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From 1775 to February 4th, 1784, there is no record of a sheriff having been appointed in Kings County, though doubtless such an officer was appointed during the Revolutionary war, by some act of the State Legis- lature.
The FIRST SHERIFF appointed after the Revolution, of which there was any record, was William Boerum, appointed Feb. 4, 1784. His successors in office were :
APPOINTED
Peter Vandervoort. . Sept. 28, 1785
Charles Turnbull. Dec. 29, 1788
John Vanderveer. March 8, 1791
Cornelius Bergen. Feb. 18, 1793
Peter S. Cortelyou. Feb. 7, 1797
Cornelius Bergen .. Feb. 17, 1800
John Schoonmaker.
Feb. 16, 1804
* Mr. Hodges resigned January 1st, 1850, and Jesse C. Smith was appointed in his place.
tAt the expiration of his term, Mr. Vedder was re-elected for another term.
#There was a contest over the election of Mr. Livingston, which oc- cupied the attention of the Supreme Court for a long time, resulting in an order for his removal from the office. Mr. Livingston appealed from the judgment of the Supreme Court removing him from office to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the judgment of the Supreme Court and granted him a new trial, and making an order re-instating him in office pending the new trial. But, as Mr. Livingston's oppo- nent abandoned the contest, the new trial never took place, and Mr. Livingston was left in quiet enjoyment of his office.
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LIST OF COUNTY OFFICIALS.
APPOINTED
APPOINTED
Benjamin Birdsall.
March 9, 1807
William Jenkins.
Nov., 1843
John Dean.
Feb. 26, 1810
Daniel Van Voorhies.
1846
Abiel Titus.
Feb. 5, 1811
Andrew B. Hodges.
1849
William D. Creed.
June 5, 1811
Englebert Lott
1852
John Dean
March 23, 1813
Jerome Ryerson.
1855
Lawrence Brower.
March 28, 1815
Burdett Stryker*
1857
Jacob Garrison.
March 19, 1817
George Reisen. April, 1857
John Wyckoff.
Aug. 29, 1817
John F. Bergen.
. Feb. 12, 1821
John McNamee .
1863
John Wyckoff.
1825
Patrick Campbell.
1866
John T. Bergen.
1828
Andrew Walter. 1869
John Lawrence.
March 15, 1831
Aras G. Williams.
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1872
John Van Dyne.
Nov., 1834
Albert Daggett.
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1875
William M. Udall.
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1837
Thomas M. Riley.
1878
Francis B. Stryker.
1840
Lewis R. Stegman.
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1881
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NOTE .- We desire to express our obligation to Rev. R. G. STRONG, the author of the History of Flatbush, in this volume, for details concerning the early county court-buildings in that town, which we have incorporated in this chapter. Also, for the sketch of the old court-house on page 341, which was constructed (there being no picture of it extant) from his careful investigations, aided by the recollections of a few "oldest inhabitants."
L. B. PROCTOR, Esq., Author. HENRY R. STILES, M. D., Editor.
LEWIS R. STEGMAN .- Col. Stegman was born January 18th, 1840, in the city of New York, on the site of the present Produce Exchange, at the corner of Water and Moore streets. He comes of old Hanoverian stock, his parents being originally from the banks of the Weser river, tracing their family back six hundred years to the old Saxon times. The colonel, when a boy, received a thorough academical education, which was followed by extensive journeyings through the States ; thus he early in life gained the knowledge and experience that laid the foundation of future success. He chose the law as his profession, but ill-health from overwork com- pelled him to relinquish his studies for a time and adopt an out-of-door pursuit, civil engineering. He made one of the most complete maps of New York State ever published. During these years he was also con- nected with the press of New York and New Jersey as reporter, editor and sketch-writer. Young as he was, his abilities and progressive ideas made him a member of the firm of Bailly and Stegman. For two years he was associated in business with the renowned and genial poet, Edmund C. Stedman, giving rise to a warm friendship which still exists. Returning to the law, he practiced until the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861, when he patriotically joined the ranks as a private. His coloncl sent him on a recruiting expedition in which he was successful, and he was made captain of the company he had raised, departing with his regi- ment, the 102d N. Y. Volunteers, to the seat of war. He participated in the defense of Harper's Ferry, and the repulse of " Stonewall " Jackson from Maryland
Heights. At Cedar Mountain, August 9th, 1862, he was shot in the head and carried from the field as dead. Partially recovering, he rejoined his regiment, and with bandaged head, fought at Antietam, in September, 1862.
