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William W. Crawford, the first supervisor, lived District No. 8 .- From the school-house No. 20 to the town line near the Widow Shear's, and from the east of Thompson's Ridge, on the farm now owned by John Erskine Crawford. Oliver Mills lived at+ turnpike near Peter Weller's to the town line. Nich- Searsville, and had a small grist-mill. Jacobus olas Leybolt (overseer), Robert Jordan, Joseph Elder, Thomas Bull, David Shurdy, William Kirkead, Ed- ward Sloter, John Cavanaugh, Ephraim Hunt, John Jordan, Moses Jordan, Thomas Brass, Joseph Fitz- Smith resided on the place now owned by his son Henry. Moses Crawford lived at Collaburgh, where Alexander Crawford now resides.
Daniel Bull is the well-known citizen, already men- gerald, P. Weller.
tioned, who purchased 1000 acres at Bullville. His
homestead was the place now owned by the heirs of the late David C. Bull. Henry Weller lived on Comfort Hill. Robert D. Hunter resided near Pine Bush, where his grandson, Townley Crawford, now lives. Samuel Stevenson lived near the extreme southeast part of this town. Archibald Crawford lived in Pine Bush. He had kept a hotel at Colla- burgh, and was also a surveyor.
John C. Nicholson, the first collector, was at Sears- ville, though he lived for a time in another part of the town.
Lewis Scott lived at Old Hopewell. Alexander Thompson's place was where the present Alexander Thompson now lives. Hieronomus Weller was a blacksmith at Pine Bush. Isaac Van Doren, one of the inspectors of common schools, was the minister of that name mentioned in the church histories. George Hunter and Charles Winfield, the other two school inspectors, were the physicians mentioned elsewhere. The teachers were thus placed under the care of the ministers and the doctors. Joseph Elder, town officer of 1823, was the well-known prominent citizen of Bullville. James Bruyn resided where Leander Gillespie now lives. John W. Henry was in the western part of the town. Peter Weller lived a mile above Bullville, on the place now owned by Edwin Green. Nathaniel Hunter lived near Pine Bush, on the place now owned by George D. Shafer. Benjamin Dickerson resided in the west part of the town. Edward Schoonmaker kept a hotel at Old Hopewell. Arthur Slott resided at Pine Bush and owned the grist-mill. David Sease, town clerk for many years, resided at Searsville, and was sheriff of the county for some years.
It is unnecessary to continue this memorandum upon the names of the thirty-nine overseers of high- ways, for the number of the districts, as given below, will easily indicate their location.
Coming down to a later period, the following mem- orandum of road districts for 1813, taken from the town-books of Montgomery, shows very nearly the names and location of the families of Crawford sev- enty years ago. The numbers are of course those of 1813, not of the present time.
The remainder of the districts are given in the chapter on Montgomery. The names upon the terri- tory of the two towns are so similar that it is difficult to assign the districts to each town with exactness. Several of them were very likely joint districts as the town line now exists.
District No. 9 .- From the town line near Samuel
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Stephenson's to William Cross, and from the school- house near David Redfield's to Wm. Sherer's bridge. Eli Godfrey (overseer ), Esther McCreery, Tobias God- frey, Widow Hill, Joseph McCreery.
District No. 10 .- From Robert Fitzgerald's to Fred- erick Shafer's bridge. Nicholas Hulslander (over- seer), Frederick Shafer, Fred Loring, John Cruver, Nathaniel Caldwell, John Caldwell, William Elder, Abraham Caldwell, James Caldwell, Dennis Hunt, Robert W. Crawford.
District No. 11 .- From Milliken's bridge to Fitz- gerald's well. Philip Hulslander (overseer), Robert Fitzgerald, Catharine Cross, Philip Dixon, Jesse Dickerson, Benjamin Dickerson, John Noble, Wmn. M. Johnston, Jacob Fitzgerald.
District No. 14 .- Robert D. Hunter, Samuel Gilles- pie, Wm. Gunyon, Wm. Rainey, Arthur Mckinney, James McKinney, Elias Crans, David Robertson, Henry Terwilliger, Matthias Terwilliger, Arthur Johnston, Wilhelmus Hedges, John Hulslander, Peter Crans, Nicholas Hulslander. Wm. Thompson, Hieronomus Weller, Abraham Gillespie, Henry Tice, George Tice, Jacob Snyder, Charles Snyder, Widow Snyder, Nathaniel Hunter, George Niver, James Burnemer.
