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Beginning at a stake and stones standing on the west side of the road leading past the House of Messrs Frenches and south 61º East three rods from a large rock and Polly
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thence from said bound North 75° west 14 rods to a hemlock stump thence North 45º west 8 rods to a hemlock tree thence North 86° west 6 rods, whole distance on Polly Porter's land being 28 rods to the Messrs Frenches land North 79º west 16 rods to Edward Wright's land South 82º west 11 rods thence saith 71º West 12 rods thence south 61 west 16 rods to a bound at the north east corner of said Wright's Garden the whole distance being 83 rods and the survey is made on the center of the road and is three rods wide.
Washington Dec.26, 1840 Clark Corey ) Se le otmen of Frederick W. Manley ) Washington
Solomon cole Sur ve yor
A true copy. Attest Elisha A. Wells, Town Clerk
172nd P.
Record of the West Burying ground.
The Survey of a lot of land on the Farm of Ebenezer Porter in Washington as made by me the subscriber under the direction of the Selectmen of said Town and said Porter used and designed for a publick Burying ground is as follows: viz: Beginning at a stake and stones, at the south west corner of said Land in the line between the land of said Porter and Pease and South 27° East 13 rods from the south west corner of the School House and running thence North 63º East 6 rods, to a stake and stones thence North 27º West 13 rods and 8 links to a stake and stones, thence South 63º west 6 rods to a stake and stones thense south 27° East 13 rods and 8 links to the first mentioned bound containing eighty rods of ground more or less
Washington Dec. 26, 1840 ( ? ) Clark Corey ) Selectmen of Solomon vole Sur veyor Frederick W. Manley ) Washington
A true copy Attest Elisha A. Wells Town Clerk of Washington
173rd P.
Survey of a Town road in Washington from or near the Dwelling house of Salmon Squires to intersect the Town Road near the dwelling house formerly owned and occupied by Seth Case on the farm known as the Case farm. Beginning at the s uth east corner of the dwelling house of said Salmon Squires and running from thence North 881º 2 103 rods to the center of the barway an to the west side of the old town road and on the north side of the dwelling house formerly owned and occupied
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by Seth case. The above monuments are taken for the center of the road and the road is laid three rods wide.
Laid and surveyed the 11 th June 1842 in a snowy day.
Absalom Deming Sur ve yor Frederick W. Manley ) Selectmen of Amos S. Crane ! Í Washington
The whole damage assessed is $132.67
Attest Wm. G. Ballantine Town Clerk
Survey of a highway in the Town of Washington
Beginning on the highway leading from Joel Taylor's to Charles Coates, at a stake and stones, thence south 38º East 21 rods to a small hemlock marked, thence South 42º East 42 rods to a stake and stones, thence south 36° East to the east gate post in the line betwixt Joel Taylor and John Kent. The survey is taken in the center of the road and the road two rods and a half wide. Taken April 15, 1842.
John S. Noble Frederick W. Manley )
1 Selectmen of
Amos S. Crane 1 Washington
Absolom Deming Surveyor
Attest Wm. G. Ballantine Town clerk
174th P.
Survey of a Highway in the Town of Washington, which is laid out on the petition of Daniel Hawkins, one of the United Society of Shakers, which own land in this town & several other petitioners Inhabitants of said Washington.
Beginning at the southeast corner of the Shakers' lot, the nce northerly on the east line of said lot to the north east corner of said Shaker lot it being about two hundred rod s. The survey is taken in the center of the Highway and the road is laid three rods wide.
Laid Oct.29, 1845 Philip Eame s )Selectmen of William Bartlett) Washington
Survey of a Highway in the Town of Washington. Beginning on the Highway leading from Becket depot to Middle- field by the old farm belonging to the heirs of Theodore ( Coats, at
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a stake & stones, thence South 38º West 21 rods to a small Hemlock marked, thence south 42º east 42 rods to a stake and stones, thence south 36° east 112 rods to the east gate post in the line betwixt William A. Eames & John Kent. The survey is taken in the center of the road, and the road is laid three rods wide.
