Lexington
Town Supervisors 1813-1883, Town Clerks 1853-1883 and Justices of the Peace
1853-1883
From Beers, History of Greene County. Retyped by Annette
Campbell.
Elections have been held alternately in the two villages, at West Kill for
many years at the Deyoe House; and at the Falts at J. and M. Lament's, J.T.
Huggin's, Rufus W. Moore's, H.A. Martin's, and others.
The following men have been chosen to fill the offices as stated:
The first town board of Lexington consisted of Peter Smith, Jacob
VanValkenberg, Abram Camp, and Nelson Beach. Following is a chronological list
of the Justices of the town since that date, 1813:
JUSTICES 1813-1883:
Peter Smith 1813-1819
Jacob VanValkenburgh 1813-1822, 1827-1835, 1839, 1852-1853
Abram Camp 1813
Nelson Beach 1813
Justus Miles 1814
Willis Miles 1815
George Miles 1816-1821
Lewis Chamberlain 1816-1817
W. Rowley 1818-1819, 1822-1825
Henry Goslee 1818-1821, 1825-1827, 1834-1835, 1838, 1840-1845
D. Finch 1820-1821
Munson Bird 1822
O. Coe 1822
Elijah Bushnell 1823-1833
Zadock Pratt 1823-1824
Henry Hosford 1824
Jacob Miller 1828-1833
Darius Dyer 1834-1837
J. P. VanValkenburgh 1837-1838
Iretus Newton 1838
B.C. Smith 1838-1839
B.P. Smith 1840-1843
J. D. Bushnell 1840-1845
Conger Avery 1840-1843, 1851
John Thompson 1844-1845, 1847, 1851, 1856
Michael Mann 1846
Austin Chase 1846
Isaac Hinman 1848
Iretus Bushnell 1849
W.W. Pettit 1850
Isaac Kipp 1852, 1860, 1864, 1868, 1873, 1876, 1880
Adam Montrose 1852, 1854, 1858, 1862, 1866, 1872,1874
William Pettit 1855, 1859, 1863
W. H. Marsh 1857, 1861, 1865, 1877, 1881
Jusdon Briggs 1867
H. N. Winter 1869, 1873, 1878
George Wheeler 1870
A. J. Briggs 1871, 1875
Simeon Reynold 1872
James E. Moore 1878-1879
Sherwood Deyoe 1882
George H. Faulkner 1883
SUPERVISORS 1835-1883:
Henry Goslee 1835-1837
William Faulkner 1838-1839
Christopher Angle 1840
West Chase 1841, 1844
E. Briggs 1842-1843
O. L. Newton 1845, 1847
W.W. Pettit 1846
Cornelius Hagaboom 1848
Jacob Hagaboom 1849, 1864
John Thompson 1850
George Lawrence 1851
H. B. Briggs 1852
Frances Dewey 1853
Franklin Lament 1854
Jacob Hagaboom 1855-1857
E. Bushnell 1858-1861
I. Kipp 1862-1863
O.L.Newton 1865-1867
Sidney Ford 1868-1869
Barnard O'Hara 1870-1871
Daniel Deyoe 1872-1873
J. M. VanValkenburgh 1874-1875
Horace Briggs 1876-1877
John S. Thompson 1878-1879
O. L. Newton 1880-1881
Henry Haner 1882-1883
TOWN CLERKS 1835-1883:
John VanValkenburgh 1835-1836
Bruce Smith 1837
Cornelius Hagaboom 1838-1843
H. B. Briggs 1844
C. Hagaboom 1845
G. W. Halcott 1849
E. O. Nushnell 1850-1852
S.G. Bushnell 1853
O.L. Newton 1854
Minard VanValkenburgh 1855
Shepard Bushnell 1856
H.B. Briggs 1857-1866
Iretus D. Newton 1867-1883