Thomas, the first county superintendent of the organized county, created it, and the first officers thereof were: Henry Rogers, moderator ; John S. Tucker, director, and Chas. T. Kyle, treasurer. Thomas also created fifteen other districts during his term of office. Between March fourth and December fifteenth of eighteen eighty-seven, Superintendent Thomas issued teachers' certificates to nineteen persons, eleven of which were to girls and women and the others to boys and men. Four were seventeen years of age, and seven were twentyone or over, and only three above twentyfive.

Certificate number one went to Minnie Thomas, aged nineteen ; number two to Montie Cooper, aged eighteen^, number three to Cora Smith, aged seventeen, and the others in the following order: Edith E. Hunt, Julia A. Baurret, Ben B. Smith, Lorena Thomas, E. E. Blewett, Jane D. Hunt, William V. Mitchell, Cora Secher, Mrs. Louie Moore, Elsie Merriam, M. J. O'Connell, Ellen Woody, Mrs. Belle E. Moseby, Chas. Groves, John W. Graham, and Geo. A. Ainsworth.

S. W . Cox succeeded Thomas as superintendent, and during his term there were created nine new districts. Five more were created under A. Southworth, who followed Cox. In eighteen ninety-one Superintendent Cox made a separate record for all certificates issued, which plan was generally followed until nineteen hundred five, when the new law was adopted that changed the issuance of certificates to the state superintendent.

The first state apportionment, made January first, eighteen ninety was five hundred twenty dollars and thirty-five cents. There were twenty-three districts and five hundred and eighty-two pupils in the county. The July apportionment was twenty-three dollars and one cent more than that of January, there was one more district and twenty more pupils.