THE following is a list of the townships
of Licking county, the date of their organization, and
when settled:
| TOWNSHIPS |
WHEN
ORGANIZED |
WHEN
SETTLED |
| 1. Licking * |
1801 |
1801 |
| 2. Granville
* |
1807 |
1801 |
| 3. Hanover |
1808 |
1801 |
| 4.
Bowling Green |
1808 |
1802 |
| 5. Union |
1808 |
1800 |
| 6. Newton |
1809 |
1803 |
| 7. Newark |
1810 |
1801 |
| 8. Madison |
1812 |
1798 |
| 9. Monroe |
1812 |
1806 |
| 10.
Washington |
1812 |
1808 |
| 11. Franklin |
1812 |
1805 |
| 12. St.
Albans |
1813 |
1807 |
| 13. Hopewell |
1814 |
1806 |
| 14.
Bennington |
1815 |
1809 |
| 15. Harrison |
1816 |
1806 |
| 16.
Burlington |
1817 |
1806 |
| 17. Mary Ann |
1817 |
1809 |
| 18. McKean |
1818 |
1806 |
| 19. Hartford |
1819 |
1812 |
| 20. Perry |
1819 |
1810 |
| 21. Jersey |
1820 |
1815 |
| 22. Eden |
1822 |
1813 |
| 23. Fallsbury |
1826 |
1818 |
| 24. Liberty |
1827 |
1821 |
| 25. Lima |
1827 |
1805 |
| 26. Etna |
1833 |
1815 |
Population of the city of Newark, and of the towns
and villages of Licking county, according to the
census of 1880:
|
Newark................................................ |
9,602 |
|
Granville................................................ |
1,027 |
|
Hebron................................................ |
538 |
| Pataskala,
(first called Conine)................................................ |
634 |
| Utica, (first
called
Wilmington)................................................ |
700 |
| Kirkersville................................................ |
349 |
|
Johnstown................................................ |
278 |
| Columbia,
(sometimes called Columbia
Center,)................................................ |
188 |
| St.
Louisville................................................ |
215 |
| Chatham,
(first called
Harrisburgh,)................................................ |
133 |
|
Jersey................................................ |
128 |
|
Fredonia................................................ |
86 |
| Vanattasburgh................................................ |
81 |
| |
__________ |
|
Total................................................ |
13,959 |
* Organized originally as part of Fairfield county.
N. B. - Amsterdan, Toboso, WAgram, New Way, Fallsburgh,
Boston, Moscow, Sylvania, Summit Station, Union Station,
Jackson, Brownsville, Hanover, Alexandria, Etna,
Hartford, Homer, Gratiot, Elizabethtown, Linnville,
Appleton, Luray, and perhaps other villages were not
separately enumerated, but were included in the total
population.
LICKING COUNTY TOWNS
- WHEN LAID OUT AND BY WHOM.
(Given in
Chronological Order).
| TOWNS |
WHEN LAID
OUT |
AND BY
WHOM |
| Newark |
1802 |
W. C.
Schenck, J. N. Cummings and J. Burnet |
| Granville |
1806 |
Licking
Land company |
| Johnstown |
1813 |
Dr. Oliver
Bigelow |
| Utica |
1814 |
Major
William Robertson |
| Homer |
1816 |
John
Chonner |
| Hartford |
1824 |
Ezekiel
Wells and Elijah Durfey |
| Hebron |
1827 |
J. W.
Smith |
| Jackson |
1829 |
Thomas
Harris |
| Fredonia |
1829 |
Spencer
Arnold, David Wood, jr., and S. Shaw |
| Gratiot |
1829 |
Adam Smith |
| Brownsville |
1829 |
Adam Brown |
| Linnville |
1829 |
Samuel
Parr |
| Chatham |
1829 |
John
Wagonner |
| Elizabethtown |
1829 |
Leroy,
Beverly, Abner and Minerva Lemert |
| Lockport |
1830 |
James
Holmes and C. W. Searle |
| Moscow |
1830 |
Daniel
Green and William Green |
| Alexandria |
1830 |
Alexander
Devilbliss |
| Wagram |
1831 |
(First
called Cumberland) Jeremiah Armstrong |
| Appleton |
1832 |
Titus Knox
and Carey Mead |
| Etna |
1832 |
Lyman
Turrill |
| Jersey |
1832 |
L.
Headley, W. Condit, E. Beecher and A. D.
