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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



himself for his earnest and persistent contest on the floor of 

 the Assembly with the enemies of reform. Mr. Shattuck 

 is a popular member of the Democratic party, and has held 

 the office of supervisor of his town for six or seven terms. 



LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 



1839. 

 1840. 

 1841. 



1842. 

 1843. 

 1844. 



1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 

 1848. 

 1849. 

 1850. 

 1851. 

 1852. 

 1853. 

 1854. 

 1855. 

 1856. 

 1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 

 1860. 

 1861. 

 1862. 

 1863. 

 1864. 

 1865. 

 1866. 

 1867. 

 1868. 

 1869. 

 1870. 

 1871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 



1839. 

 1840. 

 1841. 

 1842. 

 1843. 

 1844. 

 1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 

 1848. 



1849. 



1850. 

 1851. 

 1852. 



1853. 



1854. 

 1855. 

 1856. 

 1857. 



Supervisors. 

 Calvin Blood. 

 John Hess. 



Paul C. Cook. 

 John Hess. 



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Calvin Blood. 

 Zephman Flint. 

 John Hess. 

 Calvin Blood. 

 Zephman Flint. 

 C. J. McDowell. 



David H. Wilcox. 

 C. J. McDowell. 

 A. Larrowe. 



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James Draper. 

 Step'n D. Shattuck. 

 David H. AVilcox. 



F. N. Drake. 



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David H. Wilcox, 

 John H. Butler. 



C.E. Thorp. 

 Step'n D. Shattuck. 



J. M. Tripp. 

 Step'n D. Shattuck, 

 Thos. Warner. 



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James P. Clark. 

 0. S. Searl. 

 Myron W. Harris. 

 Byron A. Tyler. 



Town Clerks. 



Paul C. Cook. 



Thos. Hendryx. 



Jesse P. Brace. 

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James Draper. 



Henry G. Blood. 



James Draper. 

 Walter M. Eldred. 

 Austin Hall. 

 Step'n D. Shattuck. 

 L. Shattuck. 

 Step'n D. Shattuck. 

 A. W. Chase. 

 Andrew W. Moore. 



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Austin Hall. 

 Leonard D. Conner. 

 Austin Hall. 

 John H. Stanley. 

 Austin Hall. 

 Ezra S. Carpenter. 

 Walter M. Eldred. 

 Ezra S. Carpenter. 

 Austin Hall. 

 Charles H. Beyer. 



Marcus S. Harris. 



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Carlos H. Wilcox. 



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Albert T. Parkhill. 

 Edwin A. Draper. 



Collectors. 

 Henry Noble. 

 Almond Eggleston. 



Lawrence S. Borden. 



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Silas Hulbert. 



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Hiram Dewey. 

 Joseph Crouch. 

 Amos W. Chase. 



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Chas. J. Rosenkrans. 



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Wm. R. Hill. 

 George W. Haight. 

 George T. Mead. 



H. C. Liddiard. 

 Jas. M. Reynolds. 



George W. Haight. 



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Cyrus H. Stone. 

 Wm. Washburn. 



S. D. Shattuck. 



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A. Larrowe. 

 John D. Hendryx. 

 Charles Tripp, Jr. 

 C. P. Bailey. 

 S. S. Rosenkrans. 

 T. J. Briggs. 

 Hiram W. Hatch. 

 F. Granger Tripp. 



James C. Green. 



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Jacob Wagner. 

 Charles E. Hall. 

 James H. Moulton. 

 John Robinson. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



Myron M. Patchin. 

 Constant Cook. 

 Frederick Blood, Sr. 

 Dan. H. Davis. 

 Myron M. Patchin. 

 Jesse McQuigg. 

 Frederick Blood. 

 C. J. McDowell. 

 Myron M. Patchin. 

 Stephen C. Phillips. 

 Nelson Thorp. 

 Wm. W. Wait. 

 Levi C. Chase. 

 Walter M. Eldred. 

 Samuel G. Fowler. 

 E. L. Bradley. 

 Austin Hall. 

 Wm. W. Wait. 

 Frederick Blood. 

