HAMILTON COUNTY INDIANA
County Officers for the Year 1823 to the Year 1865

Coroner

Zenas Beckwith 1827
C. W. Harrison 1828 to 1833.
B. J. Dunning 1834

Jonathan Colburn

1834 to 1844.
F. G. Reynolds 1845.
Moses Craig 1846 to 1850
John Burk 1851 to 1852
J. F. Johnson 1853, 1854 and 1855
John S. Bolton 1856 to 1859
Abner B. Jones 1860 to 1861
Jonathan Colburn 1862 to 1865

School Commissioners and County Superintendents

W. Davis for the year 1832
H. W. Clark 1833 to 1835
Samuel Monroe 1836 to 1841
J. M. Mallery 1842 to 1848
Isaac Williams 1849 to end of 1852
I. N. Terwilliger 1853

(At this time the office was abolished.)

Circuit Court Judges

W. W. Wick 1823 and 1824
Bethel F. Morris 1824 to 1834
W. W. Wick 1834 to 1838
James Morrison 1838 to 1841
F. M. Finch for 1842
W. J. Peaslee 1843 to 1849
Jeremiah Smith 1850 and 185
W. W. Wick for 1852
Stephen Majors 1853 to 1858
Joseph S. Buckles 1859 to 1866

Associate Judges

John Finch and
W. C. Blakemore		 1823 to 1829
Joshua Cottingham and
David Osborn		 1830 to 1838
W. A. Emmons and
W. D. Rooker		 1838 to 1840
Jonathan Colborn and
W. D. Rooker		 1841
Jonathan Colborn and
W. S. Goe		 1842 to 1850
Jesse Wilson and
William Neal		 1851 to 1852

(In 1852 the office of Associate Judge was abolished.)

Probate and Common Pleas Judges

J. Finch and W. C. Blakemore 1823 to 1829
Joshua Cottingham 1840 to 1843
Lucius N. Emmons 1840
H. W. Clark 1844
Earl S. Stone 1853 to 1856
Nathaniel R. Lindsay 1857 to 1860
John Green 1861 to 1863
William Garver 1863 to 1866

Prosecuting Attorneys

D. B. Wick
Josiah F. Polk
Harvey Gregg
Calvin Fletcher
James Whitcomb
W. W. Wick
M. R. Brom
Harvey Gregg
Herrod Quarles
Beardsley
G. H. Voss
William Garver
David Moss
Joel Stafford
David S. Gooding
T. S. Underhill
N. Vanhorn.

Clerk

John D. Stephenson 1823 to 1836
John G. Burns 1836 to 1850
Daniel R. Brown 1850 to 1854
James O'Brien 1854 to 1858
W. Conner 1858 to 1862
John Trissal 1862 to 1866

 Auditor

John D. Stephenson

1823 to 1840
Earl S. Stone 1840 to 1844
George Simpson 1845
Amos Palmer 1846
John D. Cottingham 1847
Levi Farley 1847 to l855
Joseph R. Gray 1856 to 860
William A. Pfaff 1860 to 1864
John W. Pfaff 1865 to 1866

Treasurer

William Conner, 1823
Curtis Mallery, 1824 to 1843
H. G. Finch, 1844 to 1849
John C. Burton, 1850 to 1854
Elisha Pickett, 1855 to 1856
J. B. Loehr, 1857 to 1858
William Neal, 1859 to 1860
J. B. Carey, 1861 and 1862
John Pontius, 1863 and 1864
J. F. McClelland, 1865 and 1866

Sheriff

W. P. Warick, 1823 and 1824
R. L. Hannaman, 1825 and 1826.
W. S.Goe, 1827 to 1831.
Isaac Cottingham, 1832 to 1835.
Jonathan Colborn, 1836 to 1839.
Isaac Cottingham, 1840 and 1841.

C. W. Harrison, 1842 to 1845, inclusive
Michael Reveal, 1846 to 1849, inclusive
David Stewart, 1850 and 1851.
Jacob B. Loehr, 1852 to 1855, inclusive
Andrew McKinsey, 1856 and 1857.
A. G. Ferguson, 1858 and 1859.
John N. Darrah, 1860 and 1861.
David W. Shock, 1862 and 1863.
John B. Jackson, 1864 and 1865.


