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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 at the house of Captain Vose Palmer, April 2, 1799, and the following officers were elected, viz.: |
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Supervisor |
Samuel Williams |
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Town Clerk |
Benjamin Allen, Jr |
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Assessors |
Z. Campbell, Daniel Loomis, Samuel Guild |
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Commissioners of Highways |
Caleb Brown, Elihu Baker, David Ward. |
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Poormasters |
Jonathan Moffatt, Vose Palmer |
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Constable and Collector |
Alanson Moffatt |
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Commissioners of Schools |
Benjamin Allen, Benjamin, Cone, Samuel Williams |
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Fence Viewers |
Eliza Wright, Caleb Brown. |
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Overseers of Highways |
Ruggles Spooner, Vose Palmer, Benjamin Clark, Moses Bliss, Levi McBride, Ellis Colburn, Edward Colburn,William Collins, Samuel Guild |
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Poundmaster |
Vose Palmer |
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At this meeting it was voted, "that hogs run at large." It was also voted, "that hogs shall be yoked with yokes of the following dimensions, viz., with a yoke of the depth of the neck above and half the depth below, and half the thickness of the neck each side." It was voted, that the next annual town-meeting shall be held at the house of Captain Vose Palmer. Jonathan Moffatt and Zureal Campbell were justices of the peace in 1800. |
| The following is a list of supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town to 1878: | ||
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Year |
Supervisor |
Town-Clerk |
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1779 |
Samuel Williams |
Benjamin Allen Jr. |
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1800 |
Vose Palmer |
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1801 |
- |
Charles Burt |
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1802 |
- | - |
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1803 |
- |
Benjamin Allen, Jr. |
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1804 |
- | - |
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1805 |
- |
Jesse Gardner |
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1806 |
- | - |
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1807 |
- |
Martin Luce |
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1808 |
- | - |
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1809 |
- |
Henry Ward |
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1810 |
Daniel Loomis |
Martin Luce |
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1811 |
- | - |
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1812 |
- | - |
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1813 |
- |
Parley Philips |
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1814 |
- | - |
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1815 |
- | - |
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1816 |
Billings Brown |
- |
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1817 |
- | - |
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1818 |
- | - |
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1819 |
- |
Spencer Kellogg |
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1820 |
Henry Bassinger |
Parley Philips |
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1821 |
Spencer Kellogg |
- |
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1822 |
- | - |
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1823 |
- | - |
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1824 |
William Utler |
- |
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1825 |
- | - |
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1826 |
Samuel Treat, E. S. |
- |
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1827 |
- | - |
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1828 |
Vose Palmer |
- |
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1829 |
- | - |
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1830 |
Cyrus Brown |
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1831 |
- | - |
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1832 |
William Utler |
Festus Hyde |
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1833 |
Cyrus Brown |
- |
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1834 |
Joshua Babcock |
- |
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1835 |
Ephraim Simms |
- |
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1836 |
Festus Hyde |
Ephraim F. Simms |
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1837 |
Sheffield Enos |
Festus Hyde |
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1838 |
- | - |
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1839 |
- |
T. T. Taylor |
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1840 |
Cyrus Brown |
Festus Hyde |
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1841 |
- | - |
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1842 |
Stephen Chapman, Jr. |
Francis A. Utler |
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1843 |
William N. Murray |
Henry Wilcox |
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1844 |
Zenas Eldred |
Francis A. Utler |
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1845 |
Oliver D. Perkins |
- |
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1846 |
Roderick Sholes, N. L. |
William Martin |
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1847 |
Henry H. Babcock |
- |
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1848 |
No Choice |
Oramel W. marsh |
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1849 |
Noyes Stillman |
- |
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1850 |
- | - |
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1851 |
Nathaniel Crumb |
Benjamin C. Coon |
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1852 |
- | - |
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1853 |
Alexander Dewey |
Alonzo Smith |
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1854 |
- | - |
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1855 |
Erastus King |
A. J. Saunders |
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1856 |
- |
And. J. Saunders |
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1857 |
John Hoxie, Jr. |
Stephen A. Chapman |
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1858 |
- | - |
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1859 |
Henry H. Babcock |
- |
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1860 |
Isaac L. Moors |
Samuel N. Stillman |
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1861 |
- | - |
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1862 |
James d. Kilbourn |
Edgar B. Clark |
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1863 |
- | - |
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1864 |
- | - |
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1865 |
Nathaniel H. Gates |
Dennis A. Dewey |
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1866 |
- |
C. W. Briggs |
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1867 |
Levi P. McFarland |
- |
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1868 |
- |
Hamilton J. Brown |
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1869 |
Albert B. Crumb |
- |
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1870 |
- | - |
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1871 |
David M. Armstrong |
- |
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1872 |
- |
Morgan P. Philips |
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1873 |
Nelson Clark |
- |
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1874 |
Francis B. Kilbourn |
John M. Hayes |
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1975 |
- |
J. E. Humphreys |
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1876 |
Solomon Armstrong |
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The town officers for 1877 are as follows: |
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Supervisor |
Solomon Armstrong |
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Town Clerk |
Myron A. Spicer |
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Justice of the Peace |
Cyrus Brown |
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Town Auditors |
D. M. Armstrong, Henry Gates |
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Commissioner of Highways |
John Williams |
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Assessor |
John Taylor |
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Collector |
Isaac Folts |
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Overseers of the Poor |
Orrin Bassett, David Davis |
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Inspector of Elections |
George E. Bevin, Collins M. Burdick |
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Constables |
Zedoc Main, Nathan Burgess, PeterGaughran, William Pugh |
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Games Constable |
Peter Gaughran |
Transcribed by Holice B. Young
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