Village and Town of Newburgh Records 1803-1838/1

Village and Town of Newburgh Records
1803-1838

April 2, 1803

Account of the No. days Assessed on the Roads in the Town of Newburgh
the labour performed from 1st April 1802 to 1st April 1803

No. District	overseers names	no. days assessed	amount in specie d c	no. days work	no. days commuted	no. days removed	no. days moving	total
1	Joseph Belknap	366	288.75	299	62	6	1	367
2	John Dodge	203	126.75	148	40	8	3	206
3	Abraham Ward	270	168.75	143	115	10
4	Francis Hammer	78	48.75	78				78
5	Daniel Birdsale	70	42.75	70				70
6	John Crowl	74	48.75	74				74
7	John Jagger	62	38.75	62				62
8	Jacob Smeder	70	42.75	70				70
9	Daniel Smith	95	59.371/2	95				95
10	Isaac Derby	97	60.621/2	91	6
11	David Belknap	57	35.621/2	57
12	Samuel Wyatt	85	53.121/2	85
13	David Runnolde	123	78.121/2
14	Burris Holmes	67	41.871/2
15	Solomon Purdy	101	62
16	Joseph Williams	48
17	Samuel Stratton	77
18	John Wynn	31
19	Benjamin Reeves	60
20	Underhill, Thomas	31

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Account of the No. days Assessed on the Roads in the Town of Newburgh
the labour performed from 1st April 1802 to 1st April 1803

	No. District	overseers names	no. days assessed	amount in specie d c	no. days work	no. days commuted	no. days removed	no. days moving	total
carried forward 2065


21	Jacob Carman	33	20.621/2	33	33
22	Samuel Underhill	44	27.50	44	44
23	James Goldsmith	49	30.621/2	49	49
	Daniel Jones	50	31.25		50

total 2241

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Commissioners of the
Town of Newburg
1803
March 29


with James Bushfield to build a bridge over the crick near Reuben Merits agreable to a contract enter into in [ ] agreement in the hand of the Town Clerk$100-

March 29
Estimate for building a bridge over the crick near Montgomery Saw Mill	50-

Also over the creek at Foster Town Creek
estimated	30-

by order of Board Auditor
Danl Birdsale, T. Clerk
Supervisor Reuben Tooker

paid James Bushfield	$100-
paid capt. Elez Gidny	60-
paid George Merritt for bridge
Stone Schoolhouse	15-
paid Chauncey Belknap for repairing Bridge by [Esq] [Niven]	5-
	_______
Newburgh March 27th 1804	$180-

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2
Dr Chauncey
1803
Apl 2

	£	s	d
To cash in hand recd of John Anderson late commisnr	1	18	10
to cash of Joseph Belknap Jnr		12	6
to d^o Abraham Ward [ ]		4	4
	____	____	_____
	£2	12	8

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Cr Belknap

	£	s	d
By a blank book bot for the Use of the Commis of Town Newburgh		14
By cash paid to [ ] [ ] survey roads		13	11
By d^o d^o		18	-
By ballance in my hands		6	9
	_____	_____	_____
	2	12	7

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April 27
1804

Account of the No. of Days assessed on the town of
Newburgh the labour performed from Ap 2 1803 to
the 27 of Ap 1804

