History of Western Maryland. J. Thomas Scharf
Judges of the Circuit Court.
Chief Justices.—1791, Richard Potts; 1806, John Buchanan ; 1845, Robert N. Martin.
Circuit Judges.—1851, Thomas Perry; 1864, James Smith (died Aug. 14, 1865); 1865, George A. Pearre. Chief Justice.—Richard H. Alvey.
Associate Judges.—1791, Andrew Bruce, John Simpkins ; 1797, Patrick Murdock, Hanson Briscoe; 1801, William Craik, vice Murdock ; 1802, William Claggett, vice Briscoe; 1806, Abraham Shriver, vice Craik; 1810, Roger Nelson, vice Claggett; 1815, Thomas Buchanan, vice Nelson; 1843, Richard H. Marshall, vice Shriver; 1847, Daniel Weisel, vice Buchanan. Under constitution of 1867: 1867, William Motter, Thomas Perry; 1871, George A. Pearre, vice Perry, deceased.
Judges of the Orphans' Court.
1791-95.—Daniel Cresap, John Hoge Bayard, James Prather.
1795-1802.—Evan Gwynn, John Hoge Bayard, A. A. Browne.
1802.—Ninian Cochran, Thomas Cresap, Andrew Bruce.
1803-10.—Andrew Bruce, Thomas Thistle, Thomas Cresap.
1810-12.—Upton Bruce, Thomas Cresap, Hanson Briscoe.
1812-14.—George Hebb, Lenox Martin, Thomas Thistle.
1814-17.—John Scott, Thomas Thistle, Lenox Martin.
1817-20.—John McHenry, John Scott, Thomas Thistle.
1820-22.—Edward Wyatt, Thomas Cresap, John McNeill.
1822-25.—William McMahon, Thomas Cresap, John McNeill.
1825-27.—Robert Swann, Thomas Cresap, John McNeill.
1827-29.—Robert Armstrong, Thomas Cresap, John McNeill.
1829. —Thomas Cresap, John Scott, John McNeill.
1830. —George Hoblitzell, John Scott, Thomas Cresap.
1831-33.—Thomas Cresap, John McNeill.
1833-37.—George Hebb, John McNeill, Thomas Cresap.
1837-39.—John Gebhart, Thomas Cresap, George Hebb.
1839-45.—John Hays, Moses Rawlings, Thomas Cresap.
1845-48.—Martin Rizer, Jr., John Gebhart, Isaac Beall.
1848-50.—John Hays, James Fitzpatrick, John Porter.
1850.—William Weber, John Hays, H. H. Ainsworth.
1851-54.—Jacob Fechting, E. Mullan, J. Robinette.
1854-56.—J. M. Buchanan, Patrick Hamill, J. Robinette.
1856-59.—Moses Rawlings, Patrick Hamill, Alexander King.
1859-64.—Moses Rawlings, Alexander King, Francis Mattingly.
1864-67.—J. B. H. Campbell, A. M. L. Bush, Douglass Percy.
1867-69.—Patrick Hamill, John Coulehan, John M. Buchanan.
1869-71.—Upton D. Long, John Coulehan, John M. Buchanan.
1871-74.—W. R. McCully, Upton D. Long, John Coulehan.
1874.—Upton D. Long, John Coulehan, Cornelius Slack.
1875-77.—Robert Bruce, John Coulehan, Cornelius Slack.
1877-79.—William Piatt, Robert Bruce, John Coulehan.
1879.—James D. Armstrong, John Coulehan (present incumbents).
Registers of Wills.
William A. McMahon, from April 14, 1791, to July 10, 1798.
Thomas Cromwell, from July 10, 1798, to Feb. 12, 1805.
George Bruce, from Feb. 12, 1805, to Oct. 6, 1818.
Charles Heck, from Oct. 6, 1818, to May 25, 1841.
Daniel Blocher, from May 25,1841, to Dec. 30, 1846.
Wm. R. McCulley, from Dec. 30, 1846, to Dec. 1, 1857.
John B. Widener, from Dec. 1, 1857, to Dec. 15, 1863.