Pearson |
| Kirkersville |
1832 |
William C.
Kirker |
| Luray |
1832 |
Adam Sane
and Richard Porter |
| Amsterdam |
1834 |
George
Barnes |
| Sylvania |
1838 |
Jesse and
Abraham Gosnell |
| St.
Louisville |
1840 |
John Evans |
| Columbia |
1850 |
John
Reese, Stephen Childs and Mark Richey |
| Pataskala |
1851 |
Richard
Conine |
| Hanover |
1852 |
J. H.
Hollister |
| Toboso |
1852 |
William
Stanbery |
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Fairfield,
Licking, New Winchester, Belfast, Exeter, Livingston,
and Mount Hope are virtually extinct villages of Licking
county.
TOWNSHIPS
OF LICKING
COUNTY |
NUMBER
OF
INHABITANTS |
NAMES OF FIRST
SETTLERS IN EACH |
WHEN
SETTLED |
| Bennington |
887 |
Henry Iles |
1809 |
| Bowling Green |
926 |
Michael
Thorn, F. Myer and H. Neff |
1802 |
| Burlington |
1,068 |
James
Dunlap, C. Vanousdal and others |
1806 |
| Eden |
767 |
W.
Shannon, J. Oldaker and E. Brown |
1813 |
| Etna |
1,168 |
J.
Williams, J. Crouch, Nelsons and Housers |
1815 |
| Fallsbury |
897 |
David
Bright |
1818 |
| Franklin |
819 |
George
Ernst, the Switzers and J. Feasel |
1805 |
| Granville |
2,147 |
John Jones
and Patrick Cunningham |
1801 |
| Hanover, |
1,22 |
Philip
Barrick |
1801 |
| Harrison |
1,328 |
Henry
Drake |
1806 |
| Hartford |
1,159 |
Daniel
Poppleton |
1812 |
| Hopewell |
1,000 |
W. Hull,
I. Farmer, S. Pollock and others |
1806 |
| Jersey |
1,358 |
Joseph and
Peter Headly and L. Martin |
1815 |
| Liberty |
753 |
Rena
Knight and others |
1821 |
| Licking |
1,157 |
P. Sutton,
J. Rathbone and J. and G. Gillespie |
1801 |
| Lima |
1,803 |
____
Hatfield, David and John Herron |
1805 |
| Madison |
920 |
Elias
Hughes and John Ratliff |
1798 |
| Mary Ann |
944 |
____ Bush,
a Virginian |
1809 |
| McKean |
980 |
John Price |
1806 |
| Monroe |
1,339 |
George W.
Evans, Charles and George Green |
1806 |
| Newark |
1,012 |
Samuel
Parr and others |
1801 |
| Newton |
1,332 |
John Evans |
1803 |
| Perry |
1,038 |
Samuel
Hickerson and James Thrap |
1810 |
| St. Albans |
1,148 |
John Cook
Herron |
1807 |
| Union |
1,878 |
John Van
Buskirk, the Fords and others |
1800 |
| Washington |
1,620 |
Joseph
Conad, John Lee, and others |
1808 |
The following
list comprises the names of the persons, with the titles
of their offices and time of service in the various
State and county offices, so far as this county was
identified with them, beginning with the members of
Congress who have represented districts of which Licking
county formed a part:
| Jeremiah
Morrow served from |
1803 to 1813 |
| James
Kilbourn "
" |
1813 to 1817 |
| Philemon
Beecher "
" |
1817 to 1821 |
| Joseph
Vance "
" |
1821 to 1823 |
| William
Wilson "
" |
1823 to 1827 |
| William
Stanbery "
" |
1827 to 1833 |
| Robert
Mitchell "
" |
1833 to 1835 |
| Elias
Howell "
" |
1835 to 1837 |
| Alexander
Harper "
" |
1837 to 1839 |
|
Jonathan Taylor
" " |
`829 to 1841 |
| Joshua
Mathiot "
" |
1841 to 1843 |
| Heman A.
Moore "
" |
1843 to 1844 |
| Alfred P.
Stone "
" |
1844 to 1845 |
| Columbus
Delano "
" |
1845 to 1847 |
| Daniel
Duncan "
" |
1847 to 1849 |
| Charles
Sweetser "
" |
1849 to 1853 |
| Edson B.
Olds "
" |
1853 to 1855 |
| Samuel
Galloway "
" |
1855 to 1857 |
| Samuel S.