 James F. Wood. 

 Edward Finch. 

 Thos. S. Crosby. 

 Wm. 0. Nichoson. 



1858. James F. Wood. 

 Asa Adams. 



1859. Edwin Finch. 



1860. Thos. S. Crosby. 



1861. Asa Adams. 



1862. James F. Wood. 

 Samuel G. Fowler. 



1863. Wm. W. Wait. 



1864. Thos. S. Crosby. 



1865. Asa Adams. 



1866. James F. Wood. 



1867. Thos. S. Crosby. 



1868. Ithiel H. Nichoson. 



1869. Asa Adams. 



1870. Marcus S. Harris. 



1871. George M. Hewitt. 



1872. Eetna M. Davis. 



1873. Asa Adams. 



1874. Hiram Wygant. 



1875. Jasper Partridge. 



1876. Clarence W. Stanton. 



1877. Charles Sheldon. 



1878. Thos. S. Crosby. 



TAX-ROLL OF 1829. 



From an old tax-roll in the office of the town clerk we 

 find that in 1829 there were in the town of Cohocton 

 (then including Waj^land) 381 land-owners, who resided in 

 the town and paid taxes on from one-fourth of an acre to 

 541 acres. This latter was the largest estate then owned 

 by any resident of the town, and belonged to Philip Cook. 

 It was valued at $11.42 per acre, and the tax assessed upon 

 it was $11.69. Warren Patchin owned 409 acres in what 

 is now Wayland, assessed at $12 an acre, and his tax 

 amounted to $15.65. Silas Shattuck owned 288 acres, 

 assessed at $2.24 an acre, tax $2.29. James Cleland had 

 234 acres, assessed at $6 an acre, tax $6.14. Dan H. 

 Davis, 330 acres, valued at $10 an acre, tax $10.33. The 

 most valuable land in the town at that time seems to have 

 been a quarter of an acre owned by Ira Gilbert, which was 

 assessed at a valuation of $50, and taxed 52 cents. From 

 this roll we find that the lands belonging to residents of the 

 town at that time amounted to 33,821 acres, while 21,706 

 acres were owned by non-residents, and of this latter 

 amount, 18,057 acres were owned by the Pulteney estate. 



CHUKCHES. 

 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF COHOCTON. 



It appears from the oldest record in the possession of this 

 church, entitled " A History of the Settlement and Forma- 

 tion of the Church of Christian Union," that a meeting was 

 " convened by agreement, and opened by prayer by the 



Rev. ," the name of the minister not being given. The 



object of this meeting seems to have been to inquire into 

 the history of the earliest religious society in the town. 

 Hence the record proceeds : " Entered upon a full investi- 

 gation, and found that in the year 1802 a few professors 

 made some beginning and improvement, but the great dis- 

 tance from other settlements, and other discouragements 

 common to a new settlement, caused them to remain deso- 

 late until 1802, when James Woodard, from Vermont, 

 with a numerous family of sons, came and began to im- 

 prove on some of the former beginnings, and bringing his 

 wife, being a professed follower of Christ, and recommended 

 by some former church and brethren to some one church of 

 Christ wherever her lot might be cast, — whose oldest son, 

 Arunet, and his wife, Hannah, united with a neighboring 

 church,* about seven miles distant, but did not enjoy much 

 advantage thereby, although that church had a stated pastor. 

 Thus they remained neglected and forsaken for several 

 years, and had but a single sermon preached until the year 

 1807, when Elijah Parker and Stephen Crawford moved in 

 among them. They, with their wives, being Christian pro- 

 fessors, united together and set up public worship on the 

 Sabbath. In 1808 the inhabitants met together and ap- 

 pointed the two last named persons to lead in public meet- 

 ings ; and in 1809 the few Christians among them were 

 visited by the Rev. Aaron C. Collins, when about ten per- 

 sons proposed to join in church fellowship, and about the 

 middle of June by the Rev. Abijah Warren, with whom 

 they agreed to preach and labor among them for one year."*j" 



* At Naples, Ontario Co., N. Y. 



■j" Another record says "one-third of a year." 



