1844 Shepherdsville Town Trustees Election

The candidates are listed below. The capital letter preceding each name is used to identify him in the voting chart below.

A. Henry J. Craycroft
B. Samuel A. McKay
C. Ambrose Ratliffe
D. Abraham Field
E. Preston N. Hornbeck
F. Richard B. Simcoe
G. Frederick Travis

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.

Polls of the election of trustees of the town of Shepherdsville held at the courthouse in the town of Shepherdsville on Monday the 5th day of August 1844.

Voters' Names	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
H. C. Ulen	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
P. N. Hornbeck	2	2	2	2	-	1	-
R. D. N. Morgan	3	3	-	3	2	-	1
H. J. Craycroft	-	4	3	4	3	2	-
James Evans	4	5	4	5	4	-	-
N. C. Summers	5	6	5	6	5	-	-
R. B. Simcoe	6	7	6	7	6	-	-
P. P. Todd	7	8	-	8	-	3	2
Abraham Field	8	9	7	-	7	-	3
John S. Thixton	9	10	8	9	8	-	-
Fred Travis	10	11	9	10	9	-	-
Jacob Troutman	-	12	10	11	-	4	4
R. F. Samuels	11	13	11	12	-	5	-
Ambrose Jenkins	-	14	12	-	10	6	5
M. N. Aud	-	15	13	-	11	7	6
John Nusz	-	16	14	-	12	8	7
L. Friddle	-	17	15	13	13	-	8
L. Hogland	12	18	16	-	14	-	9
George W. Beard	13	19	-	-	15	9	10
Joseph Brown old	14	20	17	-	-	10	11
John Barker	-	21	18	-	16	11	12
James Doyle	15	22	-	-	17	12	13
W. C. Umble	16	23	-	-	18	13	14
L. E. Schultz	17	24	-	14	19	14	-
B. Barker	18	25	19	15	20	-	-
R. H. Field	19	26	20	16	21	-	-
Samuel Campbell	20	-	21	-	22	15	15
James Holmes	21	27	-	-	23	16	16
William Epperhamer	22	28	-	-	24	17	17
P. B. Abernathy	23	29	22	-	25	-	18
W. Phelps	24	30	23	-	26	18	-
Wilford Lee	25	31	-	17	-	19	19
W. E. Goe	-	32	24	18	27	-	20
TOTAL	25	32	24	18	27	19	20

I Noah C. Summers, clerk of the trustees of the town of Shepherdsville in Bullitt County, Kentucky do certify that at an election held at the courthouse in Shepherdsville on Monday the 5th day of August 1844 the following persons were elected Trustees of said town, to-wit, Henry J. Craycroft, Samuel A. McKay, Preston N. Hornbeck, Ambrose Ratliffe, Frederick Travis. Att. Noach C. Summers, clerk of the town of Shepherdsville, August 5th 1844.

Returned 5th August 1844 for record and recorded in my office this 9th August 1844. (sgned) N. C. Summers, C.B.C.C.

Images of the deed pages are shown below.

Bullitt County Deed Book K, Pages 270-271

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