History of the town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, from its earliest discovery, Part 13

Author: Woolsey, C. M
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Albany, J.B. Lyon company, printers
Number of Pages: 552


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Nehemiah Meritt


George Wygant


Thomas Bingham


Hatfield Morgan. Gilbert Morgan


Robert Bloomer


George Meritt


Gilbert Thorn


District No. 17


Isaac Meritt


Robert Chambers


Nathaniel Kelsey


Daniel Bloomer


Solomon Mosher


John M. Smith Thomas Smith


Enos Hart


James Stone


Peter Crookstone


Mathew Mackey


District No. 15


Thomas Wygant


John Haitt


David Woolsey


John Wood


Latting Caverly


Richard I. Woolsey


David Meritt


John Caverly


Robert Young


Mathew Wygant


Isaac Hulse John Woolsey


Richard Carpenter


District No. 19


Gilbert F. Mondon


Nehemiah L. Smith


James Hull


AAbigael Crawford


Mathew Benedict


Peter Barnheart


District No. 16


Samuel Waters


Zadock Rhoads


David Mackey Levi Mackey


John Rhoads


Cornelus Rhoads


William Lyneson William Wygant Jeremiah Cole


District No. 18


Nathaniel Clark


John T. Hallock


Pelig Rhoads


John Sheffield


Rhuhama Adams


Joshua Martin


Carpenter Caverly Joseph Strait Charles Craft


Jonas Mackey John B. Wygant


James York Charles Mackey 3 Jeremiah Mackey ? Thomas Mackey, Jr James Malcom Nathaniel Quimby


Thomas Mackey Jacob Quimby Ruben D. Mackey


Robert R. Bloomer


Joseph Hunt John Quimby


James Cohman Henry Cosman


Asael Thrasher Rassel Hohnes


PRECINCT AND TOWN MEETINGS AND RECORDS. 175


District No. 20


Mathew Wygant


Foster Halloek


Michael Wygant Michael Wygant 3


Micajah Lewis


Michael White


James Wygant


Robert Moses


District No. 25


Distriet No. 21


Lewis Dubois


Samuel Drake


Daniel Hicks


Cornbury Dayton


Joseph Lockwood


William Degroat


Charles Millard


Daniel Quimby


James Millard


Peter Mabie


James Milspaugh


Distriet No. 26


David Sands


Josiah Lockwood


Joseph King


District No. 22


Henry C. Mackey


Stephen Rhoads


William Rhoads


Stephen Woolsey


District No. 21


Joseph Berrian


Martin Cole


Benj'n Atherton


Jacob Lawson


Jesse Lyon


Richard Caverly


Peter Roe


Phillip Caverly


Mathew Barrian


District No. 23


Joseph Plumstead Joseph St. John Michael Wygant


District No. 28


Peter Quimby


James Fowler, Jr.


John W. Wygant


Alexander Young


Ezra Waring John Case Oliver Staples


Caleb Fowler


James Harton


THE MEN WHO LIVED HERE IN 1840.


Lewis W. Young, Supervisor: Hezekiah Hull, Town Clerk ; Josiah W. Carpenter, Justice of the Peace: William Martin, William Hallock, and Joseph Lockwood, Assessors ; James Sher- man and Sylvanus Purdy, Overseers of the Poor : Cornelius Car- penter, Jeremiah Clark, and Carpenter Caverly, Commissioners of Highways ; John B. Wygant. Wygant Merritt, and Jacob P.


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John Miller John Underwood


Hezekiah Smith


Harvey Gregory


Phillip Woolsey


Peter H. Caverly


Phillip Caverly, Jr.


District No. 24


James Fowler


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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.


Townsend, Commissioners of Common Schools; Moses Everitt, Daniel Lewis, and Jacob Young, Inspectors of Common Schools ; Remus Woolsey, Collector; Remus Woolsey, Thomas Bingham, and Stephen B. Mackey, Constables; James Rowley, Town Sealer; Jonathan Kent, Pound Master.