District No. 15 .- Jacobus Smith, Wm. Gillespie, Joel Dubois, John W. Hill, Jacob More, John Sin- sabaugh, Joseph Sinsabaugh, John More, Cornelius Madden, James Thompson, Charles Winfield, Abra- ham Mould, Cornelius Slott, Jonathan Millspaugh, William Hunter, James Slott, Johannes Slott, Cor- nelius Slott, Jr., James Mould, Henry Mould, John W. Montross, James Tice, Matthew W. Mckinney, Ichabod Mckinney, Nicholas Hulslander, David Mc- Burney, Wm. McBurney, James McBurney, Samuel Gillespie, Jr.
District No. 16 (Thompson's Ridge) .- William Lewis, Nathaniel Brown, Nathan Crawford, Charles Johnston, Manuel Van Gordon, Increase Crosby, James Fitzgerald, Hugh Shearer, William Thompson, John Shorter, Abraham Shorter, Jane Barkley, John Freeland, Robert A. Thompson, Robert Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson, Robert J. Thompson, Alexan- der Thompson, Andrew Dixon, Jonathan Crawford, Edward Millspaugh, Robert Graham, Ebenezer R. Ayers, Stephen Gillespie, Isaac Van Doren, Wm. W. Crawford, John Graham.
District No. 17 (west part of Crawford) .- William Barkley, Jacob Sager, George Crawford, John Craw- ford, Robert I. Crawford. Robert Fitzgerald, Philip Hulslander, Philip Dixon, Catharine Cross, Benjamin Dickerson, Jesse Dickerson, Nicholas Hulslander, James Caldwell, John Cruver, Nathaniel Caldwell, John Caldwell, Israel Losey, Jacob Bensel, Isaac Schultz, James Torrey, Henry Gillem, Stephen Trues- dell, Henry McClinton, Robert Cross, Adam Gamble, Wm. Crans, Alexander P. Thompson, John Noble.
District No. 18 (Searsville) .- Oliver Mills, William Trumpbour, Edward Lamorney, Josiah Mills, Abner
Millspaugh, Henry Snyder, Marvin Garrettson, Penna Cahill, Joseph Hunter, Abraham Vanvous, William Stitt, Nathan Upright, Thomas Wilson, John B. Mil- ler, John Redner, John Eichenbergh, Aaron Terwil- liger, George Constable, Elisha Bodine, Adam Rumph, Christian Rumph, John Scase, Jr., David Sease, Adam Young, Fraucis Bodine, Jacob Law, Jacob Young- blood, Hugh Munnin, Joseph Fulton, Joseph Barkley, Lawrence Hunter, Robert Stephenson, Thomas Craw- ford, William Crawford, Joseph Conklin, John McEl- heny, Abraham Miller, John Howell, Sebastian Smith, Frederick Howell, John McHugh, David Lind, Lewis Trumpbour, Mary Hall, Archibald Maher, John T. Martin, Elizabeth Baum, William Little.
District No. 19 (southwest part of Crawford ) .- John Gillespie, Esther McCreery, Joseph Hines, Joseph Tidd, Elijah Godfrey, Lebbeus Godfrey, Elisha Dick- erson, David Redfield, Robert McClincher, John Linderman, Jacob Linderman, Lewis Weller, Isaac Weller, Samuel Ball.
District No. 20 (Bullville) .- Daniel Bull, Henry Bull, Abner Bull, Frederick Shafer, William Elder, Mary McLean, Thomas Bull, William Kincaid, James Barkley, Joseph Elder, Edward Holar, John Larkhead, David Hurdy, Nicholas Sibolt, James Martin, Ephraim Hunt, Robert Jordan, John Jordan, Charles Millspaugh.
District No. 21 (southeast part of Crawford) .- Bart- lett Clement, Adam Bookstaver, David Poole, Moses Crawford, Josiah Monrow, Nicholas Yerks, Daniel Winfield, Moses Millspaugh, John McCurdy, Ephraim Millspaugh, John Goldsmith, John Sommors, Peter Millspaugh, John T. Graham, Christian Eichenbergh, Francis Mickels, James Bookstaver, Samuel Waller, Frederick Root, Archibald Crawford, Samuel Barkley, John T. Crist, Samuel T. Crawford, John Martin.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Crosby practiced in Crawford ; lived near Hope- well Church, between the present house of worship and the old one; practiced about 1800, before and after, dying probably about 1825. Dr. Charles Winfield lived near Pine Bush. Dr. Hunter, of Searsville, was located there many years ; spent his life there, dying about 1874. Dr. Griffith lived at Pine Bush ; prac- ticed there for many years, and died about 1855. Dr. Durkee lived a mile south of Pine Bush ; practiced for fifteen years or more and died there.