Cox "
" |
1857 to 1863 |
| John
O'Neil "
" |
1863 to 1865 |
| Columbus
Delano "
" |
1865 to 1867 |
| George W.
Morgan "
" |
1867 to 1873 |
| Milton I.
Southard "
" |
1873 to 1879 |
| Gibson
Artherton "
" |
1879 to 1883 |
The State senators were -
| Robert F.
Slaughter served
from |
1803 to 1805 |
| Jacob
Burton "
" |
1805 to 1806 |
| Elnathan
Schofield "
" |
1806 to 1810 |
| Jacob
Burton "
" |
1808 to 1810 |
| William
Trimble "
" |
1810 to 1812 |
| Robert F.
Slaughter "
" |
1810 to 1812 |
| William
Gavitt "
" |
1812 to 1814 |
| William
Gass "
" |
1814 to 1815 |
| William
Gavitt "
" |
1815 to 1816 |
| Mordecai
Bartley "
" |
1816 to 1818 |
| John
Spencer "
" |
1818 to 1822 |
| Jacob
Catterlin "
" |
1822 to 1824 |
| William
Stanbery "
" |
1824 to 1826 |
| William W.
Gault "
" |
1826 to 1830 |
| Elias
Howell "
" |
1813 to 1832 |
| Benjamin
Briggs "
" |
1832 to 1833 |
|
Jonathan Taylor
" " |
1833 to 1836 |
| William W.
Gault "
" |
1836 to 1838 |
| Richard
Stadden "
" |
1838 to 1840 |
|
Burrill B. Taylor
" " |
1840 to 1842 |
| James
Parker "
" |
1842 to 1844 |
| Willard
Warner "
" |
1844 to 1846 |
| Samuel
Winegarner "
" |
1846 to 1848 |
| Samuel
Patterson "
" |
1848 to 1850 |
| John C.
Alward "
" |
1850 to 1854 |
| Charles
Follett "
" |
1854 to 1856 |
| Daniel
Gardner "
" |
1856 to 1858 |
| William P.
Reid "
" |
1858 to 1860 |
| Thomas C.
Jones "
" |
1860 to 1862 |
| John A.
Sinnett "
" |
1862 to 1864 |
| James R.
Stanbery "
" |
1864 to 1866 |
| William
Warner, jr., "
" |
1866 to 1868 |
| Lewis
Evans "
" |
1868 to 1870 |
| James R.
Hubbel "
" |
1870 to 1871 |
| Early F.
Poppleton "
" |
1871 to 1872 |
| John B.
Jones "
" |
1872 to 1874 |
| William P.
Reid "
" |
1874 to 1876 |
| James W.
Owens "
" |
1876 to 1880 |
| F. M.
Marriott "
" |
1880 to 1882 |
The members of the House of representatives were:
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| William
Trimble served in
first session of |
1803 |
| David
Reese "
" " |
1803 |
| William
Gass " from second
session in |
1803 to 1805 |
| Philemon
Beecher "
" "
" "
|
1803 to 1804 |
| David
Reese " from |
1804 to 1805 |
| Philemon
Beecher "
" |
1805 to 1808 |
| Robert
Cloud "
" |
1805 to 1806 |
| William W.
Irwin sserved from |
1806 to 1808 |
| Alexander
Holden "
" |
1808 to 1809 |
| William
Gass "
" |
1809 to 1810 |
| Jeremiah
R. Munson "
" |
1810 to 1811 |
| William
Gass "
" |
1811 to 1812 |
| Edward
Herrick "
" |
1812 to 1813 |
| William
Hains "
" |
1813 to 1814 |
| John
Spencer "
" |
1814 to 1817 |
| William W.
Gault "
" |
1817 to 1818 |
| Anthony
Pitzer "
" |
1818 to 1820 |
| William W.
Gault "
" |
1820 to 1822 |
| Augustine
Munson "
" |
1822 to 1824 |
| Stephen C.
Smith "
" |
1824 to 1825 |
| Bradley
Buckingham "
" |
1825 to 1826 |
| Stephen C.
Smith "
" |
1826 to 1827 |
| William
Hull "
" |
1827 to 1828 |
| Jacob
Baker "
" |
1828 to 1829 |
| Benjamin
Briggs "
" |
1829 to 1830 |
| Bryant
Thornhill "
" |
1830 to 1832 |
|
Jonathan Taylor
" "
|
1832 to 1833 |
| Samuel D.