Laid September 15th, 1845 Philip Eames ) Selectmen of William Bartlett )Washington
175th P.
Annual Return of the Names of all the Persons enrolled in the Militia in the Town of Washington, for the year 1845 the whole number enrolled being 84.
Lorenzo W. Brooker Dwight Benson Samuel Geer
Sammel A. Brooker
Isaac Holmes Jr. Calvin Geer
Isaac S. Broo ker
Wm. Mack Daniel Corey
Joseph Low
William Trow
Allen C. Corey
David M. Geer
Augustus Trow
Horace Savery
Woodbridge Merryfield
James Mattoon
Driden S. Rowe
Henry P. Eame s
Franklin Chee seman
William Tift
John J. Stacy
Albert S. Cla pp
David Tift
Levi D. Fairbanks
Isaac Pease
Simpson Bell
Hiram Fairbanks
James M. Ward
Seymour Dibble
Lyman Be 11
Henry A. Deming
Charles Hathaway
Lyman Johnson
Wm.G. Ballantine Jr.Alonzo Eames
Nathan Johnson
Ebenezer Ballantine Frederick w.Manley David A. Thorp James Chapel
Orin Loveland
Osmond Herrick
Amos Chapel
James H. Roberts
Wm.C.Watkins
George Caswell
Oscar F. Seeley
Wm. Clark
Wm.F.Bell
Henry C. Congdon
Allen u. French
Henry W. Clark
Richard Cong don
John J. Allen
Andrew Clark
Anson Chapel
Dyer Sprague
Silas W. Clark
Eli Chapel
Francis Patridge Abel Watkins
Flavius P.Noble
Edward J. Humphrey
John D. Trumble
Joseph Pomeroy
Sherman Cross
Henry J. Kingsbury
Justin Fergerson
John Kent Jr.
Franklin Spring
Cyrus C.Messenger Marshal Bill
Charles Crosier Nelson Steward.
Albert Messenger
Curtis Messenger
Wm. Beach
Isaac Chapel
Har ri son Congdon
Oliver Pease Jr. Arthur E. Sauger
Nathan clark
Josephas Seeley
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176th P. Annual Return of the Names of all the Persons Enrolled in the Militia in the Town of Washington for the year 1852. The whole number 103
This may certify that the votes cast at the election Nov 7, 1777 after being sealed and kept the time re- quired by law were then destroyed
Alan son B. Pomeroy, Town Clerk.
177th P. Annual Return of the persons names en olled in the Militia in the Town of Washington for the year 1844.
John Crane Edward L.Brown Flavius P.Noble
George Crane
Lorenzo J.Deming Wm. Trumble Jr.
Amos S. Crane
Henry A. Deming John S. Noble
Amos W. Cross
James Mattoon Sylvester Pomeroy
Wm. S. Cross Almon Beach
Wm.C.Watkins
Joseph Pomeroy David Geer
Abel Watkins
Isaac Holmes Jr. Calvin Geer
Lorenso Mattoon
Charles Crosier Wm. Beach
Curtis M.Messenger Marshall Bill
Lemuel Hitchcock Servius T.Ellis
Albert Messenger
Wm. Ballantine Jr.
Allen Lyman Ebenezer Ballantine Charles Hathaway
Isaac Dolton( ? ) Lyman Bell Josephus Seeley
John M. Barne s Simpson Bell Jr.
Ira Sprague Jr.
Henry Pomeroy Samuel Bell Dyer Sprague
Fortunatus Nichols Nathan Clark
Lyman Nelson
Isaac S. Brooker Henry W. Clark Samuel 0. Brooker Andrew Clark Silas W. Clark
Henry Eames
Daniel Hime s
Henry Squires
Wm . H. Cong don Frederick W.Manley Seymour Dibble
Richard Congdon Henry Kingsbury
Nathaniel H. Smead
Henry C. Congdon Asahel P.Higgins
Ansel H.Williams
178th P. George Caswell Darius W. Dunham
Nelson Chapel
Wm. French Robert Warren
Waters Putnam
Allen C. French Oliver Pease Jr.
