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October Term, 1816 .- Joshua Bealls, Joseph Clark, Lyman Ellis, Abel Cole, judges ; Amasa Trowbridge. assistant justice.
December Term, 1816 .- Same judges.
March Term, 1817 .- Same judges.
July Term, 1817 .- Joseph Clark, Lyman Ellis, judges ; Amasa Trowbridge, assistant justice.
October Term, 1817 .- Joseph Clark, Lyman Ellis, Abel Cole, judges.
December Term, 1817 .- Joseph Clark, Lyman Ellis, Abel Cole, judges.
March Term, 1818 .- Elijah Fields, Lyman Ellis, William Robinson, Amasa Trowbridge, judges.
July, 1818 .- Amasa Trowbridge, Calvin McKnight, Lyman Ellis, judges.
December Term, 1818 .- Amasa Trowbridge, William Robinson, Lyman Ellis, Abel Cole, judges.
March Term, 1819 .- Abel Cole, Calvin McKnight, Aaron Palmer, judges. July, 1819 .- Abel Cole, first judge ; Calvin McKnight, Aaron Palmer, judges.
October, 1819 .- Same judges.
December, 1819 .- Abel Cole, first judge ; William Robinson, Elijah Fields, judges.
March Term, 1820 .- Abel Cole, first judge ; Hart Massey, Elijah Fields, judges.
July Term, 1820 .- Abel Cole, William Robinson, Hart Massey, Elijah Fields, judges.
October Term, 1820 .- William Robinson, Elijah Fields, S. C. Kannady, Hart Massey, judges.
December Term, 1820 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Elijah Fields, S. C. Kannady, Hart Massey, judges.
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March Term, 1821 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge; Joseph Hawkins, Hiram Steele, judges.
July Term, 1821 .- E. Ten Eyck, first judge; Hiram Steele, Richard Goodell, side judges.
October Term, 1821 .- Richard Goodell, Joseph Hawkins, Eliphalet Ed- monds, judges.
December Term, 1821 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Richard Goodell, Hiram Steele, judges.
March Term, 1822 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Hiram Steele, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
July Term, 1822 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Richard Goodell, Hiram Steele, judges.
October Term, 1822 .- E. Ten Eyck, first judge ; Hiram Steele, Richard Goodell, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
December Term, 1822 .- E. Ten Eyck, first judge ; Hiram Steele, Joseph Hawkins, Eliphalet Edmonds, judges.
March Term, 1823 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Zeno Allen, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
July Term, 1823 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Joseph Hawkins, Zeno Allen, A. S. Greene, judges.
October Term, 1823 .- E. Ten Eyck, first judge ; A. S. Greene, Joseph Hawkins, Zeno Allen, judges.
December Term, 1823 .- Zeno Allen, Joseph Hawkins, Eliphalet Ed- monds, Alpheus S. Greene, judges.
March Term, 1824 .- Zeno Allen, Alpheus S. Greene, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
July Term, 1824 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Alpheus S. Greene, Joseph Hawkins, Zeno Allen, judges.
October Term, 1824 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Zeno Allen, A. S. Greene, judges.
December Term, 1824 .- Zeno Allen, Joseph Hawkins, Daniel Wardwell, Alpheus S. Greene, judges.
July Term, 1825 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Alpheus S. Greene, Daniel Wardwell, judges.
October Term, 1825 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Zeno Allen, Danie Wardwell, A. S. Greene, judges.
December Term, 1825 .- Joseph Hawkins, Zeno Allen, Alpheus S. Greene, judges.
March Term, 1826 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Zeno Allen, Alpheus S. Greene, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
September Term, 1826 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge; Zeno Allen, Dan- iel Wardwell, Alpheus S. Greene, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
December Term, 1826 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge; Daniel Wardwell, Alpheus S. Greene, Zeno Allen, judges.
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February Term, 1827 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Joseph Hawkins, Zeno Allen, judges.
June Term, 1827 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge; Joseph Hawkins, Zeno Allen, A. S. Greene, judges.
September Term, 1827 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Zeno Allen, Dan- iel Wardwell, Joseph Hawkins, judges.
December Term, 1827 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Daniel Wardwell, Zeno Allen, judges.
