AN
OLD RECORD
On the Removal of the County Seat
Ironton, Ohio, Thursday, February 17, 1887
We have received from J.K. KIDD, under the date of Jefferson City,
Mo., February 7, 1887, the following interesting
letter giving a copy of the minutes of a meeting to get the county
seat moved from Burlington to Ironton:
Editor of Ironton Register—In overhauling the contents of an old truck
the other day. I found the following record. It may be interesting to
some of your readers and I send you a copy:
"Removal of the County Seat of Lawrence County, Ohio, from Burlington
to Ironton".
 | At a meeting of the citizens of the town of
Ironton, held in the School House on the 6th of Oct., 1851, to hear
the report of a committee appointed at a previous meeting, to obtain
subscriptions for the erection of a Court House in this place, &c.,
A.O, SHEPPARD was called to the Chair and J.K. KIDD appointed
Secretary.
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| The committee reported that the sum of $3430.00
was subscribed on papers, then in the possession of the committee,
and that there were other papers out for subscription which had been
sent in the amount not known.
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| Motion made and carried that the committee be
instructed to guarantee to the County the erection of the walls of a
building for a Court House, &c: that said building be 70 feet long
by 65 in width and 32 or 34 feet high and roofed &c.
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| Motion made and carried that a committee be sent
to the different townships in the county to induce the voters to
vote for removal of the County Seat.
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Committees—M. SHEPPARD, Rome tp.; J. PETERS,
Washington tp.;
| J. KELLY, Aid and Symmes tps.;
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| R.M. STIMSON in general through the county.
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| J.M. MERRILL, Aid, Lawrence, and Mason tps.;
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| J.K. KIDD Mason tp.;
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| H. CRAWFORD, Rome and Union tps.;
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| THOMAS KELLY, Perry and Fayette tps.;
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| J.M. KELLY in general throughout the county.
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| J. SULLIVAN, J. IRVIN, J. SMITH, and S.
SILVERMAN, Elizabeth tp.;
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| J. CAMPBELL, Decatur tp. |
Moved and carried that fund be raised for the
purpose of printing 3000 Whig and 2000 Democratic tickets with the
words "for removal" printed thereon.
Moved and carried that the amount of funds necessary for the printing
of said tickets be raised forthwith.
Moved and carried that all the tickets printed by the fund raised at
this meeting have the name of W. KERR printed on them for recorded.
Moved and carried that we will vote for W.KERR.
All the foregoing motions were carried unanimously.
Motion made and carried that we now adjourn to meet at the polls.
J.K. KIPP, Secretary
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