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By an act of the Legislature February 26th 1878 one of the three judges of the court of common pleas was to be thereafter a counselor at law, to be the president judge of the court and to hold his office for five years. Under this act Hon. Francis Child was appointed February 26th 1878.
Justices of the Peace .- From 1776 to 1844 the justices of the peace of each county were appointed in joint meeting, to hold their office for five years, and were con- sidered county officers. Besides those who were also judges, and whose names appear as such, there were ap- pointed for Morris county the following:
Robert Gould, 1776; Aaron Stark, 1776, 1777; Samuel Wills, 1776; John Waldruff, 1775; Moses Tuttle, 1776; Jacob Doley, 1776; Constant King, 1776; Henry Mande- ville jr., 1776, 1777, 1781, 1783; Matthew Burnet, 1776; John Brookfield, 1776, 1781; Jonathan Stiles (resigned January 10th 1779), 1776, 1781; David Brewin, 1776; Daniel Cooper jr., 1876, 1781; Benjamin Howell, 1776, 1781; John Jacob Faesch, 1776, 1781; Elijah Horton,
1776, 1782; Jacob Gould, 1777, 1782, 1787; Stephen Day, 1777, 1782; John Cobb (resigned October 2nd 1778), 1777; William Young, 1777, 1782 (resigned August 13th 1784); Aaron Kitchel, 1777, 1782; Seth Babbitt, 1777, 1782; William Ross, 1778; William Woodhull, 1780, 1790, 1795, 1803, 1806, 1808; David Thompson, 1781; Jacob Minton, 1781; Abraham Kitchel, 1782; Benjamin Lindsley (resigned August 31st 1784), 1782; Joseph Wood, 1782; John Stark, 1783, 1789, 1794, 1799; Ebene- zer Tuttle (resigned June Ist 1786), 1783; Eleazer Linds- ley, 1783; Daniel Cook, 1784, 1789; John Riggs, 1784; Jacob Shuiler, 1786; William Logan, 1786; Cornelius Voorhees, 1787; Caleb Russell, 1787; Hiram Smith, 1788; Moses Tuttle (resigned November 23d 1790), 1788; David Welsh jr., 1789, 1794, 1799, 1804, 1809, 1814, 1819; Alexander Carmichael, 1790, 1795; Enos Ward, 1791; Nathaniel Terry, 1791; John Debow, 1791; John Salter, 1791, 1796; Stephen Jackson, 1791; Artemas Day, 1791; William Corwine, 1792, 1797, 1803, 1808, 1813; John Kitchel, 1792; Abraham Fairchild, 1792, 1797,
1803; Ellis Cook, 1793; Ebenezer Coe, 1793, 1798,
1804, 1809, 1814,
18192 1824; Jabez Campfield,
1793, 1798; Hiram Smith, 1793; Simeon Broad- well, 1793; George Bockover, 1794, 1799; John Cobb, 1794,
, 1799, 1803; Joseph Lewis, 1796; Benjamin Beach, 1796, 1801, 1806, 1811; Robert Colfax, 1796, 1812, 1818, 1822; Ebenezer Drake, 1796, 1801; Jolin De Camp, 1796, 1801, 1806, 1812, 1817; Joshua Jennings, 1797; Aaron Ball, 1798, 1803; Nicholas Em. mons, 1798, 1803, 1808; Ziba Hazen, 1799; Nicholas Mandeville, 1799, 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818; Nicholas Neighbour, 1799, 1804, 1809, 1814; Israel Lum, 1799, 1804; Daniel Horton, 1801, 1806, 1812, 1816, 1821, 1826; Joseph Hedges, 1801, 1806, 1812; Abraham Kitchel, 1803; Benjamin Ludlow, 1803; Richard Johnson, 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818; Jesse Upson, 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818, 1823, 1828; William Munro, 1803, 1808, 1818, 1822, 1824, 1833, 1834 (resigned 1835); Benjamin Condit, 1803, 1808, 1813, 1818, 1823, 1828; Daniel Hurd, 1803, 1808; Ben- jamin Lamson, 1803, 1808, 1813; Jacob Miller, 1804; John Doughty, 1805, 