The Connecticut register : being a state calendar of public officers and institutions in Connecticut for 1853-1856, Part 7

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Publication date: 1847
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PORTLAND. Clerk and Treas , Sylvester Stocking.


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Reg., Russell Hopkins. Dep., David Willlams. Se- lectmen, Seth J. Davis, (T. Agt.,) Frederic Miller, Rodney B. Freeman. Constables, Stephen H. White, (Col.,) Daniel Payne, W. D. Davis, T. F. Lewis, R. Sears, N. Pelton, E. R. Smith. G. Jurors, Wm. L. Dixon, Amos Simpson, Wm. W. Campbell, Chauncey Taylor, D. E. Dunham, J. E. Goodrich. Assessors, Hiram A. Penfield, Wm. Lewis. B. Relief, David Williams, A. C. Penfield, Halsey Hurlbut. Road Agent, F. Miller.


PRESTON. Clerk, Henry Haskell. Reg., Russell Fitch. Treas., Henry Brown. Dep., Isaac Gallup. Selectmen, Charles Hewitt, (T. Agt.,) Isaac Williams, Henry Haskell, 2d. Constables, Henry Harvey, (Col.,) Frank Lamphere, John Tracy. G. Jurors, Edwin N. Roath, Henry Guile, Russell Fitch. Assessors, Charles B. Ayer, G. A. Sydleman, Jr., Stanton Hewitt, A. B. Latham. B. Relief, Henry Guile, Russell Fitch, Amos Stanton.


PROSPECT. Clerk, Samuel C. Bronson. Reg., G.


M. Hotchkiss. Treas., James Street. Dep., Samuel C. Bronson. Selectmen, Isaac Bradley, (T. Agt.,) Aaron Austin, Benjamin Doolittle. Constables, John R. Platt, L. H. Johnson, Henry Judd, David M. Hotchkiss, (Col.) G. Jurors, Smith Clark, G. B. Johnson, Enos Gaylord. Assessors, Harmon Payne, Harry Moss. B Relief, Garry B. Johnson, John Gil- let, Isaac Bradley.


REDDING. Clerk and Treas , Jonathan R. San- ford. Reg., J. R. Sanford, Jr. Selectmen, ($6 per year, and when called out of town, 1} per day,) James Sanford, Lemuel Sanford, Cortes Merchant. Con- stables, Thomas Sanford, Burr Bennett, (Col.,) Eli Lyon. G. Jurors, Moses Sherwood, Alonzo Byington, Sherlock Todd. Assessors, Eli Osborn, Floyd Tucker, Aaron Burr. B. Relief, Peter S. Coley, Aaron San- ford, Jared Olmsted.


RIDGEFIELD. Clerk, Hiram K. Scott. Treas., Charles Smith. Jr. Dep., K. Dauchy. Selectmen, E. N. Glover, Hull Keeler, A. Smith, Jr., L. Sherwood,


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A. Rundle. Constables, Jared N. Olmsted, (Col.,) James Flynn, H. K. Smith, G. K. Hunt. G. Jurors, E. L. Thomas, S. M. Smith, H. D. Taylor, L. Keeler, Wm. Beers, Geo. Bouton, Jonathan Rockwell. As- sessors, Samuel M. Smith, Wm. Selleck. B. Relief, L Slauson, T. N. Couch. E. Williams, P. Northrop, Geo. V. R. Hunt.


ROCKY HILL. Clerk, Henry Bulkley. Treas., Benjamin G. Webb. Selectmen, ($1} per day,) Syl- vester Griswold, Giles Wright, Warren Taylor. Town Agt., Benjamin G. Webb. Constables, Levi Board- man, (Col.,) James A. Wilcox, C. C. Culver. G. Jurors, Jeremy Goodrich, Eleazar Holmes, Jus- tus Stevens, C. B. Goodrich. Assessor, James War- ner. B. Relief, Giles Wright, Frederick Griswold, Warren Taylor. Twelve Road Contractors.


ROXBURY. Clerk, Myron Downs. Reg., Hermon


B. Eastman. Treas., Jonah T. Davidson. Dep., Charles Thomas. Selectmen, Charles Beardsley, Elisha A. Weller, John S. Smith. Constables, A. L. Hodge, Harvey Thomas, J. J. Warner, George W. Smith, Winthrop Morris, Leander Blakeman, (Col.,) Henry L. Smith. G. Jurors, George Hurlbut, H. B. Eastman, W. Morris, Stephen Sanford, C. T. Tyrrel. Asses- sor, Eli N. Bradley. B. Relief, A. L. Hodge, E. C. Prindle, H. B. Eastman, Garry Hurlbut. Road Contr., A. L. Hodge.


