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Similar to this is the story told of the gentleman who at present the senior member of our bar. He handlesa quill in even a more careless manner than did the late Horace Greeley. At one time, but a
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few years since, he thought he would enjoy a vaca- tion shooting prairie chickens with his brother in Illinois. So he mailed a letter signifying his inten- tions, and after the superscription had been fully " cussed and discussed " along the route by the mail agents and post clerks it finally came to its destination ; and, after traveling through the neigh- borhood it finally came to its owner, who recognized the superscription on the envelope but totally col- lapsed under the pressure of attempting to read the contents 'The results of his unavailing labors were thus summed up in a letter sent to his legal brother in response :
Your letter looked as if it were written upside down. I turned it over and it looked more so. I showed it to our school master, but his learning was not deep enough to fathom your hieroglyphics. I laid it carefully away until my next visit to Peoria. I took it there and submitted it to a famous linguist, who is versed in many tongues. He gave it a most careful examination and decided that it was not written in any known language, living or dead. I re- mail it to you and wish you would send me a translation, but, John, I would advise you to go to school and learn to write."
Now came the most difficult part. Our friend had given up the hunting trip and had forgotten the letter, and when it arrived he was unable to read it himself. And yet, with all the pains he had taken these many years to attain an exalted position as a writer of illegible manuscript, if he should contest for a premium in that art there are several members of our county bar who could easily distance him and secure the medal.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE SARATOGA COUNTY BAR .- CONCLUSION.
The following gentlemen now residing in this county, who have been duly admitted to " practice in all the courts of this state," comprise its bar as at present constituted. Some of them are not in practice, and are engaged in other professions or avocations :
BALLSTON SPA.
George G. Scott.
Neil Gilmour.
Geo. W. Chapman. Alvah C. Dake.
George W. Hall.
John Brotherson. John W. Thompson. James W. Verbeck. Jesse S. L'Amoreaux. Seth Whalen. N. Jewett Johnson.
William J. Hillis.
Edwin Quackenbush.
Theo. F. Hamilton.
Enos R. Mann.
CRESCENT.
Truman G. Younglove.
CORINTH.
David Maxwell.
GALWAY.
Patrick Henry Meehan.
MECHANICVILLE. James F. Terry. SARATOGA SPRINGS.
Augustus Bockes. Oliver L. Barbour. Charles S. Lester.
Edward F. Bullard.
Jolin C. Hulbert.
Nathaniel B. Sylvester
John W. Crane.
William A Sackett.
George S. Batcheller.
Jolın R. Putnam.
Alembert Pond.
Lewis Varney.
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Lemuel B. Pike.
Jobn Newland.
Winsor B. French.
Silas P. Briggs.
John M. Davison.
Patrick Henry Cowen.
Henry W. Merrill.
John W. Martin.
James M. Andrews.
Joseph W. Hill.
John A. Bryan.
William M. Searing.
John T. Carr.
Aaron B. Olmstead. Phineas F. Allen.
William C. Barrett.
James P. Butler.
Algernon S. Burdick.
Joseph D. Briggs.
James S. B. Scott
Charles C. Lester.
John Foley. John L. Barbour.
William H. Eustis.
John Van Rensselaer. Elisha H. Peters. Jesse Stiles.
John H. Benedict.
Chas. H. Tefft, jr.
William B. II. Bunce.
William L. Grahame. Sidney J Cowen.
James M. Andrews, jr.
John R. McGregor. Frank B. Benton.
Charles M. Davison.
Edgar T. Brackett. George H. Mosher. SCHUYLERVILLE.
Delcour S. Potter. Samuel Wells. Philander C. Ford.
STILLWATER.
Lawrence Vandemark.
WATERFORD.
Cornelius A. Waldron. Isaac C. Ormsby. Francis S. Waldron.
