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 RegisterIn 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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CommitteesM. 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.
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 | 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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