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1874.
1875.
1874.
1875.
1874.
1875.
Slaugh- tered in 1874.
Killed by Dogs. 1874.
Pigs of 1875.
Pigs of 1874 or older.
Slaugh- tered on Farms. 1874.
Pork made on Farms. 1874.
Altona
1,022
962
4,158
3,970
545
572
19
169
144
247
60,495
Ausable ..
1,217
553
4,824
2,464
459
388
155
49
213
179
227
58,112
Beekmantown ..
3,644 732
723
3,009
2,836
454
458
62
32
135
136
160
38,690
Champlain
1,300
1,454
5,652
6,557
725
874
132
32
475
467
468
114,643
Chazy
3,583
3,106
15,627
12,906
1,537
1,482
211
121
472
527
512
128,490
Clinton.
1,110
1,183
4,433
4,913
772
921
121
13
353
248
328
84,291
Dannemora.
144
167
685
791
99
125
25
8
27
108
91
24,425
Ellenburgh.
1,581
1,568
6,426
7,008
844
968
252
52
380
387
353
90,858
Mooers.
1,888
2,004
7,545
8,462
1,027
1,315
166
48
526
475
552
129,889
Peru
2,988
2,226
12,898
9,574
1,109
1,047
163
52
469
400
520
140,925
Plattsburgh.
2,146
1,924
9,402
8,607
933
894
299
36
564
490
542
134,670
Saranac
2,044
1,826
7,853
6,911
1,102
1,181
305
56
297
324
460
118,470
Schuyler Falls.
1,574
1,192
6,338
5,184
731
732
174
6
302
191
320
83,755
Totals.
24,973
22,624
105,349
96,575
12,106
13,152
2,749
543
5,108
4,907
5,415
1,369,458
No.
No.
Pounds.
Pounds,
No.
No.
No. 190
No.
No.
No.
No.
Pounds.
Peru ..
320
362
340
169
350
1,307
1,313
121
274
94
119,504
959
Saranac.
336
382
376
266
182
1,030
1,034
125
95,210
Black Brook ...
222
192
172
103
25
405
394
23
36,340
2,120
Dannemora.
29
23
30
2
16
95
90
5
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Milch Cows. Average Number kept.
in 1874.
Cows whose Milk was sent to Factory.
Butter made in Families. 1874.
Cheese made in Families. 1874.
Milk sold in Market. 1874.
2 years old.
Year- lings.
Calves.
Dannemora
132
3
3
74
237
30
57
30
36
505
4
1,224
290
447
Gallons.
Honey collected in 1874.
Mules on Farms, June 1, 1875.
NEAT CATTLE ON FARMS, June 1, 1875.
TOWNS.
Black Brook ..
3,736
16,499
16,392
1,769
2,195
494
19
726
831
635
161,745
1,254 990
10,241
260
144
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
IX .- Showing by Towns the Number and Size of Farms.
NUMBER OF FARMS.
TOWNS.
Of all Sizes.
Under 3 Acres.
3 and under 10 and under 20 and under 50 and under 10. 20. 50.
100.
100 and under 500.
500 and under 1000.
1000 and over.
Ausable ..
183
10
16
9
27
39
77
5
Altona
399
69
23
22
90
112
74
5
4
Beekmantown.
377
20
16
14
65
128
133
1
Black Brook.
191
4
7
30
71
75
4
Champlain ..
301
9
24
73
83
109
3
Chazy.
398
13
30
32
84
115
122
2
Clinton.
309
6
11
10
80
128
71
1
2
Dannemora
46
4
5
13
14
9
1
Ellen burgh
363
23
17
8
54
132
123
4
2
Mooers.
520
19
22
31
102
194
145
4
3
Peru ..
318
6
10
15
47
68
165
6
1
Plattsburgh.
407
54
53
41
72
74
110
2
Saranac ..
389
6
8
19
66
140
146
3
1
Schuyler Falls.
219
3
11
16
40
64
82
3
Totals.
.....
....
4,420
229
234
253
843
1,362
1,441
45
13
X .- Showing by Towns for the Years 1855, 1864, 1865, 1874, and 1875 the Number of Sheep Shorn, the Total Weight of the Clip, and the Average Weight of Fleeces.
NUMBER OF FLEECES.
TOTAL CLIP.
