Jefferson Twp.

ASSESSORS

1840-JOHN H. TARR
1841-WILLIAM G. PATTERSON
1842- SAMUEL B. CHALFANT
1843- THOMAS MILLER
1844- JOHN VAN SICKLE
1845- SAMPLE STEEL
1846- PETER MILLER
1847- DAVID L. BRACKENRIDGE
1848-ASA WORLEY
1849- NATHAN MOREHEAD
1850- MARTIN BECHTEL
1851- JAMES L. BRACKENRIDGE
1852- JESSE C. STRAWN
1853-54- F. C. HERRON
1855- JOHN  N. DICKSON
1856- ABNER DONALDSON
1857- J. B. HUTCHINSON
1858- S.R. NUTT
1859- JAMES ESSINGTON
1860- WILLIAM ELLIOT
1861- B.W. BLAIR
1862- WILLIAM JOHNSTON
1863- JOHN A. CORDER
1864- JONATHON SHARPLES
1865- HENRY WILEMAN
1866- JOHNSTON FORSYTHE
1867- WILLIAM H. WOLFE
1868- ROBERT BOYD
1869- B.M. CHALFANT
1870- 71- LEWIS COPE
1872- JOSEPH W. CHALFANT
1873- TAYLOR CLARK
1874- JAMES S. ELLIOTT
1875- DAVID BROWNELLER
1876- E.O. MURPHY
1877- JAMES E. CHALFANT
1878- S.S. PATTERSON
1879- N.E. MURPHY
1880- HARVEY STEEL
1881- H.H. TRUMP

                                    AUDITORS

1840- JOSEPH D. WILGUS
           JAMES ELLIOTT
          GEORGE KIRKPATRICK
1841- SAMUEL COPE
1842- WILLIAM SHARPLESS
1843- JOHN W. CHALFANT
1844- ISAAC UMBLE
          JOSEPH  KEMP
1845- WILLIAM G. PATTERSON
1846- JOHN BYERS
1847- LEVI CALVIN
1848- WILLIAM FORSYTHE
1849- JAMES C. ELLIOTT
1850- JOHN H. ANDREW
1851- DAVID SHEARER
1852- WILLIAM ELLIOTT
1853- WILLIAM G. PATTERSON
1854- WILLIAM FORSYTHE
1855- THOMAS MILLER
1856- LEVI P. STEPHENS                                        
1857- JAMES COULSON
1858- ANDREW FORD
          ARCHIBOLD BOYD
1859- JOHN N. DIXON
1860- WILLIAM I. WELLS
1861-H.B. GOE
1862- ROBERT ELLIOTT
1863- THOMAS LILLY
1864- WILLIAM HALL
1865- WILLIAM ELLIOTT
1866- JOHN SIMPSON
1867- WILLIAM HALL and E. N. STEPHENS
1868- GIBSON BURNS, THOMAS W. LILLY and HUGH LAUGHLIN
1869- WILLIAM ELLIOTT
1870- ELI FORSYTHE
1871- GIBSON BURNS
1872- STEPHEN R. NUTT
1873- ELI FORSYTHE
1874- THOMAS LILLY
1875- GIBSON BURNS
1876- J.N. NIXON
1877- WILLIAM J. TOWNSEND
1878- W. J. FORSYTHE
1879- HUGH LAUGHLIN
1880- ELMER COPE
1881- WILLIAM STEPHENS

