Poll of an election held at the house of Lewis Snapp Sr. in Mt. Washington, Bullitt County, Kentucky on Monday the 8th day of August 1842 for the purpose of electing trustees for said town for one year.
The candidates are listed below. The capital letter preceding each name is used to identify him in the voting chart below.
A. Peyton Burditt B. Frederic Johnson C. James Wright D. J. H. Snapp E. J. Q. A. Hall F. W. W. Swearingen
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. There also appear to be several errors in the poll tally.
| Voters' Names | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. B. Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| A. B. Weatherly | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Charles W. Hall | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Squire Hardman | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - |
| F. Johnson | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Austin Hall | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Lewis Snapp Jr. | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - |
| Josiah Porter | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - |
| Peyton Burditt | - | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| J. Q. A. Hall | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 3 |
| J. D. S. Peacock | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | 4 |
| William Forwood | - | - | - | - | 10 | 5 |
| M. S. Close | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Samuel Forwood | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| James H. Snapp | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 7 |
| Blaxton Gentry | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | - |
I Nat P. Saunders, clerk of the board of trustees of the town of Mt. Washington certify the above is a correct poll of the vote taken for trustees of Mt. Washington as set forth in the caption, and Peyton Burditt, Frederic Johnson, James Wright, J. H. Snapp and J. Q. A. Hall received the highest number of votes and are duly elected trustees of said town for one year from the date hereof. Given under my hand date above. (signed) Nat. P. Saunders, Clerk B. T. Mt. W.
Bullitt County Deed Book K, Pages 4-5
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