History of Onondaga County, New York, Part 16

Author: Clayton, W.W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 840


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215


255


274


122


213


1,229


1,239


72


420


421


97,001


11,766


10,595


Fabius


1.44


282


382


190


43


2,762


2,706


91


1,700


1,504


130,836


159,300


Geddes ..


69


75


53


15


400


4403


9


ot


20,640


142,827


LaFayette .


285


301


393


163


4-


1,607


1,600


123


336


278


162,255


200


290


Lysander .


426


518


672


183


321


2,383


2,439


128


9-5


1,018


190,468


7,600


19,150


Manlius .. .


274


342


475


190


58


1,797


1,947


94


587


134,446


180


25,241


Marcellus .


151


196


244


151


67


1,091


1,072


55


8.4


144,400


11,737


199,234


Otisco ..


267


281


312


134


27


1,207


1,151


2IS


1,838


1,991


245.077


14,427


40,998


Salina


47


93


292


161


117


1,197


1,228


1.41


1.


21


142,385


6,442


10,947


Spafford.


2So


306


398


156


151


1,2.42


1,292


79


207,260


2,030


Syracuse . .


19


19


25


3


el


38


30


5


1,950


Tully.


174


208


25.3


1.18


I 1


1,261


1,239


GS


309


270


123,188


100,978


10,000


Van Buren . ..


327


379


478


154


328


1,272


1,286


SS


64


67


142,630


13,038


Total ..


5,005


5,80.4


7.347


3,151


1,960 29,956 30,505


1,748


7,951


8,006 2,720,027


420,731 1,059,204


SIII LP.


SWINE


NUMIER SI S.


W'RIGHT OF CLIF


LAMN


KAI P.D.


Slaugh- tered.


Kived by dogs.


ON FARMS JUNE 1, 1575. Slaughtered on farms.


l'ork made on farms


CIVIL DIVISIONS


1874.


1574-


No ber.


Nu ber


l'ounds.


l'ound


Number


Number.


Number


Number. Number.


Number.


Number.


Pounds.


Camillus


5,00:


3,269 24,220 17,310


1,703


1,706


96


19


993


8.46


787


190,031


Cicero


1,020


995


4,472


4.414


737


731


S 3


93


1,007


969


969


241,536


Clay


1,288


1,253


5,5SS


5,477


984


971


95


55


1,202


1,905


1,192


275,055


De Witt.


1,575


1,187


9,138


9,235


1,026


737


63


632


705


731


168,050


Elbridge


3,06.4


2,756 15,959 15.382


1,255


1,217


56


16


675


575


898


206,333


Fabius


439


436


2,18S


2,170


238


394


10


366


434


293


83,596


Geddes


320


224


1,712


1,151


175


105


36


16


166


144


130


33,835


La Fayette


3,068


2,778 15,878 14,618


1.328


1.397


73


GSS


878


712


188,321


Lysander.


2,281


2,122 10,416


9,759


1,592


1,793


33


1,220


1,273


1,537


374,885


Manlius.


2,198


2,341 12,313 12,977


1, OS I


1,112


140


37


1,015


1,366


1,022


253,843


Marcellus


4,066


3,841 23,799 22,333


1,628


1,658


94


476


729


757


190,620


Onondaga


3,840


2,733 20,324 15,140


I, S71


1,860


94


48


1,786


2,162


1,643


414,093


Otisco ..


2,013


1,970 11,132 11,116


907


1,065


26


20


614


393


600


147,192


Pompey


5.301


4,836 30,526 27,861


1,739


1,636


116


94


840


98 1


1,024


270,102


Salina


338


199 1,228


913


251


168


30


17


371


441


239


55,694


Skaneateles


5,224


4.578 30.332 26,373


1,991


2,269


258


35


878


544


1,027


226,057


Spafford .


3,371


3,274 20,358 19,226


1,286


1,41 1


SS


611


856


531


28


6,100


Tully. .


1,002


593


5,096 3,038


596


338


88,776


Van Buren


2,432


2,235 11, 861 10,631


1,313


1,285


6S


29


913


905


937


223,264


Total.


47,859 41,956256665229124 21 728 22,084


1,555


644 14,741


16,758


15,3953,770,211


+6+


573


684


262


117


2,308


2,306


21


43


141,319


141,746


9,350


So


Pompey


491


559


765


375


53


2,956


3,110


6


26,905


88


197,061


25


9


682


Skaneateles ..