  Early school history in Jefferson is somewhat vague, for previous to 1835, there  were no free public schools,  and consequently no school records.  The first school now recollected as having been taught in LAUREL DALE DISTRICT was held by a Mr. O'CONNER in 1805.   In WASHINGTON DISTRICT, school was taught in a log cabin by NATHANIEL CLARK about the same time that NATHANIEL'S father , JOSHUA, owned the land upon which the schoolhouse stood. The place is now included in the BOYD farm.  In 1817, school was held in one of the unfinished buildings at ALBANY., intended by SAMUEL JACKSON to be a portion of the ALBANY GLASS- WORKS.    JOHN SHELDON, an Irishman, taught there and in the neighborhood for a good many years.    He was a warm admirer of England's king and kept the king's portrait hung in his room, in which it was often his pleasure to gather a company and dilate in eloquent manner upon the veneration with which he regarded the Royal George. Sheldon died in Brownsville, where his daughter, Mrs. JOSEPH GRAFF now resides.   In Laurel Dale District, in 1816, MORDECAI JOHNS taught in the old stone schoolhouse.   In the same year a log schoolhouse stood in Washington District, near the present house, and in it that year an old man of seventy, known as HICKORY QUAKER MILLER, taught the youths of that period.    In 1806, an old Irishman taught and thrashed in CEDAR HILL DISTRICT.   He was accounted a severe task-master, and beat the boys right and left until they  were black and blue.   Roused to a pitch
of desperation, the pupils took revenge on the pedagogue one day by throwing red pepper onto the stove and then clearing out and locking him in the school-room.  He begged and pleaded and sneezed until his head threatened to leave his shoulders, but the boys refused to release him
until he had promised to behave decently to them in the future. Whether the promise was kept or not is not related.
     Following is a list of the school directors of Jefferson Twp. from 1840 to the present.

1840- JOSIAH KING,  JOSEPH NUTT,  WILLIAM SHARPLESS  and JOB MANN
1841- ABRAHAM ALFREE,  ANDREW C. FORD
1842- ABRAHAM ALFREE,  DAVID DEYARMON
1843- WILLIAM FORSYTHE,  CHRISTIAN KREPPS
1844- WILLIAM SHAW,  JULIUS KEMP
1845- ABRAHAM ALFREE,  DAVID PEOPLES,  ANDREW C. FORD
1846- WILLIAM FORSYTHE,  WILLIAM G. PATTERSON
1847- FRANCIS C. HERRON,  JOHN PATTERSON
1848- DAVID PEOPLES,  THOMAS E. WARNER
1849- WALTER B. CHALFANT,  ELI J. BAILEY,  WILLIAM C. PATTERSON
1850- APPOLOS  LOAR,  CHRIS R. STONECKER,  ADAM CULLER
1851- CHARLES MCKRACKEN,  ELI J. BAILEY,  DAVID DEYARMON
1852- WILLIAM G. PATTERSON,  WALTER B. CHALFANT
1853- W.J. STEWART,  F.C. HERRON
1854- N.C. FORD,  H.B. GOE
1855- WILLIAM G. PATTERSON,   F.C. HERRON
1856- PETER MILLER,   WILLIAM J. WELLS
1857- F.C. HERRON,  H.H. CONNELLY,  WILLIAM THISTLEWAITHE,
          SAMUEL  BROWN.
1858- WILLIAM ELLIOTT,   THADEUS CHALFANT
1859- WILLIAM FORSYTHE,   DAVID DEYARMON,   A.C. FORD
1860- THOMAS MILLER,   F.C. HERRON,   DAVID DEYARMON
1861- F.C. HERRON,   WILLIAM G. PATTERSON
1862- JAMES ESSINGTON,   WILLIAM I. WELLS
1863- SAMUEL BROWN,   WILLIAM T. GOE
1864- JOHN S. GOE,   S.R. NUTT
1865- LEVI  NARCROZE,   J. M. CROUCH
1866- A.C. FORD,   JAMES D. MILLER
1867- F.C.HERRON,   DAVID DEYARMON,   JOHN S. ELLIOTT
1868- JAMES M. CROUCH,   JOSEPH S. ELLIOTT
1869- E.D. STEWART,   D.M. SHEARER
1870- ROBERT S. GOE,   FRANCIS S. HERRON
1871- DAVID DEYARMON,   MARK WINNET
1872- CHARLES STUCKSLAGER,  ANDREW C. FORD,   HUGH LAUGHLIN,
           ISRAEL COPE
1873- ROBERT BOYD,   JAMES HUTCHINSON
1874- CALEB CAMPBELL,   JEHU LUCE,   MARK WINNET
1875- DAVID DEYARMON,   A.C. FORD
1876- ROBERT ELLIOTT,   ISRAEL COPE
1877- JAMES CHALFANT,   LEWIS COPE
1878- ROBERT S. GOE,   DANIEL BORTNER
1879- JOSEPH SWARTZ,   J.T. ELLIOTT
1880- J.R. LUCE,   FRANK HOUGH
1881- I.O. MILLER,   J. WEHAGE