Recently we discovered in Deed Book G, pages 386-387, the following election results.
The candidates are listed below. The capital letter preceding each name is used to identify him in the voting chart below.
A. Austin Hall B. Charles Hall C. Thomas R. Calvert D. Enos Kerr E. Peyton Burditt F. Jacob Fox G. W. Barnes H. D. Wilson I. W. Stephens J. J. Hall K. J. D. Lux
We have attempted to duplicate the chart as it was written in the deed book. It appears that each voter announced his five choices, and the election clerk kept a running total as each voter's choices were listed.
| Voters' Names | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Lormer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abraham Jobe | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Fox | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P. Burditt | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| G. W. Crumbaugh | - | 5 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Thomas R. Calvert | 4 | 6 | - | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| J. H. Snapp | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Martin Allen | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M. W. Gentry | - | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| E. Stringer | 6 | 9 | 7 | - | 9 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| J. Fox | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D. Wilson | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N. P. Saunders | - | 12 | 10 | - | 12 | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - |
| L. D. Parrish | 9 | 13 | 11 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F. Ramsey | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. Whitaker | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S. Davidson | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W. W. McCroskey | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F. Johnson | 14 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. D. Lux | - | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. Hall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. A. O'Bryan | 15 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 15 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
I certify that Austin Hall, Charles Hall, Thomas R. Calvert, Peyton Burditt and Enos Kerr was duly elected as trustees of Mt. Washington on the second Monday in August 1832 at the house of Abraham Jobe according to an act of the Legislature of Kentucky. Given under my hand this 13th day of August 1832. (signed) J. A. O'Bryan, clerk.
State of Kentucky, Bullitt County Court Clerk's Office, 20 August 1832
I David B. Abernathy, deputy for Noah C. Summers, Clerk of said court, do certify that the foregoing poll of election for trustees of the town of Mount Washington, Bullitt County, Kentucky was this day produced to me in said office for record. Whereupon I have recorded the same in said office. (signed) D. B. Abernathy, D.C.B.C.C.
Bullitt County Deed Book G, Pages 386-387
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