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HISTORY OF TIOGA COUNTY.
Spring, J. W. Putnam: 1876, W. D. Angell, Linden Case; 1877, Giles Roberts, J. E. Cady; 1878, A. Dearman, L. B. Reynolds; 1879, Linden Case, J. D. Hood; 1880, Luther Matteson, John E. Cady; 1881, Herman T. Gil- bert, Giles Roberts; 1882, Linden Case, Albert Dearman.
A few extracts from the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors are given to illustrate the changes in the laws, wages of teachers, and text books, and the duties and difficulties these unpaid officers have to grapple with:
The office of county superintendent of common schools was provided for in an act of the Legislature of May 8th 1854. Previous to that time boards of directors had to examine those who applied to teach school, as the fol- lowing minutes would seem to indicate:
" November 8th 1852 .- Directors met and examined N. G. Ray as to his qualifications for teaching. Voted to give him a certificate and hire him for 3 months at $18 per month. Voted to give Helen Somers an order for $24, it being for 12 weeks' labor as teacher."
" November 29th 1854 .- Meeting of the board voted that the following class books be adopted for this school, viz .: Denman's ist, 2nd, and 3d reader and Sanders's 4th reader and speller; Davies's arithmetic, Brown's grammar, Mitchell's geography and Walker's dictionary. Voted that the above list be furnished the teacher."
" January 11th 1855 .- On motion voted that our pres- ent teacher be discharged for incompetency and general lack of government."
" Knoxville, May 5th 1855 .- At a meeting of the school directors held this day at the store of V. Case it was resolved that the directors meet at the school-house on Monday 7th May at 7 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of clearing the house in order to establish a school, they having understood that John Goodspeed was ILLEGALLY (as they believe) using it for a store room."
"Monday, May 7th, 9 A. M .- The school directors met at the school-house. They found the door nailed up, and very soon John Goodspeed came and with oaths and threats placed himself against the door, crowding our president away, and swore that he would prevent our en- trance at all hazards, calling us a set of Damned Scoun- drills and such other approbrious epithets as he could think of; and after some parleying on the part of the directors, and being fully satisfied that the directors could not gain an entrance to the house without subject- ing themselves to personal violence from Goodspeed, they left the house in his possession."
"May 11th .- Directors met and resolved to prosecute John Goodspeed for taking possession and nailing up the school-house."
"November 29th 1855 .- Voted unanamously to carry the suit recently arbitrated with J. Goodspeed back into court and try it there. Voted that an order for $25 be drawn for the purpose of paying cost in said suit."
"June 20th 1857 .- Board of directors met, voted that Victor case be sent to Wellsboro to consult counsel about the propriety of carrying suit with Goodspeed up to the supreme court."
"September 13th 1859 .- Board met pursuant to ad- journment. Voted that John Goodspeed's bill of costs to be allowed and order drawn for $25.49 for the same."
March 16th 1861 .- On motion the following text books were adopted : Davies's arithmetics, Kenyon's grammar, Sanders's series of readers and speller, Colton and Fitch's geography, and Comstock's philosophy."
"August 24th 1864 .- Meeting of the board at Case's store. Present, Roberts, Stubbs, Loughry, Case.
motion voted that the volunteers from Westfield and other towns have the privilege of organizing their com- pany in the school-house."
"April 24th 1879 .- Moved and carried that the fol- lowing school books be adopted, to wit: Swinton's series of geographies, American educational readers, Kent's series of grammars, Swinton's U. S. histories and Spen- cerian penmanship.'
The following statement from the report of the super- intendent of public instruction for 1881 exhibits the present condition of the schools of Knoxville borough:
Whole number of schools, 2; average number of months taught, 8: number of male teachers, 2; female, 1; salary of males per month, 832.62; salary of female per month, $22; number of male scholars, 56; number of females, 76; total tax levied for school purposes, $524 - 96; amount of State appropriation, $105.
FRATERNITIES.
Cowanesque Lodge, No. 351, F. & A. M. was organ- ized June 24th 1875, with 7 charter members. J. P. Biles was W. M. and Jeremiah Stoddard secretary. The officers for 1882 were: J. S. Grantier, W. M .; James C. Goodspeed, secretary. The lodge meets Wednesday evening on or before each full moon, in its hall over the post-office at Knoxville. It has 31 members.
