Excerpt from The Pioneer History of Meigs County, Vol. 1 of 1 In 1819 Meigs county was set off from Gallia county, and assumed importance. A court house and jail were built in Chester, the county seat. Courts of Common Pleas were held judges were appointed, county officers were elected - auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff and clerk of the courts. Township officers were chosen - esquires and constables, clerk, treas urer, assessor, trustees, school directors and supervisors. The discomforts of pioneer life had ceased. The people enjoyed comfortable homes, with growing families. From 1820 to 1830, there was an inflow of newcomers, representing all pur suits, civil and educational, lawyers, doctors, preachers and teachers. Farms changed owners, and new customs were introduced. The fertile Letart bottoms sent flatboats laden with produce annually on trips to the South, New Orleans being the final mart. The traders returning by keelboat or steamboat brought sugar and molasses, rice and coffee for the merchants and communities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.