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nah, captured at Col. Jansen's, was not with Shanks' band when he saw them, and search was instantly made for her. The next day, as they were about giving up the search, a dog belonging to the party was observed to direct his course to a lonely field near the Colonel's house, and on following him they soon came in sight of the mangled corpse of her whom they sought. Like her friend Elsie, she too had been scalped, and the bleeding skull excited feelings of horror in those who came to witness the scene. She too was transported in silence to the humble mansion of her venerable uncle, and from thence in due season to that solitary bourne from whence no traveler returns.
Shanks after this affair never ventured again in that neighborhood. He however made his appearance after the war at Cochecton, in company with Canope, an In- dian of that place. They were warned by the whites not to remain long in the vicinity, but disregarding the caution, they proceeded up the Delaware to fish and hunt. Finally they got acquainted with a man named Ben Haines, who lived near Handsome Eddy, and con- cluded to make his house their home. Haines managed to send word to Tom Quick and Cobe Shimer (an ac- quaintance of the two ladies murdered on the Shawan- gunk,) at Minisink, and they proceeded to Haines' house secretly, for the purpose of trapping the Indians. They placed themselves in ambush near the bank of the river, and Haines, understanding their position, enticed the- Indians to a favorable spot under pretense of its being better fishing. Quick and Shimer fired at them-Quick wounding Canope, while Shimer missed Shanks entirely. Haines knocked Canope in the head with a pine knot. Shanks fled, and was pursued by Quick some distance, but escaped by reason of superior speed. He passed 7
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through Cochecton afterward on his way west, breath- ing vengeance against the white man, and was never more seen along the Delaware. (Quinlan's Life of Tom Quick.)
TOM QUICK .- The ancestors of this celebrated person were among the earliest settlers in Ulster county, having emigrated to that section some time previous to the year 1700. Tom's father, as has been previously stated, was murdered by the Indians in an extremely barbarous manner; an event that shaped the future of Tom's life. This took place near where Milford now stands, on the Pennsylvania side of the river. Tom was a boy at the time, and as affairs were then in an extremely unsettled state, it being just previous to the commencement of the old French and Indian war, he had a fine opportu- nity to revenge the death of his father. He took to the woods, followed hunting, fishing and trapping for a liv- ing, and grew to man's stature almost an Indian in ap- pearance. His antipathy to that race grew with his years, and he was never known to miss an opportunity of killing an Indian, young or old. He once slew an In- dian chief, squaw, and their children, in a canoe on the Neversink. When reproached with killing the children he replied, " Nits make lice." The Indians tried hard to get him in their power, and twice took him prisoner, but his good fortune enabled him to escape each time. They once stole the bell of a cow owned by his relative, where he was staying, and hid with it among the brush, knowing he was in the habit of driving up the cow at night. When he came out to look for her, they jingled the bell gently to entice him to the spot; but Tom mis- trusted something, by the bell being rung so long in one place, and accordingly crept around behind them unseen, and with his trusty rifle killed one and severely wounded
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another. He died peacefully at an advanced age, re- gretting only that he had not quite killed an even hun- dred of the hated race.
MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS FROM DEERPARK. 1775
David Pye.
MEMBERS OF CONVENTIONS TO FORM STATE CONSTITUTION FROM DEERPARK.
1777
. David Pye.
1846
. Lewis Cuddeback.
MEMBERS OF COLONIAL ASSEMBLY FROM DEERPARK.
1752
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. Moses DePue, Jr.
1759 ·
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. Moses DePue, Jr.
MEMBERS OF STATE SENATE FROM DEERPARK.
1791
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· David Pye.
1792
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. David Pye.
1793
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. David Pye.
1794
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. David Pye.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF APPOINTMENT FOR STATE SENATORS
FROM DEERPARK.
1784
. Jacobus Swartout.
1786
. Jacobus Swartout.
1792
David Pye.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY FROM DEERPARK.
