Annual Minutes 1820 Copied by : Jayne Davis Szaz |
Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes 1820 [New page, unnumbered] Survey of an Alteration in the Road that leads from James McDonalds in Milford to Peter Colliers Inn in Milford Say begin 20 links South from a small Hickory tree Standing on the south East side of a small Brook Near to the dwelling house of the Widow Margaret Morenius and runs from thence North 89 degrees East 60 Chaines thence North 72 East 14 Chaines thence south 80 East 14.00 Chaines where it Intersects the Road a little west from the dwelling house of Peter A Houghtaling Containing a distance of one Mile and 32 Rods. Milford 26th February 1820 David L Sayre Walter Fitch }Comrs of Surveyor W E McDonald }Highways Ezra Adams }Town Clerk Page 192 We the Comrs of Highways do agree to alter the Ward No 24 and 23 and take from the 24th ward from David Bates to the g__d_ board near the Schoolhouse and sit it to the 23rd ward so that the 23 ward begins at the corner by David Bates and runs to the Road that leads by Asher Barnards house The Comrs agree to divide the wards No 2 into three wards No 2d to begin where it does and runs until it Strikes No 3 the other one to begin at the old Donelly house and runs until it Intersects the River road near the Meeting house and the other beginning at the Susquehannah Bridge and ends where it Intersects the River road Near Sayre Store Feb 25th 1820 S Bixby } Comrs of Walter Fitch } Highways [New page, unnumbered] At the Annual Town Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Milford held at the house of William Whites in the Town of Milford on the 7th day of March 1820 the following Persons were Elected to office Viz Ezra Adams ..}Town Clerk Peter Collier ..}Supervisor Asa Eddy .} Samuel Bixby ...} Afsefsors Jacob Dietz .. } Daniel Lee ... }Const & Collector Thomas Baker . }Overseers of Poor Simeon Walling .. } Walter Fitch } William E McDonald . }Comrs of Highways Daniel French . } Thomas R Mumford .} Jeremiah S Watting }Constables Joseph Meriam ... } Levi Stewart .. } David L Sayre ... }Comrs of Schools Jacob Dietz } Joseph Rice ... } Rodney Arnold . }Inspectors of Schools Johannes Jost Dietz .. } Page 194 John Moore } Levi Adams }Pound Masters James Westcott ...} Simeon Walling .} George Wilcox ..} John Moore } Beers Peete ..}Fence Viewers Nicholas Beams .} Ellis McDonald ..} Walter Fitch ...} Names of Path Masters Henry Scott } 1 David L Sayre } 2 Samuel Smith .} 3 James Westcott ..} 4 William Collier . }5 William Cox ..} 6 Nicholas Beames ...} 7 Peter Boys .}8 Nathan Bennett ..}9 John Quakenbofs ..}10 Frederic Brown .}11 Peter Quakenboss .}12 Samuel Griffin .}13 Ethan Stevens ..}15 Oren Adams ...}16 Samuel Miller ..}17 Jacob Wellman }18 Thomas Ray .}19 Daniel Lee }20 [New page unnumbered] Andrew Shute Jun }21 Ebenezer Wilcox .}22 William Wilcox .. }23 Squire Stone }24 Jacob Dingman ...}25 John L Westcott .}26 Harvey Bifsell ...}27 Finl. Dinnenny ...}29 John Mumford }30 John Low Jun .}31 Reuben Beales ...}32 Amos Waters }33 Lemuel Sherman }34 Baltus Samons }35 Henry Gifford }36 Robert Marble }37 Asher Barnard }38 Alvin Lyon .}39 Joseph Varrs ...}40 John Yawger ..}41 Aaron Newcork .}42 Benoni Adams ...}43 Reuben Westcott ...}44 Daniel Fairchild }46 Aaron Lane }4? Daniel Griswold }47 [A page that bore the rest of the names and assignments of the pathmasters must be missing here] [New page, unnumberedk] thence North 63 Degrees West 2..00 thence North 42 Degrees West 3..00 thence North 36 Degrees West 4..00 thence Due West Degrees 24.50 thence South 27 Degrees West 2..00 thence North 67 Degrees West 5..00 Untill it Intersects the Road that leades from Asahel Marvins to the Town of Lawrens near to the dwelling house of David Yagers Containing a Distance of one Mile and three quarters and ten Rods David L Sayre Walter Fitch }Comrs of Surveyor Daniel French}Highways Ezra Adams }Town Ck Milford Oct 6th 1820 Came into the Inclosure of the subscriber the beginning of September last three Sheep the one Marked with a crop of the right ear and a whole & slit the other two marked a crop of one Ear & a slit and hole the owner is desired to come and prove property pay the charges and take them away Milford December 22d..1820 Nick Kittle