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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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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.
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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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH.
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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