IV .- ORGANIZATION.
This town was formed from Montgomery, March 4, 1823, early enough in the spring to have the first town- meeting ocenr that year. The propriety of organiz- ing a new town arose from the fact that Montgomery comprised a territory of such extent as to render the transaction of public business a matter of considerable trouble. It was possible also to make a convenient arrangement of boundaries and form two towns each with a central point accessible to all. The new town very appropriately received the name of Crawford,
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thus perpetuating the name of one of the earliest set- tlers, and honoring a family of numerous branches and intimately associated with all the interests of this section.
FIRST TOWN-MEETING.
The first annnal town-meeting was held at the house of Edward Schoonmaker, in the town of Crawford, April 1, 1823, and the following town officers were elected for the ensuing year : Supervisor, William W. Crawford; Town Clerk, Oliver Mills; Assessors, Robert 1. Crawford, Jacobus Smith, Moses Crawford; Overseers of the Poor, Daniel Bull, Henry Weller; Commissioners of Highways, Robert D. Hunter, Sam- uel Stevenson, Archibald Crawford; Collector, John C. Nicholson; Constables, John C. Nicholson, Lewis Scott; Commissioners of Common Schools, Oliver Mills, Alexander Thompson, Hieronomus Weller ;\X Inspectors of Common Schools, Isaac Van Doren, George Hunter, Charles Winfield; Inspectors of Election, Joseph Elder, Alexander Thompson, James Bruyn; Fence-Viewers, John W. Henry, Peter Weller, Nathaniel Hunter.
The following votes were passed : that there should be three assessors, one collector, two constables, three fence-viewers ; every man his own pound-master and farm his own pound; hogs well yoked may run at large; twenty-five dollars bounty for every wolf killed in town ; collectors' fees, three cents on the dollar.
At a special town-meeting, held April 9, 1823, it was voted unanimously to raise four hundred and sixty dollars for the support of the poor the ensuing year.
The overseers of the highways appointed were the following :
No.
1. Benjamin Dickerson.
2. Abraham Linderman.
22. John Whitten.
3. Sammel Dickerson.
23. Edward Parlaiman.
4. Samuel Stevenson.
24. James Rainey.
5. Lewis Hulslaoder.
25. Benjamin Manny.
26. John A. Sinsabangh.
8. Moses Crawford.
9. Lawrence Crans.
29. Abraham Miller.
30. John McHenry.
12. Edward Schoonmaker.
13. Thomas W. Stewart.
14. Milton Bull.
34. Robert S. Crawford.
15. James T. Crawford.
35. Adam Young.
16. Henry Brink.
36. Wm. Kidd.
17. Grenus Gillespie.
37. Jacob Rumph.
18. Arthur Slott.
38. David Smith.
39. James Hill.
Supervisors.
1823-24
Wm. W. Crawford.
1825-27
1828-33.
Charles Winfiekl.
1834-41.
Alexander Thompson. =
Ira Clark. -
1844-46
James H. Crawford.
1847-48
William Jordan.
1849-50
Augustus Thompson.
David R. Hunter.
Samuel Roberson.
1854-56.
Daniel Thompson.
1857-65.
=
46
James Comfort.
1866-71
=
=
Ira Clark. James Comfort.
1876 ..
Daniel S. Dewitt.
1877-80
Daniel Thompson.