Geo. W. Hoover, from Dec. 15, 1863, to Nov. 19, 1867.
Elijah Fuller, from Nov. 19, 1867, to 1873.
In 1873, C. C. Shriver was elected, and served until his death, in October, 1875, when he was succeeded by Howard Fuller, who served until the election in November, when John Rhind was elected, and began his term Dec. 1, 1875, and was re-elected in 1881 for six years from Dec. 1, 1881.
Sheriffs.
1791, John Beatty; 1797-1801, Robert Sinclair; 1801, John C. Beatty; 1804, Levi Hilleary; 1807, William Bruce; 1810, William Hilleary; 1813, Thomas Pollard; 1816, William R. Dawson; 1819, George Bruce; 1822, Andrew Bruce; 1825, William McMahon; 1828, Richard Beall; 1831, Moses Rawlings; 1831, Lawrence O. Holt; .1837, Thomas Dowden; 1840, Michael T. Porter (one term of court), John M. Charlton; 1842, Norman Bruce; 1845, Moses Rawlings; 1848, John Barnard; 1851, George M. Blocher; 1853, Perry Shultz; 1855, Dr. John Everett; 1857, Hanson Willison; 1859, Henry R. Atkinson; 1861, Thomas G. McCulloh; 1863, Basil J. Garlitz; 1865, Daniel Duncan; 1867, Hanson Willison ; 1869, George L. Layman ; 1871, Richard Gross ; 1873, James C. Lynn ; 1875, John G. Bauer; 1877, Edward Manning; 1879, Henry Hanekane; 1881, J. William Shuck (present incumbent).
Clerks of Circuit Court.
1791, John Lynn; 1811, Hanson Briscoe; 1817, William McMahon (temporary), Asa Beall; 1845, Henry Bruce; 1851, Horace Resley; 1873, Theodore Luman (present incumbent).
Levy Court and County Commissioners.
1791. —Daniel Cresap, Thomas Beall, of Samuel, Samuel Barrett, James Prather, John H. Bayard.
1792. —John Orme, Samuel Barrett, James Prather, Gabriel Jacob, John H. Bayard, John Reed.
No records of meetings of the board from 1793 to 1813 can be found.
1813-16.—J. H. Bayard, James D. Cresap, George Hoffman, John Reid, John Templeman.
1816-22.—J. H. Bayard, J. D. Cresap, George Hoffman, Thomas Dawson, John Reid.
1822-24.—J. H. Bayard, J. D. Cresap, George Hoffman, Thomas Dawson, William Reid.
1824. —Benjamin Tomlinson, Samuel Coddington, John Bur-bridge, William Price, Walter McAtee, George W. Glaze, Meshac Frost.
1825. —George Rhinehart, Archibald Thistle, Benjamin Robinson, Valentine Hoffman, Walter McAtee, William Price, John Burbridge, Samuel Coddington, Benjamin Tomlinson.
1826. —Upton Bruce, Martin Rizer, Benjamin Tomlinson, Samuel Coddington, William Price, Benjamin Robinson, Archibald Thistle, William McLaughlin, Valentine Hoffman, Walter McAtee.
1827. —Francis Reed, Benjamin Tomlinson, Samuel Coddington, William Price, Valentine Hoffman, Archibald Thistle, William McLaughlin, Walter McAtee.
1828. —J. H. Bayard, George Hoffman, John Willison, Thomas Dawson, James D. Cresap.
1829. —John Miller, Martin Rizer, Upton Bruce, William McLaughlin, Archibald Thistle, Francis Reed, Valentine Hoffman, Walter McAtee, Samuel Coddington, Benjamin Tomlinson.
1830. —Jasper Robinette, Henry Myers, Walter Bevans, Joshua O. Robinson, Joseph Frantz, George Blocher, William McLaughlin, Jacob Holman, John Mattingly, Thomas D. Beall.
1831. —Joseph Frantz, George Hoffman, George Blocher, William Newman, Robert Lashly, George Devilbiss, George Bruce, Ezekiel Totten.
1832.