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ern base of Mount McGregor; and the Kayaderosseras creek rises in the southern part and flows in a southerly direction into Saratoga lake. The great falls of the Hudson river lie about midway of the eastern boundary. The scenery at Palmer's Falls is probably unexcelled in New York State, except that the world of industry has laid its hand upon the waterpower there for manufacturing purposes. The Adiron- dack railroad runs nearly north and south east of the middle of the town. The Mount McGregor railroad enters the extreme southeastern corner, its track extending about a mile into the town.
The first settlement in Corinth was made near Mount McGregor about 1775 by Ambrose Clothier. Samuel Eggleston located near by in the same year. Benjamin Ide came from Jonesville, in Clifton Park, in 1777. The first church (Baptist) was constituted in 1795. The first lumber mills in the town were built about 1800. Jonathan Deuel owned one at South Corinth in that year. The first clothing mill was built about 1805 on Kayaderosseras creek by Washington Chap- man. Hiram Chapman had the first store, at South Corinth, in 1826.
Corinth is a village located in the northeastern part of the town. It has several manufactures, including paper mills. The village is of modern growth. It was incorporated in 1888; since which time the village presidents have been :
1888, Warren Curtis; 1889-1890, S. C. Johnson; 1891, Daniel B. Ide; 1892, Charles H. Pitts; 1893, F. R. Walker; 1894, Charles H. Pitts; 1895, James B. Ross; 1896, Levi B. Dedrick; 1897-1898, W. Curtis, jr.
South Corinth is a hamlet located in the southern part of the town, on the Adirondack railroad.
Corinth was formed from Hadley April 20, 1818 At the first town meeting held in April, 1819, Benjamin Cowles was elected supervisor and John W. Taylor clerk. Since that time the supervisors of Cornith have been :
1819-1820, Benjamin Cowles; 1821-1824, Samuel McCrea ; 1825, David Rogers; 1826, Benjamin Cowles; 1827-1828, William Jones; 1829, David Rogers; 1830-1832, Thomas Dibble; 1833-1834, Benjamin Cowles; 1835-1837, Windsor Brown; 1838, Jeduthan Lindsay; 1839-1840, Obadiah Wood; 1841, William Ide; 1842, Benjamin Cowles; 1843-1844, Benjamin F. Sims; 1845-1846, Theodore W. Sanders; 1847, Henry S. Efnor; 1848, Arden Heath; 1849, Benjamin Grippin; 1850, Amasa B. Martin; 1851, Asahel Deuel; 1852, Arden Heath; 1853, Asahel Deuel; 1854, Arden Heath; 1855, A. C. T. Sherman ; 1856, Arden Heath; 1857, N. W. Buckmaster; 1858, A. C. T. Sher- man; 1859, Nathaniel M. Boughton ; 1860, Sylvanus Rugg; 1861-1862, Franklin Car- penter; 1863, N. W. Buckmaster; 1864-1866, Tilly Houghton; 1867-1868, Franklin
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Carpenter ; 1869, John C. Herrick ; 1870-1874, John Ambler; 1875-1876, Isaac S. Mur- ray ; 1877, Gilbert C. Ide; 1878-1881, N. M. Boughton; 1882-1883, Warren Curtis; 1884-1885, Gustavus W. Edwards; 1886-1890, Daniel B. Ide; 1891-1892, Ezra Sayre; 1893-1895, John T. Rice; 1896-1898, Clarence L. Grippin.
TOWN OF HADLEY.
Hadley is one of the most northerly towns of Saratoga county. It is bounded on the north and east by the county line, on the south by Corinth and on the west by Day. The town is defined as follows in the Revised Statutes:
The town of Hadley shall contain all that part of said county bounded, northerly and easterly, by the bounds of the county, southerly by Corinth, and westerly, by Day.
The surface of the town is rough and hilly and for the most part thickly wooded. The Kayaderosseras range occupies the southern part of the town. Mount Anthony (the iron mountain), its highest peak, lies in the southeastern part of Hadley. The Sacandaga river winds through the southern part. There are no lakes or other streams of im- portance in the town. The Adirondack railroad runs nearly north and south through the extreme eastern part of the town.
