====== Justice of the Peace ======
[[Boone County]] began with a tradition of Justices of the Peace acting as a [[County Court]]. On the first Court, which met 17 June [[1799]], there were five Justices, who had been commissioned by the Governor: John Hall, [[John Conner]], [[brown_family|John Brown]], [[Archibald Huston]], and [[Archibald Reid]].

The Justices in Kentucky served without pay in the early period, though later they were granted a small compensation. Even the fees they received when they held Court were supposed to be turned over to the County at intervals.

===== List of Justices of Boone County 1798-1852 =====
^Name  ^  ^Notes^
|[[John Hall]]  |23 Dec [[1798]]  |Commissioned Sheriff 26 Jan [[1801]]  |
|[[John Conner]]  |23 Dec 1798  |Vacated by Death  |
|[[brown_family|John Brown]]  |23 Dec 1798  |Commissioned Sheriff - refused to Qualify, Apr [[1803]]  |
|[[Archibald Huston]]  |23 Dec 1798  |Commissioned Sheriff, 20 Apr [[1803]]  |
|[[Archibald Reid]]  |23 Dec 1798  |Commissioned Sheriff, 14 Dec [[1804]]  |
|[[John Bush]]  |26 Jan [[1801]]  |Commissioned Sheriff, [[1807]]  |
|[[John hawkins Craig|John H. Craig]]  |26 Jan 1801  |  | 
|[[Elzaphan Hume]]  |12 Jun 1801  |Commissioned Sheriff, 9 Nov [[1808]]  |
 


===== Related Topics =====
  * [[Biographies]]
  * [[County Judges]]
  * [[Sheriff]]