Overseers and men on each road district:


District No. 1


Widow Fegarrow Pricilla Milden


Benjamin Oddy .


Andrew Oddy


Ezekiel Velie


District No. 2


Elisha Purdy


Miles J. Fletcher


Phebe Purdy


Henry H. Holden


Sarah Drake


Henry H. Holden, Ten.


James Dickison


Jeremiah Clark


David Simpson


Cornelius DuBois


Thomas Townsend


Andrew Ely


John Buckly


William Kelly


John Brooks


David Morgan


James Huson


Joseph Hepworth


George Felter


Bernard Wygant


James Graves


John B. Wygant


Joseph Brooks


Harvey Wygant


Gabriel Merritt


Robert Spence


Leonard S. Carpenter


William McIlrath


Dennis H. Doyle


Elias Howell


Volentine Cropsey


Nathaniel Bailey


Henry Cropsey


Benjamin F. Patton


Charles Merritt Jacob Richner


Robert B. Mapes


Josiah W. Carpenter


Nathaniel Huson


Isaac Terwillager


Curtis Wright


Charles N. Brower


Lewis Qnick


John Brower


William Lyons, Jr.


Nathaniel DuBois


Samuel Bond


Lewis Supreme


Josiah C. DuBois


Fegarrow F. Milden


Leonard Adams


Abraham Blake


Nathaniel Deyo


David I. Merritt


Passmore


Thomas Cropsey


Hiram Benscoten


Jeremiah Terwillager John Mabee Joseph Prince Joshua Brooks


Daniel Mackey


Asa T. Wright


John W. Cropsey Lewis Smith


Bernard Baily


PRECINCT AND TOWN MEETINGS AND RECORDS. 177


Spence & McIlrath Mobury Carpenter Isaac Purdy


Joseph I. Pollock


John Sands


Henry Brown


David Gidney


District No. 3


Thomas Burling


Daniel Lewis


Craft & Smith


Ruth Lewis


Rufus Rhoads


John Lawson


Oliver P. Kent


David Young


Stephen Yelverton


Henry Woolsey (Heirs)


Philetus Colman


Edward Young


Joel Hornbeek


William Holmes


John Anthony


Daniel Lester


Samuel Barrett


Reuben Quick


Forbus Poroperty


Benjamin Rhoads


George Potter


Nathaniel Hallock


Enos Van Sielen


John Hull Gilbert Terwillager John Lawson (Tenant)


Augustus Rhoads William Anderson


District No. 4


Benjamin Anthony


Josiah L. Dow


Absalom Barrett


Jacob P. Townsend


Jonathan Kent


Elizabeth Rhoads


District No. 6


Thomas S. Warren


David Staples


Isaac Fowler


Dennis Purdy


John S. Purdy


William Gidney


Charles Tooker


Thomas Bates


Benjamin Harcourt


William Coffin (Ten)


Jerdon Dobbs


Cornelius Lockwood


James C. Harcourt


Jacob Rowley, Jr.


David Fowler Samuel Warren


Joseph Miller


John D. Crook


John A. Ackerly Joseph Ferris


James Clark


David T. Merritt


Henry King


District No. 5


John Woolsey


Richard I. Woolsey


William Lyons


Matthew T. Berrean


Samuel Berrean


Zephaniah Nortrip


Sherbourn Sears


Jacobus Newkirk


Stephen R. Roe


William Coffin


John Y. Barrett


Lydia Smith Samuel Purdy


Charles Davis


Ichabod Williams


James Woolsey


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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.


Samuel Herbert Jonathan Herse


Daniel Underwood Lewis Rhoads


District No. 10


George Barnheart


Robert Brown


Carpenter Caverly


Jos. Lockwood


Mary Quimby


Remus Woolsey


Cornelius Quimby


Luther Pratt


James Scott


Daniel Scott


William L. Scott


Distriet No. 7


Burns Wygant


Joseph Lockwood


Eli T. Lockwood


Daniel S. Birdsall


Joseph Merritt


Stephen B. Mackey


Isaac Staples


Sarah Ellsworth


Samuel P. Hulsey


Daniel Pierce


A. J. M. Smith


John Du Bois


i .. Harrison Smith


Warren Scott


Nath'n Woolsey, Jr.