SALEM. Clerk, Thomas Strickland. Reg., Joseph Hillard. Treas., William Tew. Selectmen, (no com- pensation,) Enoch Tredway, (T. Agt., expenses paid when called out of town,) John Latham, Horace M. Chadwick. Constable and Col., Edward De Wolf, Japhet Chapel, James S. Tew. G. Jurors, Ebenezer A. Packer, Seth E. Lathrop, Enos Gates. Assessors, Sidney Morgan, David G. Patten, David G. Gates. B. Relief, John C. Daniels, Griswold Chapel, Henry Smith. Road Com., Ebenezer A. Packer.


SALISBURY. Clerk, Donald J. Warner. Treas., Silas B. Moore. Dep., Robert Bostwick. Selectmen, ($1} per day,) Horatio G. Vandusen, Wm. H. Wal-


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ton, Jr., Milo Harris. Constables, H. W. Thorp, ( Col.,) Lorenzo Tupper, N. M. Brown, John Belcher, David Joice, Wm. Caul. G. Jurors, Wm. Bushnell, Wm. Bundy, Martin Decker, P. H. Bruce, Bird French, J. W. Sherwood, Wm. P. Gaylord. Assessors, Wm. Bushnell, James Vandusen, A. J. Spurr. B. Relief, Albert Bushnell, S. B. Moore, Nathaniel Benedict, Martin Harris, Henry Woodworth. Road Contrs., Wm. P. Russell, T. Stiles, Wm. H. Walton, N. Bene- dict, H. Landon.


SAYBROOK. Clerk, John Marvin. Reg., E. D. Chapman. Treas., Selden M. Pratt. Dep., George Read. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) Jabez Southworth, S. M. Pratt, Jared A. Jones. Town Agt., George Read. Constables, Richard Bushnell, (Col.,) Henry S. Ward, G. Jurors, S. C. Gladding, J. E. Shailor, L. E. Denison, Edward Bull. Assessor, Richard Bushnell. B. Relief, Wm. C. Bull, Sedley Snow. Road Com., Hervey C. Sanford.


SEYMOUR. Clerk, Charles B. Wooster. Reg., O. H. Stoddard. Treas., Burton W. Smith. Selectmen, Leman Chatfield, Harpin Riggs, J. E. Pritchard. Con- stables, Wilson Wyant, Wm. B. Watson, B. W. Smith, David Tucker, S. D. Russell, R. P. Humaston, J. A. Bland. G. Jurors, Thomas Stoddard, Samuel Ro- selle, H. S. W. Welton, J. J. Wilcoxson, J. B. Steele, Joshua Kendall. Assessors, Bennett Wooster, B. W. Smith. B. Relief, Sylvester Smith, David Beach, D. L. Holbrook.


SHARON. Clerk, Harry Lockwood. Reg., Chaun- cey Reed, Jr. Treas., Charles A. Sterling. Dep., Israel Camp. Selectmen, John S. Jewett, David S. Cartwright, Samuel F. Peck. Constables, Freeman W. Skiff, (Col.,) Wait Williams, Andrew Lake, Jr., C. P. Chaffee, J. H. Cleveland. G. Jurors, J. Sears, 2d, A. B. Hoag, S. E. Everett, 2d, Philo Juckett. Asses- sors, Seth B. St. John, Milo R. Calkins. B. Relief, Z. W. Bissell, Seth B. Wheeler, Henry St. John.


SHERMAN. Clerk, David D. Hoag. Reg, Levi


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Hungerford. Treas., Delazon Hungerford. Dep., Albert Barnes. Selectmen, ($1 per day:) Allen Joyce, William Pickett, Albert Osborn. Constables, Stephen Joyce, (Col,) G. W. Graves, O. P. Platt, Orrin Hun- gerford. G. Jurors, Albert Barnes, L. Bennett, Jr., Lawrence Meloney, Theodore Purdy, Uriel Hunger- ford. Assessors, Edward V. Hawes, George W. Graves. B. Relief, Hull Wakeman, Levi Hunger- ford, Willis Sherwood.