King "
" |
1833 to 1834 |
| William
Mitchell "
" |
1833 to 1835 |
| John Yontz
" "
|
1835 to 1837 |
| John
Stewart "
" |
1836 to 1838 |
| Isaac
Smucker "
" |
1837 to 1839 |
| George H.
Flood "
" |
1838 to 1840 |
| Walter B.
Morris "
" |
1839 to 1841 |
| Elisha
Warren "
" |
1840 to 1841 |
| Jonathan
Smith "
" |
1841 to 1842 |
| Isaac
Green "
" |
1841 to 1843 |
| Phelps
Humphrey "
" |
1842 to 1843 |
| Samuel
White "
" |
1843 to 1844 |
| Daniel
Duncan "
" |
1843 to 1844 |
| Presley N.
O'Bannon "
" |
1844 to 1845 |
| Seth S.
Wright "
" |
1845 to 1846 |
| E. L.
Smith "
" |
1845 to 1846 |
| Jonathan
Smith "
" |
1846 to 1847 |
| Robert
Fristo "
" |
1847 to 1848 |
| Robert B.
Truman "
" |
1848 to 1849 |
| Noah Reed
" "
|
1849 to 1850 |
| Richard H.
Yates "
" |
1850 to 1854 |
| John Bell
" "
|
1852 to 1854 |
| Alban
Warthen "
" |
1854 to 1856 |
| A. E.
Rogers "
" |
1854 to 1856 |
| John A.
Sinnett "
" |
1856 to 1858 |
| Charles B.
Giffin "
" |
1856 to 1858 |
| William B.
Woods "
" |
1858 to 1862 |
| William
Parr "
" |
1858 to 1862 |
| George B.
Smythe "
" |
1862 to 1864 |
| John H.
Putnam "
" |
1864 to 1868 |
| John F.
Follett "
" |
1866 to 1870 |
| William
Parr "
" |
1868 to 1872 |
| William
Bell, jr. "
" |
1872 to 1874 |
| William D.
Smith "
" |
1874 to 1876 |
| Joel L.
Tyler "
" |
1876 to 1880 |
| Benjamin
Brownfield "
" |
1879 to 1881 |
The members of the Constitutional convention were:
| Henry
Abrams and
Emanuel Carpenter in |
1802 |
| Lucius
Case and Henry
S. Manon in |
1851 - 1852 |
| William P.
Kerr in convention
of |
1872 - 1874 |
The
Presidential electors of this county have been:
| Daniel
Humphrey, who
served in |
1867 |
| James R.
Stanberry "
" |
1864 |
| William D.
Hamilton "
" |
1868 |
| Isaac
Smucker "
" |
1872 |
| Edward M.
Downer "
" |
1876 |
| Mendall
Churchill "
" |
1880 |
The president
judges of the common pleas court have been:
| William
Wilson, from |
1808 to 1822 |
| Alexander
Harper, " |
1822 to 1836 |
| Corrington
W. Searle "
|
1836 to 1843 |
| Richard
Stillwell "
|
1843 to 1852 |
| Rollin C.
Hurd "
|
1852 to 1857 |
| Sherman
Finch "
|
1857 to 1862 |
| Thomas C.
Jones "
|
1862 to 1867 |
| Jefferson
Brumback "
|
1867 to 1869 |
| Jerome
Buckingham "
|
1870 to 1876 |
| Samuel M.
Hunter " |
1876 to 1881 |
The associate
judges have been:
|
James Taylor,
from |
1808 to 1809 |
| Alexander
Holmes " |
1808 to 1812 |
| Timothy
Rose " |
1808 to 1813 |
| Henry
Smith " |
1809 to 1823 |
| Noah
Fidler " |
1813 to 1823 |
| William
Hains " |
1814 to 1816 |
| Anthony
Pitzer " |
1816 to 1818 |
| Zachariah
Davis " |
1818 to 1825 |
| Alexander
Holmes " |
1823 to 1828 |
| Samuel
Brancroft " |
1824 to 1845 |
| William O.
Bannon " |
1825 to 1839 |
| John J.
Brice " |
1828 to 1829 |
|
William Taylor
" |
1828 to 1829 |
| Levi J.
