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Non Resident Land .- The non resident land was owned by Sir George Cockburne, Sir James Cole- brook, John Stewart and John Nelson, who each held a grant for the estimated (not surveyed) amount of 6,660 acres.
Settlers early in this Century .- 1800, Abijah Larned settled, and his name appears on grand list until 1812. lle was a captain, representative for many years, and a most valuable citizen. Stephen Kemp settled about 1800, married, May 3. 1813, Nancy Blodgett. Eliphalet Miner's name appears in 1800; also Isaae Stevens, Ben- jamin Allen, Elisha Otis, James Hugh, Charles Richards, Peletiah Nichols, James Lewis, Asa Dearth, and Hobart Spencer. 1801. Joseph Stevens, John Richards, Moses Hodge; 1802, Elijah Benton, John Perry, James Ladd; 1803, Levi Willard, James Walls; 1804, no new names; 1805, Royal Merrill, Ehas Sawyer, Stephen Lane, a native of Gilmanton, came with four children, Sarah, Charles, Eliza and Hannah, and had Mary, born here. 1807; 1806. Ebenezer Capen, Elias Farnham, and William Butler; 1807. John Keysar and Edmund Keysar; 1808, Howard Blodgett, William Tirrell, Jonathan Young. Willoughby Goodwin, Amos Cogs- well; 1809. Elijah Benton, David Curtis, Samuel Osborne, William Marshall William Chase (probably 1808), John M. Tillotson. Samuel Sargent; 1810, Ira Owen, Benjamin Jones, Ethan Owen, Oliver Ingham; 1811. Jonathan Smith, Timothy and Peter Faulkner. Caleb Owen, Jesse Corbett, Jonathan Sawyer, Isaiah Fellows; 1812, Joseph Young, Daniel Young, Joseph Davis; 1813, Benjamin Hobart, Samnel Beach, Gad Beecher, Benja- min Currier; 1814, Joel Webber, Absalom Bailey, James Heath, Thomas Beach, Nathan Frizzell, Samuel Lathrop, Jeremiah Young, Isaac Mitchell.
* These names of settlers are taken from the tax-list as tax payers here. Some residents of other towns are no doubt included.
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Settlers to 1856 .- 1815, Libbens Hall. Samuel G. Piper, Gilman Folsom, Nathaniel Chase, Zebulon Horn, Jeremiah Lovering (married Betsey Kent 1817). Charles Wiggins, William Lyon, Richard Tibbetts: 1816, William Lear; 1817, Joseph Weston, Bradley Clough, Moses Farnham. Ezekel Hall, John Stevens, Libbeus Hall, Jr., Isaac Farnham, Reuben Mason, Reuben Sawyer, Stephen Tibbetts; 1818, Mirajah Fletcher. Moses Hodge, David Kent, David Kent, Jr., Moses Pickard, John Page, Elisha Tirrill, James Cogswell; 1819, W. Cooper, Jonathan Hoit. Asa Heath, Moses Martin, Obediah Mooney, Joseph Kelley; 1820, John Dean, Charles Sargent : 1821. Benjamin Jones, Moses Harriman, Samuel Harriman, Abial Chandler, Seth Tirrill, Simeon Cross, Benjamin Drew, Amos W. Drew, Benjamin Drew, Jr., Edwin W. Drew,'George Chandler, Timothy Mooney, Jotham Sawyer, Jr .. Thomas Heard, Thomas R. Holden, Thomas Piper, Stephen Bailey, Moses Hastings, John Thurston, Daniel B. Heath. James Mooney, Timothy Mooney, Daniel Craig, John Harriman, Jonathan G. Robbins; 1822, Joseph Goddard, Stephen and Daniel Harriman, Hezekiah Hurlbert, Daniel Kidder, Ed- mund Chamberlin, T. Darling, Jeremiah Gleason, Daniel Ladd; 1823, David Moses, Levi Bishop; 1824, Harvey Howe, Enoeh Emery, Henry Lovejoy, Jonathan Chandler; 1825, James Herrick, William Tirrill, Moses Heath; 1826, Robert Morrison, Moses Bumford, William Dunning, Joseph Beeeher, Caleb S. Dalton; 1827, Eliphalet Little, Stephen Morrison, Jeremiah Richard, Ora Stoddard, Enoch T. Harvey; 1828, Martin Harriman, Z. Ladd. John Morrison: 