Annual Minutes 1838 Copied by : Jayne Davis Szaz |
Town of Milford Annual Town Meeting Minutes 1838 Page 301 At an annual Town Meeting of the freeholders of the town of Milford held at the house of Jefse Mumford in Said town on the 6th day of March 1838 the following resolutions were pafsed ______ the following persons were chosen to fill the said offices in Said Town got for the following year Viz Resolved 1 that there be 3 afsefsors Resolved 2 that there be 4 Constables Resolved 3 that we raise as much money for the support of Common Schools as we receive from the State Resolved 4 that the fence viewers receive one dollar per day Resolved 5 that the collector receive 5 percent Resolved 6 that the School Inspectors receive one dollar per day when in actual service Page 302 Resolved 7 that the next annual town meeting be held at the house of Jefse Mumford List of persons elected at the annual town meeting held on the 6th day of March 1838 Viz Allen Baker Town Clerk Peter Collier Supervisor William Kirby Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt Richard Swartwout Afsefsors Lorenzo Bates Hiram Scott Commifsioners Charles Ellis of William W. Scott Highways John Brown Collector John Brown Reuben A. Goodrich Constables Nathan Tanner Jacob Dietz Peter Cline Overseers of Smith Hunphrey the Poor Elijah Brown Commifsioners William Kirby of Dennison R. Boyce Schools Allen Baker Inspectors James Fern of Jacob Dietz Schools Joseph Westcott Town Sealer Orange Bifsell Marlin Gardner Joseph Westcott Pound Masters Peter Collier Henry Willcox Page 303 No of Ward Overseer of Highways 1 Jacob Hopkins 2 Norman Griswold 3 Amos Sweet 4 John Whiteside 5 Chancey Brown 6 Mathias Lane 7 Jefse Mumford 8 Joseph Mumford 9 Ebenezer Soule 10 Peter Collier 11 Joseph Fern 12 Solomon Peck 13 Zebediah Martin 14 Hosea Westcott 15 Henry Willcox 16 John Aylsworth 17 Otis Westcott 18 Alexander Cummings 19 Henry Schermerhorn 20 John Cridenwise 21 Edward Seger 22 Charles Wellman 23 Harry Lyon 24 William Stevens 25 John A. Cronkite 26 Solomon E. Bostwick 27 Jeremiah Bowman 28 Bezer Reed 29 William Fairwell 30 Reuben Westcott Jr 31 Peter Scott 32 Lyman Scott 33 Harvey Bifsell 34 Chester Whitford 35 William Whitford 36 Lorenzo Lane 37 Harvey Houghton 38 Elihu Gifford Jr 39 Aaron Lane 40 John Green 41 Nehemiah W. Kingman 42 Augustus Vars 43 Amos F. Waters 44 Philip Wager 45 John Low Jr. 46 Philip Mosher 47 Stephen Platt 48 Solomon Townsend 49 Benjamin Estes 50 Abraham Gurney 51 Thomas Crouch 52 Rufus Houghton 53 Seth Rowland 54 E Lester 55 Daniel Green 56 Henry Van Valkenburgh Page 304 We the inspectors of this election do hereby certify that the above persons are elected to fill the various offices in the town of Milford for the year 1838. Dated at Milford this 6th day of March 1838 Henry Willcox }Justices Thomas Burnside }of the Levi Stewart }Peace We the comifsioners of highways of the town of Milford do annex Ward 52 to Ward _9 in said of Milford Milford March 24, 1838 Hiram Sweet }Commifsioners Charles Ellis } of Wm W. Scott }Highways We the comifsioners of highways of the town of Milford do annex Ward No. 40 to Ward No. 32 in said town of Milford Milford March 24,1838 Hiram Sweet }Commifsioners Charles Ellis }of Wm W. Scott}Highways