District No. 8


Henry Bont


Nathaniel Wygant


Daniel Tooker


William W. Lockwood


Edgar D. Gillis


Elizabeth Bingham


Jacob II. Gillis


George Birdsall


William Soper


Charles Birdsall Nelly Porter


Thomas Baker


Bernard Bont


Eleanor Duffield


John P. Porter


Elijah R. Rhoads


Joseph Thompson


William McConnell


Absalom J. Barrett


District No. 9


ITackaliah Purdy


Sylvanus Purdy Francis Mackey


Elias Mackey Jonathan Ostrander Smith More John Soper


Aaron Staples


Eleazor Gidnev


Garret DuBois


George Hallock


Jeremiah Mackey


Charles Decker


David R. Ostrander


Dewitt Nelson


Stephen Rhoads


Moses Everitt


Daniel Rowley


Melkiah Gillis


William L. Mackey


James Denton


James Sherman


Ilenry Maguill


Jacob Rowley


Pratt Hull


Robt. S. Lockwood


Thomas Brown


Daniel S. Mackey


James Rowley


PRECINCT AND TOWN MEETINGS AND RECORDS. 179


District No. 11


Robt. R. Bloomer


William L. Rhoads


Deborah Rand


James A. Disbrew


John Coovert


Ferris Maleomb


David Cosman


Henry Maxem


Chester Kniffin


Elizabeth Malcomb


Daniel Wygant


Eliphalet Smith


District No. 15


Isaae R. Fowler


Latin Caverly


John Shorter


David M. Hait


District No. 12


James Wygant


John C. Kniffin


Barney Benson


James E. Kniffin


Nelson Henell


Martha Craft


Matthew T. Wygant


Daniel Birdsall


David Craft


Chauncey Wygant


Austin Merritt


Isaae Maston


.Joseph Lyneson


District No. 13


John P. Palmateer


John Palmateer John St. John


Widow Thompson


John Ellsworth


Isaac Quimby


James Stone Jacob Baily


Zachariah Ellis


District No. 16


Zadock Rhoads


David W. Woolsey


William Wygant


Levi Crosby


District No. 14


Cornelius Rhoads


Isaac L. Harris


Lewis Rhoads


Ebenezer Kniffin


Annanias Quick


John S. Roe


Abraham Tuttle


John Holden


John B. Holden


Jolin Terperning


Selleck Carpenter


Hiram Campbell Alen Quick John Thomas


John Wood


Isaac R. Fowler


Henry Cosman


Abraham Woolley


William Woolley


Robert L. Harris


Mary Kniffin


Emra Wygant


James Quimby, Jr.


Jacob Shorter Sanford Shorter


Jonathan Caverly


Jacob Cosman


David Malcolm


William Dayton David Miller


Stephen H. Benjamin Elliott Howell Isaac Merritt


John Turner James Bloomer


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Jeddediah Rhoads


Thorn Mackey


Thomas Bingham, Jr.


Isaac Winn


Selah Dickerson


John DuBois


Eveline Hanford


Nehemiah Merritt


Gilbert Thorn


Thomas Taylor


Peter T. Kniffin


Chester Kniffin


District No. 17


Isaac B. Purdy


Robt. Chambers


Jacob Young


Isaac Young


Andrew Owens


Uriah Coffin


Jesse Sherman


Isaac Tomkins


District No. 18


William Hallock


Thomas Woolsey John Young John T. Hallock Nath'l Clark


District No. 19


James Hait


Oliver Hull


David Adams


Samuel Adams


Thomas Smith


Denton Smith


Joseph Du Bois


Purdy Hadley


Thomas N. Mackey Henry Hull


Rosecronse


District No. 20 Gershum Thorn James Latin Richard R. Fowler


District No. 22


Nathaniel Harcourt


Stephen Woolsey


John Anderson


John Anderson, Jr.