1829, Hezekiah Hurlbert, Henry D. MeKnight, Jonathan Harvey: 1830, Daniel Cheeney, Leavitt C. Fletcher. Noah Harris; 1831, Joel Benton, James M. Hilliard, Joseph Turner, Paul Cheney, Amos Carleton. George Durgin, John Hoit Durgin, Jeremiah C. Durgin, Martin L. Durgin; 1832, Smith Arlin, Marvin H. Oreutt, Alanson Warren; 1833, William B. Fletcher, James Fletcher, Jewett S. Lang, Nathaniel C. Durgin, Joseph Turner, Nathaniel D. Chase, Daniel Norris, Fletcher Russell; 1834, Joseph Weeks, Joseph R. Washburn, Zebulon Flanders; 1835, Joseph Small, Alfred Lovering, Artemas W. Derby, Daniel Aldrieh, Aaron Goodwin, Enoeh Emery, Noah Harris, Jonathan Bean. Timothy Underwood, John Flanders; 1836, Hiram Cummings. Samuel Weeks, Asa Stoddard, John Neil, William M. Smith, Jeremiah Pitkin (Smith & Pitkin, Carding Mill Co.), Nambs & Neal (store); 1837, Ebenezer Watson, Matthias Haynes, Roswell Laugh- ton, Nathan Colby, Nehemiah H. Flanders; 1838, Thomas Johnson, Henry Stoddard; 1839, Charles Garfield, Hart & Albert Barrus, Calvin L. Palmer, Erastus Barrus, Joseph P. Wiswall; 1840, Davis Graham, Adams MI. Tewksbury. Henry Tewksbury, William Webster, Horatio Kelley, Joseph R. Cree, Miner Hilliard; 1841, Job Poor, Orrin Covell. George W. Chase, William Ellis; 1842, John Derby, Thomas L. Durant, Abel Cush- man, Daniel Rogers, Elisha P. Tabor, Simeon Colby, James H. Oaks, Daniel Fletcher, Emanuel S. Forrest, Hiram Martin, Chapin Brooks; 1842, Henry Fling; 1843. Samuel Carpenter, James A. Morrill, Moses Smith, Heath Flanders, George W. Gerry, Benjamin Abbott, Daniel Tewksbury, Joseph Taylor, Dudley S. Bagley, Daniel F. Collins, Nelson Nichols and Chapin Brooks (tannery), Hezekiah Stoddard, Chauncey Brooks: 1844, Isaac Willey, Joseph C. Flanders, Ezekiel Flanders, John Knight, Oliver L. Fields, Caleb Cummings, John W. Adams: 1845, Ashur B. Jones, Benjamin R. Corbett, Edwin W. Gaskell. Moses B. Brown, Bennett Rand, Sylvester Kent; 1846. John Hawse, Michael Lynch, Timothy Crawford, Daniel Day, Alonzo Perry, Samuel O. Huggings, Michael Comstoek, James Snelling, Charles Knapp, Thomas Wilson, John Dennett, Fernando C. Jacobs, Marvin Fletcher; 1847, Hiram Johnson, John Rudd, William C. Thomas, Ira Dennett, Morrill Towle, Horace Whiteomb. Samuel Brown, Robert Snelling, Josiah Morse, Joseph Warren (iron foundry), Edmund C. Wilder, Charles Church, John Hogue; 1848, Franeis Chamberlin, Thomas Cooper, Orange Hill. Daniel G. Ripley, William B. Stewart, William Willard, Sylvanus M. Jordan (blacksmith): 1849. John McKnight (black- smith), John Reed, Leonard Simpson; 1850, Nathaniel Beach, Eli Collins, George E. Hammond, William S. Morrill, William H. Trull. Robert Taylor; 1851, Erastus Davis, Thomas Garfield. Zebulon D. Horne, Libbeus Hodge, George Morrill, Andrew Rankin, Stephen D. Stanton, Hazen Tyler, Horace Russell; 1852, Asa G. Chandler, Erastus Davis and Benjamin Leland (Davis & Leland), Croydon Farr, HI rry Gould. William Hann, Josiah Morse; 1853, John W. Adams, Armin Aldrich, George Bishop, Russell Darling. John Derby, Edmond Heath, Asa Stoddard, William Trolop, Hyde C. Trask. Normand Smith; 1854, Arnold Aldrich, Will- iam Angier, John Hurlbert, Stephen Harris, Dayton G. Piper; 1855, Nathan S. Carr, James Brown, Patrick and Thomas Gleason, Charles L. Morse, Hobart Noyes, Chester Noyes, Edward Carleton, Newell Towle: 1856, Emory Barber, James Brennan, Ferrin Cross, Andrew J. Hurlbert, John Jordan, Thomas HE. Mayo, John McCloud, Patrick Hafford.
