The Switzerland County Commissioners’ December 1868 Session report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 17 Dec 1868 – Page 3, Column 2

At the recent session of the Commissioners of this county, the following, among other business, was transacted:

John J. Roberts and Eli Schoonover, of Vevay, and Calvin H. Edrington, of Florence, were each granted a license to retail intoxicating liquors.

The office of Trustee of Jefferson Township was declared vacant, John J. Paul having left the county. John S. Scofield was appointed to fill the vacancy.

It was ordered that the election precinct in Jefferson Township in which the place of voting is Jacksonville, shall include that part of the Township embraced in the following section of land, and no more, to-wit: Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 30 in town 2, range 2 west, and sections 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, in town 3, range 3 west; that all voters residing in said sections shall hereafter vote and Jacksonville precinct, and all voters outside of said sections shall vote at Vevay.

It was also ordered that the election precinct in Posey in which the place of voting is Quercus Grove, shall include that part of said Township embraced in the following sections of land, and no more, to-wit: Sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, in town 3, range 1 west, and sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 16, in town 2, range 1 west, that all voters residing in said sections shall hereafter vote at said sections shall hereafter vote at said sections shall hereafter vote at said Quercus Grove precinct; and all voters outside of said sections shall vote at Patriot.

The following gentlemen were appointed to constitute a Board of Registery for the several Townships:

• Jefferson—James Brown, Allen Markland and Isaac Stevens.
• York—Lemuel Bledsoe and Daniel McCreary.
• Posey—J. D. Davis, Thomas Sutton and Bella Herick.
• Cotton—Ben. L. Simons and Wm. Smock.
• Pleasant—James P. Marsh and Dillard Drake.
• Craig—Samuel Porter and P. Cotton.