Samuel Stratton


Emra Rhodes


William King


District No. 23


Thaddeus Baxter


David Staples ?


Bartholomew Baxter


James Staples


Daniel St. John Edward DuBois


Joseph Plumstead


Henry Plumbstead


Uriah Plumbstead


District No. 24


Asa S. Wygant John W. Wygant Michael Wygant Cornls. Wygant John Fowler


District No. 25 Lewis W. Young Anna DuBois


Nathl. H. DuBois Robt. Beebe R. Beebe & Co. Carpenter & Spence


Levi Mackey John L. Rhoads


Ebenezer Crosberry William Mackey Lewis Rhoads 2


Thomas Bingham


PRECINCT AND TOWN MEETINGS AND RECORDS. 181


Joseph More


Oliver Coovert


Henry Mabee Nathl. Strait John Scott Henry King Colman


Hugh MeCreary Hance McCreary John Colman


District No. 26


Sumner Colman


Charles A. Bloomer


Henry Hamblin David Sands


Nathl. Williams James Attarton


District No. 27


Peter H. Caverly


Jacob Lawson Smith Rhoads Thomas Blomer Isaac Quimby


District No. 28


Daniel Quick


John Eckert


Michael Quimby Charles Davis


Philip Fowler Abraham Young Richard Birdsall John Davis Calvin Smith


Jeremiah Mackey Philip Mackey Harvey Wygant


District No. 30


Alexander Young William Young


David Sole


Adolphus Smith


John Clark William Swart


John Vandemark John D. Quimby James Quimby Walter Blair


District No. 31


Gilbert Caverly Thomas MeIlrath Cornelius DuBois


Charles DuBois


David DuBois


District No. 32 Nathl. Harcourt, Jr. Joseph Harcourt Matthew Harcourt Smith Wood


Jacob Wood


District No. 34 Benjamin F. Townsend Elijah Lewis Benjamin Townsend Calvin Bulkely


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CHAPTER VI. ANCIENT ROADS.


There appears to have been two roads, one called the Lattin Town road and the other the Platter Kill road. These were certainly the oldest roads, and were most likely laid ont by Capt. Thomas Ellison, Capt. Alexander Colden and Zachariah Hoffman, commis- sioners appointed by an Act of Assembly in 1743 for the better clearing and further laying out of public roads for the Precinct of the Highlands; or by Capt. Jonathan Hasbrouck, Lewis DuBois and Samuel Fowler, as commissioners for the Precinct of New- burgh, appointed by an act of the Legislature in 1762, as all subsequent roads refer in their descrip- tion to these roads, but I can find no record of theni. The old Highland Precinct records (precinct of which this town was first a part) are not to be found after great research, and it is presumed they have been lost.


It seems that the name Platter Kill was long used before the town was named. It was the stream of water running along the west side of what is now Plattekill. The roads were mostly laid out between 1780 and 1800, though I find one in 1774. I give a description of some of these roads as a curiosity. There were large numbers of these roads but the de- scriptions are so primitive that their routes cannot be traced, and those I have given will require much study :


" By Virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of the Prov- ince of New York passed the sixth Year of our Present Majes- tyes Reign Entitled an Act for the better Clearing mending and further laying out Publick high Roads and others in the County of Ulster We the Commitioners of the Precinct of New Marl- borough for the Putting in Execution the good purposes of the


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said Aet and by a Petition of the Inhabitants being Freeholders have laid out an open Publie Road four Rods wide begining not far from the North side of the Seven Patentees on the brow of a certain Small Hill thence in the most direct and Convenient place to a certain Bridge in the Road that comes from Mr. Brush's Landing thence Northerly in the most direct and Con- venient place a little East of the House of David Mackey thro' the East part of a certain Swamp still runing near said swamp in the most Direct and Convenient place to a certain Bridge still Northerly in the most Direct and Convenient place to the Paltz line Oposite the Land of Capt. John Woolsey adjoining a little West of his Block House We Do order the Road above mentioned to be open and publick and that the same may be Recorded among publick Records of the County of Ulster and that the same Record may be and remain an open and publick Road in Testimony whereof We have hereunto Set our hand this 26th Day of March, and in the Year of our Lord Christ 1774. RICHARD WOOLSEY LEWIS DUBOIS CALEB MERRITT


