Clay County Indiana The question of the incorporation of the town of Brazil was sub- mitted to the qualified citizens of the proposed site on the first day of October, 1866. The advertisement of the election had been published in the Brazil Independent and Home Weekly, and ten copies of the notice had also been posted. Joseph T. LISTON was at that time president of board of commissioners, under whose direction the election and the proceedings of incorporation took place. On the morning designated, at nine o’clock, the legal voters began assembling at. “the frame church on lot No. 6, Brackney’s addition,” to the town of Brazil. Evelyn MONTGOMERY was clerk of election. The names of those who were qualified to vote on that day are a list of charter citizens, which should be preserved. They were the following: ACKELMIRE J. G. ALLEN Oliver ALLISON J. B. ARMSTRONG F. W. ARMSTRONG S. E. ATKINSON H. M. BAKER G. BANGS J. M. BAUGHMANN Jeff. BEAHAN George BEHAN John BLACK William BORNSTEIN A. BRACKNEY Lewis BRANT J. E. BRIDGES J. W. BRIDGES D. W. BRITTON J. H. BRUFFEE Mark BUTT J. W. CLARK C. W. CLYNE John CLYNE Albert COLEMAN Joseph COMPTON I. M. CONKLIN Freeman CONKLIN Henry COZINE W. H. CRAFTON W. S. CROASDALE J. DESART Thomas DIEL Elias DONNEHUE Timothy EARP Joel EHRLICH Peter ELLIOTT Austin FARLOW M. L. FAULKNER A. FLETCHER H. S. GARDNER F. GIFFORD W. H. GIFFORD J. C. GIVAN B. F. GONTER Samuel HADLEY Asa HAGGART William HARRIS S. S. HARSHMANN John HAYNES Joseph HENDERSON Thomas HENDRIX Henry HENDRIX Eli HENDRIX, JR. John HENDRIX, SR. J. HERBERT C. HILL A. S. HOLLINGSWORTH S. HOLLINGSWORTH R. M. HUFFMAN Albert HUNT A. C. HUNT Junius HUSSEY E. H. HUSSEY E. S. JOHNSON Isaac JONES E. D. KEELER D. M. KEELER James KELSEY Albert KENNEDY James R. KIDD J. W. KIDD A. J. KIDD J. W. KIRK Jeremiah KNIGHT A. W. KNIGHT G. A. KRESS G. W. LARR D. H. LEHR Jesse LUMES William LUMHER William MALES Henry MCCLURE M. V. MCCLURE N. M. MCCONNELL W. N. MCCULLOUGH A. J. MCDONALD A. MICHAELREE H. MICHAELRU J. A. MINTOR J. MONTGOMERY E. MOORE William E. MOORE John MORAN James OLIVER David OSBORN Thomas PARKINS Mark PILLING A. PLANNETT J. C. POST E. H. PUFF Jacob REED George REED Calvin REED C. W. REED Aaron REED M. 1. RICHARDSON J. B. RICHARDSON W. P. RILEY W. C. RINEWALT J. R. ROBERTSON T. M. ROBINSON J. RODENBERGER Paul RODENBERGER M. RUSSELL James B. SANDERS I. W. SARCHETT Thomas SHAW G. P. SOUTHERS J. M. SPEARS Charles STEWART Uriah STORM Adam STOUGH John STRACHAN A. STUNKARD James TATAM Samuel THOMAS Asa THOMPSON Brightwell TORBERT William TORBERT John H. VANCUREN J. S. VANHISE J. T. WAGNER C. WESTFALL W. M. WHEELER F. L. WHEELER H. WILLOUGHBY E. WILLOUGHBY J. C. WILSON J. W. WRIGHT A. YATES John YOCUM Henry The record reads that one hundred and twenty-two of these voted for incorporation, and nine against. Allowing for some slight error in this record, it is evident that the large majority of citizens were in favor of incorporating the town. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Richard ( Fred) Finkbiner