Geo. B. Lawrence. Gad H. Lee. William T. Seymour .*
Of natives of this county and others, who have resided here for a time, who have in the practice of the profession of the law gained honor and fame for themselves elsewhere, may be named the late venerable Gideon Hawley of Albany, a native of Charlton ; Judge Philo D. Woodruff of Columbus, Ga .; Judge Nathaniel Bacon of Niles, Michigan, a native of Ballston ; Judge Francis N. Mann of Troy, a native of Milton ; Judge Samuel Belding of Ams-
*Since the completion of this work and while it was in press, the name of a member of the bar of this county, Charles Cramer of Waterford, has been stricken from its roll by the Great Judge. Mr. Cramer was a son of the Hon. John Cramer, and was a man of sterling personal qualities that endeared him to his circle of friends. he was liberally educated and trained for the bar, but devoted his life more to literary than forensic work.
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terdam, a native of Charlton; Levi Hubbell of Milwaukee, Wis .; William B. Harris of Albany ; James W. Culver of Jersey City ; Edgar L. Furs man, John C. Greene and Esek Cowen of Troy ; John L. Hill of Brooklyn; Miles B. Castle and Fred- erick Mosher of Sandwich, Illinois ; . William Mc- Kindley, William M. King and William K. Stur- gess of Chicago; Pliny W. Bartholomew of Indian- apolis ; Waldo M. Potter (formerly of the Sarato- gian) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; Charles A. Davison, Judge Gilbert M. Spier, Joseph A. Shoudy and John R. Fellows of New York; Flamen Ball of Cincinnati; John A. DeRemer of Schenectady, and others whose names escape me, it may be said that Saratoga continues to cherish them as her absent sons, and over the graves of those who have fallen asleep she folds the pall and enshrines their fame in her memory.
A mention needs be made of the "State and National Law School"' established by John W. Fowler, a bright but erratic son of genius, in the old Sans Souci hotel, Ballston Spa, in 1849. He opened it with a full corps of competent profes- sors and secured an abundant patronage. Among the graduates may be mentioned the names of Col. Slocum of the 1st Rhode Island infantry, who fell at the head of his regiment fighting at Bull Run ; Governor Gilbert C. Walker of Virginia, Judge Abraham R. Lawrence, Surrogate Delano C. Cal- vin and Gen. Roger A. Pryor of New York, and ex-judge Samuel D. Morris of Brooklyn-an alumni
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that would reflect honor on any institution. At the commencement in 1850, there were present Ex- President Van Buren, Governor Hamilton Fish and the great Kentucky commoner, Henry Clay. The latter made a memorable address to the stu- dents, addressing through them for the last time the young men of America in words of earnest coun- sel to be true to themselves and their country. But the projector of this law school, to balance all his other attainments, lacked what Gen. McCook called a "level head." He was very improvident, knowing nothing of the financial problems conducive to suc- cess, and, after three years of active and useful life, the institution went into bankruptcy.
Mention was made in the life sketch of Thomas Palmer of the building of the first county clerk's office. The supervisors in 1865, resolved to build the present edifice in the court house grounds ; the former having become unsafe and inadequate, as well as too remote from the court room. They appointed Arnold Harris, Joseph Baucus, David T. Lamb, James W. Horton, Edwin H. Chapman, Charles S. Lester and William V. Clark a com- mittee to erect the new building at a cost of 10,000. It was completed and occupied in the summer of 1866; Mr. Horton having previous removed the records to the state armory, now Christ church chapel, on High street.
Allusion has been made to the four pillars of the bar circle. They were placed in position to sustain the roof of the building. But, the " place that once
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knew them, will know them no more, forever." In the summer of 1874, the court house committee of the board of supervisors resolved on a general series of repairs. They began by trussing the roof and removing the then useless pillars. The whole build- ing was next treated with an entire new ceiling of mortar and " hard finish," and painted throughout. At first it was resolved to remove the judges' bench to the east end of the room with the bar and jurors' chairs occupying the whole of that part of the room. After one term it was found to be inconvenient, and the old arrangement with improvements was again adopted, and with the exception of the absence of the time worn pillars and a general modern appear- ance imparted to the room, it again wears its accustomed features.
