Chapter 19 cont. From the History of Davenport and Scott County - 1910 COUNTY DIVIDED INTO ROAD DISTRICTS. The county was divided into eleven road districts; the first, second and third begin as follows: Road District No. 1, to comprise all the territory lying within the following limits:  townships 77 and 78, range 2 east, except the east tier of sections. Road District No. 2, the east tier of sections, townships 77 and 78 range 3, and sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, township 79, range 3. Road District No. 3, one half of township 78, and southeast quarter of township 79, range 3; the west tier of sections in township 78, range 4, and sections 19, 30, 31, township 79, range 4. Mathias Mounts was appointed supervisor of District No. 1; Otho G. McClain of No. 2; John Forrest of No. 3. Pools were ordered opened at the town of Parkhurst, and Martin W. Smith, Eleazer Parkhurst and Thomas C. Eads appointed judges. Polling places were also established for Clinton county, which was attached to Scott county at this time. Grand and petit juries were selected at this session, for the first term of the district court, the names of which are given on another page of this work. At the July session a two-mill tax was ordered levied on the real estate of the county, for opening and repairing public highways, and five mills for general purposes. The first travern licenses were granted at this session, one to Samuel Barkley in Davenport, and one to H. W. Higgins in Rockingham. November 12th, the commissioners met in Rockingham and adjourned to meet in Davenport, that town being declared the county seat, an election having previously been held for that purpose.  Only one of the three members went over to Davenport, and therefore there was no quorum, and the lone member adjourned. A special session was called for November 26th, at Davenport, the newly elected county seat.  Alfred Carter was the only member of the board.  B. F. Pike, the third member, was in Rockingham and would not honor Davenport with his presence; therefore, Mr. Carter on the principle that "if the mountain would not go to Mohomet, Mahomet would have to go to the mountain," adjourned to meet in Rockingham.  But little business was transacted other than granting licenses for taverns and ferries. In January, 1839, the board met again at Rockingham, no cause being assigned why they did not meet in Davenport.  The full board was present, including A. W. Campbell, whose resignation had never been acted upon, and was probably withdrawn.  At the annual election this year John Work was elected in place of B. F. Pike, whose term had expired. At the January meeting in 1840, Ebenezer Cook, the commissioner's clerk, was ordered to bring suit against John Litch of Davenport, for violation of the license law, Mr. Litch persisting in selling liquor without a license. At the annual election in the spring of 1840, the ticket favored by the Rockingham party for county commissioners was elected. At a special session of the board of county commissioners held March 25, 1840, a proposition was read from Adrian H. Davenport and John H. Sullivan in which they offered to build a courthouse and jail upon certain conditions. The commissioners made a proposition to A. H. Davenport and J. H. Sullivan, in which it was provided that in case of failure or non-acceptance, J. H. Sulliavan and A. H. Davenport were to convey 160 lots to the county which were to be sold and amout expended for the erection of a courthouse and jail.  The proposition was accepted. The commissioners' clerk was ordered to insert proposals for the erection of a jail in the Iowa Territorial Gazette, published at Burlington, and also to advertise the sale of town lots in four different newspapers, the sale to take place July 4, 1840. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L