February Term, 1828 .- Egbert Ten Eyck, first judge ; Zeno Allen, Joseph Hawkins, judges ; Josiah Bealls, crier.
June Term, 1828 .- Daniel Wardwell, Zeno Allen, Alpheus S. Greene, judges.
February Term, 1829 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge ; George Brown, Jr., Zeno Allen, John Macumber, judges.
June Term, 1829 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge ; Zeno Allen, George Brown, Benjamin Wright, judges.
September Term, 1829 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge ; George Brown, Benjamin Wright, John Macumber, judges.
December Term, 1829 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge; George Brown, John Macumber, Zeno Allen, judges.
February Term, 1830 .- No judges recorded.
June Term, 1830 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge; George Brown, John Macumber, Zeno Allen, judges.
September Term, 1830 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge ; Benjamin Wright, John Macumber, George Brown, Zeno Allen, judges.
December Term, 1830 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge; Benjamin Wright, George Brown, Zeno Allen, John Macumber, judges.
February Term, 1831 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge ; Benjamin Wright, John Macumber, George Brown, Zeno Allen, judges.
June Term, 1831 .- Calvin McKnight, first judge; George Brown, Zeno Allen, John Macumber, Benjamin Wright, judges.
September'Term, 1831 .- Same judges.
December Term, 1831 .- Same judges.
February Term, 1832 .- Same except B. Wright.
June Term, 1832 .- All judges as above. September Term, 1832 .- All judges as above.
December Term, 1832 .- All judges as above.
February Term, 1833 .- All except B. Wright.
May Term, 1833 .- Present, Calvin McKnight, first judge ; George Brown, Zeno Allen, John Macumber, Benjamin Wright, judges.
September Term, 1833 .- Present, same judges.
December Term, 1833 .- Present, same judges.
May Term, 1834 .- Present, same judges.
September Term, 1834 .- Present, same judges.
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December Term, 1834 .- Present, same judges.
February Term, 1835 .- Present, same judges.
May Term, 1835 .- Present, same judges.
September Term, 1835 .- Present, same judges.
December Term, 1835 .- Present, same judges.
February Term, 1836 .- Present, same judges.
May Term, 1836 .- Present, same judges.
September Term, 1836 .- Present, Calvin McKnight, first judge ; John Macumber, George Brown, judges.
December Term, 1836. - Present, all the judges.
February Term, 1837 .- Present, all the judges.
May Term, 1837 .- Present, all the judges.
September Term, 1837 .- Present, all the judges.
December Term, 1837 .- Present, all the judges.
February Term, 1838 .- Present, all the judges.
May Term, 1838 .- No record of judges.
September Term, 1838 .- Present, all the judges.
December Term, 1838 .- Present, all the judges.
February Term, 1839 .- Present, all the judges.
May Term, 1839 .- Present, all the judges.
September Term, 1839 .- Present, all the judges.
December Term, 1839 .- Present, all the judges.
February Term, 1840 .- Present, Calvin McKnight, first judge; Zeno Allen, George Brown, judges.
May Term, 1840 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge; Egbert Ten Eyck, Marcellus K. Stowe, Eldridge G. Merrick, judges.
September Term, 1840 .- Present, same judges and Hiram Carpenter, judge.
December Term, 1840 .- Present, Egbert Ten Eyck, Marcellus K. Stowe, Eldridge G. Merrick, Hiram Carpenter, judges.
February Term, 1841 .- Present, Egbert Ten Eyck, Hiram Carpenter, Marcellus K. Stowe, Eldridge G. Merrick, judges.
May Term, 1841 .- Present, Egbert Ten Eyck, Hiram Carpenter, Hiram Dewey, judges.
September Term, 1841 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; Egbert Ten Eyck, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, Hiram Carpenter, judges.
December Term, 1841 .-- Present, Egbert Ten Eyck, Hiram Carpenter, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, judges.
February Term, 1842 .-- Present, Egbert Ten Eyck, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, judges.
May Term, 1842 .-- Present, Hiram Carpenter, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, judges.
September Term, 1842 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; Hiram Carpenter, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, judges.
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December Term, 1842 .- Present, Hiram Carpenter, Hiram Dewey, John Thurman, judges.
February Term, 1843 .- Present, John Thurman, Hiram Carpenter, Hiram Dewey, judges.