AVERAGE WEIGHT OF FLEECES.
TOWNS.
1855.
1864.
1865.
1874.
1875.
1855.
1864.
1865.
1874.
1875.
1855.
1864.
1865.
1874.
1875.
Altona
1,421
1,794
1,022
962
4,997
6,113
4,158
3,970
3,52
3.41
4.07
4.13
Ausable ....
1,605
1,375
1,952
1,217
553
5,614
5,469
8,099
4,824
2,464
3.50
3.98
4.15
3.96
4.46
Beekmantown.
4,000
7,709
8,424
3,644
3,736
14,201
31,484
34,205
16,499
16,392
3.55
4.08
4.06
4,53
4.39
Black Brook
402
793
1,040
732
723
1,161
2.928
4,467
3,009
2,836
2.89
3.69
4.30
4.11
3.92
Champlain
3,664
3,247
4,238
1,300
1,454
12,525
11,983
15,333
5,652
6,557
3.42
3.69
3.62
4.35
4.51
Chazy
5,924
7,472
9,182
3,583
3,106
20,384
28,927
34,354
15,627
12,906
3.44
3.87
3.74
4.33
4.16
Clinton
423
1,375
1,654
1,110
1,183
1,274
4,827
5,226
4,433
4,913
3.01
3.51
3.16
4.00
4.15
Dannemora.
56
70
144
167
87
204
685
791
1.55
2.91
4.76
Ellenburghi
888
2,525
2,847
1,581
1,568
2,831
9,306
10,214
6,426
7,008
3.19
3.69
3.59
4 06
Mooers
1,233
3,550
4,279
1,888
2,004
4,209
12,214
14,766
7,545
8,462
3.41
3.44
3.45
4.00
4.22
Peru
4,708
7,012
7,743
2,988
2,226
15,490
29,010
30,588
12,898
9,574
3.29
4.14
3.95
4.32
4.30
Plattsburgh
2,918
5,892
6,159
2,146
1,924
10,342
23,733
24,391
9,402
8,607
3.54
4.03
3.96
4.38
4.47
Saranac.
744
2,067
2,385
2.044
1,826
2,579
6,699
7,791
7,853
6,911
3.47
3.24
3.27
3.84
3.78
Schuyler Falls ..
1,908
3,432
4,083
1,574
1,192
6,521
12,867
15,622
6,338
5,184
3.42
3.75
3.83
4.03
4.35
Totals
28,417
47,926
55,850
24,973
22,624
97,131
184,531
211,373
105,349
96,575
3.42
3.85
3.78
4.22
4.27
XI .- Showing by Towns the Number, Material, and Value of Dwellings.
NUMBER OF DWELLINGS.
VALUE OF DWELLINGS.
NUMBER OF DWELLINGS VALUED AT
-
TOWNS.
Less than $50.
$50 and less than
$100 and less than
$250 and less than
$1000 and less
$2000 and less
$5000 and less
$10,000 and up-
Value not speci-
Altona
650
328
10
4
308
142,988
105,000
9,000
2,250
26,738
59
144
247
132
23
6
39
Ausable ..
601
521
24
23
33
550,745
406,470
100,700
40,500
3,075
6
38
92
288
92
51
9
7
18
Beekmantown
489
286
105
11
87
414,120
193,155
198,800
12,400
9,765
8
31
101
184
116
137
27
24
4
1
33
Champlain
748
144
27
118
948,725
538,685
336,075
56,350
17,615
27
70
182
401
228
100
21
5
3
Chazy.
636
432
112
25
67
454,091
237,179
176,962
35,100
4,850
15
79
144
194
129
52
6
1
16
Clinton ...
375
261
3
111
41,220
40,695
525
25
41
96
43
1
2
167
Dannemora
219
77
2
1
139
109,925
91,250
2,000
800
15,875
32
49
55
43
25
12
3
7
Ellenburgh
620
420
8
2
190
213,860
179,625
15,200
1,800
17,235
90
77
176
190
52
9
1
25
Mooers.
898
627
65
3
203
399,651
290,521
86,650
1,200
21,280
45
101
278
359
74
26
4
1
10
Peru
518
401
36
18
63
373,565
272,580
70,200
25,750
5,035
33
33
115
201
79
47
6
82
20
Saranac ..
