1,295; William
Wirt (Anti-Masonic), 22; total, 2,673
1834 - Robert Lucas (Democrat), 1,344;
James Findlay (Whig), 1,259; total, 2,603
1836 - Presidential - William H. Harrison,
2,074; Martin Van Buren, 1,652; total,
3,726
1838 - Wilson Shannon (Democrat), 2,090;
Joseph Vance (Whig), 1,938; total, 4,028
1840 - Wilson Shannon (Democrat), 2,326;
Thomas Corwin (Whig), 2,617; total, 4,943
1840 - Van Buren (Democrat), 2,186;
Harrison (Whig), 2,606; Birney (Abolitionist),
13; total, 4,805.
1842 - Wilson Shannon (Democrat), 2,387;
Thomas Corwin (Whig), 2,388; Leicester
King (Abolitionist), 85; total, 4,860.
1844 - Mordecai Bartley (Whig), 2,700;
David Tod (Democrat), 2,651; L. King
(Abolitionist), 277; total, 5,628
1846 - William Bebb (Whig), 2,414;
David Tod (Democrat), 2,421; Samuel
Lewis (Abolitionist), 378; total, 2,525.
1850 - Reuben Wood (Democrat), 2,269;
William Johnston (Whig), 2,286; Edward
Smith (Abolitionist), 299; total, 4,854.
1851 - Reuben Wood (Democrat), 1,671;
Samuel F. Vinton (Whit), 1,796; Samuel Lewis
(Abolitionist), 238; **3,705.
1853 - William Medill (Democrat), 1500;
Nelson Barere (Whig), 1,414; Samuel
Lewis (Abolitionist), 633; total, 3,547.
1855 - William Medill (Democrat), 1,361;
Salmon P. Chase (Republican), 1,893; Allen
Trimble (Know Nothing), 130; total, 3,384.
1857 - Henry B. Payne (Democrat), 1,793;
Salmon P. Chase (Republican), 1911; P. Van Trump
(Know Nothing), 65; total, 3,769.
1859 - Rufus P. Ranney (Democrat), 1,663;
William Dennison (Republican), 2,103; total,
3,766.
1861 - Hugh J. Jewett (Democrat), 1,968;
David Tod (Republican), 2,262; total, 4,230.
1863 - C. L. Vallandingham (Democrat), 1,952;
John Brough (Republican), 2,929; total, 4,881.
1865 - George W. Morgan (Democrat), 1,853;
Jacob D. Cox (Republican), 2,503; total, 4,356.
1867 - Allen G. Thurman (Democrat), 2,052;
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican), 2,549; total, 4,601.
1868 - Presidential - Horatio Seymour
(Democrat), 1,949; U. S. Grant (Republican), 2,743;
total, 4,692.
1869 - George H. Pendleton (Democrat), 1,836; R.
B. Hayes (Republican), 2,380; total, 4,216.
1871 - George W. McCook (Democrat), 1,831;
Edward F. Noyes (Republican), 2,417; G. T. Stewart
(Prohibition), 25; total, 4,273.
1872 - Presidential - Horace Greeley
(Democrat), 1,901; U. S. Grant (Republican0, 2,629;
Jeremiah Black, 11; Charles O'Connor,
9; total, 4,550.
1873 - William Allen (Democrat), 1,799;
Edward F. Noyes (Republican), 2,156; Gideon T.
Stewart (Prohibition) 63; Isaac Collins
(Liberal), 294; total, 4,312.
1875 - William Allen (Democrat), 2,431;
R. B. Hayess (Republican), 2,824; total, 5,255.
1876 - Presidential - Samuel J. Tilden
(Democrat), 2,460; R. B. Hayes (Republican), 3,106;
total, 5,566.
1877 - Richard M. Bishop (Democrat), 2,341;
William H. West (Republican), 2,701; L. H. Bond,
1; H. A. Thompson, 64; Stephen Johnson,
12; total, 5,119.
1879 - Thomas Ewing (Democrat), 2,527;
Charles Foster (Republican), 3,179; G. T.