A high compliment was paid to our county bar in the year 1875. The Khedive of Egypt, imbued with the high and noble idea of restoring to his land the civilization which it enjoyed in the long by- gone centuries, sought the aid of the outside nations. He determined to create courts of law on the Europ- ean models and established a supreme tribunal ; to which he appointed three of his native counselors, and then asked the governments of the United States, Great Britain and France to each designate a citizen, learned in the law, who would come to the land where Joseph and his brethren dwelt as strangers and accept from him an appointment for five years as a judge of the Egyptian supreme court. Hon. Hamilton Fish, secretary of state, in
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accepting this delicate task determined to designate one who would be an honor to the American name while he dwelt beneath the shadows of Cheops, from whose summit forty centuries look down upon the changing centers of human civilization. He tendered the appointment to Gen. George S. Batcheller of Saratoga Springs, as to a gentleman who was equally gifted as a lawyer and a statesman, and who as a jurist, under these peculiar circum- stances, would be best fitted to perform the duties that would come before him. Gen. Batcheller, after some hesitation and by the advice of his friends, decided to accept the task of carrying the science of modern jurisprudence to the land of the Pharoahs and Ptolemys from the land to them unknown, unless it be the " lost Atlantis," spoken of in the fragments of Herodotus as the land to which the Phonicean caravajals sailed and planted colonies. He is now living at Cairo, and both American and European tourists speak in high terms of the American judge and the hospitality of his amiable family; while from the Egyptian journals come fine encomiums of the work per- formed by the jurist from the Western World.
And now a word in conclusion. This has been on the part of the author a labor of love. The material embraced in this work partly matter of record and partly traditions gathered from the memories of old residents of the county was lying uncollected and the latter, especially, was fast going to the shades of oblivion, as successively the
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possessors of this knowledge were called to their final homes. For several years he has devoted a good share of his leisure time to conversing with these elderly parties and jotting down their recol- lections of the men and times in which they lived. As a son of Saratoga proud of her honored name, and as a duty which he felt he owed to the pro- fession to which he was trained, he determined to publish this record of its " Bench and Bar." And what better time could be decided upon for such publication than the centennial year of our national liberties when the public mind is intuitively turned backward to the days of the fathers. As a contri- bution to the centennial literature of the country these reminiscences are offered.
APPENDIX.
CIVIL REGISTER-1791-1876.
FIRST JUDGES OF COMMON PLEAS.
1791-John Thompson, Stillwater.
1809-Salmon Child, Greenfield.
1818-James Thompson, Milton.
1833-Samuel Young, Ballston.
1838-Thomas J. Marvin, Saratoga Springs.
JUDGES OF COMMON PLEAS.
1791-James Gordon, Ballston; Jacobus Van Schoonhoven, Waterford ; Beriah Palmer, Ballston ; Sidney Berry, Saratoga.
1793-Adam Comstock, Greenfield.
1794-Epenetus White, Ballston.
1803-Samuel Clark, Malta.
1806-John 'l'aylor, Charlton ; John MeClelland, Galway.
1809-John Stearns, Halfmoon ; Nathaniel Ketchum, Stillwater.
1811-William Stilwell, Ballston; Samuel Drake, Halfmoon.
1812-Benjamin Cowles, Hadley.
1813-Ashbel Andrews, Malta; William Patrick, jr. Stillwater; Elisha Powell, Milton ; Ziba Taylor, Saratoga ; John M. Berry, Moreau; Abner Carpenter, Ballston ; Abraham Moe, Halfmoon.
1815-Thomas Laing, Northumberland ; Avery Starkweather, Galway.
1817-Thomas Dibble, Milton ; Herman Ganzevoort, Northum- berland.
1818-Salmon Child, Greenfield; Abraham Moe, Halfmoon; James McCrea, Ballston ; John Prior, Greenfield.
1820-Samuel Cook, Milton ; James Van Schoonhoven, Waterf'd. 1821 -- Harvey Granger Saratoga.
1823-Guert Van Schoonhoven,. Waterford; John H. Steel, Saratoga Springs.
1826-Nicholas B. Doc, Waterford.
1829-George Palmer, Stillwater.
1836-Thomas J. Marvin Saratoga Springs.
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1838-George G. Scott, Ballston ; John Gilchrist, Charlton.
1841-Seymour St. John, Greenfield.
1843-Lewis Stone, Galway.
1845-William L. F. Warren, Saratoga Springs.
1846-Joshua Mandeville, Waterford.