694
396
16
1
281
274,565
217,520
2,000
28,745
52
99
201
272
54
16
Schuyler Falls
361
284
44
6
27
262,645
168,735
9,400
2,610
24
27
59
159
57
33
2
142
36
327
Totals.
9,140
6,122
849
167
2,002
6,665,503
3,988,700
2,115,037
382,275
179,491
613
960
2,023
3,089
1,257
693
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Dolls.
Dolls.
Dolls.
Dolls.
Dolls.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
118
42
4
1
...
Black Brook.
636
324
1
311
227,313
204,900
2,500
19,913
150
$100.
$250.
$1000.
than $2000.
than $5000.
than $10,000.
wards.
fied.
Total.
Frame.
Brick.
Stone.
Log.
Total.
Frame.
Brick.
Stone.
Log.
6,230
47
34
161
486
298
273
5
Plattsburgh ..
1,406
1,017
279
46
64
2,252,090
1,042,385
1,008,750 26,300 81,900
4
194,725
144
1,037
......
4.74
4.47
145
STATISTICAL.
XII .- Showing the Public Debt of the Various Towns and Incorporated Villages, June 1, 1875.
PURPOSES FOR WHICH CREATED.
TOWNS.
Assessed Valuation.
Indebtedness.
Indebtedness, less Sinking Fund.
Aid of Railroads.
Bridges, Docks, llighways, Sewers, Water- Supply.
Almshouses, Asylums.
School Build- ings and School Purposes, Markets, Fire Department.
Altona
$145,462 598,237
$1,630
$1,630
Beekmantown.
443,220
Black Brook.
143,927
6,000
6,000
$6,000
Champlain
950.215
Chazy
480,475
Clinton
99,825 82,716
No report.
Ellen burgh
217,503
Mooers.
309,540
Peru
552,544
26,400 185,000
26,400 185,000
26,400 185,000
Plattsburgh ..
1,655,730
Saranac ..
209,330
Schuyler Falls
229,082
4,000 222,000 28,000
4,000 222,000 28,000
4,000 180,000
$42,000
County proper ..
Totals
$6,117,806
$473,030
$473,030
$217,400
$185,630
$28,000
$42,000
XIII .- Town Expenses (1878).
TOWNS.
NAMES OF COLLECTORS.
Mills on Dollar.
For Roads and Bridges.
Resi- deut High- way Tax.
Town Audits.
Town Loans.
Dog Tax.
To Pay Village Recor- der.
To W. and P. Com's. Prin. and Int. on Bonds and N. Y. and C. Bonds and Int.
Total Town Charges.
Altona
A. McGregor.
02 01116
$240.96 250.00
3,589.37
$112.50
3,951 87
Beekmantown
W. J. Guss
0916
$6.75
98:1.89
987.64
Black Brook
John Ryan ...
21 8-10
259.00
5,388 64
165.50
5,804.87
Champlain
L. Brossard, Jr.
09 1-10
650.00
1.13
2,638.51
93.00
3,382.64
Chazy
Stephen Stiles.
01012
125.00
1,916.41
89.50
2.130.91
Clinton.
James Hayes,
015
200.00
14.01 23.63 32,13
1,257.80
46.50
1,327.93
Ellenburgh
S. D. Mix ..
015
250.00
2,5€9.93
123.00
Mooers.
C. Davenport.
013 4-10
275.60
2,455.75
$256.00
114 60
Peru
H. P. Hargraves ..
011 8-10
250.00
1.50
1,852.00
80.50
$2,700.00 12,825,38
32,787 17
Saranac ...
Joseph Naslı.
01516
1,400.00
27.77
3,317.78
400.00
111.00
6,256.55
Schuyler Falls.
M. Hammond
012 4-10
250.00
3.00
1,768.61
37.50
2,059.11
Totals.
84,640,96
$125.67
$49,967.13
$656.00
$963.50
$600.00
$15,525.38
$72,489 37
XIV .- State and County Tax, Etc. (1878).
TOWNS.
State Tax.
School Tax.
Proportion County Charges.
Resident Unpaid Tax Recharged.
School Tax. Non-Res. Non-Res. Highway Tax.
Balance due to County.
Ascer- tained Tax.
Excess of Tax.
Recess of TILx.
Total to Treasurer.
Total to be Collected.
Altona.
