Annual Minutes 1816 Copied by : Jayne Davis Szaz |
[New page, unnumbered] We the comrs of Highways for the Town of Milford do hereby Regulate & Alter Some of the Road in Said Town in the Following Manner Viz Third Ward Beginning at Thomas Cunninghams and Ending at William Jewells South Line 26th Ward Beginning at William Jewells South Line and Runing to Benjamin Westcotts Barn and from the Highway to the Center of the Bridge neer Mumfords Mills 4th Ward Beginning at Benjamin Westcott’s Barn and Ending at William Scott’s South Line 44th Ward Beginning at the Center of the Bridge neer Edsons Still and Ending at the Intersecting the Road neer Caleb Wells Se page 166 17th Ward See page 166 Beginning at the Intersecting of the Roads neer Joshua Roger’s and Ending at the Intersecting of the Roads neer John R FCischo’s House 24th Ward Begining at the Gide Board at the Hartwick Line neer Ruebin Barnards and Ending at the Intersecting the Road neer Bates Tavern. Now the schoolhouse Milford 15th January 1816 Andrew Shute }Comrs of James Horth }Hways Jacob Edson T Clerk Page 160 Milford 27th February 1816 This day we the undersigned have audited and Alowed the Account of Jacob Dietz Supervisor of Said Town and find in his hands the sum of Five Dollars and Seventy Cents. Given under our hands at The day above Written Henry Scott }Justices of Ezra Adams } the Peace J. Edson T Clerk [New page, unnumbered] At the annual Town Meeting of the freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Milford held at the house of John Bivvens in Said Town on Saturday the 5th Day of March 1816 the under named persons were Elected officers in Said Town for the year insuing Viz John Moore Supervisor_____ Ezra Adams Town Clerk____ Aaron Lane Joseph Mumford Afsefsors Peter Collier ______________ Samuel Bixby Cons & Collector Levi Adams Comrs Samuel Carpenter of James Westcott____________Highways______ Joseph Mumford Overseers Daniel French of Poor______ David French William Scott Constables Samuel Carpenter _______________ Henry Scott Comrs Ezra Adams of James Westcott_ Schools________ Alexander Conkey Inspectors James Culley of Jacob McDonald Schools________ John Moore James Westcott Pound Asahel Marvin Simeon Walling Willhelmus Yauger Masters Peter Collier____________________________ Daniel Fairchild David Bates [The positions to which Daniel Fairchild and David Bates were elected are not given. A page appears to be missing here that gives that information and the remainder of the names of the persons elected and to what positions they were elected at this town meeting.] [New page, unnumbered] Voted to elect Three Constables exclusive of Constable and Collector Voted their shall be 3 Commifsioners and 3 Inspectors in Said Town for Schools Voted that One Dollar per day be allowed to Inspectors of Schools while employed in the execution of their office Resolved that the By laws as they stod last year Shall be in force the present Year Resolved that $250.00 be Raised for the Support of the Poor the Present year Resolved That the next annual Town Meeting be held at the house of John Bivvins Ezra Adams Town Clerk Survey of a Road Say beginning where the line of Lots 38 and 39 Franklin Patent Intersect the Highway that Leades from Jeremiah Ellis mills in Middlefield to the Mills near to John Mumford and Runs from thence South 52 Degrees 30 minutes East 13 Chains 50 links Thence North 80 Degrees 3 Chains Untill it Intersects the Highway east of John Fairchild Barn October the 12th 1816 James Westcott } Comrs of Levi Adams } Highways Ezra Adams } T Clerk David L Sayre Surveyor Page 164 Survey of a Road in the Town of Milford Say Beginning at a White oak tree marked II–II stands on the line of Maryland and Milford and Runs from thence North 21 Degrees West 16 Chaines North 55 Degrees West 26 Chaines North 50 Degrees West 6 .. 00 North 29 Degrees West .. 4.00 North 78 Degrees West 4 .. 00 North 58 Degrees West 10 .. 00 North 64 Degrees West 11 .. 00 North 21 Degrees West 1 .. 00 North 56 Degrees West 5 .. 00 North 3 Degrees East 4 .. 00 North 19 Degrees East 1 .. 00 North 42 Degrees West 3 .. 00 North 17 Degrees East 3 .. 00 North 9 Degrees West 1 .. 00 North 20 Degrees East 3 .. 00 North 24 Degrees West 13 .. 00 North 10 Degrees West 6 .. 00 North 25 Degrees West 4 .. 00 North 59 Degrees West 5 .. 00 North 27 Degrees West 3 .. 00 Containing a distance of one Mile and a half and Thirty Six Rods David L Sayre Surveyor James Westcott } Comrs of Levi Adams } Highways Ezra Adams } Town Clk Milford May The 10 . . . 1816 [New page, unnumbered] Marks of Cattle, Sheep and Swine Henry Smith mark is a slit on the Upper side of the left ear James Ray mark is a Crop of the Right ear and two Slits the under side of the Same To the Town Clerk of the Town of Milford County of Otsego We the Undersigned ____ Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Milford in Said County Represent that their has a vacancy hapned in the Said Town of a Constable by the Inability of David French to serve in the Capacity. We the undersigned therefore request You to notify a meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Said Town To be held at the house of Thomas Cunningham in Said Town on the Eighth day of July next at One Oclock in the afternoon to Supply Said Vacancy Dated at Milford the 28th Day of June in the Year 1816 Freeholders Names Daniel French Jacob Edson John Moore M Hughes Thomas Baker Ezekiel Hallett Judah Waters Jun Levi Stewart Thomas Eldred Elisha Potter William Barnard James McCollom Henry Sc_ Scott David Reyes Thomas Cunningham Charles Macka Ezra Adams } T Clerk Agreeable to the above notice I Ezra Adams Town Clerk of the Town of Milford gave _ating to the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Said Town according to law that a Special Town Meeting be held at the house of Thomas Cunningham on the 8 day of July 1816 for the purpose of Choosing a Constable to supply the place ____ationed by the Inability of David French it was unanimously Voted that Levi Stewart be Constable for the year 1816. Ezra Adams Town Clerk [The names and positions of the rest of the officers who signed this document were cut off by photocopying.]