Fountain County IN Archives History - Books .....County Officers Prior To 1847 1881
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Book Title: History Of Fountain County

COUNTY OFFICERS PRIOR TO 1847.

   During the early years of the county there were two officers unknown to our
system now. These were the county agent and county collector. These, with the
treasurer, were appointed, first by the board of trustees, and afterward by the
commissioners. The duty of the agent, in general, was to take conveyances for
land given for the purpose of aiding in the erection of public buildings, or
inducing the location of the seat of justice, and to lay the same off into town
lots, etc., under the direction of the county board; to make sales of the lots
and deeds to purchasers, and to perform many of the duties that now belong to
the office of county auditor. The duty of the collector was to collect the taxes
and pay them over to the treasurer.

   The county agents, in the order of their appointment and service, were:
Daniel Yandeventer, appointed July 24, 1826; Andrew Ingram, March 1827; Daniel
Rodgers, September 1827; and John Hamilton, January 1829. Mr. Hamilton was
reappointed from year to year, and served until in June 1850, when William
Hoffman was appointed, and he continued in office until the office was
abolished, in 1852.

   The county collectors, in the order of their appointment and service, were:
Richard Hicks, appointed July 1826; Robert Hetfield, May 1827; Richard Hicks,
May 1830; Robert Hetfield, May 1831; L. B. Hughes, November 1832; Moses Carr,
January 1833; Robert Wright, May 1834; John F. Wright, May 1835; H. S. Scott,
June 1836; Abner Rush, May 1837; William R. Orr, September 1839; Henry W. Cade,
May 1840.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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