I. O. of O. F .- Cowanesque Lodge, No. 332, was in- stituted at Knoxville March 21st 1849. This lodge had an extensive membership and prospered for many years. It finally went into decay, and in 1867 was removed to Mansfield.
Deerfield lodge, No. 800, was organized June 11th 1872; Emmer Bowen, N. G .; Julius G. Seely, secretary. The number of members in 1882 was 34. The officers in 1882 were: L. K. King, N. G .; Lucius Matteson, secre- tary. It meets every Saturday evening in the hall over the post-office in Knoxville borough.
Sons of Temperance .- Cowanesque division, No. 359, was instituted at Knoxville June 14th 1849. It was at- tended and supported about ten years. It has been im- possible to obtain details of its history.
A. A. and G. C. Secty Past, No. 44, Grand Army of the Republic was organized July roth 1875, with 17 charter members, with F. G. Babcock as commander, and A. M. Dunham adjutant. The times of meeting were the first and third Friday of each month. The charter was sur- rendered in 1879. F. G. Babcock was adjutant at the time.
Knoxville Lodge, No. 760, Knights of Honor, was or- ganized October 5th 1877, with 12 charter members; F. G. Babcock, dictator; G. R. Hammond, reporter. The lodge meets alternate Friday evenings in its hall over Hiram Freeborn's store. The number of members in 1882 was 60. The officers that year were: W. R. Francis, P. D .; H. T. Gilbert, D .; Sidney Beach, reporter.
Good Templars .- Lodge No. 1,355 was organized June 23d 1879. The first presiding officer was C. K. Bunnell, W. C. T .; S. H. Baxter, secretary. The lodge meets Monday of each week. The officers in 1882 were: L. A. On Johnson, W. C. T .; Miss Ada Watts, secretary. There
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were 15 charter members. At present there are 55
members.
Equitable Aid Union No. 271 was organized March 22nd 1881, with 22 charter members. The first presi- dent was Jesse Everitt; secretary, John Whitenack. The union meets the first and third Monday in each month. The membership in 1882 was 30. President, H. G. Short; secretary, Peter J. Sensabaugh.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
The Quakers .- The first religious body that had its place of worship in Knoxville was the Society of Friends or Quakers. They organized at the house now occupied by Benjamin Salisbury Bowen (1882 in Deerfield, and decided to build their meeting-house in Knoxville. In 1812 they built a log meeting-house after the usual man- ner of building places of worship by members of this sect. Through the middle ran a movable partition, which was raised and lowered with much noise by means of chains. On.one side of the partition sat the men, on the other the women. During the hour of worship the partition was removed, but when there was business to transact the cumbrous machinery was put in motion and the men and women separated, and each held a separate business session. The rules of the meeting were to sit an hour; if any one felt moved to speak he or she did so; other- wise the hour was sat out in silence, and ended by a general hand shaking. The men sat with heads covered; when they spoke they removed their hats. Ebenezer Seelye and Mehitabel his wife, Julius Seelye and Joanna his wife, Joseph Colvin and Ruth his wife, Emmer Bowen and Huldah his wife, Jesse Lapham and wife and George Martin and wife were among the first members of this society. Soon afterward Martin and Freelove Bowen were added to the membership, and Freelove became the most frequent speaker. Eddy Howland and Julius Seelye often spoke in meeting. At many meet- ings not a word was uttered. The society belonged to the Ontario quarterly meeting. In 1820 it built a new framed meeting-house, which was used until the society dissolved, in 1840. The building is still standing, having been converted into a dwelling house.
The Quakers wore a garb peculiar to themselves, which became an object of ridicule, and enforced a reg- ulation that no member should marry out of the meeting. Mainly to these two facts can be traced the decadence and extinction of the Society of Friends in Knoxville. The founders of this society here lived and died in the faith, but their descendants have attached themselves to other religious denominations.
" The Quaker of the olden time -- How calm, and firm, and true, Unspotted by its wrong and erime He walked the dark earth through."
chase of a lot and the erection of a meeting-house there- on under the following general rules (viz.):
"Ist. The said House and Lot shall former remain the property of the said society." 2nd, Provides for the election of officers. 3d, Provides that shares shall be Sto each and that each member shall have one vote for each share he owns. 4th, Provides for the amendment of the rules.