Joseph H. Clark.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1830, David Sease, Isaac Crawford; 1831, James W. Crawford ; 1832, W'm. Jordan, Lewis Wisner: 1833, David Sease, John H. Torrey; 1834, Alexander McCreery ; 1835, William Jordan, James H. Long; 1836, John II. Torrey, Robert I. Crawford; 1837, David Sease; 1838, Wil- liam Jordan, Cornelius Slott; 1839, Cornelins Slott, James II. Long; 1840, Samuel Stevenson : 1841, Ira Clark, Robert Slater; 1842, Wil- liam Jordan. Reuben F. Roberson, Wm. C. Noble; 1843, Cornelius Slott; 1844, Wm. C. Noble, Ira Clark ; 1845, Abraham H. Thompson; 1846, Wm. Jordan ; 1847. James Colwell; 1848, Wm. C. Noble, Albert Sease; 1849, Lawrence Low, Wm. C. Noble, Cornelius Slott ; 1850, Wm. Jordao; 1851, Henry Mould; 1832, Marcus E. Rumph ; 1853, Lawrence Low; 1854, Wm. Jordan ; 1855, Henry Mould ; 1856, Mar- cns E. Rumph; 1857, Archibald R. Taylor; 1858, William Jordan; 1859, Lawrence Low ; 1860, Marcus E. Rumph ; 1861, Archibald R. Taylor; 1862, William Jordan; 1863, Lawrence Low, Ethelbert Niver ; 1864, Marens E. Rumpb, John Hill, Ethelbert Niver; 1865, Ethelbert Niver, Augustus Thompson ; 1866, Joho Hill; 1867, Au- gustus Thompson; 1868, Thomas II. Hulse ; 1869, Ethelbert Niver, Marcus E. Rumph; 1870, Marcus E. Rumph; 1871, Augustus Thompson ; 1872, Hezekiah W. Tuthill ; 1873, Ethelbert Niver ; 1874. Marcus E. Rumph ; 1875, Alexander Thompson (same to fill vacancy) ; 1876, Hezekiah W. Tuthill, John E. Duryea; 1877, Ethelbert Niver, John W. Kerr; 1878, Marcus E. Rumph; 1879, John E. Duryea; 1880, John W. Kerr.
By a written assent recorded in the office of the county clerk, and bearing date July 30, 1868, the sum of $80,000 was fixed upon as aid to be rendered by the town in the construction of the Middletown and Craw- ford Railroad.
The amount was raised and used. The interest has been annually paid, but the principal remains a debt against the town.
V .- VILLAGES.
IJOPEWELL
is a well-known neighborhood in the west part of the town. The name was previously adopted by the Presbyterian Church which was formed there as a colony from the older congregation of Goodwill, in Montgomery. On invitation of the hive from which they had swarmed, the fanciful designation was chosen as expressing perhaps their hopes of future success. A former writer says of this movement : "It was the ease of sons and daughters leaving the old mansion so dearly beloved and taking up their abode in a new and distant land. Their hopes were well founded : the congregation is prosperous and well endowed." There is now no business in the way of trade or me- ehanical pursuits to be mentioned. It is a rich farm- ing neighborhood, with post-office facilities at Thomp- son's Ridge.
BULLVILLE .
is the name given to the post-office located in the southwest part of the town near the Wallkill line. Mr. Thomas Bull resided there for many years, and conducted various business operations, and from him the hamlet derives both its origin and its name. Under the head of early settlement many facts have been already given concerning this neighborhood. The village is handsomely situated on high ground, and with its elegant new Methodist church and sev- eral fine dwellings constitutes an attractive rural place. At the present time there is a store kept by Charles
Town Clerks. Oliver Mills. David Sease. ..
Hiram Young. =
1851.
1852-53
1872-75.
19. William Thompson.
20. Nathaniel Hunter.
No.
21. Isaac Hulslaoder.
7. Alexander Millspangh.
27. Matthew Smith.
28. John Moore.
10. Philip IInIslander.
11. Israel Crawford.
31. John B. Crawford.
32. Ira Clark.
6. William Jordan.
33. Wm. W. Crawford.
1841-43
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Roe; a hotel by Silas Dickerson ; a blacksmith-shop by George MeKinney, and another by Hugh Carroll ; a creamery by Samuel Robinson ; a flour and feed store and a coal-yard, also by Samuel Robinson ; to these may be added Robinson's distillery.
SEARSVILLE
is occasionally written Searsburgh. It is situated very nearly central upon the Dwaars Kill, and is named in honor of Mr. Benjamin Sears, who resided there, owned the mills, and was once sheriff of the county.
Among his sons were Dr. Sears; William Sears, a lawyer of New York City ; and Rev. Jacob Sears, of New Jersey. The place is an old point of considera- ble trade, but the opening of the railroad, leading to easy connection with other villages, and not passing through this, has rendered the modern trade of less importance. There is now a store by Augustus Com- fort; a hotel by A. R. Vanderlyn ; blacksmith and wagon-shop by D. W. Deyo; blacksmith-shop by Wm. Lupton ; and a grist-mill by Gilbert Roat. There is also a saw-mill. The postmaster is Au- gustus Comfort. Searsville is quite central, and ac- cordingly the town-meetings have nearly always been held there, and the general town business transacted at that place.
