Hancock County Officials Submitted by Dale Patterson Norton750@aol.com ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. ********************************************************************** Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. COUNTY OFFICIALS Below are given the names of the county officials from the organization of the county in 1848 to 1878. Some of the offices are now done away with which were in vogue in the early formation of Hancock. The first and present justices are shown, the rest omitted. All the others are given in order in which they were elected. Justices of the Peace for 1848-- John Pittenger, John Gardner, John Mayhew, David Pugh, David Wylie, Thomas Elder, Grennberry Wilcoxen, Andrew Henderson, William H. Grafton, George Johnston. Justices of the Peace for 1878-- W. C. Pursey, President; Alexander G. Pugh and William McDonald, Grant district; Hugh Sproule and George Pugh, Poe district; Nathan B. Grafton and John Campbell, Clay district; E. A. Freshwater and William M. Lee, Butler district. Sheriffs-- David Wylie, from 1848 to 1850; William H. Grafton, from 1850 to 1856; Jabez H. Cochran, from 1856 to 1858; Samuel Wilson, from 1858 to 1862; John W. Hobbs, from 1862 tp 1866; Samuel W. Wilson, from 1866 to 1870; John Wilson, from 1870 to 1877; R. H. Brown, from 1877 to 1880. Clerks of the Court-- John H. Atkinson, A. R. McCown, Daniel Donehoo, A. McC. Flanegin. Clerks of the Circuit Court-- John H. Atkinson, A. R. McCown, Daniel Donehoo, Jasper Whims, Charles N. Collins, A. McC. Flanegin. Prosecuting Attornies-- Robert C. Brown, Thayer Melvin, James G. Marshall, Thayer Melvin, James G. Marshall, Thayer Melvin, Daniel Donehoo, John R. Donehoo, James G. Marshall. Assessors-- Josiah A. Adams, Rezin R. Gardner, A. J. Marks, James G. Marshall, Spencer A. Griffith, William Flanegin, David Jenkins, Joseph W. Allison, A. J. L. Kerr, George L. Baxter, Jason W. Hart. County Treasurers-- John Campbell, Benedict C. Brashear. County Surveyors-- Thomas Hewitt, James W. Brown. County Recorders-- William C. Allison, D. S. Nicholson, A. McC. Flanegin, John N. Edie, A. McC. Flanegin. Coroners-- William H. Grafton, John C. Long, William Morrow. County School Superintendents-- Rev. Pomeroy, C. M. Collins, T. C. Caruthers, H. C. Shepherd, Van B. Barnard. Representatives-- The following named gentlemen represented Hancock County in the House of Delegates. They are given in the order in which they were elected. The dates of their elections could not be accurately ascertained, therefore, are omitted: Thomas Bambrick, Thomas J. Hewitt, O. W. Langfitt, George McPorter, W. L. Crawford, B. J. Smith, J. H. Hibbits, Daniel Donehoo, Joseph W. Allison, John A. Campbell, L. A. Stedman, J. H. Quinn.