
Surveyed in 1796 by Benjamin Wright, the town was first
known as Black River Tract#2 and was called Leghorn. The settlement actually
began in 1800 with it's formation by an act of the legislature on March 14, 1800
and it's name was derived from Watertown, Massachusetts. The first supervisor
appeared after the organization of Jefferson County in 1805.
Term |
Supervisor |
1805 - 1808 |
Corlis Hinds |
1809 - 1810 |
Tilly Richardson |
1811 |
William Smith |
1812 - 1819 |
Egbert Ten Eyck |
1820 - 1822 |
Titus Ives |
1823 |
unknown |
1824 - 1825 |
Henry H. Coffeen |
1826 |
Titus Ives |
1827 |
Jabez Foster |
1828 |
unknown |
1829 |
Daniel Lee |
1830 - 1834 |
Henry H. Coffeen |
1835 - 1837 |
Orville Hungerford |
1838 - 1840 |
Joel Woodworth |
1841 - 1842 |
Orville Hungerford |
1843 - 1845 |
John Winslow |
1846 - 1847 |
Orville V. Brainard |
1848 |
Geo. C. Sherman |
1849 |
Adriel Ely |
1850 |
Kilburn Hannahs |
1851 |
Orville Hungerford |
1852 |
Robert
Lansing |
1853 - 1854 |
David D. Ottis |
1855 |
Adriel Ely |
1856 |
Willard Ives |
1857 |
Levi H. Brown |
1858 |
Henry H. Babcock |
1859 - 1860 |
Ambrose W. Clark |
1861 - 1862 |
Henry H. Babcock |
1863 - 1864 |
Edward S. Lansing |
1865 - 1868 |
Geo. Ambrose Bagley |
1869 |
Wilbur F. Porter |
1870 - 1875 |
Charles Richardson |
1876 |
Henry S. Barbour |
1877 |
Charles Richardson |
1878 - 1880 |
J. N. Felt |
1881 - 1884 |
Laurentius T. Sawyer |
1885 - 1886 |
Jacob Stears, Jr |
1887 - 1890 |
Burt W. Gifford |
1891 - 1895 |
Franklin M. Parker |
1896 - 1897 |
Milo L. Cleveland |
1898 |
Dwight L. Bailey |
1899 - 1909 |
William C. Barker |
1910 - 1915 |
William Herbert Sawyer |
1916 - 1935 |
John S. Smith |
1936 - 1947 |
Harry Yost Stone |
1947 - 1959 |
Frank J. Walton |
1960 - 1965 |
Wilbur S. Bull |
1966 - 1973 |
Earl A. Crandall |
1974 - 1975 |
Herbert J. Morse |
1976 - 1991 |
Ralph R. Dickinson |
1992 - 1995 |
Ralph R. Green |
1996 - Present |
Joel R. Bartlett |
Note: Harry Y. Stone died September 1947 while in office;
Frank J. Walton was appointed by the board to complete the term of
office.
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