1812; Jonathan Ogden, 1805, 1812; David Pier, 1805, 1810; Silas Cook, 1805, 1812, 1817, 1826, 1833, 1838, 1843; Peter Smith, 1805, 1811; Daniel Hopping, 1805, 1810, 1816, 1820, 1825, 1832; Benjamin Smith, 1806, 1811, 1813, 1816, 1818, 1819 (resigned 1820); Preserve Riggs, 1806, 1811; Isaac Lindsley, 1806, 1811; Cornelius Voorhees, 1807; Edward Condict, 1807, 1812, 1817, 1822, 1824, 1827, 1829, 1834; Lot Dixon, 1807, 1812, 1817; Joseph Halsey, 1807; David S. Bates, 1807; Ezekiel Kitchel, 1808;
Philip Schuyler, 1808; John Kelso, 1808; Henry Cooper jr., 1808, 1813, 1818; William Spencer, 1809, 1813 (resigned 1814); Benjamin Pierson, 1809, 1814, 1819; Mahlon Dickerson, 1811; Thomas Van Winkle, 1811, 1816, 1820, 1825, 1832, 1837; Thomas Parrot, 1811, 1818; Thomas Logan jr., 1812, 1817, 1821; Stephen Dickerson, 1812, 1817, 1821, 1826, 1831, 1836; John Smith, 1812, 1817, 1820; Israel Canfield, 1812; John G. Cooper, 1812, 1817, 1822; Ebenezer H. Pierson, 1813; Joseph Jackson, 1813, 1818, 1822, 1827; Henry W. Phillips, 1813; Lemuel Cobb, 1813. 1818, 1822, 1827; John Stark 3d, 1813; Cornelius Davenport, 1813; Lawrence Henn, 1813; Jacob B. Drake, 1813; William Woodhull, 1813, 1818; Elijah Ward, 1814, 1818,
1835, 1844;
Leonard Neighbour, 1814, 1819, 1824; Obadiah Crane, 1814, 1819; David Mills, 1814, 1818 (resigned 1819), 1822; Silas Lindsley, 1815, 1820, 1825, 1830; Jacob Drake jr., 1815, 1820; Jacob Demouth, 1815, 1820, 1826, 1832; Jonathan Miller, 1815, 1820, 1825, 1838, 1843; Lambert Bowman, 1815; William Babbit, 1815, 1820, 1825, 1831, 1837, 1842; Samuel S. Beach, 1816; Aaron
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Ball, 1816; Paul Drake, 1816, 1825; Squier Lum, 1816, 1821, 1826, 1831, 1836, 1842; David Miller, 1817; David Day, 1817, 1821, 1826, 1836, 1842; Abraham Cook, 1817; Jacob Weise, 1817; Lewis Condit, 1818; John Sharp 3d, 1818, 1824, 1829, 1834; Gabriel Johnson, 1819, 1823, 1828; Joseph Hedges, 1819; William Dellecker, 1819, 1823, 1828, 1833; Ephraim P. Stiles, 1818; Joseph Smith, 1819, 1824, 1829, 1839; Ebenezer Smith, 1820; Robert Staght, 1820; Nicholas Arrowsmith jr., 1821, 1826, 1836; John Smith of Roxbury, 1821; Richard Grey, 1821, 1826, 1830 (resigned); Benjamin P. Lum, 1822, 1827, 1832, 1837, 1841, 1842; Samuel Weise, 1822; Cornelius Ludlow, 1822, 1827; Benjamin Crane, 1822, 1827, 1832; Stephen Congar, 1822, 1827, 1832, 1837, 1842; Aaron Kitchel, 1822, 1827; William Logan, 1822, 1827, 1832; David Thorp, 1822, 1827; John Hunt, 1823, 1828, 1837, 1842; Peter Kemple, 1823, 1828, 1833, 1839; Aaron Sal- mon, 1823, 1832, 1837, 1842; Isaac Quimby, 1824, 1829, 1834; William Thompson, 1824; Ebenezer F. Smith, 1824, 1829, 1833, 1834; Thomas Dickerson, 1824, 1829; Samuel Sayre of Roxbury, 1825; James Wood, 1825, 1830, 1837; Azariah Carter, 1825, 1830, 1836, 1843; Benjamin Rome jr., 1825, 1833; Peter Freeman, 1825, 1830; Sylvanus Cooper, 1826, 1831; John Sherman, 1826, 1836; John F. Smith, 1826, 1831, 1832; David Thompson, 1828; Lemuel Neighbour, 1828; George H. Ludlow, 1828; Daniel L. Tuttle, 1828; Zephaniah Drake, 1829; Matthias Kitchel, 1829, 1834, 1839; Wil- liam De Hart, of Pequannock, 1829; Andrew Pearce, 1829; William Brittin, 1829, 1834; Nathaniel Corwin, 1829, 1834; Jacob Welsh of Washington township, 1829, 1834, 1839; Alexander