YOUNG WOOD, his successor (to the office of county sheriff - the 2nd occupant of the office in the county) was elected in 1822, and re-elected to this office in 1824 and 1826. This man, from some accident in his youth was not of a prepossessing appearance, and with his hands distorted and drawn out of shape was anything but a beauty, but he was honest, upright and true, and understood and carried out the duties of his office. Of him it is said that the first public whipping in Greene county was done by him. There were three public whipping posts in the court house square, one near the northwest, and two near the northeast corners. One of the culprits punished by him was Thomas Anderson, who had been convicted of horse stealing and ordered to be whipped. He was led out by Sheriff Wood and his deputy, Jacob Fry. The patient's hands were tied to the posts, with the shoulders bared to the wandering breeze. Then, as the convict buried his head between his arms, Wood grasped a heavy raw-hide slowly to lay the lashes upon the back of the shrinking victim, man-of-war fashion, diagonally and horizontally, so that they crossed each other. The deputy coolly stood by and kept tally aloud until the sum of 50 had been reached, when the stripes ceased and the prisoner released.