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TOWN BOARD MINUTES

Town and County of Onondaga, New York

The State of New York

from

The First Tuesday of April, 1818 - April 3, 1821

Including an 1817 and 1820 Election Report


Statement of votes taken at the Election in Town of Onondaga in the year 1817

We the subscribers Inspectors of Election of the Town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga for the year Eighteen hundred and seventeen having proceeded to canvass and estimate the ballots taken in said Town at the anniversary Election in said do certify that DeWitt Clinton had for Governor one hundred and sixty nine votes.  John Taylor had for Lieutenant Governor one hundred and fifty six votes.  Jediah Prendergast had one hundred and fifty four votes for Senator for the Western District and Isaac Wilson had one hundred and fifty four votes for Senator for the said District.  Asa Wells had one vote James Webb had one vote David Manro had one vote and Abijah Earll had one vote.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our names this first Day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
 
 
 

Nehemiah H. Earll )
Polaski King ) Inspectors
Parley Howell ) of 
Jeheil Hall ) Election


At a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the Town of Onondaga holden at the Courthouse in said town on the first Tuesday of April in the year Eighteen hundred and Eighteen being the annual Town meeting - - - -

George Hall was chosen Supervisor

Nehemiah H. Earll Do Town Clerk
 
Timothy Barber )
Jeheil Hall ) Assessirs
Polaski King )
Josiah Bronson Junior Collector
Hosiah Merrill ) Overseers of Poor
Charles Barber )
Ephraim Webster )
Oliver Strong ) Commissioners of
James Hutchinson ) Highways
Daniel Mosely )
Hezekiah Strong ) Commissioners of
John Ellis ) Common Schools
Joel Cody )
John H. Johnson )
Giles Corish ) Constables
Oren Hall )
Josiah Bronson, Jr. )
Jeremy Case )
Samuel Forman )
B. Davis Noxon )
Ethan Squires ) Inspectors of
Samuel P. Hawley ) Common Schools
David Chaffee )
Oliver Cummings )
 

Road Districts
 
 
No. 1 Peter Johnson )
No. 2 Charles Gunn )
No. 3 Zadock Hubbard )
No. 4 Josiah Bronson ) Over Seers of
No. 5 John Adams ) Highways
No. 6 Job Tyler )
No. 7 John Raynor )
No. 8 William McCracken )
No. 9 Parley Howlett )
No. 10 George Loomis )
No. 11 Stephen Butler )
No. 12 Joseph Clift )
No. 13 Hosea Merrill )
No. 14 Seneca Hunt )
No. 15 Alexander Herroun )
No. 16 Jonathan Williams )
No. 17 Parley Canady )
No. 18 Asahel Amidon )
No. 19 Sylvanus Merritt )
No. 20 John Stolp )
No. 21 Gideon Pitts )
No. 22 Seth Parsons )
No. 23 Phineas Sparks )
No. 24 James Hinks )
No. 25 Dearborn B. Bickford )
No. 26 Ozias Judd )
No. 27 James Fay )
No. 28 Ezra Bryan )
No. 29 Ezekiel Fuller )
No. 30 Ebenezer Fuller )
No. 31 Aaron Fay )
No. 32 Nathan Rose )
No. 33 Henery Rawley )
No. 34 John Van Lise )
No. 35 Levi Pitts )
No. 36 Levi Hiscock )

Voted that the two hundred fifty dollars raised last year to build a poorhouse be loaned by the Supervisor and that the Law requiring the further sum of two hundred fifty dollars be the same is hereby repealed.

Voted to raise the sum of three hundred dollars for the support of common schools.

Voted that that Law made at the annual Town meeting in the year 1816 requiring the votes to be on one piece of paper and for the keeping pole books be repealed.

Voted that the Commissioners of highways cause to be made a complete survey and map of the several roads in the town of Onondaga.

Voted that only fifty dollars shall be paid for a survey or for the making of a map surveying the said roads.

Meeting adjourned - - -


At an annual Town meeting holden at the Court house in the Town of Onondaga on tuesday the sixth day of April 1819

Hezekiah Strong was chosen Supervisor

Nehemiah H. Earll - Town Clerk
 
 
Polaski King )
Timothy Barber ) Assessors
Oliver Cummings )
John H. Johnson ) Collector
Charles Barber ) Over Seers
Ephraim Fellows ) of the poor
Ephraim Webster )
Ethan Squire ) Commissioners
Levi Pitts ) of Highways
John H. Johnson )
Samuel P. Hawley )
Oren Hall ) Constables
Joel Cody )
Giles Corish )
Daniel Mosely ) Commissioners
Samuel Forman ) of Common
B. D. Noxon ) Schools
Jonas Earll Junior )
John Van Pelt )
David Chaffee ) Inspectors of
Oliver Cummings ) Common Schools
Ethan Squires )
Joshua Forman )
 

Over Seers of highways set opposite the Number of the District for which they are appointed to wit
 
 
No. 1 Horace Ellis
No. 2 Timothy Barber
No. 3 James Mathewson
No. 4 Josiah Bronson
No. 5 John Van Pelt
No. 6 Oliver Brewster
No. 7 Noah Evans
No. 8 Ebby Polly
No. 9 Phinehas Taylor
No. 10 George Loomis
No. 11 George Nichols
No. 12 Samuel G. Annibal
No. 13 Bellosis Ives
No. 14 Ephraim Fellows
No. 15 Enoch G. Kenyon
No. 16 Gilbert Pinkney
No. 17 John Bliss
No. 18 Calvin Anderson
No. 19 Sylvanus Merick
No. 20 Moses M. Dwelly
No. 21 Abraham Willet
No. 22 John Porter
No. 23 Sylvester Olney
No. 24 Levi Huntington
No. 25 John C. Brown
No. 26 Harry Conklin
No. 27 Jonathan Baker
No. 28 Joseph Bryan Junior
No. 29 Newton Enos
No. 30 Augustus Norton
No. 31 Ira Evans
No. 32 Nathan Rose
No. 33 Salmon Rowland
No. 34 Edward Vroman
No. 35 Ebenezer White

Voted that the Supervisor elect call on his predecessor for the money raised in 1817 for the building a poor house - and if the same is loaned then for the vouchers.