Dickerson, 1829, 1834, 1839; Stephen Vail, 1829, 1834; John A. Bleecker, 1829, 1834; Charles Freeman, 1829; Joseph Dalrymple, 1829; Robert K. Tuttle, 1829, 1834, 1843; Daniel Thompson jr., 1829; Simeon Lindsley, 1830, 1835, 1844; Henry Stephens, 1830; Peter A. Johnson, 1830, 1835, 1840; George R. Colfax, 1830, 1833, 1836, 1840; Moses Beach, 1831; John Righter, 1831, 1836; Isaac Beach jr., 1831; John W. Hancock, 1831; George Trimmer jr., 1831, 1836; Daniel McCormick, 1831; David Horton, 1831; Michael Arrow- smith, 1831; Joseph Jackson, 1831, 1836, 1841; Andrew Fleck, 1831; Nelson, Howell, 1832; Morris Hager, 1832; James M. Fleming, 1832, 1838; Cornelius Mandeville, 1832; Isaac Whitehead, 1832; Robert Hand, 1832; Isaac Ball, 1832; Ephraim Marsh, 1832; Stephen Salmon, 1833, 1838, 1843; John Debow, 1833, 1838; Silas C. Clark, 1833, 1838; Jacob Johnson, 1833; Daniel Runyon, 1833, 1838, 1843; Francis Stickle, 1833; Samuel Sayre of Mor- ris, 1833; William Headley, 1833; Stephen O. Guerin, 1833; John Welsh, 1833; Robert C. Stephens, 1833, 1838, 1843; William O. Ford, 1833, 1838, 1839, 1843; Calvin Dixon, 1833, 1838; Loammi Moore, 1833, 1838; Francis Child jr., 1833; Silas Condict, 1833, 1843; Samuel Hilts, 1833, 1838, 1843; Calvin Thompson, 1833; David W. Miller, 1833, 1843; Stephen R. Haines, 1833; William Jackson, 1833; John Seward jr., 1833, 1838; William Spriggs, 1833; Isaac Mead, 1833; John Mott jr., 1833; Nathan A. Cooper, 1834; John Hardy, 1834; Daniel P. Merchant, 1834; Calvin D. Smith, 1834; John S. Ballen- tine, 1834; Jeptha B. Munn, 1834; Jonathan Thompson, 1835, 1843; Rheace Nicholas, 1835, 1843; James Ely, 1835; Samuel Hedges, 1835, 1843; John M. Losey, 1835; Moses A. Brookfield, 1836, 1843; Henry Kennedy, 1836; Mah- lon Pitney jr., 1836, 1841; Samuel C. Caskey, 1836, 1844; David Burnet jr., 1836; Josiah P. Knapp, 1836; Elisha Bard, 1830; John Garrigus jr., 1836, 1841; Henry Ste- vens, 1837, 1842; John T. Young, 1837; William Allen, 1837; Nathaniel F. Douglass, 1837, 1842; Archer Ste- phens, 1837, 1842; Isaac Bird, 1838, 1843; Henry Cole, 1838, 1843; Aaron Doty, 1838, 1843; Charles Ford,
1838, 1843; David T. Cooper, 1838, 1843; Henry J. Hoff- man, 1839; Calvin Howell, 1839; Martin S. Moore, 1839; Morris Sharp, 1839; Samuel Swayze, 1839; Robert Al- bright, 1839, 1844; Enos Davenport, 1839; John Dal- rymple, 1839; Silas L. Condict, 1839; James F. Hopping, 1839; Benjamin L. Condict, 1840; David Crater jr., 1840; Jared Howell, 1840; William B. La Fever, 1840; Elisha B. Mott, 1840; Moses Cherry, 1840; Jacob Holloway, 1840; Joseph C. Harvey, Abraham C. Canfield, Hubbard S. Stickle, John Wells, William Nichols and William P. Brittin, 1841; John J. Youngs, Andrew Flock, James R. Dennison, 1842; William M. Clark, 1843, resigned 1845; Wickliff H. Genung, John Seward jr., David Sandford, David Burnet, James Ely, John J. Ballentine, Jacob Swackhamer, Thomas Coe, Thomas Landron, Cummins McCarty, William Little, Michael McLane, Joseph Cole- man, David S. De Camp, Gilman T. Cummings, William B. Johnson, Josiah B. Knapp and William H. Dickerson, 1843; Henry Kennedy, Cornelius W. Mandeville, Eli- phalet Drake, Moses Beam, John Gray, Alfred Vanduyne, Jacob Powers, William T. Munroe, Jacob Drake, Stephen W. T. Meeker, David Allen and Timothy Southard, 1844.
