Records of the town of Tisbury, Mass. : beginning June 29, 1669, and ending May 16, 1864, Part 45

Author: Tisbury (Mass.); Swift, William S. (William Smith), 1860- 4n; Cleveland, Jennie W. (Jennie Warren), 1869- 4n; Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931. cn
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Boston : Wright & Potter Print. Co.
Number of Pages: 868


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The Select men & Town Clerk being present at said Meeting drew from the Box of said Tisbury the names of the following persons vis.


Grand jurors


Petit jurors.


Ulysses P. Luce


Matthew Lumbert


Isaac Vincent


Lothrop Merry


Charles G. Athearn


Obed Nickerson


Edmund Luce


Bartlet Mayhew


Peter Norton Jr


Ira Dexter


Bartlet Pease Jr.


Attest WM A. MAYHEW Town Clerk


Be it remembered that I have this day sold and delivered to Dwight Royce of Tisbury County of Dukes County, Trader the following Arti- cles viz.


One Team Waggon $50


One Sorrel coloured horse


35


-


being the sum of Eighty five Dollars


85


ISAAC DAGGETT


a true Coppy of Record WN A MAYHEW Town Clerk


at a legal Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury that was held at the Baptist Meeting house in the west Parish on the 9. day of July 1838.


1. Voted and chose John Cottle Moderator


2ª Voted to instruct the assessors to Postpone assessment of the Town's proportion of the sum of 2000 Dollars for County purposes untill the 2ª Monday Nov. next in order to Aseertain the sence of the Town more generally than can now be done on the same.


3ª. Vote to adjourn the Meeting untill the second monday of Novem- ber at 1 O Clock P. M.


Attest WM A MAYHEW Town Clerk


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Pursuant to a Legal Notice from Sylvanus Luce one of the Constables of the Town of Tisbury the Select men and Town Clerk being present met at the Town Clerks Office on the 14,, day of Sept. 1838 and drew from the Juror Box of said Town four men to serve as Traverse Jurors at the Court of Common Pleas. holder at Edgartown on Monday the 24/, day of Sept. 1838. in the County of Dukes County


Viz Thomas Bradley


Thomas Barrows Bartlet Allen David Smith


Attest WILLIAM A MAYHEW Town Clerk


At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, legally warned and held in the Bap- tist Meeting house in the West Parish on Saturday the 22. day of Sept. 1838. the following votes were passed in the affirmative Viz


1 , Voted and Chose Thomas Bradley Moderator.


2 Voted that the Select men be a Committee to petition the County Commissioners to suspend the erection of a fire proof Building, now in contemplation, for the County Registers office until after the rising of the Legislature.


3 , Voted that the above petition be forwarded as soon as practicable.


4 Vote that Charles Smith be an Agent to meet the Commissioners, in order to oppose, on all occasions the erection of said Building.


5 Vote that Benjamin Allen Esq. be a 2d agent to act with the first for purpose above named.


6 „ Vote to adjourn without day


Attest WILLIAM A MAYHEW Town Clerk


At a Legal.Meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury Qualified to Vote in elections for Governor. Lieut. Governor Senator and Representative in the general Court, holden at the Baptist Meeting house in the West Parish of Said Tisbury on Monday the Twelfth day of Nov. 1838 at One O clock P. M. being the Second Monday of Said Month and the Sixty third year of the Independence of United States.


Said Inhabitants being assembled for the purpose of giving in their Votes for Governor Lieut Gov. Senator and Representative to represent


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


the Town of Tisbury, in the General Court to be holden at Boston on January ensuing gave in their Votes as follows Viz. -


1st for Edward Everett ninety five


95


Governor Marcus Morton Seventy two 93


72


2ª. Voted for George Hull ninety three


Lieut Governor Theodore Sedgwich seventy six 76


3ª Voted William Davis 95


for Senator George B Upton Eighty four 84


4ª Voted John Reed eighty four


84


for Rep in Henry Crocker seventy two


72


Congress Sylvanus Luce One 1


5th. Voted to send one Representative to General Court the Current year


6th Voted to send Thomas Bradley to Represent the Town of Tisbury in General Court


7th Voted that William Merry's Taxes be remitted up to this date Nov. 12,, 1838


8th Vote to Choose a Committee to Petition the Legislature of this State in behalf of a fire proof Registers Office now in Contemplation


