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PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS
From 1808 to
1832, Prosecuting Attorneys were appointed by the Judges.
Among those who in early times served in this office for a
longer or shorter period, were Major Jeremiah R. Munson,
General Herrick, Hons. Thomas Ewing, William Stanbery, Hosmer
Curtis, Charles B. Goddard and Corrington W. Searle,
whose term ended in 1832.
| Joshua Mathiot |
served from |
1832 to 1836 |
| James Parker |
" " |
1836 to 1840 |
| Daniel Humphrey |
" " |
1840 to 1850 |
| Charles Elliott |
" " |
1850 to 1853 |
| Harvey C. Blackman |
" " |
1853 to 1856 |
| William B. Clarke |
" " |
1856 to 1858 |
| Gibson Atherton |
" " |
1858 to 1863 |
| Lucius Case |
" " |
1863 to 1863 |
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| Morgan N. Odell |
served from |
1863 to 1867 |
| James W. Owens |
" " |
1867 to 1871 |
| Samuel M. Hunter |
" " |
1871 to 1875 |
| Asbury Barrick |
" " |
1875 to 1876 |
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COUNTY RECORDERS.
|
| Thomas Taylor |
served from |
1808 to 1814 |
| Amos H. Caffee |
" " |
1814 to 1820 |
| Stephen McDougal |
" " |
1820 to 1842 |
| Gilbert Brady |
" " |
1842 to 1844 |
| James Parker |
" " |
1844 to 1845 |
| James White |
" " |
1845 to 1851 |
| Thomas J. Anderson |
" " |
1851 to 1857 |
| Jesse S. Green |
" " |
1857 to 1863 |
| Isaac W. Bigelow |
" " |
1863 to 1869 |
| W. E. Atkinson |
" " |
1869 to 1875 |
| J. F. Lingafelter |
" " |
1875 to 1876 |
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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| Archibald Wilson, Sr. |
served from |
1808 to 1814 |
| Elisha Wells |
" " |
1808 to 1810 |
| Israel Wells |
" " |
1808 to 1811 |
| Timothy Spellman |
" " |
1810 to 1822 |
| William Hains |
' " |
1811 to 1813 |
| Samuel Stewart |
" " |
1814 to 1815 |
| Bradley Buckingham |
" " |
1814 to 1814 |
| Augustine Munson |
" " |
1814 to 1816 |
| William Stanbery |
" " |
1815 to 1817 |
| William W. Gault |
" " |
1816 to 1816 |
| Alexander Holden |
" " |
1817 to 1820 |
| William Robertson |
" " |
1817 to 1820 |
| Thomas McKean Thompson |
" " |
1822 to 1825 |
| Jacob Baker |
" " |
1823 to 1828 |
| Alexander Holden |
" " |
1824 to 1827 |
| Richard Lamson |
" " |
1825 to 1827 |
| Chester Wells |
" " |
1827 to 1833 |
| John Crow |
" " |
1827 to 1831 |
| Samuel Parr |
" " |
1828 to 1832 |
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| James Bramble |
served from |
1831 to 1834 |
| John Crow |
" " |
1832 to 1835 |
| Samuel Hand |
" " |
1833 to 1839 |
| Benjamin Woodbury |
" " |
1834 to 1837 |
| Jacob Baker |
" " |
1835 to 1837 |
| Israel Dille |
" " |
1837 to 1837 |
| Levi J. Haughey |
" " |
1837 to 1837 |
| Bryant Thornhill |
" " |
1837 to 1843 |
| Archibald Cornell |
" " |
1837 to 1843 |
| Thomas H. Fidler |
" " |
1839 to 1841 |
| Isaac Green |
" " |
1841 to 1841 |
| Carey McClelland |
" " |
1841 to 1845 |
| Henry Burner, Jr. |
" " |
1841 to 1844 |
| Crandal Rosencrantz |
" " |
1843 to 1843 |
| Thomas Blanchard |
" " |
1843 to 1852 |
| John Brumback |
" " |
1844 to 1850 |
| Leroy Lemert |
" " |
1845 to 1848 |
| Jordan Hall |
" " |
1848 to 1851 |
| Daniel Gardner |
" " |
1850 to 1855 |
| Benj. L. Critchet |
" " |
1851 to 1854 |
| Lewis Lake |
" " |
1852 to 1855 |
| Willis Robbins |
" " |
1854 to 1857 |
| Valentine B. Alsdorf |
" " |
1855 to 1856 |
| William Barrick |
" " |
1855 to 1858 |
| James Stone |
" " |
1856 to 1858 |
| Michael Morath |
" " |
1857 to 1863 |
| Jacob Anderson |
" " |
1858 to 1861 |
| James H. Grant |
" " |
1858 to 1865 |
| Ira A. Condit |
" " |
1861 to 1867 |
| James Pittsford |
" " |
1863 to 1869 |
| James Y. Stewart |
" " |
1865 to 1871 |
| A. J. Hill |
" " |
1867 to 1873 |
| Elias Pdgett |
" " |
1869 to 1875 |
| Richard Lane |
" " |
1871 to 1876 |
| Felix C. Harris |
" " |
1874 to 1876 |
| Joseph White |
" " |
1875 to 1876 |
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CLERK OF COMMISSIONERS.
