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III .- BUILDING THE FIRST COURT-HOUSE.
On the 26th day of March, 1794, an act was passed by the Legislature appointing John Bradstreet Schuyler, Rich- ard Davis, Jr., James Emmott, John Ball, and John McClelland commissioners for locating the county-seat and
building the court-house and jail. In those early days Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs were scarcely considered settlements, there being but a single log house or two in each. But Ballston Centre and Milton were thriving vil- lages, and the principal contest for the county-seat lay be- tween these two places. The contest lasted some time, when Edward A. Watrous, of Ballston, offered to give the county a site on his farm for a court-house and jail so long as the same should be used for such purposes. The offer was accepted by the commission, and Ballston was declared to be the shire town.
A contract was made with Luther Leet to build the court-house. It was built of wood, two stories in height, and fifty feet square, with a one-story wing in the rear, twenty by thirty feet. It cost the sum of $6750. The first court held therein was the May term of the common pleas and court of general sessions for 1796. The first cirenit court and court of oyer and terminer, held in the court- house on Ballston hill, was presided over by Judge John Lansing, in 1799. Courts were afterwards held there by Judges Kent, Radcliff, Morgan Lewis, Smith Thompson, Ambrose Spencer, William W. Van Ness, and Jonas Platt, who held the last term there in May, 1815.
A little thriving village had grown up around the court- house on Ballston hill, and it had grown into quite a busi- ness centre ; but on the 25th day of March, 1816, the court-house took fire, and was burned to the ground.
Since the old court-house had been built, the villages of Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa had grown into important watering-places, and no sooner was it burned than a sharp rivalry sprang up between the two places for the county- seat.
IV .- BUILDING THE PRESENT COURT-HOUSE.
On the 14th of March, 1817, an aet was passed by the Legislature appointing Elisha Powell and James Merrill, of Milton, Isaac Geer, of Galway, John Gibson, of Ballston, and Gilbert Waring, of Saratoga, commissioners to relocate the county-seat and build a court-house and jail, at an ex- pense of 810,000.
Court-house hill, the site of the old court-house, Saratoga Springs, Dunning street, Waterford, and Ballston Spa were each warm competitors for the honor. But Ballston Spa had the majority in the commission. That village, situate in the town of Milton, was selected for the site of the county buildings, and the town of Milton made the shire town of the county, which it has ever since remained.
The new court-house, which is the present structure without the wing, was built nearly after the model of the old one. Its dimensions were sixty-six by fifty feet, the wing having been added some years later It was com- pleted in time for the spring circuit of 1819, and the courts of the county have been regularly held in it to the present day.
FIRST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The first board of supervisors of Saratoga County con- sisted of only four members, as there were only four towns in the county, viz., Saratoga, Ballston, Half-Moon, and Stillwater. It met in Stillwater on the 2d day of June, 1791, the following being the members of the board : Be-
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On the opposite page is presented a fac-simile of one of the first orders made by the board.
V .- THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.
When King Charles II., in the years 1663-64 and 1674, granted to his brother James, Duke of York and Albany, the vast province of the New Netherlands, and forcibly seizing it from the Dutch, its rightful owners, named it New York, in honor of the duke, he also granted with it to the duke plenary powers of government over the province.
The duke accordingly exercised his power as sole pro- prietor of this province by governors of his own appoint- ment. The first governor appointed by the duke as proprietor was Governor Richard Nicolls, Sept. S, 1664, and the last was Governor Themas Dongan, Aug. 27, 1683. It was under the Duke of York as proprietor that, on the Ist day of November, 1683, Governor Dongan divided the province into ten counties, and named them after the duke and the king and family, as described in Chapter II.
But on the 6th day of February, 1685, the Duke of York ascended the throne of England as James II., and his title as proprietor to the province merged in his crown, and it henceforth ceased to be a charter government.
From that time, for a period of ninety years, up to the War of the Revolution, the colony of New York was a royal government, with a constitution resembling that of Great Britain.
