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                   First Sidewalk Paved.
      The first sidewalk paved with brick was laid
   around the Court House in 1817. William Story and
   Samuel Shephard composed the Committee.
                 The First Tavern Keeper.
         THE first tavern keeper in GeorgeTown was Josiah
         Pitts. He was granted license to keep a tavern at the
         June term of the County Court in 1793. 'The order
         was as follows: On motion Josiah Pitts be and is al-
         allowed to keep an Ordinary in George Town where-
   upon he together with Elijah Craig his security entered into
   bone as the law directs." Cider was a great drink with the
   pioneers, but after it became so intoxicating, the Court liscen-
   sing the sale of it just like other liquors.
     The Court fixed the rates of tavern keepers as follows:
                                    Shillings. Pence.
      Dinner, breakfast and supper, each ........1  6
      For lodging, per night ................................ 6
      Horse, hay, per night ..................... 1 ....... ....16
      Grain, per gallon .................... . 8
      Pasturage, per night ................... . 6
      Whiskey, per half pint .................... . 8
      Spirits Jumaica, per pint ...................... 2  6
      Wine, Lisbon, per pint........................... ......2  6
      Wiae, Sherry, per pnt ....................... 2  6
      Wine, Madura, per pint ................ .6...6
      Wine, Malaga, per pint .....................2  8
      Wine, Teneriffe, per pint ......................  28
      Peach Brandy, per pint   ...................... 12xc
      Cider, per quart   .     .         :. 12c
      Beer, per quart   .     .            124c
             First Election Held in Town.
    The first election held in Scott county was in 1798.
  It was held for the purpose of electing a Representa-
  tive'. There was only one voting precinct and that
  at the County Seat-George Town. Wm. Henry was
  elected.
               Officers of First Election.
    Elijah Kutty, Toliver Craig and John Hawkins
 were the election officers appointed by the County
 Court. Kutty and Craig were the Judges and
 Hawkins the Clerk. The election was held for two
 days and the officers were allowed twelve shillings
 for two days' attendance each.
             First Trustees of Georgetown.
    At a Court held for Georget6wn at the Court
 House on Monday, the 22nd day of April, 1799,
 present John McHatten, James M. McCrosby, John
 A. Miller, Jas. Johnson and John Payne, Gentlemen
 Justices, ordered that John Hunter, William Warner,
 Samuel Shepherd and William Story be appointed
 Trustees of George Town.
           The Trustees Appointed in 1800.
   The following is the order of the Court in 1800:
 "The appointment of Trustees for George Town was
 made at the April Court and confirmed, except
 George Boswell, who declines serving, and Toliver
 Craig, who has resigned his appointment."

               Elected by the Voters.
   In February, 1804, the County Court ordered.
the County Court Clerk, John Hawkins, to give
notice to the citizens of the town that an election
would be held on March 10th, 1804, for the purpose of
electing a Board of Trustees. The Trustees prior to
this time had been appointed by the Court, and not
elected by the qualified voters.
                The Board Elected.
   Those who were elected as the Board of Trustees
were Wm. Storey, Samuel Shephard, John Branham,
John Hawkins, R. M. Gano, Lynn West and Robert
Hunter.
      The Increase and Decrease of Population.
  The official census of 1800 gave Scott County 8.007. In 1904
it gave 18,000. a gainin 104 Years of 9.993. The greatest increase
in any ten Years of that time was from 1800 to 1810 increasing
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