Richard Hilton, who came into the town in 1788, is reputed to have been the first settler in the town. Alexander Stewart came in 1790, Daniel Dayton in 1796 and Elijah Ellis in 1800. The latter built the first saw mill in town on the Sacandaga river. Jonathan Flanders had the first tavern.
Conklingville and Hadley are the only villages. The former is lo- cated on the Sacandaga in the western part of the town. It was founded in 1848 by Gurdon Conkling. It has several industries, the most im- portant of which is the woodenware factory operated for many years by Benjamin Jenkins. Hadley lies at the mouth of the Sacandaga river, and is practically a part of the village of Luzerne in Warren county.
The Free-Will Baptist church of Hadley was organized in 1826, the Wesleyan Methodist church in 1844, the Conklingville Presbyterian church in 1854, St. John's Episcopal church of Conklingville in 1868. An Odd Fellows lodge was instituted at Conklingville in 1851, and a lodge of Good Templars in 1869.
Hadley was formed from Greenfield in 1801, but then comprised the present towns of Hadley, Corinth and a part of Day. In 1819 it was reduced to its present dimensions. The supervisors of the town have been :
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1801-14, Benjamin Cowles; 1815, Timothy Brown; 1816-18, Benjamin Cowles; 1819-33, Jeremy Rockwell; 1834, Charles Stewart; 1835, Jeremy Rockwell,1 Harmon Rockwell (appointed); 1836, Charles Stewart; 1837. David Stewart; 1838-45 Harmon Rockwell; 1846-47, William W. Rockwell; 1848-49, Harmon Rockwell; 1850, Jeffer- son Jeffers; 1851, Alexander K. Palmer; 1852, Manlius Jeffers; 1853-54, Robert Humphrey; 1855, David Wait; 1856, Jefferson Jeffers; 1857-58, Manlius Jeffers; 1859, Robert Humphrey; 1860, Alexander H. Palmer; 1861, John J. Wait; 1862, Gurdon Conklin, jr. ; 1863, Manlius Jeffers; 1864, Gurdon Conklin, jr. ; 1865-66, John J. Wait; 1867, William H. Palmer; 1868-69, Benjamin Pickens; 1870, Manlius Jeff- ers; 1871, William H. Palmer; 1872, Stewart Early; 1873-74, John A. Kathan; 1875, Lewis E. Wait; 1876, Darius Martin; 1877-78, John J. Wait; 1879, John A. Kathan; 1880-81, Edmund J. Wilcox: 1882, John A. Kathan; 1883-84, Charles H. Mills; 1885- 90, Monroe L. Kathan; 1891, Patrick T. Moynihan; 1892-98, Francis J. Dunn.
Following is a list of the town clerks since 1805:
1805-09, Daniel Church; 1810, Elisha Brace; 1811, John W. Taylor; 1812-13, Or- lando Boardman; 1814-15, Elisha Wilson; 1816-18, Jeremy Rockwell; 1819-20, H. T. Carpenter; 1821-26, Henry Rockwell; 1827-28, Harmon Rockwell; 1829, David Stewart; 1830, Orange Dayton; 1831, George T. Rockwell; 1832-34, Harmon Rock- well; 1835, Hiram A. Perry, D. S. Graves; 1836, D. S. Graves; 1837-38, Peter Butler; 1839, Carmi Lindsay; 1840-41, N. M. Houghton; 1842-43, David Stewart; 1844-45, Truman D. Stewart: 1846, Daniel B. Ketchum; 1847-48, Manlius Jeffers ; 1849, George Kenyon; 1850, Carmi Lindsay; 1851-52, George Kenyon; 1853, John Cameron; 1854, David Wait; 1855-56, George Kenyon; 1857-58, Abner D. Wait; 1859, David Wait; 1860-61, Stephen Kenyon, jr .; 1862, George Kenyon; 1863-64, John J. Wait; 1865, Charles W. Reynolds; 1866, George Kenyon ; 1867, Grove H. Moore; 1868, Martin H. Wilcox; 1869, A. J. Rockwell; 1870, Stephen Kenyon; 1871, John A. Kathan; 1872-73, Joseph E. Morris; 1874, William P. Bunnell; 1875, Warren Johnson; 1876, James F. Austin; 1877, Charles H. Mills; 1878-79, Clark Early; 1880, L. L. Quivey; 1881-83, Jacob C. Palmer ; 1884-87, M. H. Wilcox; 1888, Albert Williams; 1889-90, P. T. Moy- nihan; 1891-92, B. S. Jenkins; 1893, J. C. Palmer; 1894-95, B. S. Jenkins; 1896-97, William Johnson; 1898, Willard Kathan.