SIMSBURY. Clerk, Edward B. Goodwin. Treas., Moses Ensign. Selectmen, Alfred L. F. Thurston, Miles Latimer, Aaron P. Rice. Town Agt., Elizur H. Eno. Constables, Asahel L. Case, (Col.,) A. C. Adams, C. E. Eno, L. G. Goodrich, Miles Latimer, Virgil Pettibone, J. B. Gillett. G. Jurors, G. N. Fields, B. B. Bacon, George Cornish, E. C. Vining, Dwight Bacon, P. E. Weston. Assessors, William Reed, D. B. McLean, Seymour Pettibone. B. Relief, Stiles A. Bradley, Moses Ensign, J. W. Adams.


SOMERS. Clerk and Treas., Solomon Fuller, Jr. Selectmen, Ozias Truesdell, Daniel C. Pease, William H. Kibbe. Town Agt., Ozias Truesdell. Consta- ble and Collector, Amos Peasc. G. Jurors, Abial Jones, Jabez Collins, Gaius Wood, I. H. Meacham, L. E. Pease, David F. Dart. Assessors, Daniel C. Pease, Philo Fuller, N. D. Wardwell. B. Relief, Wm. A. Russell, Lorain W. Percival, Theodore Hub- bard.


SOUTHBURY. Clerk, Titus Pierce. Treas., Wm. Guthrie. Selectmen, Henry W. Scott, Cyrus Hinman, 2d, Wm. Guthrie, N. B. Tuttle. Constables, Henry W. Scott, David Hicock, (Col.,) Aaron Lewis, A. H. Shelton, Anson Bray, N. B. Tuttle. G. Jurors, Sher- man Tuttle, Ebenezer Hurd, O. H. Murphy, Agur Warner, Henry Downs. Assessors, Charles Hicock, M. S. Clark. B. Relief, Elisha Wheeler, L. M. Can- field, Anson Bray. Road Comrs., one in each School District.


SOUTHINGTON. Clerk and Treas., Jesse Olney. Selectmen, ($1} per day,) Mansfield Merriman, Levi


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B. Frost, Lauren Campbell. Constables, Amon Brad- ley, (Col.,) Lewis Woodruff, Levi Hart, A. W. Brad- ley, I. S. Frost, Gad Norton, J. B. Savage. . G. Jurors, Wm. Wilcox, C. E. Munn, Henry Clark, S. H. Nor- ton, J. H. Barnes, J. D. Bristol, Levi Hart. Assessors, Gad Andrews, Orrin Atwater, B. Lee. B. Relief, Isaac Shepard, C. E. Munn, Wm. Porter.


SOUTH WINDSOR. Clerk, Benoni O. King. Treas., Ebenezer Pinney. Selectmen, ($1 per day, Hosmer P. Stedman, George Foster, (Wapping,) Nelson Good- rich, J. C. Robertson, C. Barber, Wm. Vinton, Wm. McNull. Constables and Collectors, Wm. C. Grant, T. E. Bancroft. G. Jurors, Edward Loomis, J. T. Clapp, J. C. Robertson, E. W. Drake. Assessors, E. W. Drake, Sanford Grant. B. Relief, Theodore El- mer, Hiram Clark.


STAFFORD. Clerk and Treas., Alvah Francis. Se- lectmen, Abijah Blodget, Absalom Cady, E. G. Hyde. Town Agt., Wm. A. Foster. Constables and Collectors, Jasper H. Spelman, Asa Lewis. G. Jurors, Lyman Colburn, Ephraim Hall, Amos Harvey, S. Harwood, L. E. Dunlap, D. P. Lull. Assessors, Chester Scrip- ture, Daniel Avery, Hiram Smith. B. Relief, Phineas G. Cady, John L. Fairman, James Risley. Road Com., M. B. Harvey.


STAMFORD. Clerk, Edwin Scofield, Jr. Treas., Royal L. Gay. Selectmen, Philip H. Brown, Edwin Scofield, Jr., Walter Searles. Constables, Hezekiah Bulkley, D. F. Holley, L. S. Scofield, Walter Searles, Wm. A. Hoyt. Col., Charles H. Knapt. G. Jurors, N. E. Adams, John Warren, E. C. Bishop, H. L. Sco- field, N. W. Smith. Assessors, N. E. Adams, George Lounsbury, Amzi Scofield, Silas Scofield, H. M. Weed. B. Relief, John W. Leeds, G. M. Hubbard, E. C. Bishop.