May Term, 1843 .-- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; Hiram Carpenter, Hiram Dewey, George C. Sherman, John Thurman, judges.
September Term, 1843 .-- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; George C. Sherman, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, judges.
December Term, 1843 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; John Thurman, George C. Sherman, Hiram Carpenter, judges.
February Term, 1844 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; Hiram Dewey, Hiram Carpenter, John Thurman, judges.
May Term, 1844 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; Hiram Dewey, Hiram Carpenter, John Thurman, judges.
September Term, 1844 .- Present, John Thurman, Hiram Dewey, judges. December Term, 1844 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge Hiram Dewey, John Thurman, judges.
February Term, 1845 .- Present, Thomas C. Chittenden, first judge ; Jason Clark, Hiram Dewey, judges.
May 'Term, 1845 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge ; George C. Sher- man, Jason Clark, Hiram Dewey, John Thurman, judges.
September Term, 1845 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge; Jason Clark, Hiram Dewey, John Thurman, judges.
December Term, 1845 .- Present, George C. Sherman, Jason Clark, Hiram Dewey, John Thurman, judges.
February Term, 1846 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge ; John Thur- man, judge.
May Term, 1846 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge ; George C. Sher- man, Jason Clark, Joseph Boyer, judges.
September Term, 1846 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge ; George C. Sherman, Jason Clark, Joseph Boyer, Thomas Waite, judges.
December Term, 1846 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge ; George C. Sherman, Jason Clark, Joseph Boyer, Thomas Waite, judges.
February Term, 1847 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge; Jason Clark, Joseph Boyer, George C. Sherman, judges.
May Term, 1847 .- Present, Calvin Skinner, first judge ; George C. Sher- man, Jason Clark, Joseph Boyer, judges.
The next term of the court was held under the constitution of 1846, when the name was changed from Common Pleas to the Jefferson County Court, and was held by Robert Lansing, the first judge elected under that constitu- tion.
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SUPREME COURT.
The first Supreme Court held in Jefferson County was on June 17, 1807, at the same place where the Court of Common Pleas was held. Present, Hon. Smith Thompson, justice ; Augustus Sacket, Joshua Bealls, Perley Keyes, judges ; Lyman Ellis, assistant justice.
The second, in June, 1808 .- Present, Chief Justice Kent; Joseph Clark, Augustus Sacket, Thomas White, judges; Corlis Hinds, assistant justice.
The third, in June, 1809 .- Present, Hon. Joseph C. Yates, justice ; Joseph Clark, Joshua Bealls, Thomas White, judges.
The fourth, in June, 1810 .- Present, Ambrose Spencer, justice; Joseph Clark, Joshua Bealls, Lyman Ellis, judges.
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The fifth, in June, 1811 .- Present, William W. Van Ness, justice; Joseph Clark, Lyman Ellis, Joshua Bealls, judges.
The sixth, in June, 1812 .- Present, Smith Thompson, justice. There is. no record of the attendance of any of the county judges at this term.
The seventh, in June, 1813 .- Present, Joseph C. Yates, justice; Jabez Foster, John Brown, Ethel Bronson, judges.
The eighth, in June, 1814 .- Present, William W. Van Ness, justice; Moss Kent, Jabez Foster, judges.
The ninth, in June, 1815 .- Present, Ambrose Spencer, justice; Moss Kent, Joseph Clark, judges.
The tenth, in June, 1816. - Present, William W. Van Ness, justice ; Joseph Clark, Moss Kent, judges.
The eleventh, in June, 1817 .- Present, Smith Thompson, justice ; Joseph Clark, Abel Cole, judges.
The twelfth, in June, 1818 .- Present, Jonas Platt, justice ; Abel Cole, Amasa Trowbridge, judges.
The thirteenth, in June, 1819 .- Present, Joseph C. Yates, justice; Calvin McKnight, Aaron Palmer, William Robinson, judges.
The fourteenth must have been in 1820, but the record is blank ; probably no record was ever made.
The fifteenth, in June, 1821 .- Present, Jonas Platt, justice; Egbert Ten Eyck, Hiram Steele, judges.
The sixteenth, in June, 1822 .- Present, Ambrose Spencer, chief justice; Egbert Ten Eyck, Richard Goodell, Hiram Steele, judges.
