Preserving the Past |
Providing for the Future |
Making a Difference in Dutchess |
HOW THE FORT FAMILY SERVED POUGHKEEPSIE during the period 1760-1832 [Dates given are the dates of the Annual Meeting at which Elections were held] |
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1 April 1760 Johannis A. Fort - Poor Master 7 April 1761 Johannis Fort - Poor Master 6 April 1762 Johannis A. Fort - Poor Master 3 April 1764 Johannis Fort - Path Master 5 April 1768 Johannis Fort - Overseer of the Poor 3 April 1770 Johannis Fort - Collector 2 April 1771 Johannis Fort - Collector 7 April 1772 Abraham Fort - Collector 6 April 1773 John Fort - Commissioner of Highway John Fort - Poor Master 5 April 1774 John Fort - Commissioner of Roads Abram Fort - Path Master Post 5 April 1775 Johannis Fort - Commissioner of Roads 2 April 1776 Johannis Fort - Commissioner of Roads 1 April 1777 John Fort - Poor Master John Fort - Path Master 7 April 1778 Abraham Fort - Assessor John Fort - Poor Master 6 April 1779 Abraham Fort - Assessor 4 April 1780 Abraham Fort - Assessor 3 April 1781 Abraham Fort - Assessor Abraham Fort - Path Master 2 April 1782 Abraham Fort - Assessor 1 April 1783 Abra m Fortt [sic] - Assessor 4 April 1786 Abraham Fort - Assessor Abraham Fort - Overseer of the Poor 3 April 1787 Abraham Fort - Assessor Abraham Fort - Poor Master |
1 April 1788 Abraham Fort - Assessor 7 April 1789 Abraham Fort - Assessor 6 April 1790 Abraham Foort[sic] - Assessor 5 April 1791 Abraham Fort - Assessor Abraham Fort - Path Master 1 & 2 April 1794 Abraham Fort - Assessor 1st Tuesday in April 1807 Overseers of Highways Abraham Fort #16 1st Tuesday in April 1808 John Fort - Overseer of Highways For the Year 1827 James Fort noted as Supervisor For the Year 1828 James Fort noted as Supervisor For the Year 1829 James Fort noted as Supervisor For the Year 1831 [Annual Election for Supervisor ] James Fort 508 Votes Henry A. Livingston 369 Votes For the Year 1832 [Annual Election for Supervisor ] James Fort received 407 Votes Henry A. Livingston 313 Votes ----------------------------- Source:Town of Poughkeepsie Town Book 1741-1854 Original Record Book Adriance Memorial Library Local History Call # 974.733P- Microfilm #930229 ----------------------------------- James Fort died 1842 after having served 5 terms as Supervisor 1827, 1828, 1829, 1831, 1832 ---------------------------- Based on Historical and Genealogical Research, it can be determined James Fort , son of Revolutionary War Major Abraham Fort and Henry A. Livingston were contemporaries. James Fort 1788-1842 Henry A. Livingston 1776-1849 Their Homesteads both located South of the Village of Poughkeepsie a mile or two distant one from the other. |
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