From 1808 to 1820 the
Commissioners appointed their Clerks, who discharged the duties
now performed by County Auditors. The office of Clerk of
Commissioners was abolished in 1820 and that of County Auditor
created.
| Elias Gilman served as
Commissioner's Clerk from |
1808 to 1809 |
| Archibald Wilson, Jr. |
served from |
1809 to 1811 |
| John Cunningham |
" " |
1811 to 1813 |
| Amos H. Caffee |
" " |
1813 to 1820 |
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COUNTY AUDITORS.
|
| William W. Gault |
served from |
1820 to 1820 |
| Stephen McDougal |
" " |
1820 to 1825 |
| John Cunningham |
" " |
1825 to 1835 |
| William Spencer |
" " |
1835 to 1841 |
| William P. Morrison |
" " |
1841 to 1844 |
| William P. Morrison |
" " |
1841 to 1844 |
| Abner W. Dennis |
" " |
1844 to 1853 |
| Thomas J. Davis |
" " |
1853 to 1855 |
| William B. Arven |
" " |
1855 to 1857 |
| Thomas J. Davis |
" " |
1857 to 1859 |
| Wm. H. Winegardner |
" " |
1859 to 1861 |
| Silas B. Woolson |
" " |
1861 to 1865 |
| William Bell, Jr. |
" " |
1865 to 1871 |
| William D. Morgan |
" " |
1871 to 1875 |
| Corrington S. Brady |
" " |
1875 to 1876 |
COUNTY ASSESSOR.
From the
year 1808 to 1825, property was assessed by Township Assessors.
In the latter year a law was passed providing for the election
of County Assessors by the people, which remained in force until
1851 when it was repealed and the old system of Township
Assessors again adopted. The following persons served as
County Assessors under the law of 1825:
| James Holmes |
served from |
1825 to 1827 |
| C. W. Searle and M. M.
Chaffee served in |
___ 1827 |
| J. B. W. Haynes |
" " |
1829 to 1833 |
| John Stewart |
" " |
1833 to 1835 |
| William Moats |
" " |
1835 to 1841 |
Tax Collectors were
appointed by the Commissioners. From 1808 to 1827 they
collected the taxes and paid them over to the County Treasurer
for disbursement. In 1827 the office was abolished and the
duty of collecting the taxes was imposed upon the Treasurer.
| John Stadden |
served from |
1808 to 1810 |
| John Cunningham |
" " |
1810 to 1812 |
| James Robinson |
" " |
1812 to 1812 |
| John Cunningham |
" " |
1812 to 1813 |
| Andrew Allison |
" " |
1813 to 1816 |
| Jonathan Simpson |
" " |
1816 to 1817 |
| Jacob Little |
" " |
1817 to 1818 |
| John Cunningham |
" " |
1818 to 1820 |
| Nicholas Shaver |
" " |
1820 to 1822 |
| Thomas Taylor |
" " |
1822 to 1823 |
| Samuel Bancroft |
" " |
1823 to 1824 |
| Elias Howell |
" " |
1824 to 1827 |
|
COUNTY TREASURERS.