This brings us down to the circuit courts held under the constitution which took effect January 1, 1823. Under this constitution Nathan Will- iams was appointed circuit judge for the fifth judicial district, on April 21, 1823, and continued to serve as such until the appointment in his place of Samuel Beardsley, April 19, 1834. It does not appear from the record that he ever officiated as such judge, and is supposed to have resigned or not to have accepted the appointment, for, on May 7, 1834, Hiram Denio was ap-
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pointed such judge in his place. He officiated until April, 1838. Isaac H. Bronson was appointed in the place of Hiram Denio, who resigned on ac- count of ill health. Bronson was then a member of Congress from this district, and whose vote was wanted in Congress to sustain the administration of Martin Van Buren as President ; and for this reason he declined to accept the appointment. In the fall of 1838 he was a candidate for reelection, and was defeated. He was subsequently appointed by Van Buren as judge of the United States Circuit Court of Florida. He left Watertown and thereafter resided in Florida during the remainder of his life. On July 17, 1838, Philo Gridley was appointed circuit judge for this district, and immediately entered upon the duties thereof ; and continued to act as such circuit judge and vice-chancellor until July, 1847, when the constitution of 1846 went into effect.
Nathan Williams, circuit judge, held the June and December circuits in each year, commencing in June, 1823, to the June circuit, 1830.
In March, 1829, Esek Cowan, circuit judge, held a court here, at which was tried an indictment against three Gillinghams for a nuisance in obstructing Perch River. They were convicted and the sheriff directed to remove the obstruction.
At the June Term of this circuit, in 1828, Henry Evans was tried and con- victed of murder, and was sentenced to be, and was, hanged on the 22d of August : H. H. Coffeen, sheriff, Robert Lansing, district attorney, and Charles E. Clark for the people ; Sterling & Bronson and Nathan Rathbun for the prisoner. This execution was a great event, not only in the county, but for hundreds of miles around it. Crowds from every direction came for a day or two before hand. On that day the writer accompanied his father with a team to Watertown,sympathizing with the general excitement, to witness the execution. The nearest to the village he could get with his team was a house occupied by Theodore Tuttle, on State street. Every other barn and yard between that and the court-house, as well as the side streets, were filled with teams and carriages. The streets were crowded with people. We worked our way to a position near the jail. A little after 12 o'clock a mili- tary company, with a band of martial music and a hearse, appeared before the jail. Soon the jail door opened and Henry H. Coffeen, followed by the prisoner between several deputies, came out and marched directly behind the hearse, surrounded by the military, the band with muffled drum playing a solemn death march, so-called. The prisoner was a tall, athletic looking man, dressed in a white robe and a white cap on his head, being his grave clothes. It was said he preferred to walk than to ride. The procession, so formed, marched to and across the lower bridge to the place of execution, followed by the immense crowd. The gallows was erected on a high point of ground on the other side of the river. At that time there were no buildings there. It was an open field, to be plainly seen from the south bank of the river. We found a place on this bank, where the gallows and the immense crowd on the
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other side of the river were in full view. As the prisoner ascended the scaf- fold my father placed me upon his shoulders, where I had a full view of the whole scene until the criminal was pronounced dead and cut down. After he was suspended there were a few convulsive movements of the body, the right arm and leg, and all was over. During this time and until he was taken down there was almost breathless silence throughout this vast multitude, and as the scene closed they turned, and the movement of this mass of men. women, and children from the field was a sight never to be forgotten. The writer was then but eight years of age ; but the history of that day is as vivid in his memory as if it had occurred within a year last past. It is well that such public executions have been abolished.
The June circuit, and Oyer and Terminer for 1830, was held by Samuel Nelson, judge of the 6th circuit. Until June, 1834, the court was held by Nathan Williams, except the December circuit of 1833, at which no judge attended, and the court was adjourned sine die by the sheriff. The June cir- cuit of 1834 was held by Hiram Denio, as also the subsequent circuits in each year until June, 1837. The June circuit of 1837 was held by Charles H. Ruggles, judge of the 2d circuit. The December Term of the same year was held by Hiram Denio, the last term of this court he ever held. The June Term of 1838 was held by John P. Cushman, of the 3d circuit, and the next circuit and all subsequent circuits to July, 1847, were held by Philo Gridley.