[NOTE .- Prior to 1818, the number of judges was unlimited by statute.]
COUNTY JUDGES.
1847-Augustus Bockes, Saratoga Springs.
1854-John A. Corey, Saratoga Springs.
1855-James B. Mckean, Saratoga Springs.
1859-John W. Crane, Saratoga Springs.
1863-John C. Hulbert, Saratoga Springs.
1870-Charles S. Lester, Saratoga Springs.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR SESSIONS.
1847-Abel A. Kellogg, Sar. Spgs .; Wm. T. Seymour, Waterford.
1848-Abel A. Kellogg, Sar. Spgs .; Wm. T. Seymour, Waterford.
1849-Abel A. Kellogg, Sar Spas .; Wm. T. Seymour, Waterford. 1850-David W. Wait, Halfmoon; David Maxwell, Milton.
1851-David W. Wait, Halfmoon; Thomas G. Young, Ballston.
1 ,1852-David W Wait, Halsmoon ; John Gifford, Greenfield. 1853-William Wilson, Milton ; Samuel B. Edwards, Ballston. 1854-Abraham Sickler, Halfmoon; David Maxwell, Milton. 1855-David Lvon, Corinth ; Cornelius A. Waldron, Waterford. 1856-Augustus E. Brown, Milton ; Alex. Hannay, Stillwater. 1857-Augustus E. Brown, Milton ; Obadiah Green, Wilton 1858-Tilley Houghton, Corinth ; David Maxwell, Milton. 1860-George D. Angle, Wilton ; Seneca Deuel, Providence.
1861-David Maxwell, Milton ; Seneca Deuel, Providence.
1862-Jacob Boyce, Wilton ; Reuben H. Barber, Stillwater.
1863-David Maxwell, Milton; Adam Mott, Clifton Park.
1864-Malcolm McNaughton, Saratoga ; Tilley Houghton, Cor- inth.
1865-William D. Marvin, Malta; Adam Mott, Clifton Park.
1866-Abraham Marshall, Northumberland ; Malcolm McNough- ton, Saratoga.
1867-Abraham Marshall, Northumberland ; William Warner, Ballston.
1868-David Maxwell, Milton ; Adam Mott, Clifton Park.
1869-Samuel Wells, Saratoga; Geo. Washburne, Northumb'd.
1870-Geo. Washburne, Northumberland ; Charles E. Gorseline, Halfmoon.
1871-Charles E. Gorseline, Halfmoon ; George Washburne, Northumberland.
1872-II. Ransom Colson, Edinburgh ; John F. Pruyn, Waterf'd. 1873-John F. Pruyn, Waterford ; Samuel Lewis, Northumb'd.
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1874-Samuel Lewis, Northumberland ; Melbourne Van Voor- bees, Halfmoon.
1875-Melbourne Van Voorhees, Halfmoon ; Phineas F. Allen, Saratoga Springs.
1876-John Brown, Ballston ; John Peck, Clifton Park.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY.
1801-Samuel Cook, Ballston.
1805-John Cramer, Halfmoon.
1806-William Carpenter, Providence ; Thomas Lee, jr. Hadley.
1807-Daniel G. Guernsey, Halfmoon ; George Palmer, jr. Still- water ; Thomas Laing, Northumberland ; Eli Smith, Galway ; Her- man Ganzevoort, Northumberland ; Thomas Palmer, Milton.
1810-Ely Beecher, Edinburgh.
1811-Elijah W. Abbott, Saratoga.
1813 -- Nathan S. Hollister, Charlton ; Aaron Blake, Saratoga ; Epenetus White, jr. Ballston ; Joshua Mandeville, Halfmoon ; John Gibson, Ballston; Othniel Allen, Providence; Thaddeus Jewett, Galway.
1814-Henry Metcalf, Stillwater; John Metcalf, Northumber- land ; James Scott, Ballston ; Luther Hulbert, Malta.
1815-Esek Cowen, Saratoga; Samuel S. Barker, Providence; Solomon D. Hollister, Ballston ; John Pettit, Greenfield ; Benja- min Cowles, Hadley.
1816-William Laing, Northumberland ; Nicholas W. Angle, Moreau.
