APPENDIX.

 

     It must be understood that the lists of sheriffs and members of the General Assembly are more or less incomplete and subject to correction.  The original records are all difficult, and some are incomplete.  While all the following lists are known to be correct in most cases, it has not been possible to verify them in some instances.

 

SHERIFFS OF ROCKINGHAM.

 

1778:  Silas Hart                                    1822-24:  George Dove

1778-9:  Josiah Davison                         1824-26:  Peachy Harrison

1779:  Abraham Smith                           1826-28:  Giles Turley

1780:  George Boswell                           1828-30:  Jonathan Shipmar

1781:  Thomas Hewitt                            1831-32:  Joseph Baxter

1782:  Isaac Hinckle                              1833-34:  Daniel Mathews

1783-5:  John Thomas                            1835-36:  David Henton

1785:  William Nalle                               1837:  R. P. Fletcher

1786:  Robert Davis                               1838:  David Henton

1787:  Benj. Harrison                             1839-40:  R. P. Fletcher

1788:  John Davis                                  1841-42:  J. D. Williamson

1789:  William Herring                           1843-44:  J. H. Campbell

1790-2:  Andrew Shanklin                      1847-48:  S. H. Lewis

1793:  Wm. Dunlap                                1849-50:  Anderson Moffett (?)

1794-5:  Layton Yancey                         1851-52:  G. W. Kemper

1796-9:  Ezek. Harrison                         1853-56:  A. S. Byrd

1800:  John Ewin                                   1857-60:  J. R. Koogler

1801-2:  Benj. Harrison                          1861-64:  Y. C. Ammon

1803-4:  Andrew Shanklin                      1865:  J. R. Koogler

1805:  William Herring                           1866-68:  S. R. Allebaugh

1806-7:  Joseph Baxter                          1868-70:  O. C. Sterling

1808-9:  Asher Waterman                      1870:  J. A. Hammen

1810-12:  St. C. Kirtley                          1870-73:  J. P. Ralston

1812-14:  Charles Lewis                        1874-83:  D. H. Ralston

1814-16:  Ezek. Harrison                        1883-87:  J. H. Shipp

1816-18:  George Huston                       1887-95:  V. H. Lam

1818-20:  Walter Davis                          1895-07:  J. A. Switzer

1820-22:  Arch. Rutherford                    1908- --:  E. J. Carickhoff

 

 

COUNTY TREASURERS.

 

            Prior to 1870 the sheriffs handled the county money.

1871-76:  S. R. Allebaugh                      1899-1911:  E. W. Carpenter

1877-85:  S. R. Sterling                          1911:  Geo. B. Keezell

1886-99:  P. W. Reherd                         1912----:  P. W. Reherd

 

 

JUDGES OF COUNTY COURT

 

            From 1778 to 1852 the county court was composed of a number of justices appointed by the Governor; from 1852 to 1869 it was composed of a similar body of justices elected by the people; from 1869 to 1870 the body of justices held office by military appointment, under the Reconstruction Acts; and in April, 1870, the system of county courts, presided over by a single justice, went into operation.

James Kenney, 1870-1873                     Robert Johnston, 1880-1885

Chas. T. O’Ferrall, 1874-1879                George G. Grattan, 1886-1904

 

JUDGES OF CIRCUIT SUPERIOR COURT.

 

Hugh Holmes, 1809-1811                       G. B. Samuels, 1850-1852

Daniel Smith, 1811-1850

 

JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURT

 

John Kenney, 1852-1860                        Robert H. Turner, 1870-1875

J. W. F. Allen, 1860-1865                      Mark Bird, 1875-1883

Richard Parker, 1865-1866                     J. G. Newman, 1883-1884

John T. Harris, 1866-1869                      William McLaughlin, 1884-1898

Thomas S. Hargest, 1869-1870               S. H. Letcher, 1898-1906

                                                            T. N. Haas, 1906- -------

 

CLERKS OF COUNTY COURT

 

