Waupaca County WI Archives History - Books .....Chapter VI 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 19, 2007, 5:06 am Book Title: History Of Waupaca Co., WI CHAPTER VI. FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD—FIRST ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS—ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNS OF WETAUWEGA, MHKWA, WAUPACA, EMBARRASS, CENTERVILLE, AND DAYTON. The County and Town of Waupaca was organized by legislative act, approved February 17, 1851, the county seat being temporarily established at Mukwa. The first election was held at Mukwa, April 1, of that year. The following is a list of the officers chosen at that election: Chairman, David Scott; Supervisors, Tyler Caldwell and Peter Meiklejohn; Town Clerk, C. L. Gumaer; Justices of the Peace, Moses Chandler, Albion Brandy, S. F. Ware, and John Boyd. The first meeting of the new Board was held at the house of H. Rolph, in the Village of Muwka, "the county seat of Waupaca County," May 6, 1851. The Chairman, David Scott, being absent, Tyler Caldwell was chosen Chairman, "by agreement." The office of Treasurer being vacant, G. W. Taggart was appointed to fill the vacancy. A bounty of $5 was voted at that meeting for each wolf killed in the County. At said meeting the County was divided into eight road districts, as follows: District No. 1: "All the surveyed land in the County lying east of the Wolf River, to a line running east and west opposite the mouth of Tomorrow River, thence west." R. Nichols was appointed overseer. District No. 2: "All the surveyed land in said County lying east of the Wolf River, commencing at a line running east and west opposite the mouth of Tomorrow River." Ira Sumner was appointed overseer. District No. 3: " Commencing at the main Wolf, opposite Mukwa, running up said river to the Embarrass, thence up said river eight miles, thence in a west line to Meiklejohn's Mills, thence south to the main Wolf in Waupaca County." B. F. Phillips was appointed overseer. District No. 4: "All south of the big marsh in Town Twenty-one (21)." G. W. Taggart was appointed overseer. District No. 5: "All land lying west and south of Spencer's Marsh, including all that is called the Pleasant Valley Country." Aaron Forbes was appointed overseer. District No. 6: (No bounds to be found on the records). Wilkison Chandler was appointed overseer. District No. 7: "Running south to the line of Town Twenty-one (21), thence half way between Little River Mills and Tomorrow Mills, thence north to the Wolf River." Benjamin Birdsell was appointed overseer. District No. 8: "Running south to the line of Town Twenty-one, thence half way to Tomorrow Mills, thence south to the Wolf River." John Boyd was appointed overseer. QUALIFYING OF FIRST JUSTICES. The official bonds of Moses Chandler, S. F. Ware, Albion Brandy, and John Boyd, as Justices of the Peace, all dated April 2, 1851, were filed—Moses Chandler's being the first on the records. James Smiley, W. B. Millard, and R. Nichols were security for Brandy, and G. W. Taggart and W. G. Cooper for the others. Also, on the same date, the bond of G. W. Taggart, as County Surveyor, in the penal sum of $1,000, was filed. His securities were Tyler Caldwell, W. G. Cooper, and John Boyd. At the next meeting of the Board, held at Mukwa, October 7, 1851, two voting precincts were made by said Board, one at the house of W. G. Cooper, in said County, and one at the house of A. Tibbetts, in Weyauwega, for the general election in November. FIRST ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS. At the April election the following County officers were elected: For Sheriff, John M. Vaughn; Register of Deeds, W. G. Cooper; County Treasurer, C. E. P. Hobart; County Surveyor, George W. Taggart; Clerk of Supervisors, James Smiley; Coroner, John Boyd. REPORT OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. The annual report of Simon C. Dow, "Town Superintendent of Schools for Waupaca County," for the year ending August 31, 1851, gives the following information: Whole number of districts separately set off in said towns, 8. Number of districts from which reports have been made, 4. Number of months a school has been taught in each of such districts, 3. Public money raised, none. Number of male children in said districts, 90. Number of female children in said districts, 75. Average wages paid female teachers, $6. Amount raised and expended, $72. Whole valuation of school houses, $350. NOVEMBER ELECTION, 1851. The whole number of votes cast in Waupaca County at the general election held November 4, 1851, was 127. At that election the following County officers were elected: For County Treasurer, Simon C. Dow; Register of Deeds, James Smiley; Coroner, John Boyd; Clerk of Supervisors, James Smiley; County Surveyor, Ira Sumner. FIRST DIVISION OF THE COUNTY. At a meeting of the County Board, held at the house of H. Rolph, in the Village of Mukwa, March 5, 1852, at which were present Tyler Caldwell, Chairman, and David Scott and Peter Meiklejohn, Supervisors, six towns were set off as follows : Township 21, in Ranges 11 and 12, to constitute a town by the name of Lind, (that being the first town set off in the County); the first town meeting to be held at the house of Thomas Spencer, on the first Tuesday of April next following. Township 21, and south half of 22, in Range 13 east, to constitute a town by the name of Weyauwega; the first town meeting to be held at the house of R. Baxter. Townships 21 and 22, in Range 14 east, to constitute one town by the name of Mukwa; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Horace Rolph. Townships 21 and 23, Range 11 east, and Township 22, Range 12 east, to constitute one town by the name of Waupaca; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Mr. Mackintosh. Townships 24 and 25, in Ranges 11, 12, and 13, Township 23, in Ranges 12 and 13 east, and the north half of Township 22, in Range 13 east, to constitute one town by the name of Centerville; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Peter Meiklejohn. Townships 23, 24 and 25, in Range 14 east, and Township 25, Range 15 east, to constitute one town by the name of Embarrass; the first town meeting to be held at the house of A. Wheeler. NOVEMBER 10, 1852 — MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD AT MUKWA. Members present—James Meiklejohn, Town of Centerville; Melzor Parker, Town of Weyauwega; Samuel Keene, Town of Embarrass; Charles Beadleston, Town of Lind. Absent—Representatives from Mukwa and Waupaca. The following assessments were made and taxes levied: Weyauwega, equalized at $11,639.50—3 1/2 mills, County and School, $407.38. Mukwa,equalized at$292.26—3 1/2 mills, County and School, $1,022.91. Lind, equalized at $3,590 — 3 1/2 mills, County and School, $125.68. Waupaca, equalized at $10,000 — 3 1/2 mills, County and School, $350.00. A County seal was ordered, and the ordinance giving a bounty of $5 on wolves was repealed. The first order issued, of which any record can be found, was dated November 10, 1852, given to James Smiley,—No. 1, $99.74. NOVEMBER ELECTION, 1852. The total number of votes cast in the County at said election was 187, an increase of 60 since November, 1851. The following officers were the winners at that election: For Register of Deeds, Seth Warner; Treasurer, Simon C. Dow; Clerk of the Board, Melzor Parker. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF WAUPACA COUNTY, WISCONSIN. By J. WAKEFIELD, Historian of Old Settlers' Society of Waupaca County. WAUPACA, WIS.: D. L. STINCHFIELD, 1890. COPYRIGHT, 1890, BY J. WAKEFIELD AND D. L. STINCHFIELD. Printed by D. L. STINCHFIELD, Waupaca, Wis. Bound by W. B. CONKEY, Chicago. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/waupaca/history/1890/historyo/chapterv204gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 8.2 Kb