Jefferson County Online
The Voters of 1848

The following is a chapter from "The History of Jefferson County, Iowa - A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement", Volume 1, Pages 231-248, published by the S. J. Clarke Publishing Company of Chicago in 1912 (in 1914 according to some citations).

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HISTORY OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY, IOWA

CHAPTER XXXI
THE VOTERS OF 1848

In 1848 took place the first presidential election in which the electors of the State of Iowa could participate. The Whig candidates were Gen. Zachary Taylor for president and Millard Fillmore for vice president. The whig electors were Fitz Henry Warren, William H. Wallace, Jesse Bowes and Stephen B. Shelleday. The democratic candidates were Lewis Cass for president and William O. Butler for vice president. The democratic electors were A. C. Dodge, Joseph Williams, Lincoln Clark and J. J. Selman. The free soil candidates were Martin Van Buren for president and Charles Francis Adams for vice president. The free soil electors were William Penn Clark, J. H. Dayton, J. M. Robertson and William Miller.

There was a vigorous campaign. The important national questions discussed were the acquisition of foreign territory, the extension of slavery, free trade, and the free grant of reasonable portions of the public lands to actual settlers. So equal in numbers were the democrats and whigs of the state that a local situation seemed likely to determine the issue between them. Many Mormons had settled on the Missouri slope in unorganized territory. In the August elections their votes were cast almost as a unit for the whig candidates but were rejected. Had they been counted, they would have elected Daniel F. Miller, the whig candidate, to Congress, in the First District. It was believed, therefore, that if these voters could take part in the November election Taylor and Fillmore would carry the state. To enable them generally to vote it was necessary to complete the organization of Pottawattamie County which had been authorized and of which the preliminary steps had been taken. The organization of the county was dependent upon a sheriff who was required to file a bond and an oath of office with the clerk of the District Court of Polk County. To keep the sheriff from qualifying, the clerk resigned his office. In consequence, when the returns were finally made up, the vote of Pottawattamie was thrown out. This action did not affect the result. Cass and Butler, the democratic nominees, received the electoral vote of Iowa.

Jefferson County went democratic. The democrats cast 739 votes, the whigs 637 votes, the free soilers but 21 votes. The election was held on Tuesday, the 7th of November. The original lists of the voters of the county made on that day at its eleven polling places as they exercised their right of franchise in this election fortunately have been preserved. For the purposes of a record a more desireable date could not well be selected. A dozen years earlier marked the coming of the first settlers. A dozen years later came the election of Lincoln and the opening of the Civil war. In the first half of this period occurred the erection of the Territory of Iowa, the organization of the county, the adoption of a state constitution and the admission of the territory as a State of the Union; in the second half came an exodus to California and Oregon and a ten years’ struggle to secure a railroad. These lists contain the names of many pioneers, of many who were active in the later development of the county, of many who migrated in the ‘50s to the Pacific Coast, and of many who volunteered, or whose sons volunteered, in the armies of the Union. On account of these things, they have an exceptional interest and value.

In Walnut Township, the election was held at the house of John B. Bense. The judges were Valentine Shearer, Andrew Johnston and Michael Mesner. The clerks were Daniel Creegan and William J. Rodgers. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. John Lemberger
2. Henderson Gorsuch
3. John Pheasant
4. Eli Weithum
5. Valentine Shearer
6. Michael Mesner
7. William J. Rodgers
8. Jacob Shaffer
9. Philip Shaffer
10. Thomas Chilcott
11. George Hanawalt
12. Samuel Hanawalt
13. Daniel Creegan
14. John Mesner, Jr.
15. Reuben Stullaberger
16. William Curns
17. David Johnson
18. Edgar Harris
19. David Courtney, Jr.
20. Andrew Johnston
21. William Armstrong
22. John Spielman
23. Alexander Latta
24. Jesse Edwards
25. John Shaffer
26. Christian Shappa
27. Martin T. Prather
28. Jacob Hefflefinger
29. Ira G. Rhodes
30. Andrew Turner
31. Silas Deeds
32. Fieling L. Turner
33. Abram Dillen
34. William M. Edwards
35. Jacob Leffler
36. Johnathan J. Morris.
37. John Baldoser
38. Benjamin Mount
39. Levi Oaks
40. Samuel Spainhower
41. William D. Allbaugh
42. William Long
43. Abram Armstrong
44. Harvey Daniels
45. Hardin Edwards
46. John Daniels
47. Hudson Gentry
48. Jacob Sidorus
49. Jacob Snider
50. George W. Vardaman
51. Elyee Turner
52. Casper Utterbind
53. John Mesner, Sr.
54. Thomas A. Wilks
55. Henry S. Barlow
56. Francis J. Sidorus
57. John J. Reeder
58. Jesse Hathorn
59. Richard Barnet
60. Jonah M. Niece
61. Martin Casaday
62. Francis Shappa
63. John Hanawalt
64. Eliel Murray
65. Jacob George
66. Coonrad Barricklow
67. Michael Helenbrand
68. David Courtney, Sr.
69. Jacob Courtney
70. Natan Townsend
71. John P. Chrile
72. Charles W. Wood
73. Stephen Wood
74. Thomas J. Loony
75. Martin Richardson
76. Christian Kientz
77. George Weyand
78. John B. Bense
79. Jacob Spainhower
80. Henry Leffler
81. Christian Shaffer
82. Platt Ketchum
83. Jacob Krumm
84. Christian Duttwiller
85. John Tidd
86. James N. Murray
87. Edmund F. Murray
88. John Murray
89. George Frondolf
90. Jacob Goodcher
91. Valentine Knerr
92. George J. Knerr
93. Elisha Deck
94. Adam Knerr
95. Peter Jones
96. Thomas W. Small
97. Godfrey Vogel
98. Albert Smith
99. George Powell
100. John Friend

These voters cast 56 ballots for the democratic electors, 40 for the whig electors, and four for the free soil electors.