Peter Hog, April 27, 1778, to about         Henry Jewett Gambill, 1817-1847

            Jan. 1, 1782                               L. W. Gambill (pro tem.),  1848

Thomas Lewis, pro tem., Feb. 18            Erasmus Coffman, 1848-1852

1782                                                                                  L. W. Gambill, 1852-1869

Richard Mathews, pro tem., Feb. 25,      Robert A. Gray, 1869-1870

1782                                                                                  A. St. Clair Sprinkel, 1870-1871

Henry Ewing, Feb. 25, 1782, to 1792       Wm. McK. Wartmann, 1871-1872

Samuel McWilliams, 1792-1817              Joseph T. Logan, 1872-1885

                                                            Joseph S. Messerley, 1885-1904

 

CLERKS OF CIRCUIT COURT

 

Henry J. Gambill, April 24, 1809, to         A. L. Lindsey, 1869-1870

            May 11, 1847                            F. A. Daingerfield, 1870-1872

Littleton W. Gambill, May 11, 1847,        L. W. Gambill, 1872-1875

            to July 1, 1852                           Joseph H. Shue, 1875-1883

A. St. Clair Sprinkel, 1852-1869              A. N. Black, 1883-1887

                                                            D. H. Lee Martz, 1887- -----

 

ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

 

Gabriel Jones, 1778-1793                       Thomas L. Yancey, 1859-1862

David Holmes, 1793-1797                      John C. Woodson, 1862-1865

James Allen, 1797-1804                         Wm. H. Effinger, 1865-1869

Daniel Smith, 1804-1811                        Chas. H. Lewis, 1869-1870

Robert Gray, 1811-1847                         J. N. Liggett, 1870-1871

Herring Chrisman, 1847-1852                 John Paul, 1871-1877

      (Co. Ct.)                                         Geo. G. Grattan, 1877-1881

John Kenney, 1847-1852                        Chas. D. Harrison, 1881-1899

     (Cir. Ct.)                                          Geo. N. Conrad, 1899-1912

John T. Harris, 1852-1859                      Chas. D. Harrison, 1913- ___

 

SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.

 

1870-2 – Geo. W. Holland                     1876-83 – Jasper Hawse

1872-5 – Jos. S. Loose.                         1883-6 – A. P. Funkhouser

                                                            1886-___ - Geo. H. Hulvey

 

COUNTY SURVEYORS.

 

1778-1789:  Thomas Lewis                    1863-1870:  J. H. Ralston

1789-1825:  Alexander Herring               1870-1872:  Geo. J. Kisling

1825-1835:  Gordon McWilliams 1873-____:  A. C. Bear

1835-1849:  Joseph Mauzy                     ____-1883:  Edw. S. Kemper

1849-____:  H. B. Harnsberger             1883-1887:  Wm. B. Yancey

___ - 1853:  Peter Paulsel                      1887-1903:  Jasper Hawse

1853-1863:  H. B. Harnsberger              1903-____:  Jos. G. Myers

 

MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES

 

1779 – John Smith, Silas Hart.

1780 – Silas Hart, John Grattan

1781-3 – Wm. Nalle, Benj. Harrison

1784 – Gabriel Jones, John Hopkins

1785-7 – Gawen Hamilton, John Hopkins

1788 – John Hopkins, Geo. Huston

1791 – Francis Kertley, Geo. Baxter

1793 – John Hopkins, George Huston

 

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1794 – Geo. Baxter, Geo. Huston

1795-7 – Geo. Kirtley, John Wayt

1797-8 – John Koontz, Walter Davis

1799-03 – Geo. Huston, Benj. Harrison

1803-06 – H. J. Gamble, Daniel Smith

1807-11 – Arch. Rutherford

1810-16 – Arch. Rutherford, Wm. Bryan

1817-18 – J. D. Williamson, Wm. Bryan

1818-19 – Jos. Mauzy, Andrew Moffett

1820-21 – Daniel Mathews, John Henry

1822-23 – John Koontz, R. P. Fletcher

1824 – Arch. Rutherford, John Koontz (?)

