Town of Milford
Annual Minutes
1819
Copied by : Jayne Davis Szaz




Comments on My Transcription of the Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes

In the early 1990s Marion Brophy made photocopies for me of the Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes at the New York State Library in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, in reply to my request for information about my great great great grandfather, Christopher ELLI.S. As far as I know, the Minutes I have transcribed are all that remain of the Town of Milford's Annual Town Meeting Minutes, but I may be wrong about that; there may be Minutes for years before 1811 and after 1840. For anyone who wants to inquire of the library, its address is New York State Historical Association/The Farmers' Museum, Research Library, P.O. Box 800, Cooperstown, New York 13326, its telephone number is 607-547-1400, and its website is http://www.nysha.org/about/index.htm. The call number for the Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes is N593.82(2). However, the Minutes for 1812 and 1813 are probably lost; if not, Marion would have sent copies of them to me also.

I have transcribed the information from The Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes for 1811 and 1814-1840 and have entered the information into separate documents by year. My comments are in brackets [ ].

You may notice that some pages are missing and, I presume, lost, and that some of the page numbers within the documents are out of sequence. That apparently happened because the responsible town clerk did not enter the information about an event until some time after the event. For instance, information from page 256 appears in the years 1827, 1828, and 1829 because information for those years appears on that one page. Also, some page numbers appear in two consecutive years because the town clerk continued writing minutes for the current year on the sheet used for the previous year rather than taking a new sheet of paper.

The page numbers are as they appear in the original document. Where [New page, unnumbered] appears at the top of the page, the photocopying must have cut off the page number. These missing page numbers seem to be the odd-numbered pages.

I have copied the text as it appears in the original document, which means I have retained the spelling of the original document. . Where I could not read letters or words, I have substituted underlining of the same length as the missing letters or words. There is little punctuation; the first, a comma, shows up in the late 1820s.

Where the town clerk left a space blank that should have been filled with a name or a word or words, I have typed (blank).

The researcher should look through all of the years to find her/his ancestor(s) because some of the names were spelled one way on one page and another way on another page or pages. Some of the names appear over the entire span of years while others appear only once or twice.



Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes
1819

Page 184

Survey of a Road in the Town of Milford Say beginning 50 links south west from a 
spring of Water on the west corner of Ebenezer Wilcox farm and runs from thence 
north 26 degrees East 20 chanes thence north 19 degrees East 18 chaines Untill it 
intersects the Town line of Hartwick a hard Maple tree Marked II–II Containing a 
distance of 152 Rods Milford January 9…$19
David Sayre			Walter Fitch	}Comrs of
Surveyor			Levi Adams    }Highways
				Ezra Adams    }T Clk
We have this day Audited and Allowed the acounts of Thomas Baker one of the 
Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Milford and find in his hands due to the said 
Town fifty dollars and sixty seven cents Feb. 23 1819

We have also audited and allowed the accounts of Simeon Walling one of the 
Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Milford and find due to him from said town two 
dollars and fifty cents  Feb 23 1819
							Henry Scott         } JP
							John Badger        } Supervisor
				Jacob McDonald } JP
				Ezra Adams        } T Clk
 

[New page, unnumbered]

At the Annual Town Meeting of the freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of 
Milford held at the house of Elisha G Barnes on the second day of March in the year 
1819  The following persons were elected to office
Viz
Ezra Adams………………}	.Town Clerk
Peter Collier………………}	Supervisor
Aaron Lane……………….} 
Joseph Mumford………….} Afsefsors
Samuel Carpenter……...…}
Lorenzo Bates……………} Const & Collector
Thomas Baker……………} Overseers
Simeon Walling………….} of Poor
Samuel Bixby……………}
William E. McDonald…...}Comrs of Highways
Walter Fitch……………..}
Thomas Cunningham……}
Thomas R Mumford…….} Constables
Jeremiah S Walling………..}
Ezra Adams……………..}
Jacob Dietz………………} Comrs of Schools
Levi Stewart…………….}
John R. St John…………}
Joseph Rice……………..}Inspectors
David L Sayre…………..}of Schools
Jacob McDonald………..}
William S Stone………..}
Amos Bun………………}


