At the annual Town Meeting of the Electors of the Town of Otsego held at the house of
William Lewis in the village of Cooperstown on Tuesday the 2d day of March A.D. 1847
Present
H. S. Babcock )
William Johnson ) Justices
Delos D Pier )
Resolved
That the Town choose four Constables
Resolved
That Cattle, Sheep, hogs & horses shall not be permitted to run at large at any
time under the penalty of twenty five cents for each & every offence.
Resolved
That Rams shall not be permitted to run at large from the first day of August to
the twenty fifth day of November under the penalty of five Dollars.
Resolved
That the Supervisor of Said Town be authorized to get the sum of one hundred &
fifty Dollars assessed on this Town in addition to the sum usually assessed to be
paid over [to] the Com of highways as set forth in public notices which have been
posted up according to Law
The following persons were then Elected to the several Offices set opposite their
Respective names for the Ensuing year or term
1847 - page 2
Seth Doubleday Supervisor
George Jarvis Town Clerk
Herbert M Coburn Assessor 3 years
William Kinney Com. of highways 3 years
Caleb Thayer )
John B Northrop ) Poor Masters
Hiram Babcock ) Justices 4 years
Edward B Crandall ) Harvey Perkins term
Orson Thayer Superintendent Schools
Anson Locke Collector
Jasper Sherwood )
Richard Freeman) Constables
Selah H Fish )
Nelson Herdman )
Cornelius Van Horne ) Inspectors of Elections
Richard Cooley ) in Dist No one
William C Pearson )
Henry Gibbs ) Do
Robt G Russell ) in Dist No two
Thos Higby )
Silas Nash Sealer
1847 - page 3
Path Masters
{This page is very difficult to read, with many ink blots]
No No
1 Thos Whitwell 39 William Misson
2 Lucien F Metcalf 40 Joel J Squires
3 Caleb Thayer 41 Asell Clarke
4 James Allen 42 Thos Taylor 2d
5 Nanum Perkins 43 Cyrenus Warren
6 Parley E Johnson 44 Gilbert Coonrod
7 Buckingham Fitch 45 Orlo Underwood
8 James E Lathrop 46 Horace C Hooker
9 Leman Cummings 47 Martin Cotes
10 Jno C Williams 48 Christopher C Lumley
11 Russell Brownell 49 John Wilson
12 Peter Edget 50 William Russell
13 Constantine King 51 John Card
14 Jacob Hardy 52 Geo F Dalphin
15 Edward A Olendorf 53 Ebenezer House
16 Rufus Preston 54 Thos Mainarce
17 Jonathon Roberts 55 Jonah Babbitt
18 Col Potter 56 John Wiley
19 Henry Pickins 58 Daniel L Chace ?
20 Harry Johnson John Richards crossed out
21 Robert Weeks 59 Isaac Tucker
22 Demas Clarke 60 Robert Bishop
23 John Richards 61 Samuel Pashley
24 Elias Van Banscoten 62 Wm B Adams
25 Russell Bourne
26 John C Wiley
27 Hiram Coonrod
28 Philander Waterman
29 Daniel Babbitt From the Minutes
30 Levi Peirce Geo Jarvis Town Clerk
31 Chiron Whipple H. Babcock
32 John Williams William Johnson
33 Samuel Scott Delos D Pier
34 David Wedderspoon Justices
35 Patrick Langdon
36 Sumner E Turner No of Persons assessed 543
37 Robert Quafe No of Days assessed 1956
38 Jeremiah Shawl
1847 - page 4
At a special Town Meeting of the Electors of the Town of Otsego in the County of
Otsego held in pursuance [?] of an act “Relating to Excise and Licencing retailers of
intoxicating licquors “ passed May 4, 1845 Met at the House of William Lewis in
Cooperstown on the 27th day of April 1847 Present
Hiram S Babcock )
Edward B Crandall ) Justices
Delos D Pier )
Wm P Johnson )
Resolved
That we proceed to vote on the question of Licence or No Licence
The whole number of votes cast for licence or No licence was eight hundred seventy three
873 of which votes five hundred and thirty two was for licence and three hundred and
sixty for No licence one blank
Majority for licence 172
Hiram Babcock )
Delos D Pier ) Justices
William P Johnson ) of
the Peace
From the Minutes
Geo Jarvis
T Clerk