262


222


15-4.


19-5.


18-4.


18-4.


Pigs of Of 18-4 and 1575. older.


Onondaga. ..


1,900


60


DAIRY PRODUCTS.


Calle


187 5.


18-4.


Calse


City of Syracuse ..


16.


125 ....


20


16


.


S


S


297


56


603


132,828


S


698


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HISTORY OF ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.


CHAPTER XVIII.


JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS UNDER HER- KIMER COUNTY-ONONDAGA COUNTY CIVIL LIST -MILITARY ORGANIZATION - POPULATION OF THE COUNTY FROM ISOO TO 1875.


T HE following were judicial and executive offi- cers for Herkimer county from 1791 to 1794, while Onondaga was a part of that county : Henri Staring, First Judge and Justice of the Peace ; Michael Myers, Hugh White and Abraham Hardenburgh, Judges and Justices of the Peace ; John Bank, Patrick Campbell, Jedediah Sanger, Amos Whitmore, William Veeder, Alexander Park- man and Ephraim Blackman, Assistant Judges and Justices of the Peace; Seth Phelps, Moses De Witt, Asa Danforth, Edward Payne and others, Justices of the Peace ; William Colbraith, Sheriff ; Jonas Platt, Clerk ; Moses DeWitt, Surrogate ; John Post and Daniel White, Coroners.


In 1793, for Herkimer county, were rëappointed Seth Phelps, Asa Danforth, Moses DeWitt, J. L. Hardenburgh and Silas Halsey, Assistant Justices and Justices of the Peace.


JUDGES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 1794 TO 1878 .- Seth Phelps, First Judge : Silas Halsey, John Richardson and Moses DeWitt, Judges and Justices of the Peace, 1794; William Stevens, Judge, 1795 ; Asa Danforth, Judge, 1797 ; William Stevens, First Judge, 1799; Elihu Lewis, Ebenezer Butler, Asa Danforth, Judges and Justices of the Peace ; Dan Bradley, Judge, 1801 ; John Ballard, Judge, 1802; William J. Vredenburgh, Judge, 1804 ; Reuben Humphreys, Judge ; Reuben Hum- phreys, First Judge ; Dan Bradley, John Ballard and William J. Vredenburgh, Judges and Justices of the Peace, 1805 ; Dan Bradley, First Judge, 1808; Squire Munro, Roswell Tousley and Wil- liam J. Vredenburgh, Judges ; Jonathan Stanley and Ozias Burr, Judges, 1809; Jacob R. DeWitt, James Geddes and Sylvanus Tousley, Judges, 1812 ; Joshua Forman, First Judge, 1813 ; Reuben Hum- phreys, Judge, 1814; Jacob R. DeWitt, Squire Munro, Amos Tousley and John TenEyck, Judges, 1815 ; James O. Wattles and Warren Hecox, Judges, 1818 ; Jonathan Stanley, Squire Munro, Levi Mason and James Webb, Judges, 1819; Nehemiah H. Earll, First Judge ; John Mason, George Pettit and James Sisson, Jr., Judges, 1823 ; Nehemiah H. Earll, First Judge, 1828 ; George Pettit, Martin M. Ford, Otis Bigelow and John Smith, Judges, 1828 ; Samuel L. Edwards, First Judge, 1831; John Watson, Judge, 1833; Otis Bigelow, David Munro, George Pettit and James M.


Allen, Judges ; Grove Lawrence, First Judge, 1838 ; Nathan Soule, Oliver R. Strong, Lyman H. Mason and Johnson Hall, Judges ; Daniel Pratt, First Judge, 1843; John L. Stevens, George A. Stans- bury, Lyman Kingsley, Amasa H. Jerome, Judges ; James R. Lawrence, Judge, 1847; Richard Wool- worth, Judge, 1850, appointed vice J. R. Lawrence, resigned ; Israel Spencer, Judge, elected, 1850; Richard Woolworth, Judge, elected 1854; Henry Riegel, elected 1862, rëelected each subsequent term and present Judge of the County Court.


JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT .- The follow- ing have been Judges of the Supreme Court resi- dent in Onondaga county : Hon. Daniel Pratt, Syracuse, for four years, elected June 7, 1847 ; re- elected November 4, 1851. Hon. LeRoy Morgan, Syracuse, for eight years, elected November 8, 1859 ; rëelected November 5, 1867, for eight years, Hon. James Noxon, Syracuse, elected November, 1875, for fourteen years from January 1, 1876.