A Return to the Laying out an open Publick Road Two Rods wide agreeable to a Petition Signd by twelve or more of the Freeholders of the Precinct of New Marlborough (To Witt) Begining at a Certain white oak Tree marked Near a Little Bridge on the Road that Crosses the mountain From Latting Town to The Platterkill the Said Bridge and marked Tree is a Little to the Westward of the Road that Leads of to Robbert Everitts Runing from Said tree a Southerly Course Thro a Tract of Land Belonging To Lord Sterling Runing Near the South Side of Robbert Poors fence and to the North of Henry Dejos House to a Large Chestnut Tree marked From thence thro Capt David ostronders Land To a Small Black oak Tree marked the Said tree Stands Near the Said ostronders Door and on the old Publick Road Also Beginning at the Southeast Corner of the Said Capt David ostronders oarchard at a Certain Chestnut Tree marked The Said Tree being on the old Publiek Road Runing from thence to the westward on the Devision Line Between Jonathan ostronder and the Said David ostronder to Daniel Dejos Line From thence Southerly on the Devision Line Between Jonathan Terwilleger and the Said Daniel Dejo To the Said Daniel Dejos


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Southeast Corner From thenee to the westward on the Said De- vision Line To a tree marked from thence Leaving the Said Devision Line and Runing a South westerly Course a Cross the Said Jonathan Terwilleger Land as pr marked Trees To a Small Black Rock near the Line Betwen Coll Hasbroucks and the Said Terwilleger from Thenee Runing to the westward on the Devision Line Between the Said Hasbrouck and the Said Jonathan Terwilleger to the Shawwangunk Line the above Road from the Corner of Capt ostronders oarchard from the Chestnut tree on the old Publick Road to the Shawwangunk Line it is Requested that they may Keep Swing Gates one year from the first of December 1181


URIAH DRAKE Commisoners for Laying out NATH'L KELSY publ Roads


Most of this road appears to be in what is now Plattekill. Can anyone determine the course of this road and where it lies ?


A Return of an open Publick Road two Rods wide Laid out this 18th Day of March 1782 - The Road Runs as follows (to witt) Beginning at the post Road a Little to the North ward of Zadok Lewis house where he Now Lives from thence up by Edward Hallecks Senr as the Road now Runs to the Land be- longing to Zadok Lewis thence Runing a Cross the Zodak Lewises Land as the Road now Runs to the Land Belonging to Nehe- miah Smith thence Runing Nearly as the Road now Runs through the Said Nehemiah Smiths Land to Land belonging to Zadok Lewis. Thence upon the Line betwen The Said Zadok Lewis and Edward Hallek Senr Thence upon the Same Line Betwen the Said Zadok Lewis and Alexander Youngs thence upon the Same Line betwen the Said Alexander Youngs and John Avres thence Runing upon the Same Line Betwen the Said John Ayres and Urian Mckey to the Land formerly Be- longing to Lattin Carpenter from thence Runing Nearly upon a Strait Line to a Brook at or near the North End of an old field Formerly Belonging to the Said Lattin Carpenter From thence up the Hill westerly in the most Conveniant Place thence by a Line of marked Trees acroos Said Land to the Road that Runs from Lattin town to the New Paltz thence across


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Said Road by a Line of marked Trees to the Road that Runs from Lattin Town to the Platter Kill as for a Large whiteoak Tree marked Near the Said Platter Kill Road.


N. B. it is the Request of the majority of the Petioners for Said Road that it Shall Remain with Bars or Gates for one year from this Date and after that to be an open Road and to Remain in full Testimony among other Publick Roads as wit- nes our hands March ye 18 1782


CALEB MERRITT NATH'L KELSY Commisons


This is the road at the willow tree running west past the Moore place and the Michael Kaley place and so on westward substantially as it is today.