Haughey " |
1839 to 1843 |
| Daniel
Martin, " |
1842 to 1849 |
| Benjamin
F. Myers " |
1843 to 1850 |
| Benjamin
W. Brice " |
1845 to 1847 |
| William
Hunter " |
1847 to 1852 |
| John Van
Fossen " |
1859 to 1852 |
| Elizur
Abbott " |
1850 to 1852 |
Associate
judges were abolished by the constitution of 1852, and
probate judges substituted. The probate judges
have been:
| Daniel
Humphrey, from |
1852 to 1858 |
| Henry
Kennon, " |
1858 to 1864 |
| William H.
Shircliff " |
1864 to 1873 |
|
Waldo
Taylor
" |
1873 to 1876 |
| George M.
Grasser " |
1876 to 1882 |
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The sheriffs
have been:
| John
Stadden, from |
1808 to 1810 |
| Andrew
Baird " |
1810 to 1814 |
| Andrew
Allison " |
1814 to 1818 |
| John
Cunningham " |
1818 to 1822 |
| William W.
Gault " |
1822 to 1826 |
| Elias
Howell " |
1826 to 1830 |
| William
Spencer " |
1830 to 1834 |
| Richard
Stadden " |
1834 to 1838 |
| William P.
Morrison " |
1838 to 1840 |
| Caleb
Boring " |
1840 to 1844 |
| William
Veach " |
1844 to 1848 |
| William
Parr " |
1848 to 1852 |
| William
Bell " |
1852 to 1854 |
| Hiram
Tenney " |
1854 to 1859 |
| William
Bell " |
1859 to 1863 |
| Jonathan
E. Rankin " |
1863 to 1867 |
| Jeremiah
Siler " |
1867 to 1871 |
| Elisha
Williams " |
1871 to 1875 |
| S. H.
Schofield " |
1875 to 1879 |
| A. T.
Howland " |
1879 to 1883 |
The clerks of
the court of common pleas have been:
| Samuel
Bancroft, from |
1808 to 1809 |
| Stephen
McDoubal, " |
1809 to 1816 |
| Amos H.
Caffee " |
1816 to 1837 |
| Franklin
Fullerton " |
1837 to 1844 |
| Gilbert
Brady " |
1844 to 1852 |
| William
Spencer " |
1852 to 1855 |
| Rees
Darlington " |
1855 to 1858 |
| Thomas J.
Anderson " |
1858 to 1864 |
| Samuel A.
Parr " |
1864 to 1870 |
| Isaac W.
Bigelow " |
1870 to 1876 |
| Sylvester
S. Wells " |
1876 to 1879 |
| A. R.
Brown " |
1879 to 1880 |
| Charles T.
Dickenson " |
1880 to 1883 |
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 Samuel Herrick, Hons. Thomas Ewing,
William Stanberry, 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
Follett " " |
1850 to 1853 |
| Harvey C.
Blackman " " |
1853 to 1845 |
| William B.
Clarke " " |
1856 to 1858 |
| Gibson
Atherton " " |
1858 to 1863 |
| Lucius
Case " " |
1863 to 1863 |
| Morgan N.
Odell " " |
1863 to 1867 |
| James W.
Owens " " |
1867 to 1871 |
| Samuel M.
Hunter " " |
1871 to 1875 |
| Asbury
Barrick " " |
1875 to 1879 |
| James E.
Laughead " " |
1879 to 1881 |
The county
recorders have been:
|
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 1880 |
| George
Iden " "
by appointment |
1880 to 1881 |
| J. R.
McCullough " "
" |
1881 to 1884 |
The county
commissioners have been:
| 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 "
" |
1811 to 1815 |
| Bradley
Buckingham "
" |
1814 to 1814 |
| Augustine
Munson "
" |
1814 to 1816 |
| William
Stanberry "
" |
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 |
| James
Bramble "
" |
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 "
" |
1838 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
Gardener " " |
1850 to 1855 |
| Benjamin
L. Critchet " " |
1851 to 1854 |
| Lewis Lake
" " |
1852 to 1855 |
| Willis
Robins " " |
1854 to 1857 |
| Valentine
B. Alsdorf " " |
1855 to 1856 |
| William
Barrick " " |
1855 to 1858 |
| James
Stone " " |
1856 to 1858 |
| Michael
Morath " " |
1857 to 1863 |
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| Jacob
Anderson served from |
1868 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 1673 |
| Elias
Padgett "
" |
1869 to 1875 |
| Richard
Lane "
" |
1871 to 1877 |
| Felix C.