Page 186

John Moore……………..}
Jacob Edson…………….}
Beers Peete………………}Voted that 
Simeon Walling………...} Pound Masters
Joseph Allen……………} be the same as they 
Peter Collier……………} was last year
Nicholafs Webber……...}
George Wilcox…………}
William Barnard……….}
Joseph Mumford..…...…} also
David Yauger………….} Fence Viewers
Elisha G Barnes……….}
John R. Francischo……}
Names of Pathmasters
Amos Sweet………………Ward No	1
Levi Stewart………………………...	2
Thomas Eldred……………………..	3
George Mumford……………………4
Peter Collier………………………...	5
William Cox………………………..	6
Jacob Young……………………….. 7
Wilhelmus Beames…………………8
David Houghtaling…………………9
Joseph Allen Jun…………………..10
Jacob Deitz………………………...11
James Cyphers…………………….12
Cyrus Richmond…………………..13
John Crydenwise………………….15
Oren Adams……………………….16


[New page, unnumbered]

Names of Pathmasters
Samuel Miller…………………….17
Rufus Houghton……………...…..18
Gideon Ray……………………….19
Thomas Hoag……………………..20
Ozias Kilburne……………………21
Ebenezer Wilcox…………………22
William Whtiford………………...23
Simeon T Clinton…….…………..24
Garrett Martin……………………25
Joseph Mumford…………………26
Harvey Bifsell……………………27
Thomas Martin…………………..28
Jonathan Cutting…………………29
William Allen……………………30
John Low………………………...31
William Angel………………...…32
Amos Waters…………………….33
James Coon………………………34
Parker Wilson……………………35
Beers Peete…..…………………..36
Daniel Price…………………...…37
Alvin Lyon……………………….39
Joseph Varrs……………………...40
John Yauger………………………41
.John C_use………………………42
Benoni Adams……………………43
Elias Rogers………………………44
Daniel Fairchild………………….46
Daniel Griswold………………….47
Barnabas Van Buren……………..48


Page 188

Voted That the Town Raise Three hundred dollars for the support of the Poor

Voted That the Town Raise the same amount of School money as they draw from the 
State

Voted That our by Laws Stand the present year as they Stood last year

Voted that the next Annual Town Meeting be held at the same place it was last held 
at 

Survey of a Road in the Town of Milford Say Beginning at the north west corner of 
Reuben Scotts Farm on the line between the Town of Milford and Hartwick and runs 
thence North 87 degrees East 12 Chains on the Town line between the aforesaid Towns


David L Sayre
Surveyor Milford

22nd of February 1819				Levi Adams }Comrs of
This Survey Not				Walter Fitch} Highways
Returned Untill				Ezra Adams}  Town Clk
May 1819


[New page, unnumbered]

Survey of Road in the town of Milford begins at a stake North 50 degrees and 
onechain 44 links from the North west corner of Bezer Reads dwelling house thence

North 26 West 19..00
Thence N. 21 East 6..00
Thence N. 19 West .. 28 .. 00
Thence N. 17 East .. 17.. 00
Thence N. 17 West .. 9 .. 00
Thence N. 9 East .. 24 .. 00
Thence N. 22 East .. 28 .. 00

Untill it intersects the Road that leads from William Stevens to Robert Martins in 
Milford Containing a Distance of one mile and a half and four rods 

David L Sayre					W E McDonald }Comrs of
Surveyor 					Walter Fitch       }Highways

Milford Sept 21st
1819


Page 190

Survey of a Road in the Town of Milford Say beginning at the West Side of the Road 
that leades from William Hortons Inn to the bridge that crofses the Susquehannah 
near the dwelling house of James McDonald a few rods South east from Said McDonalds
 house and runs from thence South 76 degrees west 72 chaines thence South 87 
degrees West 30 Chaines to the Town line of Otego on lands of Elihu Ward being in 
the Town of Otego Containing a distance of one Mile and a quarter and 8 Rods 

David L Sayre					Walter Fitch }     Comrs of 
Surveyor					W E McDonald} Highways

Milford 30th September 			Ezra Adams } T Clk
1819












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