The old Supreme Court of Judicature, existing prior to the Constitution of 1846, had one Chief Justice, a resident of this county, viz : Hon. Free- born G. Jewett, of Skaneateles, in 1845.


JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS .- The Judges of the Court of Appeals who have been residents of this county are as follows : Hon. Freeborn G. Jewett, Skaneateles, two years, elected June 7, 1847 : Hon. George F. Comstock, Syracuse, elected November 7, 1853 ; Hon. Charles Andrews, Syracuse, elected May, 1870, fourteen years, to expire December 31, 1884.


Hon. Daniel Pratt and Hon. LeRoy Morgan, Justices of the Supreme Court, were cx officio Judges of the Court of Appeals, the former from January 1, 1850, to January 1, 1851, and the latter from January 1, 1866, to January 1, 1867.


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT .- Northern District of New York .- The following have been officers of this Court, resident in this County : Joseph F. Sabin, United States Commissioner, 1850; James R. Lawrence, United States District Attorney, 1850; Harry Allen, United States Mar- shal. The first Deputy-Marshal was Peter Way, deceased ; William Cahill, appointed in his stead. B. Davis Noxon, United States Commissioner, ap- pointed Oct. 22, 1867 ; William C. Ruger, United States Commissioner, appointed July 8, 1858 ; Daniel F. Gott, Register in Bankruptcy, appointed May 10, 1867 ; A. Judd Northrup, United States Commissioner, appointed March 22, 1870 ; Daniel F. Gott, United States Commissioner, appointed April 2, 1872; William J. Wallace, Judge, ap- pointed April 7, 1874.


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HISTORY OF ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.


SURROGATES FOR ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 1794. TO 1978 .- Moses De Witt, 1794: Thomas Mum- ford, 1795, Thaddeus M. Wood, 1800 : George Ilall, 1802, Medad Curtis. 1810 : George Hall, 1811 ; James Porter, 1821 : Freeborn G. Jewett, 1824: John Fleming, 1831 ; Isaac T. Minard, 18440 ; David D. Hillis, 1844; Isaac T. Minard, 1847 : L. Harris Hiscock, 1851 : Amasa 11. Jerome, 1855 : Samuel D. Luce, 1859 ; Oscar L. Sprague, 1863: De Witt C. Greenfield, 1865 : Cyrus Sweet, 186), reelected each subsequent term and present incumbent. No Special Surrogates have ever been appointed in this County.


CLARKS OF ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 17944 TO 1878. Benjamin Ledyard, appointed, 1794 ; Com- fort Tyler. 1790. Jasper Hopper, 1802 ; George W. Olmsted, 1810 ; Jasper Hopper, 1811 ; Tru- man Adams, 1818 : Daniel Mosely, 1823 ; Reuben L. Hess, 1826, Alanson Edwards, 1835 : Elijah Rhoades, elected, 1838 ; Charles T. Hlicks, 1841 : Vivus W. Smith, 18446; Rufus Cossit, 1849 ; Bern- ard Slocum, 1852; Edwin P. Hopkins, 1855 : Vic- tory J. Birdseye, 1858: Elijah S. Payne, 1861; Carroll E. Smith, 1864: Theodore L. Poole, 1867 ;


Edgar E. Ewers, 1870 ; Charles A. Hurd, elected November, 1873-died before entering upon the duties of his office ; Charles E. Hubbell, elected at special election, December 27, 1873 : Thomas H. Scott, elected, November, 1876-present incum- bent.


SIII RIFFS OF ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 1794 TO 1878. John Harris. 1794 : Abiather Hull, 1796; Comfort Tyler, 1797; Elnathan Beach, 1799 ; Ebenezer R. Hawley, 1801 ; Elijah Phillips, 1805 ; Robert Earll, 18og ; Elijah Rust, 1813 ; Jonas Earl, 1814; Hezekiah L. Granger, 1818; Jonas Earll, 1819; Luther Marsh, 1823; Lewis Smith, 1826; John H. Johnson, 1829: Johnson Hall, 1832 ; Dorastus Lawrence, 1835 ; Elihu 1. Phillips, 1838 ; Frederick Benson, 1841 ; Heber Wetherby, 1844; Joshua C. Cuddeback, 1846; William C. Gardner, 18449; Holland W. Chadwick, 1852; James M. Munro, 1855 ; George 1. Maynard, 1858: Byron 1). Benson, 186t ; Jared C. Williams, 1864; De Witt C. Toll, 1867 ; William Evans, 1870 ; Davis Cossitt," 1873 ; John J. Meldram, elected November, 1876-present Sheriff.


