Fossett, A. (fl. 1865) [Certified statement of returns for a Jefferson County, West Virginia election]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08606.03 Author/Creator: Fossett, A. (fl. 1865) Place Written: West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 November 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.6 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Fossett signs as President of the Board of Supervisors of Jefferson County, and John T. Hewitt signs as clerk. Fossett and Hewitt certify that in the 26 October 1865 election (possibly held to select county members to serve in the West Virginia State House of Delegates), George Koonce received 347 votes, Charles H. McCurdy received 345 votes, Solomon Yantis received 189 votes, and Hiram Shaull received 92 votes.
Koonce served as a Justice of the Peace for Jefferson County and as a town constable for Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in the early 1860s. He was a County representative at the 1861 Second Wheeling Convention to vote on the secession of Western Virginia, a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates from Jefferson County 1865-1867, and a member of the West Virginia State Senate, 11th District, 1870-1871.
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