In Penn Township, the election was held at the house of Isaac Crumly. The judges were John Carse, Joseph Dillon and Isaac Ellis. The clerks were Joseph Roberts and Abner Frazier. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. Elijah Stevens
2. Damiel Gaumer
3. James Cassady
4. John C. Haymond
5. William Hassmon
6. James Haywood
7. Samuel M. Harris
8. Shadrach Harrison
9. Thomas Henderson
10. Samuel Wiley
11. David McKee, Sr.
12. James Frazier
13. James G. Mitchel
14. Charles Blakeley
15. John G. Mitchel
16. David McKee, Jr.
17. John Davis
18. Samuel Simpson
19. Martin Cassady
20. James Davis
21. Isaac Garmoe, Sr.
22. John Lynn, Sr.
23. Samuel Charlton
24. James H. McGaw
25. Lawrence Garmoe
26. Alvah Pickrell
27. John Charlton
28. David K. Minter
29. Samuel Charlton, Sr.
30. Isom Blakely
31. William G. Coop
32. James F. Hodson
33. Joshua Whitlock
34. Caleb Nordyke
35. Alexander Blakeley
36. John Graham
37. Evan Jones
38. John W. Mitchel
39. William C. Powell
40. Madison Smith
41. Thomas Sayles
42. Jacob Gunter
43. Rufus Cassady
44. John Randall
45. Adam Courtney
46. Elionel Pickrell
47. John Minton
48. George Neel
49. Hugh C. Defrance
50. William H. Dixon
51. John W. Dixon
52. Lewis D. Edwards
53. William Y. McGaw
54. Wright Wyatt
55. John Wyatt
56. Joseph Heston
57. John Conner
58. Ransom Coop
59. Jacob Westenhaver
60. John Powel
61. Adin Nordyke
62. David A. Smith
63. Samuel T. Harris
64. James L. Smith
65. Richard H. Dixon
66. Moses Dudley
67. David C. Powel
68. Charles Powel
69. Aaron Richardson
70. Aaron Richardson, Sr.
71. Philip Cline
72. John W. Mitchel
73. George Spencer
74. Elias Burger
75. Jacob Garmoe
76. John C. Spray
77. Phineas Heston, Sr.
78. William Ellis
79. Samuel M. Mitchel
80. Isaac Ellis
81. William Hawk
82. John Garmoe
83. John Andrews
84. John D. Edwards
85. Gideon D. Edwards
86. Walter Dillon
87. Samuel Dillon
88. Forest W. Herd
89. William McCracken
90. John T. McPherson
91. Abner Frazier
92. Calvin Cooper
93. Andrew Bigham
94. William Cassaday
95. Isaac W. Ellis
96. Caleb Beals
97. Miles Driskill
98. James Emry
99. Solomon Nordyke
100. Robert Hodson
101. Rawleigh Humphrey
102. Joseph Dillon
103. Solomon Kerns
104. David Pickering
105. Aumal Hodson
106. Franklin Baker
107. John B. Page
108. David Jones

These voters cast 53 ballots for the democratic electors, 53 ballots for the whig electors, and one ballot each for William Penn Clark, William Miller, Charles Leslie, Thomas Frazier, Timothy Fox and Levi Anderson

In Blackhawk Township the election was held in the Blue Point schoolhouse. The judges were George Ruggles, David Myers and Alexander Simpson. The clerks were Frederick F. Lyon and Henry Harden. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. Jacob Gabbert
2. Simeon Cushman
3. Jacob Park
4. George Shelly
5. John C. Stewart
6. Azariah Park
7. John Wigh
8. Charles David
9. John Shelly
10. Jesse Hinshaw
11. Ambrose Ingold
12. Jesse Kinworthy
13. William Davis
14. Shadrach Pointer
15. James Bonine
16. Richard Sparks
17. James Osburn
18. John Milican
19. Willis C. Stone
20. John Osburn
21. John Mote
22. Richard Thornburg
23. William Osburn
24. Obed C. Thornburg
25. John Ruggles
26. William Lewman
27. John Welch
28. Thomas Osburn
29. Jacob Kite
30. Henry Hardin
31. Alexander Simpson
32. David Myers
33. George Ruggles
34. John Mills
35. Nathaniel Quackenbush
36. Irvin Quackenbush
37. John S. Noble
38. George Welsh

These voters cast 24 ballots for the democratic electors and 14 ballots for the whig electors.