9th Voted Thomas Dunham. Presbury Norton. and Charles Cottle be a Committee to draw a petition to be by them circulated throughout the Town of Tisbury for obtaining Signatures. also to draw another petition to be circulated in the Town of Edgartown for the above named purposes


10th, Voted to adjourn the Meeting to the house of Clarrissa Luce on 2ª Monday of Dec. 1838


Attest WN A MAYHEW Town Clerk


The whole number of children in the Town of Tisbury on the first day of May 1838. Males under 21 and Females under 18 years of age as pr report of the Several Prudential School Committies in said Town was 622


Given in as follows Viz H H South District


245


" " North


95


North Shore


85


North West


91


South East


106


Total 622


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


At the Annual Meeting holden on the third Monday of April 1838. it was Voted to" raise four hundred Dollars the ensuing year to be ex- pended in Public Schools within the ensuing year Proportioned as follows with the addition of 40 Dollars received of the Mass School fund Viz


H. H. South Dis


173.31


" " North "


67.20


North Shore "


60.13


West “


64.38


South East


74.98


Total


$440,00


Attest W¥ A MAYHEW


Town Clerk


At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury Legally warned and held in the Baptist Meeting house in the west parish of Said Tisbury on Monday the Twelfth day of Nov. 1838. at One O clock in the afternoon The Inhabitants being assembled Voted and Chose Thomas Dunham Esq. Presbury Norton and Charles Cottle A Committee to Petition the Legislature | in behalf of the Town relative to a fire Proof Building for a Registers Office now in contemplation


Attest WILLIAM A MAYHEW Town Clerk


At an Adjournment of a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury legally warned and held in the west Parish in sd Tisbury on the 12th day of Nov. 1838. agreeably to a Vote then and there taken the In- habitants of Said Tisbury met at the house of Clarrissa Luce on the 10th day of Dec. 1838 when the above named Committee Viz Thos Dunham Presbury Norton and Charles Cottle presented a petition relative to a fire proof Registers Office which was Unanimously accepted with Amendments.


Voted and Chose Thomas Bradley a Committee to present the above named Petition to the Commissioners of this County for signatures.


Vote that the Town Clerk assert on the above named Petition that the above named Committee were Chosen by an Unanimous Vote of the Town.


Vote to adjourn without day


Attest WILLIAM A MAYHEW Town Clerk


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


At a Legal Town Meeting holden at the House of Thomas Dunham in Tisbury March 11th 1839 for the choice of Town officers and other purposes Jonathan Luce Jr was chosen Moderator Thomas Dunham Town Clerk and sworn in Town meeting and the following officers were chosen


Selectmen and overseers of the Poor & Assessors


Thomas Barrows april 8th sworn


George D Cottle. sworn Presbury Norton sworn


- School Committe for the Town


James Cottle Edmund Cottle


Jacob T. E Gage


- Prudential Committees for the School Districts. Districts


North Shore George D Cottle


Holmes Hole North John Holmes


North West William Chace


South East Asa Johnson


- Field Drivers -


John Smith


Constant Norton sworn


Silvanus Luce sworn


Charles Smith refuses to serve


Hovey Luce


Joseph Claghorn sworn


Nathan Smith sworn


Henry Bradley sworn


Charles Look refused to serve


Franklin Smith sworn


- Fence Viewers -


Charles Cottle sworn


Bartlett Pease Jr sworn


Barnard Luce sworn


Charles Look sworn


- Surveyors of Lumber -


William Andrews


William Robinson Davis Look


- Surveyors of Highways Charles Look sworn


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Dwight Royce sworn


Barlett Pease Jr sworn


Sanford Vinson april 8th sworn


Job Gorham (april 8th chose Le Roy M Yale


a surveyor of highways


- Pound keepers


Barnard Luce


Ira Dexter


- Collector of Taxes. Dwight Royce' a 22 pr cent


- Health Committee


Henry P. Worth


William Daggett


Charles Smith


Constables


- Silvanus Luce sworn in Town meeting Jabez Luce


- Tithing Men


Bartlett Allen Presbury Luce Charles Look


Charles Cottle John Smith Frederic Smith


Isaac Vinson Thomas Bradley Dwight Royce


Henry Bradley


Tristram Luce George Dunham Henry P. Worth were chosen a Committee to settle with the Selectmen and Treasurer & to see what saving can be made in the Towns expences also to bring in all the items of expenditure and to make returns at the adjournment of this meeting


Voted to restrain Horses cattle and swine from runing at large on the Common


8th Article in the warrant laid over to the adjourned meeting


Meeting adjourned to the second monday of April next at the House of Thomas Dunham at 1 P. M.


THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


At a Town meeting holden March 11th 1839 at the house of Thomas Dunham in Tisbury to give the votes of the persons qualified by Law to vote for County Treasurer


Jonathan Luce Jr chosen moderator


The votes were given in sorted and Counted for County Treasurer


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


William A. Mayhew


87


Henry P. Worth


1


James D Peakes


1


Jirah Luce


1


John Luce


1


Presbury Norton


2


Charles A Luce


1


David Tilton


1 = 95


Attest THOMAS DUNHAM


Town Clerk


April 8th 1839 Met according to adjourment voted all personal de- mands of the Selectmen be presented to the Town at some Town meet- ing for their accepted before any orders are drawn therefor


Voted to assess on the Inhabitants according to Law the following sums for the purposes herein mentioned


for the Support of Town Schools 600 dollars


also voted that the interest of the Town's money now in the Treasury of the State of Massachusetts be appropriated for the further support of Town Schools the present year


on the petition of Nathan Clifford voted that the Selectmen send John Clifford to the Insane Hospital at of they think proper on the petition of Nathan Clifford for remission of Taxes


refered to the Selectmen & assessors


voted to assess the Sum of two hundred dollars for repair of High- ways to be worked out according to Law 200


voted the sum of eight hundred dollars to support the Poor 800


The meeting then adjourned without day


attest THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


at a Legal meeting held at the house of Thomas Dunham in Tisbury on the 30th day of april 1839 for the purpose of drawing a Traverse Juror to serve at the next Supreme Judicial Court to be holden at Barn- stable on the first Tuesday of May next Presbury Luce was drawn out of the Jury box by the Selectmen


attest THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


May 18th Mr. Ira Dexter appointed a Sealer of weights & Measures by the Selectmen was sworn this day also a Measurer of Wood and bark by the Selectmen & sworn this day


552


TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


May 18th at a Legal meeting holden at the house of Thomas Dun- ham at 1 P M for the purpose of regulating the Jury box Thomas Bar- rows was chosen moderator


Voted to accept of the list of Jurors presented by the Selectmen also at a Legal meeting at the time and place aforesaid there were drawn out of the Jury box by the Selectmen the fellow persons to serve as Jurors at the Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Edgartown for the County of Dukes county on the last Monday of May int.


John Holmes


Peter Norton


Grafton Luce


Nathan Mayhew


Grand Jurors


Jira Luce


John Smith James Rogers


Elikim Norton


Franklin Gray


Traverse Jurors


Charles D Harding Mayhew A Luce _


THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


July 15th 1839


At a Legal meeting duly warned for the choice of a Collector of Taxes for the Town of Tisbury John Holmes was chosen moderator'


voted to give the collector of Taxes 3 pr cent on money collected Dwight Royce was chosen collector of Taxes and sworn the same day - THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


September 17th 1839. Tisbury ss


at a Town meeting held this day at the house of Thomas Dunham in Tisbury for the purpose of drawing four Traverse Jurors to serve at the next court of common Pleas to be holden at Edgartown on the last Monday of September inst the following persons were drawn out of the Jury box by the Selectmen


Asa Johnson David Tilton Jr Charles Smith George D. Cottle Attest THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


1


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


The following is the number of Children in Tisbury males under 21 years and females under 18 years said number being taken by the school Committee in order for a division of the money appropriated to the Town Schools .


