Mention of him elected court clerk:
....As soon as it was known when the land sales would take place, a Squatter's Court was organized in each township. There was a great deal of trouble regarding the ownership of claims, and this court was formed for the protection of the rightful claimant. In Grasshopper Falls Township there was a conflict between Jefferson City and Grasshopper Falls, each electing a court which was claimed to be a legal one. From the former place Messrs. Bob Shanklin, Lillard and Coltrup were elected judges, and A. H. Deaver, clerk; from the latter, S. C. Gephart, S. S. Cooper, and Thomas A. Blake were elected judges, and Lewis Stafford, clerk. After a time an understanding was effected between the two parties by which the Grasshopper Falls board was declared the legal one.
From: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas JEFFERSON COUNTY, Part 6
....As soon as it was known when the land sales would take place, a Squatter's Court was organized in each township. There was a great deal of trouble regarding the ownership of claims, and this court was formed for the protection of the rightful claimant. In Grasshopper Falls Township there was a conflict between Jefferson City and Grasshopper Falls, each electing a court which was claimed to be a legal one. From the former place Messrs. Bob Shanklin, Lillard and Coltrup were elected judges, and A. H. Deaver, clerk; from the latter, S. C. Gephart, S. S. Cooper, and Thomas A. Blake were elected judges, and Lewis Stafford, clerk. After a time an understanding was effected between the two parties by which the Grasshopper Falls board was declared the legal one.
From: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas JEFFERSON COUNTY, Part 6
Mention of him elected court clerk:
....As soon as it was known when the land sales would take place, a Squatter's Court was organized in each township. There was a great deal of trouble regarding the ownership of claims, and this court was formed for the protection of the rightful claimant. In Grasshopper Falls Township there was a conflict between Jefferson City and Grasshopper Falls, each electing a court which was claimed to be a legal one. From the former place Messrs. Bob Shanklin, Lillard and Coltrup were elected judges, and A. H. Deaver, clerk; from the latter, S. C. Gephart, S. S. Cooper, and Thomas A. Blake were elected judges, and Lewis Stafford, clerk. After a time an understanding was effected between the two parties by which the Grasshopper Falls board was declared the legal one.
From: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas JEFFERSON COUNTY, Part 6
....As soon as it was known when the land sales would take place, a Squatter's Court was organized in each township. There was a great deal of trouble regarding the ownership of claims, and this court was formed for the protection of the rightful claimant. In Grasshopper Falls Township there was a conflict between Jefferson City and Grasshopper Falls, each electing a court which was claimed to be a legal one. From the former place Messrs. Bob Shanklin, Lillard and Coltrup were elected judges, and A. H. Deaver, clerk; from the latter, S. C. Gephart, S. S. Cooper, and Thomas A. Blake were elected judges, and Lewis Stafford, clerk. After a time an understanding was effected between the two parties by which the Grasshopper Falls board was declared the legal one.
From: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas JEFFERSON COUNTY, Part 6
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