The principal offices of this township have been filled since its organization by the following persons, and for the number of terms mentioned:

Supervisor—Notley Scott, two years; Lewis L. Heflin ; Joshua Bruner, four years ; Allen S. Brown, two years ; Thomas J. Jones, three years ; M. Buchanan ; G. W. Higgins, two years ; L. F. Gentry ; William H. Brown, four years ; P. W. Johnston, two years ; Richard Garrett, three years ; M. D. Scott ; A. W. Nelson, four years.

Town Clerk—Joshua Bruner; Michael Stumbaugh ; R. R. Simms ; J. C. Morford, two years ; James Bruner ; E. L. Carroll ; W. M. Fle­.harty ; J. T. Morford, three years ; I. R. Evans ; James M. Goff, four years ; William Church, two years ; 0. M. Bartlett ; D. N. Holmes ; John L. Got, four years ; L. C. Heare ; 0. W. Caldwell ; George W. Miller; Joseph H. Humes, four years.

Assessor—John W. Miles ; Thomas Tate ; G. W. Taylor ; A. J. Walker; James M. Holmes ; James M. Goff, three years ; John Douglass ; H. M. Buchanan ; Joshua Bruner ; I. R. Evans ; William H. Brown ; Richard Garrett, nine years ; William A. Nelson, two years ; S. M. Brown; Thomas Camblin.

Collector—James M. Holmes; Nathaniel Bailey, four years ; John T. Marford ; C. M. Barnett ; Michael Stumbaugh, two years ; John C. French ; L. F. Gentry ; G. A. Crosby ; D. N. Holmes ; Levi G. Bair; A. H. Jones ; J. N. Blackburn ; A. W. Nelson, two years ; L. T. Johnston ; Frank Herbert; George A. Blue; Lewis Scott; M. Y. Drew ; Robert Blaney.

Justices of the Peace—Andrew J. Holmes ; William F. Garrett; Thomas Camblin, three terms ; James Marford, two terms ; B. Mothers, three terms ; Richard Garrett; J. B. Hoag; G. W. Greenwood; Jacob Shauholtzer; Lewis L. Heflin, two terms ; J. N. Black­burn; J. C. Jackson, two terms ; John T. Marford.

In 1880 this township built a town-hall 24 x 42 x 14 feet, at a cost of $785.

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