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DeKalb Township records 1850 - 1868. Includes voter lists, election results, bills
Page 137 | November 2, 1858
Town Records of DeKalb Ill
William B. Plate received one hundred & seventy five votes for Member of House of Representatives
William Patten received one hundred & fifty two votes for Member of House of Representatives
John Procutt received seventeen votes for Member of House of Representatie
Morris Walrod received one hundred & forty six votes for Sheriff
Henry Safford received one hundred sixty eight votes for Sheriff
Samuel B. Middleton received one hundred & thirty five votes for Coroner
Lorenzo Whitteman received one hundred & seventy nine votes for Coroner
Certified by us
Attest
Clerks of the Elections, J. D. Lott, C. E. Needham
Judges of Election, Hiram Ellwood, J. H. Burghardt, Eli B. Gilbert
DeKalb County Town of DeKalb and Town of Etna
Whereas upon the application of twelve legal voters residing within three miles of the route hereafter described for a highway. A copy of their petition having been duly posted as required by law we the commissioners of highway of said town did cause a survey to be made by a competent surveyor of the following route to wit; Beginning at the north east corner of sect 24 in township 40 of R3E of the third PM and running thence south on the line between range 3 & 4, 239, 512L two hundred & thirty nine chains and fifty one links to the south east corner of section thirty six in R40 NR3E aforesaid being the same as mentioned and set forth in said petition which survey is according to the annexed and the said commissioners having personally examined said route and being of the opinion that the laying out of the same is necessary and proper and that the public interest will be promoted there by it is ordered and determined that a road be and the same is hereby laid out and established according to said survey and the plat hereunto annexed and made part of this order which is hereby declared to be a public highway four road wide the above described line being the center thereof.
In writing whereof we the said commissioners have hereunto set our hands this 2nd day Dec. A. D. 1858
Town of DeKalb, J. B. Stevens, Lawrence Root
Town of Etna, E. W. Warren, Edmond Badger, H. R. Francisco