Recorder

John D. Stephenson, 1823 to 1838.
Albert B. Cole, 1838 to 1853.
William Neal, 1854 to 1856.
N. H. Mills, 1856 to 1860.
Garret D. Wall, 1860 to 1864.
M. W. Essington, 1865.

Surveyor

R. L. Hannaman, 1828 to 1830, inclusive.
James Hughey, 1830 to 1834.
Ira Kingsbury, 1835 and 1836.
James Hughey, 1837 to 1840, inclusive.
John Criswell, 1841 to 1844, inclusive.
William Pickett, 1845.
John Criswell, 1845 to 1854
William Pickett, 1854 and 1855.
Zenas Carey, Jr 1856 and 1857.
E. Cottingham, 1857 to 1866.

Board of County Commissioners

Solomon Finch and Zenas Beckwith were elected to the office of Commissioner in 1823; Finch from Dela­ware Township and Beckwith from White River. They served two terms each and at the end of that time the office was abolished and a Board of Justices estab­lished. The following persons served on this board: William Bush, W. Foster, J. F. Polk, W. Dyer, Francis Kincaid, Joshua Cottingham, John Berry, Robert Blair, Zenas Beckwith, Andrew W. Ingerman, Jesse M. Wood, W. Conner, Josiah Kirkendall, Isaac Hurlock, Lewis Ogle, Daniel Heaton, Elias Hoddy, George Medsker, Jesse Wilson and W. S. Wallace. The Board of Justices was abolished in 1833 and the Board of Commissioners again established. Up to this time the county had been divided into two townships, but at this time was divided into three districts.

The fol­lowing men served as Commissioners from 1831 to 1866
:
First District

James Hughey, 1831 and 1832.
Isaac Hurlock, 1833.
Abraham Helms, 1834 to 1839.
John Kinzer, 1840 and 1841.
Abraham Helms, 1842.
Thomas Harvey, 1843 to I845, inclusive.
Joseph Bolton, 1846,
Silas Moffitt, 1847 and l848.
Abraham Helms, 1849 to l85l,  inclusive.
James L. Darrah, 1852 to 1854, inclusive.
John Burk, 1855 to 1857, inclusive.
Thomas Harvey, 1858 to 1860, inclusive.
John Burk, 1860 to 1866.

Second District
Peter Wise, 1831 and 1832.
W. S. Goe
and Stephen Carey,		 1833.
Stephen Carey, 1834 and 1835.
Ebenezer Hurlock, 1836 to 1838, inclusive.
Levi Bowman, 1839.
Phillip Stoops, 1840 to 1842, inclusive.
Abraham Nicholson, 1843 to l847
Atwill Chance, 1848 to 1850, inclusive.
Nelson Daubinspeck, 1851 to 1853, inclusive.
D. C. Maker, 1853 to 1859.
Daniel Fisher, 1859 to 1862.
David Steward, 1862 to 1866
.

Third District
Henry Foland, 1831 and 1832.
Allen Cole, 1833 and 1834.
W. C. Blakemore, 1835 to 1837,
Ira Kingsberry
and Abel Gibson,		 1838. inclusive.
Allen Cole
and E. Redmond,		 1839.
E. Redmond, 1840.
Abel Gibson, 1841 to 1843, inclusive.
Allen Sumner, 1844 to 1846, inclusive.
Edward Hall, 1847 to 1849, inclusive.
J. C. Kinnaman, 1850 and 1851.
Edward K. Hall, 1852 to 1855.
Charles Stout, 1856 to 1858, inclusive.
Conrad Beard, 1859 to 1861, inclusive.
W. H. Dickeral, 1862.
Conrad Beard, 1862 to 1866.

County Agents

Josiah F. Polk, 1823 and 1824.
Sydnor Dale, 1824 to 1826.
W. Davis, 1826 to 1828.
R. L. Hannaman, 1828 to 1835.
Albert B. Cole, 1836 to 1840.
John P. Patterson, 1840 to 1844.
Joseph Messick, 1844 to 1848.
Jacob Robins, 1848 to 1850.
David Moss, 1850 to T852.

