From the History of Hancock by Jack Welch, p. 53, "Prominent men in the new county met at Fairview on April 10, 1848 in the home of Samuel C. ALLISON to establish the county government. John PITTENGER, David PUGH, Andrew HENDERSON, John GARDNER, David WYLIE, William H. GRAFTON and John MAYHEW were selected justices of the court. The court then selected John ATKINSON, Clerk; Robert BROWN, Proscecuting Attorney; Josiah A. ADAMS, Comissioner of Revenue; Thomas J. HEWITT, Surveyor. David WYLIE, Williiam H. GRAFTON and John MAYHEW were selected to execute the office of sheriff, and William H. GRAFTON and John MAYHEW were chosen to act as coroner. James COCHRAN and Alexander D. PUGH were appointed constables. A number of disputes arose over the formation of the new county. The first was the exact location of the border between Hancock & Brooke Counties. There is a legend that Thomas N. BAMBRICK, the Hancock representative to the Virginia legislature, had something to do with the final decision. Both Hancock and Brooke Counties wanted possession of the "Toll House" on Pittsburgh Pike which was located at the junction of the Cove Road and Collier Road. The line was to be surveyed from a point on the Ohio River, at what was known as Williams Rocks to a point joining the Pennsylvania Border." Mr. BAMBRICK is said to have met the surveyors as they were approaching the site for the surveying on a frosty morning in 1848 and suggested a trip to Steubenville. There he staged a party for the surveyors. Later in the day when the surveyors departed for Williams Rocks, they began at a point slightly south of the original point, thus giving Hancock County possession of the "toll house". "