ELECTION RETURNS OFFICERS OF HOOD COUNTY, TEXAS

held on the 25 day of December 1866

Reprinted from Hood County Genealogical Society Newsletter dated May 1985

 NameActonBeat 1ThorpsBeat 2McClammantBeat 3Squaw CBeat 4Rock Creek Beat 5Total # of VotesMajority
COUNTYJUDGEAbel Sanders W. C. Manly B. F. Tipton34
32
29
91
2
4
31
52
13
12
56
5
15
193
106
52
Sanders 87
COUNTYCOURTCLERKM. Sykes Geo Smart Alex McCamant W. Montgomery Moses Watters22
29
15
5
43
7
14
38
6
41
6
4
59
10
18
6
3
6
10
5

5
7
5
5
41
55
125
30
112
McClament 13
DISTRICTCLERKJWS Morrison H. C. Goodmin84
33
93
9
78
21
4
12
5
288
51
Morrison 237
SHERIFFA. J. Wright J. S. Sutton J. E. Arrington73
19
17
75
1
29
30
41
26
20
4
2
5
6
8
203
71
82
Wright 121
ASSESSOR&COLLECTORW. C. Megee M. S. Holford G. Mills P. V. Ray R. Peters58
32
27

35
20
46

17

80
1
12
1
10

9
1
9

131
54
172
1
Mills 41
COUNTYCOMMIS-SIONERJ. I. Robison A. Carmichael M. Gregory Wm. Acre Jno Meek W. B. Watson P. Garland Wm. Wilson C. C. Alexander W. H. Barker Thos McDermett56
38
19
16
51
16
18

41
57
19
79
4
19
6
90
20
52

36
9
1
8
2
1
40
79
31
11

62
15
14
4
2
2
14
21
10


19
5
2
2
4
6
3
11
6
4

9
17
1
149
50
47
79
252
83
85

167
103
37
Robeson 46Meeks 85Barker 18Alexander 18 
Justices ofthe PeaceW.S. Rippetoe Teague W. C. Megee S. Crum Taylor
R. G. Peters
C. Arrington
M. Mills C.C.Alexander
W. H. Barker
20
18
7
2
 1
11
11
       31        13
14
   
CountyTreasurerNewton Goodmin
D. K. Turner
58
50
19
76
33
51
8
16
10
5
128
198
Turner 70
CountyCoronerF. Karnes Jos.H.Lambert E. Green A. Woodard8

4





16


8
8
16
4
Lambert 8
ConstableG.W.S. Randle C. Hightower Jno Mallor Brady Pride1
11


10
9
  
SurveyorS. W. Bell778669204250Bell 250

We the undersigned Commissioners of Hood County Do Certify that the above is a true Exhibit of the Election of County Officers for Hood County, agreeable to the Poll Books received from the different Precincts of the County.

Signed by Co Coms:

C, C. Arrington

W. C. Manly

C. C. Alexander