Harris "
" |
1874 to 1880 |
| Joseph
White "
" |
1875 to 1878 |
| Stephen
Hoskinson "
" |
1877 to 1883 |
| A. B.
Coffman "
" |
1878 to 1881 |
| Robert
Leeding "
" |
1879 to 1882 |
From 1808 to 1820 to 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
commissioners' clerk from |
1808 to 1809 |
| Archibald
Wilson, jr.,
served from |
1809 to 1811 |
| John
Cunningham " " |
1811 to 1813 |
| Amos H.
Caffee " " |
1813 to 1820 |
The county
auditors have been:
| William W.
Gault served from |
1820 to 1820 |
| Stephen
McDougal " " |
1820 to 1825 |
| John
Cunningham " " |
1825 to 1835 |
| William
Spencer "
" |
1835 to 1841 |
| 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.
Wingarner "
" |
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 1880 |
| James f.
Lingafelter "
" |
1881 to 1882 |
From 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 1841 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. Caffee served in |
____ 1827 |
| William
Spencer served from |
1827 to 1829 |
| 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 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 |
| Andrw
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.
Arven " " |
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 1868 |
| Thomas B.
Pease " " |
1868 to 1862 |
| Lewis
Evans " " |
1862 to 1866 |
| D. E.
Stevens "
" |
1866 to 1870 |
| L. A.
Stevens "
" |
1870 to 1874 |
| E. H. Ewan
" " |
1874 to 1878 |
| William M.
Fulton "
" |
1878 to 1882 |
MARSHALS OR
CENSUS-TAKERS.
| 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. McCaddon and H. W.
R. Bruner performed that duty in
|
1840 |
| Enoch Wilson,
E. B. Pratt, Hiram Wright and David Wilson
were the deputy marshals in |
1850 |
| Levi J.
Haughey, Henry S. Manon, B. Sutton, James
Pitzer and J. M. McClelland took the
census in |
1860 |
| C. B.
Griffin, J. E. Rankin, Stewart Barnes,
Aurelius Ballou
and others enumerated the inhabitants in
|
1870 |
The
enumerators for 1880 were as follows:
| Bennington
township |
J. R.
Sanger |
| Bowling Green
township |
A. R.
Brown |
| Burlington
township |
W. H.
Brownscombe |
| Eden township |
Thomas L.
King |
| Etna township |
G. A.
Clifton |
| Fallsbury
township |
George
McQueen |
| Franklin
township |
W. M. Lacy |
| Granville
township |
S. L.
Gardner |
| Hanover
township |
A. A.
Bounds |
| Hartford
township |
C. O.
Coleman |
| Harrison
township |
A. R.
Miller |
| Hopewell
township |
James D.
Gard |
| Jersey
township |
J. W. Robb |
| Liberty
township |
Asbury
Moran |
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| Licking
township |
Thomas
Roley |
| Lima township |
G. W.
Tharp. |
| Mary Ann
township |
Benjamin
B. Moats. |
| McKean
township |
Edward T.
Glynn. |
| Monroe
township |
Jackson
Hanover. |
| Madison
township |
J. W.
Halliday. |
| Newark
township |
D.
D. Taylor. |
| Newark, First
Ward |
S. B.
Woolson. |
|
Newark, Second ward |
Thomas J . White. |
| Newark, Third
ward |
Joseph
Rusler. |
| Newark,
Fourth ward |
Richard
Garner. |
| Newton
township |
Josiah
Dillon. |
| Perry
township |
James M.
Wagstaff. |
| St. Albans
township |
S. G.
Goddard. |
| Union
township |
E. F.
Beverly. |
| Washington
township |
J. W.
McKelvy. |
Elnathan Schofield, Samuel H.
Smith and James Dunlap performed the duties
of surveyor while this was a portion of Fairfield
county.
| Elnathan
Schofield served from |
1801 to 1804 |
| Samuel H.
Smith " " |
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.
Leach " " |
1836 to 1847 |
| Julius C.
Knowles " " |
1847 to 1850 |
| David
Wyrick " " |
1750 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 1881 |
William Anderson and his
son also served as county surveyors.
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 |
"
had 999 |
| In 1840 -
35,096 |
"
" 2,705 |
| In 1850 -
38,846. |
"
" 3,654 |
| In 1860 -
37,011 |
"
" 4,675 |
| In 1870 - 36,
196 |
"
" 6,698 |
| In 1880 -
40,277 |
"
" 9,602 |
|