Edward Chapel
Albert I.Clapp Isaac Pease Amos Chapel
Francis Partridge John J. Allen
Martin VanDeusen
Chalker Sparks
Wm. Partridge Eli Chapel
Daniel Corey
Wm. Mack
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James M. Ward Alvin French James M. Chapel Amos Chapel
Horatio Wait
Judson Abbott
179 th P.
Annual Return of all the Persons names enrolled in the militia in the Town of Washington for the year 1843
John J.Allen George Caswell
John Austin
Edward Chapel
Norman Aus tin
Franklin Cheeseman
James N. cross
Jonathan W.Bartlett
Wm. l'. Bell
Sherman Cross
Daniel Corey
Samuel Bell
Seymour Dibble
Lorenzo J. Deming
Simpson Bell Jr.
Reuben H. Bishop
Henry A. Deming
Lyman Bell
Darius W. Dunham
Isaac S. Brooker
Servius T. Ellis
Wm. Beach
Lorenzo !. Brooker
Henry Eames
Wm. Fowler
Samue 1 0. Brooker
Wm.O.Eame s
Almon Beach
Alvin French
Wm.G. Ballantine
George Beach
Allen French
Ebenezer Ballantine
John M. Crane
Wm. French
Waldo C. Fuller
George Crane
Daniel M.Geer
Hosea Codding
Asahel P.Higgins
calvin Geer
Nelson Chapel
Daniel Higgins
Jarvis Geer
Isaac Chapel
Ira Higgins
Daniel Hines
James chapel
charles Hathaway
Richard Congdon Henry C.Congdon
Eli chapel Anson Chapel
George W. Hathaway
Isaac Holmes Wm. H.Congdon
W/m. B. Clark
Lyman Johnson
John Kent Jr.
Henry W. Clark
Samuel C. Kenyon
Estus Kimball
Andrew Clark
Albert P. Clapp Asaph Church
Lorenzo W. Mattoon
Silas W. Clark
John W. Merriam
Curtis D.Messenger
180th P.
Wm. Mack
Dwight Mack Sylvester Pomeroy Henry Pomeroy Jacob Shaver Chalker Sparks Stover ( ? )A. Sparks David A. Thorp James M. Ward
Pierpont E. Newton Samuel Newton Benjamin Porter Francis Partridge Wm. Partridge Harvy Sa very Horace Savery Wm. Trumble Jr. John Trumble
Albert G.Messenger Flavius P. Noble Oliver Pease Jr. John R. Swan
Azariah Sauger Josephus Seeley
Dyer Sprague Ira Sprague Jr. John L. Ward
Isaac Chapel
Samuel C. Kenyon
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Horatio Wate Levi webster Wm. Whiteman
Edward Wright Wm. A. Watkins Abel Watkins
Ansel H. Williams Joel C. Westland Ashley C. West.
181st P.
A record of the names of all the persons enrolled in the Militia in the Town of washington for the year 1840.
Henry .. Clark
Josiah Arnold
John J. Allen
Andrew Clark
Isaac S. Brooker
Daniel corey
Silas W. Clark
Samuel 0. Brooker
Sylvester Clapp
Nathan Clark
Lorenzo W. Brooker
Wm. F. Bell
Asaph Church
Hosea Codding
Samuel Bell
Nathan M. Chaffee
Cha rles crosier
Simpson Bell Jr.
Jakins Buck
John G. Cross
Lyman Bell
Amos L. Crane
Arthur Baymon(? )
John P. Bell
George Crane
Sam'l E Benedict
Oliver S.Chapman
John vrane
Sam'l C.R. Barnum
Solomon B. Brewer
Seymour Dibble
Lorenzo J.Deming W/m. Beach
Wm. B. Clark
George Caswell
James M. Chapel
Herman Eldridge
Isaac Chapel welson Chapel
Cyrus Gaylor
Allen French
Eli chapel
Henry C. congdon
Alvin French
Anson chapel
Richard Congdon
David Geer
Lorenzo Gamwell
Wm. M. Geer
Calvin Geer
182nd P.