Stewart (Prohibition), 71; Piatt (Greenback), 9;
total, 5,786.
1880 - Presidential - W. S. Hancock (Democrat),
2,568; James A. Garfield (Republican), 3,118;
J. B. Weaver (Greenback), 26; Neal Dow
(Temperance), 36; total, 5,748.
1881 - John W. Bookwalter (Democrat),
2,213; Charles Foster (Republican), 2,954;
Abraham R. Ludlow, 266; John Seitz, 22;
total, 5,455.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
From 1803 to 1813
the State of Ohio was represented in the Congressional House
of Representatives by Jeremiah Morrow, of Warren
county, who from 1813 to 1819 was one of the Senators of the
State of Congress; and from 1822 to 1824 was Governor of the
State. The members of Congress representing Guernsey
county from 1810 are given in the following table:
1809-13, Jeremiah Morrow, of
Warren county;
1813-17, James Caldwell, of Belmont county;
1817-21, Samuel Herrick, of Muskingum county;
1821-23, John C. Wright,
(*), of Jefferson county; David Chambers, of Muskingum
county;
1823-25, John Patterson, of Belmont county;
1825-27, David Jennings (*),
of Belmont county, Thomas Shannon, of Belmont county;
1827-29, John Davenport, of Belmont county;
1829-33, William Kennon, (†) of Belmont
county;
1833-35, James M. Bell
(‡) of Guernsey county;
1835-37, William Kennon, (†) of Belmont
county;
1837-39, Alexander Harper, (‡) of Muskingum
county;
1839-41, Isaac Parrish, (†) of Guernsey
county;
1841-43, Benjamin S. Cowen, (‡) of Belmont
county;
1843-45, Alexander Harper, (‡) of Muskingum
county;
1845-47, Alexander Harper, (‡) of Muskingum
county;
1847-51, Nathan Evans (‡) of Guernsey county;
1851-53, Alexander Harper, (‡) of Muskingum
county;
1853-55, Wilson Shannon, (†) Belmont county;
1855-57, Charles J. Albright, (§) of Guernsey
county;
1857-59, William Lawrence, (†) of Guernsey
county;
1859-61, Thomas C. Theaker, (§) of Belmont county;
1861-63, James R. Morris, (†) of Monroe county;
1863-65, Joseph W. White, (†) of Guernsey county;
1865-73, John A. Bingham, (§) of Harrison county;
1873-77, Lorenzo Danford, (§) of Belmont county;
1877-79, Gibson Atherton, (†) of Licking county;
1879-81, Jonathan T. Updegraff, (§) of Jefferson
county.
(*) Resigned (†)
Democrat, (‡) Whig, (§) Republican
SENATORS AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF GUERNSEY COUNTY
Under the Constitution of 1802 Representatives of the
General Assembly of Ohio were chosen annually, on the second
Tuesday of October. Senators were elected every two
years. The present constitution, adopted in 1851,
provides for an election of members of the Legislature every
two years, Senators and Representatives being elected at the
same time, and for the same length of term.
In the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
which convened at Zanesville, on the first Monday of
December, 1810, being the first session of the Legislature
after the formation of the county, Guernsey, Muskingum and
Tuscarawas was were represented by Robert
McConnell, in the Senate, and George Jackson and
David J. Marple, in the House of Representatives.
