At an Annual Meeting of the Board of Town Auditors held at the Inn of W. C. Keyes the place where the last annual Town meeting was held.
Present H. M. Hooker Supervisor
John E. Brown Town Clerk
H. Kinne Justice of the P
P. Roof " " " "
L. Hinds " " " "
E. W. Badger " " " "
Resolved that the Supervisor raise the sum of Eight hundred dollars to constitute a fund for the aid and relief of Soldiers families and to defray
Expenses already occurred on their account as soon as he can conveniently do so
Resolved that H. M. Hooker Supervisor be allowed the Sum of Eight hundred dollars for his commissions services and liabilities in receiving & paying
Soldiers bounty money $92,600
At an annual Town Meeting held at the Inn of Webster C. Keyes in and for the County of Otsego on the second Tuesday in February 1865
Present Hiram Kinne
Philip Roof ) Justice
Lewis Hinds ) Presiding
Ezra W. Badger )
The following Resolutions were passed by said meeting viz
Resolved that the Supervisor of the town of Otsego pay Zadock Fitch Seventy three dollars wrongfully assessed and collected by the
town of Otsego
Resolved that the Supervisor of the town of Otsego pay Mrs. Robert Weeks one hundred and twenty nine dollars and ninety two cents wrongfully
assessed and collected by said town of Otsego under the name of Robert Weeks
At the same Town Meeting the following named persons were by a majority of votes duly elected to the following Offices viz
George M. Ernst Supervisor
Henry L. Hinman Town Clerk
Ezra W. Badger Justice of the Peace
John L. Mc Namee Assessor
Rufus Preston Commissioner of Highways
Thomas Higby )
Orsemus Reynolds ) Overseers of Poor
Stephen Williams Collector
Norman Hyde )
Stephen Williams )
Elijah Marcellus ) Constables
Menzo House )
George Jarvis )
Samuel W. Bingham ) Inspectors of Election
Robert Quaif ) 1st District
Henry Bliss )
Fayette Hinds ) Inspectors of Election
Dwight F. Denio ) 2nd District
By the same town meeting the following persons were duly appointed
Overseers of the Highways in said town viz
Ward Ward
1 James Clark 15 John Wilson
2 S Mott 16 B. Fitch
3 Albert Kellogg 17 Harrison Underwood
4 George Wedderspoon 18 Elias Humiston
5 Isaac Hoke 19 J. D. Tunnicliff
6 Frederick Small 20 John Wiley
7 Buckingham Fitch Jr. 21 John Fern
8 O. Underwood 22 James Byard
9 John Armstrong 23 E. Northrup
10 M. R. Patton 24 P. Shepherd
11 Orlando Coats 25 A. Horne
12. C. Tuttle 26 L. Allen
13 R. Mc Farland 27 H. Coonrod
14 A. Van Horne 28 W. K. Warren
29 D. Babbitt 49 W. Northrup
30 F. Whitney 50 " "
31 J. A. Mc Ewen 51 A. Taylor
32 J. Torrey 52 E. P. Gardner
33 R. Davidson 53 J. Hinds
34 H. C. Gardner 54 E. C. Gibbs
35 J. Allen 55 C. Babbitt
36 W. Babcock 56 A. Hull crossed out, Smith Benjamin added
37 P. Kinney 58 A. Hull
38 James Shaw 59 D. D. Kinney
39 " 60 Frederick Jarvis
40 Lewis Russell 61 J. H. Pashley
41 J. Aylesworth 62
42 Thomas Taylor Jr 63 Beecher Higby
43 William Doubleday 64
44 Cornelius Van Horne 65
45 C. Kinney
46 H. Taylor
47 S. Quaif
John E. Brown Town clerk
At the same town Meeting the following resolution was passed
Resolved that the sum of Five hundred dollars in addition to the sum provided by law be
raised to pay balance due for improvement of roads and bridges in the town of Otsego pursuant to section 5 Title 1
chap 16 of the 1 Part of the Revised Statutes
John E. Brown Town Clerk
NOTE: the following notice is entered on the top half of the page relating to the official seal, dated Aug.19 and numbered
1865 - page 8. To maintain a chronology, I have entered it here.
