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Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes 1833 Page 271 The following Pathmasters and Wards Whereby they are hereafter to be Designated reference may be had to page 270 to find the original Number as they were heretofore Numbered The following are the pathmasters appointed and Stand on the other page 270________ ___ Year 1 William Wilcox 2 Amos Sweet 3 Lyman J Walworth 4 Griswold Walworth 5 Richard Swartwout 6 Mathew Brewer 7 Cyrus Steer 8 Alfred P Horton 9 Daniel H Westcott 10 Jered Goodyear 11 James Fern 12 Hezekiah Fairchild 13 Peter Cline 14 Thomas Hoag 15 William Lee 16 Reuben Rogers 17 Reuben Westcott 18 Ira Chappel 19 John Wilcox 20 John Crydenwise 21 Phillip A Humphrey 22 Nicholas Schermerhorn 23 Robert R Meeney 24 Samuel Petangale 25 John A Cronkhite 26 Solomon Bostwick 27 Bezer Reed 28 Bezer Reed Jr 29 William Faw____ 30 Joseph Westcott 31 George W Davis 32 Coonrad Yager 33 John Gifford 34 Harvey Bifsell 35 Chester Whitford 36 Chancey Houghton 37 Cornelius Lane 38 Cornelius Miller 39 Silas Marlatt 40 Joshua D Cook 41 George Wilcox 42 Augustus Vars 43 Harvey C Jewel 44 William Ellis 45 Evuthis Horth 46 Matthew Allen 47 Harry Thorp 48 Sollamon Townsend 49 Edwin Austin 50 Abraham Gurney 51 William Crouch 52 Harvey Houghton 53 Isaac __yland 54 Jeruel Preston Milford Feb 16th 1833 Amos Waters Adam Dietz Robinson Aylesworth ` Commissaioners of Hi Ways Page 272 Resolved that so much of Ward No 42 as is recorded in page 255 begins at a Stake and Stones Standing about four Rods in a South direction from a beech Tree Standing in Said Highway from thence to the Road at Amos Waters as is recorded in page 122 be attached to Ward No 48 February 14th 1833 Amos Waters Adam Dietz Robinson Aylesworth Comrs of H Ways Division of Ward No 45 We the Commisioners of the High Ways of the Town of Milford do agree to annex so much of Ward 45 as beginning at Amos Sweets South Line on the East Side of the Susquehannah River and annex the Same to Ward No 44 Milford Feb 19th 1833 Adam Dietz Amos Waters Robinson Aylesworth Comr of H Way Division of Ward No 25 We the Commisioners of the High Ways of the Town of Milford do agree to annex so much of Ward No 25 being on the thousand acre lot belonging to the B________ Running South of John A Cronkhites house to a Hemlock tree Marked W Standing on the Hill South of the Swamp and annex the Same to Ward No 25 Milford Feb 19th 1833 Robinson Aylesworth Adam Dietz Amos Waters Com of H Ways Page 273 Town Records for 1833 At an Annual Town Meeting held at Jesse Mumfords in the Town of Milford on the 5th day of March 1833 the following votes were carried 1st Voted that there be 4 Constables Elected 2nd Voted that there be 3 Afsefsors Elected 3rd Voted that there be 4 Pound Masters 4th Voted that any Elector shall have the privilege of voting by ballot where the next Town Meeting shall be at the Same time that he Shall hand in his other Ballot 5th Voted that the next Annual Town Meeting Shall be held on the first Tuesday in March next 6th Voted that the Fence Viewers have One Dollar per day for their services 7th Voted that the Collector have 5 percent for collecting taxes the ensuing year 8th Voted that the Town raise as much money as is necessary to draw the money from the State 9th Voted that the By Laws remain as they were passed in 1823 The following Officers were duly Elected at Said Meeting Supervisor Peter Collier Town Clerk Asa Eddy Assessors Peter Cline Eli Rose Thomas Bernside Collector Isaiah E Reed Constables Fitch Fairchild Isaiah E Reed Ebenezer Grove Elnathan Gregory Page 274 Commissioners of High Ways Thomas Eddy William V White Robinson Aylesworth Commissioners of Schools Lyman I Walworth Zebediah Martin Samuel Russell School Inspectors John Hannay Denison R Boice James Fern Jr Overseers of the Poor Richard Swartwout Samuel Bixby Justice of the Peace Adam Dietz Pound Masters John Moore Jr Alan Baker Jared Goodger Joseph Westcott Path Masters Ward No 1 John Scott 2 John Moore Jr 3 Orange Bissell 4 John Whiteside 5 Luther Brewer Page 275 6 Samuel Russell 7 Daniel Widsor 8 Moses Chidester 9 George H Westcott 10 Peter Cline 11 James Fern 12 Fitch Fairchild 13 Zebediah Martin 14 Alexander Cummins 15 Lorenzo Bates 16 John Aylesworth 17 Eli Rose Jr 18 Joseph Whitford 19 David Wilcox 20 John Cridenwise 21 Edward Seger 22 Alfred Wellman 23 Alvin Lyon 24 Freeman Phillips 25 John A Cronkite 26 Salmon Bostwick 27 Ira E Reed 28 Bezer Reed 29 _urce Wellman 30 Abram Yager 31 John Shaw 32 Coonrad Yager 33 Ebenezer Grover 34 Harvey Bifsell 35 William Whitford 36 Lorenzo Lane 37 Cornelius Lane 38 Ephraim R Ferrington 39 William Wellman 40 Warren Ackley 41 Nehemiah Kingman 42 Nathaniel Applebee 43 William Rensside Jr Page 276 44 Archibald Allen 45 John Low 46 Thomas Pratt 47 Amos Burke 48 Samuel Yeomans 49 Daniel Wright 50 Benjamin Yomans 51 _______ Spencer 52 Rufus Houghton 53 Ephraim Ferrington 54 Cha___ey Allen We Certify the foregoing to be a Correct List of the Town Officers Elected on the First Tuesday of March 1833 Asa Eddy Town Clerk Levi Stewart }Justices Allen Baker }of the William H Coon }peace Page 277 S____ Schedule of Property Included and comprehended in this Mortgage as follows 1 Yoke of red 3-years old steers with some white marks upon each, and horns about common The only steers which I own at this date 1 horse of dun collour about 5 years of age The one had of Matthew Allen this day Value of steers considered 45$ Do do do 40$ Whereas I Peter Hatfield of Maryland am indebted to Matthew Allen in the sum of forty dollars and (blank) cents for a certain Horse, this sold and delivered to me Now, for securing the payment of the Said debt to said Matthew I do hereby sell, transfer and afsign to the Said Matthew Allen the property mentioned in the foregoing Schedule Provided that if the said Peter Hatfield shall pay to the said Matthew Allen the Said sum of 40$ with the interest on or before the first day of January next. Then this transfer to be void and of no effect. But in case of nonpayment at the time above mentioned, the Said Matthew Allen shall have full power to take pofsession of the said property, and sell the Same and the to apply in payment of the above debt. And in case the said Allen shall at any time deem himself insecure, it shall be lawful for [a name or words must have been left out here] Page 278 to take pofsefsion of said property and sell the same at publick or private sale previous the term before mentioned for the payment of the said debt, applying the proceeds as aforesaid after deducting all expenses of the Sale and of the keep of Said property As Witnefs my hand and seal at Milford this 9th day of 1833 Peter Hatfield Witnesses present D Winsor Matthew Allens Mark for Sheep and Cattle a hole through the Left ear