$454.30
$265 22
$1,295 36
$216.80 87.47
$271.65
$83.31
$1,584.50
$908.17 2.08
$32.62
7 800,85
11,762.72
Berk mantown
1,058.67
618.09
3,018.79
17.80
50.00
780.44
69.22
5,619.76
6,600.65
Black Brook
528.48
308.53
1,507.04
47.85
150.75
53.82
170.84
792.26
16.73
3,576 00
9,380.14
Champlain
2,589.34
1,511.73
7,383.58
93.49
47.83
89,90
27.75
5.44
117.35
181.83
75.13
1,631.95
3,075.51
Dannemora
148.00
86.39
422.00
137.56
318.00 792 88
102.70
452.69
287.13
40.05
1,954.47
2,368 88
Mooers.
808.18
471.83
2,304.55
139.86
438 53
32.16
29.93
4,194.11
6,971.91
Pern
1,486.77
868.04
4,239.54
7.44
214 07
17.47
50.62
6.883 95
11,767.95
Plattsburgh
3,740,07
2,183 57
10,664.88
618.43
19,725.13
51,912.30
Sainnac.
883.47
515 78
2,519 17
160.22
43.19
55.45
264.49
139.80
4.612.75
9.303.10
Schuyler Falls.
670.77
391.62
1,912.74
29.40
687.81
21.19
3,654.13
5,769.64
Totals
$10,276.21
$9,502.59
$46,412.09
$2,168.29
$1,622.02
$452.86
$8,806.31
$3,475.23
$265.51
$1,119.17
$88,464.99
$158,570.11
544.12
34.21 10.36
12,122.26
15,504,90
Chazy
1,392.48
813.00
3,970.69
6,773.40
8,904.31
Clinton ..
278.34
162.51
793.70
493.04
102.14
338 95
649.04
Ellen Imurgh
593.09
346.33
1,691.45
4,806.92
7,781 98
Plattsburgh.
Harry Norton ..
021
500.00
15.75
18,846,04
$600.00
$5,079.31
$7.476.12
An-able ..
1,644.25
959.95
4,688.60
385.88
Dannemora
Nelson Reynolds
022
$2,155.85.
$2,396.81
Ansable
E. Weston.
To COM'S. HIOHWAYS.
To SUPERVISORS.
RECOR- DER.
.......
2,3 11.95 209.78
3410.60
754.37
1.229.55
1,443.56
2.975 06 3.101 25
4.884.00
Plattsburgh Village.
$28,000
Dannemora
Ausable.
$1,630
$110.45
549.40
19
146
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
XV .- Assesscd by Equalized Valuation (1878).
TOWNS.
Acres.
Valuation of Towns as As- sessed.
Amount Added to Valuation.
Amonnt De- dueted from Valuation.
Equalized Vaination.
Personal Val- uation.
Equalized Valu- ation, Personal Added.
Altona
58,768
$289,185
$2,300
$291,485
$5,100
$296,585
Ausable ..
22,476
828,645
$18,400
805,245
268,200
1,073,445
Beekmantown
35.802
665,450
5,400
670,850
20,300
691,150
Black Brook
78,059
319,168
29,750
289,418
55,601
345,019
Champlain
29,706
1,500,455
1,500,455
190,000
1,690,455
Chazy
32,365
729,531
75,000 1,500
9,150
96,620
96,620
Ellenburgh
60,027
384,264
3,000
387,264
2,700
Poru
45,157
918.380
17,600
900,780
69,850
970,630
Plattsburgh
27,917
1,989,505
16,300
2,005,805
435.900
2,441,705
Saranac.
69,096
551,951
541,251
35,510
576,761
Schuyler Falls
21,799
393,342
10,700 21,900
371,442
66,475
437,917
Totals.
$9,371,781
$0,371,781
$1,254,186
$10,625,067
XVI .- Churches.
PROPERTY.
DENOMINATIONS.
Organizations.
Edifices.
Sittings.
Membership.
Church Edifice, with Lots.
Other Real Estate.
Baptist
2
1
400
168
$3,500
$3,500 9,000
$800
Congregational ...
3
3
1500
80
26,000
Free- Will Baptist
1
1
250
45
4,500
Friends.
1
1
500
3,500
Jewish
1
1
150
28
5,000
24,930
13,925
Presbyterian
7
7
2200
562
80.300
15,580
6,100
Protestant Episcopal ...