1817-William B. Van Bentheuisen, Saratoga ; Bushnell Benedict, Ballston ; Robert Sumner, Edinburgh ; William Comstock, North- umberland.
1823-William Given, Waterford ; Thomas Palmer, Milton. "
1824-Wm. L. F. Warren, Saratoga Springs.
1831-George W. Kirtland, Waterford.
1832-Judiah Ellsworth, Saratoga Springs.
1834-Oran G. Otis, Milton.
1836-John A. Corey, Saratoga Springs.
1840-John K. Porter, Waterford ; Archibald Smith, Charlton ; James M. Andrews, Saratoga Springs.
1841-Perry G. Ellsworth, Saratoga S. aings.
1843-Callender Beecher, Milton.
1844-Edward F. Bullard, Waterford ; Daniel Shepherd, Sara- toga Springs.
1846-William Avery, Saratoga Springs.
EXAMINERS IN CHANCERY.
1821-Harvey F. Leavitt, Saratoga Springs.
1823-Samuel Cook, Milton.
1824-Alpheus Goodrich, Milton ; Geo. W. Kirtland, Waterford.
1828-Judiah Ellsworth, Saratoga Springs.
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1834-Nicholas Hill, jr. Saratoga Springs.
1835-Oran G. Otis, Milton.
1837-Sidney J. Cowen, Saratoga Springs.
1840-James M. Andrews, Saratoga Springs ; Nicholas B. Doe, Waterford ; Archibald Smith, Charlton.
1841-John K. Porter, Waterford; Perry G. Ellsworth, Saratoga Springs.
1843-Thomas G. Young, Ballston.
1844-Daniel Shepherd, Saratoga Springs; Edward F. Bullard, Waterford.
1846-William L. Avery, Saratoga Springs.
SURROGATES.
1791-Sidney Berry, Waterford.
1794-Henry Walton, Ballston.
1808- Beriah Palmer, Ballston.
1812-Thomas Palmer, Milton.
1814-Daniel G. Guernsey, Halfmoon.
1815-Thomas Palmer, Milton.
1816-George Palmer, Stillwater.
1834-Jobn W. Thompson, Milton.
1847-John C. Hulbert, Saratoga Springs.
1856-Cornelius A. Waldron, Waterford (now in office).
COUNTY CLERKS.
1791-Dirck Swart, Stillwater.
1804-Seth C. Baldwin, Ballston.
1813-Levi H. Palmer, Milton.
1815-William Stillwel, Ballston.
1818-Thomas Palmer, Milton.
1833-Alpheus Goodrich, Milton.
1840-Archibald Smith Charlton.
1843-Horace Goodrich, Milton.
1846-James W. Horton, Ballston (now in office).
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
1818-Richard M. Livingston, Saratoga.
1821-William L. F. Warren, Saratoga Springs.
1836-Nicholas Hill, jr. Saratoga Springs.
1827-Cbesselden Ellis, Waterford.
1843-William A. Beach, Saratoga Springs.
1847-John Lawrence. Waterford.
1851-William T. Odell, Milton.
1857-John O. Mott, Halfmoon.
1860-Charles S. Lester, Saratoga Springs.
1863-Isaac C. Ormsby, Waterford.
1869-Winsor B. French, Saratoga Springs.
1871 -- Isaac C. Ormsby, Waterford (now in office).
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SHERIFFS.
1791-Jacob Fort, jr. Halfmoon.
1794-Douw I. Fonda, Stillwater.
1799-Henry Davis, Halfmoon.
1801-Seth C. Baldwin, Ballston.
1804-Daniel Bull, Saratoga.
1807-Asahiel Porter, Greenfield.
1808-Daniel Bull, Saratoga.
1810-Asahel Porter, Greenfield.
1811-Nathaniel Ketchum, Stillwater.
1813-Hezekiah Ketchum, Halfmoon.
1815-James Brisbin, jr. Saratoga.
1819-John Dunning, Malta. 1821-John R. Mott, Saratoga.
1823-John Dunning, Milton.
1826-Lyman B. Langworthy, Milton.
1829-John Dunning, Milton.