In Polk Township, the election was held at the house of David Peters. The judges were Isaac Peters, Evin Fleener and Jacob Ramey. The clerks were David McReery and John W. Peters. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. John Townsend
2. Joseph Davis
3. Henry Ramey
4. George McReery
5. George Darden
6. Henry Darden
8. John Phebus
8. Andrew J. Antle
9. Robert Davis
10. Jacob Rider
11. David Peters
12. Robert Smith
13. Joseph Price
14. John Robinsin
15. Wilcher Cardwell
16. Greenberry Hiatt
17. Isaac Peters
18. Evin Fleener
19. Edward McReynnolds
20. David McReery
21. John Peters
22. Jacob Ramey
23. William Jaques
24. Thomas McCulloch
25. Mathew Spurloch
26. William B. Spurloch
27. James Harris
28. George Kness
29. William Ramey
30. James D. Wilson
31. Isaac Miller
32. Amos L. Nannest
33. Benjamin Robinson
34. William H. Walker
35. Alexander P. Benn
36. George W. Robinson
37. Job Robinson
38. Thomas Roberts
39. Charles H. McCulloch
40. David M. Oliver
41. Robert Long
42. William Brown
43. Samuel Downey
44. Archibald Downey
45. John Davis
46. John M. Forrest
47. James M. Leisure
48. Christopher Sears
49. Harvey Spurloch
50. James Snider
51. Andrew Lewis
52. William K. Long
53. Clawson Campbell
54. James G. Smith
55. David Smith
56. Davi Smith
57. Thomas T. Adams
58. James G. Thompson
59. Harrison Jones
60. David Mowery
61. John Poffinbarger
62. James Cowger
63. John D. Smith
64. John Campbell
65. Simon Scott
66. Peter A. McReynolds
67. Lewis N. Wickersham
68. John E. Downey
69. Lester T. Gillet
70. Samuel Poffinbarger
71. Edmond B. McReynolds
72. Christian C. Poffinbarger
73. Archibald Stewart
74. William F. Lattin
75. Isaac Campbell
76. John Paton
77. Seth Adamson

 

These voters cast 32 ballots for the democratic electors and 45 ballots for the whig electors.

In Locust Grove Township, the election was held at the house of Michael Cassel. The judges were Samuel Robb, A. N. Fleenor and H. D. Gibson. The clerks were William A. Orrill and David Z. Collins. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. Andrew Collins
2. William E. Marlow
3. Reuben Harris
4. Isaac Harris
5. William N. Fleener
6. Gabriel Cassel
7. Dillen Koons
8. Archibald T. Downey
9. Abm. N. Fleenor
10. Richard Saunders
11. Samuel Robb
12. David Sears
13. John W. Rodgers
14. Aaron Felty
15. William Smith
16. Hazael Wycoff
17. Jonathan Dawson
18. Thomas I. Robison
19. John Linder
20. William M. Wells
21. Michael Cassel, Sr.
22. Samuel Henderson
23. Thomas B. Fleenor
24. William Mathews
25. William P. Holmes
26. John Sperry
27. William Vinson
28. John Smails
29. Agrippa Henderson
30. Harvey T. Laughlin
31. George W. Troy
32. Elijah Collins
33. Jacob Collins
34. David Collins
35. Joseph McCorkle
36. Joseph Crease
37. James Simpson
38. Andrew Groves
39. John Downey
40. Zarah C. Collins
41. John Turner
42. N. A. Starr
43. John S. Reynolds
44. John Robison, Jr.
45. John Ornduff.
46. Solomon Cassel
47. Cyrus Carson
48. John Gillogly
49. Thomas W. Gobble
50. Warren M. Seay
51. Michael Cassel, Jr.
52. Frederick Boysee
53. Isaac H. Bush
54. Christopher Ellmaker
55. Andrew Erskine
56. William Marlow
57. Henry Hite
58. William Dillinger
59. James Gow
60. H. D. Gibson
61. Jonathan Ireland
62. John A. Ireland
63. Henry Gregg
64. Andrew Gregg
65. John Woods
66. Jesse Seay
67. James W. Seay
68. George Huffstutter
69. Daniel Imbler
70. James McMains
71. William Stilwell
72. Samuel Beets
73. Seth Hayes
74. Seth W. Hayes
75. Robert Morriss
76. William H. H. Ramey
77. William Judd
78. Joseph Scott
79. Samuel McMains
80. William McVay
81. James Lathers
82. Jacob L. Sears
83. John W. Cooper
84. Miles Burrus
85. Joseph Linder
86. John Lewis
87. F. T. Humphreys
88. Jefferson Ellmaker
89. Jacob Ellmaker
90. Jacob Sears
91. C. C. Tinsley
92. John Sears
93. Morgan Wells
94. Elen Snipes
95. David Imbler
96. Daniel Burrus
97. Jesse Eller
98. Harrison Gilmore
99. David Eller
100. Charles Grayless
101. Thomas Rigg
102. Nathaniel Bailey
103. William Johnson
104. Martin Kness
105. John M. Seay
106. Robert Smails
107. Andrew Emerick
108. James Q. Vilett
109. Joseph Sears
110. Henry Emerick
111. William Freeman
112. Sampson Smith
113. Sawyer Robinson
114. Samuel C. Kercheval
115. Barton W. Caldwell
116. John F. Ingram
117. Charles Ingram
118. William C. Robison
119. Alexander Laughlin
120. Joseph Gosnell
121. Thomas Gosnell
122. Robert D. Caldwell
123. George W. Gobble
124. Martin Byerly
125. Daniel Fouts
126. Samuel Whitmore
127. Thomas Mowerton
128. Andrew Smith
129. William A. Orrill
130. Charles Abraham
131. Moses Remine
132. N. R. Greenwood
133. James McCahan
134. John A. Sloan
135. Samuel Armstrong
136. William H. Smith
137. Thomas Clarke
138. Tinley M. Brooks

These voters cast 70 ballots for the democratic electors and 68 ballots for the whig electors.