The action above indicated was taken by nearly all of the leading citizens of Knoxville October 24th 1851. Many of the subscribers were members of no religious denomi- nation. Hiram Freeborn, Henry Seely, Daniel Angell, David T. Billings and John Goodspeed gave $100 each to the enterprise. Others gave liberally according to their means. The needs of the town had outgrown the old Quaker meeting-house and the school-house. A lot was purchased of Jonathan Matteson for the nominal sum of $50, which Mr. Matteson donated. Henry Seely contracted with the trustees to erect the church building, which he did in 1852. From 1852 to 1869 it was the only church in Knoxville. Different denominations have used it, agreeing between themselves and the trus- tees as to the time. In 1867 an elaborate time table was made out and agreed to between the Methodists, "Chris- tians" and Congregationalists. The schedule was ar- ranged, to quote its own language, "So that each denomi- nation shall have the house two Sunday mornings in each six weeks." The claims of rival congregations for the morning hours engendered much friction. The most pli- able and accomodating board of trustees could not award it to all on the same Sunday. Accordingly the Method- ists built themselves a church in 1869 and the Congre- gationalists in 1871. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Free Church takes place on Easter Mon- day. In November 1866 a bell was purchased and hung in the belfry of the church. In January 1867 a charter of incorporation was granted the "Knoxville Free Church" by the court of common pleas of Tioga county. In May 1867 an organ was purchased to assist in the music. John F. Boom is president of the board of trus- tees, and Linden Case secretary.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- Knoxville was a head- quarters of Methodism in the Cowanesque Valley for the first fifty years in this century. William Knox, the pio- neer of Deerfield, was a Methodist local preacher and exhorter. His labors were followed by those of the Rev. Samuel Conant, who preached with such force and effect that it was not unusual for members of his congrega- tions to become unconscious, or, in the phraseology of the time, to be overcome by the "power " of God. His ministration began about 1815, and continued for many years. We are unable to determine just when itinerant preachers were first sent to Knoxville.
In 1826 the Methodists had so far established them- selves and increased in numbers as to be able to build a parsonage. Zadock Bowen made a free gift of the land upon which to build it. Of the preachers who have oc- cupied it and ministered to the various churches in the
The Free Church .- "We the subscribers, desiring a House for Public Worship in the Borough of Knoxville, Do associate ourselves together under the name of the Free Church Society of Knoxville, and we agree to pay the sums set opposite our respective names for the pur- "circuit " of which this was a center, it will be impos-
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sible to give a complete list. Among them were: From 1820 to 1830-Rev. Messrs. John Copeland, Abel, Cary, Asa Orcutt, Caleb Kendall and 1. J. B. Mckinney; 1830 to 1840-Rev. Messrs. Bell, Dewey, Nathan Fellows and Brooks; 1840 to 1850-Revs. Francis Conable, Milo Scott, Samuel Nichols, J. L. S. Grandin and Turk; 1850 to 1860-Revs. A. D. Edgar, - Davison, -- Duncan, Samuel Nichols, R. L. Stilwell, Samuel P. Guernsey and Elisha Sweet; 1860 to 1870-Revs. C. Dillenbeck, C. L. F. Howe, Isaac Everett, O. B. Weaver and Isaac Everett; 1870 to 1882-Revs. John H. Blades, Charles Weeks, J. V. Lowell, W. W. Hunt, J. W. Barnett, J. O. Jarman and John Knapp, the present incumbent.
Mr. Knapp was born at Wells, Rutland county, Vt., in 1817; was educated at Troy Conference Academy, and has been a member of the conference since 1842.
The Methodist church edifice was built in 1869, and is now undergoing repairs.
The " Christian" Church was organized October 14th 1865, by Revs. Chester D. Kinney, of Osceola; - White, of Watkins, N. Y .; J. W. K. Stewart, of Law- renceville, and W. D. Rutherford, of Knoxville; with 18 members. Since its organization it has had the following pastors: 1865, W. 1). Rutherford; 1866, H. R. Kendall; 1868, Chester D). Kinney; 1876, E. T. Abbott; 1878, Walter T. Mills; 1880, J. E. Hays.
This society worships in the Free church, and has sixty members.