March 26-1782 A Return of an open Road Laid out two Rods wide By the Commisoners of New Marlborough Runing as follows (To witt) -


Begining at the River at Lowe water mark by a Cedar tree marked upon Anning Smiths Land thence Runing a Little to the South of the house where Isaac Rowly now Lives thence up the hill in the most Conveniant Place a Little to the South of the Said Anning Smiths Grist mill Thence Nearly as the Road now Runs by the Said anning Smiths house across the Post Road to the Line betwen the Said anning Smith and Luff Smith thence upon the Same Line or as near the Line as Can Con- veniantly be made a good Road to the north of Said Luff Smiths Said mill and to Continue upon or near the Same Line as aforesaid to or near the Road that Runs thro the Land of the Said anning Smith and Luff Smith at their own Expence Thense from Said Line Nearly as the Road now Runs across the Said anning Smiths Land To Nathaniel Kelsys Line Thence upon the Line Betwen the Said Anning Smith and Nathaniel Kelsy to John Mobery Smiths Line Thence upon the Same Line Betwen the Said Nathaniel Kelsy and John Mobery Smith to Job St Johns Line Thence upon the Same Line Betwen the Said John Mobery Smith and Job St John to or near the Said Job St Johns house Thence Nearly as the Road now Runs through the Said Job St Johns Land to the Said Line again Between the Said Job St John and John Mobery Smith thence upon the Same Line or a Cross to the Road that Leads from the New Paltz to Lattin town thence upon the Line or as near the


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Line as Can Conveniantly be made a Good Road Between Samuel Lewis and Samuel and Adam St John to the vacant Lands in the mountains Then begining back at or near a Little Brook upon Said Line thence Runing Northardly up a hill in the most Conveniant place thence Runing by a Line of markt trees to the westward of a hollow Called Sugar Hollow a Crost the Lots of Land belonging to adam and Samul St John and Samul and Nathaniel Hull to the Same Little Brook to the Northward of Said Sugar Hollow thence to the westward by a Line of marked trees to the Northeast Corner of Josiah Eltings pattent thence upon the Land Belonging to David Martin to Said David Martins house thence Runing Nearly as the Road now Run with the allowance of Good Swing Gates or bars to Josiah Bakers Line thence with the Said allowance of good bars or gates to the Said Bakers Land the aforesaid Gates or bars to be Kept in Good Repair at the Said David Martins and Josiah Kakers own Expence thence through the Vacant Lands by or near a Line of marked trees to the northe of Wil- liam Glands Fence thence westerly to the Paltz Line and to Remain in full Testimony with other Publick Roads as witnes our hands


CALEB MERRITT NATH'L KELSY Commisoners


This road as it will be seen commenced on Anning Smith's land at the river and ran west to the post road (this part is now closed up). It then ran west substantially as the road now runs from the post road past Peter McManus' place and then continuing on to Pan-cake Hollow (which then must have been called Sugar Hollow) then on to what is now Clinton- dale till it met the Paltz line.


" We the Subscribers Commissioners appointed to Regulate and Lay out Roads in the Precinct of New Marlborough in the County of Ulster & State of New York having read the Peti- tion presented us & and signed by twelve Frecholders Inhabit- ants of said Precinct Praying us to Lay out a Common Public Road from the Road Called Lattin town Road to join the Road on the East side of the Great Wild Meadow in the township of


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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.


New Paltz lately Laid out by the Commissioners of New Paltz from the Road Commonly Called The River Road along by the Indian orchard &e to New Marlborough Precinct And We Hav- ing taken the same into Consideration and taken a View of the Ground Do JJudge this same to be Necessary and Commodious as well for the Inhabitants as for Travelers.


