There have been many changes in the manner of collecting taxes in the counties of Ohio. During the early history of the state, the chattel tax was collected by township collectors and a county collector gathered the land tax. From 1806 to 1820, the state was divided into four districts, and a collector of non-resident land tax was appointed by the Legislature for each district, while at the same time the county collector gathered the chattel tax and the tax upon resident lands. The county collector gathered all taxes for state and county purposes, from 1820 until 1827, but in the latter year the office was abolished. Since that time it has been the duty of the county treasurer to receive or collect all taxes. The men who served this county as collectors were as follow: 1810-11, John Moore; 1812, William McCormack; 1813, James Ballard; 1814-15, Philip Lewis; 1816, James Ballard; 1817, John Simpkins; 1818, William Ware; 1819-24, Nathan Bond; 1825-26, Stephen Moore.