Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood
December 28, 1863

At a meeting held in Ritchie Township, pursuant to notice, at the school house, on the 28th day of December, 1863, the following gentlemen were nominated for the various offices:

Supervisor – Augustus Handlan.
Inspectors – Robert Bickerton and John R. Johnson.
Justices – James L. Hays and George Birch, sen.
Clerk – James H. Cooke.
Constables – John W. Schultz and Jos. White.
Treasurer – Michael Roth.
Overseers of the Poor – Aug. Weidebusch and Louis Stubenrauche.
Committee to obtain Tickets – John W. Schultz, J. H. Cooke and Jas. L. Hay.
Delegates to County Convention – John W. Schultz, Geo. Birch, sen., and Stephen Waterhouse.

Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: December 1863