EXECUTIVE POWER .- The executive power of the colony was vested in a governor appointed by the king, and holding office during the royal will, and possessing ample powers. In imitation of the king's Privy Council, the governor had a council consisting of twelve members, also appointed by the king, and holding their office during the royal will and pleasure. With the governor, any three of them made a quorum.
LEGISLATIVE POWER. - The legislative body of the province consisted of the governor, representing the king ; of the council, who stood in the place of the House of Lords ; and the representatives of the people, corresponding to the House of Commons in England.
Of these representatives each of the ten counties sent two; the township of Schenectady, the borough of West- chester, and the three manors of Rensselaerwych, Living- ston, and Cortlandt, each sent one,-making in all a body of twenty-five representatives. After the erection of the four new counties of Cumberland, Gloucester, Tryon, and Charlotte, it made a body of thirty-three representatives.
The legislative body so constituted was called the General Assembly. With the advice of his council, the governor had full power to convene, adjourn, prorogue, or dissolve the General Assembly, as he should judge necessary.
LAWS .- The common law of England was considered as the fundamental law of the province.
The Judicial Power .- First, there was a court of chancery in which the governor sat as chanceilor. The officers of this court were a master of the rolls, two masters, two
clerks in court, a register and examiner, and a sergeant-at- arms. Second, the supreme court. Third, the court of common pleas. Fourth, justices' courts. These courts were the models after which the early courts of the State were formed, and their powers were similar to the carly State courts of the same name previously described in this chapter.
VI .- CIVIL LIST OF SARATOGA COUNTY.
The tables of justices of the peace, from 1770 to 1830, of coroners, from 1791 to the present time, of assistant justices of the court of common pleas, 1791 to 1815, have never before been published in consecutive order. They have required much labor in searching the records in the county clerk's office, and also those in the office of the Secretary of State at Albany. In a work involving so many names aml dates it is not probable that a PERFECT list has been seenred. Public records are very uncertain upon some initial letters. They are frequently indefinite when father and son have the sanie first names, and the affix Jr., is incorrectly added or incorrectly omitted.
The names of the towns are usually given as they were at the time of the appointment or election.
VII .- ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT RESIDING IN SARATOGA COUNTY.
1792 .- Samuel Clark, Stillwater; voted for Washington.
1800 .- Robert Ellis, Saratoga : voted for Jefferson.
1804 .- Adam Comstock, Hadley, and John Cramer, Half-Moon (in place of Adam Comstock) ; voted for Jefferson. 1812 .- George Palmer, Jr., Stillwater ; voted for De Witt Clinton. 1816 .- Samuel Lewis, Northumberland ; voted for Monroe. 1820 .- llowell Gardner, Greenfield ; voted for Monroe.
1824 .- Nathan Thompson, Galway ; voted for Ilenry Clay.
1828 .- Salmon Child, Greenfield ; voted for J. Q. Adams.
1836 .- llarmon Gansevoort, Northumberland ; voted for Van Buren.
1840 .- Earl Stimson, Galway ; voted for llarrison.
1848 .- Samuel Freeman, Saratoga Springs; voted for Taylor.
1856 .- John C. Hulbert, Saratoga Springs; voted for Fremont.
VIII .- REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
1791-95 .- James Gordon, Ballston.
1799-1801 .- John Thompson, Stillwater.
1803-5 .- Beriah Palmer, Ballston.
IS07-11 .- John Thompson, Stillwater.
IS13-33 .- John W. Taylor, Ballston.
1833-37 .- John Cramer, Waterford.
1839-40 .- Anson Brown, Milton.
1840-41 .- Nicholas B. Doe, Waterford.
1843-45 .- Cheselden Ellis, Waterford.
1845-51 .- Ilugh White, Waterford.
1851-63 .- James B. MeKean, Saratoga Springs.
1863-69 .- James M. Marvin, Saratoga Springs.
1871-75 .- Henry Il. Ilathorn, Saratoga Springs.
John W. Taylor was chosen speaker to fill out Ilcury Clay's term, 1821. Also for a full term, Nineteenth Congress.
IX .- STATE OFFICERS RESIDING IN SARATOGA COUNTY.
