Annual Minutes 1811 Copied by : Jayne Davis Szaz |
Page 144 [As you see in the paragraph below, the year is not given. Judging by the numbers of these two pages (144 and 145) and the year given on page 148 and the page that precedes it below, I think the year is 1811.] At the annual Town Meeting held in the Town of Milford County of Otsego at the house of John Bivvens on Tuesday the 1st and 2nd days of March 18th the following Persons were Elected into office Viz John Moore .}Supervisor Ezra Adams .}Town Clerk Daniel French .} Joseph Mumford .}Afsefsors Peter Collier } Daniel Lee ..}Const & Collector Arial Winlworth .} William Scott .}Constables Samuel Carpenter ...} Ethan Stevens .}Comrs Isaac Squier }of Peter Collier ...}Highways James Westcott .,}.Overseers Barnabas Bates ..}of Poor Henry Scott ...}Comrs Ezra Adams ..}of James Westcott .}Schools Abraham Conkey ..}Inspectors James Culley }of Benjamin Stiles }Schools Page 146 [page 145 is missing; this page contains a continuation of the Path Masters] Ward Nos Stephen Baker ..13th Richard Cooley .14th Peter Cooley ..15th Elijah Chappel ..16th William Aylesworth ..17th Jacob Wellman ...18th Gideon Ray 19th Clark Comens .20 Andrew Shute .21 Ebenezer Wilson .22d William Van Buren .23d Asher Barnard .24th William Stevens ..25th John Brown .27th Thomas Martin 28th Jeddidiah Butler ..29th Thaddeus Sweet ..30th David Coone 31st James Horth .32d Amos Waters 33d Lemuel Sherman ...34th Parker Wilson ..35th Jeremiah Caiher 36th John Shepherd ..37th John Thurber .39th James Gray 40th Simeon Lawrence ..41st Aaron NewKerk 42 Bennoni Adams .43 [Unnumbered page, probably page 147] By Laws of the Town Resolved that hogs shall be confined from the first day of April to the last day of November Resolved that Six Cents shall be the Compensation for each hog taken up by any Man in the Town that Runs at Large Resolved that Rams shall be Confined from the 10th day of September Untill the 10th day of November and that the owner of Every Ram Not Confined or left to Roam at Large shall forfeit and pay to the persons damaged the sum of five dollars Resolved that sheep shall not Roam at Large. Resolved that one Cent shall be the Compensation for each Sheep taken Up by any Man in the Town that Runs at Large Resolved that every Stud horse over _00years old found running at large the owner shall pay five dollars to the person who takes up Said horse Resolved that twenty five Cents pr head unpaid together with all damages to any Person that shall Take up any Cattle thats found eating Hay or damaging any slay or Carriage in Sd Town Resolved that the next annual Town Metting be held at the house of John Brown Page 148 Resolved that Town rais money to meete the Money thats coming from the state for the use of Common Schools Resolved that the Commifsioners of Schools be allowed one dollar pr day for services Resolved that the Town raise Seventy Dollars for the support of the Poor Resolved that the next annual Town Meeting be held at the house of John Bivvens Ezra Adams Town Clk Survey of a Road say beginning at a pine stump standing on the south side of the Road that Leads from James Cyphers to Lawrence [blank] and runs from thence south 28 Degrees east 38 Chains thence south 3 Degrees East 9 Chains to the Road that leades from Ephraim Ferringtons Containing a distance of half a mile and eight rods. July the 8th 1811 Peter Collier }Comrs. of Isaac Squier }Highways David L Sayre } Surrogate Ezra Adams } Town Clk