1825 – Arch. Rutherford, Jos. Cline

1826 – Jos. Cline, Wm. McMahon

1827 – Samuel H. Lewis, Jos. Cline

1828 – Samuel H. Lewis, Wm. McMahon

1829-33 – Wm. McMahon, Jos. Cline

1834 – J. J. Moorman, A. Waterman

1835 – J. J. Moorman, Jos. Cline

1836 – A. Moffett, J. Conrad

1837 – A. Moffett, Saml. Cootes

1838 – S. Cootes, Isaac Thomas

1839 – Isaac Thomas, Ed. H. Smith

1840-42 – Ed. H. Smith, Jas. C. Shipman

1842-3 – S. Cootes, Geo. E. Deneale

1844-5 – S. Cootes, Hiram Martz

1846 – Hiram Martz, St. C. D. Kirtley

1847 – Naason Bare, _____ Brown

1848 – Naason Bare, H. Martz

1849 – H. Martz, Addison Harper

1850-51 – H. Martz, W. B. Yancey

1852-53 – H. Martz, N. Bare, W. G. Stevens

1853-55 – H. Martz, W. G. Stevens, J. M. R. Sprinkle

1857 – J. M. R. Sprinkle, J. G. Brown, W. B. Yancey

1858 – H. Martz, A. Harper, W. G. Stevens

1861 – Chas. Grattan, Reuben N. Harrison

1862-3 – Chas. Grattan, John C. Woodson, J. H. Hopkins

1864-5 – John T. Harris, John C. Walker, Jas. Kenney

1866-7 – J. C. Woodson, H. B. Harnsberger, W. G. Thompson

1869-70 – H. B. Harnsberger, Philo Bradley

1871-2 – Geo. E. Deneale, Chas. T. O’Ferrall

1873-4 – T. N. Sellers, E. J. Armstrong

1875-6 – E. J. Armstrong, W. M. Sibert

1877-80 – S. H. Moffett, R. N. Harrison

1881-2 – H. B. Harnsberger, P. Herring

1883-4 – Geo. G. Grattan, John F. Soule

1885-6 – John Acker, J. B. Webb

1887-8 – J. B. Webb, J. E. Sanger

1889-90 – Thos. K. Harnsberger, W. H. Blakemore

1891-93 – W. H. Blakemore, C. E. Fahrney

1895-96 – B. G. Patterson, W. H. Zirkle

1897-8 – W. H. Blakemore, D. M. Switzer

1899-00 – B. G. Patterson, W. H. Blakemore

1900 – Frank Ralston

1901-2 – Geo. E. Sipe, J. T. Robson

1903-4 – J. T. Robson, H. M. Rogers

1905-8 – H. M. Rodgers, P. B. F. Good

1909-10 – P. B. F. Good, A. H. Snyder

1911-12 – C. H. Ralston, Geo. N. Earman

 

MEMBERS OF STATE SENATE

 

1780 – Sampson Mathews                     1820 – Daniel Bryan

1786-7 – Thomas Adams                       1821 – Robert Allen

1791 – Sampson Mathews                     1822 – Daniel Bryan

1797 – Alex. St. Clair                            1823-26 – Robert Allen

1798 – John Oliver                                1827-30 – Moses Walton

1799-1800 – Archd. Stuart                     1831-33 – Jos. Cravens

1805 – James Allen                               1834-37 – Wm. McMahon

1811-17 – Chapman Johnson                  1838-45 – A. Moffett

 

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1846-58 – Geo. E. Deneale                    1881-83 – J. B. Webb

1859-63 – John D. Pennybacker             1884-87 – Geo. B. Keezell

1864-65 – Samuel A. Coffman               1888-91 – John Acker

1866-68 – A. S. Gray                            1892-95 – Thos. K. Harnsberger

1869-73 – John E. Roller                        1896-1911 – Geo. B. Keezell

1874-77 – S. H. Moffett                                    1912-___ - John Paul, Jr.

 

MEMBERS OF STATE CONVENTIONS

 

1788 – Gabriel Jones, Thomas Lewis

1829 – J. D. Williamson, Peachy Harrison

1851 – John Kenney, _________________

1861 – S. A. Coffman, J. F. Lewis, A. S. Gray

1867 – J. N. Liggett, John C. Woodson

1901 – Geo. B. Keezell, Geo. N. Earman

1878-80 – John Paul

 

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