Holmes South District 249


Holmes Hole North


96


North Shore


89


North West


74


Tisbury South


125


633


School fund for 1839


Money voted by the Town


600.


interest on the sum of


2849-46 at 5 pr cent


due from the state


142-47


School money paid by the State


43


$785,47


Holmes-Hole South District is entitled to


308-97


Hole North


119-12


North Shore


110-44


North West


91-83


Tisbury South


155-47


Tisbury September 19th 1839


$785.47


THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


At a Legal Town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Tisbury qualified to vote for Governor Lieu. Gov. Senators and Representatives in the next General Court holden at the house of Thomas Dunham in the Eastern Parish of Tisbury on Monday the eleventh day of November A. D. 1839 at 11 o clock in the forenoon being the second Monday of said Month to give in their votes for Governer Leut Governer and a Senator for the Senatorial District also for the choice of Representatives to the next general court the following votes were given in sorted counted and declaration thereof made as the Law directs


For Governor Edward Everett 85


Marcus Moreton 120


Frederick Robinson . 1


Total 206


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


For Lieutenant Governor


Nathan Willis 111


George Hull 77


total


188


For Senator John H. Shaw


121


George B. Upham 77


Total 198


For Representatives for the Town of Tisbury


whole number of ballots were 205


necesery for a choice


103


Bartlett Allen had


126


Asa Johnson


126 -126


Thomas Barrows


73- 73


Presbury Norton


73


William Dunham


6 - 6


205


Bartlett Allen and Asa Johnson were declared by the Selectmen to be chosen


Attest THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


At a legal Town Meeting holden on the twenty first day of Novem- ber A D 1839 at the house of Thomas Dunham in Tisbury


1st to see what disposition the Town of Tisbury will make of the fund which acrued from the Surplus Revenue now loaned to the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts which will become due on the twenty second of November 1839


1st Tristram Luce was chosen Moderator


2ª Voted. That the Surplus money now in the State Treasury of Massachusetts now held by the Town of Tisbury be invested in five per Cent State Stocks according to the proposals from the State Treasurer and that the Town Treasurer of Tisbury be, and he is hereby instructed to invest the Same in said State Stock


Tisbury November 21st 1839


attest THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


At a legal Town meeting holden on the fourteenth day of January in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and forty to take measures to


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


prevent the general spread of the Small Pox now on the Island and to see if the Town will assist those who are unable to assist themselves to be vaccinated agreable to the petition of twelve freeholders of said Town


William Davis was chosen Moderator


1st voted that the Board of Health be directed to examine and re- strain all persons that come from any place infected the small Pox or other contagious desease and make use of all the Lawful means that they may deem that the safety of the Citizens require


2 voted That Charles Cottle Nathan Mayhew 2ª Harriff Mayhew John Cottle and John Holmes be a Committee under the directions of the board of Health to carry the same into effect


3 voted That the Board of Health be instructed to cause all the Dogs in this Town to be restrained from runing at large for the term of one Month by having them confined or by killing the same


Attest THOMAS DUNHAM Town Clerk


At a leagal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury holden on Monday the Sixteenth day of March A D 1840 in West Tis- bury at of the Clock in the forenoon then & there to Act on the follow- ing Articles, first to chuse a Moderator


2ª to all necessary town officers for the ensuing


3ly to here the annual report of the Select men & Act thereon


4ly to rais such Sums of Money as may be necessary to defray town Charges for the ensuing year and mark Appropriations of the Same


5ª to determine the manner of repairing the high ways & town way. 6th to bring their Votes for County Treasurer


7 to See if the town will accept of a public high way or Street Laid out through the Lane of Wm Downs Wy Daggett Thomas H. Smith Joseph Dias Thomas Bradley & others


8thy to see what Action the town will take relative to high way tax deficences remaining unpaid.


Meet according to Notice


first Chose Charles Smith Moderator


" William Davis Town Clerk first Jabez Luce


Alfred Norton Select Men


" George Dunham


66 Eliakim Norton Town Treasurer


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Voted that the Treasurer have Six Dollars for his Cerfices


Votes for County Treasure for Jabez Luce 63 & Wm A. Mayhew 45


Wª S. Vincent. Ira Dexter. George D. Cottle Standing School Committee


.6 Sylvanus Luce, Constable


66 Ira Dexter Constable


Bernard Luce Constable


that the Select men be Assessors


Walter Hilman Edmund Luce James Look Charlis West W" Downs prudential school Committee


66 that the prudential Committe should act in Concert with the other Committee


Voted Wm S Vincent. Hariph Mayhew, John Cottle, charles Look Charles Smith survayers of highway