Reuben II. Walworth, chancellor, 1828-47.
Esek Cowen, justice of the Supreme Court, 1836-44.
John Willard, justice of the Supreme Court, 1847-53.
Augustus Bockes, justice of the Supreme Court, 1855; and again from 1860 to the present time.
Samuel Young, secretary of state, 1842-15.
James M. Cook, comptroller, 1854-56.
James M. Cook, treasurer, 1852. Samuel Young, canal commissioner, 1816-42.
George W. Chapmao, canal commissioner, 1870-72.
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James M. Cook, superintendent of the banking department, 1856-62. Samuel Young, ex-officio superintendent of common schools, IS42-45. Neil Gilmour, superintendent of public institutions, IS74, and now in office.
X .- DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Convention of 1788, to deliberate upon the adoption of the Federal Con- stitution .~ Direk Swart, Stillwater, then a part of Albany county. Convention of 1801 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield; Samuel Lewis, Northumberland : Beriah Palmer, Ballston ; John Thompson, Stillwater ; Daniel L. Van Antwerp, Stillwater.
Convention of 1821. - Salmon Child, Greenfield ; John Ciamer, Waterford : Samuel Young, Ballston ; JJeremy Rockwell, Hadley. Convention of 1846 .- JJames M. Cook, Miltou; John K. Porter, Waterford.
Convention of 1867 .- Alembert Pond, Saratoga Springs.
XI .- STATE SENATORS RESIDING IN SARATOGA COUNTY.
1794-1805 .- Jacobus Van Schoonhoven, Half- Moon.
1796-1804. - James Gordon, Ballston.
1806 -9 .- Adam Comstock, Hadley.
1810-13 .- John Stearns, Half- Moon.
1814-17 .- Samuel Stewart, Ilalf-Moon.
1815 .- Guert Van Schoonhoven, Half-Moon.
1818-21-Samuel Young, Ballston.
1822 .- John L. Viele, Waterford.
1823-25 .- Jobn Cramer, Waterford.
1826-29 .- John L. Viele, Waterford.
1830-33 .- Isaae Gere, Galway. 1835-40 .- Samuel Young, Ballston.
1841-42 .- John W. Taylor, Ballston.
1846-47 .- Samuel Yoong, Ballston.
1848-51 .- James M. Cook, Milton.
1858-59 .- George G. Scott, Milton. 1860-61 .- Isaiah Blood, Milton.
1862 .- John Willard, Saratoga Springs.
1864-65 .- James M. Cook, Saratoga Springs.
1870 .- Isaiah Blood, Milton.#
XII .- MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY
From Albumy county, residing in that part which was afterwards set off to form Saratoga County.
1777-78 .- James Gordon, Balls Town.
1778-79 .- James Gordon, Balls Town.
1779-80 .- James Gordon, Balls Town.
1780-81 .- James Gordon, Balls Town ; Dirck Swart, Stillwater.
1781-82 .- George Palmer, Stillwater ; Direk Swart, Stillwater.
1782-83 .- Dirck Swart, Stillwater.
1784 .- James Gordon, Balls Town ; Dirck Swart, Stillwater.
1784-85 .- Direk Swart, Stillwater.
1786 .- James Gordon, Balls Town; Jacobus Von Schoonhoven, Ilalf- Moon.
1787 .- James Gordon, Balls Town.
1788 .- James Gordon, Balls Town.
1788-89 .- John Thompson, Stillwater.
1789-90,-James Gordon, Balls Town.
179I .- Jacobus Von Schoonhoven, Half-Moon ; Sidney Berry, Sara- toga.
Members of Assembly from Saratoga County.
1792,-Sidney Berry, Saratoga; Elias Palmer, Stillwater; Andrew Mitchell, Ballston ; Benjamin Rosecrans, Ifalf-Moon. 1793 .- Adam Comstock, Milton ; John Ball, Milton ; Beriah Palmer, Ballston ; Sidney Berry, Saratoga.
1794 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield ; Beriah Palmer, Ballston; John Ball, Milton ; John MeClelland, Galway.
