Clay County Events

First Election in Clay County, August, 1822

The following were the voters in Fishing River Township, which at that time, however, comprised the entire eastern half of the county, although a majority of the voters lived in what is now Fishing River:

PLEASANT ADAMS
LEWIS GREEN
ALEX NEWMAN
JOSHUA ADAMS
BAILEY O. GEORGE
JAMES OFFICER
HOWARD AVERETT
JOHN HARDWICKE
THOMAS OFFICER
WILLIAM AVERETT
ALEX HARDWICKE
NEHEMIAH ODLE
ZACH AVERETT
LEWIS HARDWICK
JAMES PAGE
MATTHEW AVERETT
JAMES E. HALL
ROBERT PAGE
JAMES ALLEN
EDWARD V. HALL
THOMAS PEEBLEY
SHUBAEL ALLEN
SAMUEL HYATT
NATHANIEL POWELL
JOHN BARTLESON
ROBERT HUCHINS
MARTIN PALMER
JOHN BOYLES
SMITH HUTCHINS
HUMPHREY PRITT
JAMES BUCKRAYE
WILLIAM HUTCHINS
EDWARD PYBURNE
JAMES COLLINS
MOSES HUTCHINS
JONATHAN ROBERTS
WILLIAM COLLINS
JOSEPH HUTCHENS
JONAS ROBERTS
JAMES CARROLL
SAMUEL HENSLEY
NICHOLAS ROBERTS
JOHN CARROLL
DAVID HOLMES
EDWARD ROBERTS
JOHN COLLIER
GEORGE HUFFAKER
JOHN ROBERTS
JONATHAN CAMRON
JAMES JAMES
JERE ROSE
ELISHA CAMRON
JOHN LIVINGSTON
JONATHAN REED
ABRAM COTTS
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON
PAGE STANLEY
ABSALOM CORNELIUS
JOHN LINVILLE
TERAH SMITH
JOHN CORNELIUS
PATRICK LANEY
A. SMITH
BENJAMIN CORNELIUS
JOHN LINCOLN
WILLIAM SHELTON
JOSEPH CROCKETT
WILLIAM LENHART
WILSON SPENCER
DAVID CROCKETT
JOHN LEDGWOOD
JOHN THOMPSON
JOHN CHAPAN
WILLIAM MARTIN
JOHN TOPLENURE
JONATHAN DENTON
ANDREW MEANS
JOHN TROTTER
WILLIAM DAVIS, SR.
BERRYMAN MUNKERS
JOHN VESSER
WILLIAM DAVIS
WILLIAM MUNKERS
SAMUEL VESSER
JAMES DAGLEY
RICHARD MUNKERS
JAMES WILLIAMS
JEFFREY FLETCHER
JAMES MUNKERS
WILLIAM D. WILLIAMS
BERRYMAN GWINN
ISAAC MCCROSKEY
JOHN WILSON
ISHAM GROOMS
ROBERT MCCOY
PETER WRITESMAN
ROBERT GILLAM
JACOB MCCOY
BENEDICT WELDEN

The judges of this election were ELKISHA CAMRON, JAMES MUNKERS and JOHN HUTCHINS.

The clerks were GEORGE HUFFAKER and JAMES OFFICER.

The votes of WILLIAM ERASTUS and JAMES HENRY were rejected.

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