Lawrence County appointments by Governor Pennington

Lawrence County Commissioners named and take their offices

Judicial districts formed

County Commissioners arrived, first "legal law"


Judge Granville Bennett, Judge of District Court


Judge Granville Bennett, photographer unknown, Copyright © image from The Black Hills: Or, The Last Hunting Ground of the Dakotahs By Annie D. Tallent, St. Louis, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1899.

County Seat, where will it be located

Mines and Real estate need to be recorded, county recorder

Lawrence County Seat, placed at Deadwood

Lawrence County Jail, Commissioners take bids

Lawrence County Court House, proposals 50 x 50 ft

John Lawrence, County Treasurer, Licenses tax due

Lawrence County liqour license, $100.00 per year

Proposition for $20,000 bonds, Court House

Crook City, hopes boundary commission cuts Deadwood out

Lawrence County Jail move to South Deadwood

Poll tax and road tax on all males over 21, under 50

Court House bond does not pass, voted down

Liqour licence is due arrest are made

Lawrence County Commissioners have survey done of town

Lawrence County Democrats call a mass meeting

Republican party of Lawrence County try to organize

Black Hills citizens signed petition for election

Judge Granville Bennett, movement, mandamus, county election

Deadwood, plat and survey streets, remove obstructions

County Commissioners to build fire-proof for records

Judge Granville Bennett granted general election in fall

Location of county seat to be voted on

Lawrence County election results

Deadwood wins County Seat by 340 votes

No. 8 School Tax, Lawrence County, levied on tax payers

New officials demanded possession of their offices

Sol Star retains possession of Bullock's office, Deadwood Jail

Land Titles may not be recorded, Times editorial

Lawrence County dances to music of $100,000 defalcation

County Commissioners examined Treasurer books

Newly elected Sheriff Manning moves office to Lee Street