The justices of the peace elected by the people since 1830 have been as follows:
1830, Joel Dayton ; 1831, Stephen Gray (long term), Uriah H. Kendall (short term); 1832, Harmon Rockwell; 1833, Stephen Gray; 1834, Decalvas S. Graves; 1835, Uriah H. Kendall; 1836, David Stewart; 1837, Stephen Gray (long term), Thomas Frost (short term); 1838, Harmon Rockwell (long term), Thomas Frost (short term); 1839, Thomas Frost; 1840, David Stewart; 1841, Stephen Gray; 1842, Harmon Rockwell; 1843, Thomas Frost; 1844, David Stewart; 1845, John B. Aldrich; 1846, Ariel C. Loveless; 1847, Harmon Rockwell; 1848, Zina H. Cowles; 1849, Robert Humphrey (long term), Otis Kiblin (short term); 1850, Manlius Jeffers (long term), A. C. Loveless (short term); 1851, A. C. Loveless (long term), John Gilbert (short term); 1852, Har- mon Rockwell; 1853, Robert Humphrey; 1854, Manlius Jeffers; 1855, John A. Kettell;
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1856, Harmon Rockwell; 1857, Robert Humphrey (long term), George Kenyon (short term); 1858, Manlius Jeffers; 1859, Elijah Ellis; 1860, George Kenyon; 1861, Robert Humphrey; 1862, Manlius Jeffers; 1863, John A. Kettell (long term), A. H. Palmer (short term); 1864, Harmon Rockwell, L. D. Sabin (appointed); 1865, L. D. Sabin; 1866, Manlius Jeffers: 1867, C. Kennedy (long term), Mark Beattie (short term); 1868, George Kenyon; 1869, Lemuel D. Sabin; 1870, H. S. Jenkins (full term), J. Gilbert and D. Martin (vacancies); 1871, Harmon Rockwell (long term), A. H. Palmer (short term); 1872, George Kenyon (long term), John Johnson (short term); 1873, Solon Bingham ; 1874, David H. Yates; 1875, M. H. Wilcox (long term), Mark Beattie (short term); 1876, Joseph Dunn (long term), Joel Loveless (short term); 1877, Solon Bing- ham (full term), J. Scoville and J. Gilbert (vacancies); 1878, E. George Dunklee (long term), Oliver Lawton (short term); 1879, George Kenyon; 1880, Oliver Lawton; 1881, Solon Bingham; 1882, J. R. Scoville; 1883, George Kenyon; 1884, Oliver Lawton; 1885, E. George Dunklee; 1886, Solon Bingham; 1887, John A. Kathan; 1888, Oliver Lawton (long term), John A. Kathan (short term); 1889, George Kenyon; 1890, Solon Bingham; 1891, John A. Kathan (long term), Alexander H. Palmer (short term); 1892, Oliver Lawton; 1893, A. H. Palmer ; 1894, John Hall, jr. ; 1895, John A. Kathan ; 1896, E. George Dunklee; 1898, E. J. Wilcox.
TOWN OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
Northumberland is one of the eastern tier of towns. It is bounded on the north by Moreau, on the east by the county line, on the south by Saratoga, and on the west by Wilton. The town is defined as fol- lows by the Revised Statutes:
The town of Northumberland shall contain all that part of said county beginning in the east bounds of the county, at an easterly continuation of the north bounds of lot number four, in the twentieth general allotment of the patent of Kayaderosseras, and running thence westerly in the direction of said north bounds the distance of five miles and fifty-three rods from the west bank of Hudson's river; then southerly one degree east to the north bounds of the tenth allotment of said patent; then east along the same and continuation thereof to the bounds of the county; and then northerly along the same to the place of beginning.
