Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 13 March 2005

The History of Warren County Ohio
Part IV Township Histories
Deerfield Township by Louis F. Coleman
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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634

The record of the other township officers, up to 1826, is lost, and we can only append those that have served since that time:

Township Clerks—Mason Seward, served from before 1826 till 1831; L. D. Leonard, from 1831 till 1834; David Fox, from 1834 till 1835; Milton Coulson, from 1835 till 1841; William Kirkwood, from 1841 till 1843; Milton Coulson, from 1843 till 1848; James Baxter, from 1848 till 1852; Milton Coulson, from 1852 till 1859; William H. Kendall, from 1859 till 1863; D. W. Vandyke, from 1863 till 1873; A. Miller, from 1873 till 1876; J. T. Cunningham, from 1876 till 1877; Sam C. Bennett, from 1877 till 1879; B. D. Welton, from 1879 till 1880; W. C. Van Fossen, from 1880 and still serving.

Treasurers—Stephen Bowyer, served from before 1826 till 1832; G. Barton, from 1832 till 1833; James McCowen, from 1833 till 1836; Robert Thompson, from 1836 till 1859; John A. Dodds, from 1859 till 1867; W. W. Wikoff, from 1867 till 1872; P. W. Wikoff, from. 1872 till 1874; R. M. Cox, from 1874, and still continues.

Constables—J. D. Slayback, served from 1826 till 1828; L. D. Leonard, from 1828 till 1829; John A. Dodds, from 1829 till 1831; J. D. Slayback, from 1831 till 1833; Cyrus Hamilton, from 1833 till 1835; L. H. Davis, from 1835 till 1837; W. C. Wikoff, from 1837 till 1839; Abraham Duvall, from 1839 till 1840; M. C. Wonnell, served 1840; William Walker, 1841; P. W. Wikoff, from 1842 till 1845; Daniel Whittaker, from 1845 till 1846; Joseph McCoy, from 1846 till 1847; P. W. Wikoff, from 1847 till 1850.

Since 1850, the Constables have been Thomas Crawford, Sam Crawford, Ambrose Mason, S. W. Logan, J. S. Scofield (two years), J. M. Duvall, S. W. Logan, Silas Ballard, Elias Meighan, W. W. Thompson, H. D. Enyart, W. G. Amrnons, Garret Wikoff, J. D. Martin, Garret Wikoff, W. G. Ammons, Elias Meighan (three years), J. R. Corrington, William F. Minor, D. R. Whitaker, J. B. Corrington (three years), Gill Dom, H. T. Scott, J. A. Dodds (two years), J. R. Corrington (two years).

Assessors—The following persons have been Assessors since 1842: Felix Welton, three years; James Baxter, two years; James Thompson, three years; David Whitaker, five years. From 1857 to the present, the one elected Constable was also elected Assessor for the township. Prior to 1842, there was only one Assessor for the county, who appointed deputies at times from the several townships. But, as the county rapidly increased in wealth, the duty of assessing property was given to one from each township.

Overseers of the Poor were also elected during the first forty years of our township history. These overseers would see to the welfare of those who were citizens of the township and unable to make a living. The paupers would be

Given under our hands this 20th May, 1829.

Besides this, whenever a person or family would come into the township, and it was thought that a charge or burden would be the result, such a warrant as this would be issued:

The county officers that have been taken from Deerfield Township are David Sutton, Clerk of Court from 1803 to 1815; John Randall, Treasurer, from 1828 till 1836; F. S. Welton, Recorder, in 1859; A, B. Gooch, Recorder, from 1866 till 1871; J. D. Lowe, Associate Judge from 1803 till 1824; John A. Dodds, member of General Assembly in 1849, 1850, 1851.