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The History of Otsego, NY By Holice and Debbie |
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THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING The first town-meeting held in the town of Laurens was at Griffen Craft’s house, on March 5, 1811, and the following officer were chosen: |
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Supervisor |
Griffen Craft |
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Town Clerk |
Erastus Dean. |
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Assessors |
Jacob Butts, Nijah Griffith, Isaac Bughtman |
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Commissioners of Highways |
Isaac Powell, Nathan Eldred, Jonathan Gilbert |
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Overseers of the Poor |
Russell Johnson, Abel Hoag, Esq |
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Constable and Collector |
Holden Cook |
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Constable |
Peleg Coon, Jr |
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Poundmasters |
Nathan Eldred, Isaac Powell, Asa Griffith, Nathaniel Newell, Jared Gorton |
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Pathmasters |
Daniel Johnson, James Hoag, Isaac Powell, John Lane, James parsons, William Luther, Amos Preston, Jonathan Griffith, Daniel Tucker, Solomon Harrison, James I. Thorn, Jesse Dunbar, Jr., Nathaniel Newell, Ebenezer Richardson, Caleb Clark, Richard Gardner, Butler Gilbert, Amasa Grover, Jonathan Johnson, Christopher Staikes, George Fewlston,Joshua Morris, Andrew Hoag, Justus Goodrich, George W. Rouse, Bezall Washburn, Thomas Eldred, Joseph Allen, Jr., John Brown, King Hathaway, Amos Wood, James Haight, John Smith. Robert Barton, 1st surveyor, Dean, Charles Matteson, Philip Sweet, Philip Gardner,Thompson Keyes, Amasa Grover, henry Eldred, Ziba Tucker, Henry Weatherby, Walter C. Rathbun, Thomas Stanton, Benona Weatherby, John Willson, Jonas Hodgkins |
| The following is a list of the supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town to 1787: | ||
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1811 |
Griffen Crafts |
Erastus Dean |
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1812 |
Erastus Crafts |
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1813 |
Nijah Griffith |
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1814 |
- |
Amasa Harrington |
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1815 |
- | - |
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1816 |
- | - |
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1817 |
- | - |
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1818 |
Caleb Eldred |
- |
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1819 |
Erastus Crafts |
- |
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1820 |
- |
Erastus Dean |
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1821 |
- | - |
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1822 |
John Blood, Jr. |
- |
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1823 |
- | - |
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1824 |
Erastus Crafts |
Harvey Strong |
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1825 |
Samuel V. Dunbar |
- |
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1826 |
- | - |
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1827 |
Erastus Crafts |
- |
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1828 |
- |
Hiram W. Bostwick |
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1829 |
- | - |
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1830 |
- | - |
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1831 |
- | - |
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1832 |
- | - |
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1833 |
Harvey Strong |
Joel Lull |
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1834 |
- |
Samuel H. Harrington |
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1835 |
- |
Delos W. Dean |
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1836 |
- | - |
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1837 |
- | - |
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1838 |
Erastus Crafts |
Gideon Cornell |
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1839 |
Rufus Steere |
James F. Dean |
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1840 |
Wm. Comstock |
- |
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1841 |
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Orvill Rockwell |
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1842 |
Samuel V. Dunbar |
- |
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1843 |
Jonathan Johnson |
Samuel S. Hoag |
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1844 |
Samuel V. Dunbar |
E. B. Steere |
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1845 |
- | - |
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1846 |
Jeremiah Gardner |
- |
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1847 |
Samuel M. Harrington |
- |
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1848 |
Wm. Comstock |
- |
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1849 |
- | - |
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1850 |
- | - |
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1851 |
- |
D. S. Sitner |
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1852 |
- |
John L. Comstock |
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1853 |
Jeremiah Gardner |
Wm. A. Strong |
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1854 |
E. B. Steere |
Horatio N. Drew |
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1855 |
Samuel Allen |
James C. Hulburt |
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1856 |
- |
Wm. Comstock, Jr. |
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1857 |
W. T. Bassett |
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1858 |
P. W. Day |
- |
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1859 |
William Comstock |
Milton Gursey |
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1860 |
William Comstock, Jr. |
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1861 |
Samuel S. Gardner |
H. R. Wellman |
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1862 |
Silas Marlott |
Richard Cooley |
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1863 |
Wm. Comstock |
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1864 |
Addison P. Strong |
Orman Potter |
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1865 |
Wm. C. Fields |
Chas. S. Kenyon |
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1866 |
- | |
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1867 |
Leroy Tucker |
- |
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1868 |
- | - |
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1869 |
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E. S. Fisher |
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1870 |
- | - |
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1871 |
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H. N. Drew |
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1872 |
- | |
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1873 |
J. D. Keyes |
- |
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1874 |
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M. T. Ward |
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1875 |
H. T. Harris |
John Newell, Jr. |
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1876 |
- | - |
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The present officers (1877) are as follows: |
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Supervisor |
Henry T. Harris |
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Town Clerk |
John Newell, Jr |
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Justice of the Peace |
Hamilton D. Carr |
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Assessor |
Geo. W. Marlett. |
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Commissioner of Highways |
W. C. Wing |
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Overseers of the Poor |
Stephen F. Straight and Ezra Marlett |
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Inspector of Elections |
Morrell Grant, Cornelius E. Lane, Howard S. Briggs, and I. C. Rouse |
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Collector |
Leonard Frink |
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Game Constable |
E. Fuller |
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Town Auditors |
James N. Kenyon, Anson Weatherby |
Transcribed by Holice B. Young
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