Wm. Mack
Asahel P. Higgins
Oliver A. Hubbard Pierpont E. Newton Orin Haskins
Charles Hathaway George W. Hathaway Joseph Porter Isaac Holmes
cyrus L. Nash cyrus Hoxie Osmond Herick Oliver Pease Jr. Lyman Johnson
Nathan Johnson
Henry Savery
Frederick Kittridge
Otis Sparks chalker Sparks
Samuel Kenyon Charles F.Leonard
Flavius P.Noble
John S. Noble
Daniel Higgins
Samuel N.Nash
John Hamilton Jr.
Alanson Pomeroy Henry Pomeroy Ben jamin Porter Chauncey Isham David Putnam John Kent Jr. Truman kent
Sidney Patridge Francis Patridge John Shaw John R. Swan
Darius Dunham
Joel Daniels
Barton Bisbee Wm. O. Eames Henry Eames servius T. Ellis
Wm. French
Oliver Steadman Dyer Sprague
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Joseph A. Lyman
John W. Loveland
David Thorp
Ansel H. Williams
Edmund Lester
Jam: s F. Watkins
Ambrose Meacham Rufus P. Mason
Jason Watkins
Lorenzo Mattoon
Elisha A. well s
Aken ( ? ) watkins
Frederick W. Manley Edward P. Wells
James M. Ward
Edward Wright
Wm. Merryfield
Milton Merryfield
183rd P.
A record of the names of all the persons enrolled in the militia in the Town of Washington for the year 1841.
June 15 1841.
John J. Allen
James N. Cross
Samuel 0. Brooker
Jarvis Deming
William S. cross
Isaac S. Brooker
Addison Deming
John P. Ball
Lorenzo W. Brooker
Darius w. Dunham
Simpson Bell Jr.
Herman Eldridge
Reuben Bishop
Lyman Bell
William French
David M. Geer
Samuel Bell
Allen French
Calvin Geer
Wm. J. Bell
Alvan French
William M. Geer
George Benson
William Beach
Asahel P. Higgins Hosea Codding
Charles Hathaway
George W. Hathaway
Isaac Holmes Jr.
John G. Cross
John Kent Jr.
George Caswell
Spencer Clapp
Truman Kent
Samuel C. Kenyon
Philander Cla pp Allen J. Lyman Wm. Mack William Merryfield Silas W. Clark
Frederick W. Manley Wm. B. Clark
John Crane Curtis Messenger Lorenzo Mattoon
Wilson Merryfield
Nathan Clark
John S. Noble
Milton Merryfield Isaac Chapel
Andrew Clark
Benjamin Porter
Eli Chapel
Oliver Pease Jr.
David Putnam Jr.
Anson Chapel
Alanson Pomeroy
James Chapel
Henry Pomeroy
Nathan M. Chaffee Sidney Partridge
184th P.
Dyer Sprague Josephus Seeley Joel Taylor
Horace Savery Ebenezer Ross David Thorp
Francis Partridge Azariah Sauger Elisha A. Wells
Edward T. Brown
Char les Crosier
Almon Beach
Daniel Higgins
Joseph Church
Henry C. Congdon
nichard Congdon
Frederick Kittredge
George Crane
Henry W. Clark
Flavius P. Noble
Wm. O. Watkins
James N. Cross
Thomas Cross
Wilson Merryfield
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Ansel H. Williams Abel Watkins William .O. Watkins William Fergerson Lewis Atwood
Nathan M. Johnson Lyman Johnson
Emerson J.Parker Harvey Spring
Agreeable to notice from the Selectmen of the town of Washington- (it being the most ancient town ) we the selectmen of the towns of Middlefield & Washington have this day per- ambulated the lines between said towns & renewed the marks as the law directs
Washington Oct. 23, 1872 Chas. Crosier) Selectmen of John Sargeant ) Washington
Hiram Taylor) Selectmen of John L. Bell ) Middlefield
Attest A. B. Pomeroy, Town Clerk
185th P.