THOMPSON'S RIDGE
is a short distance from Searsville, and is a station upon the Crawford Branch of the New York, Ontario and Western Railway (Oswego Midland); it also has a post-office, Daniel Thompson postmaster. The name is appropriate from the number of families of Thompsons constituting the neighborhood.
Daniel Thompson, the superintendent of the road, resides near here. At this station a large amount of milk is shipped, and considerable freight and passen- ger business is done.
The station buildings and a building erected for a store (but only in operation occasionally) constitute about all there is of the " village." There is near by a beautiful grove, with convenient arrangements for pienie parties, including a pond and boats. The old farms of the Thompsons and others in this neighbor- hood comprise some of the most productive lands, not only in Crawford but in Orange County.
COLLABURGHI
is a thickly-settled neighborhood in the south part of the town. It was formerly a place of some impor- tance on the old Cochecton turnpike, having a hotel and the other buildings necessary to constitute a vil- lage, viz. : a blacksmith-shop and a school-house. The last two still remain, but the opening of the rail- road system of the country brought to an end the tide of travel that once passed along this important high- way.
PINE BUSH
is a thriving business-place near the Shawangunk River, in the north part of the town. It is the terminus
of the Crawford Railroad, and its post-office supplies quite a section of country on both sides of the river. The village is pleasantly situated upon a tract of land quite level, with a fine farming country lying around it. At considerable of a steep descent below the Shawangunk Kill flows past the village, supplying water-power to the grist-mill, which dates back to Revolutionary times. In full sight beyond the river are the Shawangunk Mountains, rising into a rugged range, whose frowning peaks overlook the valley. Northeast and east there is a distant view of the Hudson River heights, marking the horizon with a line of blue. Northward, between the ranges, are the lower lands of the kill, stretching away in the distance. Together, there is a combination of upland and valley, of mountains and streams, of forest slopes and cultivated fields, which constitutes an attractive landscape. Summer visitors may penetrate into wilder depths, may refuse to linger so near the borders of civ- ilization, but surely they will travel far to find a place possessing more elements of quiet beauty or a more charming prospect on which to feast the eye and de- light the taste than the pleasant hamlet of Pine Bush.
James Thompson was in trade at this place as early as 1824 or 1825. His successors in the same store were Hezekiah Watkins, Tarbosch & Weller, Lewis Wis- ner, Elijah Smith, and George Oakley. The building stood in what is now Railroad Street, and was re- moved a few years since. Elijah Smith, about 1834 or 1835, opened a store and continued for some ten years. The building is now occupied by John Bowne as a dwelling. About 1830, Dr. Ewen came to Pine Bush and built the old hotel. He also kept a drug- store. There was a tannery west from Wheeler's house, run by Abraham Mould from 1825, or about that date, and continued for a few years. Abraham Mould was afterwards killed by James Mitchell in an altercation. Mr. Mitchell was tried for the offense, but acquitted on the ground of justifiable homicide done in self-defense.
The plank-road from Ellenville to Newburgh was opened about 1848, and passed through Pine Bush. This was the beginning of the modern growth of the village. Mr. A. R. Taylor, to whom we are indebted for most of these items, eame here from Ulsterville about that time and bought out George Oakley's in- terest in the store. At that time there were only three or four dwelling-houses in the place. Mr. Tay- lor continued in trade about seven years, and then purchased the grist-mill, which he ran for several years. The store passed to Oliver Taylor, who finally built opposite the present Taylor House.
The present business of Pine Bush comprises the following: the station buildings of the Crawford Railroad, Earl Terwilliger agent; two hotels, the Taylor House, now kept by Hezekiah W. Cole, and the well-known Decker House, now kept by S. G. Decker; stores dealing in general merchandise, Wheeler & Taylor, Howell & Van Keuren, J. W.