6
6
1200
300
31,700
9.000
2.575
Roman Catholic ......
17
17
8590
12,038
149,500
21,575
11,386
Wesleyan Methodist.
6
G
1350
345
13,500
6,750
2,250
XVII .- Population by Towns since 1790.
TOTAL POPULATION.
TOWNS.
When Formed.
1790.
1800.
1810.
1814. 1820.
1825.
1830.
1835.
1840.
1845.
1850.
1855.
1860.
1865.
1870.
1875.
Altona.
1857
1,665
1,820
2,759
3,445
Ansable ...
1839
1820
1,343
1,511
2,391
2,263
2,769
3,078
3,384
2,933
2,977
2,708
2,552
2,431
Black Brook
1788
578
1,169
1,210
942
1,618
1,824
2,45G
2,691
3,632
4,050
5,067
6,197
5,859
5,774
5,080
5.30G
Chazy
1804
1,466
1,404
2,313
2,396
3,097
3,023
3,584
3,571
4,324
4,462
3,399
3,381
3,206
3,068
Clinton ..
1854
723
1,271
1,371
1,512
1,863
Ellenburgh
1804
301
272
567
743
1,222
1.137
1.703
2.207
3,365
3,622
3,9.6
4,202
4,634
4,537
Pr.rn
1792
1,347
1,923
1,755
2,710
3.99G
4,949
5,796
3,134
3,273
3,640
3,522
3,389
3,087
2.632
2,832
Plattsburgh
1785
1,400
3,102
3,390
3,519
3.753
4,913
4,426
6,416
6,095
5,618
6,080
2,582
3,058
3,644
3,623
3,802
4,107
Schuyler Falls.
1848
2,110
1,937
1,976
1,871
1,684
1,717
Totals.
1,036
3,91G
8,002
7,763
12,070 14,486
19,344
20,742
28,157 31,278 40,047
42,484
45,687
45,713 47,947 50,252
3,222
3,976
4,492
3,803
3,227
2,694
2,863
3,203
Beekmantown.
1,064
1,598
2,525
3,025
3,452
3,282
3,5Gt
3,439
Champlain
1845
833
1,436
1,371
1,924
1,786
2,206
2,374
Dannemora
1830
645
1.171
902
1,504
1,751
2.348
*2,919
3,042
3,142
Movers
8,414
8,788
Saranac
1824
263
316
761
1,462
1,695
804,531
104,550
909.081
Clinton
42,054
180,215
181,715
181,715
Dannemora
31,050
105,770
387,264
Mooers
50,820
520,920
4,000
524,920
527,620
1,400
250
Methodist Episcopal ....
22
22
6225
1,933
99,600
Annual Amount Paid for Salaries of Clergy.
* Supplied from census of 1875 (for 1860). Evidently an omission in census of 1865.
6,630 7,195
458
1839
147
STATISTICAL. ·
XVIII .- Showing by Towns the Population in the Aggregate, and as Native or Foreign-born, as White or Colored, and as Male or Female ; also the number of Males of the Voting and Military Ages, of Persons of the School Age, of Aliens, of Land- owners, and of Illiterates.
TOWNS.
Total Population.
GENERAL NATIVITY.
RACE.
SEX.
MALES OF THE VOTING AGE (21 AND UPWARDS).
PERSONS OF SCHOOL AGE (5 AND UNDER 18).
Owners of Land.
Unable to read and
write (21 years old and upwards).
Altona
3,445
2.438
1,007
3.429
IG
1,813
1,632
407
761
379
215
137
615
GOG
574
370
425
Ansable
3,203
2,488
715
3,190
13
1,593
1,610
231
804
487
220
97
600
477
468
223
261
Berkmantown
2,431
1.9.36
435
2,404
27
1,229
1,202
57
640
415
174
51
429
377
357
408
127
Black Brook
3,439
2,589
850
3.433
6
1,803
1,636
191
799
396
326
77
649
603
551
177
391
Champlain
5,306
3,827
1,479
5,30G
2,676
2,630
697
714
311
264
979
822
747
567
534
Chazy
3,068
2,623
445
3,063
5
1,516
1,552
150
577
138
69
547
452
447
457
255
Clinton
2,374
1,492
882
2,371
1,827
36
1,260
11
1,627
1,515
242
743
457
181
105
540
536
501
244
217
Muoer's
4.537
3,349
1,188
4,537
2,282
2.255
430
1,046
551
362
133
743
738
739
585
326
Poru
2,832
2,426
2,830
2
1,483
1,349
132
811
585
138
88
598
399
385
340
155
Plattsburgh
8,788
6,827
1,961
8,779
9
4,349
4,439
50
2,127
1,249
672
206
1,590
1,348
1,291
803
732
Saranac
4.107
3.287
820
4,093
14
2,113
1,994 859
16
436
324
101
11
309
264
233
265
142
Totals.