In Fairfield Township, the election was held at the courthouse. The judges were John A. Pitzer, Franklin Meek and Isaac Blakely. The clerks were John Snook and W. E. Groff. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. William H. Lyons
2. Alex. Fulton
3. Henry Carns
4. C. W. Slagle
5. William Baker
6. W. W. Williamson
7. Ezra Drown
8. R. P. Titford
9. Samuel H. Bradley
10. John McClery
11. Henry Huffman
12. Barnet Ristine
13. William K. Alexander
14. Jacob Myres
15. John Thompson
16. Samuel M. Evans
17. A. H. Stevens
18. B. B. Tuttle
19. John Q. Thompson
20. Daniel Chesson
21. J. M. McKenney
22. David Tweed
23. William A. Hendricks
24. James Mahood
25. John W. Culbertson
26. George Acheson
27. James Kenyon
28. George W. Jenkins
29. James N. Bell
30. John Fee
31. Jesse Byrkit
32. Jesse B. Winn
33. William L. Orr
34. William Barnwell
35. Adam Ware
36. David Switzer
37. Anson Ford
38. William Whitaker
39. Thomas D. Evans
40. Charles Negus
41. A. R. Sparks
42. E. S. Rann
43. A. M. W. Langdon
44. Daniel McDaniels
45. R. W. Steel
46. Philip Huffman
47. Benja Goodrich
48. William Patrick
49. Amon Stuver
50. Daniel Mendenhall
51. Horace Gaylord
52. William S. Todd
53. Samuel G. Fonney
54. E. C. Hampson
55. Joel Thorn
56. William J. Cooper
57. M. R. Barker
58. William Huffman
59. George D. Temple
60. Hiram Chandler
61. Samuel J. Bayard
62. William G. Beck
63. John Strong
64. Arthur Bridgeman
65. Peter Andrew
66. George Crain
67. A. T. Shoup
68. Peter Bates
69. Dorastus Johnson
70. Tho. Dickey
71. Henry Keltner
72. William Shelley
73. Elijah Deen
74. David Laughery
75. Richard W. Irwin
76. Jonathan Switzer
77. George W. David
78. Jeremiah Kendall
79. John Boyl
80. James Woods
81. John R. Reaser
82. A. W. Walker
83. James W. Messick
84. Caleb Baldwin
85. John Brooks
86. James A. Cunningham
87. Mathias Owens
88. Daniel Rider
89. V. P. Van Antwerp
90. Bernheart Henn
91. C. S. Shaffer
92. Anson Belldon
93. Daniel McLean
94. Mathew Clark
95. Warren Shedd
96. Benja Milligan
97. Reuben Dill
98. John Sheilds
99. Joseph Dole
100. William McLean
101. Jesse Woolard
102. John Rider
103. Jacob Snook
104. William Alston
105. John T. Rogers
106. John Shuffleton
107. Jacob Huffman
108. John McComb
109. Leroy Garthrie
110. J. C. Wear
111. Peter Snook, Sr.
112. Thomas W. Titus
113. Charles Anderson
114. F. M. Allen
115. Stephen Dill
116. Samuel Noble
117. Casper Snook
118. H. W. Anderson
119. Jacob Plough
120. Amos Barker
121. Lot Abraham
122. Wyley Jones
123. Nathaniel Steel
124. James W. Cole
125. Sol Dill
126. John Clinton
127. Charles Clinton
128. Samuel Feigler
129. Robert Plough
130. Peter G. Snook
131. Henry R. Warren
132. Tho. Morrison
133. H. S. Snook
134. Joseph Snook
135. A. B. Young
136. Hial A. Spicer
137. J. M. Strong
138. Nicholas Notson
139. J. Duane Stark
140. Andrew J. Ogden
141. George Anderson
142. A. Wyley
143. William Maxson
144. James S. Parrot
145. James Charlton
146. Addison Wheeler
147. Morgan Keltner
148. William Reager
149. Arch R. Wood
150. M. B. Case
151. John W. DuBois
152. Nelson Chew
153. Samuel Thrash
154. Cris. Noble
155. William McComb
156. C. B. Webb
157. William W. Noble
158. N. M. Bright
159. N. Lawrence
160. Archibald Kerr
161. Alf. Humphries
162. James Anderson
163. Marion Shelton
164. William Bartholomew
165. David Phillips
166. John Young
167. Joseph Hazelwood
168. Mungo Ramsey
169. Alexander Wheeler
170. Peter Burgess
171. Adam Stever
172. Abler Cotes
173. Neri Broant
174. A. R. Sullivan
175. John Kerr
176. John Downey
177. Jesse Kime
178. Daniel Trullinger
179. John Denmark
180. M. T. Shelton
181. P. M. Troxell
182. John Huffman
183. Henry B. Mitchell
184. William Hutchenson
185. Even L. Crain
186. John T. Huey
187. James Fagen
188. Randall Rice
189. Peter Snook, Jr.
190. George Coughman
191. David C. Brown
192. Robert Hill
193. James Richeson
194. Nelson J. Herrington
195. George W. Wilkinson
196. Samuel Bonnifield
197. James Hall
198. Christopher Cannaday
199. Benja Parker
200. Isah Hoskinson
201. Peter Eckley
202. Edward Todd
203. William Leech
204. David J. Evans
205. Milton Russell
206. John Gilbert
207. William Lyons
208. George Fowler
209. Nelson Green
210. Joseph Furgeson
211. D. P. Ray
212. Joseph Gorden
213. Jacob Wycoff
214. Aaron B. Downs
215. Samuel Dickson
216. Calvin Williams
217. Neffel Leech
218. D. B. Knight
219. John Workman
220. Robert Hopkins
221. Samuel Warwick
222. Abraham Brennahan
223. Jehue Carr
224. William Smith
225. William T. Winner
226. John Ely
227. Ruben Lanman
228. Anthony Downey
229. Ed. Alston
230. Robert Shaw
231. Arvin White
232. James Morrow (sworn)
233. B. B. Kenady
234. James Chandler
235. John Hutchens
236. William Uttz
237. David Hanna
238. Joshua Leamer
239. John Robison
240. John R. Shirabels
241. William Myres
242. Reben Carpenter
243. Samuel Herr
244. James Graham
245. Peter Gough
246. William G. St. Clair
247. Charles Rogers
248. Henry Evans
249. David Leech
250. John T. Cottingham
251. George Oles
252. David Thompson
253. Parish Ellis
254. William L. Hamilton
255. Isaac Sharp
256. Thomas Bartholomew
257. A. H. Brown
258. James Hollis
259. Henry Snook
260. William A. Woodside
261. S. D. Shirts
262. Nathaniel Marlow
263. William H. Houghland
264. J. C. Smith
265. Jerome Gossage
266. William Thompson
267. John A. Pitzer
268. Isaac Blakeley
269. Franklin Meek
270. W. E. Groff
271. John Smock
272. L. G. Bell
273. Reuben Fenstermaker
274. E. H. Wetmore
275. Joseph Workman
276. Richard Vandoren
277. W. T. Shamp
278. Isaac Brown
279. William Pritt
280. William B. Ogden
281. Alexander Colwell
 