The Congregational Church was organized April 28th 1867, by Rev. L. Smith Holbert, with seven members, viz. Joel Johnson, Frances his wife, and Caroline his daughter; Elias Horton jr. and Ada his wife; J. P. Biles, and Miss Emily Goodspeed.
This society began the erection of a church edifice in 1869. The corner stone was laid with appropriate religious ceremonies. In the stone (which is in the southwest corner) was placed a tin box containing a Bible, a hymn book, a county paper, the Lycoming Gasette of December 2Ist 1831, and a copy of The Excelsior. This church, substantially built of brick, was completed in 1871, and dedicated February 2nd of that year by the Rev. E. D. Taylor, D. D.
The pastors have been as follows: 1868, J. A. Farrar; 1870, John Cairns; 1872, W. H. Segston; 1875, A. E. Palmer. For several years past this society has em- ployed no pastor.
The Baptist Church was organized March 7th 1868, with seven members, viz. E. P. Masterson, Mrs. P. J. Masterson, Miss Frank Masterson, Zadock Short, Mrs. Elizabeth Short, William R. Simpson and Mrs. Clara Plaisted. This church has employed the following pas- tors: 1868,W. P.Omans; 1871, Stephen H. Murdock; 1873, C. K. Bunnell; 1876, C. A. Diffin; 1878, Philander Reynolds; 1882, S. L. Bovier.
This church has forty members, and rents and holds its services in the church of the Congregational society.
BOROUGH GOVERNMENT.
The officers who have administered the laws in Knox- ville and managed its affairs have been as follows:
Burgesses .- 1851, Hermon Temple; 1852, 1853, Hiram Freeborn; 1854, David T. Billings; 1855, 1856, David Angell; 1857, Julius Morgan; 1858, John P. Biles; 1859, Augustus Alba; 1860, Charles O. Bowman; 1861, Charles H. Goldsmith; 1862-64, Justus Dearman; 1865, 1866, Giles Roberts; 1867, Julius G. Seely; 1868, William Markham; 1869, 1873, William Morse; 1870, Augustus Alba; 1871, John M. Christie; 1872, Giles Roberts; 1874, Lucius Matteson; 1875, 1876, John M. Christie; 1877, Charles Boom; 1878, Jesse Everitt jr .; 1879, 1880, 1882, Albert Dearman; 1881, John F. Boom.
Town Council .- 1851-Hiram Freeborn, David T. Billings, L. B. Reynolds, Cornelius Van Dyck, William Markham. 1852-A. J. Monroe, Cornelius Van Dyck, William Markham, G. A. Mead, Levi B. Reynolds. 1853-David T. Billings, William Tiffany, Ephraim Rumsey, Joseph Weaver, George A. Mead. 1854- Joseph Weaver, Warren Gleason, William Tiffany, H. G. Short, John E. White. 1855-Samuel May, David Beach, H. B. Closson, John Matteson, Jesse Smith. 1856-Samuel May. David Beach, H. B. Closson, John Matteson, Jesse Smith. 1857-Victor Case, J. H. Rogers, Charles Mosher, Henry Seely, Giles Roberts. 1858-Victor Case, Ephraim Rumsey, Gaylord Pringle, John F. Boom, Ezra Bowen. 1859-Julius Morgan, William Markham, John Kelts jr., Jefferson Matteson, John P. Biles. 1860-William Tiffany, Hiram Freeborn, Augustus Alba, Julius G. Seely, John P. Biles. 1861- J. H. Stubbs, John Matteson, Archibald D. Knox, Nelson G. Ray, John E. White. 1862-John P. Biles, Nelson G. Ray, John F. Boom, Archibald D. Knox, J. H. Stubbs. 1863-Nelson G. Ray, Henry W. Howland, J. W. Bellows, Jared Davis jr., John P. Biles. 1864- Hiram Freeborn, Joseph Barker, Joseph Sunderlin, Wil- liam H. Wilkins, Sumner P. White. 1865 -John E. White, Sumner P. White, for three years; W. W. Dun- ham, G. W. Matteson, for two years; John P. Biles, John Hogencamp, for one year. 1866 (all for three years thereafter)-Victor Case, S. L .. Love. 1867-L. D. Seely, W. W. Dunham. 1868-Charles Morse, William B. Smith. 1869-J. M. Christie, Giles Roberts. 