Note - The record for 1857 has faded so that it is practically impossible to read.
At first I was not going to attempt to transcribe it, however, with the aid of a magnifying glass
and by consulting the minutes for 1858, I have deciphered the following: ..
At the annual Town Meeting of the Electors of the Town of Otsego held at the house of Wm Lewis, in said Town, on Tuesday the __ day of March 1857
Present Seth Doubleday )
Hiram Kinny )
Ezra W Badger ) Justices
Francis Williams)
H. P. Metcalf Town Clerk
The following persons were duly elected to the several offices to which their names are annexed
Levi C. Turner Supervisor
Henry P. Metcalf Town Clerk
Ezra W. Badger Justice of the Peace
Alexander Taylor Assessor
John Kellogg Commissioner of Highways
John K. Leaning )
Benjamin Kip ) Overseers of Poor
Stephen Williams Collector
Stephen Williams )
Hugh Seaton )
Daniel Peck ) Constables
Richard Thurston )
Luzerne M. Bolles )
Eliab P. Byram ) Inspectors of Elections
Isaac K. Williams ) District No 1
Everett D. Preston )
Hiram Barton ) District No. 2
Elon Denio )
Poll List 690 votes
Canvass ? 686 "
Path Masters for 1857
Dist
1 Caleb Clark 32 Robert Parshall
3 John Kellogg 33 Richard Davidson
4 Cornelius Van Horne 34 David Wedderspoon
5 John Tarpening 35 Henry Wilsie
6 George Johnson 36 Lorenzo Davis
7 Buckingham Fitch 37 Robert Quaif
8 Orlo Underwood 38 Jeremiah Shaul
9 Daniel Green 39 James Sitts
10 Lewis Davidson 40 Oliver Weldon
11 Colonel Potter 41 Oliver Freeman
14 Thomas Williams 42 Thomas Taylor 2s
15 Beecher Higby 43 Joel Squiers
16 Hiram Doane 44 Wm Hutchins
17 Samuel Ackley 45 James J Allen
18 Geo Wright 46 Horace Taylor
19 ?. A. Brown 48 Orville Plumb
20 Colonel Eldred 49 Philo Perkins
21 John Ferns 50 Thomas Russell
22 Joshua Byard 51 Edwin Lewis
23 Hiram Barton 52 E. D. Lewis
24 Hiram Newell 53 Joel House
25 Ira Tanner Jr 54 Charles Bailey
26 Shubal Allen 55 Chester Babbitt
27 Hiram Coonrod 56 John Wiley
28 Russell Warren 58 Sherman Kinney
29 Henry Camp 59 William Kinney
30 Levi Pierce 60 Olney Z Andrus
31 Wm Sitts 61 S Pashley
63 Silas Williams
Adjourned to meet at the house of Wm Lewis on the first Tuesday in March 1858
H P. Metcalf T Clk
Days Assessed 2266 1/2