Lake County Ohio GenWeb

Concord Township Poll Book,
Fall Election Oct 8, 1861

The following information was transcribed by teen volunteer, Jay Julian. His document was a 4-sheet photocopy in Morley Library’s “Concord” archival box. The transcription reflects the complete contents of the document. Neither the original spelling nor the grammar were changed during transcription.

The names were originally written “given name then surname,” but to aid the researcher were transcribed “surname then given name.”

The ink was sufficiently dark to be legible. The formation of the individual letters was typical of the times.

Items crossed out in the document are indicated by the strikethrough format. The ends of sheets 1 and 2 are noted. The end of sheet 3 follows the “L. Manly” entry.

The names of the Trustees and Clerks at the end of sheets 2 and 4 seem to be signatures. The text and list of electors’ names appear to be written by the same hand.

In the list of electors, note that the numbers 32 and 33 were not used, but that numbers 64 and 65 were used twice. Thus the elector total count of 133 is correct.

Submitted by Sally Malone  September 20, 2003

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Poll Book

Fall Election

Oct. 8^th 1861

No. Votes 133

Voters list

#68 O.Manley

We do herby Certify that David Tod had votes and Hugh J Jewett had voters and

We do hereby Certify that David Tod had votes for governor and Benjamin Stanton had votes for Lieutinant Gov

We do hereby Certify that David Tod Had one Hundred 21 votes for Gov and Hugh J Jewett had 10 votes for Gov and Benjamin Stanton had 121 votes for Lieutenant Gov and John G Marshall had 10 votes for Lieutenant Gov, and G Volney Darsey had 121 votes for Treusurer of State and George W Holmes had 10 votes for Treasur of State, and , Josiah Scott had 121 votes for Supreme Judge, and Thomas J. S. Smith had 10 votes for Supreme Judge, and, Wayne Griswold had 10 votes for State Comptraller Treasury, and Joseph H. Rily, had 121 votes for Comptraller of Treasury and for Secretary of the State Benjamin R. Cowen had 121 votes for Secretary of State, and William W. Armstrong had 10 votes for Secretary of State and John

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Torriner had 121 votes for Board of Public Works and Jabez W. Fitch had 10 votes for Board of Public Works and Peter Hitchcock had 121 votes for State Senator, and Norman L Chaffee had 121 votes for Common pleas Judge and S.S. Osborn had 76 votes for Representative and Henry Williams had 4 votes for Representative and Benjamin Bissel had 51 votes for Representative and H.F. Shepard had 121 votes for Recorder and Mathew. L. Roat had 9 votes for Recordr and Abner M Parmely had 75 votes for Commissioner and Samuel Taylor had 10 votes for Commissioner and Samuel Metcalf had 45 votes for Comminsioner and Asa Childs had 73 votes for Infirmary Director and Samuel H Judd had 10 votes for Infirmary Director, and Simon C Hickok had 45 votes for Infirmary Director and Ed Huntington had 73 votes for Surveyar and Moses L. Harvey had 49 votes for Surveyor and C G Grary had 1 votes for Surveyor.

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Township Poll Boock of the Election held in the Township of Concord County of Lake State of Ohio and the 8^th Day of Oct. in the year of our lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty One

Said Judges and Clerks of Said Election were Severally Sworne as the Law requires previous to their entering on the duties of their respective Offices.