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SENATORS |
REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 1811, |
Robert McConnell |
George Jackson,
William Frame |
| 1812, |
Ephraim Sears, |
Zaccheus A. Beatty. |
| 1813, |
Joseph Wampler, |
Thomas Henderson |
| 1814, |
Joseph Wampler, |
Thomas Henderson. |
| 1815,
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Abraham Shane, |
Thomas Henderson. |
| 1816, |
Abraham Shane, |
Cyrus P. Beatty. |
| 1817, |
David Robb, |
Cyrus P. Beatty. |
| 1818, |
David Robb, |
Thomas Hanna. |
| 1819, |
David Robb, |
Isaac Grummond. |
| 1820, |
David Robb. |
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| 1821, |
Wilson McGowan, |
Lloyd Talbott. |
| 1822, |
Wilson McGowan, |
Isaac Grummond. |
| 1823, |
Zaccheus A. Beatty, |
Isaac Grummond. |
| 1824, |
Zaccheus A. Beatty, |
Thomas Hanna. |
| 1825, |
Thomas Hanna, |
William Thompson. |
| 1826, |
Thomas Hanna, |
James M. Bell. |
| 1827, |
David Robb, |
James M. Bell. |
| 1828, |
David Robb, |
James M. Bell. |
| 1829, |
Thomas Weston, |
James M. Bell. |
| 1830, |
Thomas Weston, |
James M. Bell. |
| 1831, |
Robert Thompson, |
David Tullis |
| 1832, |
Robert Thompson, |
Samuel Bigger. |
| 1833, |
Isaac Atkinson, |
Samuel Bigger. |
| 1834, |
Isaac Atkinson, |
John Craig. |
| 1835, |
William Scott, |
Thomas J. Taylor. |
| 1836, |
William Scott, |
Samuel Bigger. |
| 1837, |
William C. Walton, |
Isaac Parrish |
| 1837, |
William C. Walton, |
Joel F. Martin. |
| 1839, |
William Scott, |
Robert B. Moore. |
| 1840, |
William Scott, |
William Israel. |
| 1841, |
William C. Walton, |
Turner G. Brown. |
| 1842, |
William C. Walton, |
William Douglass. |
| 1843. |
William Armstrong, |
William Lawrence. |
| 1844, |
William Armstrong, |
William Skinner.
Jesse Meredith. |
| 1845, |
French W. Thornhill, |
Thomas W. Tipton. |
| 1846, |
French W. Thornhill, |
Newell Kennon. |
| 1847, |
Peter B. Ankeny, |
William Morrow. |
| 1848, |
Peter B. Ankeny, |
William Morrow. |
| 1849, |
Andrew Ferguson |
Matthew Gaston,
Hugh McNeeley. |
| 1850, |
Andrew Ferguson, |
Alexander Mitchell,
James J. Grimes. |
| 1852, |
John Ferguson, |
Andrew Patterson. |
| 1854, |
Western C. Sinclair, |
Thomas Oldham. |
| 1856, |
William Lawrence, |
Robert Campbell,
Abraham, Simmons. |
| 1858, |
Marshall Morrow, |
Hugh Broom,
Francis Rea. |
| 1860, |
Stephen Potts, |
James W. Watt. |
| 1862, |
John D. O'Conner, |
Joseph Ferrill. |
| 1864, |
John D. O'Conner, |
Joseph Ferrill. |
| 1866, |
Robert Savage |
John T. Clark |
| 1868, |
William Lawrence, |
Ross W. Anderson. |
| 1870, |
James O. Amos, |
Ross W. Anderson. |
| 1872, |
James O. Amos, |
Abraham Armstrong |
| 1874, |
John W. Laughlin, |
Abraham Armstrong. |
| 1876, |
J. B. Williams, |
Thomas S. Luccock. |
| 1878, |
J. B. Williams, |
Thomas S. Luccock. |
| 1880, |
Frank Atkinson, |
Roland S. Frame. |
From the Eleventh to the
Twenty-second General Assembly, inclusive, Guernsey,
Tuscarawas, and Coshocton composed a senatorial district.
From the Twenty-third to the Forty-third General
Assembly, Guernsey and Monroe counties constituted a
senatorial district. To the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth,
Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth
General Assembly, Guernsey and Coshocton joined in electing
Senators. From the Fiftieth General Assembly, the
first under the present constitution, which was adopted in
1851, Guernsey and Monroe have composed a senatorial
district.
Guernsey county first obtained a separate
representation in the lower house of the General Assembly in
1812. It is now the Thirtieth representative district,
and forms a part of hte Nineteenth senatorial district.
At present Guernsey county is a part of the Sixteenth
congressional district, which comprises the counties of
Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, and Noble. At
the election of 1880, Congressman Updegraff
received 2,848 plurality. |