1795
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David Pye.
1796
. David Pye.
1803
. James Finch, Jr.
1010
· James Finch, Jr.
1814
. James Finch, Jr.
1815
James Finch, Jr.
1816
. James Finch.
1817
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· James Finch.
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1820
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. James Finch, Jr.
1824
. James Finch, Jr. ·
1830
Abraham Cuddeback. ·
1833
. James Finch.
1836
. Thomas Van Etten, Jr.
1841
. Lewis Cuddeback.
. 1852
Abraham J. Cuddeback.
1855
· James Bennet.
The town book previous to 1854 appears to have been lost, as the writer with the assistance of Mr. W. E. Haggerty, the present Town Clerk, searched the office for it thoroughly without avail. The following list of the names of the Supervisors and Town Clerks we de- rived from loose papers in the office, and is imperfect; but until the lost records can be found or replaced, there will necessarily be a blank in regard to some of the early town proceedings.
The first town meeting after the organization of the town appears to have been held May 2, 1799, and the following gentlemen acted as inspectors of election, viz .: James Finch, Jr., William Deem, William Young, Joseph Smith and Elias Gumaer. In 1801 the town meeting was held at the house of Samuel Watkins.
NAMES OF THE SUPERVISORS AND TOWN CLERKS OF DEER- PARK, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIME.
SUPERVISORS.
TOWN CLERKS.
1799-James Finch, Jr.
1800-James Finch, Jr. 1801-James Finch.
Enoch Tuthill.
1802-
1803-
1804-
1805-
1806-Peter E. Gumaer.
James Finch, Jr.
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SUPERVISORS.
1807-James Finch. 1808-James Finch. 1809-James Finch, Jr. 1810-Peter E. Gumaer. 1811-Peter E. Gumaer. 1812-Peter E. Gumaer. 1813-Peter E. Gumaer. 1814-Peter E. Gumaer. 1815-James Finch, Jr. 1816-James Finch, Jr. 1817-Abraham Cuddeback. Charles Murray. 1818-James Finch, Jr. Stephen Farnum. 1819-James Finch, Jr. Stephen Farnum. 1820-Abraham Cuddeback. Stephen Farnum.
TOWN CLERKS. Peter E. Gumaer. Peter E. Gumaer. Stephen Farnum. Stephen Farnum. Stephen Farnum. Stephen Farnum. Stephen Farnum. Stephen Farnum. Charles Murray. Charles Murray.
1821-
1822
1823-
1824-David G. Finch. Joseph Conklin.
1825-Peter E. Gumaer.
1826-Peter E. Gumaer. 1827-Philip Swartout.
Benj. Van Inwegen.
1828-Philip Swartout.
1829-Benjamin Cuddeback. Benj. Van Inwegen. 1830-Levi Van Inwegen.
1831-
1832
1833-
1834-
1835-Lewis Cuddeback. 1836-Lewis Cuddeback. 1837-Lewis Cuddeback. 1838-George Burns. 1839-Levi Van Etten.
John S. Van Inwegen. John S. Van Inwegen. Peter Cuddeback. Peter Cuddeback.
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SUPERVISORS. 1840-Levi Van Etten.
TOWN CLERKS.
1841-
Peter Cuddeback.
1842-Lewis Van Inwegen. John S. Van Inwegen. 1843-
1844-
1845
1846-
1847-
1848-Peter Van Inwegen.
1849-David Swartout.
1850-James Van Fleet. 1851-Samuel Fowler. 1852-
1853-
1854-James Bennet.
1855-Eli Van Inwegen. 1856-Eli Van Inwegen. 1857-Peter Cuddeback. 1858-John Van Etten. 1859-John Van Etten. 1860-Solomon Van Etten. 1861-Solomon Van Etten. 1862-Orville J. Brown.
Peter G. Van Inwegen.
F. W. Lockwood.
F. W. Lockwood. Waltemire Westbrook.
Andrew Conger. Joseph H. Knowlton.
