Otsego NY, Maryland Supervisors

The History of Otsego, NY
Maryland Supervisors

By Holice and Debbie

THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING The first town-meeting was held in 1808, at which Edward Goddard was chosen supervisor. There are no complete records of the town until 1810, when the following officers were chosen, viz.:
Supervisor	Edward Goddard.
Town Clerk	John Chase.
Assessors	John Tuthill, Caleb Crandall, and Ezekiel Chappel.
Collector and Constable	Daniel Houghton
Commissioners of Highways	Daniel Platt, Ezekiel Rice, and John Gun.
Overseers of the Poor	Daniel Platt.
Constable	George Tubbs.
Fence Viewers	Roger Kelley, David Benedict, Daniel Platt, C. I. Bresse, and Adam Simmons.
Overseers of Highways	C. I. Bresse, B. Simmons, John smith, E. Holmes, Samuel Burnside, Amos Spencer, Isaac Howland, E. Spooner, Jr., Josiah Chase. R. B. Wetmore, Jr., Curtis Catlin, Simeon Houghton, James Thompson, James Walling, E. Burnside, James Baker, James B. Roe, Ephraim Boardman, Jr., Jesse Spencer, Ezekiel Palmer, Sylvester Richmond, Leander Chamberlain, and Andrew Van Allen.

Among the ear-marks recorded in the old town-book are the following:

"Amos Spencer’s ear-mark, a sloping crop off the under side of each ear."
"John Burnside’s ear-mark, a crop off the left ear and a slit in the same."
"Elisha Chamberlain’s mark, a crop on the right ear and a slit in the left, and a ‘happenny’ on the upper side of the left."
"Josiah Chase’s mark, a square crop off the right ear and a slit in the end, and a half-penney in the foreside of the same."

The following have served as supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town to 1878:
Year	Supervisors	Town Clerks
1806	Edward Goddard	No record
1809	-	John Chase
1810	-	-
1811	-	-
1812	-	-
1813	-	-
1814	-	-
1815	-	-
1816	Daniel Platt	Nathaniel Carpenter
1817	Edward Goddard	John Chase
1818	-	Nathaniel Carpenter
1819	Daniel Houghton
1820	Edward Goddard	-
1821	-	John Chase
1822	Daniel Houghton	Enos I. Spencer
1823	-	John Chase
1824	Edward Goddard	-
1825	-	-
1826	John Chase	Nathaniel Carpenter
1827	-	-
1828	-
1829	Jesse Rose	Russel Chappel
1830	Amos H. Brown	-
1831	-	N. Carpenter
1832	-	Daniel Houghton
1833	Jesse Rose	N. Carpenter
1834	-	-
1835	-	-
1836	-	-
1837	Nathaniel Carpenter	John Chase
1838	Claudius Chamberlain	N. Carpenter
1839	Geo. W. Chase	John Romans
1840	Daniel Platt, Jr.	S. T. Chase
1841	Geo. W. Chase	Isaac Slingerland
1842	Samuel Cass	F. B. Carpenter
1843	-	Albert Wilson
1844	Hudson Burnside	Josiah G. Chase
1845	Jesse Gurney	John T. Thompson
1846	Levi Y. Boardman	J. G. Chase
1847	F. B. Carpenter	J. T. Thompson
1848	John T. Thompson	Robert Wilson
1849	A. H. Platt	-
1850	Levi Y. Boardman	H. W. Brown
1851	Jacob Follett	S. B. Wilson
1852	Carlton Brown	-
1853	-	H. W. Brown
1854	John T. Thompson	Philor Burnside
1855	E. E. Ferrey	S. B. Wilson
1856	John T. Thompson	Henry Wilson
1857	S. B. Wilson	S. H. Gurney
1858	-	Levi Boardman
1859	S. H. Gurney	Milton Walling
1860	J. T. Thompson	-
1861	S. H. Gurney	-
1862	John R. Boy---	-
1863	-	-
1864	S. B. Wilson	-
1865	John R. Boy---	James M. Thompson
1866	M. W. Brown	-
1867	Samuel T. Chase	W. S. Hotchkin
1868	James T. Thompson	F. W. Brown
1869	-	T. E. Cornish
1870	-	A. J. Bates
1871	-	L. Glasier
1872	Levi Boardman	Thos. Page
1873	James M. Thompson	-
1874	A--- Chase	Benj. Mosher
1875	-	F. R. Young
1876	James M. Thompson	F. M. Cleveland

Officers elected in 1877 were as follows:
Supervisor	Timothy Parsons
Town Clerk	Oscar F. Lane
Justice of the Peace	Milton Walling
Assessor	M. B. Balson
Overseers of the Poor	Byron Cass and E. D. Burnside
Commissioner of Highways	A. H. Platt
Collector	B. Manner
Town Auditors	German Wright, W. Hardy and B. F. Van Zandt
Inspectors of Elections	Bradford Brown, Chas. H. Wightman, and Jerry P. Barnes.
Game Constable	Albert Olds
Constables	P. G. Schermerhorn, A. E. Tallmadge, Joseph Swartout, Geo. Bennett, and David Bostwick
Commissioner of Excise	Geo. Tater
Town Sealer	William Arnold