He went through the engagements of Winchester, Hillsboro' and Chancellorsville, under General Henry W. Slocum. At Gettysburg, after his colonel was shot, he took command of his regiment, though wounded in the neck. In the same year he fought through Wau- hatchie, Tenn., and Lookout Mountain, when he led the skirmish line by General Geary's especial direction, and with Lient. E. G. Davis, was the first commissioned officer to reach the summit. These battles were soon followed by Mission Ridge, Pea Vine creek, and Ring- gold, where he led the last charge in the Chattanooga campaign, capturing and saving two bridges under severe fire, preserving the Union communications and receiving special mention from " Fighting Joe " Hooker and General Geary. At the close of this campaign lie was specially detailed to take his regiment home on veteran furlough. In midwinter, through many diffi- culties, he landed them in New York without the loss or injury of a man. In 1864 Sherman's " march to the sea " was made with young Stegman as major, pro- mnoted for gallant conduct at LookoutMountain. Next came the battles of Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca, where, in the face of the whole Confederate army, he captured four guns of the famous Washington battery of Louisiana. At Cassville and New Hope Church, he was selected by General Hooker to lead the " forlorn hope" against the enemy's batteries. At Ackworth bridge
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John T. Bergen.
1822
Anthony F. Campbell. .Nov., 1860
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and Pine Mountain hc commanded the advance, in the lat- ter engagement receiving a wound in the right thigh, which disabled him for the remainder of the campaign. After his recovery, he joined General Hancock in the Shenandoah valley, and there received from President Lincoln his commissions as lieutenant colonel and colonel by brevet. In the field he was the most popular officer in his division, and probably the best known in the corps, as he not only took a prominent part in every engagement, but also served as Judge Advocate on the staffs of General Geary and General Hancock with such ability as to receive the commendation of Judge Advo- cate General Holt. At the close of active service fol- lowing Lee's surrender, Colonel Stegman was placed in command of Fort Marshall, near Baltimore, and then of Fort McHenry. Here he was again engaged as Judge Advocate in one of the heaviest cases prose- cuted by the government. Returning to civil life in 1866, though tendered a position in the regular army, he took up his residence in Brooklyn. Instead of resuming the law he entered the shipping business for three years. Under President Grant's administration he filled for five years a responsible and onerons posi- tion in the naval office, New York city, with credit for his able management and receiving several promotions.
In every position in life he has manifested great executive ability and power in accomplishing results. In 1872 he was one of the main promoters and managers of the very successful "Kings County Fair " at the Rink, being afterwards elected recording secretary of the incorporated society. While in the naval office he devoted his leisure to editing two papers, one of which, the " American Journal," was published nearly three years.
The colonel afterwards engaged in mercantile pur- suits, until appointed under-sheriff of Kings County by
Sheriff Albert Daggett. In 1878 lie was a prominent candidate for sheriff, but was defeated by Jacob Worth in the convention by a few votes. He was elected to the assembly of 1879 from the old sixth district by a handsome majority. Returning to the law, he made admiralty practice a specialty, also interesting himself in the southern lumber trade. In 1881 he was trium- phantly elected sheriff on the republican ticket by 5,000 majority, though his democratic opponent, Francis A. White, was a very honorable and capable gentleman. Col. Stegman still holds his office, and discharges its duties as thoroughly and acceptably as he has done in his former positions.
In Masonry, Col. Stegman has taken the various degrees of the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter and Knight Templar, belonging to Joppa Lodge, Manhattan Chapter, St. Elmo Commandery. He was formerly a prominent member of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He has been identified with the Grand Army of the Republic since its inception in the State, filling responsible positions in subordinate and state bodies. IIe has been called to places of trust in several of the great charitable organizations of the day. In Brooklyn, in New York and other States he is well known as a speaker and lecturer, in the latter case always for church or charity benefits. Col. Stegman is a member of the Lutheran church, and takes a decided interest in all church work, irrespective of denomination. In person, Col. Stegman is above the medium height, with spare frame, light complexion and a blue eye, beaming with kindliness and generosity that. accord well with his many brave deeds in tent and field. Of unassuming manners, his genial disposition, grand military record, and unimpeachable character have won for him hosts of friends among all classes of men, and unbounded respect wherever his name is known.
JOHN DELMAR .- Ex-County Clerk John Delmar was born in Ireland, September 6th, 1838, and accompanied his parents to the United States in 1849, since when he has been continuously a resident of Brooklyn.