STONINGTON. Clerk and Treas., John D. Noyes. Selectmen, (the three have $75 per year,) J. W. Hull, E. D. Wightman, Ezra Chesebro. Constables, Ed- ward C. Denison, ( Col.,) L. C. Williams, J. H. Crary,


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Manassah Miner, J. C. Albro, Joseph Anthony. As- sessors, Oliver B. Grant, G. S. Crandall, B. F. Lang- worthy. B. Relief, Henry Harding, Stiles Stanton, F. Sheffield.


STRATFORD. Clerk, Claudius B. Curtis. Treas., Josiah Gorham. Selectmen, John Coe, Isaac Wells, Joseph Ufford. Town Agt., Stephen Curtis. Con- stables, Claudius B. Curtis, (Col.,) M. A. Brooks, Abijah McEwen, D. B. Booth. G. Jurors, Silas Beers, Henry Beardsley, Charles Edmonds, Charles Wheeler. Assessors, Lewis H. Russell, Freeman Curtis, Isaac Wells. B. Relief, David B. Brooks, Lewis W. Bur- ritt, Levi Curtis, Jr.


SUFFIELD. Clerk, Luther Loomis. Reg., Wm. L. Loomis. Treas., Horace Sheldon, 2d. Selectmen, ($3 each, and they charge for their time,) Simon B. Kendall, R. P. Mather, Gamaliel Fowler. Town Agt., Horace Sheldon. Constables, Wm. H. Remington, H. S. Wright, Anson Stiles. (Collection of taxes is sold to the lowest bidder.) G. Jurors, Archibald Kinney, J. A. Sheldon, J. N. King, S. N. Reid, Alvin Lewis, Stephen Cowles. Assessors, John A. Sheldon, H. S. Wright, E. S. Taylor. B. Relief, Gad Sheldon, H. K. Granger, J. E. Sykes.


THOMPSON. Clerk and Treas., Jeremiah Olney. Reg., Wm. M. Olney. Dep., Joseph B. Gay. Select- men, Sherman Town, Joseph J. Green, Amos Good- ell. Constables, J. C. Clough, E. G. Day, L. K. Blackman. G. Jurors, Walter Bates, Harvey Davis, Albin Munyan, Franklin Bixby, Joel Barnes, A. Hal- lendeer. Assessors, Winthrop H. Ballard, Moses Chandler, H. H. Rhodes, Aaron White, H. S. Bart- lett. B. Relief, George Nichols, Jesse Ormsbee, David Willson.


TOLLAND. Clerk and Treas., Gurdon Isham. Dep., J. R. Flynt. Selectmen, Benj. L. Young, (T. Agt.,) Orson A. Richardson, Wm. Clark, 2d. Constables, Wm. S. Moore, Smith H. Brown. Collector, T. S. Ladd. G. Jurors, John P. Brigham, Carlos Doane. Assessors, Ralph Griggs, George Kingsbury, S. F. Bradley. B.


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Relief, Charles Lathrop, Alvan P. Hyde, L. C. Ander- son.


TORRINGTON. Clerk and Treas., Henry S. Barbour. Reg., Wm. Phippeny. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) F. P. Hills, Barzillai Hudson, Harmon Cook. Town Agt., Henry S. Barbour. Constables, Wm. Phippeny, Allen G. Brady, ( Col.) A. N. Hungerford. G. Jurors, Nelson Alvord, Lewis Whiting, Roderick Bissell. Assessor, Alonzo Whiting. B. Relief, Anson Colt, George D. Wadhams, Noah Drake.


TRUMBULL. Clerk, Elem Sterling. Reg., L. G. Beers. Treas., Robert Middlebrook. Dep., E. T. Edwards. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) Isaac E. Booth, E. E. Edwards. Granvil Dunning. Constables, D. S. Berdeslee, E. L. Walker, David Curtiss, Jr., Isaac E. Booth, (Col.) G. Jurors, Elihu T. Burr, D. G. Fowler, A. B. Nichols, A. B. Mallett. Assessors, W. G. Booth, D. S. Brinsmade, Asa French, J. B. Nichols. B: Relief, William Coan, E. Wheeler, E. S. Mallett, M. D. Mallett. Road Contr., Prosper Nichols.