1795 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield; John B. Schuyler, Saratoga; Beriah Palmer, Ballston ; Jabez Davis, Ballston.
1796 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield ; John MeClelland, Galway ; Elias Palmer, Stillwater ; John Bleecker, Stillwater.
1797 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield ; Samnel Clark, Stillwater ; John Taylor, Charlton ; Seth C. Baldwin, Ballston ; John Mc- Clellaud, Galway.
1798 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield; Seth C. Baldwin, Bal's:on ; Samuel Clark, Stillwater; Aaron Gregory, Milton; Douw J. Fonda, Stillwater.
1799 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield; Seth C. Baldwin, Ballston ; Samuel Clark, Stillwater : Henry Corl, Jr., Charlton : James Warren, Galway.
1800 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield ; Samuel Clark, Stillwater ; Daniel Bull, Saratoga; James Warren, Galway ; Edward A. Wat- rous, Ballston.
1801 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfeld ; Daniel Bull, Saratoga ; Henry Corl, Jr., Charlton ; James Warren, Galway ; James Merrill, Milton.
1802 .- Adam Comstock, Hadley ; Henry Corl, Jr., Charlton ; James Warren, Galway ; Edward A. Watroos, Ballston.
IS03 .- Adam Comstock, Hadley ; Samuel Clark, Malta; Gideon Goodrich, Milton ; Ochniel Looker.
1804 .- Adam Comstock, Hadley ; John Hunter, Stillwater; Samuel Lewis, Northumberland : Othmiel Looker.
1805 .- Samuel Clark, Malta; Asahel Porter, GreenGeld ; William Carpenter, Providence; David Rogers, Ballston.
1806 .- Jesse Mott, Saratoga; Asahel Porter, Greenfield ; John Cra- mer, Halt-Moon ; John MeClellan 1, Galway. 1807 .- Jesse Mott, Saratoga; Gideon Goodrich, Milton ; Chauncey Belding, Charlton ; David Rogers, Ballston.
ISOS. - John MeClelland, Galway ; Chauncey Belding, Charlton ; Salmon Child, Greenfield ; Jesse Mott, Saratoga.
1809 .- Salmon Cbild, Greenfield ; Nehemiah Cande, Galway ; David Rogers, Ballston ; Daniel L. Van Antwerp, Stillwater.
1810 .- Saml. Lewis, Northumberland ; Calvin Wheeler, Providence ; Joel Lee, Milton ; Daniel L. Van Antwerp, Stillwater. ISII .- John Cramer, Ilalf-Moon; Jesse Mott, Saratoga ; Jeremy Rockwell, Hadley ; David Rogers, Ballston. 1812 .- John W. Taylor, Hadley : Joel Keeler, Milton ; Zebulon Mott, Half-Moon ; Avery Starkweather, Galway.
1813 .- John W. Taylor, Hadley ; John Prior, Greenfield ; Caleb Holmes, Charlton ; Calvin Wheeler, Providence.
1814 .- Samuel Young, Ballston ; Nicholas W. Angle, Morean ; Avery Starkweather, Galway ; John Dunning, Malta.
1815 .- Samuel Young, Ballston ; Richard Keteham, Stillwater ; Ilowell Gardiner, Greenfield ; Benjamin Cowles, Hadley.
ISIG .- Asa C. Barney, Greenfield ; George Cramer, Saratoga ; Isaac Gere, Galway ; William Hamilton, Half-Moon.
1817 .- lerman Gansevoort, Northumberland; John Ilamilton, Edinburgh ; Zebulon Mott, Half-Moon ; John Petit, Green- field.
1818 .- Elisha Powell, Milton; John Gibson, Ballstou ; Earl Stimson, Galway : Staats Morris, Stillwater.
1819 .- Joel Keeler, Milton ; John Rogers, Jr., Charlton ; William Hamilton, Orange ; Abner Carpenter, Malta.
1820 .- Billy J. Clark, Moreao; Elisha Powell, Milton ; Abraham Moc, Ilalf- Moon ; Jouathan Delano, Jr., Providence.