The surface of the town is gently rolling. A line of slate and clay bluffs from thirty to one hundred feet high extends along the Hudson river. The principal streams are Beaver Dam creek and Snoek kill. The Champlain canal crosses the extreme southeastern corner, and the Del- aware & Hudson railroad the northwestern corner.
The town was first settled about ten years before the Revolution. Hugh Munroe came to Northumberland in 1765 and erected a saw mill on the bank of one of the creeks in the eastern part of the town at Gansevoort. He was a noted Tory. He fled to Canada and his prop- erty was confiscated. James Brisbin settled, also in 1765, about a mile and a half west of Fort Miller. Archibald McNeil probably was the
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first to locate at what is now Northumberland village. Fort Miller was built in this town in 1755, under the direction of Colonel Miller. It was located upon the flat, above the rapids, and was inclosed on three sides by the river. A blockhouse was built on the heights that com- mands the position on the west. Fort Miller bridge was first erected by a company incorporated March 16, 1803. A new bridge was built in 1845. John De Monts opened a store just above Fort Miller soon after the Revolution. Alexander Bacon had the first store at Bacon Hill and Charles Carpenter at Northumberland village.
There are three small villages in Northumberland. Gansevoort was named after Colonel Peter Gansevoort, a Revolutionary hero who, at the close of the war, bought the estate of the Tory Hugh Munroe, dis- covered the irons of Munroe's mill and erected a saw mill and a grist mill. Bacon Hill was named after Ebenezer Bacon, who came from Connecticut and settled there in 1794, opening the first frame tavern in town that year. The place was formerly called Fiddletown and Pope's Corners. Northumberland lies on the Champlain canal in the extreme southeastern part of the town.
The Reformed church of Northumberland, organized in 1820, was a branch of the pioneer church at Schuylerville. The Reformed church of Gansevoort was formed in 1839, the M. E. church of Gansevoort in 1839.
The town of Northumberland was formed from Saratoga March 16, 1798. A part of Hadley was taken off in 1801, Moreau in 1805, and Wilton in 1818. The supervisors of the town have been:
1798-1799, Sidney Berry; 1800-1806, Jared Palmer; 1807-1810, Herinan Ganse- voort; 1811-1813, Isaac B. Payne; 1814, John Metcalf; 1815, Herman Gansevoort; 1816, Daniel Hicks; 1817, James Olmstead; 1818-19, John Metcalf; 1820-22, James Cramer; 1823-24, Nathaniel McClellan; 1825-27, Thomas Howland; 1828, James Vandewerker; 1829-32, Pasley Laing; 1833, Thomas Howland; 1834, Jesse Billings; 1835, Herman Gansevoort; 1836, Conrad Cramer; 1837, Sidney Thompson; 1838, Conrad Cramer; 1839, Thomas Howland; 1840, Hugh Thompson; 1841, Platt C. Viele; 1842-43, Joseph Baucus; 1844, George Lansing; 1845, Augustus H. Pearsall; 1846, Walter Doty; 1847, John R. Fake; 1848, David Purinton; 1849, John Ter- hune; 1850-51, David Purinton; 1852-53, Joseph Baucus; 1854, Earl H. Whitford; 1855, J. H. Thompson ; 1856, R. F. Houseworth; 1857, Harlow Lawrence; 1858, Hi- ram Cramer; 1859-64, Joseph Baucus; 1865-66, Hiram Cramer; 1867-68, Harlow Lawrence; 1869-71, Alexander B. Baucus; 1872, William Tice; 1873, George Wash- burn; 1874, Alexander B. Baucus; 1875, Edwin .W. Town ; 1876, Alexander B. Baucus; 1877, Daniel H. Deyoe; 1878, John R. Vanderwerker; 1879, Alexander B. Baucus; 1880-81, William S. Deyoe; 1882, Wilson S. Fuller; 1883, John R. Vanderwerker;
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1884-85, George B. Thompson ; 1886-87, Augustus G. Deyoe; 1888, Warren A. Bliven; 1889-93, Daniel Washburn; 1894-95, James H. Deyoe; 1896-98, Henry C. Thompson.