The constitution of 1844 provided for the election of justices of the peace by the people of each township.
Members of the Council (elected annually under the first constitution) .- Silas Condict, 1776-80; John Carle, 1781-84; John Cleves Symmes, 1785; Abraham Kitchel, 1786-88, 1793, 1794, 1798-1800; William Woodhull, 1789, 1790; Ellis Cook, 1791, 1792, 1795; David Welsh, 1801-6; Benjamin Ludlow, 1807-14; Jesse Upson, 1815-22 (vice- president 1818-22; Silas Cook, 1823-27 (vice-president in 1827); Edward Condict, 1828-30; James Wood, 1831, 1832, 1840, 1841; Mahlon Dickerson, 1833; William Munro, 1834; Jeptha B. Munn, 1835, 1836; William Brit- tin, 1837, 1838; Jacob W. Miller, 1839; Ezekiel B. Gaines, 1842; John H. Stanburrough, 1843.
State Senators .- John B. Johnes, 1845-47; Ephraim Marsh, 1848-50 (president in 1849 and 1850); John A. Bleeker, 1851-53; Alexander Robertson, 1854-56; An- drew B. Cobb, 1857-59; Daniel Budd, 1860-62; Lyman A. Chandler, 1863-65; George T. Cobb, 1866-70; Colum- bus Beach, 1871; Augustus W. Cutler, 1872-74; John Hill, 1875-77; Augustus C. Canfield, 1878-80; James C. Youngblood, 1881.
Assemblymen .- Under the first constitution, adopted July 2nd 1776, each county was entitled to three assem- blymen, who were elected on the second Tuesday of October, the Assembly convening on the second Tues- day thereafter. In 1815 Morris county was authorized to elect four members of Assembly, but the number three was restored in 1860. The county was first dis- tricted in 1852, Chatham and Morris townships com- posing the first district, Hanover and Pequannock the second, Jefferson, Rockaway and Roxbury the third, and Chester, Mendham, Randolph and Washington the fourth. In 1860 the county was redistricted, to conform to the reduced representation, as follows: Ist district, Chatham, Chester, Mendham and Morris; 2nd, Hanover, Pequannock and Rockaway; 3d, Jefferson, Randolph and Roxbury. The subsequent arrangement of districts has been as follows: 1867-Ist district, Chatham, Hanover, Morris and Pas- saic; 2nd, Jefferson, Pequannock, Randolph and Rock- away; 3d, Chester, Mendham, Roxbury and Washing- ton. 1868-Ist district, Chatham, Hanover, Mendham, Morris and Passaic; 2nd, Boonton, Jefferson and Rock-
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away; 3d, Chester, Randolph, Roxbury and Washington, 1871-Ist district, Chatham, Hanover, Montville and Morris; 2nd, Boonton, Jefferson, Pequannock and Rock- away; 3d, Chester, Mendham, Passaic, Randolph, Rox- bury and Washington. An act redistricting the county as follows in 1878 was repealed in 1879-1st district, Chatham, Chester, Mendham, Morris and Passaic; 2nd, Boonton, Hanover, Montville, Pequannock and Rocka- way; 3d, Jefferson, Mt. Olive, Randolph, Roxbury and Washington. By an act of March 21st 1881 Mt. Olive and Roxbury were attached to the 2nd district. In the following list of members of Assembly from Morris county the district represented by the member is indicated by its .number following his name, and the territory repre- sented can be ascertained by reference to the dates above:
Jacob Drake, 1776-78; Ellis Cook, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1781-92; William Woodhull, 1776, 1777; Abraham Kitchel, 1778, 1779; David Thompson, 1778, 1795; Alexander Carmichael, 1779; William Winds, 1780; John Carle, 1780; Eleazer Lindsley, 1780; Aaron Kitchel, 1781, 1782, 1784, 1786-90, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1801-04, 1809; John Starke, 1781-83, 1785-88, 1791, 1795; Jonathan Dickerson, 1783; Jacob Arnold, 1784, 1785, 1789, 1790; Hiram Smith, 1791, 1792; Silas Condict, 1791-94, 1796- 98, 1800 (speaker 1792-94, 1797); John Wurts, 1792; David Welsh, 1783, 1784, 1786, 1797, 1800; John Debow, 1795; John Cobb, 1796; William Corwin, 1798, 1799; 1801-03; Cornelius Voorheese, 1798, 1800; William Camp- field, 1799; Jonathan Ogden, 1802-04; Jesse Upson, 1804- 06; Lewis Condict, 1805-09 (speaker 1808, 1809); George Tucker, 1805; Nicholas Neighbour, 1806-c8; Stephen Dod, 1807-12; Jeptha B. Munn, 1810-12, 1814; Nicholas Mandeville, 1810, 1813-15; Mahlon Dickerson, 1811-13; Leonard Neighbour, 1813, 1831; David Thompson jr., 1814-22 (speaker 1818-22); Benjamin Condit, 1815, 1816, 1819; Ezekiel Kitchel, 1815, 1816; Samuel Halliday, 1816-18; John S. Darcy, 1817, 1818; Benjamin Mc- Curry, 1817, 1821, 1822, 1824; William Brittin, 1818, 1819-24, 1832; Silas Cook, 1819, 1820; Wil- liam Munro, 1820, 1821, 1823, 1828-30; Benja- min Smith, 1820, 1822, 1823; George K. Drake, 1823-26 (speaker 1825, 1826); John Scott, 1824; Ebenezer F. Smith, 1825; Joseph Dickerson, 1825, 1826; Ephraim Marsh, 1825-27; John D. Jackson, 1826; David Mills, 1827; Stephen Thompson, 1827; Walter Kirkpat- rick, 1827; Joseph Jackson, 1828-30; Charles Hillard, 1828-30; John Hancock, 1828-30; Elijah Ward, 1831; Thomas Muir, 1831, 1833, 1834; James Cook, 1831, 1835; Samuel Beach, 1832; Jacob W. Miller, 1832; Joseph Smith, 1832; Joseph Dickerson jr., 1833, 1834; Henry Hillard, 1833-35; Silas Lindsley, 1833, 1834; Isaac Quimby, 1835; John D. Jackson, 1835; John A. Bleeker, 1836; William Dellicker, 1836; Alexander Dickerson, 1836; William Logan, 1836; Lewis Condict, 1837, 1838 (speaker); Silas Tuttle, 1837, 1838; Robert C. Stephens, 1837, 1838; Ezekiel B. Gaines, 1837, 1838; Abraham Brittin, 1839, 1840; Ebenezer F. Smith, 1839, 1840; Jacob Weise, 1839; Paul B. Debow, 1839, 1840; James W. Drake, 1840, 1841; Samuel B. Halsey, 1841, 1842 (speaker 1842); William Stephens, 1841, 1842; Thomas C. Willis, 1841; David T. Cooper, 1842, 1848, 1849; James Clark, 1842, 1843; John M. Losey, 1843; Samuel Willett, 1843; George Vail, 1843; Timothy Kitchel, 1845; Matthias Kitchel, 1845, 1846; Henry Seward, 1845, 1846; George H. Thompson, 1845, 1846; Calvin Howell, 1846, 1847; Richard Lewis, 1847; Charles McFarland,
1847; Samuel Hilts, 1847; Samuel Van Ness, 1848, 1849; Edward W. Whelpley, 1848, 1849 (speaker 1849); An- drew J. Smith, 1848, 1849; John L. Kanouse, 1850, 1854; Andrew B. Cobb, 2, 1850, 1854; Freeman Wood, 1850; George H. Thompson, 1850; Cornelius B. Doremus, 1851, 1852; Horace Chamberlain, 1851; Jonathan P. Bartley, 1851; Josiah Meeker, 1851; John D. Jackson, 3, 1852, 1853; Cornelius S. Dickerson, 1852, 1853; Robert Albright, 1, 1852, 1853; William P. Conkling, 1, 1854, 1855; William Logan, 3, 1854, 1855; Aaron Pitney, 4, 1854, 1855; Edward Howell, 2, 1855, 1856; Wil- liam M. Muchmore, 1, 1856; William A. Carr, 3, 1856, 1857; Daniel Budd, 4, 1856, 1857; Benja- min M. Felch, 1, 1857; Richard Speer, 2, 1857, 1858; Lyman A. Chandler, 3, 1858; John Naughright, 4, 1858; 1858, 1859; A. H. Stanburrough, 1, 1859; James H. Ball, 2, 1859, 1860; Eugene Ayers, 1, 1860; Nelson H. Drake, 3. 