|
| Elias Gilman |
served from |
1808 to 1810 |
| John J. Brice |
" " |
1810 to 1813 |
| John Cunningham |
" " |
1813 to 1817 |
| James Gillespie |
" " |
1817 to 1827 |
| Sereno Wright |
" " |
1827 to 1838 |
| Jesse D. Arvan |
" " |
1838 to 1840 |
| John Stewart |
" " |
1840 to 1842 |
| William Moats |
" " |
1842 to 1844 |
| Thomas Holmes |
" " |
1844 to 1852 |
| Thomas Ewing |
" " |
1852 to 1856 |
| I. C. Ball |
" " |
1856 to 1858 |
| Thomas B. Pease |
" " |
1858 to 1862 |
| Lewis Evans |
" " |
1862 to 1866 |
| D. E. Stevens |
" " |
1866 to 1870 |
| L. A. Stevens |
" " |
1870 to 1874 |
| E. H. Ewan |
" " |
1874 to 1877 |
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MARSHALS OR CENSUS-TAKERS.
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| Amos H. Caffee enumerated
the inhabitants in |
1820 |
| Benjamin Briggs and Samuel
English took the Census in |
1830 |
Isaac Smucker, Henry S.
Manon, J. A. W. McCadden and
H. W. R. Bruner performed that duty in |
1840 |
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Enoch Wilson, E. B. Pratt, Hiram Wright
and David Wilson were
the Deputy Marshals in |
1850 |
Levi J. Haughey, Henry S. Manon, S.
Sutton, James Pitzer and
J. M. McClelland took the Census in |
1860 |
C. B. Giffin, J. E. Rankin, Stewart
Barnes, Aurelius Ballou and
others enumerated the inhabitants in |
1870 |
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
| Elnathan Schofield, Samuel
H. Smith and James Dunlap performed the duties of
Surveyor, wile we were a portion of Fairfield County;
the first named serving from |
1801 to
1804 |
| Samuel H. Smith |
served from |
|
1804 to 1807 |
| James Dunlap |
" " |
|
1807 to 1812 |
| Alexander Holmes |
" " |
|
1812 to 1820 |
| James Holmes |
" " |
|
1820 to 1828 |
| Thomas H. Bushnell |
" " |
|
1828 to 1836 |
| Timothy S. Leaeh |
" " |
|
1836 to 1847 |
| Julius C. Knowles |
" " |
|
1847 to 1850 |
| David Wyrick |
" " |
|
1850 to 1859 |
| Z. H. Denman |
" " |
|
1859 to 1865 |
| G. S. Spring |
" " |
|
1865 to 1867 |
| A. R. Pitzer |
" " |
|
1867 to 1874 |
| George P. Webb |
" " |
|
1874 to 1876 |
COUNTY CORONERS.
Captain Samuel Elliott
was elected Coroner at the organization of the County in 1808
and served nearly a score of years, when his son, Alexander
Elliott, succeeded and continued in the office by many
re-elections. Captain James Coulter, Captain Samuel H.
Josephs and John Lunceford were the immediate successors of the
Elliotts.
NUMBER OF INHABITANTS.
The following table
gives the population of Licking County at each decennial period,
according to the federal Census tables, since the organization
of the County, also of Newark:
| In 1810 - 3.852 |
Newark about |
200. |
| In 1820 - 11.861 |
" " |
450. |
| In 1830 - 20.869 |
Newark had |
999. |
| In 1840 - 35.096 |
" " |
2.705. |
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| In 1850 - 38.846 |
" " |
3.654. |
| In 1860 - 37.011 |
" " |
4.675. |
| In 1870 0 36.196 |
" " |
6.698. |
LANDS AND FARMS.
The lands in Licking
County amount to 429,464 acres, of which 315,454 acres are
cultivated, and 111,861 acres are uncultivated. Of the
cultivated portion 124,134 acres are devoted to pasturage, and
of the uncultivated portion 94,195 acres are woodland. The
whole number of farms in the County is 2,693. The taxable
value of the lands is $15,729,783.
TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF LICKING COUNTY PROPERTY.
The taxable value of
the property of Licking County, last year amounted to
$27,088,271. The true value, including all the property
exempt from taxation, and estimating the remainder at its full
value, would probably exceed $40,000,000. The total amount
of taxes collected in Licking County last year was $320,397.89
cens.
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
The following
table gives a list of the domestic animals in Licking County,
and their assessed value, for the year 1875.
| Horses ... 12,550 - valued at...... |
$838.514 |
| Cattle ..... 23,489 "
" |
507.954 |
| Swine .... 26,865 "
" |
135,144 |
| Sheep ....240,771 " " |
771,927 |
| Mules ...
186 " " |
12,793 |
The Wool produced
aggregated 1,091,677 pounds, a quantity surpassing that of any
County in Ohio, and perhaps any County in the United States.
It is a matter of pride and exultation with our agricultural
lists that Licking County stands first in rank among the
Counties of Ohio, in the number and value of Sheep, and in the
quantity and value of wool produced.
PRODUCTS OF LICKING COUNTY IN 1874.
| James Bramble |
served from |
1831 to 1834 |
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| James Bramble |
served from |
1831 to 1834 |
VINEYARDS.
Grapes - 11 acres
producing 44,875 pounds of grapes, and 206 gallons of wine.
ORCHARDS.
In 1874 there were
6,475 acres devoted to fruit culture, producing 193,936 bushels
of apples; 20361 bushels of peaches;and 1,887 bushels of pears,
besides quinces, plums, cherries, and other fruits.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Our dairy products in
1874, amounted to 9,500 pounds of cheese, and 881,888 pounds of
butter.
MANUFACTURES.
The manufacturing
establishments in Licking County, a number 124, in which are
employed 696 workmen - the capital invested there in is
$705,085, and the products last year amounted to $1,236,198.
TURNPIKE AND CANAL
Twenty-five miles of
turnpike, being the National Road, running through our County,
near its southern borders, and the same number of miles of the
Ohio Canal, both constructed between the years
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1825-1835, are the sum total of those kinds of internal
improvements within the limits of Licking County.
RAIL ROADS.
EDUCATIONAL
OUR SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, LITERARY AND BENEVOLENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
We have
also not been tardy in establishing organizations other than
Colleges, Seminaries, and Schools, to promote Social, Literary
and Benevolent interests. Of this class are the Masonic,
and Odd Fellow Lodges, found in every section of our County, and
the less numerous lodges of Good Templars, Divisions of Sons of
TEmperance, of lodges of Red Men, of Knights of Pythias, of the
Order of United American Mechanics, of Druids, of Literary
Societies, of Debating and Library Associations, of REading and
Social Clubs, of Musical Coteries, of Teachers Institutes and of
other institutions of kindred character. Mention may
appropriately be made, in this connection, of the Licking County
Pioneer, Historical and Antiquarian Society, whose opportunities
tend to mental and moral improvement. The offices are as
follows:
PRESIDENT - Presley N. O'Banon.
VICE PRESIDENTS - Thomas J. Anderson, M. M. Munson, and
Daniel Forry.
RECORDING SECRETARY - Isaac Smucker
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY - C. B. Giffin.
TREASURER - Enoch Wilson
CHAPLAIN - Rev. George Sinsabaugh
It was organized in 1867, and has been eminently
successful in collecting and recording the facts of our early
time history, and preserving them from being utterly lost; and
it has been no less successful in its literary achievements and
its historical contributions, than in its devotion to
Archaeological or Prehistoric interests.
GRANGES - FARMER'S CLUBS - AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
And then too, we have
organizations of whose chief purposes are the cultivation of the
social qualities and the promotion of the material interests of
the people. Of this class is that known as the Patrons of
Husbandry, (whose members are designated as Grangers,) which has
its subordinate institutions throughout the County generally.
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| James Bramble |
served from |
1831 to 1834 |
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