Trustees of Seminary Fund.

J. G. Barnes,
Jesse Lutz,
T. T. Butler,
A. B. Cole,
J. M. Mallery
David Moss.

Senators.

For the years of 1825 and 1826,
James Gregory was Senator for the counties of
Marion,
Shelby,
Madison,
Hamilton,
Rush,
Henry,
Decatur
Johnson.
For the years 1826 and 1827,
Calvin Fletcher was Senator for the counties of
Marion,
Hendricks,
Hamil­tond
Madison.
Calvin Fletcher was again Senator from the last-named counties in 1827 and 1828.
The district was then changed and Fletcher was Senator from
Marion,
Hendricks,
Hamilton,
Hancock,
Carroll
Madison.
In 1829 and 1830 Calvin Fletcher represented
Marion,
Hendricks,
Hamilton,
Hancock
Madison in the Senate.
From 1830 to 1831 he represented
Marion,
Hen­dricks,
 Hamilton,
Hancock,
Madison
Boone.
In 1831 and 1832 Fletcher represented
Marion,
Hamilton,
and all the territory north of Hamilton in the Miami Reserve.
Again in 1832 and 1833 Fletcher represented
Marion,
Hamilton and all the territory north of Hamil­ton to the Miami Reserve.
In 1833 and 1834 A. F. Morrison represented
Ma­rion,
 Hamilton and all the territory north of Hamilton to the Miami Reserve.
In the years 1834 to 1836 Henry Brady represented the last-named territory.
In 1836 to 1838 Bicknell Cole represented
Hamilton
Boone.
Jacob Angle represented the last two counties in 1839 to 1842.
Mark A. Duzan in 1842 to 1845.
W. W. Conner represented
Hamilton,
Boone
Tipton in the Senate in 1845 to 1848.
William Garver the last-named counties from 1848 to 1852.
N. J. Jackson from 1852 to 1856.
In the years 1856 to 1861 John Green represented the above named counties,
and in 1861 to 1865 G. B. Grubb represented Hamilton and Tipton.

Representatives

John Conner, in 1824, for Hamilton.
In 1825 and 1826, James Paxton, for Marion, Madi­son, Hamilton and Johnson.
In 1826 to 1829, Elisha Long, for Henry, Madison and Hamilton.
In 1829 to 1831, Elisha Long and William Conner, for Henry, Madison, Hamilton, Hancock,
and all the territory north of those counties.
In 1831 and 1832 William Conner represented Ham­ilton, Boone
 and all the territory north to the Miami Reserve.
In 1832 and 1834 Austin Davenport
represented the last named territory.
It was represented also in
1834 and 1836 by Robert L. Hannaman.
William Conner, in
1836 and 1837, Hamilton.
Jacob Robins,
1837 and 1838, Hamilton.
F. B. Cogswell,
1838 and 1840, Hamilton.
Jacob Robins,
1840 and 1841, Hamilton.
William D. Rooker and B. E. Cogswell,
1841 and 1842, Hamilton.
Allen Sumner,
1842 and 1843, Hamilton.
H. W. Clark and W. W. Conner,
1843 and 1844, Hamilton.
William W. Conner,
1844 and 1845, Hamilton and Tipton.
R. T. Kimberlin and C. T. Jackson,
1845 and l846, Hamilton and Tipton.
Jesse Lutz, 1846 and 1847, Hamilton.
Samuel Collip, 1847 and 1848, Hamilton.
Griffin Shaw, 1848 and 1849, Hamilton.
Thomas Harvey and William Stoops, 1849 and Jho, Hamilton.
William W. Conner, 1850 and 1851, Hamilton.
James Douthit, 1851 to 1853, Hamilton.
David Moss, 1853 and 1855, Hamilton.
J. F. Sims, 1855 to 1857, Hamilton.
A. H. Conner, 1857 to 1858, Hamilton.
Addison Boxley, 1858 to 1861, Hamilton and Tipton.
Joseph Goar, 1861 to 1863, Hamilton and Tipton.
James O'Brien, 1863 to J865, Hamilton and Tipton

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