About 1860, Mr. Delmar engaged in the milk trade, opening an office at the corner of Second avenue and Ninth street, and continued in the business about three years.
Mr. Delmar, who had long taken an active interest in local and municipal affairs, was appointed chief clerk to Superintendent of the Poor, John Delany, and served in that capacity about four years. In 1867, he was elected Justice of the Peace of the first district to fill an unexpired term, and was re-elected to the same office for two subsequent terms. In 1876, he was elected County Clerk of Kings County, serving
with credit and to the satisfaction of all classes until the expiration of his term.
In 1881, Mr. Delmar opened a real estate and insur- ance office at the corner of Fifth avenue and Ninth street, which has become well known in his section of the city, and also deals quite extensively in wood and coal.
For several years Mr. Delmar was connected with the old Volunteer Fire Department of Brooklyn, and during two years was foreman of Eureka Hose Com- pany, No. 14, which position he resigned in 1867.
Politically, Mr. Delmar has been a life-long Demo- crat, and has, since his majority, been active in the con- duct of the affairs of the Twenty-second ward, having for some years past been the recognized leader of his party therein.
Drin Delmar
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BIOGRAPHIES.
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CHARLES B. ELLIOTT, Ex-County Clerk .- It is natural for Americans to honor and respect the self-made man in all vocations of life ; but especially is this the case in one whose duties and positions have made him a citizen of prominence among his fellow-men. Judge Charles B. El- liott's career is a type and an emblem of that experience which many young men are called on to pass through in their battle of life ; and its perusal not only points its own moral, but serves as an encouraging example to others. He was born in the city of New York, in 1829, but when a mere boy of fourteen his parents died, leaving him, thus early in life, with scant resources, to face the world. But, blessed with great self-reliance and perseverance, he overcame all obstacles. It is unnecessary to remark that he has retained these qualifications, in a marked degree, through life. When a young man he was a member of Americus Engine 6, of New York, and subsequently, after his removal to Brooklyn, he was assistant engineer of the Brooklyn Fire Department for four years. During the civil war he held a commission, as captain of the Fire Zouaves, in Gen. Sickles' brigade, serving with honor and distinction for two and a half years.
Charles B. Elliott has always been prominently identified with the aquatics of this country, especially its boating in- terests. Nearly a quarter of a century ago he engaged in building racing shells ; and his boats, in consequence of being built from his own drawings and lines, on mathemati- cal and scientific principles, soon won distinction and favor for their lightness, speed, and perfect models. A combina- tion of such qualities in his shells soon rendered him the most popular builder in the country ; and Harvard, Yale, and all the principal colleges, gave his shells the preference, particularly when they desired boats for important cham- pionship contests. All the crack boat clubs in this section of the country who made any pretension to racing had Elliott's shells, and professional oarsmen vied with amateurs in their appreciation of his boats. One secret of his great success arose from the fact of his being the first builder to depart from the English model, and build on original, or American lines. His swivel row-locks and patent steering gear are not only popular, but have been universally adopted in this coun- try and abroad.
As a patron and promoter of rowing he has had no supe- rior ; and for the status which we enjoy to-day in this re- spect, both at home and abroad, we are indebted to him as much as to any other individual. In the days when the re- gattas on the Harlem river attracted thousands of spectators and general public interest, he organized some of the most noted four-oared crews ever known in New York waters ; among them we can recall the "Skylark," " Americus," "Hop Up," and the " George J. Brown."
Mr. Elliott accompanied the Harvards to England. In ad- dition to his shell, which they took over with them, he lined out a boat here, taking the draft and frame of her over in a trunk, and building it and launching it in fourteen days. The model, lightness, workmanship, and the short time in which the boat was put together, excited universal com- ment ; but the experts in boats and boat-building in Eng- land pronounced the model and workmanship superior to anything they had seen previously. The race was rowed on the 27th of August, 1869, in four-oared shells, over the Put- ney-Mortlake course. The Harvards were .Joseph S. Fay,
Francis O. Lyman, W. H. Simmons, and A. P. Loring' stroke ; Arthur Burnham, coxswain. The Oxfords were F. Wilan, A. C. Yarborough, J. C. Tinne, S. D. Darbishire, stroke ; J. H. Hall, coxswain. Oxford won, after a good race, by a length, in 22m., 20gs.
