Warren County Genealogical Society

The office of County Commissioner was created by the 1804 Ohio General Assemble to be an elected position consisting of three people. Early duties consisted of keeping a record of their proceedings (commissioner journals), assessing taxes, appointing the county treasurer, supervising building constructions and later construction of local highways as authorized by the general assembly. By 1816 their duties expanded to authorize and appoint a board of directors and superintendent to manage the poor house. In 1866 their duties expanded again and they were established and operated a children’s home for neglected or dependent children. Some of their other duties included administering aid for the elderly, providing support for the county’s indigent, poor to appoint a county dog warden, and the administration and enforcement of the building regulation department. They have power to administer zoning laws for unincorporated areas of the county and direct the rural zoning commission and board of zoning appeals. Currently this administrative board oversees all county property, road construction, boundary changes, bond issues, and supervises all other county offices. They serve for four year terms beginning in January following the year of election.

Some of the records kept by the County Commissioners include: Annual inventory of County property (this is kept only 1 year after audit); Annual Settlement of Free Turnpike Road; Auditors Certificates; Blind Relief Applications; Blind Relief Records; Board of Aid for Aged Minutes; Boards, Commissioners & Agency Records; Budget Records; Commissioners Journals (includes info on County Home & Welfare); Commissioners Resolutions; County Department Records; Dog Warden Weekly Reports; Grant Records; Highway Improvement Records; Index to Commissioner Journals; Indigent Soldier Burial Records; Official Reports.


Years Served	Name	Years Served	Name
1804-1805	Matthias Corwin	1904-1909	Edward Brasher Rogers
1805-1819	Aaron Harlan	1909-1915	Fred S. Simpson
1819-1823	Jabish Phillips	1915-1919	William D. Corwin Jr.
1823-1824	Wyllys Pierson	1919-1921	Joseph Watkins
1824-1825	Ichabod Corwin	1921-1926	Samuel D. Henkle
1825-1836	Jabish Phillips	1927-1932	Emmer J. Beedle
1836-1841	Benjamin Blackburn	1933-1936	Keller Hoak
1841-1844	William H. Hamilton	1937-1948	Fred J. Hagemeyer³
1845-1847	David Evans	1948	Maynard Hagemeyer⁴
1847-1850	John M. Snook	1949-1952	John J. Barr
1850-1868	Henry Sherwood	1953-1956	Everett Early
1869-1871	Ephraim L. Mehan	1957-1960	Scott H. McClure
1871-1874	Joel Evans	1961-1968	Vern L. Simpson
1874-1883	William P. Mounts	1969-1972	Harry Cornett
1883-1885	Perry Lukens	1973-1980	Carl Bradstreet
1885-1888	Arch W. See	1981-1984	David B. Smith
1889-1895	James M. Keever	1985-1992	O. H. ‘Pete’ Egleston
1895-1901	John M. Snook¹	1993-2004	Larry Crisenbery
1902-1904	Walter S. Stokes²	2005-present	David G. Young

2. Walter S. Stokes died 4 Feb 1904. E. B. Rogers appointed to fill his unexpired term.

4. Maynard Hagemeyer was appointed to fill his father, Fred J. Hagemeyer’s unexpired term until the November election.


Years Served	Name	Years Served	Name
1804-1806	Robert Benham	1887-1889	Nehemiah McKinsey
1806-1809	Samuel McCray	1890-1892	Martin V. Baldwin
1810-1814	David Fox	1893-1899	Huse Bone
1814-1818	Ichabod B. Halsey	1899-1901	William W. Crane
1818-1822	Benjamin Sayre	1902-1905	Albert Brant
1822-1825	Samuel Caldwell	1905-1911	James M. Keever
1825-1830	Henry King	1911-1912	Frank D. Miller¹
1830-1831	William Hopkins	1913 -1917	Albert C. Baker²
1831-1832	Samuel Caldwell	1917-1918	Edward Brasher Rogers³
1832-1834	Noah Haines	1918-1924	Carl J. Miller⁴
1834-1837	George Harlan	1925-1926	Emmer J. Beedle
1837-1842	John Hopkins	1927-1934	Carl J. Miller
1843-1846	James Sweney	1935-1950	Harold D. Bailey
1846-1852	Benjamin Blackburn	1951-1958	Wilbur Lake
1852-1861	David Deardoff	1959-1962	Cecil Linkous
1861-1867	Joseph S. Reece	1963-1970	Arthur Harp
1867-1869	Hugh J. Death	1971-1982	Arch Hildebrant
1869-1873	Lewis G. Anderson	1983-2010	C. Michael Kilburn
1873-1878	Nathan Keever	2011-present	Tom Ariss
1878-1886	Ephraim K. Snook

1. Frank D. Miller resigned as Commissioner (his term expired Sept 1) and was appointed to fill in the post of the deceased treasurer, Byron C. Miller who died 25 June 1913.

2. Albert C. Baker appointed 6 July 1913 by County Commissioners to fill vacancy left by the resignation of Frank D. Miller who was appointed County Treasurer.

4. Carl J. Miller appointed November 1918 by Probate Judge (Brown), County Auditor (Mounts) and County Recorder (Holbrook) to fill Edward B. Rogers vacancy.


Years Served	Name	Years Served	Name
1804-1805	William James	1872-1877	John Bone
1805-1806	Francis Dill	1877-1881	Perry Lukens
1806-1808	Michael H. Johnson	1881-1890	William J. Collette
1808-1809	Robert Benham	1891-1893	William M. Robison³
1809-1810	Nathan Kelly	1893	William H. Antram
1810-1811	John C. Death	1894-1900	Lloyd Stockman
1811-1814	Daniel F. Reeder	1900-1903	Oscar J. Edwards
1814-1824	Enos Williams	1903-1909	Howard B. Anderson
1824-1825	Michael H. Johnson	1909-1915	Samuel L. Irons
1825-1829	Burwell Goode	1915-1917	Joseph Watkins
1829-1832	Nathan Kelley	1917-1924	Frank B. Stokes
1832-1835	James Cowan	1925-1932	William D. Corwin Jr.
1835-1836	John Bigger	1933-1936	Hayes C. Keever
1836-1839	Otho Evans	1937-1948	Scott H. McClure
1839-1842	Jacob Pence	1949-1960	Corwin Nixon
1843-1845	Benjamin Blackburn	1961-1972	Robert K. South
1845-1851	Isaac Leming¹	1973-1980	Robert Turner
1851-1860	Jacob Egbert	1981-1992	George Terwilleger
1860-1869	William H. Hamilton	1993-current	Pat Arnold South
1869-1872	John M. Dyer²

Commissioner Seat 3 Notes:

1. Isaac Leming’s last name has also been spelled Leaming.

2. John M. Dyer died in office

3. William M. Robinson died in office in 1893. William H. Antram fills his unexpired term.

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