TREASURERS OF ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 1794 ro 1878 -Appointed by the Board of Supervisors : Moses Carpenter, May 27, 1794; Jacob R. DeWitt, 1709 ; Jacobus DePuy, October 1, 1805 ; Oliver R.


Strong, October 5. 1809-resigned November 11, 1830; Moses S. Marsh, appointed November 12, -declined November 13, 1830; Hezekiah Strong, appointed November 13, 1830,-died 1842 ; Benja- min F. Colvin, appointed November, 1842 ; George B. Walters, December, 1844; Phares Gould, November, 1845.


The office of County Treasurer was made elective by the people, in 1846, since when the following persons have been elected : Cornelius M. Bros- nan, elected November, 1846; entered on the duty of his office January 1, 1847,- resigned December 9, 1848 ; Wheeler Truesdell, appointed to fill vacancy, December 9, 1848 ; elected Treasurer, January 1, 1849 : Columbus C. Bradley, elected November. 1851, entered upon his office January 1, 1852: Barton M. Hopkins, elected November, 1854; Patrick HI. Agan, November, 1857 ; Henry W. Slocum, November, 1860 ; Dudley P. Phelps, November, 1863 ; Park Wheeler, Novem- ber, 1866; George H. Gilbert, November, 1869; Charles W. Ostrander, November, 1872 ; Robert Hewitt, elected November, 1875, present Treasurer.


MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM ONONDAGA COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT OF WHICH IT WAS PART, FROM 1802 To 1878. - The Colonial Congress was entitled to six delegates from New York. After the adop- tion of the Constitution, the number entitled to scats from this State was still six, in the first and second Congresses, from 1789 to 1791. In 1792, a new apportionment was made under which ten members were allowed to New York. In 1802, the counties of Onondaga, Tioga and Chenango were formed into one Congressional District (the Ninth) and were entitled to one member.


In the 9th Congress, Hon. Eri Tracy of Chenango, was elected to represent the district. Of the same Congress, Hon. Silas Halscy, of Cayuga, formerly a Judge of Onondaga County Courts, was also a member.


In the 10th Congress, Hon. Reuben Humphreys, of Onondaga, represented the Thirteenth District ; Hon. John Harris, of Cayuga, formerly Sheriff of Onondaga county, was a member from the Four- teenth District ; and Hon. William Kirkpatrick. Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs, rep- resented the Eleventh District. Hon. Eri Tracy represented the Sixteenth District in the 11th and 12th Congresses ( 1809 to 1813.) In 1813-14, in the 13th Congress, Hon. James Geddes represented the new district (Nineteenth) composed of the counties of Onondaga and Cortland. In the 14th Congress ( 1815-16) Victory Birdseye was Represen- tative ; 15th, James Porter : 16th, George Hall ; 17th


* The official signature ot Mr. C itt shows that he spells his name with two final "t's." Ihis father, Rufus C ssit, and other members of the family, spelled their name with one final " t."


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and 18th, Elisha Litchfield ; 19th, Luther Badger ; 20th and 21st, Jonas Earll, Jr. ; 22d, Freeborn G. Jewett ; 23d, 24th and 25th, William Taylor ; 26th, Nehemiah H. Earll ; 27th, Victory Birdseye ; 28th and 29th, Horace Wheaton ; 30th and 31st, Daniel Gott. [In 1822 Onondaga was a district alone, till 1832, when it was made a joint district with Madi- son county, and entitled to two members. In 1842 it was again a single district, as it now stands ;] 32d and 33d, Daniel T. Jones; 34th and 35th, Amos P. Granger ; 36th and 37th, Charles B. Sedgwick ; 38th and 39th, Thomas T. Davis ; 40th and 4Ist, Dennis McCarthy ; 42d and 43d, R. Hol- land Duell ; 44th and 45th, Frank Hiscock.