Dayton T. Cox. George Brodhead.
George Brodhead:
George Brodhead.
Charles W. Douglass.
Edgar A. Wells.
1863-Franklin R. Brodhead. Dayton T. Cox. 1864-Franklin R.Brodhead. Francis R. Fossard.
1865-Franklin R.Brodhead. George Clauson. 1866-Franklin R.Brodhead. William E. Haggerty.
The number of acres of land assessed in the town in 1865, was 34,225; assessed value, $1,192,520; personal property, $241,600.
Peter G. Van Inwegen. J. B. Crawford.
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CHAPTER XII.
TOWN OF MOUNT HOPE.
This town was erected by an act of the State' Legis- lature in 1825. It was formed from parts of the towns of Minisink, Wallkill and Deerpark, and was first called Calhoun, in honor of John C. Calhoun, the celebrated statesman of South Carolina. His views, policy, and patriotic course as Secretary of War during the contest with Great Britain in 1812, had rendered him a very popular man at the time, and thus the town came to be named after him. It went by this name till 1831 or 1832, when the inhabitants suddenly discovered his prin- ciples of public government to disagree with theirs. No time was lost in endeavoring to obliterate his memory from the annals of the town. A public meeting was called, and it was resolved to thereafter call the town Mount Hope; by which name it has been known to the present day. The following is a copy of the act passed by the Legislature confirming the action of the citizen's:
" CHAPTER 63 .- AN ACT to alter the name of the town of Calhoun. Passed March 14, 1833.
" The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
" § 1. From the passage of this act, the town of Calhoun in the county of Orange, shall be known and distinguished by the name of the town of Mount Hope,"
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The records of the town are very deficient in matter relating to the history of its formation, &c., the pro- ceedings of the various town meetings previous to 1849 having been destroyed, mostly by a fire which occurred about the year 1848. The town in shape is an almost exact diamond, and embraces in its limits a large por- tion of the castern slope of Shawangunk Mountain, which affords the finest scenery, it may be said, in the world, apart from our vast rivers, and which one of its citizens with just reason not long since prophesied would yet be lined with the country residences of city gentle- men. By the discovery of the valuable lead mines on Shawangunk Mountain, the resources of the town have been largely increased, and its exports are probably larger than any other town noticed in this work. The oldest landmark of the town is on the line between it . and Wallkill, and is dated 1705. It has but one stream of importance-the Shawangunk kill-flowing from south to north the whole length of the town, and fur- nishing water power for several grist and saw mills. The name, as applied to the stream and mountain, is doubtless derived from the name of the tribe of Indians who once occupied a large share of the territory in . the vicinity-the Shanwans, mentioned in Arent Schuyler's visit to the Minisink Region in our first chapter .. The change from the word Shanwan to Shawangunk, it is obvious would be a very simple transition. The town is bounded, on the north by Sullivan county, on the west and north-west by the town of Deerpark, on the south by Minisink and Greenville, and on the east by Wallkill. The principal villages are New Vernon, in the north-eastern part; Otisville, in the western; Guy- mard, in the north-western; Mount Hope, in the central;
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and a small collection of houses known as Finchville, in the south-west.
New Vernon is said to have been called by its pres- ent name in order to distinguish it from a place called Vernon, in New Jersey. It is a place of some business, having a store, grist mill, clover mill, woolen factory, hotel, &c.
Otisville has derived its principal source of prosperity from the construction of the Erie Railway, which crosses Shawangunk Mountain at this place; though before that event, it was a thriving little village, and done a large trade in the lumber business. It was named after Isaac Otis, who was the first merchant there, and who added greatly to its thrift. This gentleman, we believe, after- ward removed to New York city. At present this vil- lage does far more business than any other in the town, having dry-goods stores, groceries, drug stores, hotels, &c.