These voters cast 152 ballots for the democratic electors, 127 ballots for the whig electors, two ballots each for William Penn Clark and William Miller, free soil electors, and one ballot each for D. M. Kelsey, Franklin M. Street, J. H. Daton and J. M. Robertson.

In Lockridge Township, the election was held at the house of Joseph Berry. The judges were Sullifand S. Ross, Wilson Green and Joseph Berry. The clerks were B. M. Allinder and Frederick F. Metzler. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. Bartley Travis
2. Urias Horton
3. Joseph Sage
4. Samuel Brooks
5. Samuel Biddinger
6. Henry Overhultzer
7. John Charlton, Sr.
8. James Collins
9. John Landers
10. James Padgit
11. William I. Ross
12. John Rocke
13. Josiah Rocke
14. John Long
15. Richard B. Allinder
16. Archer Green
17. Jacob Fore
18. Waltus Collins
19. John C. Kyle
20. Henry Weeks
21. Ethan Chilcott
22. Charles Kyle
23. Abraham Barger
24. Abraham Inglass
25. James Barger
26. John Barger
27. David Long
28. Joseph Austin
29. I. George Shmitline
30. Thomas R. Barger
31. Frederick Grabb
32. Anderson Travis
33. Louis Roeder
34. Andrew Stotger
35. James B. Bailey
36. Peter Graber
37. Joseph Graber
38. Ludwick Cunningham
39. William Edwards
40. Hosea Stout
41. James M. McClellon
42. Asa Chilcott
43. Christian Graber
44. George Parke
45. Henry Knerr
46. Frederick Knerr
47. Stephen Akes
48. Adam Gynn
49. Martin Meeker
50. Ansley H. Sage
51. Sylvester Green
52. William Kerr
53. William Sage
54. Nelson I. Meeker
55. Samuel Berry
56. Nathan Smothers
57. John Cox
58. Nathan Harris
59. Thomas White
60. Francis Conley
61. Ephraim Bates
62. John Dunlap
63. Silas Garrett
64. David Cowan
65. Joseph Hickenbottom
66. Philander Snow
67. Stephen Hickenbottom
68. Alson Hart
69. Charles McGuire
70. Admiral Harris
71. Gustavis Jocknik
72. Granville Akes
73. Dempsey Massingale
74. William Massingale
75. David Stam
76. John Mathews
77. Elias Weigart
78. John Crenshaw
79. John Cowen
80. Robert Parsons
81. John Fore
82. Daniel Vanwinkle
83. Isaac Berry
84. John R. Parsons
85. Daniel Parke
86. Daniel B. Clapp
87. Lewis Gaunchbaugh
88. Caleb Cooper
89. William D. Clapp
90. William R. Simmons
91. John Gow
92. Otho Cooper
93. Abraham Vanwinkle
94. John McCrillis
95. Richard Allinder
96. Homan Humphrey
97. Andrew McCormick
98. James Frazey
99. Alfred Green
100. Baker M. Allinder
101. Nathaniel Green
102. Lauren Rose
103. Wesley C. Green
104. Samuel Allender
105. Smauel G. Sage
106. Samuel White
107. Jacob Fore
108. Enoch Frazey
109. Wilkes Cooper
110. John Shelly
111. David Keltner
112. Thomas Allender
113. Daniel I. Travis
114. William Hindman
115. John Toothaker
116. William C. Whitlock
117. Jacob Webb
118. William Parker
119. William Frazer
120. Edward Vohries
121. Wiliam Montgomery
122. Jackson Spark
123. Robert Lynn
124. Samuel T. Berry
125. Frederick Goens
126. Sullifand S. Ross
127. Wilson Green
128. Joseph Berry
129. Frederick F. Metzler
130. Andrew C. Stevens
131. Alson G. Howard
132. Vinson Turner
133. Jonathan Turner
134. James H. Freeman
135. John R. Vance
136. George W. Vance
137. William Downing
138. Benjamin Archibald
139. Robert Archibald
 

