Poll Book of an Election held at Canaan on 1st Monday in April 1837 for purpose of Electing two Justices of the peace, two Constables for Shelby Township, Jefferson Co Indiana

No  Voters Names
1  John Warfiel Sr.   	53 David  Irwin  	 105 John Stewart
2  Lewis Campbell     	54 Jeremiah Salyers Jr	 106 Foora? Hamilton
3  Peter Ryker        	55 John Brown 		 107 Wm Hall Jr
4  William H. Philips 	56 Peter Gow		 108 Wm Smith
5  John Campbell      	57 Daniel McGonigal	 109 John McCoy Esq
6  Eli Campbell	    	58 Abraham Hichbee	 110 Jas H Berry
7  John Marquis	    	59 Martin Salyers	 111 John B. Wise	  
8  Worden Cloyer 	60 Joseph Lame  	 112 John Hall Sr	
9  Samuel Welch    	61 David Eblen		 113 Wm McCarty
10 John Alfrey	    	62 A.J. Moore      	 114 Daniel Ward	
11 Daniel Woodfill	63 William Johnson	 115 Samuel Eccles
12 Moody J. Pullem    	64 Henry Mavity		 116 Joseph Y. Harrel		  
13 Joseph Kirk	    	65 John Smith		 117 John Matthews	  
14 John Hathaway    	66 Andrew Woodfill	 118 Robt Jameson 
15 Joseph Hough     	67 Cornelius Carnine	 119 John Hall Jr	  
16 William Dunn		68 George Mermoud	 120 Henry McBride  
17 Owen Daily		69 E.F. Brawner		 121 F.P. Hoyt		  
18 William Campbell	70 Nathan Lee		 122 James Kidd
19 Samuel S. Johnson	71 James Wildman	 123 Robt New
20 Samuel Best	    	72 Bennet Madox		 124 John Cline
21 Henry Hall Sr.    	73 Wm Moody		 125 Wm B. Benefiel
22 John Warfiel Jr	74 John H. Stewart	 126 Henry Cox
23 John Smithy 		75 Wm Taylor		 127 Richard A Nay
24 Michael Eblen    	76 Presley Philips	 128 William Horton
25 Joel Copher		77 Thomas Irwin		 129 John Buchannan
26 William Cowan    	78 Samuel Nay		 130 Benjamin Shafer	
27 Jesse Sheppard    	79 John Melton		 131 David Watts
28 Joseph Tague    	80 Joel Ferguson	 132 Warner H Lee	
29 William Hall Sr.	81 Moses Rodgers Sr.	 133 Abraham Rynearson	
30 Isaiah Stewart    	82 James Hamilton	 134 Joseph Etherton	
31 James Benefiel    	83 John Jackson	 	 135 Daniel McCoy	
32 William Salyers	84 Thomas Jackson	 136 James Denny	
33 Asa Cox	    	85 Timothy Chandler	 137 Benjamin Drake	
34 Granville Smithy	86 John Peak		 138 Solomon Caplinger
35 Alfred Miles		87 Samuel Salyers	 139 D.M.L. Belches?	
36 William Thompson   	88 William McCoy	 140 William Rodgers	
37 Ira Littlejohn	89 Thomas Hinton	 141 Preston Herring	
38 Robt Pullam	    	90 Wm Cook		 142 Adam Yontsey
39 Job Thornton	    	91 John Holly		 143 James Nay
40 Robt McClelland    	92 Joseph Cornell	 144 Conrad Storm		
41 Geo M. Cox	    	93 James Hays		 145 B.B. Smith		
42 Edward Dermit	94 Matthew Robertson	 146 Richard M. Salyers	
43 Wm McPhatridge	95 Charles R. Spencer	 147 Greenberry Cavender	
44 John Lansberry	96 C.N. Spencer		 148 Samuel Ryker		
45 Henry Hall Jr.	97 John Ellis		 149 James Custer		
46 Benjamin Shephard  	98 Alfred Reed		 150 Samuel Jarvis		
47 John M. Johnson	99 Ruel Custer		 151 Isaac Custer	
48 Wm Cook Sr.	    	100 Ephraim Lame	 152 Owen Freeman		
49 S.G. Welch		101 Samuel Denny	 153 Sulvester Beebe	
50 Jas R. Skeen		102 Robert G. Means	 154 Thomas Wise
51 A. Lansberry		103 George Short	 155 John Matthews Sr.
52 Levi Hall		104 Robert Benefiel	 156 James M. Humphrey

157 Robt Irwin		188 Thomas Copeland	 219 Jacob Banta
158 David Kidd		189 James Horton	 220 Ben C Kennedy
159 Lyman Thornton	190 Wm I Horton		 221 M.R. Mitchell
160 Robt Philips	191 John West		 222 John Cline Sr.
161 James W. Philips	192 R.L. Wilkinson	 223 Paschal Jackson
162 Jacob Deal		193 Enoch Rabourn	 224 Hiram Harris
163 Zephaniah Freeman  	194 George Lochridge	 225 Jesse Lott		
164 Arnold Custer	195 George McCoy	 226 Lewis Conner	
165 Elijah Hopper	196 Wm C. Sullivan	 227 Moses Rodgers Sr.	
166 Allen Carnine	197 Wm Baker		 228 Gabriel Lemon	
167 Peter Hughey	198 Wm Gordon		 229 James Hayes		
168 James Hammer?	199 Noah Bondurant	 230 William Piles	
169 James Barber	200 Wesley Copeland	 231 Milton Copeland	
170 John G. Ryker	201 George Gordon	 232 Smallwood Hopper	
171 John Quinn		202 Henry Lones		 233 Jared Warfiel		
172 John W. Land	203 Joseph Gray		 234 Timothy Barber Sr.	
173 Martin Myers	204 Henry McCarty	 235 John Steele		
174 Isaac Banta	 	205 John H. Means	 236 James Conner		
175 William H. Steel	206 Henry Taylor	 237 Jesse Custer		
176 Joseph Hughey	207 James Smith		 238 Abraham Lewis	
177 John Black		208 Jesse Benefiel	 239 Absolem Williams
178 Joseph Dunn		209 David Vestal					
179 Charles Black	210 David Cain			  		
180 Thomas Jamison	211 James Littlejohn				
181 Wesley McCoy	212 Jeremiah M Salyers			
182 Wm McClelland	213 Daniel McCarty				
183 Wm Copeland		214 John Risk				  
184 James Copeland	215 John M Mitchell				
185 Thomas Bakers	216 David Jones		 	
186 George Myers	217 Reece Rabourn				
187 Van R. McCullough	218 Ephraim Kennedy				
	  	

	We the undersigned judge & Clerks of the present Election do
certify that John Steel Recd for Justice of the Peace of Shelby Township
one hundred and thirty nine Hiram Harris one hundred and twenty eight
William C. Sullivan one hundred & three Timothy Barber fifty four votes
for Constables Gabrial Lemon one hundred & twenty six  George McCoy
one hundred and twenty three, Jesse Custer eighty six, John Cline sixty
five, Miletus R. Mitchel thirty four 

as witness our hands			
William H. Philips				Peter Ryker Insp.
Lewis Campbell		Clerks			   John Marquiss
						   Daniel Woodfill judges	


Transcribed by Robert Scott from the original once in the possession of
the Madison Library, formerly in the archives of the Jefferson County
Historical Society.


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