Recently we discovered in Deed Book G, pages 114-115, 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. William Congrove B. Thomas Q. Willson C. George L. Robards D. Joseph R. Murray E. Rufus K. Summers F. George W. Jenkins G. Henry F. Kalfus H. John Chaddic Jr.
We have attempted to duplicate the chart as it was written in the deed book. It appears that each voter announced his choices, and the election clerk kept a running total as each voter's choices were listed. Some of the names are very difficult to read, and may be misspelled.
| Voters' Names | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Wilson | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Nelson B. Thomasson | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| William B. Holsclaw | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Jacob Niffee | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boze Laphlan | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Thomas Joyce | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| William Caldwell | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Nicholas Simmons | 6 | 6 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 2 | - |
| Noah C. Summers | 7 | 7 | - | 6 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| Frederic Tavis | 8 | 8 | - | 7 | - | 9 | 3 | - |
| Alfred Simmons | 9 | 9 | - | - | 9 | 10 | - | 1 |
| Rufus K. Summers | - | 10 | 4 | 8 | - | 11 | 4 | - |
| John Wiseheart | 10 | 11 | - | - | 10 | 12 | 5 | - |
| Joseph Bowman | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| Brookey Barker | 12 | 13 | - | - | - | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Samuel Neiley | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | 15 | 8 | 4 |
| William Jones | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | 5 |
| Joseph R. Murray | 15 | - | 5 | - | 11 | 17 | - | 6 |
| Thomas W. Riley | 16 | - | 6 | 9 | 12 | - | - | 7 |
| George L. Robards | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| James Robinson Jr. | 17 | 16 | - | 11 | 14 | - | - | 9 |
| William Congrove | - | 17 | - | - | 15 | 19 | 11 | 10 |
| Thomas Shain | 18 | - | 7 | 12 | 16 | 20 | - | - |
| Abraham Field | 19 | 18 | - | 13 | - | 21 | - | 11 |
| Mat Wilson | 20 | - | 8 | - | 17 | - | 12 | 12 |
| Weir Tilford | - | 19 | - | - | 18 | 22 | 13 | 13 |
| Hammibal Field | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Alexander Maloney | - | 20 | 10 | 14 | 19 | - | 14 | - |
| B. Beverly Summers | 21 | 21 | 11 | - | - | 23 | 15 | - |
| Jacob Niffee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Richard P. Simmons | 22 | 22 | - | - | 20 | 24 | - | 16 |
| George F. Pope | - | 23 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 22 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 16 |
"State of Kentucky. I George F. Pope, clerk of the Board of Trustees of the town of Shepherdsville, do certify that on the 4 day of August 1828, being the first Monday in August, I held an election for the trustees of said town for the year ending the first Monday in August 1829, and that William Congrove, Thomas Q. Willson, Rufus K. Summers, George W. Jenkins and John Chaddic Jr. were elected trustees. (signed) George F. Pope, C.B.T."
Images of the deed pages are shown below.
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