TOWN OF CHARLTON.
Charlton lies in the southwestern corner of the county. It is bounded ' on the north by Galway and Milton, on the east by Ballston, on the south by Schenectady county, and on the west by Schenectady and Montgomery counties. The Revised Statutes define the town as fol- lows:
The town of Charlton shall contain all that part of said county bounded westerly and southerly by the bounds of the county, easterly by Ballston, northerly by Milton and Galway.
The surface is undulating, and is composed of an excellent quality of loam. Aal. Plass creek flows southwesterly through the town, and a branch of the Mourning kill runs eastwardly into Ballston.
Charlton was first settled by Joseph Gonzalez, who located in the southwestern part in 1770. In 1774 a number of Scotch-Irish families who had fled or been banished from Great Britain on account of their religious beliefs began the more thorough settlement of the town. Among them were Thomas Sweetman and David Maxwell. John Cavert, John Taylor, Joseph La Rue, James Valentine, William Cham- bers, John McKnight and others came the following year. John Rogers built the first saw mill in town, on Aal-Plass creek, about 1778. In 1776 John Holmes built the first grist mill in town.
Charlton village lies a short distance southeast of the centre of the town. West Charlton is a hamlet four miles northwest of Charlton. Blue Corners is a community in the northwest corner of the town. The Charlton academy was started at Charlton village about 1858 by the late Rev. Dr. James N. Crocker of Saratoga Springs. The teach- ers' association formed here in 1836 is believed to have been the first organization of the kind in New York State.
Of the churches in this town, St. Paul's Episcopal church at Charlton was organized December 10, 1803; the Presbyterian church at Charl- ton (first called "the Presbyterian church of Freehold ") in 1786, the United Presbyterian church at West Charlton (commonly known as the old Scotch church) about 1784, and the M. E. church of Charlton about 1838.
The town of Charlton was formed from Ballston March 17, 1792. It originally had been called New Freehold, most of the original settlers
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having come from Freehold, N. J., where they made the first stop after leaving Great Britain. The supervisors of the town have been :
1782, John Boyd, jr. 1793, Alexander Gilchrist. 1794, John Taylor. 1795, John Munro. 1796, Alexander Gilchrist. 1797, Henry Corl, jr. 1798, John Taylor. 1799, Alexander Gilchrist. 1800-01, Chauncey Belding. 1802, Caleb Holmes. 1803, Na- than Hinman. 1804, John Anderson. 1805, Caleb Holmes. 1806, Joseph Brown. 1807, John Rogers, jr. 1808, Joseph Brown. 1809-11, Somers Hiller. 1812, Daniel Ostrom. 1813, Samuel Belding. 1814-19, John Low. 1820, Calvin Isbell. 1821-32, John Low. 1833-36, Daniel Ostrom. 1837-38, Thomas Brown. 1839, Archibald Smith. 1840-43, Lawrence Gardiner. 1844, John A. Gilchrist. 1845, Lawrence Gardiner. 1846, Alexander Gilchrist. 1847, Henry Ostrom. 1848-49, James Richey. 1850, John A. Sweetman. 1851, John Low. 1852, John A. Sweetman. 1853-54, James N. Budd. 1855-58, Nathan H. Brown. 1859-60, John Consalus. 1861-66, Horatio S. Brown. 1867, George Bell. 1868-70, Frederick Curtis. 1871-72, James N. Budd. 1873-74, Benjamin H. Knapp. 1875, William B. Consalus. 1876-77, John A. Sweetman. 1878, Peter Van Guysling. 1879-82, Thomas M. Gilchrist. 1883-89, George C. Valentine. 1890-92, J. Irving Parent. 1893-98, Walter I. Cavert.