Guymard is a flourishing village of recent origin, owing its existence to the discovery of lead a few years since on the lands of Gumaer Brothers, on the west side of Shawangunk Mountain, near the line separating the town from Deerpark. The lead was first discovered while building the road leading from the old turnpike to Gumaer's, on the canal. The largest mine, known as the Erie, is on the immediate site of the village, which is a place of almost unsurpassed rapidity of growth, now having stores, hotels, &c., some of them of large size.
Mount Hope is the oldest village in the town. It was founded by Benjamin Woodward and Dr. Benjamin B. Newkirk, on the 8th day of May, 1807. On that day they raised their dwellings on the present site of the vil- lage, and after the frames had been successfully put to their places, James Finch, Sr., in the presence of the 7*
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assembled company, and with appropriate remarks, named the new village Mount Hope; a name which it still retains on this sixtieth year of its existence, and which now distinguishes the whole town. Benjamin Dodge and Stephen St. John soon after became residents of the place, and were great promoters of its prosperity. For many years it was the centre of a large trade in various commodities, especially lumber and shingles, but since the building of the Erie Railway its business has became mostly diverted to places on the line of the road. Its public buildings now comprise one church, store, hotel, &c.
OLD FAMILIES OF MOUNT HOPE.
FINCH .- This family, very illustrious in the history of the Minisink Region, is now scattered abroad, and we believe has but few if any representatives at present in the town. John Finch, the first emigrant, came from Horse Neck, Connecticut, and settled at Goshen. It is said that he was the first grown person buried in the graveyard of the Goshen church-some children having been previously buried there. His son, James Finch, Sr., was born there. He married a Miss . Catherine Gale, and shortly afterward purchased the land now occupied by the site of the village of Middletown. At the time of his location there, which we judge to have been about the year 1768, there were but three log houses besides his within a mile of the place. This furnishes another example of the extraordinary growth of population so noted in some portions of Orange county. The same land is now occupied by one of the most beautiful and enterprising villages in the county. Its crowded thoroughfares, lined with splendid residen-
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ces, popular places of public business, and factories whose shrill whistles vie with the hoarser scream of the locomotive, certainly form a striking contrast with the three humble log cabins in the dreary wilds where prowled the Indian, wolf and bear, scarce ninety years ago, a space of time that is frequently included in the life time of a single individual. About 1774 Mr. Finch' removed to near what is now known as Finchville. His house was much resorted to for safety by fugitives from' the Minisink valley during the Revolutionary war, being the nearest house to them on the east side of the mountain. Among those that came there when Brandt made his second invasion of the Minisink Region, was the wife of Major Decker, who had escaped from their home in the " lower neighborhood " in her night clothes, and led her small children by the hand, weeping as she came. The only article saved was the family bible, which she carried under her arm, and which, says Eager, in such an hour was worth more to her than Cæsar's diadem. Mr. Finch performed military duty during the old French and Indian war of 1755. He, when quite young, was waiter for Gen. Ambercrombie or some of his staff at Fort Stanwix. During the Rev- olutionary war he acted in the capacity of what was called a. " minute man "-that is, men armed and equipped and ready for duty at a moment's warning. He was not in the battle of Minisink however, and Eager explains the reason by stating that Cols. Wisner and Phillips while marching with their men to the ren- dezvous, halted at Mr. Finch's to rest themselves and procure something to eat. There being nothing but salted provisions in the house, Mr. Finch killed a large fat hog for the troops. After they had eaten, the bal- ance was placed in their knapsacks for use at some other
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time, and it was resolved by them that Finch should not go with them, but should remain at home and pre- pare a good meal against their return. But like the Persian army in the old Grecian war, they were destined never to enjoy it. Few of those who shared his hospi- tality on that eventful morning, ever returned to thank him for his kindness or liberality. He died as he had lived, an unshaken believer in the doctrines of the Bap- tist church, in which he had acted in the capacity of deacon for many years.
