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Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes 1824 Page 224 continued New division of Roads wards We the Undersigned Commifsioners of the town of Milford do agree that it is prudent to divide the 26th ward and make two wards of the Same by dividing at the South part of John Whaleys house the North ward to be known by the No 51 and also to divide the 18 ward at the North line of George Schermerhorn farm on the west part to be known by the No of 55 furthermore that part of the 7th ward to be annexed to the 6th ward which formerly belong to it that is to say to the East corner of __ Jacob Young waggon house eastwardly February the 28th 1824 John Low }Comrs of Jacob Young }Highways 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 Peter Collier on Tuesday the second day of March 1824 the following persons were elected to office Viz Ezra Adams………….} Town Clerk Peter Collier………….}Supervisor John I Quackenbofs } Aaron Low…………...}Afsefsors Rodney Arnalee……...} Daniel Lee…………...}Constable and Collector William Richardson…,} Samuel Bixby………..} Overseers of Poor Walter Fitch………….} Jacob Young…………}Comrs of Highways John Low…………….} David Mackey……….} Elisha G Barnes……...}Constables Timothy Sabins……...} Ezra Adams………….} Levi Stewart…………}Comrs of Schools Jacob Dietz…………..} Joseph Rice………….} Asa B. Brown……….}Inspectors of Schools Joseph Lindsey……...} Page 226 David L Sayre……………….} Levi Adams…………………} William V White……………}Pound Masters David Fairchild……………..} Bers Peete…………………..} Peter Collier………………...} Stephen Baker……………..}Fence Viewers John Moon…………………}That the Same be elected Amos Waters………………}for pound Masters and Eli Rose……………………}Fence Viewers as they William Angel……………..}Stood last year Path Masters No of Wards 1 Amos Sweet 2 Levi Stewart 3 Griswold Walsworth 4 William Scott 5 Peter Collier 6 Henry Ousterhout Jun 7 David Marvin 8 Peter Boice 9 Abraham Brewer 10 Peter Quackenbofs 11 James McDonald 12 Reuben Westcott Jun 13 Samuel Griffin 15 John Crydenwise 16 Daniel Bates 17 Reuben Westcott 18 John Wilcox [New page, unnumbered] Names of Path Masters 19 Gideon Ray 20 Daniel Lee 21 Zebediah Martin 22 Lorenzo Bates 23 Ira W. Chapels 24 S_u_eley Stone 25 Jacob Dingman 26 Samuel Crippen 27 Horace Bifsell 28 J T Qiackenbofs 29 Abraham Blin 30 James Allen] 31 John Lawford 32 Elihu Pratt 33 Harvey C Jewel 34 John T Burnside 35 Baltas Simmons 36 David Peete 37 Isaac Peete 38 Asher Barnard 39 James Wilharty 40 Jasper Varrs 41 William Blind 42 Aaron Newkerk 43 John A Cronkhite 44 Elias Rogers 45 Admiral W Wickham 46 Isaac Hungerford 47 Obadiah Gifford 48 Peter Marlatt 49 Nehemiah Edson 50 Alonzo Bridgsfs Page 228 Names of Path Masters 51 David Culley 52 Cornelius Lane 53 Isaac Fadonburgh 54 Henry L Miller 55 Francis W Welman Voted that Said town raise for the support of the Poor $325.25 Voted that the bye laws of Said town Stand as they did the last year Voted that the Next Annual Town Meeting be held at the house of Peter Collier in the Said Town. [New page, unnumbered] This day the books and papers of the overseers of the poor of the town of Milford is transferred from the hands of Simeon Walling and Richard Swartwant late overseers into the hands of William Richardson and Samuel Bixby the present Overseers and find due to the Said Simeon Walling from the Said town the sum of twenty one dollars and twenty six cents March the 8th 1824 Ezra Adams…..}Town Clerk Peter Collier…..}Supervisor Joseph Westcott }J{ Levi Stewart…..}JP We have this day transferred the books and papers of the overseers of the Poor of the town of Milford from the hands of Simeon Walling and Richard Swartwant late overseers of Said town into the hands of Samuel Bixby and William Richardson the present overseers of Said town and find due from the Said town to Richard Swartwant 55 cents one Note against Harvey Bifsell of $5.00 dated the 16th day of November 1822 also another against Joseph Westcott of $5.00 dated February 24th 1824 which is due to the Said town of Milford March the 8th 1824 Peter Collier….}Supervisor Ezra Adams…..}T Clerk Joseph Westcott.}JP Levi Stewart…..}JP Page 232 Survey of A Road laying on Crumhorn Mountain Begins at a Stake on the line between the towns of Milford and Meriland South 85 degrees West 85 links from a pine tree Marked with the letter A and runs from the North 6 degrees West 34 Chains Thence North 14 degrees East 15 Chains Thence North 20 degrees East 20 Chains Thence North 31 degrees East 12 Chains Thence North 39 degrees East 6 Chains Thence North 20 degrees East 16 Chains Thence North 52 degrees East 34 Chains Untill it intersects the road leading from the Susquehannah River acrost the Crumhorn Mountain Isaiah Wilcox in Maryland Containing a distance of one Mile and a half and 68 Rods David L Sayre Surveyor Walter Fitch…}Comrs of Milford 16th February 1824 John Low……}Highways Ezra Adams…} Town Clerk Alteration in a Road say begins at the east side of a poll Bridge that crofses a Small run of Water a few chains west from the dwelling house of Amariah Enos and runs from thence South 77 East 5 Chains thence North 79 East 15 Chains Untill it Intersects the Road leading from James Cyphers in Milford to the Town of Lawrence Containing a distance of eighty Rods 1st of May 1824 Walter Fitch…}Comrs of D L Sayre Surveyor John Low……}Highways