TOWN OFFICERS
FROM 1824 TO 1878
COPAKE
COLUMBIA COUNTY,
NEW YORK
By Capt. Franklin Ellis210
1878
The following is a list of the most important town officers from the organization of the town to the present:
| YEAR | SUPERVISORS | TOWN CLERKS | COLLECTORS |
| 1824 | William Murray | William Elliott | George I. Rossman |
| 1825 | ditto | ditto | ditto |
| 1826 | ditto | Jacob Shafer | Wm. M. Turner |
| 1827 | ditto | Wm. T. Trafford | Cornelius Williams |
| 1828 | Jacob Shafer | ditto | Peter Snyder |
| 1829 | William Murray | ditto | Calvin Williams |
| 1830 | ditto | ditto | Jacob A. Decker |
| 1831 | ditto | Wilson Bates | Tunis Race |
| 1832 | ditto | Russel Everett | ditto |
| 1833 | ditto | Peter Decker | Jacob A. Decker |
| 1834 | ditto | ditto | Cornelius Wolcott |
| 1835 | ditto | ditto | ditto |
| 1836 | ditto | ditto | William Yager |
| 1837 | William T. Trafford | Horace Culver | M. G. Van Deusen |
| 1838 | Abram Bain | Ira Williams | Thomas Groat |
| 1839 | ditto | ditto | Norman Brusie |
| 1840 | Horace Culver | ditto | Samuel Frayer |
| 1841 | Peter Decker | Ransom Rogers | Martin Holsapple |
| 1842 | ditto | John D. Langdon | Thomas Williams |
| 1843 | ditto | ditto | Jacob A. Decker |
| 1844 | Walter Shafer | John A. Bain | P. Van Debogart |
| 1845 | Chas. Van Deusen | Orville H. Wilcox | Isaac Davis |
| 1846 | ditto | ditto | Wm. T. Trafford |
| 1847 | ditto | Martin Holsapple | Cornelius Wolcott |
| 1848 | Calvin Williams | Lee Chamberlain | Charles A. Hoag |
| 1849 | ditto | Gilbert Langdon | Thomas Edwards |
| 1850 | John D. Langdon | W. M. Van Benschoten | Wm. T. Trafford |
| 1851 | John Miller | ditto | John H. Williams |
| 1852 | ditto | Nelson Williams | Ephraim Hawver |
| 1853 | David Rhoda | ditto | A. M. Ten Broeck |
| 1854 | ditto | Freelin Van Deusen | John S. Decker |
| 1855 | William M. Elton | Nelson Williams | Wm. Waldorph |
| 1856 | Wm. I. Holsapple | P. G. Kisselbrack | Abram Shultis |
| 1857 | Wm. M. Elton | ditto | Joseph G. Near |
| 1858 | ditto | Lester Van Deusen | Abram Wolcott |
| 1859 | Orville H. Wilcox | ditto | Jacob D. Snyder |
| 1860 | Peter S. Pulver | Freelin Van Deusen | P. Van Debogart |
| 1861 | ditto | Norman A. Nooney | George I. Rossman |
| 1862 | ditto | M. Van Deusen | Sylvester Turner |
| 1863 | Fyler D. Sweet | ditto | Levi Race |
| 1864 | John D. Langdon | Nicholas Robison | Jeremiah Decker |
| 1865 | ditto | Robert E. Trafford | Morgan Williams |
| 1866 | ditto | Platt Rogers | Milton Trafford |
| 1867 | ditto | Porter Van Debogart | Norman Brusie |
| 1868 | Wm. I. Holsapple | Hoffman Sweet | Dedrick Shultis |
| 1869 | ditto | Gilbert Langdon | Nelson Williams |
| 1870 | E. Van Benschoten | Hoffman Sweet | John Stang |
| 1871 | John D. Langdon | Sidney Shufelt | Isaac Oakley |
| 1872 | Hoffman Sweet | Artemus Austin | Wesley Burdick |
| 1873 | ditto | Spencer T. Wolcott | John I. Langdon |
| 1874 | ditto | Jerry S. Miller | Elisha W. Sweet |
| 1875 | Nicholas Robinson | ditto | Abram Decker |
| 1876 | ditto | Almond Shufelt | Seymour Decker |
| 1877 | John D. Langdon | ditto | Jacob G. Rossman |
| 1878 | Theo. Lampman | W. Van Debogart | Sylvester Turner |