1860-62; Nathan Horton. 4, 1860, 1861; William W. Beach, 1, 1861; John Hill, 2, 1861, 1862, 1866 (speaker); Jacob Vanatta, 1, 1862, 1863; William J. Wood, 2, 1863; Jesse Hoffman, 3, 1863-65; Henry C. Sanders, 1, 1864; John Bates, 2, 1864, 1865; Alfred M. Treadwell, 1, 1865, James C. Yawger, 1, 1866, 1867; Elias M. White, 3, 1866; 1867; Lewis Estler, 2, 1867; Daniel Coghlan, 1, 1868; George Gage, 2, 1868; Jesse M. Sharp, 3, 1868-70; Theo. W. Phoenix, 1, 1869, 1870; Columbus Beach, 2, 1869, 1870; Nathaniel Niles, 1, 1871, 1872 (speaker); William B. Lefevre, 2, 1871, 1872; Aug. C. Canfield, 3, 1871-73; William H. Howell, 1, 1873, 1874; Jacob Z. Budd, 2, 1873, 1874; Elias M. Skellenger, 3, 1874-76; J. C. Youngblood, 1, 1875, 1876; Edmund D. Halsey, 2, 1875, 1876; A. C. Van Duyne, 1, 1877; C. O. Cooper, 2, 1877, 1878; C. P. Garrabrant, 3, 1877, 1878; Joshua S. Salmon, 2, 1878; Charles F. Axtell, 1, 1879, 1880; James H. Bruen, 2, 1879, 1880; Holloway W. Hunt, 3, 1879, 1880; William C. Johnson, 1, 1881, 1882; John F. Post, 2, 1881, 1882; Oscar Lindsley, 3, 1881, 1882.
United States Senators .- Aaron Kitchel, son of Joseph and Rachel Kitchel, born in Hanover in 1744, died June 25th 1820. For a sketch of his life see Rev. H. D. Kitchel's history of Robert Kitchel and his descendants.
Mahlon Dickerson, son of Jonathan and Mary Dicker- son, born April 17th 1770, died October 4th 1853; sena- tor from March 4th 1817 to March 3d 1833.
Jacob W. Miller, born in 1802, died September 30th 1862; senator from March 4th 1841 to March 4th 1853.
Theodore F. Randolph, born in New Brunswick, June 24th 1826; senator from March 4th 1875 to March 3d 1881.
Congressmen .- Silas Condict, 1781-84; born March 7th 1738, died September 18th 1801.
Aaron Kitchel, 1791-93, 1794-97, 1799-1801; also United States senator.
Lewis Condict, 1811-17, 1821-33; speaker of the House; born March 1773, died May 26th 1862.
Bernard Smith, son of Bernard Smith, of Rockaway, 1819-21; died at Little Rock, Ark., July 16th 1835, aged 59.
George Vail, born in 1803, died May 23d 1875; repre- sentative 1853-57 (33d and 34th Congresses).
George T. Cobb, born October 13th 1813, killed by a railroad accident near White Sulphur Springs, Va., August 6th 1870; representative 1861-63 (37th Congress). Augustus W. Cutler, born 1829; representative. 1875- 79 (44th and 45th Congresses).
John Hill, born 1821; representative 1867-73, 1881-83 (40th, 41st, 42nd and 47th Congresses).
MILITIA OFFICERS.
The militia of Morris county after the Revolutionary
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MILITIA OFFICERS AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
war was organized in four regiments of infantry, each commanded by one lieutenant colonel and two majors, to form one brigade, to be commanded by a brigadier general; and one squadron of cavalry to form, with a squadron from Essex county, one regiment, to be com- manded by a lieutenant colonel. June 5th 1793 the field officers of these regiments were all appointed in joint meeting-some of the appointments being no doubt re- appointments. In 1799 the militia act seems to have been revised, but the same number of field officers were retained.