Wherefore We the Subscribers have agreeable to the Prayers of sd Petition laid out a Common Public Road from the South- erly End of sd Paltz Road to sd Lattintown Road in the follow- ing manner Viz: Begining at a Black-oak Tree marked on the North side with three haeks and a Blaze Standing in the Line Between New Paltz & New Marlborough Precincts at the south- erly End of sd Road laid out by the Commissioners of New Paltz as aforesad and Runs from Thence Southerly along a line of marked Trees to the Field in the Possession of one Mr. Hall and through the sd Field near the west End of the House of sd Hall to a Chessnut Tree Standing near a Run of Water Then Runing along a line of marked trees to the Field of Benjamin Stead and Going through the same to a Dry tree Standing in the sd Field and Then along a line of marked Trees to sd Lattin- town Road at a Beach Tree marked with three trees hacks and a Blaze Standing near the House of Caleb Stead Given Under our Hands this 14th Day of November Annogue Domini 1784


N. B. We the sd Commissioners of New Marlborough Pre- einet Do hereby order that the sd Road laid out by us as afore- said shall be four Rods Wide.


BENJAMIN ELY


Clerk


URIAH DRAKE HENRY TERBOS Commissioners


By virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of New York passed in March in the Year of our Lord one Thou- sand Seven Hundred and Eighty four Entitled an Act for the Clearing mending and for the Laying out publick Roads and others in the County of Ulster - We Commissioners for puting in Execution the good purposses of the Said Act and more Especially of any of the Freeholders Inhabitants of the Precinct of New Marlborough Have laid out an open publiek Road two Rods wide begining at a Certain Blackoak bush marked on two Sides near the head of Tenstone Meadow the East side of the old Crossway then runing Westerly over the Crossway and turn-


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ing Southerly along the West side of the Meadow as near as the Land will allow Southerly to John Scotts Line then Southerly by & Corse of Marked Trees to John Ares and so to continue Southerly along by a Line of marked Trees in the most con- venient place of land until it comes to the Land of Samuel Whyatt and Andrew Gee and as near the Line of Division as Conveniently can be made between them both to remove a certain old Crossway to the Foot of a Hill the Westerly Side of the Swamp and then to follow the Marked Trees Round the Hill untill it comes to Samuel Whyats fence then Runing through the Corner of Said Whyatts Lott South Westerly to a White Oak Tree standing in the Road that leads from New Burrough to the Platter Kiln which Road were by Virtue of the Said above mentioned Aet order and Appoint the same to be an open Road through as much of the Said preeinet as is before Directed and we also Desire that agreeable to Law and the said Act this the same be Recorded among the publick Records of the P'recinet and in order that the same may be and Remain an open Road In Testimony whereof We have hereunto Set our Hands and Seals this Twenty Six Day of April in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Six LEONARD SMITH REUBEN DRAKE Commissioners


This road is all in what is now Plattekill; it is sub- stantially the road that runs from the Milton turnpike at Kostendieck's corner to the valley.


Laid out in the Town of New Marlborough in Ulster County the 21st Day of March 1789 According to Law by the commis- sioners of Highways for sd Town Begining at the Line of the East Bounds of John Banckers Farm now in Possession of Lattin Carpenter near a Blacksmith Shop and Precisely at a certain Bridge over the Criek a little South of Thomas Rays House Runing thence from the Lattin Town Road Westward nearly as the Road now Runs aeross said Farm to the North East Corner of John Caverly's Land thenee Runing the North side of the Line Between the Land of the sd John Caverly and the Land of the said John Baneker or as nearly so as Can be made a good Road to a Blackoak Tree marked Thence Runing nearly as the Road now Goes to a Small Brook thence near the


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North Side of said Brook by a Line of Marked Trees or near said Line of Marked Trees as is most convenient for a Road to the south East Corner of the Field now in Possession of Henry Hyde from thence nearly as the Road now Runs to sd Hydes House then Southwardly nearly as the Road now Goes to a Large White Oak Tree Marked standing a little to the North of Dan'l Cooks House then Runing through the Woods by a Line of Marked Trees to the outlet of the Pine Swamp thence Runing by a Line of Marked Trees to the Road Laid out acrost the Moun- tains Adjoining said Road by a small Black Oak Tree Marked, The above is to be a Road Rods Wide and Equal Testimony with other Public Roads on the Records of the Town of New Marlborough




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