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Parlaiman (formerly I. J. Whitten & Son), and The- odore Hinoult; shoe-stores, by C. Hinoult and by Napoleon Hinoult; harness-shops, by E. Decker and by C. H. Homan; a restaurant, by A. Fuller; a fancy store, by Mrs. E. Boice; a drug-store, by J. T. Topping; blacksmith-shops, by Hugh Lowery, by Hugh Lowery, Jr., and by Amos Baker; wagon, car- riage-making, and undertaking, by D. T. Bowen; wagon-shop and undertaking, by J. M. Crawford; wagon-shop, by J. V. Decker; meat-market, by Cooley & Woodlock ; grist-mill and saw-mill, by Smith & Cox; G. B. Barnes, photographer and den- tist ; exchange and livery stable, Newton Higby ; distillery, R. E. Terry ; hardware and tin-shop, by J. H. Wallace and by William Miller ; coal, lumber, cement, lime, etc., by W. T. Wallace (formerly A. T. Deyo) ; shoemaker, Milton Terwilliger ; tailor, Abraham Terwilliger; millinery, Mrs. S. W. Freer ; creamery, D. W. Berry ; marble-works, E. Billings.
The present postmaster is W. Wheeler, who has held the office about fifteen years. Before him was H. W. Decker, from 1861 to 1865; and previous to Mr. Decker, A. R. Taylor was the incumbent of the office for about eight years. Earlier than this were Arthur Slott and Cornelius Slott. The office was originally known as Crawford, but the inconvenience of the name (being the same as that of the town, with two other offices in town) led to a new designation, and the present name was deemed appropriate in view of the old growth of pines which once covered all this tract.
The growth of Pine Bush has been largely increased by the opening of the railroad, affording an easy op- portunity of connection with the villages to the south, and securing convenient freighting facilities both to and from this place. Mr. A. R. Taylor has taken a liberal course, as an owner of a large amount of real estate, in opening new streets and contributing largely to every measure of village improvement. He has been largely employed as a civil engineer and sur- veyor, and is still often engaged in land surveys and the adjustment of boundaries. Ile drove the first railroad stake in Chicago during an engagement at the West many years ago.
VI .- SCHOOLS.
At the town-meeting of 1823 commissioners of con- mon schools were chosen, viz .: Oliver Mills, Alex- ander Thompson, and Hieronomus Weller. Subse- quently the following other persons served one or more years each in that office down to 1844: Na- thaniel Hunter, Robert I. Crawford, John Hill, Geo. Pitts, Moses Comfort, Samuel Stevenson, James Crist, Wm. J. Smith, Robert R. Thompson, Matthew Smith, Andrew A. Millspaugh, David C. Bull, John Whitten, Wm. Jordan, Jacobus H. Van Keuren, Charles Win- field, Wm. Case, Jason Gillespie, Lawrence Low, Sut- ton Green, Garret Smith, Augustus Thompson, James Elder. During the same period, 1823 to 1843, the
following persons served one or more years each as inspectors of schools : Isaac Van Doren, George Hun- ter, Charles Winfield, Andrew K. Barkley, James H. Crawford, Daniel G. Durkee, Wm. B. Crawford, John A. Carpenter, David Sease, Ira Clark, Angustus Thompson, Robert R. Thompson, Daniel H. Smith, Jacob Randall. Several.of these served for many years.
The town superintendents from 1843 to 1856 were :
Annual elections, 1844-46, Charles S. Gilbert; 1847, William 11. Bull. Biennial elections, 1848, William H. Bull ; 1849, Ira Clark ; 1850-52, Henry J. Smith ; 1854, Ira Clark (also same to fill vacancy).
The school districts at the time of the organization of the town in 1823 were the following : District No. I, the school-house being near the town line, by Adam Dickerson ; District No. 2, the school-house being near the place of Robert D. Hunter, at Pine Bush ; District No. 3, the school-house being near the resi- dence of Jacobus Smith, at Pine Bush ; District No. 4, at Searsburgh ; District No. 5, school-house at Hope- well, near the house of Alexander Dixon ; District No. 6, the school-house located near the Hopewell meet- ing-house; District No. 7, the school-house at Mc- Creery's, near the Shawangunk Kill ; District No. 8, the school-house near the house of Daniel Bull ; Dis- triet No. 9, the school-house near the residence of Archibald Crawford; District No. 10, the school- house near the residence of Daniel Crawford.
In No. 1 there were then 63 children between the ages of five and fifteen; in No. 2, 61; in No. 3, 78; in No. 4, 70; in No. 5, 49; in No. 6, 49; in No. 7, 41; in No. 8, 36 ; in No. 9, 71 ; in No. 10, 25; in part No. 6 (Wallkill), 4; in part No. 14 (Montgomery), 8; total in town, 655.
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