Voted to raise three hundred Dollars for the support of common schools.  Then the meeting adjourned.


At an annual town meeting holden at the court house in the Town of Onondaga on tuesday the 4th day of April in the year 1820.

Hezekiah Strong was chosen Supervisor

B. Davis Noxon was chosen Town Clerk
 
 
Oliver Cummings )
Stephen Butler ) Assessors
Joseph Swann )
Samuel P. Hawley ) Collector
Charles Barber ) Overseers
Ephraim Fellows ) of the poor
John Clark )
Abraham Bogges ) Commissioners
David Hinsdale, Jr. ) of Highways
Thaddeus M. Woods ) Commissioners
Daniel Moseley ) of
William Patridge ) common Schools
Samuel Forman ) Inspectors
John Van Pelt ) of
Nehemiah H. Earll ) common Schools
Israel Kimberly, Jr. )
Oren Hall )
Phineas Taylor ) Constables
Josiah Bronson, Jr. )
Samuel P. Hawley )

Overseers of Highways and fence viewers -
 
 
District No. 1 Robert J. Brockway
2 John Case
3 Ephrain Kenyon
4 Josiah Bronson
5 Ephraim Webster
6 Job Tyler
7 Bemsley Mann
8 Jonathan White
9 Phineas Taylor
10 Sylvanus Humphrey
11 Smith Seeley
12 Joseph Clift
13 Moses Ives
14 David Fellows
15 Enoch G. Kenyon
16 Stutely Field
17 Oren Hall
18 Jacob Amidon
19 Oralndo F. Fuller
20 Abraham F. Yates
21 David Chaffee
22 Russel B. Johnson
23 John Carpenter
24 Thomas Fenner
25 John C. Brown
26 James Fay
27 Wyman Hulett
28 Joseph Bryan
29 Gad M. Lawrence
30 Truman Dowd
31 Charles Field
32 Benjamin Horton
33 Heman Toby
34 Asa Snow
35 Jared Hiscock
36 Edward Vroman
37 James Colby
38 John Adams, Jr.
39 Timothy Barber
40 Seneca Howlett
41 Samuel G. Woodruff

Voted that the pathmasters be fence viewers

Voted that the town raise two hundred and fifty dollars for the common school fund.

The meeting then adjourned.

A vacancy having happened in District No. 4 by Josiah Bronson's refusing to serve we do appoint Laid a path master in said District -- District No. 39 being also vacant we appoint Seneca Howlett in said last mentioned district -- District No. 40 being also vacant we appoint John Adams to fill said vacancy.
 
 

Abm Boggess ) Com
David Hinsdale ) Roads
John Clark )

There being a vacancy in Road District No. 35 we constitute and appoint Cornelius V. D. Wandot (?) path master in said District.  June 19, 1820.
 
 

John Clark, Abm. Boggess, David Hinsdale, Com.


Statement of votes taken at the anniversary Election in the Town of Onondaga in the year 1820.

"We the Inspectors of Election for the Town of Onondaga in the county of Onondaga having canvassed and estimated the votes taken at the annual Election held in said town in the year eighteen hundred twenty, do certify that the following is a just and true estimate of the votes taken at said election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators and members of Assembly.

DeWitt Clinton had one hundred and sixty five votes for Governor.

Daniel D. Tompkins had one hundred fifty three votes for Governor.

John Taylor had one hundred sixty six votes for Lieutenant Governor.

Benjamin Mooies ahd one hundred fifty two votes for Lieutenant Governor.

Ephraim Hart, Elijah Miles and Oliver Forwend had each one hundred and sixty four votes for Senators --

Nathan Williams, Philetus Swift, and Nathaniel Garrow had each one hundred and fifty two votes for Senators --

Charles J. Merriman had two hundred thirty four votes for members of assembly --

Thaddeus M. Wood had two hundred and sixteen votes for member of assembly.

Samuel Farnham had two hundred and thirty two votes for member of assembly.

Jonas Earll Junr had two hundred and thirty nine votes for member of assembly.

Lewis Smith had two hundred and thirty five votes for member of assembly.

George Pettit had two hundred and thirty five votes for member of assembly.

Jonathan Deming had two hundred and thirty five votes for member of assembly -- Samuel Forman had one vote for member of assembly -- dated April 28, 1820.
 
 

Hezekiah Strong )
B. Davis Noxon ) Inspectors of
Joseph Swan ) Election
Oliver Cummings )
Stephen Butler )

B. D. Noxon, Town Clk.


Source:  D.A.R. Cemetery Records, Vol. 50, pp. 121-131, Copied from the original ledger in the possession of the town clerk, Town of Onondaga, 1985, New York State Library

Submitted 7 June 1998