UNION. Clerk and Treas., Nathaniel O. Newell. Reg., I. W. Crawford. Dep., Prosper Smith, Select- men, (#1 per day,) Thomas Moore, N. Newell, George Leonard. Constables, Trenck Crawford, Wakeman Sibley. Col., Major G. Smith. G. Jurors, Lowell Sibley, Willard Blodget. Assessor, S. W. Moore. B. Relief, Benj. Corbin, Prosper Smith, Eleazar B. Fos- ter.


VERNON. Clerk and Treas., Francis McLean, Jr. Reg., Chauncy Hibbard. Dep., Allyn Talcott. Se- lectmen, Ira Thrall, H. K. Grant, A. C. Crosby. Con- stables, Clark Holt, (Col.,) Alfred K. Talcott, George Talcott. G. Jurors, N. H. Talcott, S. M. Lathrop, Chauncy Hibbard. Assessors, Miner Preston, Chaun- cey Winchel, S. S. Talcott. B. Relief, Chauncey Hibbard, Francis Keeney, A. R. Goodrich.


VOLUNTOWN. Clerk and Treas., Elisha Potter. Dep., James S. Treat. Selectmen, Benj. Gallup, 2d, N. P. Newton, Moses Kennedy. Constables, Na-


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thaniel S. Gallup, (Col.,) James K. Gallup. G. Jurors, Wm. A. Douglass, E. B. Chapman, J. B. Ray. As- sessors, Henry Wylie, Benj. Gallup, Jr. B. Relief, Ira K. Crandall, Kinney Gallup, Martin Kinney.


WALLINGFORD. Clerk, Lorenzo Lewis. Reg., Ne- hemiah Banks. Treas., Wm. M. Hall. Dep., G. B. Kirtland. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) Joel Hall, Ira Tuttle, Henry B. Ward. Constables, Wm. M. Hall, O. J. Martin, (Col.,) Wolcott Hall, Turhaud Cook, W. C. Avery. G. Jurors, Edmund Warren, J. C. Mansfield, Elijah Beaumont. Assessor, Samuel C. Ford. B. Relief, Daniel M. Ives, Henry Hull, John- son Doolittle, Augustus Hall, A. H. Bartholomew. Road Surveyors, Wm. Francis, to repair all roads to the amount of $1000.


WARREN. Clerk and Treas., Edmund R. Swift. Selectmen, Charles Carter, Martin B. Strong, (T. Agt.,) George Hayes. Constables, Frederick Col- man, (Col.,) Edwin R. Beeman. G. Jurors, Ebene- zer Tanner, Elijah Hayes. Assessors, Myron S. Hine, Sherman Shove. B. Relief, Seymour Hopkins, David Strong, Charles Carter.


WASHINGTON. Clerk, D. B. Brinsmade. Reg., S. H. Mitchell. Treas., Ithiel Hickox. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) John B. Newton, A. C. Lemmon, Nelson Ford. Constables, S. D. Ford, G. C. Whittelsey, W. W. Leavitt. Col., Wm. Odell. G. Jurors, D. G. Platt, S. J. Averill, A. W. Mitchell. Assessors, Wellington Watson. B. Relief, A. W. Mitchell, D. Burnham, John B. Newton. Road Com., W. J. Starr.


WATERFORD. Clerk and Treas., Joseph Avery. Reg., Philip Morgan. Dep., Philip Morgan. Select- men, (no compensation,) Philip Morgan, Ezra M. Keeney, Edward Morgan. Town Agt., Thomas Man- waring. Constables, Charles Daniel, (Col.,) Calvin Brown, Daniel W. Stanton. G. Jurors, Richard R. Morgan, Isaac Chapel. Assessors, Joseph Avery, G. T. Chappell, Orlando Comstock. B. Relief, Albert G. Douglass, Wm. Manwaring, John F. Brown.


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WATERBURY. Clerk, Samuel C. Woodward. Reg.,


George E. Perkins. Treas., F. J. Kingsbury. Se- lectmen, David T. Bishop, (T'. Agt.,) Charles Griggs, Wooster Warner. Constables, Wm. Hickox, (Col.,) D. T. Munger, E. J. Porter, L. P. Bryan, Willis Mer- rell, C. N. Upson, Wheeler Perry, Pitkin Bronson. G. Jurors, David S. Law, David Norton, N. J. Wel- ton, Wm. H. Mansfield, G. W. Denney. Assessors, Anson G. Stocking, Jesse Upson, David B. Hurd. B. Relief, John Buckingham, Anson Sperry, Richard Welton. Road Com., David T. Bishop.