Following is a list of the town clerks since 1799:
1799-1801, Alexander Ferguson. 1802-12, Samuel Belding. 1813-15, N. S. Hol- lister. 1816-17, N. D. Conde. 1818-38, Samuel Belding. 1839-41, Hiram Belding. 1842, Henry M. Hulst. 1843-47, James Richey. 1848-49, M. B. Callaghan. 1850, James Richey. 1851-53, James H. Marvin. 1854-55, William H. Ely. 1856-62, Hi- ram Belding. 1863-65, William H. Ely. 1866-67, Hiram Belding. 1868-76, Norman Smith. 1877, George Conde. 1878, David F. Wicks. 1879-80, John M. Wells. 1881- 82, Norman Smith. 1883-85, Walter I. Cavert. 1886, C. S. Haynes. 1887-91, Joseph N. Hedden. 1892-95, William L. Slover. 1896-97, Robert F. Kernan. 1898, Charles E. Groot.
The records of the justices of the peace elected by the people are missing up to the year 1854. Since the latter date those who have been elected to this office are:
1854, Marvin E. Myers; 1855, Robert Crothers; 1856, Henry Ostrom; 1857, Alex- ander Davidson; 1858, Isaac Raymond; 1859, Robert Crothers; 1860, Robert Hallo- well; 1861, Alexander Davidson; 1862, Alfred H. Hayes; 1863, James C. Bell; 1864, Elbert A. Wilkie; 1865, Alexander Davidson; 1866, Jesse Conde: 1867, James C. Bell; 1868, Elbert A. Wilkie; 1869, Benjamin H. Knapp; 1870, William H. Coons; 1871, Sampson T. Mason; 1872, Elbert A. Wilkie; 1873, Cornwell M. Noxon; 1874, William H. Coons; 1875, Joseph H. Alexander, John A. Chambers; 1876, Elbert A. Wilkie; 1877, Cornwell M. Noxon; 1878, John A. Chambers; 1879, Sampson T. Mason ; 1880, Joseph H. Alexander ; 1881, Richard Taylor ; 1882, Cornelius B. Young ; 1883, William H. Ostrom; 1884, Joseph H. Alexander; 1885, Cornwell M. Noxon; 1886, Cornelius B. Young; 1887, Cornelius Van Buren; 1888, Joseph H. Alexander, 1889, Alexander Crane; 1890, Cornelius B. Young; 1891, Matthew Bunyan; 1892, Elmer Cavert; 1893, Alexander Crane; 1894, Cornelius B. Young; 1896, George F. Smith ; 1897, Alexander Crane; 1898, Cornelius B. Young.
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THE TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK.
Clifton Park is one of the most southerly towns of the county. It is bounded on the north by Ballston and Malta, on the east by Halfmoon, on the south by Albany and Schenectady counties, and on the west by Schenectady county and the town of Ballston. In the Revised Statutes the town is thus described :
The town of Clifton shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by Ballston and Malta, easterly by Half Moon, southerly and westerly by the bounds of the county.
The surface of the town is gently undulating. A line of rugged clay bluffs borders upon the Mohawk river in the southern part of the town. There are several small brooks in the town. The Erie canal enters the town at Rexford's Flats and flows southeasterly and easterly along the bank of the Mohawk river. The main line of the Delaware & Hudson Canal company's railroad passes through the extreme north- eastern part. The Schenectady branch of the same railroad runs through the northwestern corner. The Schenectady and Mechanic- ville branch of the Delaware & Hudson railroad and the main line of the Fitchburg railroad extend through the northern half of the town.
The first settlements in Clifton Park were made near the Mohawk river before 1700. The exact date is unknown. In 1723 there were at least twenty inhabitants in the town, and probably more, as a census taken in that year shows that number of residents in the section then called Canastigione. Nicholas Fort kept a public house at Fort's Ferry before the Revolution. It is related that George Washington was ferried across the river at this point and stopped at Fort's tavern while on his northern tour in 1783. Eldert Vischer established the ferry which still bears his name, before the Revolution. Edward Rexford settled at Rexford's Flats before the Revolution. Saw mills and grist mills were established at an early day, many years before the Revolu- tion.