The following is a roster* of the militia as far as can be ascertained. Immediately following the name is the date of commission; "res." stands for resigned and " prom." for promoted.
Brigadier Generals .- John Doughty, res. Oct. 30 1800. Pruden Alling, Nov. 13 1800; res. 1806. Benjamin Lud- low, Mch. 12 1806; prom. maj. gen. 2nd div. Nov. 25 1809. John Darcy, Nov. 25 1809; res. Feb. 17 1815. Solomon Doughty, Feb. 17 1815. John Smith, Feb. 13 1818; res. Dec. 9 1823. John S. Darcy, Dec. 9 1823. Cornelius W. Mandeville, Jan. 24 1834.
FIRST OR MIDDLE REGIMENT.
Colonels .- Charles T. Day, Oct. 31 1833. Jabez Beers, Mch. 10 1836.
Lieutenant Colonels .- Jacob Arnold, June 5 1793; res. Oct. 31 1806. Nehemiah Losey, Nov. 25 1806; res. Nov. 2 1809. Silas Axtell, Nov. 25 1809; res. Feb. 17 1815. Solomon Boyle, Feb. 17 1815; res. Feb. 11 1818. Wil- liam Brittin, Feb. 13 1818; res. Mch. 1 1828. Stephen D. Hunting, Mch. 1 1828; res. Nov. 8 1828. James W. Drake, Feb. 20 1828.
Majors 1st Battalion .- Benjamin Ludlow, June 5 1763; promoted Mch. 12 1806. David Lindsley, Mch. 12 1806; res. Nov. 2, 1809. Solomon Boyle, Nov. 25, 1809; prom. Feb. 17 1815. William Brittin, Feb. 17, 1809; prom. Feb. 13, 1818. Halsey Miller, Feb. 17 1819; res. Mch. 1 1820. Charles Freeman, Mch. 1 1820. Stephen D. Hunting, Dec. 20 1824; prom. Mch. 1 1828. John S. Budd, Mch. 1 1828; res. Feb. 20 1829. Wil- liam W. Clark, Feb. 20 1829. William R. Bradley, Mch. 4 1835. Benj. R. Robinson. Mch. 10 1836.
Majors 2nd Battalion .- John Kinney, June 5 1793; res. 1804. Nehemiah Losey, Nov. 29 1804; prom. Nov. 25 1806. Silas Axtell, Nov. 25 1806; prom. Nov. 25 FOURTH OR LOWER REGIMENT. 1809. Grover Youngs, Nov. 25 1809; res. Feb. 6 1817. Samuel Halliday, Feb. 6 1817; res. Nov. 21 1820. Lewis Lieutenant-Colonels .- Pruden Alling, June 5 1793; prom. Nov. 13 1800. Hiram Smith, Nov. 13 1800; res. Feb. 26 1801. John Darcy, Feb. 26 1801; prom. Nov. 25 1809. Lemuel Cobb, Nov. 25 1809; res. Feb. 17 1815. Loree, Nov. 21 1820; res. Nov. 23 1822. Silas Miller, Nov. 23 1822; res. Oct. 26 1827. James W. Drake, Oct. 26 1827; prom. Feb. 20 1828. Daniel C. Martin, Feb. 20 1829; prom. Feb. 27 1830 to cavalry regiment. Wil- John S. Darcy, Feb. 17 1815; prom. Dec. 9 1823. Eze- liam Tuttle jr., Feb. 27 1830. Samuel L. Axtell, Oct. 31 1834. Philip Riley, Mch. 10 1836.
SECOND, UPPER OR WESTERN REGIMENT.
Colonels .- David W. Miller, Feb. 28 1838; res. Mch. 12 1839. Henry Halsey, Mch. 12 1839.
Lieutenant-Colonels .- John Stark; res. May 23 1782. Nathan Luse, June 21 1782. Amos Stark, June 5 1793. James Cook, res. Nov. 2 1809. John Budd, Nov. 25
1809; res. Nov. 2 1811. John Smith, Nov. 2 1811; prom. Feb. 13 1818. Benjamin McCoury, Feb. 13 1818; res. Nov. 23 1822. Nathan Horton jr., Nov. 23 1822; res.
Oct. 28 1825. Hugh Bartley, Dec. 27 1825; res. Feb. 26 1830. Charles Hilliard, Feb. 27 1830.
