Source: History of The Pan-Handle Submitted by: Janet Waite 1998 This information may be freely copied, but not copied for profit. LEVY FOR THE YEAR 1850 List of the county levy for Hancock county, made June 1850, is as follows: 1 docket for Robert Morrow $1.50 1 docket for John Sunby $1.50 1 docket for James Ross $1.50 George Pentecost, for monuments (omitted last levy) $13.00 John Gardner, for damage on road $13.00 John H. Atkinson, clerk, for public services $60.00 John H. Atkinson, for stationery adn for other purposes $37.54 David Wylie, for writ of ad quod damnum, $11.10 W. H. Grafton, for writ of ad quod damnum, $7.66 David Wilce, for writ of ad quod damnum $8.85 John Long for one docket $1.50 John Mayhew, for one docket $1.50 Alexander Morrow, for fixing court house $6.67 John C. Young, for temporary stairs for court house $6.00 Hall & Blankinsop, stoves for court house, $63.25 Smith & Jacob, for 50 copies road law, $2.50 James Stevenson, balance on contract for court house $1,549.99 James Melvin, for chairs, painting court house, etc. $25.00 Wm. Bigham and others, for advertising for proposals $3.00 James Stevenson, for extra work on court house, $145.45 James Stevenson, for spouting on court house $21.86 James Stevenson, for return spouting on court house $37.22 P. F. Gise, for stove pipe, $9.35 R. R. Gardner, commissioner of revenue, for making poll books, $5.00 Estate of Samuel C. Allison, for furnishing court place for 10 terms $40.00 Samuel C. Allison, as commissioner for superintending court house $5.00 Wm. H. Grafton, sheriff, for public services, holding election $39.00 Wm. H. Grafton, sheriff, for candlestick and candles, .75 David Wylie, for holding election at Cove in 1848, $4.00 Robert Brown, prosecuting attorney for Commonwealth, $60.00 James Pugh, for a docket, $1.50 Alexander Morrow, for shovel and poker, $1.50 Jesse Edgington, for three days purging polls, $9.00 Wm. White, for three days purging polls, $9.00 Bazaleel Wells, for three days purging polls $9.00 W. Marks, for three days purging polls, $9.00 G. Wilcoxen, for docket $1.50 ___________ $2,232.18 The levy for bridge purposes in this county made June term, 1850, is as follows: Smith & Livengood, for an addition to the near fork of Tomlinson's run $56.25 James Freeman, for bridge at Ball's mill $15.00 James Freeman, for fixing bridge at Holbert's run $40.00 James Freeman, for repairing bridge near Gambel's saw mill $6.36 ___________ $117.61 $117.61