These voters cast 76 ballots for the democratic electors and 63 ballots for the whig electors.

In Round Prairie Township the election was held at Glasgow. The judges were James O. Kirkpatrick, William J. Stout and Ezekiel Gillham. The clerks were William S. Lynch and James R. Westfall. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. E. A. Harbor
2. Lincefield Grady
3. Calvert A. Gillham
4. James McCullough
5. Charles W. Anderson
6. Thomas Miller
7. William W. Cottle
8. Job Henry.
9. Andrew Abrams
10. Eli Jones
11. Elijah Billingsly
12. Luther Lemmons
13. James Telford
14. Alfred Wright
15. Richard Stewart
16. Joseph Telford
17. George S. Whiteaker
18. John Cochran
19. William Andrew
20. Smith Ball
21. James M. Whiteaker
22. William Stuart
23. T. T. Rogers
24. Eli Spears
25. John J. Stout
26. James A. Sears
27. James M. Hemnons
28. John Whiteaker
29. Daniel Hider
30. James Gilmer
31. Peter Bartles
32. Robert Moore
33. James Baker
34. Samuel Carver
35. Cager Litton
36. Thomas Howel
37. James F. Howel
38. Peter Howel
39. Matson Howel
40. John Elliot
41. John Jamison
42. Albert Smith
43. David M. Sears
44. James Willson
45. William Bonnifield
46. J. C. Walker
47. Joshua Bell
48. John S. Ball
49. Squire Ridgeway
50. John Dearduff, Sr.
51. James Harten
52. Henry Sincoe
53. Selas Woodward
54. Robert T. Gilmer
55. Arthur Conder
56. Daniel Russel
57. Joseph M. Parker
58. Alexander Dunlavy
59. Burton Litton
60. Andrew Burdet
61. John Dearduff, Jr.
62. Nathaniel Templeton
63. Jesse Thomas
64. Richard Jones
65. B. D. Workman
66. Lambeth Morgan
67. James Buchanan
68. Charles Stout
69. Levi Morgan
70. Gregory Bonnifield
71. Samuel Carrel
72. Henry Leonard
73. John Howel
74. Stephen Williams
75. Frederick Schenoving
76. Albert Howard
77. Henry Woodard
78. John Woodard
79. William M. N. Campbell
80. John Huff
81. John F. Moore
82. Alexander Moore
83. Daniel Sears
84. David Woodard
85. Herrod Leonard
86. John Leonard
87. Alexander Kirk
88. Stephen Crowder
89. Philip Carrel
90. Jacob Kirk
91. Henry Lee
92. Henderson Howel
93. J. N. Gilham
94. John Mulvany
95. Daniel Chezum
96. Washington Litton
97. John Abrams
98. John Hall
99. George Cole
100. William D. Sturgess
101. Finley Strong
102. Elvis Stout
103. George Moffit
104. John C. Ridgeway
105. John Price
106. Newton Stout
107. George Snoe
108. Alexander Jamison
109. Frederic Price, Sr.
110. Frederic Price, Jr.
111. Benjamin Litton
112. Peter Price
113. George Cochran
114. Thomas Etherage
115. John Baker
116. William Cline
117. William L. Layton
118. Otho Davis
119. William H. H. Lee
120. George Riley
121. William S. Lynch
122. E. J. Gillham
123. George Chapman
124. James O. Kirkpatrick
125. William Stout
126. James R. Westfall
127. Thomas Lamberth
 

These voters cast 75 ballots for the democratic electors and 51 ballots for the whig electors. One ballot is not accounted for.