Majors 1st Battalion .- David Welsh, June 5 1793; res. Oct. 25 1793. David Miller, Feb. 19 1794; res. Oct. 30 I799. Leonard Neighbour, Oct. 30 1799; res. Nov. 2 1809. Benjamin McCoury, Nov. 25 1809; prom. Feb. 13
1818. Nathaniel Horton, Feb. 13 1818; prom. Nov. 23 1822. Elijah Horton, Dec. 9 1823; res. Mch. 1 1828. Henry Kennedy, Mch. 1 1828.
Majors 2nd Battalion .- James Cook, June 5 1793. John Smith, Nov. 25 1809; prom. Nov. 2 1811. Cad- wallader Smith, Nov. 2 1811; res. Mch. 1 1820. Joseph Budd, Mch. 1 1820; res. Dec. 9 1823. Hugh Bartley, Dec. 9 1823; prom. Dec. 27 1825. Charles Hilliard, Dec. 27 1825; prom. Feb. 27 1830. Thomas Landon, Feb. 27 1830; res. Feb. 15 1831. Arthur Valentine, res. Mch. 4 1833. John Caskey, Mch. 4 1835.
THIRD OR NORTHERN REGIMENT.
Lieutenant-Colonels .- Chilion Ford, June 5 1793; died. Ebenezer H. Pierson, Feb. 26 1801; res. Nov. 1 1804. Joseph Jackson, Nov. 29 1804; res. Feb. 6 1817. John Scott, Feb. 6 1817; res. Nov. 15 1820. Samuel S. Beach, Nov. 15 1820; res. Dec. 9 1823. John H. Stanburrough, Dec. 9 1813; res. Oct. 28 1825. John C. Doughty, Dec. 7 1825; res. Nov. 8 1828. Thomas Muir, Nov. 8 1828. Thomas Coe, Mch. 4 1835. Nathaniel Mott, Feb. 28 1838.
Majors 1st Battalion .- Samuel Minthorn, June 5 1793; Benjamin Jackson, Nov. 23 1795; res. Joseph Jackson, Feb. 26 1801; prom. Nov. 29 1804. William Lee, Mch. 12 1806; res. Feb. 19 1813. John Hinchman, Feb. 19 1813. Samuel S. Beach, Feb. 6 1817; prom. Nov. 15 1820. John P. Cook, Nov. 15 1820. Frederick De Mouth, Dec. 7 1825; res. Nov. 6 1829. Joseph Hinch- man, Feb. 27 1830. Peter Coe, Feb. 15 1831.
Majors 2nd Battalion .- Cornelius Hoagland, June 5 1793; removed. Joshua Jennings, Feb. 26 1801; res. Nov. 3 1803. Joseph Hurd, Nov. 3 1803. Joseph Hop- ping, Feb. 9 1814. John Lewis, res. Oct. 31 1816. Mo- ses Hopper, res. Nov. 15 1820. John H. Stanburrough, Nov. 15 1820; prom. Dec. 9 1823. John C. Doughty, Dec. 9 1823; prom. Dec. 7 1825. Thomas Muir, Dec. 7 1825; prom. Nov. 8 1828. William Minton, Jan. 30 1829; res. Mch. 4 1835. Rober: Muir, Feb. 27 1840.
kiel B. Gaines, Dec. 9 1823; res. Dec. 20 1824. James Quimby, Dec. 20 1824. Cornelius W. Mandeville, Mch. I 1828; Francis Nafee, Feb. 26 1834. Samuel Demo- rest, Feb. 28 1838.
Majors 1st Battalion .- Hiram Smith, June 5 1793; prom. Nov. 13 1800. Lemuel Cobb, Feb. 26 1800; prom. Nov. 25 1809. Wm. A. Mandeville, Feb. 19 1811. Ezekiel B. Gaines, Mch. 1 1820; prom. Dec. 9 1823. Cornelius W. Mandeville, Dec. 9 1823; prom. Mch. I 1828. Francis Neafer (or Nafee), Mch. 1 1828; prom. Feb. 26 1834. Samuel F. Righter, Feb. 28 1838.
Majors 2nd Battalion .- Evert Van Gilder, June 5 1793; res. Feb. 26 1801. Luke Miller, Feb. 26, 1801; res. Oct. 30 1805. Daniel Farrand, Mch. 12 1806; res. Feb. 10 1816. Josiah Winds, Feb. 6 1817. James Quimby,
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