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PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA

ORGANIZATION, RECORD OF COUNTY OFFICIALS AND OTHER STATISTICAL MATTER PERTAINING TO PLATTE COUNTY.

From the 1885 State Atlas
Platte County was organized December, 1857. Population from Secretary of State's Report: 1856, 35; 1860, 782; 1870, 1899; 1875, 4378; 1880, 9554; 1884, estimated population for Presidential vote, 12,150.

TERMS OF OFFICE. TREASURER. COUNTY CLERK. CLERK DISTRICT COURT. SHERIFF. COUNTY JUDGE.
1857-9 V. Kummer George W. Hewitt(1) County Clerk ex-officio J. Guter A. B. Pattison 1860-2 V. Kummer F. G. Becker County Clerk ex-officio James E. North A. B. Pattison 1863-5 V. Kummer C. B. Stillman(4) County Clerk ex-officio J. B. Beebe Isaac Albertson 1866-9 V. Kummer H. J. Hudson County Clerk ex-officio C. D. Clothier Isaac Albertson 1869 V. Kummer H. J. Hudson County Clerk ex-officio A. J. Arnold E. W. Toncray 1870 V. Kummer H. J. Hudson County Clerk ex-officio A. J. Arnold E. W. Toncray 1871 V. Kummer H. J. Hudson County Clerk ex-officio George Lehman J. G. Higgins 1872 V. Kummer H. J. Hudson County Clerk ex-officio George Lehman J. G. Higgins 1873 V. Kummer F. G. Becker County Clerk ex-officio George Lehman J. G. Higgins 1874 V. Kummer F. G. Becker County Clerk ex-officio George Lehman J. G. Higgins 1875 V. Kummer F. G. Becker County Clerk ex-officio B. Speilman J. G. Higgins 1876 V. Kummer F. G. Becker County Clerk ex-officio B. Speilman J. G. Higgins 1877 V. Kummer John Stauffer(7) County Clerk ex-officio B. Speilman J. G. Higgins 1878 V. Kummer John Stauffer County Clerk ex-officio B. Speilman J. G. Higgins 1879 J. W. Early John Stauffer County Clerk ex-officio B. Speilman J. G. Higgins 1880 J. W. Early John Stauffer County Clerk ex-officio B. Speilman J. G. Higgins 1881 J. W. Early John Stauffer C. A. Newman D. C. Kavanaugh J. G. Higgins 1882 J. W. Early John Stauffer C. A. Newman D. C. Kavanaugh J. G. Higgins 1883 C. A. Newman John Stauffer G. Heitkemper D. C. Kavanaugh J. J. Sullivan 1884 C. A. Newman John Stauffer G. Heitkemper D. C. Kavanaugh J. J. Sullivan
TERMS OF SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC OFFICE. COMMISSIONERS. INSTRUCTION. COUNTY SURVEYOR. CORONER.
1857-9 F. G. Becker(3), George Spaulding, Thomas Sarvis(2) 1860-2 C. A. Speice, Joseph Russell, E. A. Gerrard Isaac N. Taylor J. C. Wolfel. 1863-5 C. A. Speice, E. W. Toncray(5), John Kelly Isaac N. Taylor J. C. Wolfel. 1866-9 John Kelly(6), C. A. Speice, D. Hashberger O. T. B. Williams Isaac N. Taylor S. H. Galley. 1869 F. G. Becker, S. C. Smith, G. C. Barnum I. N. Taylor Isaac N. Taylor S. A. Bonesteel. 1870 S. C. Smith, G. W. Galley, G. C. Barnum I. N. Taylor Isaac N. Taylor S. A. Bonesteel. 1871 G. C. Barnum, G. W. Galley, J. W. Early I. N. Taylor J. G. Routson C. B. Stillman. 1872 G. W. Galley, G. C. Barnum, J. W. Early I. N. Taylor J. G. Routson C. B. Stillman. 1873 J. W. Early, G. C. Barnum, Abner Turner C. A. Speice J. G. Routson C. B. Stillman. 1874 G. C. Barnum, Abner Turner, M. Maher C. A. Speice J. G. Routson C. B. Stillman. 1875 John Hammond, M. Maher, A. Rose C. A. Speice J. Strother A. Heintz. 1876 M. Maher, A. Rose, R. H. Henry C. A. Speice R. L. Rossitter A. Heintz. 1877 Albert Rose, R. H. Henry, William Bloedorn S. L. Barrett R. L. Rossitter A. Heintz. 1878 R. H. Henry, William Bloedorn, John Walker S. L. Barrett R. L. Rossitter A. Heintz. 1879 William Bloedorn, John Walker, John Wise S. L. Barrett R. L. Rossitter A. Heintz. 1880 John Wise, John Walker, M. Maher S. L. Barrett R. L. Rossitter A. Heintz. 1881 John Wise, M. Maher, Joseph Rivet J. E. Moncreif L. J. Cramer A. Heintz. 1882 M. Maher, Joseph Rivet, H. J. Hudson J. E. Moncreif L. J. Cramer A. Heintz. 1883 Joseph Rivet, R. H. Henry, Robert Moran J. E. Moncreif J. J. Maughan A. Heintz. 1884 Eighteen township supervisors J. E. Moncreif J. J. Maughan A. Heintz.
(1) F. G. Becker clerk in 1859 (2) William Davis commissioner, vice Sarvis, 1859. (3) G. W. Stevens commissioner, vice Becker, 1859. (4) C. B. Stillman clerk 1861 (5) William Davis commissioner 1862; E. W. Toncray commissioner 1862. J. P. Becker judge in 1865; John Browner sheriff in 1865. (6) William Davis, vice Kelly, commissioner 1867. (7) John Stauffer appointed county clerk November, vice Becker, deceased.


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