In Cedar Township, the election was held at the house of Micajah B. Rowland. The judges were Samuel Moore, Joel Bradshaw and William Templeton. The clerks were William C. Jones and John B. Rowland. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. John Templeton, Sr.
2. Micajah B. Roland
3. Andrew Thompson
4. Joel Bates
5. Mathias Gumes
6. Greenburg Bunch
7. Andrew Loudon
8. Dolphin Gumes
9. Orville O. Sheldon
10. Joel J. Bradshaw
11. Joseph Clark
12. John Penegar
13. Jeremiah Bates
14. Samuel W. Langdon
15, Samuel Walker
16. James A. Gallaher
17. Samuel McNealy
18. Samuel S. Walker
19. James B. Evans
20. Joshua Wilson
21. William McNealy
22. James S. Scott
23. Aaron Greenland
24. Micajah Bunch
25. William M. Bradshaw
26. Daniel Greenland
27. Charles Hutton
28. James Patterson
29. George Moffatt
30. Jesse Long
31. John S. Harper
32. Andrew Gunt
33. Reuben Madden
34. Samuel Moore
35. John Aykrom
36. Hiram Moore
37. Charles L. Cox, Jr.
38. Henry Pinegar
39. Eli Kirk
40. Newby Smith
41. William Templeton
42. Joel Bradshaw
43. John B. Roland
44. Addison Parker
45. William C. Jones
46. Grinder Wilson
47. Thomas L. Strong
48. John Harper
49. Josiah McLain
50. George Fell
51. John Templeton, Jr.
52. Thomas Gorsuch
53. Jesse Shamp
54. Jacob Harmon
55. William R. Kirk
56. Henry Harmon
57. James Hibbs
58. William Daugherty
59. Eli Cox
60. Frederick Highland.
61. William Elliott
62. William McCulloch
63. John McCullough
64. Archibald Gilleland
65. Sabret Scott
66. William Withrow
67. Joseph Graham
68. Michael Wiseman
69. Nathaniel Loomis
70. Enos C. Powell
71. John Graber
72. Philip Bonnett
73. Daniel Rodth
74. Joseph Rodth
75. James Spear
76. John Fell
77. Jacob Wright
78. Joseph Fell
79. Alexander Patterson
80. Simeon Greenland
81. Noah Wright
82. John R. Kirk
83. Hosea Hall
84. Henry Gimple
85. William Taylor
86. David Fry
87. Mahlon Fell
88. John W. Doughty
89. Joel C. Bradshaw
90. John Babbs
91. John Whitten
92. Alexander W. Scott
93. Nathaniel Simmons
94. Joseph Lee

These voters cast 60 ballots for the democratic electors, 33 ballots for the whig electors, and one ballot for the free soil electors.

In Liberty Township, the election was held in a schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is neither designated nor located. The judges were Thomas O. Wamsley, A. Hemphill and John J. Smith. The clerks were John W. Sullivan and Hiram Smith. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. William Hackney
2. John Wilmington
3. M. C. Shamp
4. Lloyd Jenkins
5. Robert Lindsey
6. William F. Dustin
7. James Cline
8. Lemuel Clark
9. James Spencer
10. Isaac McCleary
11. Daniel Hankins
12. Michael Peebler, Sr.
13. Josiah Stanley
14. Noah Bivens
15. William Pitkin
16. Elijah Smith
17. William Duston
18. Michael S. Bever
19. Henry Campbell
20. James H. Burns
21. George W. Johnson
22. Hannibal Sutten
23. John Stafford
24. Mace Claridge
25. Hugh Harrison
26. William Loomis
27. Greenup Smith.
28. John F. Robb
29. Samuel Noble
30. Jonathan Parsons
31. Peter Shepler
32. George Crolus
33. John Dennis
34. Clabourn C. Teter
35. Ralph R. Mills
36. Joseph Junkin, Sr.
37. Cyrus N. Teter
38. William Cassiday
39. Seymour Seeley
40. Carlile Smith
41. Jacob Holsizer
42. Leroy Spence
43. William Peebler
44. Nelson Ely
45. Thomas B. Shamp
46. Humphrey Roberts
47. George Fox
48. Joseph McClintick
49. Mathew Harris
50. A. T. Robinson
51. Silas Young
52. Samuel Torrence
53. Michael Woods
54. George Humphrey
55. Joseph Junkin, Jr.
56. Joseph P. Robb
57. Elias Smith
58. James Wishard
59. Abner Fitzgeralds
60. J. J. Randall
61. James P. Reynolds
62. Daniel Carter
63. John Duston
64. Owen Mason
65. Robert Waters
66. James Orr
67. Job Clinkenbeard
68. Jonathan Welgamott
69. William A. McClain
70. James Saunders
71. John Cassiday
72. William Donaldson
73. George Leach
74. B. R. St. John
75. John Swoop
76. Woodard Donaldson
77. Jonathan B. Evans
78. Rolla Taylor
79. Job Saunders
80. Rezen R. Prather
81. Moses N. Reynolds
82. Andrew J. Stanley
83. Fielden Clinkenbeard
84. John Saunders
85. Greenberry Taylor
86. John Gorden
87. Jonathan Dyer
88. Henry Davis
89. Joseph Stanley
90. Wesley Hall
91. Charles Dyer
92. Thompson Turner
93. Lloyd Prather
94. William H. Slavins
95. John Berry
96. William Teach
97. Jacob N. Guinn
98. Charles Fox
99. William P. Wamsley
100. Thomas H. Prather
101. Jackson Taylor
102. David Smith
103. James R. Prather
104. George W. Dyer
105. Austin L. Shepler
106. Samuel Taylor
107. Daniel Chambers
108. John McQuirter
109. Nathan Saunders
110. Joseph H. Teale
111. Martin T. Miller
112. John Clark
113. F. B. Smith
114. Jesse Gilleland
115. Jacob Chilcoat
116. Hugh Johnson
117. John J. Smith
118. Thomas O. Wamsley
119. Adley Hemphill
120. Hiram Smith
121. Jacob W. Sullivan
122. Jacob T. Hackney
123. James McGuire
124. Joseph B. McClain
125. Richard C. Houston
126. Thomas Poulson
127. David Lindsey
128. Johnathan Taylor
129. Hiram Norton
130. Michael Peebler
131. John Garber
132. John A. McCoy
133. William Clark
134. Hugh R. Skinner
135. Jefferson Beard
136. Henderson Polson
137. Nehemiah Davis
138. Abraham Rhodabaugh
139. David Sens
140. William Love
141. Leonard Jenkins
142. Jonathan C. Prather
143. Gilbert Loomis
144. Jackson Cline
145. Louis Dennis
146. Nicholas Clopfenstein
147. Abram Schwartz
148. Samuel Kirkpatrick
149. Ezekiel Reynolds
150. Jackson Clinkenbeard
151. Campbell Rankin
152. Samuel Eshelman
153. Jacob Wells
154. Samuel H. Whitson
155. Gideon Chubb
156. James Jenkins
157. John Steel
158. Andrew J. Gibbs
159. David Goughnour
160. Albert N. Bissel