Voted James Clevland Bernard Luce George D. Cottle Nathan Smith fence Vewers


Vot Joseph Smith Constant Norton Isaac Vincent field drivers Voted Hiram Chase, Charles Look, John Smith tythingmen


that the Selectmen Dispose of the poor to the best advantage


Votes that pased at our Annuel Meeting not recorded in rotation holden on monday 16th of March 1840


Voted Alfred Norton, Henery P. Worth, Charles West Thomas Dunham William A. Mayhew health Committe


Wm Andrews, John W. Howland James D. pearks John Lam- bert surveyers of Lumber


Voted Ira Dexter Survayer of wood


James D. Peaks Collector of Taxes fees 4 pr cent


Voted Instruction to the Select men to repair the town pound at Holmes Hole


Voted Constant Norton pound keeper & also to build a pound on his own Land at his Expence


Voted that the selectmens Account be allowed


66 the Treasurers Account Lay on the table


Voted that the Sum of 1200$ be raised to defray Town exsences and Insadential gharges the Currant year


Voted that 400$ be raised for town schools


that the Intrest of the Surplus be aded to the town schools


Voted 200$ to be raised to repair high ways to be assesed and worked out & have a Certificate of the same or be assesed in the Next made


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Voted that the town Accept the street Laid out by W" Downs W! Daggett, Thomas. H. Smith Joseph Dias & Thomas Bradley & others


Voted the Selectmen Dispose of the poor to the best advantage WILLIAM DAVIS Toun Clerk


At a Leagal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Tisbury holden on the 6th of April 1840 to Act on the Amendment of the Con- stitution there was for the amendment Teen Yeas


WM DAVIS Town Clerk


At a Legal Meeting holden on Monday 27th Day of april 1840 first to Cure a Moderator 2d to see if the town will accept of A pound agree- able to the petition of Constant Norton and nine others


Meet according to Notice


Voted Charles Smith Moderator


Voted that the town Accept of a pound to be built by Constant Nor- ton at his own expence on his Land for one year Attest WM DAVIS Town Clerk


May the 9,, 1840


At a leagal Meeting for the chose of Juriors to at Our Court of pleas to be holden at Edgartown on Monday 25th day of May 1840 & the following persons were drawn to Serve as Juriors -


Grand & Travis John I Burrows Moses Crosby


Bartlet Allen


Grand Juriors


Timothy Luce


Charles Look Ezra Athearn James Cleveland Jacob Clifford Wm Chase


Travis Juriors


Meet according to Adjornment May 27th 1840 Voted that Benjamin Allens High way Tax be remitted for 1837 Voted that the high Taxes be remitted on all. In the Jugement of the Selectmen that ought to be done


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Voted Thomas Dunham & Benjamin Allen be a Committee to Select the old town books that is of no Consequence to the town & have them for their Servisces


Votª that the Selectmen be a Committe to Settle with the Town Treasurer & report at our next Meeting


Votd > Hovey Luce x Thomas West Isaac L Vincent Federick Smith field drivers


that James D. Peaks Collector of Taxes sworn


Charles Smith prudential school comittee


the Selectmen to Investigate the Dues of John Cottle Late Treasurer of sd town


Votd the Treasurer to prosecute for all sums Due to Said Town, & all Delinquent Colectors Likewise


that the Treasurer be Instructed to give his note to all Leagal Demands against Said Town of Six month standing that is over 20$


Attest WH DAVIS Town Clerk


At a leagal Meeting for the Chois of Juriors to Serve at our Court of pleas to be holden at Edgartown on Monday the 28 day of September 1840 and the following persons were drawn to serve as Jurors on trials, to Wit


Presbury Norton


Seth Daggett


Sept 9th 1840


Ira Dexter


Thomas Waldron


Juriors


Charles Cottle


W¥ DAVIS Town Clerk


the following is the Number of Children in town of Tisbury between the age of 4 and 16 years is 410 as pr returns of the several schools Committees


Number of Children


Holmes Hole district 158 Money apropriated for schools


Holmes North Do 61


Intrest of Surplus $142,47


North 67


Raised by Town 400,,00


North west 43


state fund 44.17


South Do 81


$586,,64


410


559


TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Holmes Hole District is Intitled to


