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The History of Otsego, NY By Holice and Debbie |


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THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING |
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Supervisor |
Jedediah Peck |
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Town Clerk |
Joseph Wright |
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Assessors |
Samuel Chapin, timothy Morse, and Jedediah Reynolds |
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Constable and Collector |
Nathan Palmer |
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Commissioners of Highways |
Adolphus Walbridge, Gersham Pope, George Bowdish |
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Constables |
Willis Potter, Timothy Dimock |
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Pathmasters |
Samuel Fisk, Jonathan Babcock, David Goff, Nathan Palmer, Amasa church, Samuel Warner, Whitman church, Robert Spencer, Roland Huston, D. Gardner, D. Miller, Gustavus Walbridge, Aaron Noble, Daniel Adams, Paul Gardner, Joseph Sweet, Matthew Rogers, Abijah Rogers, C. Webber, Benj. Gardner, Robert Garratt. |
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Poormasters |
David Goff, Jedediah Reynolds |
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Fence Viewers |
Samuel Chapin, Perez Briggs, Jonathan Brown, Stephen Cummings, J. Jackson. |
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Pound Master |
Gideon Arnold |



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The following have officiated as supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town to 1878: |
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1793 |
Jedediah Peck |
Joseph Wright |
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1794 |
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1795 |
David Goff |
- |
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1796 |
- | - |
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1797 |
- | |
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1798 |
Jedediah Peck |
- |
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1799 |
- | - |
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1800 |
David Goff |
- |
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1801 |
Jedediah Peck |
- |
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1802 |
- | - |
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1803 |
- | - |
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1804 |
- | - |
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1805 |
Edward Pratt |
- |
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1806 |
- | - |
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1807 |
William Munroe |
- |
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1808 |
- |
Truman Kilburn |
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1809 |
- | - |
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1810 |
- |
Artemus Sheldon |
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1811 |
- | - |
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1812 |
- | - |
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1813 |
- | - |
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1814 |
Edward Pratt |
- |
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1815 |
Nathaniel ? |
- |
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1816 |
- | - |
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1817 |
- |
Thomas Mather |
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1818 |
Truman Kilburn |
William G. Angel |
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1819 |
- | - |
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1820 |
Jedediah Peck |
Artemus Sheldon |
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1821 |
Artemus Sheldon |
William Church |
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1822 |
- | - |
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1823 |
- | - |
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1824 |
Amasa Thompson |
- |
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1825 |
- | - |
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1826 |
- | - |
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1827 |
- | - |
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1828 |
- | - |
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1829 |
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Judiah Marks, Jr. |
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1830 |
- |
Artemus Sheldon |
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1831 |
- |
N. H. Marks |
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1832 |
- | - |
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1833 |
William Park |
- |
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1834 |
- | - |
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1835 |
Isaac ? |
- |
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1836 |
? ? |
- |
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1837 |
- | - |
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1838 |
- | - |
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1839 |
Josiah ? |
- |
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1840 |
- | - |
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1841 |
Nathan Matterson |
- |
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1842 |
- | - |
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1843 |
- |
K. Sheldon |
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1844 |
- |
Lyman Balcom |
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1845 |
- | - |
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1846 |
Andrew A. Mather |
Amasa Avery |
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1847 |
Nathan W. Matterson |
- |
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1848 |
- | - |
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1849 |
- | - |
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1850 |
Curtis Hemingway |
- |
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1851 |
David Gardner |
R. E. Atwell |
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1852 |
Kara Mather |
R. Brown |
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1853 |
David Fisk |
Amasa Avery |
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1854 |
- | - |
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1855 |
William F. Jenks |
- |
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1856 |
Truman Moss |
- |
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1857 |
- |
Geo. S. Gorham |
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1858 |
Dan Mather |
K. Erastus Collins |
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1859 |
- |
Chas. S. Firman |
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1860 |
Calvin Reed |
- |
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1861 |
- | - |
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1862 |
Richard E. Dimock |
Marvin Matterson |
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1863 |
Elias F. Thompson |
Chas. S. Firman |
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1864 |
- | - |
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1865 |
Danforth D. Bolton |
George C. Ritter |
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1866 |
- |
Chas. P. Sprague |
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1867 |
- |
J. J. Mack |
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1868 |
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J. H. Hall |
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1869 |
- |
T. A. Rutherford |
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1870 |
Adna Wood |
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1871 |
Edward W. Hall |
- |
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1872 |
Reuben A. Marcy |
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1873 |
Edward W. Hall |
- |
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1874 |
Thos. A. Rutherford |
Chas. B. Gorham |
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1875 |
- | - |
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1876 |
Isaac C. Chapin |
John Rutherford, Jr. |



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The town officers for 1877 are as follows: |
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Supervisor |
E. Darwin Hills |
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Town Clerk |
John Rutherford, Jr. |
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Justice of the Peace |
Chas. S. Firman |
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Assessor |
William Tynes |
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Commissioner of Highways |
William J. Telfer |
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Overseers of the Poor |
A. S. Bolton, A. W. Sprague |
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Inspectors of Election |
Chas. E. Hubbell, H. L. Pierce, Chas. D. Thayer |
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Collector |
Geo. R. Gorham |
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Game Constables |
N. A. Marcy, J. C. Arnold, Dan Mather, R. E. Bolton |
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Town Sealer |
L. Fitch Hubbell |
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Commissioners of ? |
P. Bolton |



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