1821 .- Zebulon Mott, Half-Moon ; John Rogers, Jr., Charlton ; IIer- man Gansevoort, Northumberland ; Johu House, Waterford. 1822 .- John Prior, Greenfield; John Gilchrist, Charlton; Conrad Cramer, Northumberland ; Thomas Collamer, Malta.
1823 .- Valentine Campbell, Stillwater; Samuel Belding, Charlton ; John Petit, Greenfield.
1824 .- Isane Gere, Galway; Jeremy Rockwell, Iladley ; James McCrea, Ballston.
1825 .- Alpheus Goodrich, Milton; Philip Schuyler, Saratoga ; Nicholas B. Doe, Waterford.
1826 .- Samuel Young, Ballston; Thomas Dibble, Corinth ; David Benediet, Stillwater.
1827 .- IJowell Gardiner, Greenfield; John Gilchrist, Charlton ; Nicholas Emigh, Jr., Half-Moon.
1828 .- Alpheus Goodrich, Milton ; Thomas Hyland, Northumber- land ; Eli M. Todd, Waterford.
1829 .- Gilbert Waring, Saratoga Springs; Joshua Mandeville, Waterford ; Calvin Wheeler, Providence.
1830 .- William Shepherd, Clifton Park ; Seth Perry, Wilton ; Samuel Stewart, Waterford.
1831 .- Ilowell Gardiner, Greenfield; John Gilchrist, Charlton ; Oran G. Otis, Milton.
1832 .- Oran G. Otis, Milton ; James Brisbin, Jr., Saratoga ; Ebenezer Coueb, Galway.
# Died in office November, IST0.
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1833 .- George Reynolds, Moreau; Ephraim Stevens, Clifton Park ; Ebenezer Couch, Galway.
1834 .- Eli M. Todd, Waterford; Thomas J. Marvin. Saratoga Springs ; Solomon Ellithorp, Edinburgh. 1835 .- Asahel Philo, Half-Moon : William B. Van Benthuysen, Sara- toga ; Ely Beecher, Edinburgh.
IS36 .- Joel Lee, Milton; David Benedict, Stillwater; Samuel Stim- son. Day.
1837 .- Seabury Allen, Providence : Halsey Rogers, Morcan.
1838 .- Calvin Wheeler, Providence; Walter Van Veghten, Sara- toga.
1839 .- Calvin Wheeler, Providence ; John Stewart, Waterford. 1840 .- John Stewart, Waterford ; Daniel Stewart, Hadley.
1841 .- Abijah Peck, Jr., Clifton Park : Jesse II. Mead, Galway. 1842 .- John Cramer, Waterford; Halsey Rogers, Moreau.
1813 .- Azariah E. Stimson, Galway ; Lyndes Emerson, Wilton.
1844 .- James Groom, Clifton Park ; Ezra Wilson, Greenfield.
1845 .- William Wilcox, Saratoga ; Edward Edwards, Corinth.
1816 .- James M. Marvin, Saratoga Springs; Chauncey Boughton, Half-Moon.
1847 .- Thomas C. Morgan, Waterford : Joseph Daniels, Greenfield. 1848 .- 1st District : Cady Holister, Ballston.
2d District : George Payne, Morcau. 1849 .- 1st District: Roscius R. Kennedy, Clifton Park. 2d District : William W. Rockwell, Hadley. 1850,-Ist District : James Noxon, Half- Moon. 2.1 District: Frederick J. Wing, Greenfield.
1851 .- Ist District : Abraham Leggett, Stillwater. 2dl District: John L. Perry, Saratoga Springs.
1852 .- 1st District : Isaiah Blood, Milton. 2dl District : Alexander 11. Palmer, Hadley.
1853 .- Ist District : William Cary, Half-Moon. 2dl Distriet : Henry Holmes, Saratoga.
1854 .- Ist District : George W. Neilson, Stillwater . 2dl District : Joseph Bancus, Northumberland.
1855 .- Ist District : Cornelius Schuyler, Ballston.