1870- Jeremiah Stoddard, S. L. Love. 1871-G. B. Smith, Joel Johnson, Linden Case, John Hogencamp, Giles Roberts. 1872-Augustus Alba, Victor Case. 1873- John Hogencamp, H. A. Phillips, Joel Johnson, W. W. Dunham, William Markham, Charles Morse. 1874- WV. D. Angell, Nelson G. Ray, Giles Roberts, J. M. Christie, Fred Woodbury, J. E. Cady. 1875-J. L. Wood, H. G. Short, Giles Roberts, Joel Johnson, W. W. Dunham, William B. Smith. 1876-C. R. Pride, J. G. Plaisted, D. S. Shove, Giles Roberts, W. W. Dunham, D. W. Reynolds. 1877-J. Wainwright, H. G. Short, E. D). Bowen, E. Matteson, John Fitch and Sydney Beach. 1878-J. Wainwright, H. G. Short, E. D. Bowen, L. Matteson, John Fitch, Sidney Beach. 1879-H. G. Short, John W. Fitch, J. E. Wainwright, E. D. Bowen, Milan Ham, Sidney Beach. 1880-Nelson G. Ray, E. D. Bowen, Milan Ham, Sidney Beach, J. W. Fitch, J. S. Wainwright. 1881-Chester Wells, John F. Boom, J. G. Plaisted, Ira M. Edgcomb, J. W. Fitch, Luther Matte- son. 1882-Chester Wells, John W. Fitch, Milan Ham, J. S. Wainwright, Ira M. Edgcomb, James B. White.
Clerks of Council .- 1851, 1852, Benjamin B. Strang; 1853. C. O. Bowman; 1854, H. G. Short; 1855-57, Vic- tor Case; 1858, E. Bowen; 1859, 1860, 1864, John P. Biles; 1860-62, Nelson G. Ray; 1863, Henry W. How- land; 1865, W. W. Dunham; 1866-72, Victor Case; 1873-75, Linden Case; 1876, Giles Roberts; 1877, Charles L. Peck; 1878-81, John Ormerod; 1882, John Thomas Gear.
Treasurers .- 1851, Daniel Angell; 1852, Augustus
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MILITARY ACTION IN KNOXVILLE.
Alba; 1853, Levi B. Reynolds; 1854-56, Hiram Free- born; 1857, Giles Roberts; 1858-60, Ephraim Rumsey; 1860, 1861, H. Freeborn; 1862, William Markham; 1863-66, John P. Biles; 1867-76, Giles Roberts; 1876, D. S. Shove; 1877-80, Sidney Beach; 1881, 1882, J. W. Fitch.
Constables .- 1851-53, 1855. Simuel May jr .: 1854. Wil- liam Jones; 1857, William Whitaker; 1858, Henry Hop- kins: 1859 61, D. B. Closson; 1862-64, M. D. Wilhelm; 1865, William D. Knox; 1866-74, Moses D. Wilhelm; 1875, John C. White; 1876-82, John C. Knox White.
Justices of the Peace -1851, Andrew Beers, Cornelius Van Dyck; 1853, W. B. Dimmick; 1854, 1864, 1869, 1874, 1879, John E. White: 1855, J. W. Bellows; 1858, Nathan Comstock; 1861, Victor Case; 1862, Nelson G. Ray, John P. Biles; 1867, 1872, Giles Roberts; 1882, James C. Goodspeed.
John E. White was once elected to the above office in Deerfield before the borough of Knoxville was erected. He is therefore serving out the time of his sixth com- mission, which will make 30 years should he live until 1884.
MILITIA.
As a central point in the Cowanesque Valley Knox- ville was the place where battalion training was usually held on the second Monday in May of each year. Com- pany training was held on the Monday preceding, in the towns where the company belonged. Trainings were held at Knoxville as early as 1812, and grew in impor- tance as the country increased in population, until within a few years of the time they were discontinued, which was about 1849. The men of the companies and battal- ions elected their own commanding officers, and aspiring young men sought these positions. Among the citizens of Knoxville who arose to eminence in the militia was Hiram Freeborn. He was commissioned to serve from 1828 to 1835 as major of the second battalion 129th regi- ment of the second brigade 9th division of the Pennsyl- vania militia, by Andrew Schultze, governor of the com- monwealth. In 1830 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and commissioned by Governor George Wolf.