1832-John Vernam, Waterford.
1835 - Joseph Jennings, Milton.
1838-Samuel Freeman, Ballston,
1841-Robert Speir, Milton.
1844-Isaac Frink, Milton.
1847-Thomas Low, Charlton.
1850-Theodore W. Sanders, Corinth.
1852-Wm. T. Seymour, Waterford, (vice Sanders, resigned.)
1853-Henry .H. Hathorn, Saratoga Springs.
1856-Philip H. McOmber, Milton.
1859-George B. Powell, Milton.
1862-Henry H Hathorn, Saratoga Springs.
1865-Joseph Baucus, Northumberland.
1868-Tabor B. Reynolds, Wilton.
1871-Thomas Noxon, Halfmoon.
1874-Franklin Carpenter, Corinth.
CRIERS.
1719-Ezra Buel, Stillwater.
1833-Nathaniel Stewart, Milton.
1836-Hiram Boss, Milton.
.1848-Nathaniel J. Seeley, Milton.
1859-Freeman Thomas, Milton.
1863-David F. White, Milton.
1873-Norman S. May, Saratoga Springs.
JAILORS.
1796-Enos Gregory; 1798-Joseph Palmer; 1802-Samuel Hollister; 1811-Jonathan Kellogg; 1812-Samuel Hollister ; 1813-Raymond Taylor ; 1819-John Dunning ; 1835-Ches
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ter Stebbins; 1841-Thomas Low : 1844 -- Rowland A. Wright; 1859-Frederick T. Powell ; 1874-Manlius Jeffers ; 1875 -- Frank- lin Carpenter.
EXCISE COMMISSIONERS (ACT OF 1857.)
1857 -John Stewart, Waterford, Samuel Lewis, Northumber- land Truman Safford, Saratoga Springs.
1858-Ranson Cook, Saratoga Springs.
1861-Walter Doty Northumberland.
1863-John W. Eddy, Saratoga Springs.
1864-Austin L. Reynolds, Moreau, aud Morgan L. Finch, Clif- ton Park.
1867-Alfred Angell, Corinth.
1869-Seymour Gilbert, Saretoga Springs.
CLERKS OF EXCISE BOARDS.
1857-William B. Harris, Stillwater.
1859 -Jerome B Buckbee, Saratoga Springs.
1863-John A. Corey, Saratoga Springs.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF HIGHWAYS. (ACT OF 1797.)
1797-Samuel Clark, Stillwater, Henry Walton, Ballston, and John Bleecker, Stillwater.
1799-John Ten Broeck, Halfmoon ; Hugh Peobles, Halfmoon.
COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES. (ACT OF 1799.)
James Gordon, Ballston; Henry Walton, Ballston ; Hugh Peo- bles, Halfmoon.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
1791-Guert Van Schoonhoven, Waterford.
1792-Samuel Clark, Stillwater.
1794-Caleb Benedict, Ballston.
1796-Elisha Powell, Milton.
1798-Robert Leonard, Milton.
1800-Jonaban Kellogg, Ballston.
1805-Edward Watrous, Ballston.
1810-Archy Kasson, Ballston.
1815-Azariah W. Odell, Ballston.
1822-Edward Watrous, Ballston.
1831-George Thompson, Ballston.
1844-Arnold Harris, Ballston.
1847-Edward W. Lee, Milton.
1849-Arnold Harris, Ballston.
1855-Orville D. Vaughn, Milton.
1861-Henry A Mann, Milton.
1876-James II. Wright, Saratoga Springs.
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SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR.
1837-Aaron Morehouse, Alpheus Goodrich, Jesse Robertson, Hugh Hawkins, Rockwell Putnam, Earl Stimson, David Benedict, David Guernsey and Jonathan Lapham.
1827-Hugh Hawkins, Elisha Powell, Earl Stimson, David Guern- sey and Christopher Earl (from Nov. 16)
1828-Hugh Hawkins, Elisha Powell, Christopher Earl, Moses Williams and Alpheus Goodrich.
1831-Elisha Powell, Hugh Hawkins, Aaron Morehouse and Christopher Earl.
1832-Elisha Powell, Hugh Hawkins and Aaron Morehouse.
