Keokuk County Organization
First election was held in Richland on April 1844
1st County Officers:
| Andrew Ogden - Assessor Geo. W. Hayes - Sheriff Wm. H. Brown - Treasurer |
A. P. Tannahill - Recorder Samuel E McCracken - Surveyor John M Waters - Judge of Probate |
County Commissioners:
Jeremiah Hollingsworth
James M. Smith
Enos Darnell
Edom Shugart - Clerk of Commission