Annual Return of the Names of all the persons enrolled in the Militia in the Town of Washington for the year 1842.
John J. Allen
Servius T. Ellis
Samuel 0. Brooker
Heman Eldridge
Allen French
Simpson Bell Jr.
Alvin French
Lyman Bell
David M. Geer Calvin Geer
Wm. F. Bell
Asaph Church George W. (? )Hathaway Richard Congdon Charles Hathaway Daniel Corey
Henry C. Congdon
Asahel P. Higgins Ira Higgins Ezra A. Herrick Isaac Holmes
Hosea Cod ding
John Kent Jr.
John G. Cross
George Caswell John Crane
Samuel C. Kenyon
Silas W. Clark Andrew Clark Natham Clark Lorenzo W. Mattoon Oliver Pease Jr. Lorenzo J. Deming Henry A. Deming Joel Daniels
Wm. Mack Isaac Chapel curtis Messenger Flavius P. Noble Francis Partridge Henry Pomeroy Joseph R. Pomer oy Sylvester Pomeroy
John Loveland Alonzo Loveland
Eli Chapel Nelson Chapel James Chapel Anson Chapel
James N. Cross
Oliver Stedman
Isaac S. Brooker Lorenzo W. Brooker Charles Crosier Wm. Beach
Truman Kent
Estus Kimball
Charles F. Leonard Cyrus Hoxie Charles Wood Pierpont E. Newton
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Wm. Duna van David Thorp
Dyer Sprague Henry P. Eame s
Wm. A. Eames Wm. G. Ballantine
186th P.
Ansel H. Williams James Ward
Abel Watkins
Lyman John son David Putnam
Wm.O. ( ? ) Watkins
Nathan M. Johnson
Charles F. Leonard
Wm. B. Clark
John Trumble
Frederick Kittridge
Almond Beach
Jarvis Geer
Charles Wood
Annual Return of the names of all the Names of Persons enrolled in the Militia in the Town of Washington for the year 1851. Whole number is ninety three .
Agreeable to notice from the Selectmen of the town of Peru ( it being the most ancient town) we, the subscribers, selectmen of the towns of Peru and Washington have this day perambulated the line between said towns and renewed the marks as the law directs.
Peru Oct.23, 1872
Justin Ferguson ) Selectmen Chas. crosier)Selectmen of
Jas. P. Sennett )of Peru John Sargent ) Washington
Attest A. B. Pomeroy Town Clerk
187 th P.
Marks of cattle and Sheep.
Note by copyist. Diagrams are given in each case but not copied.R.H.C.
1824
June 15 Elisha Wells'mark Hole in the right ear
William Morgan's 11 Swallow's tail in the end of the left ear and a half penny the under side of same ,
Joseph Chapell Jr's mark Half penny the under side of each ear. Jonathan Chapell's mark Halfpenny the under side of the left ear. Hiram Savarah's mark Crop off the end of each ear and a hole in each. Joseph Chapell's mark Halfpenny the under side the right ear. ear 188 th P.
Isaac Holmes's mark A swallow tail in the end of the right/ and a halfpenny the under side of the left.
William Mather's mark A crop off the right ear, a slit in the same and a half penny the upper side the left. Ebenezer Porter Jr's me :k A crop off the right ear and a half penny the upper side of the same.
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William Millikan's mark. A crop off the right ear and a swallow's tail in the end of the left.
Ebenezer Porter's mark
Benjamin Porter's mark
Sylvester Arnold's mark
Half crop the. under side the left ear and a halfpenny the under side the same and a half crop the upper side the right Half crop the upper side the right ear and a slit in the center of the left. A slit in the end of the left ear.
189 th P.
Alvin French's mark
Elisha A. Well's mark
Oliver Pease's mark
Arthur Sauger's mark
Daniel Sauger's mark
Robert Eames's mark
A crop of the right ear and a hole through the left
A hole through the right ear and a crop of the left.