50,252
38,687
11,565
50,109
143
25,8OG 24,446
3,724
12,50G 7,362
3,552
1,592
9,484
7,993
7,587
5,329
4,461
XIX .- Showing how many of the Inhabitants of each Town at the Census of 1875 were born in certain selected Counties, States, and Foreign Countries.
BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.
BORN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
TOWNS.
General Total.
Total.
Total.
Born in the County whero
Born in Connties of New
Co. where enumerated.
Born in other Connties of
In New Hampshire.
In Massachusetts.
In Rhode Island.
In Connecticut.
In New Jersey.
In Pennsylvania.
In other U. S.
Total.
In Canada.
In England.
In Ireland.
In Scotland.
In other Foreign Coun-
Altona
3,445
2.438
2,231
2,093
63
75
11
9
155
15
1
2
4
10
1,007
884
18
93
5
7
Ansable ..
3,203
2,488
2,279
1,817
365
97
1
22
117
20
1
9
2
11
20
715
368
119
2
183
40
Beekmantown
2,431
1.996
1,800
1,787
36
37
2
0
95
16
1
3
1
4:35
207
G
215
G
1
Black Brook
3,439
2.589
2.465
2,191
213
61
2
9
82
4
1
2
G
16
850
544
57
241
3
Champlain
5,306
3.827
3,577
3,401
58
118
165
34
12
2
1
3
1
22
445
370
18
48
7
Clinton.
2,374
1,492
1,422
1,299
70
47
1
43
11
1
Dannemora
1,863
1,398
1,248
828
348
53
20
1
S
1L
12
36
465
241
31
30
136
19
Ellenburgh
3,142
2,459
2,157
1,893
214
50
3
41
225
10
G
4
1
12
683
545
13
12
97
16
Movers.
4 537
3,349
3,078
2,924
GG
12
219
10
8
3
12
1,188
919
43
3
186
10
Plattsburgh
8,788
6,827
6,168
5,647
230
291
11
46
414
75
G
14
4
30
59
1,961 1,455
47
94
326
31
Schuyler Falls.
1,717
1,488
1,391
1,325
40
26
3
71
G
1
2
19
229
129
7
92
1
Totals.
50,252
38,687
35,654
32,556
1,668
1,430
51
206
2,032
275
21
70
35
87
256
11,565 8,308
402
147
2,380
176 152
POOR-HOUSE.
Until 1826 the town system of supporting the poor was in operation in this county. At the October session of the Board of Supervisors, in that year, the county systemn was adopted, and the sum of $500 was raised towards the pur- chase of a farm and erection of a poor-house. The farm of Ebenezer Allen, in Beekmantown, containing 90 acres, was purchased for the sum of $500. In May, 1827, the work of erecting the building was let to the lowest bidder for $1398, and Jonathan Barnes, at that time supervisor of Beek mantown, was chosen to superintend the work.
· The present county poor-house was ereeted in 1875. It is a neat and substantial briek structure four stories in height, exelusive of the basement, and is in the form of a parallelogram, 132 feet and 6 inches long by 44 feet and 6 inches wide, having a projection in front 44 feet and 6 inches by 15 feet. It is in all respects a perfeet building,
and one which refleets great eredit upon the citizens of Clinton County.
As an interesting statistieal document the following re- port of the superintendent of the poor of Clinton County for the year ending Oct. 31, 1878, is subjoined :
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of Clinton Co., N. Y. :
The undersigned, Superintendent of tho Poor in and for tho county of Clinton, N. Y., respectfully presents his annual report of the expenses of tho County Poor-House, and of tho relief given outside thereof, for and during the yoar onding Oct. 31, 1878, as follows :
EXPENDITURES.