Training day was a gala day and usually the greatest gathering of the year. The vender of gingerbread and other refreshments was always on hand, and there were plenty of places where whiskey could be had for three cents a drink. It was the custom for newly elected offi- cers to treat their men. As a consequence in a new country, with men full of pluck and muscle, there were sometimes brawls and fights. Athletic sports were in- dulged in, and often the day wound up with a dance at Billings's or Weaver's hotel.
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Judge Victor Case kept a record of some events which took place at Knoxville at the beginning of the civil war, and a list of the men who entered the army from that borough, with some brief memoranda concerning each one. From this we quote:
" April 24th 1861 .-- War excitement strong. Knox-
ville raising flags and soldiers, Pole raised S5 feet high with the stars and stripes. Four hundred dollars raised to support families of volunteers. Several war speeches. "April 25th .- Intense excitement at Knoxville. Re- cruiting officers call for volunteers. Music playing, sol- diers marching, flags flying, all in commotion. P. M .- 21 volunteers departed from Knoxville amid deafening cheers from the multitude. Names of volunteers-T. Stewart, A. Seely, F. Aikens, S. Rumsey, H. Rumsey, W. Knox, J. Green, H. Bostwick, P. Freeman, C. Dim- mick, Card, 3 Cooks and others. (Nearly all returned within one month. "
The explanation of the last sentence is that the gov- ernment did not accept their offer to serve. It will be seen by examining the following list that when the gov- ernment was ready to receive them most of them were ready to go. At least two of them gave their lives for their country.
Soldiers Enlisted from Knoxville Borough .- Murray Dunham; N. Y. State regiment; returned at. end of war. George Matteson, invalid corps; returned. Giles Seely; died in hospital at Washington. Horace Rumsey; dis- charged. Thomas Stewart; discharged. Seth Leroy Love; nine months volunteers, Company B 136th Pa. Eli Teller; enlisted spring 1864: wounded; returned at end of war. William Franklin; deserted. D. S. Buck; killed at or near Richmond; 2nd Pa. James Loghey; spring of 1864; returned. Warren S. Boom; spring of 1864; re-enlisted and returned at end of war. John B. Waklee, Warren Gleason and John W. Schoonover; en- listed in the spring of 1864; returned. Frank Matteson; drafted and commuted. Luke Seely, lieutenant; taken prisoner at Petersburg and exchanged. Albert Seely; killed at the battle ot Mechanicsville. Horace Chisholm, Clark B. Worden, Frank Nieler, Jehiel Norton, Charles Matteson and E. D. Rutherford; nine months volun- teers, Company B 136th Pa .; discharged. M. W. Teall, ist Conn. artillery; re-enlisted after three years; returned at end of war. Douglass Cook; re-enlisted; wounded. Hiram Bostwick; New York State; killed in the 2nd battle of Bull Run. E. Godfrey; from the town; re- turned. Milan Ham, Westfield; spring of 1864. Fred Freeman; returned; re-enlisted; died in rebel prison. Barton Morse and River Bostwick; returned; discharged at end of war. Frank Freeman, discharged, non compos mentis.
"Drafted men in Knoxville borough to report March 22nd 1865; in consequence of the great flood time ex- tended to April 15th 1865. Reported:
" William B. Mead, S. P. White, William Hurlbut, W. W. Dunham, J. W. Bellows, William Morse, H. K. Rumsey, Linden Case, Henry Newell, M. D. Wilhelm, Giles Roberts, George Budson, E. R. Dunham, William B. Smith, Horatio Chisholm.
" Failed to report: Milton Boyce, O. H. Wood, tooth- less, Jefferson Matteson, furnished substitute, James Bowen, O. T. Quackenbush.
" Those reporting were ordered to return home and await further orders. The war closed by the capture of Lee and Richmond, and the drafted men were not wanted."
The records of the borough show what was done in the line of raising bounties. The first entries are:
"Foundry office, Knoxville, February 17th 1864 .- Council met upon call of the burgess, who stated the ob- ject of the meeting to be to consider the propriety of | raising a local bounty for volunteers. On motion re-
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