The early records of the township were destroyed by fire in the house of John McKee in 1827 or 1828, but as nearly as can be ascertained the first trustees were Caleb Merritt, John Brooks, and Thomas Sharp, and Caleb Merritt the first justice of the peace.
Trustees 1829-1868.
1829 Ziba Lindley, Sen., Samuel McKee, Nicholas Misner.
1830 Ziba Lindley, Sen., Samuel McKee, Elias N. Nichols.
1831 Ziba Lindley, Jun., Samuel McKee, Elias N. Nichols.
1832 Samuel Earhart, Asa Stearns, Benjamin Parks, Jun.
1833 Samuel Earhart, John V. Brown, Benjamin Parks, Jun.
1834 Ziba Lindley, Jun., Jesse M. Mahon, Benjamin Parks, Jun.
1835 Ziba Lindley, Jun., John Brooks, Samuel Earhart.
1836 Daniel Dudley, Ami Conde, Archelaus T. Clark.
1837 Samuel Earhart, John Brooks, Jun., Archelaus Stanley.
1838 Win. B. Reynolds, John Brooks, Jun., Franklin Burnham.
1839 Wm. B. Reynolds, John Brooks, Jun., Franklin Burnham.
1840 John Rickey, Peter Morse, John W. Drake.
1841 Franklin Burnham, John Grey, A. Love.
1842 Franklin Burnham, J. H. Brooks, A. Love.
1843 J. W. Drake, Ziba Lindley, Jun., A. Love.
1844 J. W. Drake, Ziba Lindley, Jun., A. Burtnett.
1845 J. W. Drake, Moses Patterson, A. Burtnett.
1846 George Bean, Daniel Teters, A. Burtnett.
1847 George Bean, John H. Brooks, Abram McVey.
1848 Archelaus Stanley, John H. Brooks, Abram McVey.
1849 James S. Hawk, A. G. Henderson, William Wood.
1850 John Rickey, Joseph W. Blackwood, John W. Drake.
1851 John Rickey, George Bean, William Wood.
1852 John Rickey, Franklin Burnham, William Wood.
1853 Daniel Teters, Peter Long, William Wood.
1854 Missing.
1855 Alexander Love, James H. Martin, Abram Coe.
1856 Alexander Love, James H. Martin, William Campbell.
1857 Moses Patterson, William Wood, William Campbell.
1858 Moses Patterson, Isaac Stanley, George W. Sams.
1859 E. N. Blake, John Rickey, George W. Sams.
1860 E. N. Nichols, John Rickey, George W. Sams.
1861 E. N. Blake, John Rickey, George W. Sams.
1862 E. N. Blake, John Rickey, George W. Sams.
1863 E. N. Blake, Isaiah Bean, Isaac Brooks, Jun.
1864 E. N. Blake, Isaiah Bean, Isaac Stanley, Jun.
1865 B. Rickey, Isaiah Bean, Peter Long.
1866 B. Rickey, Isaiah Bean, Homer Chase.
1867 S. B. Blake, Isaiah Bean, P. G. Hibbard.
1868 Samuel Blake, Isaiah Bean, William Bean.
Justices of the Peace 1829-1868
1829 Ami Conde, J. M. Gorsline.
1831 Samuel McKee.
1832 J. M. Gorsline, Alfred Dunlap, Samuel Earhart.
1834 Josiah Wilson.
1835 William Golden.
1837 Josiah Wilson.
1838 William Golden.
1849 Franklin Burnham.
1850 John Camp, Joseph W. Blackwood.
1852 Franklin Burnham.
1853 John Camp, Joseph W. Blackwood.
1854 Joseph McPherson, George Adair.
1855 Daniel Drake.
1857 Joseph McPherson, A. S. Coe.
1858 Daniel Drake.
1860 James Strite, L. Oliver.
1861 L. C. Crouch, Wm. B. Dickerson, A. S. Cue, A. C. Murphy, S. H. Kinney.
1863 Leven Oliver.
1864 Wm. Watson. Amos C. Murphy.
1866 Leven Oliver.
1867 Wm. Watson, Amos C. Murphy.
1868 Peter Vorhes.