The Pickard family is extinct here. Isaiah H. resided here longest. and held many offices of trust.
Ertracts from Records .- At the annual meeting March 10, 1807. it was " Voted that Phinihas Will- ard's Half Bushel shall be the standard for this Town." " Voted said Willard Sealer." At annual election, 1809, " Voted Jeremiah Eames be treasurer, and also to keep the common stock of powder, balls, &e." What is now known as "North and South Hill Road" was laid in 1810, as follows :---
"Beginning at Colebrook line, on the lot line between lots 12 and 13, laying ont said Road four Rods wide, being two Rods for the use of said Road taken from each lot, where said road runs on said line. But
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where we had occasion to vary from said line, the whole four Rods must come out of said lot where we thought propr to vary from said line. Said Road or Highway running on sd line to the middle of the lot in the sixth Range, then leaving said line and running North, two Degrees west, 25 Rods, then runing North, sixteen Degrees west, 28 Rods; then running North, 45 Degrees east, until it touches the lot line before men- tioned; then following said line thro' said town to the College Grant except sum small variations.
"Joseph Dyer "Stephen Lane Selectmen"
[This was the first road east of Piper hill and the only one to Colebrook for several years.]
The total vote for governor 1810, was twenty-four. March, 1810. " Voted to Raise Seventy Dollars for to purchase ' Waits' and Measures and defray town charges"; also "Voted to sett off a School District, be- gining at Abijah Learneds & running on the Hill Road Northerly to John Dearths; also set off a School Dis- triet begining at Colebrook line and running on the Road thence to the Keyser settlement, and so on to William Tirrill's; the above being on the lot line between 12 and 13."
1813. Laid road from Colebrook to Lot 20 in 10th range, begining at lot 18 and 19 on Colebrook hne on range 1: also, in the same year, a road from Wall's place to Capt. Joseph Dyer's 420 rods.
1814. River road surveyed from toll bridge to Colebrook by Jeremiah Eames.
1816. " Voted to sett up the town Panpers to the lowest bidder-the children off John Dearth were bid off as follers, Fanny Dearth bid off to Edmund Kezer for hir work, Jernsha Dearth to Barzilla Brainard for twelve dollars and fifty cents, Anna Dearth to Joseph Young at ten dollars and fifty cents."
" This day Layed out and established a Rode Begining at the N. W. corner of Lot 12 in 2d & 3d Rangs S. 70° East as far as Jeremiah Youngs 2d that is on No. 3 in said 2d Range, three Rods wide which Rode is now partly made and to be made as nigh said line as the land will admit. Stewartstown Ang 6-1816
"Edmund Keazer Selectman "Jeremiah Eames Selectman & Surveyor"
1817. Voted "to give Susannah Dearth six Bushels Rye, twelve Bushels of Potatoes and two tons of Hay for the suport of her two youngest children till the first of October next. Sett up Betsey Selingham, Susanna Selingham and Katherine Selingham to the lowest Bidder * * * * *
* Voted to sell the Henry Selingham farm to pay for keeping Polly Sellingham one year. Voted the next annual meet- ing be held in some convenient place in the east part of the town." (The former meetings were held at individuals' dwellings on west side. )
Call for a Senatorial Election .-- "To the freeholders and other inhabitants, this warn all same in the Towns comprising the district of Stewartstown. Colebrook, Columbia, Millsfield, Erroll & Shelburne, qual- ified to vote for Senator of this State to meet at the dwelling House of Isaac Mitehell in said Stewartstown on Wednesday the 12th day of march 1817 at one o'eloek P. M. to transact the following business Viz
" Ist to choose Moderator to govern said meeting.
