At the Annual. Town Meeting of the Electors of the Town of Otsego, held at the home of
Wm Lewis in the Village of Cooperstown on Tuesday the 1st day of March 1853
Present H. S. Babcock )
E. B. Crandell ) Justices
Wm P. Johnson )
John Sutherland )
The following Persons were duly Elected to the Several offices to which their
names are annexed for the Ensuing Year or term of Years
E. T. Byram Supervisor
E. Persons Town Clerk
Ezra Badger Justice 4 Years
Sanford Knowlton ) overseers
Horace Taylor ) of poor
Peter Becker Assessor
William Kinney Com of High Ways 3 Years
Stephen Williams Collector
Webster Keyes Appointed
Smith Adsit crossed out)
Stephen Williams ) Constables
Francis H Williams )
Cornelius Fish )
S. W. Bingham ) Inspectors of Election
J. N Robinson ) District No 1
Caleb Thayer )
1853 - page 2
John B Hooker ) Inspectors of Elections
Thomas Higby ) District No 2
Francis Taylor )
William K. Bingham Town Sealer
Richard Lesley Town Clerk
1853 - page 3
Path Masters
Dist
1 Ziba Burch 33 Richard Davidson
2 34 Alexander Freeman, Richard written over Alexander
3 John W Clark 35 Frederick Snyder crossed out, Henry Willse added
4 Randel Chapman 36 Martin B Cates
5 A T Van Horne 37 Andrew Shaw Jun
6 Wm P Johnson 38 Truman Eldridge
7 Ira H Tanner 39 A. E. Olmstead
8 Leander Weldon 40 D. A. Doubleday
9 Harris Cummings 41 Oliver Mc Roie (Mc Roie) crossed out, Freeman added
10 Samuel C Bailey 42 Cornelius Van Horne
11 Thomas T Higby 43 J. W. Johnson
12 44 Gilbert Coonrod
13 Constantine King 45 John Thayer
14 Abraham Van Horne 46 Harry Bliss
15 Beacher Higby 47 Illegible first name, Coats crossed out
16 Rufus Preston 48 Dwight Mc Cormic
17 Walter Tunnicliff 49 Orvill Beadle
18 C. P. Judd 50 Nelson Russell
19 Albert Wood 51 Joseph Shillieto
20 Benjamin Thompson 52 John Tuttle
21 Jacob Willey 53 Peter Van Valkenburgh
22 Joshua Byard 54 William Hinds
23 Hiram Barton 55 G. Pierce
24 Pliny Shepard 56 John Willey
25 Stewart Garlick 57
26 Shubel Allen 58 Fayette Hinds
27 Sheldan Brainard 59 John Peak
28 Julias Warren 60 Frederick Jarvis
29 Jefferson Posser 61 S. F. Parshley
30 Levi Pierce 62 Wm B Adams crossed out, “Anexed to Dist No 29
31 Andrew Metcalf 63 Jacob A Johnson
32 Walter Van Horne
R Lesley, Town Clerk
No of Ratables 600
Days Assessed 2099 1/4