The earliest town record that can now be found bears date of April 10th, 1772 and is a record of a bill of sale dated the third day of April, 1772, given by John HULBURT to Joseph KETCHAM both of Oblong, and County of Dutchess, for and in consideration of the sum of forty pounds current lawful money of New York, to the said John HULBURT in hand paid, in which Bill of Sale is mentioned seventy-eight acres of wheat all of which wheat is made over to the said Joseph KETCHAM :--Byron Morris GRAHAM, Town Clerk.
The name Morris GRAHAM appears as clerk until December 12th, 1774, when the name of Charles GRAHAM appears, he being elected to that office the previous April. *(The earlier records of the town have been loosely cared for. Some of the books are undoubtedly lost. North East Precinct was formed as before stated, December 16, 1746, and embraced what is now Pine Plains, Milan, North East, and a portion of Amenia. The town officers for years were undoubtedly from various parts of the now separate townships.) As the following records of the first town meeting now to be found will show :--
“At a meeting of the Freeholders and inhabitants of the North East Precinct, Dutchess County, on Tuesday the 5th of April, 1774, after choosing James ATWATER, Esq., Moderator, made choice of the following officers : Morris GRAHAM, Supervisor ; Charles GRAHAM, Clerk ; James BRYAN and Hantice COUSE, Assessors of County Taxes ; Hantice COUSE and Israel THOMPSON, Assessors for Quit Rents ; George HEAD, Constable and Collector; Middle Constable, James YOUNG ; East Division, Josiah HOLLY; James HEDDING, Hantice COUSE, and James BRYAN, Overseers of the Poor ; Lewis BRYAN, Daniel WILSON and Israel THOMPSON, Commissioners of Roads, John COLLINS, Collector of Quit Rents.”
The following has been the succession of Supervisors and Clerks from 1775 to 1881 :--
| Year | Supervisors | Clerks |
| 1775 | Israel THOMPSON | Charles GRAHAM |
| 1776 | ditto | Jonathan LANDON |
| 1777-78 | Hugh REA | ditto |
| 1779-81 | Lewis GRAHAM | ditto |
| 1782 | Hugh REA | ditto |
| 1783 | Uriah LAWRENCE | ditto |
| 1784 | Lewis GRAHAM | ditto |
| 1785-87 | John WHITE | Andrew WHITE |
| 1788-92 | Josiah HOLLY | Ebenezer DIBBLEE |
| 1793 | Ebenezer DIBBLEE | Jessee THOMPSON |
| 1794 | Josiah HOLLY | ditto |
| 1795-96 | Ditto | Ebenezer DIBBLEE |
| 1797 | Ebenezer DIBBLEE | Cor. W. VANRAUST |
| 1798 | ditto | Peter HUSTED. |
| 1799. | Peter HUSTED | Hugh GAMBLE |
| 1800 | ditto | Charles HOAG |
| 1801 | [No record for this year] | |
| 1802 | Isaac SHERWOOD | Peter HUSTED |
| 1803 | ditto | Fyler DIBBLEE |
| 1804 | Martin E. WINCHELL | ditto |
| 1805 | ditto | Peter HUSTED. |
| 1806 | Jonathan DEUEL | Jonathan DEUEL |
| 1807 | Benj. R. BOSTWICK | Stephen ENO |
| 1808-09 | Jonathan DEUEL | ditto |
| 1810 | Enos HOPKINS | John W. RIGHTER |
| 1811 | ditto | Fyler DIBBLEE. |
| 1812-1 | 3Isaac SHERWOOD | Israel HARRIS |
| 1814 | Uri JUDD | ditto |
| 1815 | ditto | Cornelius ALLERTON |
| 1816 | Martin LAWRENCE | ditto |
| 1817 | ditto | Aaron E. WINCHELL |
| 1818 | Fyler DIBBLEE | ditto |
| 1819 | ditto | William WOODIN |
| 1820-21 | Philo M. WINCHELL | ditto |
| 1822 In this year Pine Plains | was taken off, and the town meeting was held at | the house of Alexander NEELEY |
| 1822 | Israel HARRIS, | Reuben W. BOSTWICK |
| 1823 | Philo M. WINCHELL | Platt SMITH |
| 1824 | David SHELDON | Peter MILLS |
| 1825 | ditto | William H. BOSTWICK. |
| 1826 | Amos BRYAN | ditto |
| 1827 | Abraham BOCKER | Platt SMITH |
| 1828 | ditto | Nicholas HOLBROOK. |
| 1829-30 | Douglass CLARK | ditto |
| 1831 | ditto | Joseph HORTON |
| 1832 | Alanson COLVER | William WINCHELL |
| 1833-34 | Eli MILLS, | Nicholas HOLBROOK |
| 1835 | David SHELDON | ditto |
| 1836 | ditto | William WINCHELL. |
| 1837-38 | John H. CONKLIN | ditto |
| 1839-40 | Moses CLARK | ditto |
| 1841 | Eben WHEELER | ditto |
| 1842 | ditto | John G. CAULKINS |
| 1843 | Jeduthan ROE | ditto |
| 1844 | Hiram WHEELER | ditto |
| 1845 | ditto | ditto |
| 1846 | Abraham BOCKEE1 | John G. CAULKINS |
| 1847 | James HAMMOND | Edward CROSBY |
| 1848 | Abner BROWN | John G. CAULKINS. |
| 1849 | George DOUGLASS, | Alva ROE |
| 1850 | Geo. R. WINCHELL, | John G. CAULKIN |
| 1851 | Gerald PITCHER, | Chas. P. CAPRON2 |
| 1852 | John WINCHELL | Harvey ROE |
| 1853 | Edgar CLARK | Edward W. SIMMONS |
| 1854 | Jeremiah W. PAINE | ditto |
| 1855 | Platt A. PAINE | John M. BENEDICT |
| 1856 | Hiram ROGERS | Lucius P. WOODS |
| 1857 | Edw’d W. SIMMONS | ditto |
| 1858 | John F. WHEELER | Theron I. PAINE |
| 1859 | Phoenix BOCKEE | ditto |
| 1860 | George CLARK | James FINCH |
| 1861 | David BRYAN | Lucius P. WOODS |
| 1862 | John CAMPBELL | Selah N. JENKS |
| 1863 | George F. MORE | Delancey M. NORTHRUP |
| 1864 | Edw’d W. SIMMONS | Collins SHELDON |
| 1865 | ditto | Sterling MOORE |
| 1866 | ditto | Edward COOK |
| 1867 | ditto | John G. CAULKINS |
| 1868 | William H. BARTON | Chas. H. GILBERT |
| 1869 | William L. PRATT | John R. WINCHELL. |
| 1870 | James COLLINS | Nathan C. BEACH |
| 1871 | ditto | William R. SMITH |
| 1872 | ditto | James FINCH |
| 1873 | George DAKIN | Hilem B. EGGLESTON |
| 1874-75 | Nelson A. McNEIL | Daniel McELWELL |
| 1876 | Michael ROWE | ditto |
| 1877 | Jeremiah W. PAINE | Selah N. JENKS |
| 1878 | Hiram ROGERS | ditto |
| 1879 | James M. WINCHELL | ditto |
| 1880 | George E. CRANE | Nelson A. McNEIL |
| 1881 | Wheeler ROWE | Chas. N. WATSON |