These voters cast 58 ballots for the democratic electors, 91 ballots for the whig electors, and 11 ballots for the free soil electors.

In Des Moines Township, the election was held at the house of Nicholas L. Bonnett. The judges were James Hull, Samuel Brown and William H. Copeland. The clerks were George W. Hoover and Samuel Jacobs. The voters were recorded in the following order:

1. Samuel Brown
2. James Hull
3. George W. Hoover
4. Samuel Jacobs
5. Benjamin Bevans
6. Simpkin McCleary
7. Andrew W. Peebler
8. John J. Smith
9. Robert Brown
10. John H. McCleary
11. Benjamin McCleary
12. Henry Gilman, Sr.
13. Reuben Ellmaker
14. Philip Allbaugh
15. Henry Gilman, Jr.
16. George Fisher, Sr.
17. Jacob Harmon
18. Peter G. Bradshaw
19. John H. Croft
20. Abraham Teeter
21. Abner Hill
22. John Casebeer
23. W. H. Copeland
24. Lewis H. Finney
25. Enos Ellmaker
26. William C. Morrison
27. William Miller
28. John Tanner
29. Joseph Hutton
30. Nicholas L. Bonnett
31. Joseph Ingersoll
32. Robert Wilson
33. Thomas Walker
34. Samuel Imbler
35. Robert B. Jamison
36. Lewis S. Young
37. Johnson J. Lee
38. Jacob Brown
39. Joseph Sketoe
40. James C. Turner
41. Alexander Wilson, Jr.
42. Stephen V. Jackson
43. Jesse B. West
44. Adam Winsell
45. David Peebler
46. John Croft
47. Jacob Reprogle
48. Hugh Wilson
49. Marcus Cool
50. John T. Gwin
51. John Rumford
52. James F. Wilson
53. S. P. Majors
54. Samuel Good
55. Josiah Donnelson
56. George Leigh
57. Samuel Shipler
58. James Cool
59. Elias Fisher
60. Moses Black
61. George. Fisher, Jr.
62. David Laughlin
63. Serene C. Pumphrey
64. Israel Young
65. Nathan West
66. Thomas J. Harrison
67. James Young
68. David Coleman
69. John Winsell
70. Samuel Williams
71. James Copeland
72. Joseph Walker
73. Samuel Walker
74. Isaac Vinson
75. Henry C. Fisk
76. Alfred Cool
77. Samuel Mehaffy
78. John L. Prather
79. Henry Cloke
80. John Adams
81. William C. Young
82. John Fishell
83. George Harmon
84. John Harmon
85. Henry Harmon
86. John W. Brown
87. Jacob Brown, Sr.
88. George Brown
89. Daniel Shafer
90. John Grisell
91. Amos Vandever
92. William Brown
93. Samuel A. Hull
94. David B. Teeter
95. Peter Lutz
96. Jacob Fisher
97. Benjamin F. Brown
98. David S. Glenn
99. John Young, Sr.
100. Cornelius Prather
101. Thomas Glenn
102. Macklin Copeland
103. John Rush
104. Burton Carver
105. James Dunn
106. George Hatch
107. Johnson Birdsell
108. Epernetus Birdsell
109. David Beech
110. Andrew Skaggs
111. Henry More
112. John D. Chester
113. Samuel Cassiday
114. John Harley
115. Moses Pitman
116. George W. McMullin
117. Coleman Graves
118. Alexander Wilson, Sr.
119. Ural Nimmocks
120. Goodman Graves
121. Loman Black
122. Isaac K. Teeter
123. John B. Conger
124. Archibald Birdsell
125. Edon Cramer
126. Henry Fishell
127. George Byerts
128. Jacob Blosser
129. Aaron O. Edwards
130. John Simmons
131. Sydney Loveless
132. Archibald Black
133. Robert Poland
134. Columbus Lafferty
135. Abraham Landers
136. Peter Bowers
137. Samuel Hughell
138. Christian Burger
139. David Sollenbarger
140. Casper Kump

The voters cast 83 ballots for the democratic electors, 52 ballots for the whig electors, and five ballots for the free soil electors.

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Some years ago, an alphabetical index of these voters was posted on this site. To see that list, click here.


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