Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-03-23

Loomis, Picket Latimore, Alexander Nor
rison, Morris A. Newman, Samuel New
man, Isaac Prior, Joel Risdon, Philip Sut-
ton, Susanna Sutton, and Fanny Sutton
Total, ls. In Portage township, the num-
Der of persons owning property for taxation,
was 27; Thompson township, 90; Towns
end township, Al; Seneca township, a.
Total listed for taxation, 2o4. i
The law at that time required the listing
of all cattle and horses, SO that the tax-list
is pretty good indication of the number
of inhabitants, excepting women and child
rem. Very few of the inhabitants then
lived, or thought of living without the ben
eft of a COW, for the people realized the
fact then as well as now, that "milk is a
very fine thing in a family"
COURTS AND COURT HOUSES.
BY the act of the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio, passed March ~, 1920,
by which Sandusky and a number of other
counties were erected, it was provided that
Croghansville should be the temporary
seat of justice for this county, and Seneca
county was bound and attached to San
dusky, so that at that time Croghansville
became the seat of justice for all the terri
tory now forming the counties of Seneca,
Ottawa and Sandusky. This act ordered
the election of county and township officers
to be held in the several townships on the
first Monday of April in the same year.
Elections were held as prescribed in this act,
and we see by the record that considerable
promptness was then manifested in attend
ing to public affairs; for on the tenth day
of April, 1920, the county commissioners
and sheriff had been elected, taken the
oath of Office, and the former were in ses-
sion, doing business Equal promptness
was shown in the preparation to administer
Justice, an article previously found no near
er than Cleveland or Norwalk. No doubt
some of the inhabitants stood in need of it.
Accordingly on the sth day of May,
1920, in Croghansville, in small log house
standing few rods Northeast from the
presentresidence of D. Capper, Esq, George
Todd opened Court. His associate
judges were Alexander Morrison, David
Harold and Israel Harrington. here tran
scribe the first two pages of the Court
Journal, book about by 8 inches, con-
tanning about quires of rough paper.
"SANpUsKY COUNTY, May s, 1920.
"In pursuance of law passed by the
Legislature of the State of Ohio, on the
10Th day Of February, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty, organizing the county
of Sandusky, the Court was opened by the
sheriff Present, the Hon. George Tod,
president. Israel Harrington, David Har-
old and Alexander Morrison produced to
the Court their commissions as associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
the county of Sandusky, which were read
by the clerk, and the said Irael Harrington,
David Harold and Alexander Morrison
having taken the oath required by law, took
their seats as associate judges of said Court
James Williams was appointed clerk, pro
tenn. Whereupon the Sheriff returned the
venire for the Grand Jurors, and upon it ap-
pearng that the venire did not issue thirty
days before the return, the array being chal-
leuged, the panel was quashed. Whereup-
on the sheriff was ordered TO select new
jury from the bystanders, and the following
persons being called, appeared, to witt
Joshua Davis, Elisha w. Rowland, Jona-
than M. Jerome, William Morrison, Josiah
Rumery, Nicholas Whitenger, William
Andrews, Reed Loomis, James Montgom-
cry, Caleb Rice, Robert Harvey, Thomas
Webb, Elijah Brayton, Charles B. Fitch and
Reuben Bristol. Whereupon Charles B.
Fitch was appointed foreman, and took the
oath prescribed by law, and his fellow-iurors
taking the same oath after him, received a
solemn charge from the Court and retired.
"Upon application, license was granted
to Israel Harrington to keep tavern at his
dwelling house in the township of Sandus-
ky, for one year, and the Court fixed the
amount of license at fifteen dollars.
"Upon application, the township Of
Thompson has leave to elect two justices of
the peace on the first Monday in June next,
and said election to be held at the house of
Joseph Palmeter.
Upon application, David Gallager was
appointed Inspector of the county, and en-
tered into bonds accordingly.
"Willis E. Brown produced his commits.
sion as sheriff of the county of Sandusky
and was sworn to excuse the duties of his
Office in open Court.
"Philip R. Hopkins was appointed clerk,
pro tenn. of the Court of Common Pleas
of the county of Sandusky. Bonds were
duly entered into by the said Hopkins, tc
the acceptance of the Court. The oath,
prescribed by law were duly administered
to the said Hopkins, as clerk aforesaid, in
open Court The Court adjourned till to-
morrow morning at o'clock"
On the next day the Court met, pursu.
ant to adjournment, all the judges present
and granted letters of administration tc
Wesley Barney on the estate of John Orr
decd; to Josette Vallard, on the estate o.
Gabriel Vallard; and to Moses Nichols, or
the estate of Aaron T. Kerr A license tc
Morris A Newman 10 keep a tavern at hi;
dwelling house in Croghansville, one year
for fifteen dollars; also to William And
rews to keep tavern at his house in San
dusky township, for one year, at fifteer
dollars, and to Samuel Cochran at his house
in the same township for fifteen dollars
They also ordered the election of two Jus
tees of the peace, in Seneca township.
"lhe Grand Jury came into Court anC
presented bill of indictment against al
meron Sands, for an assault and battery
committed on the of Calvin Leason
Iandoraad 10 n trna hill Tharouoo,, tb.