Supervisors
&
Town Clerks
Canaan,
Columbia County,
New York
By Capt. Franklin Ellis344
1878
The following have been the principal town officers from 1773 to the present time (1878):
| YEAR | SUPERVISORS | TOWN CLERKS |
| 1773 | W. B. Whiting | Abraham Homes |
| 1774 | Martin Bebee | ditto |
| 1775 | ditto | ditto |
| 1776 | Philip Frisbie | Barrett Dyer |
| 1777 | Mathew Adgate | ditto |
| 1778 | ditto | Ezra Murray |
| 1779 | ditto | ditto |
| 1780 | ditto | ditto |
| 1781 | Martin Bebee | ditto |
| 1782 | ditto | ditto |
| 1783 | Philip Frisbie | ditto |
| 1784 | William Powers | ditto |
| 1785 | ditto | ditto |
| 1786 | ditto | Jonathan Warner |
| 1787 | Mathew Adgate | ditto |
| 1788 | ditto | ditto |
| 1789 | William Powers | ditto |
| 1790 | ditto | ditto |
| 1791 | Jonathan Warner | ditto |
| 1792 | Elisha Gilbert | Elihu Phinney |
| 1793 | Patrick Hamilton | ditto |
| 1794 | ditto | ditto |
| 1795 | Aaron Kellogg | ditto |
| 1796 | Elihu Gilbert | Nathan Noyes |
| 1797 | Benjamin Tobey | Jason Warner |
| 1798 | Eleazer Grant | ditto |
| 1799 | ditto | ditto |
| 1800 | William Aylesworth | ditto |
| 1801 | Jonathan Warner | ditto |
| 1802 | John Whiting | ditto |
| 1803 | ditto | ditto |
| 1804 | ditto | ditto |
| 1805 | ditto | ditto |
| 1806 | John King | Elias Warner |
| 1807 | ditto | ditto |
| 1808 | ditto | Reuben Swift |
| 1809 | Jason Warner | ditto |
| 1810 | ditto | Nathan Whiting |
| 1811 | Daniel Warner | John Hamilton |
| 1812 | ditto | ditto |
| 1813 | ditto | ditto |
| 1814 | Peter Van Vleck | Jason Warner |
| 1815 | Daniel Warner | ditto |
| 1816 | ditto | John Hamilton |
| 1817 | ditto | ditto |
| 1818 | Elam Tilden | Thaddeus Elmore |
| 1819 | Peter Van Vleck | John Hamilton |
| 1820 | Samuel A. Curtis | Thaddeus Elmore |
| 1821 | ditto | Daniel Smith, Jr. |
| 1822 | ditto | Thaddeus Elmore |
| 1823 | ditto | John Hamilton |
| 1824 | Daniel Warner | Joseph G. Ford |
| 1825 | Allen Barstow | John E. Warner |
| 1826 | Henry Warner | Chester Beale |
| 1827 | Rowell B. Frisbie | John E Warner |
| 1828 | Moses Bramhall | Jonathan O. Allen |
| 1829 | Joseph G. Ford | William W. Janes |
| 1830 | Moses Bramhall | Isaac S. Gifford |
| 1831 | Uriah Edwards | Lewis W. Hall |
| 1832 | Moses Bramhall | William W. Janes |
| 1833 | Daniel S. Curtis | Richard H. Ashley |
| 1834 | Calvin Herrick | William W. Janes |
| 1835 | James Warner | David Parsons |
| 1836 | John E. Warner | Lorenzo D. Ford |
| 1837 | Henry C. Barnes | Joseph C. Ford |
| 1838 | Hiram D. Ford | John E. Warner |
| 1839 | William A. Lord | Daniel D. Barnes |
| 1840 | John E. Warner | John C. Clark |
| 1841 | ditto | Henry C. Jewell |
| 1842 | Robert Reynolds | ditto |
| 1843 | Daniel D. Barnes | ditto |
| 1844 | Lorenzo D. Ford | Edward Kellogg |
| 1845 | Moses Bramhall | David Ford, Jr. |
| 1846 | Henry H. Brown | Philo B. Blinn |
| 1847 | Alva Frisbie | ditto |
| 1848 | Daniel D. Barnes | George W. Lovejoy |
| 1849 | Samuel A. Barstow | Aaron Kellogg |
| 1850 | Lorenzo Gile | Asa D. Cornwall |
| 1851 | Samuel A. Barstow | George W. Lovejoy |
| 1852 | Russel Cady | Le Roy L. Brown |
| 1853 | Chester Brown | Daniel D. Warner |
| 1854 | Samuel A. Barstow | Asa S. Bates |
| 1855 | Henry J. Whiting | George W. Frary |
| 1856 | Samuel A. Barstow | ditto |
| 1857 | Lorenzo Gile | George W. Lovejoy |
| 1858 | Daniel S. Curtis | ditto |
| 1859 | John J. Van Derburgh | Valentine J. Wilcox |
| 1860 | George T. Howes | Asa S. Bates |
| 1861 | Samuel A. Curtis | ditto |
| 1862 | Joseph C. Ford | ditto |
| 1863 | Jason H. Johnson | ditto |
| 1864 | Daniel W. Curtis | Wm. S. Woolworth |
| 1865 | Lorenzo Gile | Asa S. Bates |
| 1866 | Le Roy L. Brown | ditto |
| 1867 | ditto | ditto |
| 1868 | Joseph R. Hemingway | ditto |
| 1869 | George T. Howes | ditto |
| 1870 | Robert Reynolds | ditto |
| 1871 | John M. Barnes | ditto |
| 1872 | Lorenzo Gile | ditto |
| 1873 | ditto | ditto |
| 1874* | ditto | ditto |
| 1875 | Le Roy L. Brown | ditto |
| 1876 | Charles W. Havens | George O. Wilcox |
| 1877 | ditto | Asa S. Bates |
| 1878 | ditto | ditto |
*Resigned; Henry J. Whiting filled vacancy.