Paid out by drafts on tho county treasuror for contingent expenses ...
$4,439.71
Duo by accounts audited at this session for supplies, ro- pairs, etc ....
8,351.49
Total expenditures.
$12,791.20
Said expenses and indebtedness were for the following purposes, viz. :
Males of the military
age (18 and under
Native.
Foreign
born.
White.
Colored.
Males.
Females.
Aliens.
Total.
Native.
Natural-
ized.
Aliens.
45).
Males.
Females.
414
498
Schuyler Falls
1,717
1,488
229
1,716
1
858
1,170 60.3
362 171
501
152
232
120
414
45,7
125
318
211
Dannemora
1.863
1,398
171
782
215
190
58
37
Ellenburgh
3.142
2,459
683
3,131
...
2
17
117
23
2
3
7
17
820
544
12
1
254
4
Saranac
4.107
3.287
3,099
2,937
78
84
3
29
102
13
...
7
2
2
406
183
24
2
163
7
27
Pern
2,832
2,426
2,269
2.096
105
68
52
411
1
4
174
7
3
7
1,479| 1,288
3
110
74
4
Clmzy
3,068
2,623
2,410
2,318
York contiguons to tho
New York.
In Maine.
In Vermont.
8337
545
925
531
3 1
699
719
In the German Empire.
236
8
1
10
882
6.31
7
7
8
27
8
trics.
enumerated.
40G
4651
1,204
1,289 784
121
131
...
3
148
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
For transportation of insane to hospital ..
$245.00
For salary of superintendent, keeper, and helpers.
2,776.18
For temporary relief .. 420.24
For coffins. 50.00
For miscellaneous 213.38
For dry-goods, clothing, shoes, ete .. 2,458.54
For repairs and sundry artieles for house. 1,192.02
For fuel, groceries, provisions, medicines, etc .. 5,435.84
Total ...
$12,791.20
ACCOUNT WITH COUNTY TREASURER.
Drafts were issued upon the funds in the hands of the county treas- urer for the following expenses, viz. :
To pay the indehtedness of the county house, audited at the last session of the board .. $6,190.95
To pay the temporary relief given out by town officers to county poor, also audited at the last session of the hoard ..
6,684.08
To pay contingent expenses for the past year ... 4,439.71
Total drawn. $17,314.74
ESTIMATES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
It will be necessary for your Hon. Board to raise and levy the fol- lowing amounts, viz. :
To pay the indehtedness of the county house, audited at the last session of the board. $8,351.49
To pay the temporary relief given out the past year, and audited at this session 6,451.39
To pay contingent expenses of the county house. 3,000.00
Total $17,802.88
RECORD OF THE POOR.
There were in the county house, Nov. 1, 1877 .. 80
Admitted during the year. 132
Born in the house. 4
Total
216
Classified as follows :
Males.
Females. 20
Tramps
72
72
0
Towns
86
46
40
Born
4
3
1
Totals
216
155
61
The average number of poor who have been inmates of the
county house a whole year is.
92.55
There were inmates of the house, Nov. 1, 1878 :
19
towns ..
43
-62
The number of deaths the past year was ..
11
Discharged, or otherwise have left the house 143
216
Of those remaining in the house Nov. 1, 1878, there were :
Males.
Females. 11
Idiots
12
9
3
Epileptics.
12
1
1
Other causes.
22
17
5
Total
62
42
20
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Altona .- Mary Bergevid, twenty-one years, Canadian, April 18, 1878. Ausable .- Mitchel Berry, seventy-five years, Irish, March 2, 1878. Ausahle .- Moses Dupree, twenty-one years, American, July 12, 1878. Beekmantown .- Franeis Betomy, seventy-one ycars, French, Dec. 1, 1877.
Chazy .- Henry Brusso, thirty-five years, Canadian, Dec. 29, 1877. Clinton .- John Reeor, seventy-seven years, Canadian, Nov. 2, 1877. Champlain .- Child Latour, eight days, Canadian, March 10, 1878.
Ellenburgh .-- L. Livernay's wife, ninety-eight years, Canadian, March 30, 1878.
Saranac .- Mrs. Smith, seventy years, Irish, Sept. 24, 1878.
County .- Thomas Alligat, thirty years, Irish, Sept. 25, 1878.
