Samuel Tilton Sanbornton Sanbornton 1841 William Badger Representative, Counsellor, Deputy Sheriff for the Counties of Grafton, Merrimack, and Strafford. See under head of Justices. Was Sheriff of the county of Strafford from 1820 to 1830. The following is a list of the Deputies of the Sheriff' of this county, residing in the county, and their places of residence. Benjamin F. Smith Timothy E. Hodgdon Barnstead Francis S. Gilman Gilmanton 1841 1844 CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, AND OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Judges of these courts appoint and remove their clerks at will. The same person is now clerk of both courts in this and all the other counties, except Coos. Previous to June 27, 1816 there was but one clerk of the Superior Court in the state; but an act was passed the Legislature at that time directing the Judges to appoint one in each county. Ebenezer S. Lawrence Gilford Meredith |1841 | SOLICITORS. Representative. The duty of Solicitors is to take charge of all suits or prosecutions in the name of the State, pending in the Court of Common Pleas for their respective counties; to prosecute and defend all suits in which their county is interested; to tax all bills of cost in to audit and allow claims against his county; and to act instead of the any proceeding in which the State or county is interested Attorney General in his absence. Solicitors are appointed by the Governor and Council. The office was created by the act of June 19, 1789, by which they were to hold their offices during good behavior; but by the Act of December 18, 1799 their term was limited to five years. For performing the duties of the Attorney General, the Solicitor of this county is allowed from the State Treasury thirty dollars for each term of the Court of Common Pleas; for all other services, he receives from the County Treasury such a sum as the county Judges may at each term direct, which is generally two dollars a day during the sitting of the court. The following persons, resident in this county, were Solicitors of Strafford county before the division. William C. Clarke George W. Stevens Stephen Moody Lyman B. Walker Warren Lovell Gilmanton Gilford Meredith West Newbury,Ms 1804 1819 See under head of Attorneys in Gilmanton. Appointed by the Governor and Council during good behavior. The salary of the Judge of Probate for this county is $142,00 per Warren Lovell Meredith annum. Rockingham, Vt. |1841| See Warren Lovell above. The following persons, resident in this county, were Judges of Probate for the county of Strafford before the division. 1784 1797 Born Jan. 11, 1722. An early settler in Gilmanton, 1797 1805 See under head of Justices of courts. 1805 1824 Representative and Senator. Died Oct. 8,1826, aged 64. REGISTER OF PROBATE. Appointed by the Governor and Council for five years. Previous to the act of June 14, 1836, they held their offices during good behavior. The salary of the Register of Probate for this county is $183,00 per annum, and some perquisites. Jeremiah Elkins Ira A. Eastman Barnstead Andover | 1811| [See under head of Attorneys in Barnstead. (See under Attorneys in Gilmanton) was Register of Probate for Strafford county from 1836 to 1839. COUNTY TREASURERS. Chosen annually by the people of the respective counties. The Treasurer of this county receives $75,00 a year for his services. John Wadleigh Meredith Gilmanton 1841 1843 Representative, Major General in the N. H. Militia. 1843 1844 His name has been changed from Bean. 1844 Representative. The following persons, resident in this county, were Treasurers of Strafford county before the division. Francis Russell Meredith Thomas Durrell Gilmanton Henry H. Orne Meredith Thomas Cogswell Gilmanton John Wadleigh Meredith 1829 1831 See under head of Attorneys in Meredith. 1833 1836 See under head of Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. 1840 1841 Till the division of the county. See above. Chosen annually by the people of the respective counties. Nathaniel Edgerly Gilford Gilmanton | 1841] Representative from Gilmanton. 43 ATTORNEYS AT LAW IN BELKNAP COUNTY, N. H. A meeting of the Attorneys in this State, was held at Concord, on the third Wednesday of June, 1788. At this meeting was formed a Society called "An Association of the Bar throughout the State of New Hampshire." This Association was organized, and established certain general rules; among which were, that gentlemen of the Bar in their respective Counties should form themselves into a Society, choose a President and Secretary annually, and that the Secretary should keep a record of the proceedings of the Society. It was also Voted, "That it be considered an indispensable requisite, for the admission of any candidate for the Bar, who has received a degree at any College, that he has regularly studied three years, after having received such degree, in the office of some Attorney of a Superior Court; and that no candidate not having received such degree, be recommended for admission, without having studied five years as aforesaid." And no person was to be admitted to study as a candidate, without the previous consent of the Bar in the County. These regulations have remained in force ever since. Societies were formed in the several Counties, (there were only five Counties then,) and when new Counties were formed, the members of the Bar within their limits have formed themselves into new Associations; and all these Societies adopted rules to "promote and establish the dignity and respectability of the profession," which are now generally in force throughout the State, so far as the Bar can enforce them. And if the profession is degenerating in point of ability, dignity, and respectability, it is believed that the Legislature is more in fault than the Bar. At the first term of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Belknap, February Term, 1841, the Attorneys residing in the County met and formed themselves into a Society by the name of the "Bar Association for the County of Belknap," chose officers and adopted rules. In the following list the names of the Attorneys are given under the towns where they last resided within the County, their native place, where and when they graduated, and the time they commenced practice in the County; and a few brief general remarks are added. ATTORNEYS AT LAW IN THE COUNTY OF BELKNAP, N. H. Mid. Harv. 1822| General Remarks. Entered the clerical profession in 1839. Dart. 1817 1834 Previously at the city of Washington, and Gilford, 1824 Since at Rochester, Representative from Roches- Harv. 1822 1825 West Newbury, Ms. Harv. 1790 1793 1797 1800 1811 Then a part of Gilmanton. Left about 1801, and 1837 |