** 2d to choose by ballot a Suitable person to Represent this distriet in the General Court of this State for one year from and after the first Wednesday of June next given under our hands at Stewartstown 21st day of Feb 1817 "Jeremiah Eames jr. } Select "Barzilla Brainard 2d } men.
"Chose Joseph Loomis Moderator
"Choose Hezekiah Parsons Representative
"Attest James Cogswell Town Clerk"
Annual meeting at Joseph Young's house, east side.
1818. Voted "to divide town into school districts and choose Jeremiah Eames, Barzilla Brainard, Gil- man Folsom, Charles S. Wiggin, and Riehard Tibbetts committee to divide as above. (See Education.) Voted the town proenre two chests with Lock & Key, one to keep the town papers in, and one for Weights & Measures, sett them up to the lowest Bidder. Struck off to Richard Tibbetts for $2.50." Laid road from northwest corner lot 18, 6th range to Colebrook line.
1819. Voted the Selectmen do with town Poor as they see fit.
1821. Annual meeting held at Obadiah Mooney's house.
1822. Voted "to Raise Seventy dollars in wheat, at one dollar per Bushel, to pay the town tax." Voted "that the School Tax be paid in good wheat at one dollar per bushel, and that one person in each district Receive said wheat, if paid by the first day of January next." Voted "Jeremiah Eames to Receive Said wheat in Dist. No. 1, Thomas Piper in No. 2, Elisha Dyer in No. 3, Jeremiah Lovering in No. 4. David Kent in No. 5." Voted " the Selectmen Receive the wheat for the town tax if paid by the 1st day of January next." Road laid from Capt. Tibbett's place by the mill to Micajah Fletcher's land.
1823. Voted " to Raise one Hundred & Sixty dollars; Forty dollars to be paid in money, the rest in good wheat at §1 per bushel."
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1824. Voted "the Town furnish the soldiers a good warm Dinner on Muster Day."
1825. Road laid on town line of Colebrook from lot 18, first range, to lot 16, in first range.
1826. Voted " the School Tax, and twenty dollars of Town Tax, be paid in good wheat on or before the last day of February next, and the Selectmen appoint an agent to receive said wheat at one dollar per bushel." Road laid from Moses Hodge place, by Capt. Piper's, to lot 18, 5th range.
. 1828. Voted to build a pound. (Built of ecdar logs at foot of Sonthi hill and is now to be seen.) Voted "to pay Cyrus Eames ten dollars to build said pound and clear the town from cost or fine respecting the same for fifteen years." His bondsmen were Jesse Corbett and Benjamin Drew. Laid road from lot 12, 10th range, to lot 10 in 12th range; also road from lot 5 in 2d range to Jeremiah Yonng's.
First Record of Perambulation of Town Lines, made by Jeremiah Pickard, surveyor, and Barzilla Brain- ard, selectman. Laid road from lot 14 in 12th range to 15 in 13th range.
1829. Laid road from Thomas Piper's to John Dearth's.
1830. Laid road from Benj. Drew's to Jesse Corbett's and James Mooney's.
1832. Laid road from Micajah Fletcher's place across Moses Heath's to Leavitt C. Fletcher's place. (This is the road leading past John C. Poor's.) Also same year laid the road from school-house district No. 1 to John Dearth's.
1833. Appointed James Cogswell to perambulate and survey town lines.
1839. First representative elected by Stewartstown alone. River road widened to four rods and straight- ened. Road changed from Stephen Cross's place to Micajah Fletcher's land.
1840. Voted " to set up town Poor to lowest bidder. Metallak was bid off by Howard Blodgett for forty eight dollars and a quarter; he is to elothe him, find him in tobacco, and return him to the town clothed as * well as when he took him." * * (For several years he was thus taken care of.)
1841. Voted that "No Cattle, Horses, Hogs, or Sheep shall run at large in any publie Highway in this town nearer than one half mile to any store, mill, Meeting-Honse, or other public places, on penalty of the owner, or persons having care, of Cattle, Horses, Hogs or Sheep so going at large, shall forfeit a snm not ex- ceeding for dollars; also that this law shall take effect from and after May 1st, 1841." This by-law caused so much trouble that it was afterwards voted " this by law shall be in foree only from the first of November to the last of April." Laid road past Jonathan Sawyer's and E. S. Forrest's.
