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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 was held March 3, 1807, at which the following officers wre elected: |
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Supervisor |
William Garratt |
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Town Clerk |
Eli Dimock |
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Assessors |
Joseph Whitford, Samuel Warner, and Timothy Rockwell |
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Collector |
James Church |
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Poor Masters |
Joseph Whitford and Stephen Abby |
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Commissioners of Highways |
Nathaniel Daniels, John Gregory, and Benjamin Fitch |
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Constables |
James Church, Jr., and Ira Kinyon |
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Fence Viewers |
Stephen Hopkins, C. Gross, Isaac Comins, Eber Harris, Matthew Robinson, and Stephen Abby |
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The following have served this town as supervisors and town clerks from 1807 to 1878: |
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Year |
Supervisors |
Town Clerks |
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1807 |
William Garratt |
Zacheus Downer |
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1808 |
- | - |
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1809 |
- | - |
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1810 |
- |
Joshua Smith |
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1811 |
- |
Zacheus Downer |
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1812 |
- |
John Blood |
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1813 |
- |
D. E. Downer |
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1814 |
Lemuel Pattengill |
- |
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1815 |
Cyrenus Noble |
John Blood |
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1816 |
Joseph Bolkon |
Isaac Fitch |
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1817 |
- | - |
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1818 |
- |
Solomon Gardner |
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1819 |
- |
Zacheus Downer |
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1820 |
Otis Starkey |
Lemuel Pattengill |
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1821 |
- | - |
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1822 |
Lemuel Pattengill |
Daniel Pierce |
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1823 |
- | - |
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1824 |
- | - |
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1825 |
- | - |
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1826 |
- | - |
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1827 |
- | - |
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1828 |
David M. Hard |
- |
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1829 |
- | - |
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1830 |
- | - |
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1831 |
- | - |
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1832 |
Joseph Peck |
- |
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1833 |
- | - |
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1834 |
- | - |
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1835 |
- | - |
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1836 |
- | - |
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1837 |
- | - |
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1838 |
- | - |
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1839 |
- | - |
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1840 |
- | - |
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1841 |
- | - |
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1842 |
- | - |
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1843 |
- |
John S. Pattengill |
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1844 |
- |
M. W. Cummings |
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1845 |
Benjamin Morehouse |
- |
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1846 |
David Robinson |
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1847 |
Fitch Pattengill |
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1848 |
- |
John F. Mather |
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1849 |
- | - |
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1850 |
John F. Mather |
- |
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1851 |
- | - |
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1852 |
Fitch Gregory |
Theodore White |
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1853 |
A. Fuller |
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1854 |
- |
Theodore White |
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1855 |
Andrew Gregory |
Dewitt C. Davis |
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1856 |
James S. Perkins |
D. Fowlston |
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1857 |
- | - |
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1858 |
Isaac C. Kimball |
Daniel F. Pattengill |
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1859 |
- | - |
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1860 |
George I. Peck |
- |
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1861 |
- | - |
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1862 |
Robert B. Hume |
Wm. B. Benjamin |
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1863 |
- |
Oscar F. White |
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1864 |
George I. Peck |
John F. Mather |
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1865 |
- | - |
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1866 |
William M. Deming |
E. A. Nearing |
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1867 |
Isaac Gregory |
John F. Mather, Jr. |
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1868 |
- | - |
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1869 |
- | - |
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1870 |
Francis O. Bingham |
John F. Mather, Jr. |
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1871 |
- |
G. Clayton Peck |
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1872 |
Hiram C. Potter |
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1873 |
S. C. Gregory |
- |
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1874 |
Daniel F. Pattengill |
John Hume |
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1875 |
- | - |
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1876 |
- | - |
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The officers for 1877 are as follows: |
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Supervisor |
Rhodolphus Alger |
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Town Clerk |
Walter H. Yates |
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Justice |
Jonathan R. Neff, Jr |
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Commission of Highways |
M. N. Rowe |
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Assessor |
Hanson N. Gould |
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Collector |
W. H. Merenuss |
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Overseer of the Poor |
E. S. Bell |
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Town Auditors |
James R. l. Walling, M. H. Bell, and D. W. Gallupp |
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Constables |
Edward Haxwell, A. G. Harrington, George Potter, A. C. Westcott, and Chas. W. Utter |
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Excise Commissioner |
Wm. W. Snow |
Transcribed by Holice B. Young
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