A slit in the end of the left ear and a halfpenny the under side of the same A hollow crop in the end of the right ear and a halfpenny the under side of each
A swallow tail in the end of each ear and a hole in each
A slit in the end of the left ear
190th P.
John Kent's mark A. R.Messenger's mark
Wm. & Allen C. French's mark
Isaac Chapell's mark
Oliver P. Chapell's mark
Stephen w. Newton's mark Daniel Manly's mark
Alfred Perkins's mark Spencer Pease's mark John Geer Jr's mark
Samuel C. R.Barnum's mark
David Geer's mark
Two holes through the right ear A crop of the left ear and a slit in the same .
A crop of the left ear and a hole through the same
Two halfpennies the upper side of the right ear.
One halfpenny the under side of the right ear.
A square crop of the right ear.
A swallow's tail in the end of each ear.
A crop of the left and a swallow's tail in the right .
One halfpenny upper side of the right ear
Square crop of the left ear and a hapeny on the fore side of the same
Two halfpennies on the upper side of the left ear
A slit in the end of the right ear and a hole on the under side of the same
July 25, 1844
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Wm. G. Ballantine's mark A slit in the end of the right ear and a halfpemy on the under side of the same
Henry A. Deming's mark Sidney D. Jordan 's
193rd P. ( Blank)
194th P.
Pursuant to due notice being given and received, We, the Selectmen of Washington and Lee met at the Southwest corner of said Washington on Becket west line and perambulated the line between the said Washington and Lee running North 29º west to a corner on lot No.63 in said Washington thence turn- ing at right angles westerly on the south line of said lot No 63, the length of said lot about 246 rods to a corner thence north 290 west to the upper on northerly corner of said towns & renewed the marks and monuments on the same.
This 22nd day of November, AD 1875
John Sargent ) Selectmen of Washington A.S. Pomeroy )
P.M. Shaylor ) Selectmen of Lee John Dowd 1
195th P.
Division of Fence between Edmond Spencer and the Comstork chapel Mountain Lot pretended to be owned by the heirs of Thomas A. Gold now occupied by Horace H. Miller of Lenox. We the undersigned, Fence Viewers of the Town of Washington, being called upon by Edmond Spencer to view said fence & make a division thereof, and on the 30th day of May, 1856 we viewed the premises & made the following division, to wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner of James Noble's land on the line between said Spencer & said Mountain Lot & running South 20 rods to the corner of said Lot, thence westerly on the line 94 rods to a stake & stones which we assign to said Spencer as his fence to maintain & keep in repair & the residue 29% rods to the corner of said Nobles Chapel lot we assign to the heirs of Thomas A. Gold, or the rightful owner, as their fence to make & keep in repair
Washington May 30, 1856 Millen Watkins )Fence Viewers of Wm. F. Bell 1 Washington
Attest Wm. r. Bell Town Clerk
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196th P. The Subscribers Selectmen of the towns of Peru and Washington agreeable to notice from the selectmen of Peru have this day perambulated the line and renewed the marks between said towns agreeable to the laws of the Commonwealth.
Nov. 1st, 1847. J. S. Bowen ) Selectmen of Peru S. Shumway )
John G. Cross) Selectmen of Josephus Seeley )Washington
Erastus Pierce Surveyor
We the Selectmen of Washington and Hinsdale have this day perambulated the line, renewed the marks and bounds between the Towns according to the law of this Commonwealth
Hinsdale Nov 16, 1847
John G. Cross ) Selectmen of Josephus Seeley ) Washington
Erastus Pierce ) Selectmen J. Putnam )of Hinsdale
E. Pierce Surveyor
197th P. Perambulation of lines between Lenox & Washington 1841.
At a meeting of the Selectmen of the towns of Lenox and Washington for the purpose of Perambulating the lines between the said towns the following lines and boundaries were agreed upon, to wit: Begining at a stone monument in the line between Pittsfield and said Lenox and northwest corner of Washington, and running from said boundary South 18º 30' west 549 to a marble monument standing in a heap of stones by a hemlock tree marked, then south 60° 30' west 93 rods to a stone monument in Lee line.