1844. Laid road from Richard Tibbetts's past Moses Bumford's; also road from S. W. corner lot 16, in 3d range, across said lot; also road from South Hill road past the old Durgin mill to James Mooney's; also by the commissioners the "Hollow Road," so-called. (This was built in 1848.)
1845. Road from North hill to Jewett Lang's place; also from Bear Rock to Colebrook.
1848. Laid road from Hoit Durgin's past Oliver L. Field's to Hollow road, and so on to David G. Ladd's and Dudley E. Bagley's, now the John K. Owens place.
1849. Laid road from bridge at Sonth hill road and foot of South hill to James M. Kidder's; also in same year, the road from West Stewartstown over " Fort Hill" to Clarksville.
1850. Laid road from Hollow road past Charles Lang's and Daniel Tewksbury's to Thomas Wilson's. (Daniel Tewksbury's was the Thomas Gleason farm.)
1851. Road laid from Durgin's, past A. M. Tewksbury's saw-mill to Hollow.
1852. Discontinued road from Durgin's to Mooney's; laid road from "Bear Rock" to Kidder road; also road leading past Ira D. Goodwin's.
1853. Laid road to Thomas Durant's place.
1857. Voted to discontinue " Old Ladd Road " from E. P. Tibbett's to D. Tewksbury's.
1857. Laid road from Kidder road to John Knight's and Benjamin Knight's farms; also same year, the road from John K. Owens's to river road at month of Bishop's brook.
1858. Laid road from Colebrook line, lot 4, range I, to George H. Bannister's on lot 4, range 4.
1859. Laid road to E. P. Kidder's and Alden Fletcher's; also to L. C. Fletcher's.
1860. Laid road from pine tree to J. K. Owens's house where it met the Bishop brook road.
1861. Voted to finish building Bishop brook road from " Pine Tree " to river.
1862. Voted to adopt the aet for the relief of the families of volunteers now in the service of the United States; voted the selectmen hire, on the eredit of the town, a sum sufficient for the aid of families of volunteers in the service of the United States from this town; said sum not to exceed one hundred dollars. Laid road to Daniel F. Collins's, and also laid road to John Hogne's place. August 11. Voted to pay volunteers one hundred and ten dollars cach to fill quota called for by adjutant general. December 24th. Voted to raise one thousand dollars for relief of soldiers' families.
1863. Laid road past Oliver L. Field's mill from Samuel Comstock's, to the road leading past the Daniel G. Ladd place. December, 1863. Voted to pay two hundred dollars to all volunteers to fill the present (nota called for.
1864, Jnne 6. Voted to pay three hundred dollars to each man now drafted, or who may be drafted
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within one year from this date. July 9, 1864. Voted to pay three hundred dollars to each man who will en- list to fill the quota of the town. Chose Joseph Y. Tibbetts agent to fill quota. August 13, 1864. Voted to pay volunteers a bounty of one hundred dollars for one year's men; two hundred for two years' men, and three hundred for three years' men, and chose Jahzeel Piper agent to fill quota. Voted to advance the state bounty. August 30, 1864. Voted " that the selectmen be authorized to hire the money to pay the bounties to fill the quota of the Town." Voted " to pay each drafted man, or his substitute, two hundred dollars, that may be drafted to fill the present quota of the Town in conformity to law." September 9, 1864. Voted "that the Selectmen be authorized to hire and pay, in conformity to law, the sum of one thousand dollars to each citizen of this town who will enlist and be mustered into service to fill the present quota of the town."
January 13, 1865. Voted " to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to one year's volunteers, two hun- dred to two years' men, and three hundred to three years' men to fill the present quota." Annual meeting, 1865. Voted " to raise a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars to each man who puts in a substitute to fill the present quota; said man to be mustered in for three years, and each man shall pay at least three hun- dred dollars "; also, 1865, voted "to raise ten thousand dollars to defray expenses and pay town debt." May 18, 1865. Voted " to authorize the selectmen to hire money and pay to each man who has paid commuta- tion, or put in a substitute, the full amount which he has paid out, and to indemnify the selectmen in filling the last quota, and also to fill all future quotas which may be assigned to said town."