The first court was held in the school-house next south of Jonathan Cow- an's mills, in the village of Watertown, until the term in 1809. Subsequent to that they were held in the new court-house, built upon a lot conveyed to the county by Henry Coffeen, for the purposes of a court-house and jail ; and so long as they should be used for that purpose. The lot was the same as the one on which the present jail is situated. This court-house was burned in 1821, and a new court-house, of stone, was erected on the same site, in which courts were held until 1858 or 1859. The old stone building became so dilapidated that it was totally unsuitable for court purposes, and courts were held in Apollo Hall on Court street, and in Washington Hall, until the erection of the present court-house in 1862. This house was dedicated Oc- tober 7, 1862, at which John Clarke, Esq., delivered an able and very interest- ing address on the reminiscences of the bench and bar of this county, after which a supper, with toasts and speeches, was had at the Woodruff House. The occasion was the sitting of the General Term of this district ; present, the following judges : Joseph Mullin, Henry A. Foster, Leroy Morgan, and William J. Bacon.
The following are the first judges of the Common Pleas, district attorneys, sheriffs, surrogates, and county clerks from the organization of the county, with the dates of their appointment and election down to the present time, as taken from the civil list :-
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JUDGES.
Angustus Sacket. February 26, 1807
Moss Kent. February 26, 1810
Abel Cole. February 26, 1818
William C. Thompson November, 1851
Egbert Ten Eyck. January 24, 1820
Charles D. Wright.
.November, 1859
Calvin McKnight. January 24, 1829
Azariah H. Sawyer. .November, 1867
Thomas C. Chittenden
February 28, 1840
Charles H. Walts. November, 1877
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Nathan Williams .. .until 1808
Joshua Moore, Jr. February, 1846
Samuel Whittlesey . until 1813
Joshua Moore, Jr. June, 1847
Amos Benedict. .. appointed March 18, 1813
James F. Starbuck. November, 1850
Ela Collins. Juue, 1815
Delano C. Calvin.
November, 1853
David W. Bucklin. June 12, 1818
David M. Bennett. .November, 1856
Horatio Shumway .February 26, 1820
Bradley Winslow. November, 1859
David W. Bucklin. .February 13, 1821
Lafayette C. Bigelow November, 1862
Robert Lansing. June 19, 1826
Bradley Winslow. November, 1865
George C. Sherman February, 1833
Pardon C. Williams . November, 1868
Dyer N. Burnham. February, 1840
Watson M. Rogers. November, 1874
Joseph Mullin. February, 1843
Robert Lansing.
February, 1845
SHERIFFS.
Abel Sherman ..
April 3, 1805
Walter Collins.
November, 1846
Hugh Henderson. .February 24, 1808
Rufus Herrick. November, 1849
Perley Keyes. March 15, 1808
Daniel C. Rouse
. November, 1852
David I. Andrus. March 16. 1812
Wells Benton.
November, 1855
John Paddock. February 24, 1813
Abner Baker
. October 12, 1857
David I. Andrus. .February 16, 1815
Tilly R. Pratt. November, 1857
Joseph Clark.
. February 26, 1818
Francis A. Cross. November, 1860
Amasa Trowbridge. March 6. 1819
Nathan Strong.
November, 1863
Jason Fairbanks. February 12, 1821
James Johnson. . November, 1866
Jason Fairbanks. November, 1822
Addison W. Wheelock. November, 1869
Henry H. Coffeen. November, 1825
George Babbitt. November, 1872
John Fay. November, 1828
Abner W. Peck. .November, 1875
Heman Millard. November, 1831
Leonard Seaton. . November, 1878
Chauncey Baker. November, 1834
Abner Baker. November, 1837
Albert P. Brayton.
November, 1840
Willard E. Saxe.
November, 1887
Herman Strong.
November, 1843
SURROGATES.
Benjamin Skinner. . April 3, 1805
Amasa Trowbridge. . February 12, 1811
John M. Canfield. March 15, 1811
James R. A. Perkins. .November, 1851 David Perry. June 27, 1815
Lyman Munson. April 2, 1816
Benjamin Wright. .November 26, 1820
Lyman Munson. February 13, 1821
Benjamin Wright. March 27. 1823
John Clarke ... February 28, 1840
Nathaniel P. Wardwell. . February 28, 1844
Lysander H. Brown. . June, 1847 Elisha Camp. February 26, 1813
Milton H. Merwin. November, 1859
David M. Bennett. . November, 1863
William W. Taggart. November, 1867
Ross C. Scott.
