Trivia

From "Lexington" by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher, published sometime after 1975.

• The first car in Lexington was a Ford owned by Artie Campbell.
• D. H. Maxwell, A. C. Pepper, Ralph Cotton, B. Bradley and Harbin H. Moore were appointed by the Legislature of 1819 to locate the county seat of Scott County and, on March 9, 1820. these men decided upon Lexington as the county seat.
• The first election contest was recorded March 25, 1822. Charles Clarkson was elected Justice of the Peace and James Hicks contested the election of Clarkson and was confirmed.
• Three early county offices that existed in the county government which do not exist today were Lister, Censor and Collector of Revenue.
• The tax rate of 1820 was 50 cents on every $100; poles were 50 cents each, work oxen 25 cents and horses 37 1/2 cents.
• Salaries varied. Commissioners were allowed $2.00 per day whereas jurors and supervisors were allowed 75 cents per day.
• It was thought advisable to have a pound in which to keep stray animals. So a post and rail fence, forty feet square with gate and lock, was built on the public square and Nehemiah Pratt was appointed Pound Keeper.
• The contract cost of the jail was $1,728 and that of the two-story courthouse $4,500.

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