1866. Voted to raise five thousand dollars to pay charges and apply on town debt.
1869. Laid road from Horace L. Holden's to Charles Fletcher's, now Alva Sawyer's.
1870. Laid road across land of E. P. Kidder and Alden Fletcher.
1871. Changed "Hollow " road around "Line Hill " on I. C. Flander's.
1872. Changed "Hollow " road from blacksmith shop to school-house, on land of Milton and Frank Blodgett and Jeremiah Y. Keysar. Changed Cedar brook road across John Knight's to Tewksbury road.
1874. Voted to discontinue the old Cedar brook road as far as the new road takes its place; also, voted to discontinue the old Hollow road from blacksmith shop to school-house.
1875. Laid road from Sawyer road to Moses P. Sargent's; also, laid road from Thomas Gleason's to "Pine Tree," on Bishop brook road.
1877. Road on river changed, and laid around "Fort Hill."
1880. Laid road from C. E. Fletcher's to George W. Heath's.
1881. Laid road (subjeet to gates or bars) from James Hart's to Moses C. Heath's. Laid what is known as "Deadwater road" from Bert Brooks's to Bear Rock road.
1882. Laid road to Amos H. Tewksbury's across land of Jeremiah Keysar.
1883. Voted to indefinitely postpone article calling for the town to discontinue " South Hill road," and instructed selectmen to repair said road, bridges, etc.
1885. Laid road in West Stewartstown village; also to Thomas H. Holden's from across Moses C. Heath's land; also one, subject to gates, from Benjamin Knight's past Hannibal Holden's to the "Cream Poke road;" also a road from "Deadwater road " to George W. Chamberlin's, also one at " Free Bridge."
1886-87. The most important actions of these years to the present has been to accept the old toll bridge as a gift; it having been purchased by subscription, and engaging to keep it in repair for public accommoda- tion. At the annual meeting in March, 1887, it was voted to cause suitable guide-boards to be erected at all crossings designated by the selectmen; also, voted to dispense with liquor agents, but chose agents to pros- ecute illegal sellers of liquors.
Representatives .- (See County History for classed. ) 1839, Jeremiah Young; 1840-41, Jonathan Young; 1842, Ebenezer Watson; 1843-44, Hiram Martin; 1845-46, Joseph Y. Tibbetts; 1847-48, John Flanders; 1849-50. Dudley S. Bagley; 1851-52, William B. Fletcher; 1853-54, Isaiah H. Pickard; 1855-56, Edward P. Tibbetts; 1857-58, Edwin W. Drew; 1859-60, Horace J. Hall; 1861-62, James A. Morrill; 1863-64, Otis Young; 1865-66, Stephen Cross: 1867-68, Henry Tewksbury; 1869-70, Sylvanus M. Jordan: 1871-72. Guy Holbrook; 1873-74, John K. Owen; 1875 -- 76, Hiram Blanchard; 1877-78, Hiram D. Flanders; 1879-80, John P. Blodgett; 1881-82, James M. Kidder; 1883-84, Oscar Lang; 1885-86, Milton Blodgett; 1887-88, Gad Beecher.
