Mason County Matters, 1847
| Formed | 1788 |
| County Seat | Washington |
| Terms of County Court | Second Monday in each month, except May and November, in which it is on first Monday |
| Justices of the Peace | Richard Soward, James Artus, John M'Arthy, Perry Jefferson, David Brandugh, Abner Hord, John T. Brooks, Lewis Collins, Conquest W. Owens, Joseph W. Frazee, Jesse Turner, Benj. S. Hiatt, Leroy Dobbyns, Jaspar S. Woods, Isaac S. reed, Augustus C. Respass, Wm. D. Corgell, Alfred Sowell, Robert Humphreys, Samuel Henderson |
| Sheriff | Peter Lashbrook, commissioned Nov. 6, 1844 |
| Deputy Sheriff | Lucian B. Goggin, James Clark, James M'Millan |
| Clerk | John James Key, Washington |
| County Attorney | Francis T. Hord |
| Jailer | John Hill |
| Coroner | William Bickley |
| Constables | Walter Calvert, Wm. Bland, A. A. Wadsworth, David Wood, A. Holton, Wm. O. Philips, Joseph V. Burgess, Robert Maddox, Wm. Linton, E. L. Gault, Wyatt Clift, Samuel Pollack |
| Notaries Public | Charles B. Ryan, John C. Dewees |
| Surveyor | A. Owens |
| Commissioner of Tax | George Grant, Peter Gordon, and Charles Dobbyns |
| Attorneys At Law | M'Clung & Taylor, Chambers & Reeder, Wm,. R. Beatty, Thomas Y. Paine, Henry Walter, Hord & Clarke, Henry Wadsworth, Elijah C. Phister, Nathan S. Dimmett, Edward Webb, Jos. C. Courtney, Washington and Maysville. |
| Physicians | Thomas W. Nelson, T. Hall Fore, Jno. W. Henry, Sharp & Duke, John Shackleford, Henry J. Moffitt, Lewis J. Frazee, James M. Davis, George Dunbar, Wm. Robertson, W. B. Johnston, Elijah Bailey, John A. Coeburn, John F. Dunnington, John W. Williams, Basil C. Duke, Walter Ward, Alexander Duke, Addison Dimmitt, Guilford Coleman, Phillip R. Triplett, William Savage. |
| Principal Merchants | Henry W. Wood, Taylor & Green, L.C. & H.T. Pearce, Richard Collins, Dimmitt & Cox, Joseph F. Brodrick, Worthington & Anderson, Kish & Fant, Rees & Fant, Geo. Cox, Wm. E. Tabb & Co., Wells & Lewis, Ostrander Coburn, --Newcomb, B.C. & J. Laree & Co., Asa R. Runyon, Henry Alexander, Michael R. Burgess, Eden Crabb & Co., A. M. January & Son, John B. M'Ilvain, Jno. P. Dobyns, Artus & Metcalfe, Wm. & Nat Poyntz, B.F. & O.P. Thomas. |
| Booksellers | Ed. Cox, Lewis B. Collins |
Data is from The Kentucky State Register for the Year 1847, edited by Taliaferro P. Shaffner, Morton & Griswold, publishers, Louisville, 1847.