STATE SENATORS FOR ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 1799 TO 1878 .- At the time of the adoption of the first Constitution of the State of New York in 1777, Tryon county was entitled to six members of Assembly and the State was divided into four Senatorial Districts. The Western District was composed of the counties of Albany and Tryon, and six Senators were annually chosen from the body of the freeholders of the State for the term of four years. As the population of the country increased various alterations were made, and Senators were chosen at large for the Western District. But it seems that Senators were not over punctual in their attendance from the western part of the State. From the Journal of the Senate we find the follow- ing members in attendance from Onondaga up to 1822 :* Moss Kent, 1799 ; Jedediah Sanger, 1800; William Stewart, 1801 ; Joseph Annin, (Cayuga) 1802 ; Asa Danforth, 1803 ; (none from Onondaga county from 1806 to 1815 ; ) Henry Seymour, 1816, '17, '18 and'19 ; none in 1821 and '22. (After the change of the Constitution in 1822 the State was divided into eight Senatorial Districts. The Seventh was composed of Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Ontario counties, after which we have the following Senators from Onondaga) : Jonas Earll, Jr., 1823 ; Victory Birdseye, 1827 ; Hiram F. Mather, 1829; Samuel L. Edwards, 1833; Elijah Rhoades, 1841 ; James Sedgwick, 1845. (Senators under the Constitution of 1846) : George Geddes, 1848, '49, '50 and '51 ; James Munro, 1852, '53,'54 and '55 ; James Noxon, 1856 and '57 ; John J. Foote, 1858 and'59 ; Allen Munroe, 1860, '61, '62 and '63 ; Andrew D. White, 1864, '65, '66 and '67 ; George N. Kennedy, 1868, '69, '70 and '71 ; Daniel P, Wood, 1872, '73, '74 and '75 ; Dennis McCarthy, 1876 and '77, present Senator.


MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY FOR ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM 1794 TO 1878 .- Michael Myers was elected a


Member from Herkimer in 1792. After the organi- zation of Onondaga county, it was a joint district with Herkimer, and Jedediah Sanger represented the two counties in the House in 1794-'95. There was no return for Member of Assembly for either Her- kimer or Onondaga for the years 1796 and 1797. Comfort Tyler and Silas Halsey were Members for Onondaga in 1798 and 1790. In the latter year Cayuga was taken off, and Ebenezer Butler elected for Onondaga county ; also Member in 1800 ; Asa Danforth, 1801 and 1802; John McWhorter and John Lamb, 1803; James Geddes and John Mc Whorter, 1804: William J. Vredenburgh and John Ballard, 1805; Jasper Hopper and William J. Vredenburgh, 1806; Ozias Burr and Squire Munro, 1807 ; Joshua Forman and John McWhorter, 1808 ; Jacobus DePuy and Barnet Mooney, 1809 ; Jacobus DePuy and Barnet Mooney, 1810 ; Jasper Hopper and Robert Earll, 1811; Jonathan Stanley and Barnet Mooney, 1812; Isaac Smith and Moses Nash, 1813; Moses Nash and Barnet Mooney, 1814 ; Hezekiah L. Granger and James Porter, 1815 ; Truman Adams, Elijah Miles, George Hall and Nathan Williams, 1816; Gideon Wilcoxon, James Webb, Asa Wells and Elijah Miles, 1817 ; David Munro, Abijah Earll, Asa Wells and James Webb, ISI8; David Munro, Henry Case, Nathan Williams and Elisha Litchfield, 1819 ; Lewis Smith, Jonas Earli, Jr., Henry Seymour and Henry Field, 1 820; Jonas Earl, Jr., Lewis Smith, George Pettit and Jonathan Deming, 1821 : James Geddes, David Munro, Josephus Baker and Sylvester Gardner, 1822 ; Victory Birdseye, Timothy Baker, Samuel L. Edwards and Harrold White, 1823 : Samuel L. Edwards, Timothy Baker, George Pettit and Mat- thew Van Vleck, 1824 ; James R. Lawrence, Moses Kinne, James Pettit and Erastus Baker, 1825 ; John G. Forbes, David Willard, Freeborn G. Jewett and Chauncey Betts, 1826; Daniel Mosely, Chauncey Betts, Charles Jackson and Aaron Burt, 1827 ; Timothy Barber, Aaron Burt, Daniel Baxter and Gideon Frothingham, 1828; Lewis Smith, Samuel R. Matthews, Johnson Hall and Herman Jenkins, 1829; Johnson Hall, Dorastus Lawrence, Thomas J. Gilbert and Timothy Brown, 1830 ; Thomas J. Gilbert, Otis Bigelow, Elisha Litchfield and J. H. Parker, 1831 ; Miles W. Bennett, Elisha Litchfield, Elijah W. Curtis and Ichabod Moss, 1832; Asa Eastwood, Elisha Litchfield, Myron L. Mills and Gabriel Tappan, 1833 ; Oliver R. Strong, Horace Wheaton, Jared H. Parker and Squire M. Brown, 1834; George Pettit, John Wilkinson, Sanford C. Parker and David C. Lytle, 1835 ; Sanford C. Par- ker, John Wilkinson, David Munro and Daniel Den-