Selectmen .- Daniel Brainard, 1800-05; Jeremiah Eames, 1800-08, 1811, 1815-17. 1819-25; Elisha Dyer, 1800-01, 1804-05; Barzilla Brainard, 1802; Joseph Dyer, 1806-07, 1809-10; John Keazer, 1808; Stephen Lane, 1806-13; William Tirrill, 1809; Edmund Keazer, 1811-18; David Loeke. 1810; Barzilla Brainard, Jr., 1812, 1815-16, 1818-19; Howard Blodgett, 1813; Jonathan Young, 1813, 1832; Caleb Owen, 1814; Benjamin Hobart, 1814; Gilman Folsom, 1817; Richard Tibbetts, 1818, 1826; Charles S. Wiggins, 1918; Barzilla Brainard, 3d, 1820-21, 1823-25, 1827-29, 1831, 1833-36, 1838, 1844-45; Daniel Young, 1819; Obadiah Mooney, 1820; David Kent, 1821-22; Jeremiah Lovering, 1822. 1828-29, 1831, 1835-36, 1843; Benjamin Drew, 1823 25, 1827, 1830, 1833-34, 1837. 1842, 1846-47, 1849; Jeremiah Young, 1826; Thomas Piper, 1826; Richard Tibbetts, Jr., 1827- 29. 1831, 1833-34, 1838, 1841 -42, 1847, 1850; Jeremiah Pickard, 1830, 1832; Daniel Kidder, 1830, 1832; Howard Blodgett, 3d, 1832, 1841-42; Seth Tirrill, 1835-36, 1857-58; Ebenezer Watson, 1838-39: Jolm Pickard, 1837;
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John Harriman. 1837; William M. Smith, 1839; Amos W. Drew, 1839, 1859-60. 1879-80; Joseph Y. Tibbetts, 1843-44, 1859-60; William B. Fletcher, 1840-41, 1844-45. 1850-52, 1854; Stephen Cross, 1840, 1855-56; Samuel Weeks, 1843: Job Poor. 1845-46; Hiram Martin, 1846-47; Dudley S. Bagley, 1848-49; George W. Chase. 1848- 49; John M. Brainard, 1855-56; James A. Morrill, 1848, 1865-66; Charles Lang, 1851-52; Isaiah H. Pickard, 1850-52, 1859-60, 1867; Albert C. Hall, 1853-54; Edward P. Tibbetts, 1853-54, 1875-76; Thomas B. Blodgett, 1853, 1855-56; Loring G. Piper, 1861-62; Otis Young, 1857-58, 1871-73; James M. Kidder, 1857-58; Henry Tewksbury, 1861-62, 1875-76; Jahzeel S. Piper, 1861-62; Edwin W. Drew, 1863-64, 1867-70, 1883-84; Eben P- Kidder. 1863-64, 1877-78; Edwin Loomis, part of 1863 (removed); Gad Beecher (finished Loomis' term 1863), 1864, 1879; James M. Hilliard, 1865-66; Charles Fletcher, 1865-66; John Flanders, 1867-68; John H. Heath, 1868-69; Hiram D. Flanders, 1869-71; Erastus Hibbard, 1870-71; William W. Barnett. 1872-73; John C. Poor, 1872-73; Fordyce A. Hannaford, 1875-76: Stephen W. Carleton, 1877-78; Alason Owen, 1877-78; Milton Blod- gett, 1879-82; Perley C. Knapp, 1880, died August; Elwin II. Flanders, 1880, finished Knapp's term, 1881-82; Hiram Piper, 1880-82; Benjamin Fellows. 1883-84; Willie Hall, 1883-84; Sylvanus M. Jordan, 1885-86: Isaiah Fletcher, 1885-86; Ephraim S. Parker, 1885-86; Frank Blodgett, 1887; Benjamin H. Blodgett, 1887; B. Fay Flanders, 1887.
Town Clerks .- 1800, Elisha Dyer; 1801-03, Daniel Brainard; 1804-05, Daniel Brainard, Jr .; 1806-08, and 1825, Jeremiah Eames, Jr. : 1809-10, Joseph Dyer; 1811-12, Stephen Lane; 1813-14, Edmund Keazer; 1815-16, Elisha Dyer: 1817-19, James Cogswell; 1820-21, Jeremiah Eames, Esq. : 1822-23. Richard Tibbetts; 1824. 1831 - 32, Caleb S. Dalton; 1826-27, Elisha A. Tirrill; 1828-30, 1833-34, 1845-46, Benjamin Drew; 1835-36. Howard Blodgett; 1837-38, Amos W. Drew; 1839-40, 1843-44, Hiram Martin; 1841-42, 1858-60, 1863-64, Jolin Flanders; 1847, John Pickard: 1849-50, William M. Smith: 1851-54, Edwin W. Drew; 1855-57, 1861-62, Isaiah H. Pick- ard; 1865-69, 1872-74, Joseph W. Flanders: 1870-71, Nathan W. H. Potter; 1875-76, Frank Blodgett: 1877-78, Lorenzo Farnham; 1879-80, John C. Poor; 1881-82, Oscar Lang; 1883-87, Charles E. Tewksbury.
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