WATERTOWN. Clerk and Treas., Lemon W. Cut- ler. Dep., Orrin S. Starr. Selectmen, Caleb T. Hickox, H. B. Skilton, Hinman Atwood. T. Agt., Holbrook Curtiss. Constables, Charles Parsons, (Col.,) George Richards, W. B. Hotchkiss, John Bowers, David Warren. G. Jurors, Samuel G. Dayton, Fred- erick Dayton, C. L. Dayton. Assessor, Henry John- son. B. Relief, Merritt Hemmingway, Dayton Ma- toon, Samuel M. Peck. Road Com., A. P. Baldwin.


WESTBROOK. Clerk and Treas., Reuben Stannard. Dep., Ezra Stannard. Selectmen, Henry M. Stan- nard, Amasa Spencer, Acheson Clark. Constables, Isaac Spencer, S. Austin Post, Isaac Spencer, ( Col.) Assessors, Reuben Stannard. B. Relief, Augustus Bushnell, Albert Chittenten, Russell Doane.


WESTPORT. Assessors, Hez. M. Coley, Myron L. Mason, Alfred Taylor. B. Relief, Joel B. Buckley, Zalmon Sanford, Burr Meeker.


WETHERSFIELD. Clerk, Albert Galpin. Reg., Ab- ner S. Warner. Treas., Merit Butler. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) John Hanmer, (T. Agt.,) Samuel Wood- house, Jedediah Deming, Jr., D. H Willard. Consta- bles, John Welles, (Col.,) W. P. Davis, John Butler, J. G. Stoddard. G. Jurors, John Montague, Horace Robbins, R. R. Wolcott, Horace Adams, R. C. Os- born, L. S. Deming. Assessors, Russel Adams, He- man A. Whittlesey. B. Relief, Thomas Havens, Chauncey Adams, Levi S. Deming.


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WILLINGTON. Clerk and Treas., Gideon N. Mer- rick. Selectmen, Marvin Peck, (T. Agt.,) Willard Fuller, Charles F. Morrison. Constable and Collector, Charles P. Rider. G. Jurors, Sylvester Balch, Har- vey Bidwell, C. P. Coggshall, Timothy Merrick, O. Weston, Lucius Fisk. Assessors, Albert Sharp, Ori- gin Weston. B. Relief, Otis Dimock, Harvey Bid- well, Lucius Fisk.


WILTON. Clerk, Sherman P. Fitch. Reg., Philip Betts. Treas., Nathan Comstock. Selectmen, ($18 per year,) Samuel P. Randle, (T. Agt.,) Giles Gre- gory, Aaron B. Sturges. Collector, Lewis Raymond. Constables, Wm. H. Hanford, W. W. Batterson, J. W. Renoud. G. Jurors, Aaron Chichester, Wm. Knapp, Orrin Jennings. Assessors, Andrews Betts, James Sturges, L. C. Seymour, Andrew Jackson, A. B. Sturges. B. Relief, Abijah Betts, Joel Godfrey, Hiram B. Long.


WINDHAM. Clerk and Treas., Edward P. Fitch. Dep., John G. Clark. Selectmen, Wm. Wales, Henry Branora, S. P. Bingham. Constables and Collectors, Wanton G. Perry, Abner Robinson, John H. Moulton. G. Jurors, Edward Raymond, Wm. H. Osborn, H. B. Perry, Cyrus Kingsley, Warren Tanner, H. M. Ba- ker. Assessors, James P. Howes, S. B. Stanton, John Webb. B. Relief, Jeptha Geer, Ebenezer Bass, Roswell Moulton.


WINDSOR. Clerk and Treas., Sidney Bower. Se- lectmen, ($44,) Samuel Mather, (T. Agt.,) Lucius B. Chapman, Hermas H. Holcomb. Constables, O. B. Moore, Wm. Porter, Alexander Clapp, H. B. Moore. G. Jurors, S. O. Loomis, R. H. Phelps, Jo- seph Whipple, D. P. Walden, O. J. Phelps, H. G. Phelps. Assessors, Sidney Bower, J. G. Denslow, Eli Phelps. B. Relief, Henry Capen, Talcott Mather, Euclid Alford.