His son, James Finch, Jr., was born July 25, 1768. His talents brought him into public notice when quite young. He held the office of Justice of the Peace of Deerpark from about 1798 to 1830, excepting the time he acted as County Judge. (Eager.) His son, Coe Finch, succeded him as Justice in 1831. Eager says he held the office of Supervisor of his town twelve years in succession, and served as member of the State Legis- lature thirteen sessions; but we are inclined to think it a mistake in the latter particular, for Hough in his " civil list," says James Finch was elected three terms, in 1816-17 and 1833, and James Finch, Jr., six terms, 1810, '14, '15,. '20, and 1824. He was married in 1794, and had ten children : Zophar, Catherine, Margaret, P. G., Coe, Julia, Jesse, James M., John and Sarah. He died a firm adherent of the faith of his fathers, Dec. 7, 1843, aged seventy-five years four months and twelve days. His public proceedings are mainly included in the early records of the town of Deerpark, which then included that part of the town of Mount Hope where he . resided. We believe he was the first Supervisor of the town of Deerpark after its organization in 1798.
His family fell victims to a disease in the latter part of the year 1843 and beginning of 1844, that proved
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singularly fatal in its effects. P. G. Finch, son of James Finch, was the first attacked by it in September, 1843, and did not recover till January, 1844. This formed the basis from which the disease spread over almost the whole county, and extended somewhat into New Jersey. Mr. James Finch's wife, Sarah, and her daughter of the same name, both died the same day, December 2, 1843, and were buried in the same grave. This disease was of a bilious typhoid character, and for a long time was known and dreaded by the citizens of the surrounding country, by the name of the Finch fever; but a treatment has been found of late years that has caused it to become a comparatively mild complaint. Seven of Mr. Finch's family died with it between November 23, 1843, and February 4, 1844. D. G. Finch's house was burned in 1837-38, and with it were destroyed papers and docu- ments of almost inestimable value in regard to the in- .formation they contained relative to the carly history of the town and of the Minisink Region.
WOODWARD .- This family is among the most ancient in the town, having been closely interwoven with its history for a period of over ninety-two years. Heze- kiah Woodward, Jr., and his father, Hezekiah Wood- ward, Sr., emigrated to this town from Stonington, Conn., in the year 1773-4, about the same time of James Finch, Sr.'s emigration to the town, and settled about a mile from where the village of Mount Hope now stands. This appears to have been the com- mencement of a general settlement of the vicinity, for it appears to have had quite a population of white in- habitants about 1780. Benjamin Woodward, son of Hezekiah Woodward, Jr., was born February 28, 1780. He, with Dr. Benjamin B. Newkirk, was the original founder of the village of Mount Hope, which event
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took place May 8, 1807, in the twenty-eighth year of his age. His talents brought him early into public notice, and he filled various offices in his town. In 1814-15, 1820-21, and 1826, he was chosen a member of the Legislature of the State, (Assembly,) and discharged the duties of his office during those years with fidelity. In 1821 he was a member of the Convention for framing the State Constitution. He was also State Senator from 1827 to 1830. His son, Charles S. Woodward, Esq., was elected Supervisor of the town for four consecutive years, commencing in 1862, and a member of the Legis- lature (Assembly) in 1863-64. We are indebted to this gentleman, who is a resident of Mount Hope village, for many valuable particulars relative to the early his- tory of the town.