November, 1877
G. Harrison Smith. .November, 1881
James M. Felt. November, 1884
Edgar C. Emerson. November, 1880
Calvin Skinner. April 1, 1845
Robert Lansing. June, 1847
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CLERKS.
Henry Coffeen .. April 3, 1805
Egbert Ten Eyck. March 5, 1807
Isaac Munson .. November, 1849
Benjamin Skinner. February 12, 1811
John L. Marsh .. November, 1852
Richard M. Esselstyn. February 26, 1813
Russell B. Biddlecom. .November, 1858
Benjamin Skinner. February 16, 1815
Dexter Wilder. November, 1861
George Andrus. .June 3, 1820
Henry H. Sherwood. February 13, 1821
Jacob Stears, Jr November, 1870
Henry H. Sherwood.
. November, 1822
George Cole. November, 1876
Peleg Burchard.
November, 1828
Fred Waddingham. November, 1879
Daniel Lee.
.November, 1840
Charles B. Hoard.
November, 1843
The effort has been made to ascertain the names of all the attorneys who were admitted to practice in the Court of Common Pleas in this county, from its organization to July, 1847. This has been attended with great difficulty and much uncertainty. Prior to 1815 no order of the court admitting at- torneys is found upon the record. The information has been derived from the oaths as such attorneys found on file, and from their first appearance upon the records of the court, and in some cases solely from tradition. From 1815, thenceforth, orders were entered, and particularly after 1820. It is not claimed that the list is accurate, but it is as much so as can at this day be determined from the data at hand.
ATTORNEYS, ETC.
May Term, 1807 .- The attorneys admitted up to this time ascertained as before stated were as follows: Augustus Sacket, Benjamin Skinner, Moss Kent, Egbert Ten Eyck, Samuel C. Kannady, Elisha Camp, Thomas Y. Howe, Thomas Skinner, Isaac W. Bostwick, John Kirkland.
At the August Term, 1807, the following additional attorneys appeared: Samuel Whittlesey and Amos Benedict.
At the December Term, 1807 .- Lyman Munson.
May Term, 1808 .- Ela Collins.
August Term, 1808 -Henry R. Storrs, Boswick & Allen.
December Term, 1808 .- Artemus Stoel.
May Term, 1809 .- Skinner & Sterling.
March Term, 1810 .- Micah Sterling and William Brown.
March Term, 1811 .- Alfred Lathrop, David W. Bucklin, Popham & Rad- cliff, Wright & Camp, William S. Radcliff, David Perry, Canfield & Brown. March Term, 1812 .- Ely & Camp.
July Term, 1812 .- H. W. Channing.
October Term, 1813 .- Justin Butterfield, Samuel A. Talcott, Enoch Ely, Thomas C. Chittenden.
1814 .- Barnabas Yale, March Term ; Daniel Wardell, July Term.
O. De Grasse Greene November, 1885
James G. Lynde November, 1846-
Nelson D. Ferguson .November, 1867
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1815 .- Harlow Emerson, Amos Holton, J. Rossiter, March Term ; Samuel Beardsley, July Term ; George Smith, Charles E. Clarke, October Term.
1817 .- Baron S. Doty, Abel P. Vosburgh, William D. Ford, John Cooke, Cornelius Low, July Term ; H. Leavenworth, October Term.
1818 .- David Brooks, Jr.
1819 .- Charles Hayden, E. Smith Lee.
1820 .- Charles Dayan, March Term ; Robert Lansing, July Term ; John McCarty, Horatio Shumway, December Term.
1822 .- George P. Bond, March Term ; Dyer Tillinghast, July Term ; Benajah B. Phelps, December Term.
1823 .- George C. Sherman, January Term ; Isaac H. Bronson, October Term ; John Adams, December Term.
1824 .- Perley G. Keyes, March Term ; Jeduthan Steele.
1825 .- John Clarke, July Term ; Edward Fowler, March Term.
1826 .- Alexander W. Stowe, March Term ; Calvin Skinner, Orson Par- ker, Bernard Bagley, June Term.
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