WOLCOTT. Clerk and Treas., Henry Minor. Dep., Joseph N. Sperry. Selectmen, ($1 per day,) Isaac Hough, George G. Alcott, (Col.) Town Agt., Joseph N. Sperry. Constables, A. S. Plumb, Augustus Mi-


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nor. G. Jurors, Marcus Minor, Levi Atkins, Jr., Willard Plumb. Assessors, George W. Carter, Willis Merrill. B. Relief, Moses Pond, O. Plumb, E. Hall.


WOODBRIDGE. Clerk and Treas , Earl Baldwin. Reg., Andrew Castle. Dep., Amos Hine. Selectmen, Lewis Russell, Treat Clark, John M. Merwin. Town Agt., James J. Baldwin. Constables, Uriah Clinton, Garwood M. Baldwin, Sidney Merwin, Wyllis Doo- little. Col., Merit Woodruff. G. Jurors, Newton Baldwin, Anson Beach, Elihu Sperry, Wyllis Sperry. Assessor, S. Peck Newton. B. Relief, David R. Bald- win, Wm. Peck, Marcus D. Platt. Road Comrs., L. Russell, T. Clark, J. M. Merwin, J. J. Baldwin.


WOODBURY. Clerk, Lewis Judd. Treas., Grandi- son Beardsley. Dep., Elijah Sherman. Selectmen, ($7 per year,) Anthony C. Strong, Silas Clark, P. A. Judson. T. Agt., Thomas Bull Constables, Grandi- son Beardsley, (Col.,) John E. Strong. G. Jurors, Alexander Gordon, Robert J. Tolles, Josiah Hotch- kiss, Daniel Martin. Assessor, David C. Bacon. B. Relief, Reuben B. Martin, Wm. N. Shelton, D. H. Curtiss, L. B. Candee, C. J. Minor. Road Com., Eli- jah Sherman.


WOODSTOCK. Clerk and Treas., Ezra C. May. Dep., Wheeler Phillips. Selectmen, Mowry Richardson. Amasa Keyes, Phillip Arnold, 2d. T. Agt., Lyman Sessions. Constables, Alexander Warner, S. W. Bugbee, L. E. Rawson, (Col.) G. Jurors, Elisha C. Walker, Abel Child, R. S. Mathewson, E. D. Perry, Lyman Sessions, Abiel Fox. Assessors, Peleg C. Child, Wesley Ide, Solomon , B. Relief, Erasmus Rawson, Wm. H. Pearsons, Alonzo Work.


highways.


The Editor addressed the following question to each town. " How are Roads made and supported?" The following is a synopsis of the answers.


1. Let out by contract, generally to the lowest bidder .- An- dover. Bethany, for 3 years. Bethlem, 5 years. Branford,


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3 years. Brookfield. Coventry, 5 years. Cromwell, 5 years, at about $300 a year. East Haven, 3 years. Go- shen. Greenwich. Haddam. Hebron, 5 years. Kent. Lebanon, 3 years. Litchfield, 5 years. Manchester. Marl- borough. Norfolk. North Branford. Plymouth. Pros- pect. Roxbury. Salem. Salisbury, 5 years. Torrington, 5 years. Trumbull. Somers.


2. Let in the same manner by Sections or Districts .- Ca- naan, for 5 years. Canton. Clinton. Colchester. Derby. Eastford, 3 years. Ellington. Glastenbury, 5 years. Hart- land, 3 years. Harwinton, 5 years. Killingworth, 3 years. Madison. Mansfield. Middlebury. Montville, 3 years at cost of $1,700. Naugatuck. Newtown, 3 years. Oxford. Pomfret, 3 years. Portland, 5 years. Rocky Hill, 3 years. Saybrook, 5 years. Somers, 3 years. Southbury, 3 years. Warren, 3 years. Watertown, 5 years. Westbrook. Wethersfield. Winchester, 5 years.


3. Under direction of the Selectmen, by contract or other- wise .- Colebrook. East Windsor. Enfield. Griswold. Hamden. Hartford. Lisbon. New Hartford. Middle- town. New Haven. New Milford. North Haven. Shar- on. Washington, cost, $750 per year. Winchester.


4. By Commissioners chosen by the Town, who use Town's Teams and Implements and hire the Laborers, g.c .- Bristol. Farmington.


5. By Tax collected, expended or worked out in Highway Districts, under direction of Surveyors .- Ashford. Bark- hamsted, 6 ct. Tax. Berlin, 3 ct. Chatham, 3} ct. Chesh- ire, 2 ct. Easton, 2 ct. Granby, 1} ct. Guilford, 3 ct. Meriden, 2 ct. Monroe, 2 ct. New Canaan. Norwalk, { ct. Preston, 3 ct. Stratford, 1} ct. Suffield, 2 ct. Wil- lington, 5 ct.


