We discovered in Bullitt County Deed Book H, Pages 216-217 the following election results.
The candidates are listed below. The capital letter preceding each name is used to identify him in the voting chart below.
A. S. S. Alexander B. R. F. Samuels C. R. P. Simmons D. F. Travis E. W. R. Grigsby F. H. J. Craycroft G. Thomas Joyce
We have attempted to duplicate the chart as it was written in the deed book. It appears that each voter announced his choices, and the election clerk kept a running total as each voter's choices were listed. Note that some initially voted for just 4 candidates, and then later voted for their fifth choice.
Polls of election held at the courthouse in Shepherdsville on the 3rd of August 1835 for five trustees of the said town for one year.
| Voters' Names | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John H. Hendrick | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Frederic Travis | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| W. B. Holsclaw | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| H. B. Baker | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| L. Hogland | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| B. F. Simmons | 6 | 6 | - | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| R. K. Summers | 7 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 2 | - |
| Thomas Shain | 8 | 8 | - | 7 | 8 | - | 1 |
| E. W. Simmons | 9 | - | 1 | 8 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Jacob Troutman | - | 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | - |
| John Chaddic | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| N. C. Summers | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| John H. Hendrick | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| L Hogland | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| George F. Pope | 12 | 12 | - | 12 | 12 | - | 4 |
| John Chaddic Jr. | 13 | 13 | - | 13 | 13 | 5 | - |
| James Manning | 14 | 14 | - | 14 | 14 | 6 | - |
| R. F. Samuels | 15 | - | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | - |
| B. F. Summers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| W. B. Holsclaw | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| H. B. Baker | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Joyce | - | 15 | 9 | - | 16 | 8 | - |
| William Arnold | 16 | 16 | - | - | 17 | 9 | 6 |
| H. F. Kalfus | - | 17 | 10 | - | 18 | 10 | 7 |
| John Harrison | 17 | 18 | - | 16 | 19 | 11 | - |
| Benjamin F. Duvall | 18 | 19 | 11 | - | 20 | 12 | - |
| Francis Maraman | 19 | 20 | - | 17 | 21 | 13 | - |
| Wilford Lee | 20 | 21 | 12 | - | 22 | 14 | - |
| William R. Grigsby | 21 | 22 | 13 | 18 | - | 15 | - |
| TOTAL | 21 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 7 |
State of Kentucky. I George F. Pope, clerk of the Board of Trustees of the town of Shepherdsville do certify that on this 3rd dya of August 1835 I held and election for trustees of the town of Shepherdsville for one year and Sydney S. Alexander, Robert F. Samuels, William R. Grigsby, Frederic Travis and Henry I. Craycroft were duly elected. (signed) George F. Pope, C. B. T.
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