His penchant for yachts and yachting is only second to his love for boating, and his celebrated sloop " Mistake," one of the fastest boats of her size in our waters, demonstrated that he possessed the same talent and skill for modeling yachts which he displayed for so long a period in designing racing shells. In a number of races the " Mistake " has displayed sailing qualities which place her, beyond question, in the front rank among the crack boats of her dimensions. And a noted and experienced critic on yachting-Captain R. L. Coffin-on the occasion of her launch, spoke in great praise of her model and lines. The fact of the " Mistake " being a clinker-built boat instead of smooth sides, was deemed by a great many an innovation. But her sailing qualities, in com- petition with our best boats, fully justified hier builder's theory and originality. Previous to building the " Mistake," he turned out a most excellent boat in the sloop "Charles A. Cornell," for the Americus Club. This craft, when in racing trim and rig, always exhibited first-rate sailing and weatherly qualities.
Among his models, nothing has attracted greater attention from those interested in ocean steam navigation than the one he has constructed which is designed to cross the Atlantic in six days. This model is sixty feet long, nine feet wide, and three feet deep. Mr. Lorillard is so favorably impressed with this model, that he intends building a large steamer on simi- lar lines, which vessel will be the pioneer of a new and fast line of ocean steamships.
Although the pastimes of a nation may be deemed by some a matter of trifling import, the stern fact remains unchal- lenged that a people who excel in the broad field of health- giving recreations also lead the world in science, commerce, manufactures, intelligence, and universal progress. Judge Elliott can enjoy the proud reflection that he has, during his long career, without neglecting an iota of his public duties, by voice, action, and example, labored zealously in every vocation: thereby contributing his full quota towards plac- ing our fair land in its present proud position in the world of ennobling exercises.
We have only space to glance at the various positions which he has been called on to fill repeatedly, by his fellow citizens. In 1867 he was elected an Alderman of the Seventeenth Ward, and at the close of his term of two years was re-elected for a second term. In 1871 he was elected Police Justice of the Fourth District of Brooklyn, E. D., and filled the office so acceptably that at the expiration of his term of four years he was re-elected, serving for about three and a half years, when he resigned to accept the office of County Clerk of Kings County, to which position he was elected in the fall of 1879. In a notice of this kind it is not proper to make more than a passing allusion to his political life. But we may mention the fact that whenever his name has been placed before the people they have responded with zeal and alacrity, and he has never known defeat. This is his great- est eulogy ; and his fellow citizens render him this tribute because he has ever, at all times, and under all circum- stances, faithfully studied their interests and the public good.
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HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS FROM KINGS COUNTY.
BY Novator EsQ.
W E have thus given a history of the Civil Officers of the County of Kings, in connection with the procedure of the courts, &c. We now procced to give an account of the LEGISLA- TIVE OFFICERS of Kings County from the earliest colo- nial times down to the present, viz. : Members of the Convention at Hempstead, L. I., 1665; Members of the Colonial Legislature ; The Provincial Convention ; The Provincial Congress; Members of Congress under the 1st, 2d, and 3d Constitution; Members of the State Senate and of the Assembly ; of the different Constitu- tional Conventions ; also the Presidential Electors, and Regents of the University.
Hempstead Convention of 1665 .- An assembly consisting of two deputies, chosen by the freeholders of each town upon Long Island (except Southampton), and from the town of Westchester, was convened at Hemp- stead by Governor Richard Nicolls, February 28th, 1665, the first governor of New York under the Eng- lish dominion, and successor of the famous governor Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor.
This convention was called to settle the affairs of the government under the changes made by the English in taking possession of the colony of New York. It pro- mulgated a code known as the " Duke's Laws," and es- tablished a shire, styled Yorkshire, which was sub-di- vided into three ridings, as we have shown in another part of this work.
This was a very important and memorable assembly; the first convocation under the power of the English Crown, in the State of New York.
This assembly consisted of the following deputies; those from Kings County are printed in Italics :
DEPUTIES.
Thomas Baker Southampton.
Roger Barton. Brookhaven.
Thomas Benedict Jamaica.
Richard Betts. Newtown.
John Bowne. Gravesend.
John Coe ... Newtown.
Richard Cornhill. Flushing.
Jacques Corttelleau New Utrecht.
Daniel Denton. Jamaica.
Elias Doughty. Flushing.
Elbert Elbertson. Flatlands.
John Evertsen. Brooklyn.
Hendrick Gucksen Flatbush.
Mathias Harvey. Oyster Bay.
John Hicks Hempstead.
Younger Hope. .New Utrecht.
James Hubbard. Gravesend.
Richard Dowe. Gravesend.
Robert Jackson Hempstead.
John Ketchum. Huntington.