6. By Tax paid in Labor .- Avon. Canterbury. Chap- lin. East Hartford, 1} ct. Franklin,* 3 ct. Milford. North Stonington .* Sherman. Sterling. Thompson. t Woodbridge.


7. By Tax paid in Labor or Money. Berlin. East Lyme .* # Hampton, # in labor and } in money. Killingly. Lyme, 2 ct. in labor and 1 ct. in money. Southington. Tolland. Voluntown. Windsor.


8. By Tax paid in Money .- Bozrah. Chester. Darien. New Fairfield. Stamford.


* Men allowed 10 cts. an hour. t 8 cts. an hour.


# Team, 12} cts. an hour.


95


9. By Tax, (manner not stated. )-Brooklyn, 2} ct. Bur- lington, 3 ct. Cornwall. Durham. Huntington. Led- yard. Orange. Plainfield. Redding. Ridgefield. Sey- mour. Simsbury, 3 ct. Stafford. Waterford. Wilton, 3 ct. Windham. Wolcott, 6 ct. Woodstock.


Statistics of downs.


Containing the official returns of the Population, and the number of Colored Persons in each town in 1850. Number of Taxable Polls in 1852. £ Grand Lists for 1849, the last under the old law, and for 1852, and Valuation of Property in 1852.


Those marked f have had towns taken from them.


TOWNS.


Popula. Col'd 1850.


Polls, 1852,


Grand List,


1852.


Valuation. 1852,


HARTFORD,


17,966


615


1,770 312,438


442,695 14,166,492


Avon,


995


6


187


12,090


14,337


415,552


Berlin,


1,869


10


364


54,666


28,802+


838,749


Bloomfield,


1,412


18


261


25,177


22,675


668,844


Bristol,


2,884


5


720


35,858


45,895


1,289,828


Burlington,


1,161


0


208


12,671


13,518


381,255


Canton,


1,986


16


286


22,431


25,446


752,880


East Hartford,


2,497


15


446


32,374


31,840


909,396


East Windsor,


2,633


7


467


28,490+


31,345


889,159


Enfield,


4,460


13


601


54,328


60,453


1,814,778


Farmington,


2,630


76


534


59,401


56,513


1,705,769


Glastenbury,


3,390


57


597


41,360


41,310


1,178,010


Granby,


2,498


83


440


30,407


31,261


895,352


Hartland,


848


18


180


11,739


10,949


304,959


Manchester,


2,546


25


472


26,876


34,221


983,364


Marlborough,


832


22


139


10,437


9,884


283,145


New Britain,


3,029


47


628


46,889


1,353,635


Rocky Hill,


1,042


8


209


14,391


17,225


504,508


Simsbury,


2,737


25


321


30,091


33,799


1,019,640


Southington,


2,135


39


459


31,426


35,265


1,022,498


South Windsor,


1,638


20


346


27,234


30,215


891,840


Suffield,


2,962


13


535


46,071


48,478


1,437,584


Wethersfield,


2,523


57


444


36,390+


39,170


1,157,653


Windsor,


3,294


65


614


37,094


38,563


1,080,773


Total,


69,967 1,260 11,228 993,441 1,196,777 35,949,920


* The Register for 1851, contains the population for different periods from 1810 to 1850.


STATISTICS OF TOWNS.


Popu.


1849,


96


STATISTICS OF TOWNS.


TOWNS.


Popula. Col'd 1850.


Polls, 1852.


Grand List, 1849.


1852.


Valuation, 1852.


NEW HAVEN,


515,826 16,032,202


Bethany,


914


5


178


12,778


13,142


378,736


Branford,


1,423


12


330


21,418


25,491


739,716


Cheshire,


1,626


29


371


28,197


36,594


1,096,124


Derby,


3,824


63


859


43,031


62,743+ 1,805,105


East Haven,


1,670


1


340


25,536


33,119


990,630


Guilford,


2,653


26


510


34,006


41,072


1,199,075


Hamden,


2,164


3


460


27,120


31,203


886,764


Madison,


1,837


7


411


23,514


26,959


761,625


Meriden,


3,559


40


812


43,299


77,625


2,316,850


Middlebury,




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