Town of Palmyra

1831 Minutes

1831 Minutes: AT the annual town meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Palmyra held at Ambrose Salisbury's dwelling house in said town on Tuesday, April 5^th, 1831, present: Frederick Smith and Ambrose Salisbury, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of said town and Inspectors of said election.

Voted that we choose three assessors.

Voted that we choose four constables.

Voted that the Justices of the Peace be elected on the same ballot with the other officers.

Voted that the town sealer be elected by ballot and upon the same ticket with the other officers.

Voted that the Commissioners and Inspectors of Common Schools be allow $1 per day for their services.

Voted that the Collector have 5% for collecting.

The following persons having received the greatest number of votes are declared duly elected to the several and respective offices: Ambrose Salisbury – Supervisor

Theron R. Strong – Town Clerk

Lyman Reeves, William Rogers, Jr., & Wells Anderson–Assessors

Ambrose Salisbury & Marlin W. Willcox – Justices of the Peace

George Culver, Sidney S. Durfee, & Draper Allen – Commissioners of Highways

James Hubbell, Maltby Clark, and Hiram Niles – Commissioners of Schools

Jonathan L. Eggleston, Joseph M. Grow, and Theron R. Strong – Inspectors of Schools

Caleb Beal and Eldridge Havens – Overseers of the Poor

Truman Heminway – Collector Truman Heminway, Francis Bartles, Erasmus D. Robinson, and Lyman H. Tiffany – Constables

Ira White – Town Sealer

Voted that the following persons serve as Observers of Highways in the several road districts for which they are severally chosen:

No. 1 David S. Jackways 14 William Billings

2 Peter Ingersol 15 Oliver Durfee

3 William Buck 16 Joseph L. Knowles

4 James Howell 17 Benjamin Cole

5. Samuel S. Horton 18 William R. Corwin

6 Hazard M. Rogers 19 William Luce

7 Joseph Parshall 20 Daniel Jagger

8 Merrit Sherman 21 William Durfee

9 Dennis Clark 22 Bela Morgan

10 Lyman Reeves 23 Nathan Durfee

11 Sidney S. Durfee 24 George Willcox

12 Peter Harris 25 Rufus Sweeny

13 Abner F. Sakey 26 Henry Vaughn

27 Silas Bates

Voted that the meeting stand adjourned until the first Tuesday of April next, then to be opened at the Presbyterian Meeting House in the Village of Palmyra at 10:00 a.m.

Marlin W. Willcox, Frederick Smith, Ambrose Salisbury

Justices of the Peace

I certify the above to be a true copy. M. W. Willcox, Town Clerk

Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber about the middle of May, 1831, a two-year-old black steer with a little white on one of his hind legs. Caleb Beal

I certify the above to be a true copy of an original paper on file and recorded November 30^th, 1831. T. R. Strong, Town Clerk

Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber about June 1^st last and continued in and about the same until about October 1^st last and is now in the same and has been so from about said October 1^st, a red yearling steer with a white spot in his face and some white under his jaws about also on his brisket. Palmyra, December 3^rd, 1831. Stephen Durfee of Palmyra, Wayne County.

I certify the above to be a true copy of an original paper on file and record December 3^rd, 1831. T. R. Strong, Town Clerk

Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber on or about November 28^th last, a cow, seven or eight years old with red color on the sides and white on the back, brindle face, and having one cropped horn and a split in the left ear. Palmyra, December 3^rd, 1831.

Nathan Parshall of Palmyra, Wayne County

I certify the above to be a true copy of an original paper on file and recorded December 3^rd, 1831. T. R. Strong, Town Clerk

Came into the enclosure of the subscriber on the 5^th instant a dark chestnut colored horse about fourteen or fifteen years old, lame in his off hind leg. Palmyra, December 8^th, 1831.

C. S. Stanton of Palmyra, Wayne County

I certify the above to be a true copy of an original paper on file, dated December 8^th, 1831. T. R. Strong, Town Clerk