2d District : John Terhune, Northumberland. 1856 .- 1st District : George G. Scott, Milton. 2d District : Joseph Baucus, Northumberland.
1857 .- 1st District : George G. Scott, Milton. 2d District : Samuel J. Mott, Saratoga.
1858 .- 1st District : Chauncey Bonghton, Half-Moon. 2d District : Tabor B. Reynolds, Wilton.
1859 .- Ist District : Chauncey Boughton, Half-Moon. 2d District : George S. Batcheller. Edinburgh. 1860 .-- Ist District : John Fulton, Waterford. 2d Distriet : Judiah Ellsworth, Saratoga Springs. 1861 .- 1st District : John Fulton, Waterford. 2dl District : James Sumner, Jr., Providence.
1862 .- Ist District : John Fulton, Waterford.
2d District : Nathaniel M. Houghton, Corinth.
1863 .- Ist District : Ira Brockett, Galway. 2d District : Nathaniel M. Houghton, Corinth.
1864 .- Ist District : Ira Brockett, Galway. 2dl District : Edward Edwards, Corinth.
1865 .- Ist District : George W. Chapman, Milton.
2d District : Edward Edwards, Corinth. 1866 .- 1st District : Truman G. Younglove, Half-Moon. 2d District : Austin L. Reynolds, Moreau.
1867 .- 1st District : Truman G. Younglove, Half-Moon. 2d District : Austin L. Reynolds, Moreau. 1868 .- 1st District : Truman G. Yonoglove, Half-Moon. 2d District : Alembert Pond, Saratoga Springs.
1869 .- Ist District : Truman G. Younglove, Half-Moon. 2dl District : De Witt C. Hoyt, Greenfield. 1870 .- Ist District : Isaiah Fuller, Galway. 2d District : Seymour Ainsworth, Saratoga Springs.
1871 .- Ist District : Isaiah Fuller, Galway. 2d District : Joseph W. Hill, Saratoga Springs.
1872 .- Ist District : George West, Milton. 2d District : N. M. Houghton, Corinth.
1873 .- Ist District : George West, Milton. 2d District : George S. Batcheller, Saratoga Springs.
1874 .- 1st District : George West, Milton. 2d District : George S. Batcheller, Saratoga Springs. 11
1875,-Ist District : George West, Milton. 2d District : N. M. Houghton, Corinth.
1876 .- 1st District: George West, Milton. "
2d District : Isaac Noyes, Jr., Edinburgh.
1877 .- Ist District : George W. Neilson, Stillwater.
2dl District : Isaac Noyes, Jr., Edinburgh.
1878 .- Ist District : George W. Neilson, Stillwater. 2d District : Daniel H. Deyoe, Northumberland.
XIII .- COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND GENERAL SES- SIONS OF PEACE, AND MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER OF SARATOGA COUNTY.
FIRST JUDGES. 1791 .- John Thompson, Stillwater.
1809 .- Salmon Child, Greenfield.
1818 .- James Thompson, Milton.
1833 .- Samuel Young, Ballston.
1838 .- Thomas J. Marvin, Saratoga Springs.
JUDGES.
1791 .- James Gordon, Ballston ; Jacobus Van Schoonhoven., Half- Moon : Beriah Palmer, Ballston ; Sidney Suyder, Saratoga.
1793 .- Adam Comstock, Greenfield.
1794 .- Eponetus White, Ballston.
1803 .- Samuel Clark, Malta.
1806 .- John Taylor, Charlton ; John McClelland, Galway.
1809 .- Jobn Stearns, Half-Moon ; Nathaniel Ketcham. Stillwater.
1811 .- Wm. Stillwell, Ballston ; Samuel Drake, Half-Moon.
1812 .- Benjamin Cowles, Hadley.
1813 .- Ashbel Andrews, Malta ; Wm. Patrick, Jr., Stillwater; Elisha Powell, Milton : Ziba Taylor, Saratoga; John M. Berry, Morean ; Abuer Carpenter, Ballston ; Abraham Moe, Half- Moon.