1833-Elisha Powell, Aaron Morehouse and Samuel Smith.
1835-Elisha Powell, Lebbeus Booth and William Hawkins.
1842-William Ilawkins, John Wait and Edward W. Lee.
1844-Lebbens Bocth, Abraham Middlebrook and Jas. H. Speir. 1817-John Kelly, John Wait and William W. Arnold.
1848-Calvin Wheeler, Abraham Middlebrook and William A. Mundell.
1849-Robert Gardner.
1850-Calvin Wheeler.
1851-Abraham Middlebrook.
1852-Robert Gardner.
1853-Samuel Rue.
1854 -- Abraham Middlebrook.
1855-Robert Gardner.
1856-Samuel Rue.
1857-Harmon G. Sweeney.
1858-Robert Gardner.
1859-Henry Wright.
1860 -- David Rowley.
1861-Richard Hewitt.
1862-Henry Wright.
1863-Henry Holmes.
1864-David Rowley.
1865-Alexander Davidson.
1866-Henry Holmes and James Tripp (vice Rowley, deceased).
1867-James Tripp.
1868-Alexander Davidson.
1869-Thomas Sweet.
1870-James Tripp.
1871-Zimri Lawrence.
1872-Alexander Davidson.
1873-James Tripp.
1874-Zimri Lawrence.
1875-George W. King.
1876-James Tripp.
[NOTE-Prior to 1832, they were chosen by the supervisors ; from 1832 to 1842 they were appointed by the Court of Common
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Pleas and the supervisors; from 1842 to 1848 they were again chosen by the supervisors, and since then they have been elected by the people.]
KEEPERS OF THE COUNTY POORHOUSE, ESTABLISHED IN 1827.
Benjamin Cowles, Daniel A. Collamer, Sylvester Blood, Increase Hoyt, Henry Wright, Charles R. Lewis, William W. Hunt, John J. Gilbert and George D. Story.
LOAN OFFICERS (LOAN OF 1792).
1792-Guert Van Schoonoven, Halfmoon.
1794-Cornelius Vandenburgh, Stillwater.
1798-Elisha Powell. Milton.
[NOTE .- The office was abolished in 1832, and books and papers transferred to the Commissioners of Loans.]
COMMISSIONERS OF LOANS (LOAN OF 1808.
1808-John W. Taylor, Ballston ; John Cramer, Waterford.
1829-Gideon M. Davison, Sar. Spys .; Joshua Bloore, Waterford.
1832-George W Kirtland, Waterford (vice Bloore).
1840-Daniel Morgan, Saratoga ; DeWitt C. Austin, Moreau.
1843-Cyrus Perry, Wilton ; George G. Scott, Milton.
[NOTE .- The office was abolished in 1850, and the books and papers transferred to the United States Deposit Fund.
COMMISSIONERS OF THE UNITED STATES FUND LOAN (LOAN OF 1837).
1837-Isaac Frink, Wilton ; Joshua Bloore, Waterford.
1840-Johin House, Waterford ; Lebbeus Booth, Ballston.
1843-John Cramer, 2d., Waterford ; Alvah Dake, Greenfield.
1845-Wm. I. Gilchrist, Charlton ; Jas V. Bradshaw, Halfmoon. 1848-Calvin W. Dake, Greenfield ; George B. Powell, Milton. 1855 -- Andrew Watrous, Sar. Springs; Albert A. Moor, Milton.
1861-Seymour Gilbert, Sar. Springs; Nathaniel Mann, Milton.
1865-Joshua Swan, Milton ; Calvin W. Dake, Greenfield.
1869 -Isaac Grinnell, Milton ; Daniel C. Coy, Greenfield.
1873-Warren Dake, Greenfield ; Alonzo Russell, Saratoga.
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF COMMON SCHOOLS. (ACT OF 1841.)
1841-Alanson Smith, Saratoga Springs.
1843-Seabury Allen, Galway.
[Note .-- They were appointed by the supervisors, and the office was abolished in 1847.]
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. (ACT OF 1856.)
1856-1st district, Samuel Tompkins, Stillwater. 2d district, Anson M. Boyce, Wilton.
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