Daniel Lane. . Brookhaven.
Hendrick Lubbertzen. Brooklyn.
Reloffe Martens .: Flatlands.
John Quimby Westchester.
John Stealman Bushwick.
John Stratton . Easthampton.
John Stryker . Flatbush.
Gisbert Tunis. Bushwick.
John Underhill Oyster Bay.
William Wells. Southold.
John Woods. Huntington.
John Youngs Southold.
Colonial Legislature .- Under the Colonial Gov- ernment, the legislative power was vested in a General Assembly, elected by the freeholders, and a Council appointed by the King of Great Britain, and remova- ble at his will. This Council enjoyed a judicial authority upon writs of error and appeals, analogous to that of the Senate under the State Government prior to the adoption of the Constitution in 1846. They also had an executive power as advisors of the Gov- ernor. When full, the board consisted of twelve mem- bers, some of whom resided in England ; the duties usually devolved upon two or three, rendering them pow- erful and arbitrary personages in the government. The elections for members of the Legislature during the colonial period, and until March 27, 1778, were held at one place in each county designated by law before the sheriff and inspectors nominated by each candidate.
Voters for representatives in the General Assembly were required to be resident citizens, possessing a free- hold worth £40, owned at least three months before the day of election. Roman Catholics were prohibited from voting. Members of the General Assembly for many years held their offices subject to the will of the Governor, and elections were ordered as often as suited his caprice or interest. In 1734, a law was passed limiting their term to three years, but this was revoked by the King. Finally, a Septennial Act was passed, in 1743, which remained in force through the Revolution.
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LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS FROM KINGS COUNTY.
The per diem compensation for members of this As- sembly differed with different counties. The member from Kings, Queens, Richmond and Suffolk received ninc shillings per diem. The Colonial Legislature met in the city of New York. The King retained an un- qualified veto power over every law passed by the Legislature or General Assembly, and also imparted this power to the Governor.
Representatives in the Colonial Assembly. from Kings county, from 1691 to 1777 :
Nicholas Stillwell elected 1691 to 1693
John Poland .
1691 to 1693
Coert Stuyvesant.
1693 to 1694
Johannes Van Ecklen.
1693 to 1698
Henry Filkin .
1694 to 1695
Cornelius Seabring .
1695 to 1698
Myendert Coerton
1698 to 1699
Gerardus Beekman
1698 to 1699
Cornelius Sebring
60 1699 to 1726
Cornelius Van Brunt
1699 to 1716
Samuel Gerretson 66 1716 to 1737
Richard Stillwell 1726 to 1727
Johannes Lott. Abraham Lott
1727 to 1761
1737 to 1750
Cornelius Lott ..
1750 to 1751
Dominicus Van Derveer.
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1750 to 1759
Abraham Schenck
1759 to 1761
Simeon Boerum
1761 to 1775
John Rapalje.
66 1767 to 1775
Convention of 1754 .- The Convention that met in Albany, June, 1754, to discuss "A Plan of Union," may be considered as the earliest attempt at a consolidation of strength in the American colonies, and was regarded with jealously by the mother country, as tending to independence. Wm. Johnson, from Kings county, was a representative in this Convention.
The first Congress of the American colonies that met to oppose the assumptions of the British Parlia- ment, assembled in New York, October 7, 1765.
Provincial Convention .- A Provincial Convention assembled at the Exchange, in the city of New York, April 20, 1775, in pursuance of a call for the purpose of choosing delegates to represent the colony in Conti- nental Congress. It continued in session ten days; the votes were given by counties, in which New York had four, Albany three, and the other counties two voices. Philip Livingston presided. The members from Kings county werc Simeon Boerum, Denice Denice, Theo- dorus Polhemus, Richard Stillwell, John Van der Bilt.
The New York Provincial Congress and Con- vention of the State of New York .- The deputies elccted from Kings county by the Convention we have described were :
Colonel Nicholas Covenhoven, John Leffertse, Leffert Leffertse, Theodorus Polhemus, Jeremiah Remsen, Richard Stillwell, Rutgert Van Brunt. The foregoing
Convention assembled in the city of New York in 1775, 1776 and 1777. The delegates thereto being elected for the term of three years.
Continental Congress .- A Continental Congress assembled at Philadelphia September 5, 1774, and ad- journed October 26, 1774. There were nine delegates from the State of New York to this Congress, among whom was Simeon Boerum, of Kings county. In the Congress that assembled May 13, 1777, there were five delegates from the State of New York, none of which were from Kings county.
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