The office of county recorded and the duties thereof were adopted from the statutes of Pennsylvania, in 1795. After Ohio had entered the Union, in 1803, an act was passed giving the power of appointing the recorder to the court of common pleas, the term of service being fixed at seven years. The duties of the office were changed and redefined by subsequent acts of the Legislature, until February 25, 1831, when a law was enacted, making the office elective every three years, all vacancies to be filled by the county commissioners. It will be seen that the same men filled the offices of clerk and recorder at the same time for the first twenty-nine years of the county's career, as, doubtless, the labor did not justify an official for each office during those early years. The following is a list of men who have served the county in this capacity from the time of its organization up to the present time: 1810-15, Robert Hume (resigned in July); July 18, 1815, to June 27, 1839, John Moore (died); July 6, 1839, to May 9, 1854, Robert Hume (died); Oliver P. Crabb served out the unexpired term from May 10, 1854, until the following October; October, 1854, to May, 1857, William Love (died in office); 1857, June, W. A. Athey filled the unexpired term until January 1; 1858-63, George Bowen; 1864-66, G. W. Darety; 1867-69, Sylvester W. Durflinger; 1870-June, 1880, Leonard Eastman; in June, 1880, E. W. McCormack was appointed to fill out the unexpired term; 1881-93, Samuel P. Trumper; 1893-99, H. H. Johnston; 1899-1905, Charles T. LeBeau; 1905-11, R. W. Woodhouse; 1911-1915, J. W. Millholland; since September 6, 1915, Leroy Cornwall.