Waupaca County, Wisconsin - Chapter 6, 1890

Chapter 6

First Meeting of the County Board - First Election of County Officers - Organization of the Towns of Weyauwega, Mukwa, Waupaca, Embarrass, CenterviLLE, AND Dayton.

The County and Town of Waupaca was organized by legislative act, approved February 17, 1851, the county seat being temporarily established at Mukwa. The first election was held at Mukwa, April 1, of that year. The following is a list of the officers chosen at that election :

Chairman, David Scott; Supervisors, Tyler Caldwell and Peter Meiklejohn; Town Clerk, C. L. Gumaer ; Justices of the Peace, Moses Chandler, Albion Brandy, S. F. Ware, and John Boyd.

The first meeting of the new Board was held at the house of H. Rolph, in the Village of Muwka, "the county seat of Waupaca County," May 6, 1851.

District No. 1: ''AH the surveyed land in the County lying east of the Wolf River, to a line running east and west opposite the mouth of Tomorrow River, thence west." R. Nichols was appointed overseer.

District No. 2: "All the surveyed land in said County lying east of the Wolf River, commencing at a line running east and west opposite the mouth of Tomorrow River." Ira Sumner was appointed overseer.

District No. 3: " Commencing at the main Wolf, opposite Mukwa, running up said river to the Embarrass, thence up said river eight miles, thence in a west line to Meiklejohn's Mills, thence south to the main Wolf in Waupaca County." B. F. Phillips was appointed overseer.

District No. 5: "All land lying west and south of Spencer's Marsh, including all that is called the Pleasant Valley Country." Aaron Forbes was appointed overseer.

District No. 7: ''Running south to the Hne of Town Twenty-one (21), thence half way between Little River Mills and Tomorrow Mills, thence north to the Wolf River." Benjamin Birdsell was appointed overseer.

District No. 8: "Running south to the line of Town Twenty-one, thence half way to Tomorrow Mills, thence south to the Wolf River." John Boyd was appointed overseer.

Qualifying Of First Justices

The official bonds of Moses Chandler, S. F. Ware, Albion Brandy, and John Boyd, as Justices of the Peace, all dated April 2, 1851, were filed - Moses Chandler's being the first on the records. James Smiley, W. B. Millard, and R.Nichols were security for Brandy, and G. W. Taggart and W. G. Cooper for the others.

Also, on the same date, the bond of G. W. Taggart, as County Surveyor, in the penal sum of $1,- 000, was filed. His securities were Tyler Caldwell, W, G. Cooper, and John Boyd.

At the next meeting of the Board, held at Mukwa, October 7, 1851, two voting precincts were made by said Board, one at the house of W. G. Cooper, in said County, and one at the house of A. Tibbetts, in Weyauwega, for the general election in November.

For Sheriff, John M. Vaughn ; Register of Deeds, W. G.Cooper; County Treasurer, C. E. P. Hobart ; County Surveyor, George W. Taggart; Clerk of Supervisors, James Smiley; Coroner, John Boyd.

Report Of School Superintendent

The annual report of Simon C. Dow, "Town Superintendent of Schools for Waupaca County," for the year ending August 31, 1851, gives the following information :

November Election, 1851

The whole number of votes cast in Waupaca County at the general election held November 4, 1851, was 127. At that election the following County officers were elected :

For County Treasurer, Simon C. Dow; Register of Deeds, James Smiley; Coroner, John Boyd; Clerk of Supervisors, James Smiley ; County Surveyor, Ira Sumner.

At a meeting of the County Board, held at the house of H. Rolph, in the Village of Mukwa, March 5, 1852, at which were present Tyler Caldwell, Chairman, and David Scott and Peter Meiklejohn. Supervisors, six towns were set off as follows:

Township 21, in Ranges 11 and 12, to constitute a town by the name of Lind, (that being the first town set off in the County) ; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Thomas Spencer, on the first Tuesdaj^ of April next following.

Township 21, and south half of 22, in Range 13 east, to constitute a town by the name of Weyauwega; the first town meeting to be held at the house of R. Baxter.

Townships 21 and 22, in Range 14 east, to constitute one town by the name of Mukwa ; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Horace Rolph.

Townships 21 and 23, Range 11 east, and Township 22, Range 12 east, to constitute one town by the name of Waupaca ; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Mr. Mackintosh.

Township 23, in Ranges 12 and 13 east, and the north half of Township 22, in Range 13 east, to constitute one town by the name of Centerville; the first town meeting to be held at the house of Peter Meiklejohn.

Townships 23, 24 and 25, in Range 14 east, and Township 25, Range 15 east, to constitute one town by the name of Embarrass ; the first town meeting to be held at the house of A. Wheeler.

Board At Mukwa

Members present - James Meiklejohn, Town of Centerville; Melzor Parker, Town of Weyauwega; Samuel Keene, Town of Embarrass; Charles Beadleston, Town of Lind.