Town Clerk Office )
Town of Otsego )
Notice is hereby given that a special Election will be held in town of Otsego on Tuesday the 14 day of Mch for the
purpose of voting an amendment to the Constitution in relation to the Cost of Appeal Present Geo W. Ernst Sup
Orvil Plumb )
Fay E Taylor ) Assesors
John L Mc Name )
1865 - page 4
To Samuel Mc K. Thompson Wm K Bingham G Pomeroy Keese Luzerne M Bolles
and David Ball Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown
Greeting The undersigned persons liable to be assessed for highway labor in said village do hereby make application to you
to alter & also lay out a new road or highway of the width of fifty feet through the enclosed lands of Dorr Russell LeviWood
Luther Burditt & Robert Rouse & the Roman Catholic church lot who have consented to the laying out of said highway and
the said Russell Wood and Burditt the Catholic church or assigns the said Russell to have damages offered agree to release
all damages which consent & agreement as aforesaid is signified by each one respectively signing this petition
Which said road shall be described as follows - Beginning at a point in the center of the highway 125 feet easterly from Levi
Woods south westerly corner on the street running from George Tuckers to Stephen Gregory's Dwelling house thence southerly
7 degrees west four chains & 42 links to a point in the center of the highway leading from the new iron bridge on the Susquehanna
river Northerly - The portion of said highway now running nearly parallet to the above described new highway to be discontinued.
Also commencing at a point in the center of said highway 125 easterly from Levi Woods South westerly corner thence North 7
degrees East in a straight line through the lands of said Wood & thence Burditt to the said Robert Rouse lands thence through the --------
lot of the said Robert Rouse and the said Catholic church to the street in the village of
1865 - page 5
Cooperstown known as Elm at a point nearly intersecting with Walnut street -------
to Chestnut street
Dated Cooperstown
April 3 1865 Dorr Russell
signed and sealed in presence of L J Burditt
Levi Wood
Robert Rouse
S Nelson ( By authority contained )
Geo Bowne ( in an agreement with and by )
Dorr Russell (the Roman Catholic church of )
(Cooperstown Dated July 4/65 )
1865 - page 6
Village of Cooperstown
Town and County of Otsego
It is hereby ordered and determined by Samuel K.
Thompson G. Pomeroy Keese Wm. K. Bingham David Ball and L. M. Bolles the trustees of the Village of Cooperstown
all of which have been duly notified to attend and deliberate on the subject of this order. That a street or highway be laid out
within the corporation of said village upon the application of Levi Wood Luther Burditt Dorr Russell and others..
Beginning at a point in the center of the street or highway called fifth street leading from George P. Tuckers to
Stephen Gregorys residence 125 feet easterly from Levi Woods South westerly corner thence Running thence north seven degrees
[illegible] 4 Rods & 18 links to the southerly bounds of Elm Street nearly intersecting with walnut street at a point 25 feet easterly
from the Northeast corner Roman catholic church lot..
[illegible] beginning at the first named point Viz in the center of the street 125 feet easterly from Levi Woods South westerly corner.
Running thence 7 degrees west 18 rods to a point in the center of Susquehanna Avenue leading northerly from the new iron Bridge
on the Susquehanna river - Hereby discontinuing as much of said Susquehanna
Avenue from the point last mentioned to the point where it intersects with the street first named (5 Street)
The course and distances of said street are according to a survey thereof which the said commissioners or trustees caused to be made
by Wm J Compton Esq a surveyor this 7th day of July 1865
It is further ordered that the above described [illegible] be the center of said Highway and that the said avenue be the be the width of fifty feet.
In witness thereof we the said Trustees commissioners of highways for the village of Cooperstown have hereunto subscribed
out names this 7th day of July 1865
S. K. Thompson ) Trustees
D Ball ) of the
G. Pomeroy Keese ). Village of
L M Bolles ) Cooperstown
W. K. Bingham
1865 - page 8
Town Clerk Office )
Town of Otsego )
At a Meeting of the Town board of town officers of the town of Otsego held at the Office of Hiram Kinnie in the Village
of Cooperstown on the 19 day of Aug.