1815 .- Thomas Laing, Northumberland ; Avery Stark weather, Gal- way. 1816 .- Jeremy Rockwell, Hadley.
1817 .- Thomas Dibble, Milton; Herman Gansevoort, Northumber- land.
Until 1818 there was no limit to the number of the judges. By an act of the legislature of that year the number was limited to five, including the first judge.
1818 .- Salmon Child. Greenfield ; Abraham Moe, Half-Moon ; James McCrea, Ballston : John Prior, Greenfield. 1820 .- Samuel Cook, Milton ; James Van Schoonhoven, Waterford. 1821 .- Harvey Granger, Saratoga.
1823 .- Guert Van Schoonhoven, Waterford ; John II. Steel, Saratoga Springs. 1826 .- Nicholas B. Doc, Waterford.
1829 .- George Palmer, Stillwater.
1836 .- Thomas J. Marvin, Saratoga Springs.
1838 .- George G. Scott, Milton; John Gilchrist, Charlton.
1841 .- Seymour St. John, Providence.
1843 .- Lewis Stone, Galway.
1845 .- Win. L. F. Warren, Saratoga Springs.
1846 .- Joshua Mandeville, Waterford.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE APPOINTED ASSISTANT JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Feb, 19, 1791. Samuel Bacon, Stillwater.
Andrew Mitchell, Ballston.
John Vernam.
Samuel Clark, Stillwater.
Adrian Hegeman, Half-Moon.
Archibald MeNeal.
Epenetus White, Ballston.
Eliphalet Kellogg, Ballston. March 9, 1793.
Adam Comstock, Greenfield. Feb. 14, 1794.
Samuel Clark, Stillwater.
Eliphalet Kellogg, Ballston.
Benj. Rosekrans, Half- Moon.
Richard Davis, Jr., Half-Moon.
John Ball, Milton.
Elias Palmer, Stillwater.
Nor. 24, 1795.
Cornelius
Vandenburgh, Still.
water.
Feb. 2, 1797.
Samuel Clark, Stillwater. Eliphalet Kellogg, Ballston. Benj. Rosekrans, Half-Moon.
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Richard Davis, Jr., Half- Moon. John Ball, Milton. Elias Palmer, Stillwater.
March 13, 1797.
Henry Walton, Ballston.
April 2, 1798.
Guert Van Schoonhoven, Half- Moon.
April 2, 1800.
Samuel Clark, Stillwater. Benj. Rosekrans, Half-Moon. Richard Davis, Jr., Half-Moon. Elias Palmer, Stillwater. Henry Walton, Ballston.
1803.
Samnel Clark, Malta. Henry Walton, Ballston. Elias Palmer, Stillwater. John MeClelland, Galway. James Warren, Galway. John Taylor, Charlton. Daniel Bull, Saratoga.
April 9, 1805.
Thomas Rogers, Moreau.
March 15, 1806.
Samuel Clark, Malta.
John Taylor, Charlton.
John McClelland, Galway.
Henry Walton, Ballston. Elias Palmer, Stillwater. James Warren, Galway.
Thomas Rogers, Moreau. Jobn Neilson, Stillwater.
March 20, 1809.
John Neilson, Stillwater. John McClelland, Galway.
George Palmer, Jr., Stillwater. Joel Lee, Milton.
March 28, 1812.
John Neilson, Stillwater. George Palmer, Jr., Stillwater.
| Samuel Young, Ballston. Thomas Palmer, Milton.
James Brishin, Jr., Saratoga. Calvin Wheeler, Providence.
Thomas Laing, Wilton.
Nicholas W. Angle, Moreau.
April 2, 1813.
Joseph Blackleach, Greenfield. John Metealf, Northumberland.
Samuel G. Iluntington, Half- Moon.
Samuel De Forest, Ballston.
Wm. W. Morris, Ballston.
John Neilson, Stillwater.
April 16, 1814.
Isaac Garney, Half-Moon.
March 22, 1815.
George Palmer, Stillwater.
Esek Cowen, Saratoga.
Thomas Palmer, Milton.
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