The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-08

WeIIsburg in The Long Ago.
Further Extracts From the Old
record OF the Board OF rrns.
fees OF "CharlestO wn."
lis, OF the Taxpayers Who Lived
There ~ Years Ago.

records Of the town as follows:
August lat, lSl5-Jacob Decamp, Rob
erl Park, and John Russell, appointed to
.oliclt from the "CharlestOwn manutac-
turing and exporting company, "Jhe sum
Of two hundred dollars 10 be expended on
the streets and alleys OF said town.
7th September, lsl6-lt was ordered
that The citizens called out TO labor on
the streets, whilst D0ct. b. Stebbens was
surveyor OF said streets be allowed 70
cents per day"
I've find that nearly all the citizens
worked on the streets in those days. In
the list recorded by the clerk, we find the
names Of the Bakewells, Browns, Miller,
Newhouse, Duvalls, Jacob Hottingohon,
Roset, Doddridge, Congleton, Penning-
ton, Moore'a, Blattenburg, Decamp's,
Wells, Marley, Jones, Murray and
othert.
nth December 1917 is the last meeting
Of the board Of trustees Of Charlestown.
We find that on the 3rd of January
1918, "a meeting Of the board oil trus:
tees Of Wellsburg in the county Of
Brooke was held at the Court house
thereoi.n
Present, John Miller Jacob Decamps
l.. Connell.
Why the name OF the town was
changed does not appear on the records.
We Judge that II was by virtue Of an act
Of the general assembly OF Virginia.
The amount Of the tax list for 1877 was
9th January 1915 -Thomas Boon,
VIM. MCCluney, John Brady, James Ste:
venson and Robert T. Moore, constituted
the new board OF trustees. =.
"The householders Of Wellsburg"
we're notified that the ordinances rela'
ting to nnisances would be enforced.
This board made Thos. Boone Presi.
dent, and James Stevenson clerk.
18Th March lSlS-Wm. McCluney and
Robert T. Moore ordered 10 assess the
value Of all the taxable property in
Wellsburg.
iIIh July, 1S1S-Charles street, from
Washington to Queen streets, TO be re-
paired "hy ~ploughing and scrapipg, the
making thereof 10 be sold to the lowest
bidder.
18th July, 1SlS-Repairing OF Charles
street let 10 James Stevenson ''at the rate
Of so so per square"
"Sold the repairing Of Urana street 10
lsaac Jones for So"
"Virginia, Brooke county, to'wit:
"The following persons, viz; John Mill
Ter, Henry Jeilera, George Plattenburg,
Samuel 4. Marshall and John Brady,
Trader, personally appeared before me,
Moses COngleton, one Of the Common
wealth Justices OF the Peace in and for
said county, and were duly sworn accord
ing to law, to perform the duties as re:
1nired Of Trustees in and for the town oil
WeIlsburg, In the county Of Brook aiore.
said. 4,
Given under my hand this ID day OF
June, 1920. MosEs CoNoLEros, ]. r"
John Miller was made President, and
Samuel A. Marshall Clerk Of the Board;
John Brown, Esq, was appointed Street
Commissioner, and Isaac Jones Clerk OF
the Market.
10Th June, ls2O.-The Board passed
many ordinances; one Of which we pro.
duce "Be II ordained and enacted, that
ak ladders be furnished for the use oil
the town In time OF fire, and that John
Miller do have the same furnished rs
soon ma possible; and that six FIRE hooks
b, also procured by John Miller, TO be
used in time OF fire; and that the ladders
and fire hooks be kept in the Market
House under the care Of the Clerk OF the
Market
The Clerk OF the Board was ordered TO
have the "by.laws passed by the Board
published In the Wellsburg Gasett as
rOOn as possible"
BOARD adjourned to meet again at
nth April 1S2l.-George Plattenburg,
Peter Tarr, John Garlic, Join @, Jacob
and Joshua Everett were sworn In as
trustees; George Plattenburg President,
and John Q. Jacob, Clerk. /,
18th September, lS22--New Board
elected; Adam Kuhn, appointed clerk.
Tax lisl made out and recorded. There
were 1911 Tithables. 4 Slaves AZ horses
and 4 carriages reported.
July, lS25.-Board OF Trustees. VIM.
Patton, President, jacob Decamps, Robert
Moore, John Gardner, Adam Kuhn clerk.
A tax OF fifty cents leyiedo on each titha.
bic. Persons allowed TO work on the
streets at so cents per day.
Tax Of ia cents levied on each hundred
dollars Of real property in the town.
James Hesse, Market Master. Charles
Scott, Collector. VIM. Burt; Street Com
missioner.
18th October, 1%s27.-BOatd Present,
Jas. Gardner, President. Jacob Decampe,
Samuel Herdman, John @. Campbell,
Robert Moore. Adam Kuhn Clerk.
IS January, 1S2S-Is tho last minutes Of
The meeting Of the Board recorded. Why
we cannot understand as the book IL only
about half filled. Turning to the back Of
the book, we find that the Clerk had re.
yersedit and opened up an account styled
"List Of taxabIes and taxable property in
Charlestown, subject to taxation by the
trustees Tor the year 1906" Al that time
there was 100 tiLhables above 10 years Of
age, 20 slaves above 10 years Of age, "96
houses and lotsp and about $40 "unimr
proved lots.n
There are many items recorded in thia
old book that would be Of Interest 10 some
Of your readers but space torbids us re-
porting them. The record has been well
kept. The penmanship, photography and
composition Of the minutes show that the
clerks and members OF the Board were
men Of more than ordinary ability and
would make some OF our business men oil
to-day, with all the modern advantages o.
education bluRh with shame rs compared
with some Of the productions Of latter
days.
Many Of those mentioned as prominenl
10 the affairs Of the town, have relatives
Of their name still residing among Us
and in different parts Of the country
while many other family names have
passed entirely out Of existence.
At the expense ot.being called tire
some, we will give the names Of the tax
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