The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky: To the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County.Potts, Eugenia Dunlap
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The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky: To the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County.
Potts, Eugenia Dunlap
Lancaster (Ky.) -- History -- Poetry
In the House the hillside city
Was in numbers represented
From among the early settlers,
To the present generation.
Thomas Kennedy, elected,
Seventeen hundred nine and ninety,
Then John Boyle in eighteen hundred,
Eighteen one, came Henry Pawling,
Eighteen two, was Stephen Perkins,
Next, in eighteen three, James Thompson,
Eighteen five, came Abner Baker,
Eighteen six, came Thomas Buford,
Samuel McKee in eighteen nine, and
William Owsley, eighteen eleven:
Then in eighteen twelve, John Yantis,
Eighteen thirteen, Samuel Johnson,
Eighteen fourteen, Robert Letcher,
Eighteen fifteen, came James Spillman,
Eighteen twenty-one Ben. Mason,
Then George Robertson, in eighteen
Two and twenty, was elected.
Twenty-seven, R. McConnell.
Eighteen hundred eight and twenty
Simeon Anderson next followed,
Nine and twenty, Tyree Harris,
One and thirty, Jesse Yantis,
Eighteen thirty-two, John Jennings,
Alex. Sneed, in three and thirty,
Eighteen thirty-five, George Mason,
A. G. Daniel, nine and thirty,
George R. McKee, in one and forty,
Jennings Price, in three and forty,
Forty-four, went Grabriel Salter,
Eighteen forty-five, W. Mason,
Horace Smith, in forty-seven,
Forty-eight, La Fayette Dunlap,
John B. Arnold, eighteen fifty,
Fifty-four, George W. Dunlap,
Joshua Dunn, in five and fifty,
William Woods, in fifty-seven,
Fifty-nine, went Joshua Burdett,
Alex. Lusk, in one and sixty,
Sixty-three, went John K. Faulkner,
Sixty-five, went Daniel Murphy,
William J. Lusk, in sixty-seven,
Seventy-one, went William Sellers.
Reelected, three and seventy.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
First, John Boyle was sent to Congress,
From eighteen three to eighteen nine; then
Samuel McKee, to eighteen seventeen;
Then George Robertson, till twenty;
R. P. Letcher next, from twenty
To eighteen hundred three and thirty.
From thirty-nine to eighteen forty,
Simeon H. Anderson was chosen;
From sixty-one to three and sixty,
George W. Dunlap served the session,
Called to quell the civil troubles,
By pacific intervention.
JUDGES.
John Boyle and William Owsley,
And George Robertson, were Judges
Of the Appellate Court at Frankfort.
Samuel Lusk, George R. McKee, and
Samuel McKee, and Mike H. Owsley,
Form the list of Circuit Judges
Of the Eighth Judicial District.
County Judges, five in number;
James H. Letcher, first in order,
Nicholas Sandifer, the second,
Third, James Patterson elected,
Fourthly, comes George Denny, Junior,
Last is William McKee Duncan.
Police Judges are as follows:
First, T. Gresham heads the list, then
Hugh McKee and Allan Burton,
James McKee and Louis Phillips,
R. Grinnan and W. M. Duncan.
George Denny, Junior, M. H. Owsley,
Served as Commonwealth's Attorney.
CLERKS.
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