MILLS .- This family is undoubtedly a branch of the family of this name mentioned in Chapter XI. of this work. Isaac Mills, probably a brother of Jonathan Mills, who resided at Mills' Pond, L. I., married Sarah Phillips, a relative of the family after whom the place known as Pillipsburgh (a short distance below New Hampton, in Wawayanda,) is named. He died April 25th, 1783, aged 56 years. Ebenezer Mills, a descend- ant of his, was born August 3, 1759, and came from Mills' Pond to Orange county in 1787, accomplishing the journey in a sloop as far as New Windsor, and from thence to Wallkill on foot, the tour occupying sixteen days. He married Abigail Vail, of Wallkill, whose family long occupied a prominent place in the history of that town, and died February 23d, 1834. His son, Isaac Mills, Jr., was born March 5th, 1788, and married Clarissa Hulse, in 1816. They had seven children, five girls and two boys. Of these, Andrew J. Mills was born February 22d, 1821, and married Maria Green,
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daughter of Charles S. Green, Esq., and sister of Geo. W. Greene, Esq., of Goshen. He was a member of the Legislature (Assembly) in 1854-55. We are indebted to his kindness for valuable statistics.
GREEN .- This is a very numerous family, and we believe that at present no less than four by the name are hotel keepers in the town. They are believed to be mostly descendants of Daniel Green, who at an early period in the history of Wallkill was an extensive land owner, and the principal part of Main street in the village of Middletown is said to be built on what was part of his farm, portions of which he donated for church and educational purposes. The first who came to this section located in what is now the town of Greenville, some time during the Revolutionary war. If we are informed rightly it was the wife of Daniel Green who met with an exciting adventure with the Indians during Brandt's last invasion of the Minisink Region. Her mother was fleeing across the mountain toward Finch- ville, carrying her in her arms, she being a small child at the time, during the terrible scenes of that ruthless invasion. The fright and alarm had extended even to the child and she kept crying continually. At this juncture the mother spied the Indians approaching, and hid behind a log under which she held the child, ex- pecting nothing but detection and death owing to the child's cries. But strange to relate, at this instant the child suddenly ceased crying; they were unnoticed by the savages, and escaped.
His son, Charles S. Green, Esq., married Mary Wood- ward, sister of Ambrose Woodward, a descendant probably of Hezekiah Woodward, of Stonington, Conn. They had ten children-six sons and four daughters,
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MEMBER OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FROM MT. HOPE.
1821 Benjamin Woodward.
STATE SENATOR FROM MOUNT HOPE.
1827-30 . Benjamin Woodward.
MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY FROM MOUNT HOPE. (James Finch, Jr.'s terms of office will be found in Chapter XI.)
1814-15 .
Benjamin Woodward.
1820-21 .
Benjamin Woodward.
1826
Benjamin Woodward.
1840
William S. Little.
1848
Augustus P. Thompson.
1854
Andrew J. Mills.
1856
. Andrew J. Mills.
1862
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Harvey R. Cadwell.
1863
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Charles S. Woodward.
1864
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Charles S. Woodward.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
1866
B. F. Hill.
NAMES OF THE SUPERVISORS AND TOWN CLERKS OF MOUNT HOPE FROM 1849 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
SUPERVISORS. TOWN CLERKS.
1849-Aug. P. Thompson.
1850-John K. Seybolt.
1851-Wm. L. Reeve.
1852-Wm. L. Reeve.
1853-Wm. S. Little.
. 1854-Horton Corwin .. 1855-Horton Corwin.
1856-Algernon S. Dodge. 1857-Harvey R. Cadwell. 1858-Harvey R. Cadwell.
John K. Seybolt.
Ferdinand Seybolt.
Lebbeus L. Harding.
Lebbeus L. Harding.
Benjamin W. Dunning. Benjamin W. Dunning. Lewis W. Coleman.
Adam Sinsabaugh.
Ferdinand Seybolt. Lewis A. Seybolt.
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SUPERVISORS. TOWN CLERKS.
1859-Chas. S. Woodward. George Smith.
1860-John Mullock.
George Smith. George Smith.
1861-Israel Y. Green.
1862-Chas. S. Woodward.
George Smith.
1863-Chas. S. Woodward.
George Smith.
1864-Chas. S. Woodward.
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1865-Chas. S. Woodward. Reuben Frazer.
1866-John Mullock. James M Clinton.
Town Meeting in 1849 was held at the house of L. N. Styles, previous town records being lost.
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