Town of Milford
Annual Minutes
1826
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
1826

[New page, unnumbered]

At the annual Town Meeting held at the house of William V White on the 7th of March
 1826 the following Persons were Elected to office viz

Asa Eddy……………..…}Town Clerk
Jacob Deitz………………}Supervisor
Amos Waters……………}
Leman Stewart…………..}Assessors
Jacob Young…………….}
Daniel Lee……………….}Constable & Collector
Richard Swartwout………}
William Richardson……..}Overseers of Poor
Timothy Sabins…………..}
Abial D Blodget………….}Constables
David Mackey……………}
Walter Fitch………………}
Jacob Young……………...}Com. of Highways
David L Sayre…………….}
Lorenzo Bates…………….}
Timothy Brown…………..}Com. of Schools
John Post Dietz…………..}
Peter Cline……………….}
Nicholas McDonald……..}
Allen Baker………………}Inspectors of Schools
John T. Quackenbofs…….}


[New page, unnumbered]

Pound Masters & Path Masters
David L Sayre        }
Levi Adams           }
William V White   } Pound Masters
David Fairchild     }
Beers Peete           }
Peter Collier          }

Stephen Baker     }
John Moore         }
Amos Waters       }Fence Viewers
Eli Rose                }
William Angel     }

Path Masters
No 1 William Wilcox
No 2 Amos Sweet
No 3 William P Waite
No 4 Joseph Mumford
No 5 William Collier
No 6 William Roads
No 7 Daniel Lee
No 8 Simeon Walling
No 9 Charles Walley
No 10 Wilhelman Yager
No 11 Orin Adams
No 12 Peter Miller


Page 239

Path Masters Continued
No 13 Cyrus Richmond
No 14 _____ Wickam
No 15 William Humphrey
No 16 Thomas Baker
No 17 William Aylesworth
No 18 David Wilcox
No 19 Gideon Ray
No 20 Ralph Jordan
No 21 Rufsel Baker
No 22 Ebenezer Wilcox
No 23 Joseph Whitford
No 24 William Barnard
No 25 Samuel Pettingale
No 26 Samuel Griffin
No 27 Horace Bifsel
No 28 Warren Axby
No 29 William Barnes
No 30 Lewis Barker
No 31 Aaron Chidester
No 32 Reynold Low
No 33 Amos Waters
No 34 Garret Walley]
No 35 Parker Wilcox 


Page 240
Path Masters Continued
No 35 Beers Pete
No 37 Jacob Thair
No 38 Asher Barnard
No 39 Robert R Murray
No 40 Augustus Vars
No 41 Jonathan Curtis
No 42 Henry Halbert
No 43 Benony Adams
No 44 Robertson Aylesworth
No 45 Amos Keith
No 46 John Shaw
No 47 George Brightman
No 48 Silas Welman
No 49 Beza Read
No 50 Abel Babcock
No 51 Jacob Brewer
No 52 Cornelius Lane
No 53 Thomas Sweet
No 54 Henry L Miller
No 55 Nicholas Schermerhorn
No 56 Richard Swartwout
No 57 James Westcott


Page 243

Survey of a road Begins one Chain west of South west corner of a house belonging to 
B__tt__ Simmons and on the Road leading from Jacob Youngs to Clarkes Mills and runs 

thence North 22 degrees East 54 Chains 27 Links
thence North 36 degrees East 27 Chains 00 Links
thence North 46 degrees East 15 Chains 00 Links
thence North 65 degrees East   5 Chains 00 Links
thence North 51 degrees East   6 Chains 00 Links
thence North 43 degrees East   3 Chains 42 Links
thence North 50 degrees East   4 Chains 65 Links
thence North 46 degrees East   9 Chains 23 Links
thence North 39 degrees East   8 Chains 00 Links
thence North 47 degrees East   5 Chains 28 Links
thence North 59 degrees East 32 Chains 40 Links
thence North 55 degrees East 20 Chains 00 Links
thence North 64 degrees East   3 Chains 00 Links
thence North 52 degrees East   2 Chains 00 Links
thence North 32 degrees East   2 Chains 80 Links
thence North 26 degrees East   5 Chains 57 Links
thence North 14 degrees East   4 Chains 25 Links
thence North   4 degrees East 13 Chains 30 Links
thence North 31 degrees West  6 Chains 00 Links
thence North 55 degrees East   4 Chains 16 Links
thence North 10 degrees East   3 Chains 25 Links
thence North 35 degrees East   2 Chains 00 Links
thence North   3 degrees West  3 Chains 80 Links
thence North 47 degrees East   5 Chains 00 Links
thence North 40 degrees East   7 Chains 50 Links
thence North 56 degrees East 16 Chains 80 Links
thence North   2 degrees West  2 Chains 10 Links
thence North 57 degrees East   2 Chains 00 Links
thence North 49 degrees East   7 Chains 00 Links
thence North 22 degrees East   2 Chains 97 Links