No. District	overseers names	amount in specie	no days assessed	no. days work	no. days commuted		no. days remain		no. days moved	total.
1	Joseph Belknap	370	231	25	170	20					370
2	Robt Wright	67	41	871/2	64			3			67
3	Elnathan Foster	257	160	621/2	209	41		7			257
4	Thos Carshaddin	236	147	50	141	95					236
5	[ ] Numan	37	23	12-	37						37
6	Daniel Birdsall	81	50	621/2	81						81
7	John Crowd	73	45	621/2	73						73
8	John Jagger	83	51	871/2	83						83
9	Richard Robinson	73	45	621/2	66						73
10	Nathl Milikin	47	29	371/2	361/2						47
11	David Gardner	116	72	50	116						116
12	David Jones	40	25	-	40						40
13	M[ichael] Dimott	74	46	25	74						74
14	Jedidiah Raymond	95	59	371/2	94			1			95
15	Alexander Ross	109	68	121/2	86			9
16	Burris Holmes	97	60	621/2	97						97
17	William Conklin	92	57	50	92						97
18	[ ]	59	36	371/2	59						59
19	[George Merrit]	95	59	371/2	931/2
20	[ ]	20	13	50	20						20
21	[ ]	54	[ ]	[ ]	53			1			54
	[ ]										[ ]

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Apr
1804

Brought over

No. District	overseers names	no. days assessed	amount in specie d c	no. worked	no. commuted	no. remain	no. moved	total
22	Samuel Purdy	34	21	25	34			34
23	William Mitchel	29	18	121/2	29			29
24	Thomas Thom	48	30		48			48
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Cr Joseph Belknap No. 1

Mar 22
1804	To your Assessment Roll 370 days	$231.25

Cr	By 170 days work	106.25
	20 d^o removed	12.50
	120 commuted	75.00
	310 days	193.75

	ballance due 60 days 37.50
	d^o on commute mony	2.50	$231.25
Dr	Nathanl Milikin No. 10
	To 47 days assessment	$29.471/2
Cr	By work done 361/2 days
	ballance due 101/2 days	$29.471/2
May [ ]	made a return of the Labor in [ ] being fully [ ] 101/2 days
Dr	Richard Robinson
	To your assessment	$45.621/2

Cr (two illegible lines)

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Dr Thomas Carshaddin No. 4

March 2
1804

s	To assessment 236 day	$141.95
	To Abm Ward for [last year]	19.20
Cr	By 241 days work done
	By 95 days commute
	due the town in settlement of commute Mony and cash rec'd of abm Ward	$4.571/2
Cr	Alexd Ross	No 15
March 22 1804
	To Assessment 109 day	$68.121/2
Cr	By work done	86 days
	By commute	9-	109
	work due the town	14
1805 March 19
	To work 15 days the Balance as above -
			This acct settled.
Dr	George Merrit	No
March 2 1804
	To Assessment	$59.371/2
	To work done	93 days
	owe the town	1-

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March 27
1804

Commissioners Report necessary raise 15 dollar to Repair bridges the Present year -	$15-
Dan Wilson occupant of the Lands of Saml Ellison decd Damages	88.25
addjudged by a Jury in a [Road] laid through the [lands] of late S. Ellison decd [Jurors] fees	3-
Charles Black [fees] [ ] to take the [Man] [Lewis] to [ ] also Jury	2-
Dan Birdsall Fees	1-
Mary Reeves [Esq]	1-

Auditor of court of said Town do allow the above
to be raised by Tax on [the] Town
by order of court Dan Birdsall

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Dr Selah

1805
March 19th

To cash of Saml Belknap for Commute money		1	0
To cash of Isaac Belknap Jun for May [ ] on Road District No. 2	19	5	0
	19	5	0
To Cash of Charles Belknap road [ ] District No 8		9
To Elezar Gidney due bill	2	5	0
To Isaac Hasbrouck d^o	2	7	6
To Luther Pratt		5
To 4 due bills Charles [ ]

No 10

	To the Supervisors Certifycate for Seventy Doll
	left in the hands of Dan Birdsall Esq for Bridges etc.$70		8		0	0
1807 March 24
	To Cash of Charles Cook Commute Money	2		14			-
	To d^o Oliva [Cosman]			5			-
	to d^o Dan Hingham $15.68	6		5			6
	To d^o Nathan Dubois	4		12			-
	d^o Note on Demand £20.8.3	20		8			3
March 1808
	To cash of James Goldsmith for commute money	_______		2 _______			6 _______
		77		1			9

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