225,,94


Holmes North Do 87,23


North Shore


95 ,81


North West 66


61,49


South District


116,17


Tisbury Sept™ 16,, 1840


$586,,64


attest WILLIAM DAVIS Town Clerk


Know all Men by these presence that I have this day Sold and Deliv- ered to A. A Royce Twoo White piggs Marked With Two Slit in the Left Ear at 7$ a peace $14,,00


received payment DWIGHT ROYCE


Dated Tisbury Sept .. 26,, 1840 Attest W¥ DAVIS Town Clerk


At a Leagal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Tisbury duly Qualified by Law to Meet at the Baptist Meeting house in the west par- ish of said Tisbury at 11 O clock A M it being the Second monday of November & the 9th day of Sd month A D 1840 For the purpose of Giv- ing in there Votes for Governor & Lieut. Governor of this Common- wealth and Senator for the district of Dukes and Nantucket - and Electors of President & Vice President of the United States - & also for a Representative in Congress U. Sts and a representative to General Court of this Commonwealth


November 9th 1840 Marcus Morton one Hundred & twenty one


For Governor John Davis one Hundred & Nineteen George W. Johnson Ten


for Lieut. Nathan Willis One Hundred & twenty one


Governor


George Hull One Hundred & Nineteen Abel Bliss Ten David Davis One Hundred & twenty one


for Senator Thomas Bradley one Hundred & Nineteen


Benjamin Davis Ten


Electors for president & Vice president of the U States William P. Warker One Hundred & twenty one Ebenezer Fisher one Hundred & twenty one


Electors at Large


Isaac C Bates one Hundred and Eighteen Peleg Sprague one Hundred & Eighteen


Jesse Wheaton Ten


Sylvester Judd Ten


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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


No 1 Caleb Eddy one Hundred & twenty one Righard Haughton one Hundred & Eighteen John E. Fuller Ten


No 2 Robart Upton one Hundred & twenty one Stephen C. phillips one Hundred & Eighteen Ebenezer Hunt Ten


No 3 Nathaniel Stephens one Hundred & twenty one Rufus Longley one Hundred & Eighteen George Coggswell Ten


No 4 Timothy Thomson one Hundred & twenty one Sydney Williard one Hundred & Eighteen James T. Woodbury Ten


No 5 Samuel D. Spurr one Hundred & twenty one Ira M. Barton one Hundred & Eighteen Thomas W. Ward Ten


No 6 Caleb Hubbard one Hundred & twenty one George Grinnell One Hundred & Eighteen Joel Hayden Ten


No 7 John Leland One Hundred & twenty one Thaddeus Pomeroy one Hundred & Eighteen George W. Sterling Ten


No 8 James Fowler One Hundred & twenty One Samuel Mixter one Hundred & Eighteen Charles Starkweather Ten


No 9 Artemas Brown One Hundred & twenty one Thomas French one Hundred & Eighteen Bucklin Fitz Ten


No 10 Nathan C. Brownell one Hundred & twenty one Wilkes Wood one Hundred & Eighteen Benjamin Burt Ten


No 11 Thomas Mandell one Hundred & twenty one Joseph Tripp one Hundred & Eighteen Zenus D. Bassett Ten


No 12 Jesse Pierse One Hundred & twenty one John B Thomas One Hundred & Eighteen Azel Ames Ten


Nov 10th 1840


Attest WILLIAM DAVIS Town Clerk


561


TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.


Votes for federal Representative of Congress of the U Steates


For Henry Crocker one Hundred & twenty two Barker Burnell one Hundred & sixteen James Barneby Ten


November 9 / 1840 1


Votes for a representative to Our General Court to be holden at Bos- ton the first Whedensday of January next Insuing


Walter Hillman 121


For Wm A. Mayhew 116 George Weeks 11


No Choice balloted again and were


for L Walter Hillman 114


Wn A Mayhew 105


George Weeks 11


no chois, & balloted and there were no chois the 3rd time Tisbury November 9,, 1840


WILLIAM DAVIS Town Clerk


At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury Lea- gally Authorised to Vote in town Affairs, to Act on a petion of Charles Smith & twelve other for the purpose of Altering the Law Conserning Grouse or heath hens and there was a Committee Chosen to petition the Legislature to have Said Law Extended, Voted Thomas Bradley, Bernard Luce Alfred Norton as a Committee for that purpose




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