Recently we discovered in Deed Book G, page 219, 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. Note the one mistake the clerk made.
A. Matthew Wilson B. T. Q. Willson C. G. W. Jenkins D. William Congrove E. R. K. Simmons F. William Jones G. John Holsclaw H. Abraham Field I. R. F. Samuels J. John J. Thomasson
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 | I | J |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George L. Robards | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| John Chaddic | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nicholas Simmons | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Henry Oldham | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Weir Tilford | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Sydney S. Alexander | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Joseph R. Murray | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| William Martin | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| Noah C. Summers | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | - | 6 | - |
| Frederic Travis | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Rufus K. Summers | 9 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| Thomas Joyce | 10 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 |
| William Smith | 11 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | 9 | - | 8 | - |
| Richard P. Simmons | 12 | 10 | 6 | - | - | 7 | 10 | - | - | - |
| William R. Grigsby | 13 | 11 | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | - | 9 | - |
| John Holsclaw | 14 | 12 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 10 | 5 |
| Nelson B. Thomasson | 15 | 13 | - | - | - | 10 | 12 | - | 11 | - |
| Brookey Barker | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 12 | 6 |
| Joseph W. Caldwell | 17 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 4 | 13 | - |
| R. F. Samuels | 18 | 16 | - | - | - | 11 | 15 | - | - | 7 |
| Henry F. Kalfus | 19 | - | 7 | - | - | 12 | - | 5 | 14 | - |
| Fred Grayson Alexander | 20 | 17 | - | - | - | 13 | 16 | - | 15 | - |
| TOTAL | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 7 |
"I Frederic Grayson Alexander, clerk pro tem of the Board of Trustees for the town of Shepherdsville, do certify that this day held an election at the courthouse in Shepherdsville, and that the foregoing is a correct record of the votes taken by which it will appear that the following named persons were duly elected trustees of the town for the ensuing year, viz. Matthew Wilson, Thomas Q. Willson, William Jones, John Holsclaw and Robert F. Samuels. Witness my hand this 2 day of August 1830. (signed) Fred Grayson Alexander, clerk pro tem."
Images of the deed page is shown below.
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