Clifton Park village lies on the eastern boundary of the town, partly in Halfmoon. Vischer's Ferry, Fort's Ferry and Rexford's Flats are located on the Erie canal. Groom's Corners is in the southwestern part and Jonesville (or Elnora) is in the northern part. At the latter place there flourished for many years a noted academy. At Rexford's Flats the Erie canal crosses the river from Schenectady county by means of an aqueduct of considerable size.
The Reformed church of Amity (Vischer's Ferry) was organized in
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1802, the Baptist church of Clifton Park in 1795, the M. E. church at Groom's Corners about 1828, the M. E. church at Rexford's Flats in 1833, the M. E. church at Jonesville in 1825, and the M. E. church at Clifton Park in 1842.
Clifton Park was formed from Halfmoon March 3, 1828, as "Clifton." Its name was changed to Clifton Park March 31, 1829. It is the last town organized in Saratoga county. The first town meeting was held in 1828, when the following officers were elected:
Supervisor, Ephraim Stevens. Clerk, Henry Clow. Collector, Michael Weldon. Assessors, Joseph Reed, Abram Pearse, Isaac E. Garnsey. Overseers of the poor, Joseph Arnold, Teunis Cragier. Highway commissioners, Jacob Volwider, Elisha King, Stephen H. Wakeman. Committee of common schools, Cornelius Failing, Seth W. Higgins, Solomon C. Peck. Inspectors of common schools, Levi Garnsey, William E. Noxon, Leonard Shepherd. Constables, William H. Brown, James Knight, jr., John Cole. Pound keepers, Ephraim Stevens, Eleazer Rexford. Fence viewers, Andrew Evans, David Garnsey.
Since that time the supervisors of Clifton Park have been as follows:
1828, Ephraim Stevens. 1829, Nathan Garnsey. 1830, Ephraim Stevens. 1831, David Garnsey. 1832-34, Ephraim Stevens. 1835, William Gates. 1836-37, James Groom. 1838-39, Joseph Arnold. 1840-41, Henry Clow. 1842-44, Roscius R. Kennedy. 1845-46, John Peck. 1847-48, Christopher C. Hegeman. 1849, John Peck. 1850, J. W. Van Vranken. 1851, Harvey H. Rogers. 1852-53, William Shepherd. 1854, Nanning F. Vischer. 1855, Nelson Cole. 1856, Isaac Schauber. 1857, Roscius R. Kennedy. 1858, Nicholas Vischer. 1859, David W. Wait. 1860, Gradus Vischer. 1861-66, Cyrus W. Rexford, 1867-69, Nicholas J. Clute. 1870, Garret Craiger. 1871, Cyrus W. Rexford. 1872, N. J. Clute. 1873-74, Barney R. Caldwell. 1875, Hiram Parker. 1876-80, Adam Mott. 1881-83, Samuel Groom. 1884, John C. Losee. 1885-87, William H. Van Vranken. 1888, George Losee. 1889, Wallace L. Hubbs, 1890-91, Hiram A. Champion. 1892-96, Emmor J. Cald- well. 1897-98, J. Howard Arnold.
The town clerks have been :
1828, Henry Clow. 1829, William Shepherd. 1830-1831, Solomon C. Peck. 1832- 1835, James Groom. 1836, John Thomas. 1837-1838, William Hollister. 1839, James E. Jones. 1840, William L. Potter. 1841-1842, Thomas M. Peters. 1843, Joseph S. Wood, 1844-1845, William A. Peters. 1846, John Arnold. 1847, Aaron Wood. 1848, Silas H. Sweatland. 1849, Francis N. Vischer. 1850-1851, Lorenzo H. Sprague. 1852, Staats V. S. Fonda. 1853, Hiram P. Jones. 1854, William P. Rogers. 1855, John Arnold. 1856, Nicholas Vischer. 1857, John Peck, 2d. 1858, Edwin Lyon. 1859-1860, John Peck, 2d. 1861-1864, Samuel Groom. 1865-1868, John Peck. 1869, Samuel Groom. 1870, Henry J. Wetzel. 1871-1876, Samuel Groom. 1877-1879, Edward S. Hubbs. 1880, W. H Van Vranken. 1881-1882, C. R. Sheffer. 1883, Michael Dennis. 1884-1885, George H. Smith. 1886-1888, T. F.
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