Till it intersects the Road leading from Peter Collier to the town of Maryland 

Containing three miles and two hundred and twenty four rods of Road

Milford July 20th 1826				Walter Fitch   }    Commifsioner
Mark A Sayre                                                              Jacob Young }  of Highways
Surveyor						Asa Eddy       } Town Clerk


Page 244

Survey of a alteration in a Road beginning at the west corner of a bridge Near to a
 
dwelling house now Occupied by Asher Barnard and Runs thence South E20..30 links 

untill it intersects the Road Leading from Lawrens to Milford Meeting house 

containing 81 Rods of Road  Milford May 8th 1826
								David L Sayre			
Mark A Sayre Surveyor					Walter Fitch
								Comisioners of Highways

Survey of an alteration in a Road Begins at a small pine tree marked A standing on 

the Highway leading from Gideon Rays to Milford Meeting House and runs thence South

 4 degrees East 6 Chains 30 links till it intersects the Road leading from Laurence

 to Milford Meeting House Containing 25 Rods of Road 
Milford May 8th 1826
Mark A Sayre Surveyor					David L Sayre }Comifsioners
								Walter Fitch    }of Highways

Survey of an alteration in a Road Begins near a Rod from a Soft maple tree and on 

the East from a Dwelling House now occupied by Harvey Houghton and Runs

Thence North 47 degrees West 5 chains
Thence North 1_ degrees West 4 chains 50 Links
Thence North 4 degrees East 7 chains 
Thence North 0 degrees East 3 chains 50 Links
Thence North 10 degrees East 6 chains
Thence North 33 degrees West 9 chains 60 Links
Till it intersects the Road Leading from Lauren to Milford Meeting house containing
 

142 Rods of Road
Mark A Sayre							Asa Eddy T Clk
Surveyor							David L Sayre
								Walter Fitch
								Comifsioniers of Highways

Page 245

Survey of an alteration in a Road Beginning at a Stake and stones standing on the 

South side of the Road Leading from Peter Colliers to Jacob Young in Milford North 

60 degrees East 2 Chains 33 Links from the corner of a rock near A Broock and 

Bridge and the House of Levi Hungerfords and runs
Thence North 7 degrees East 5 chains 20 Links
Thence North 1 degree East 2 chains 50 Links
Thence North 10 degrees West 7 chains 50 links
Thence North 22 degrees West 7 chains 00 links
Thence North   8 degrees East 5 chains 50 links
Thence North 18 degrees East 6 chains 00 links
Thence North 15 degrees East 3 chains 00 links
Thence North 11 degrees East 7 chains 25 links
Thence North   3 degrees West 3 chains 50 links
Thence North 15 degrees West 29 chains 00 links
Thence North 46 degrees West 16 chains 00 links
Thence North 39 degrees West   9 chains 00 links
Thence North 29 degrees West   5 chains 00 links
Thence North 22 degrees West   9 chains 00 links
Thence North 30 degrees West   5 chains 00 links till it intersects the Road 

leading from Peter Collier to Jeremiah Collier Containing one Mile and a half and 

Four Rods of Road 
Milford Jun 28th 1826						Walter Fitch
Mark A Sayre Surveyor					David L:Sayre
								Jacob Young
								Commifsioners of Highways

Survey of an alteration in a Road Begins in the Road leding from Peter Collier to 

the Town of Maryland opposite the Line between Thomas Barnard and John & Adam Deitz

  and runs on said line South 18 degrees East 15 Chains Thence South 23 degrees 

East 19 chains Till it intersects the Road leading from Butter Simmons to _____ 

Coon containing one hundred and thirty six rods of Road
Milford July 20th 1826				Asa Eddy    Town Clerk
Mark L Sayre Surveyor				Walter Fitch
							Jacob Young
							Commifsioners of Highways
Page 246

Survey of an alteration in the 	Road leading from William V White to James Cyphers 
Begins North 31 degrees East 34 Links from a Bufs wood tree marked A and runs

Thence North 45 degrees West 10 chains 00 links
Thence North 49 degrees West 3 chains 20 links
Thence North 71 degrees West 18 chains 00 links
Thence North 82 degrees West 7 chains 00 links

Till it intersects the Road leading from Garrett Martins to James Cyphers 
containing one hundred and fifty two rods and twenty links of Road

Milford Sept 19th 1826				David L Sayre
Mark A Sayre Surveyor				Walter Fitch
							Commifsioners of Highways

Between Amariah Eunor & Benjamin Allen and two rods west of a pine tree marked and 
runs
Thence South 81 degrees East 10 chains 00 links
Thence South 62 degrees East 6 chains 80 links
Thence South 60 degrees East 7 chains 00 links
Thence South 8 degrees East 10 chains 40 links
Thence South 5 degrees West 2 chains 80 links 			

Where it intersects the road leading from Ephraim Farrington to Laurens Containing 
one hundred and forty eight rods of road

Milford October 18th 1826					Walter Fitch
								Jacob Young
Mark A Sayre Surveyor					Com of Highways
								Asa Eddy Town Clerk










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