Present Geo W. Ernst Spr Hiram Kinne Philip Roof Justice of Peace & Henry L Hinman Town Clerk
The following resolution was adopted
Resolved that the official Seal of the town of Otsego shall be in the Words viz
Town of Otsego - Official Seal - Cooperstown Otsego Co. N.Y.
of which the annexed impression is a true copy which was passed unanimous
H. L. Hinman
Town Clk
At a Special Town meeting held at the Court House in Cooperstown {the following is crossed out] on the 29th day of august 1864
Martin Marvin was Elected Chairman [end of crossed out] in and for the town of Otsego on the 7th day of September 1865
Present Hiram Kinnie Justice
Chairman
John E. Brown Town Clerk
E. W. Badger )
Philip Roof ) Justices
Lewis Hinds )
Said meeting was held in pursuance of a notice duly given and posted as required by law the resolutions of the town meeting held August 29
1864 offering a bounty of $1025 to volunteers to fill the quota of the town were duly adopted by said meeting and a resolution duly passed
ratifying and confirming the action of the previous town meeting of August 29th 1865
the meeting then adjourned
John E. Brown Town Clerk
Note - the following entry is in a different handwriting - perhaps the special town meeting actually took place in 1864, when John Brown was clerk.
At a meeting of the board of Auditors of town accounts held in said Town on the 8 day of May 1865 Present
George W Ernst Supervisor
H. L. Hinman Town Clerk
Hiram Kinne )
Philip Roof ) Justices
Consent is hereby given by said Board that the Commissioners of Highways immediately repair the Bridge near Hope Factory
the Iron Bridge across the Susquehanna River called Russells bridge and the bridge at the Fork Factory in said town pursuant to
An Act to provide for the speedy construction and repair of roads and bridges when the same shall have been damaged or destroyed
passed by Legislature of the State of New York Apr 6, 1858
H. L. Hinman T. Clk
At a meeting of the town Board of town Auditors held at the inn of W. C. Keyes Nov.9, 1865
Present G. W. Ernst Supr
H L Hinman T Clk
H. Kinnie )
P. Roof )
L. Harris ) Justices
E. W. Badger )
The following accounts were audited & allowed
1. C. Van Horn Clk of Election 3.00
2. Fay E. Taylor Assessor 30.00
3. John L Mc Namee " 47.00
4. E. Marcellus Constable 4.35
5. Geo Jarvis Insp. of Election 12.00
6. Fayett Hinds " " 10.50
7. Peter Becker " " 1.50
8. Washington Wilson Clk of Election 3.00
9. O. Walradt Constable 10.51
10. N. L. Hyde " 31.75
11. Leander Welden 5.60
12 Fay. E. Taylor Clk of Election 3.00.
13. O. Reynolds Over Seer Poor 59.75
14 S. M. Shaw Ck of Election 51.50
15 Thos. Higby Ck of Election 8.25
16 S Wilson Cheney " " 4.25
17 Stephen L. Williams Constable 1.85
18 D F Denio Insp of Election 10.50
19 G Garlock Ck of Election 6.00.
20 S. W. Bingham Insp of Election 10.50
21 R. Quaif " " 9.00
22 Thos. Bourne Dt Sheriff 4.62
23 Henry Bliss Ins of Election 12.00
24 W H Ruggles Merchant .62
25 L. Edwards Cabnt Maker 16.00
26 E. A. Olendorf Inn Keeper 16.00
27 H. L. Hinman Merchant 6.65
28 Orvill Plumb Assessor 31.50
29 E. D. Preston Com of Hgwy 12.00.
30 E. M. Harris Lawyer 33.00
31 C. F. Hendryx Clk of Election 1.50
32 H. M. Hooker Gate Supervisor 7.50
33 Jas. J. Hendryx Printer 43.50
34 John W. Augur Com of Highways 45.50
35 A. A. Brighm Clk of Election 9.00
36 E. M. Card War Com 89.91
37 B. F. Kiip " " 82.98
38 E. W. Badger Justice 54.50
39 Lewis Hinds " 15.00
40 Philip Roof " 79.60
41 G. W. Ernst " 130.21
42 Sturgess & Countryman Lawyer 30.00
43 H. Kinne Justice 76.20
44 Walter Van Horne Commis of H 51.50
45 John Marsh Lawyer 5.00
46 S. M. Ballard Inn Keeper 15.00
47 H. S. Hinman Town Clk 35.00
48 W. C. Keyes Inn Keeper 25.00
49 H. M. Seaton Inn Keeper 10.00
50 R. Preston Com of Hgw 22.50
1285.57
H. S. Hinman T Ck .