Prattsville
Town Supervisors, Town Clerks and Justices of the Peace 1833-1883
From Beers, History of Greene County. Retyped by Annette
Campbell.
The first annual town meeting for the town of Prattsville was held at
the house of Colonel Henry Laraway, April 2nd 1833, in pursuance of a statute
of the Legislature. There were present, Nicholas Decker and Leveritt
Munson, justices of the peace, and Frederick A. Fenn, clerk of the meeting. At
this meeting, by-laws were passed, resolutions adopted, and other business
transacted.
The following is the list of the names of persons then elected to office:
Hezekiah Dickerman, supervisor; F. A. Fenn, town clerk; Nicholas L. Decker,
Isaac Haner, and Ariral Blinn, assessors; John Brandow, and Robert More,
overseers of the poor; Ezra Disbrow, John Brackney, and Henry W. Shoemaker,
commissioners of highways; Cornelius K. Burhans, William F. Brackney, and
Willard Marsh, Inspectors of schools; Matthew R. Boughton, Titus Atwater,
Samuel Tompkins, and Lawrence Brandow, constables; Micholas L. Decker, David
F. More, and Elisha B. Minard, justices of the peace.
At a special town meeting held May 1st 1833, for the purpose of electing two
overseers of the poor in the place of John Brandow, and Robert More, who had
neglected to take the oath prescribed by law, Zadock Pratt, and John Laraway
were elected overseers of the poor.
The followwing is a list of the supervisors, town clerks, and justices, since
the formation of the town.
SUPERVISORS 1833-1883:
Hezekiah Dickerman 1833-1834
David More 1835-1836
Leveritt Munson 1837-1838
John Laraway 1839, 1843-1844, 1853
John Sturtevant 1840
Henry H. Snyder 1841-1842
Henry Laraway 1845, 1847
Daniel C. Scudder 1846
Bethuel Sutherland 1848-1849
Samuel Chatfield 1850
Cyrus Smith 1851
F. James Fitch 1852
John E. Bassett 1854
H. Winans 1855
Nicholas Brandow 1856
Ezekiel P. More 1857-1858
Simon Winfield 1859-1860
Omar V. Sage 1861-1862
Zadock Pratt 1863-1864
Erskine Laraway 1865
George C. Fenn 1866-1867
Henry Chatfield 1868
J. H. Chatfield 1869
Burton G. Morss 1870-1877
John A. Erkson 1878
Hiram Cronk 1879-1880
George M. Becker 1881-1882
J. H. Chatfield 1883
TOWN CLERKS 1833-1883:
Frederick A. Fenn 1833-1834
Platte M. Osborn 1835
William F. Brackney 1836-1837
Nicholas Decker 1838
Henry P. Osborn 1839
Hart C. Sage 1840-1841
Nicholas L. Decker 1842
Henry Chapman 1843
James B. White 1844-1845
Philander K. Salisbury 1846
Bethuel Sutherland 1847
Arland T. Humphrey 1848-1849
Lafayette Gleason 1850
Frederick M. Frayer 1851
James B. Gregory 1852-1853
H. B. Montgomery 1854
J.D. Adams 1855, 1859-1861, 1863
James D. McArdell 1856-1858
Erskine Laraway 1862
L. W. Morse 1864
Heorge Hoagland 1865
Elijah M. Rose 1866-1867, 1878-1879, 1882
Henry Chatfield 1868
Andrew Rockfellow 1869-1870
Albert Clark 1871-1872, 1874
James Lewis 1873
L. K. Howard 1875
Dwight Bouton 1876
William H. Jackson 1877
Leslie Bouton 1880
John L. Rappleyea 1881
George Raeder 1883
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 1833-1883:
Nicholas I. Decker 1833
David F. More 1833
Elisha B. Minard 1834
E. B. Minard 1835
Bennet Atwood 1835
N. L. Decker 1836
George A. Chamberlin 1837
B. Atwood 1838
Samuel Tompkins 1838
E.B. Minard 1839
N.L. Decker 1840
Willard Marsh 1841
Harmon Parker 1842
William R. Parker 1842
Harmon Parker 1843
P.K. Salisbury 1844
Willard Marsh 1845
Samuel C. Bidwell 1845
Lewis C. Snyder 1846
Samuel C. Bidwell 1847
Alfred M. Haner 1848
Abram Laraway 1849
P. K. Salisbury 1849
Asahel P. Finch 1849
M.C. Bouton 1850
George D. Chatfield 1850
Henry P. Haight 1850
Jacob Myers 1851
Wilbur Lament 1851
P. K. Salisbury 1852
Ira D. Chatfield 1853
John E. Bassett 1854
Thompson C. Smith 1854
Abram Barnum 1855
Gilbert Becker 1855
P. K. Salisbury 1856
George Hoagland 1857
Sanford P. Christian 1858
Gilbert Becker 1859
Simon Winfield 1859
William H. Jackson 1860
Samuel Crane 1860
G. S. Cotton 1860
Giles S. Cotton 1861
Roderick S. Blish 1862
Samuel Crane 1863
William H. Jackson 1864
Henry Haner 1865
Wallace McDaniel 1865
Gilbert Becker 1866
E. J. Soule 1866
G. S. Cotton 1867
W. H. Jackson 1868
E. J. Soule 1869
Gilbert Becker 1870
G.S. Cotton 1871
W. H. Jackson 1872
E. J. Soule 1873
Gilbert Persons 1874
James Judson, Jr. 1875
H. M. Bouton 1876
E. J. Soule 1877
J. L. Becker 1877
Charles W. Bouton 1878
John L. Becker 1879
A. P. Myers 1880
F. M. Frayer 1880
A.S. Cammer 1881
E. J. Soule 1882
B. F. Dutcher 1882
B. F. Dutcher 1883
James Judson 1883
The officers of the town in 1883 were: Supervisor, J. H. Chatfield; Town
Clerk, George Raeder; Justice of the Peace, James Judson; Commissioner of
Highways, William Stickles; Assessors, J.E. Thorington (full Term), Isaac
Searles (vacancy); Overseer of the poor, D. M. Frayer; Collector, George
Laverack; Constables, James Mulford, Milton Dutcher, Hiram White, H. Brandow,
and Frank Kuran; Auditors, J. S. Miller, C. R. Newcomb and Hiram Persons;
Inspectors of election, Horace Proper, T.M. Mase, and A. A. Disbrow; Game
constable, John Maginnes; Town Excise, Owen Morgan.