Recently we discovered in Deed Book F, pages 489, 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 - Abraham Field Jr. B - Joseph R. Murray C - George W. Jenkins D - Brookey Barker E - George L. Robards F - Rufus K. Summers G - Henry F. Kalfus H - John Chaddic
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.
"At an election held at the court house in Shepherdsville on the 6 of August 1827 for the election of trustees of the town of Shepherdsville, the votes are as follows."
| Voters' Names | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah C. Summers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Matthew Willson | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| James Holmes | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| G. L. Robards | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 2- | - | 1 |
| Frederic Travis | - | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Brooky Barker | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| Peter Smith | 5 | - | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| F.W.G. Alexander | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Joseph R. Murray | 6 | - | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| W.B. Thompson | 7 | 7 | 9 | - | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| S.S. Alexander | 8 | 8 | 10 | - | 10 | 9 | - | - |
| R.P. Simmons | 9 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - |
| H.F. Kalfus | 10 | 10 | 12 | - | 12 | 10 | - | - |
| Thomas W. Riley | - | 11 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 11 | - | - |
| Jonathan Gore Jr. | 11 | 12 | 14 | - | 14 | 12 | - | - |
| John Wiseheart | - | 13 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 13 | - | - |
| A. Field Jr. | - | 14 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 14 | - | - |
| Thomas Joyce | 12 | 15 | 17 | 9 | - | 15 | - | - |
| G.W. Jenkins | 13 | 16 | - | 10 | 17 | 16 | - | - |
| Nicholas Simmons | 14 | 17 | - | 11 | - | 17 | - | - |
| Thomas Shanklin | - | 18 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 18 | - | - |
| Robert Travis | - | 19 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 19 | - | - |
| William Congrove | - | 20 | 210 | 14 | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| F.W.G. Alexander | - | - | 21 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| J.H. Hendrix | - | 21 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 21 | - | - |
| William Humphree | - | 22 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 22 | - | - |
| John Lucky | 15 | 23 | 24 | 18 | - | 23 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 15 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
"Whereupon I George F. Pope, clerk of said Board of Trustees of the town of Shepherdsville do hereby certify that Joseph R. Murray, George W. Jenkins, Brookey Barker, George L. Robards and Rufus K. Summers were duly elected trustees of the said town of Shepherdsville this 6th August 1826. (signed) George F. Pope, clerk by Thomas S. Shanklin, clerk pro tem."
An image of the deed page is shown below.
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