Lenox Jan.9, 1841 John Mattoon )Selectmen Solomon cole in behalf )of Lenox
William G. Bal lan ti ne ( Selectmen Frederick W. Manley )of Washington
Att est Elisha A. Wells Town Clerk
Pursuant to due notice being given & received, we the sub- scribers, selectmen of Becket & Washington met at the north east corner of Becket, and perambulated the line between said (Becket &
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washington, running west 2º South to the corner of said town thence South 830 west to the corner of Becket & Washington on Lee line & renewed the marks & monuments on the same this 18th day of November 1845
F.F. Snow )Selectmen of J. L. Jennings) Becket
William Bartlett )Selectmen of ) Washington
Mark P. Carter Sur ve yor
198th P.
Perambulation of lines between Lee and Washington
Persuant to due notice being given and received, We, the subscribers of Washington and Lee met at the south- west corner of said Washington on Becket west line and perambu- lated the line between the said Washington and Lee running North 29º west to a corner on lot No 63 in said Washington, thence turning at right angles westerly on the south line of said lot No 63 the length of said lot about 246 rods to a corner thence north 290 west to the upper or northerly corner of said towns an renewed the marks and monuments on the same This 16th day of November 1840
W/m. G. Ballantine )Selectmen of Frederick W. Manley ) Washington
Isaac M. Taylor) Selectmen of Lee Jared Bradley 1
Ransom Hinman, Surveyor Attest Elisha A. Wells, Town Clerk
Pursuant to due notice being given and rec'd, we the subscrib- ers, Selectmen of Becket & Washington met at the south west corner of said Washington and perambulated the line between said Becket and Washington running north 83º west to a corner of sd towns, thence East 2º North to Middlefield line and renewed the marks and monuments on this
4th day of November 1840. Robert H. Baird )Selectmen of Arvard chapman )Becket
Wm. G. Ball antine )Selectmen of Frederick W. Manley Washington
Ransom Hinman , Sur veyor
Attest Wm. G. Ballantine, Town Clerk
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199 th P.
Pursuant to due notice being given and re cei ved We, the subscribers, Selectmen of the Towns of Becket and Washington, met at the north east corner of Becket and perambulated the line between said Becket and running west 2º south to the corner of said Town, thence south 3º west to the corner of Becket and Washington on Lee line and renewed the marks and monuments on the same this 18th day of November, 1845
T. F. Snow )Selectmen of Becket J.L. Jennings) Wm. Bartlett )Selectmen of 1 Washington
Mark P. Carter Surveyor
200th P.
Philip Eames and John W. Geer Record of Division Fence
This certifies that we Philip Eames and John W. Geer have this day divided the fence divided the fence between our lands equally. Philip Eame s commences at the highway thence westerly to a stake & stones on the hill, John W. Geer the west half of the fence commencing at the said stake & stones
Washington June 1st, 1855. Philip Eame s John W. Geer
True copy A. W. Lloyd Town Clerk
Humphrey Morris & Geer John W. Record of Division Fence
This certifies that Morris Humphrey & John W. Geer have divided the fence adjoining their lands, Commencing on the highway running East half way to stake & stones. John W. Geer has the west half. Morris Humphrey has the east half.
Washington June 12, 1855
Morris Humphrey John W. Geer
Attest A. W. Lloyd Town Clerk
201st P.
Division of fence between Levi Bishop & Abel Che esman L Bishop and A Cheeseman agree to divide the line fence
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between them running west. A Cheeseman commencing on the highway and running thirty rods west, then L. Bishop com- mences and runs thirty rods west also. Each one agrees to make and mend their part of the fence. Levi Bishop Washington, March 28th, 1838. Abel cheeseman
Attest Philo E. Thompson Town Clerk
Division of Fence between John J. Allen & Peter Shaver.
Know all men by these presents that we John J. Allen, of Washington and Peter Shaver of Becket in the county of Berkshire and commonwealth of Massachusetts, have this day agreed and by these presents do hereby agree upon a division of fence between our land and premises, to wit:
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