History of Orange County

The following are the total receipts and expenses of the county from the organization in 1816 to the first day of January, 1824:*

[*From the exhibit of a special Committee (Joseph Potts and J. G. Clendenin) appointed by the County Board to examine and report upon the condition of the county finances during the period above stated. This report was made in detail and is of much value to the county.]

For the calendar years	1816/1817	$1,509.86
For the calendar year	1818	8,868.24
For the calendar year	1819	688.00
For the calendar year	1820	774.48
For the calendar year	1821	2,079.40
For the calendar year	1822	1,085.00
For the calendar year	1823	1,039.86

Total		$16,044.84

Prosecuting Attorneys	$896.59
Keeping prisoners	650.16
Public buildings	6.120.30
Constables	124.55
Overseers of Roads	143.74
Grand jurors	425.25
County Treasures’ commission	590.98
County Agents commission	662.22
Sheriffs’ extra allowances	484.00
Clerks’ extra allowances	733.75
Sheriff, Tax Collector	385.13
Keeping poor	662.61
Listing taxable property	308.30
Judges’ allowance	580.00
County Commissioners	440.00
Books and stationery	162.18
County-seat Commissioners	114.00
Judges and Clerks of Election	72.09
Fuel	16.13
Township Treasurers	9.85
Delinquent tax list	27.54
Tax improperly assessed	27.97
Rebecca Hopper for signing deed	5.00
House rent	37.00
County Coroner	21.50
Advertising sale of town lots	8.50
Cleaning court house	3.00
Recording deeds, town plat, etc	6.50
Deduction for lot twice charged	18.00
Paid for town land	1300.00
Attorney’s fee	5.00
County seal	49.00
Agent of school section	1.00
Depreciated bank notes	50.00
Lot returned to county	13.62
Damages on State roa(l	110.00
Surveying town lots	18.75
Rent of table and desk	13.00
Money returned to McClain	20.00
Desk for Clerk’s office	17.00
Wolf scalps, chairs, etc., etc	78.75
Returned notes of A. Wilson & Co	454.00

Total	$14,861.96
Balance on hand	$182.88

From the report made by these Commissioners, many intereating items are gathered. The temporary court house of 1816 cost $25. John Pickard was paid $699 for building the jail. Thomas Hopper was paid $500 for land upon which to locate the county seat, and Thomas Lindley was paid $800 for the same. Mrs. Rebecca Hopper, who probably was opposed to selling the land, submitted gracefully to the signing of the deed of conveyance upon the payment to her of $5. It seems, then, that the Locating Commissioners paid $1,305 for the tract of land where Paoli now is, and that they bought it of Thomas Hopper and Thomas Lindley. The court house of 1819 cost $3,950. In 1821 $810.25 of repairs were put on the jail. The proceeds from the sale of town lots at Paoli in 1816 were $6,423, and in 1817 were $1,871.40. The county revenue in 1820 was $694.98, and in 1821 was $1,107.15. In 1821 the store and tavern licenses amounted to $147.50. The proceeds from the sale of town lots in 1821 were $824.75. The county revenue for 1822 was $985, and for 1823 was $1,016.14. In 1822 the store and tavern license was $100, and in 1823 was $60. In 1830 (calendar year) the total receipts were $852.46, and in 1835 were $1,422.65, and in 1838 were $2,413.32. The county revenue in 1835-36 was $1,314.66, and in 1838 was $1,801.70.