County .- Louis Stevens, sixty-seven years, Canadian, Dec. 5, 1877.
NATIVITY OF INMATES.
Males.
Females.
Americans
80
54
26
Canadian.
52
34
18
Trish
64
51
13
French
8
8
0
English.
8
4
4
German.
1
1
0
Welsh
2
2
0
Scotch
1
1
0
Total.
216
155
61
CAUSES OF PAUPERISM.
Males.
Females.
Idiocy
23
11
12
Lunaey
26
15
11
Old age.
9
4
5
Destitute.
53
36
17
Epileptic
N
1
1
Vagrancy
58
48
10
Intemperate ..
25
25
0
Cripple
6
5
1
Sickness and blind.
14
10
4
Total
216
155
61
BOARD ACCOUNT.
The whole numher of weeks' board given at the county house the past year is ..
48262
Divided as follows :
2927
To county poor officers and others. 18993
48262
The average cost of the hoard per day is .. 16 9
The average cost of the board per week is $1.12-63
The several amounts chargeable to towns for hoard, elothing, cof- fins, and transportation of insanes have been compiled in schedule form, which is hereto annexed, and forms a part of this, my report.
INVENTORY OF GOODS NOV. 1, 1878.
Value of the goods and chattels in and about the county house Nov. 1, 1878, as per inventory of the same, is as follows:
Live stock
$794.00
Farming implements
617.50
Household furniture.
833.31
Clothing, dry goods, and shoes 1202.75
Provisions and groceries.
369.62
Fuel
112.50
Medicine.
20.00
Sundry articles
310.53
Total
$4260.21
PRODUCTS OF THE FARM.
There has heen raised on the farm the following produce, to wit : Thirty-five tons of hay, 8 tons of straw, 4 tons eorn-fodder, 2 tons bean-straw, 200 hushels oats, 75 hushels heans, 125 hushels huck- wheat, 700 hushels potatoes, 120 bushels onions, 400 hushels heets, 150 bushels turnips, 125 bushels carrots, 600 pounds tohacco, 600 pounds of butter, 45 harrels soap, 2400 pounds heef,-the whole valued at $2134.75.
CHAPTER XXXV.
PLATTSBURGH.
English Grant-The First White Settler-Count de Fredenburgh -His Location-Mysterious Disappearance-State Bounty Lands -The Platt Patent-Original Proprietors-The First Grist- and Saw-Mills-The First Forge- The "Gift Lots"-The Mill-Privi- lege-The Building Lots-Plattsburgh in 1798-In 1811-Pioneer Attorneys-First Physicians-Events of 1811-1823-Cumberland Head.
ON the 11th of January, 1769, a warrant was issued by the English government for 30,000 aeres of land in this seetion to Count Charles de Fredenburgh, formerly a captain in the British army. He had, however, visited the seetion covered by the warrant some years previously and com-
Lunaties
26
15
County
54
34
Chargeable to tho county.
To town poor ...
STREET VIEW IN PLATTSBURGH, SHOWING COURT HOUSE AND EPISCOPAL CHURCH, & ;
RESIDENCE OF C. E. M. EDWARDS, BROAD ST, PLATTSBURGH, N. Y.
149
TOWN OF PLATTSBURGH.
menced improvements, which consisted of a dwelling, which stood within the present corporate limits of the village, and a saw-mill three miles up the Saranac. De Fredenburgh remained here several years, his nearest neigh- bors being John La Frombois, in Chazy, and William Hay and Henry Cross, who resided on Friswell's patent, oppo- site the island of Valcour. He was doubtless a man of considerable importance and pecuniary wealth, and it is said that his dwelling here was furnished in a sumptuous manner. " Here," says Judge Palmer, " surrounded by the families of his workmen, who dwelt in rude cabins near the lake or at the ' falls,' he lived with his wife and children in almost unbroken solitude, looking forward to the day when his broad acres would be cleared, and his possessions on the Saranac should produce baronial wealth." This dream, however, was never realized. The cloud of the coming Revolution frightened his family from their forest home, and they removed to Montreal, and a short time before the war De Fredenburgh alone returned to protect his property. His mill and dwelling were soon after burned down, and he mysteriously disappeared. The Revolution soon burst over the land, which effectually stopped all im- migration to this section, and it was not until 1785 that subsequent permanent settlement was made in this vicinity.
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