* I Clark's Onondaga, 397.


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HISTORY OF ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.


ison, 1836; Nathan Soule, W'm. Porter, Jr., George l'ettit and Daniel Denison, 1837 ; Phares Gould, Victory Birdseye, James R. Lawrence and Azariah Smith, 1838 ; James R. Lawrence, Azariah Smith, Phares Gould and James L. Voorhees, 1839: Victory Birdseye, Azariah Smith, James R. Lawrence and Phares Gould, 1840; Moses D. Burnet, David Munro, William Taylor and William Fuller, 1841 ; William Taylor, William Fuller, David Munro and John Spencer, 1842 : Thomas Mccarthy, Charles R. Vary, Benjamin French and Thomas Sherwood, 1843 ; Elisha Litchfield, Seth Hutchinson, Thomas G. Alvord and Warner Abbott 18444 : David Pres- ton, Dennis McCarthy, Julius C. Kinne and Lake I. Teft, 1845 : Lake I. Teft, Julius C. Kinne, Alonzo Wood and Elihu L. Phillips, 1846 : Manoah Pratt, William Henderson, John Lakin and Joseph Prindle, 1847 : Curtis J. Ilurd, Thomas Spencer, Horace Hazen and James Little, 18448 ; Joseph J. Glass, Myron Wheaton, Joseph Slocum and Samuel Hart, 18449: James Little, Benjamin J. Cowles, Elias W. Leavenworth and Harvey G. Anderson, 1850: Demosthenes C. LeRoy, John F. Clark, George Stevens and Daniel Denison, 1851 ; Lyman Norton, William E. Tallman, George Stevens and John Merritt, 1852 ; Alonzo Case, Samuel S. Knee- land, Daniel P. Wood and Isaac V. V. Hibbard, 1853 ; James M. Munro, Milton A. Kinney. Daniel P. Wood and William Richardson, 1854: James M. Munro, William J. Machan, Dudley P. Phelps and Joshua V. H. Clark, 1855 ; Irvin Williams, James Longstreet, Burr Burton and Jabez Lewis, 1856 ; John D. Rhoades, Sidney Smith, Elias W. Leavenworth and Charles M. Meade, 1857 ; James Frazee, Thomas G. Alvord and Levi S. Holbrook, 1858; Luke Ranney, Henry W. Slocum and Orin Aylsworth, 1859; Jeremiah Emerick, Austin Myers and Philetus Clark, 18Co: Jeremiah Emer- ick, Austin Myers and Abner Chapman, 1861; Frederick A. Lyman, Thomas G. Alvord and R. Nelson Gere, 1862; James M. Munro, Elizur Clark and Joseph Breed, 1863 ; Albert L. Green, Thomas G. Alvord and Conrad Shoemaker, 1864; Albert 1 .. Green, Daniel P. Wood and Harvey P. Tolman, 1865 ; Luke Ranney, Daniel P. Wood and L. Har- ris Hiscock, 1866; Daniel P. Wood, L. Harris His- cock and Samuel Candee, 1867 ; Augustus G. S. Allis, Luke Ranney and Iliram Eaton, 1868 ; James V. Kendall, Moses Summers and Miles B. Hackett, 1869 ; Thomas G. Alvord, Nathan R. Tefft and Gustavus Sniper, 1870; Thomas G. Al- vord, Peter Burns and Gustavus Sniper, 1871; Thomas G. Alvord, Peter Burns and Gustavus Sniper, 1872 ; Wm. II. H. Gere, George Raynor


and John I. Furbeck, 1873 ; Thomas G. Alvord, George Barrow and Charles Simon, 1874 ; Allen Munroe, Carroll E. Smith and C. Fred. Herbst, 1875 ; Thomas G. Alvord, Carroll E. Smith and C. Fred. Herbst, 1876 : Thomas G. Alvord, Samuel Willis and Josiah G. Holbrook 1877.'7S.


DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION-1822: Victory Birdseye. Parley E. Howe, Amasi Case, Asa Eastwood.


Convention of 1846: William Taylor. Elijah Rhoades, Cyrus HI. Kingsley, David Munro.


Convention of 1867 : Hon. Frank Hiscock, Hon. Charles Andrews, L. Harris Hiscock. Hon. Thomas G. Alvord, Patrick Corbett.


Members of the Constitutional Commission- 1872 : Hon. Elias W. Leavenworth and Hon. Daniel Pratt.


REGENTS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. - The members of this Board, except ex officio members, are appointed for life, unless they resign. Ilon. Elias W. Leavenworth, as Secretary of State, was ex officio member of the Board in 1854 and 1855. Hle was appointed a member permanently Feb. 5, 1861, vice Jesse Buell, deceased. Orris H. Warren, D. D., appointed a member of this Board, vice Dr. George, resigned, April 11, 1877.


OTHER STATE OFFICERS .- Hon. Thomas G. Alvord, elected Lieutenant Governor Nov. 8, 1864 ; Speaker of the House of Assembly, June 26, 1858, and Jan 5, 1864.


Hon. E. W Leavenworth, elected Secretary of State Nov., 1853.


Hon. Daniel Pratt elected Attorney General Nov. 4. 1873.


Gen. Henry A. Barnum elected State Prison In- spector Nov. 7, 1865.


John M. Jaycox elected Canal Commissioner Nov. 4, 1857 ; Reuben W. Stroud Nov. 4, 1872.


Hon. Elisha Litchfield elected Speaker of the House of Assembly Jan. 2. 1844.


Hon. Vivus W. Smith, State Appraiser, appoint- ed Jan. 24, 1872, vice Samuel North.


FIRST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ONONDAGA COUNTY, 1794 .- The first meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Onondaga county was held at the house of Asa Danforth, in the town of Manlius, on Wednesday, May 27, 1794. The following named persons composed the Board : Silas Halsey, of Ovid ; Benjamin Boardman, of Romulus ; Ezekiel Crane, of Aurelius : Comfort Tyler, of Manlius ; John Stoyles, of Scipio ; Moses De Witt, of Pompey. Not present : Wyllys Bishop, of Milton ; Robert McDowell, of Ulysses ; and William


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HISTORY OF ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.


Stevens, of Marcellus. The towns of Homer and Lysander were not then organized.


The accounts of the Board were kept in pounds, shillings, pence and farthings, till the year 1798. In 1794, the total valuation of property in the county was £19,479. The total tax raised was £273.17-34d. In 1797 the Board of Supervisors gave the following : Total inhabitants, 1,759 ; total valuation of property, $146,679.37. In 1799, after Cayuga was set off, the population was 1,036.


In December, 1795, the Board of Supervisors met in Scipio, then included in Onondaga county. The following report of their action is copied from an original manuscript in the possession of Mr. James W. Gould, of Syracuse, which is among other old and valuable relics preserved by his father, who was one of the pioneers of Onondaga :


" A RESOLVE OF THE SUPERVISORS AT THEIR MEETING IN SCIPIO."


" Resolved, That the following recommendations be transmitted to the different towns in this county by their respective Supervisors, viz :


Whereas, The Supervisors of the county of On- ondaga have many inconveniences by the various modes taken in the different towns in assessing the ratable property in the county, have thought it a duty to recommend to the assessors of each respect- ive town next to be chosen in said town, a mode of taking the valuation of property which appears to us the most eligible in our local situation, desiring this to be publicly read at the next annual town meeting, which uniform mode will render the next Board of Supervisors, our successors in office, more capable of doing justice in levying taxes in our in- fant state, viz :


Estimate as follows :


Improved lands of a medium quality


20s. per acre.


Working oxen of a medium


quality


£16 per yoke.


Cows of a medium quality £ 5 per piece.


Young cattle of three years old and under 20s. per year.


Horses of a medium quality .. .£10 per piece.


Colts three years old and under 40s. per year. Hogs that will weigh 100 weight 20s. per piece.


Negro men £50 per head.


Negro wenches. £30 per head.


Grist Mills £50 per piece. Saw mills £30 per piece.




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