Recently we discovered in Deed Book G, pages 387-388, 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. Robert F. Samuels B. John Holsclaw C. Matthew Wilson D. Rufus K. Summers E. Frederic G. Alexander F. George F. Pope
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.
"Polls of an election held at the courthouse in Shepherdsville on Monday the 6th day of August 1832, being the 1st Monday in said month, for the purpose of electing five fit persons legally qualified to serve as Trustees for said town from the time of their election until the first Monday in August 1833."
| Voters' Names | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. K. Summers | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| George F. Pope | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| R. F. Samuels | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Samuel Smith | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Fred G. Alexander | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 4 |
| John Holsclaw | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Elisha W. Simmons | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | - |
| James Holmes Jr. | 6 | 7 | 8 | - | 7 | 6 |
| William F. Pope | - | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| James Holmes | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Nicholas Simmons | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | - | 8 |
| H. C. M. Cartmell | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | - |
| William B. Holscalw | 10 | 12 | 13 | - | 11 | 9 |
| Richard G. Matthews | 11 | 13 | - | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Frederic Travis | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | - |
| Henson Brown | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | - |
| John Chaddic Jr. | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | - |
| Hiram Holmes | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | - |
| John Maraman | - | 18 | 18 | - | 17 | 11 |
| Samuel Wilson | 16 | 19 | - | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| TOTAL | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
"State of Kentucky, Bullitt County Sct.
To Noah C. Summers, Clerk of the Bullitt County Court, I Thomas W. Riley, Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the town of Shepherdsville do hereby certify that on this day, being the first Monday in August 1832, I held an election at the courthouse of which the foregoing poll is the result. Whereupon I do declare Robert F. Samuels, John Holsclaw, Matthew Wilson, Rufus K. Summers and Frederic G. Alexander are duly elected trustees of the town of Shepherdsville for the current year ending the 1st Monday in August 1833. Att. T. W. Riley, C.B.T.S."
"State of Kentucky, Bullitt County Court Clerk's Office, August 6th 1832
I David B. Abernathy, deputy for Noah C. Summers, Clerk of the court for said county, do certify that the foregoing poll of election of Trustees of the Town of Shepherdsville was this day produced to me in said office by Thomas W. Riley, Clerk to the Board for said Trustees and that I have recorded the same in said office. Att. David B. Abernathy, D.C."
Bullitt County Deed Book G, Pages 387-388
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