Village and Town of Newburgh Records 1803-1838

  1807
Ap 1

Dr Town Newburg in cred  

Sundries for Victualing and Cloath the Poor	503.45
To [ ] for use of the house, repairs, etc	137.57
To the Support Mr Burch	37.50
To do John Quigley & wife	10.61
To do Mrs. Screder	6.70
To do Mrs. Williams	5.56
To do Edward Hains	5.37
To do Nancy McCrany	4.31
To do John Owen and family	6.42
To do Thomas Kent for [Nallachs] & wife	2.13
To do Widow Hammer	1.56
To Cash paid Wm Ross on [ ] suit	129.22
To Wm Seymour for Poor Lett	1250.-
To Saml Bond for rent and [ ]	22.86
To Bnj. S. Reeve bill for coffins etc	5.75
To Wm Bloomer funeral charges at his [ ] [ ]	2.94
To M[ ] Smith for wood	70.
To Selah Reeves Bill [ ]	2.27
To Eleazar Gidney [ ] [ ]	7.50
To John Mc[Curdy] do do	7.50
	2219.39

Rent Due first May of David Bond after
Rate 25 Doll a yr 10 month $26.80
Rent Due Jacob Smith [ ] $21.871/2 Cr for 1808

[illegible]
Reuben Tucker
Danl Niven
Benj. S. Reeves'
Jonathan [ ]
Dan Birdsall  

Resolved as the opinion of the
board that $400 Dollars [ ]
[rest illegible] 

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John McCurly & Elezar Gidney Overseers Poor  

May 6	By Cash from Reuben Tucker License [Nbrg]	230-
13	By do do	36
24	By do do	62
June 3	By do do	10.58
Sept 3	By do do	3.6--
29	By do Dan Birdsall fines	1.87
	By Sam Gorden for Heiffer p[ ] [ ]	7.88
Dec 13	By Swine money	2.-
	By do do	.82
	By do Dan Birdsall	1.75
	By do do	1.66
	By cash from Dan T[oth] Collected for Poor Lott and Poor Tax	2050.-
	By [ ] [ ] ballans	1.35
	By rent from Jacob Smith	3.12
	By McDewitt's Swine	2.50 ________
		2415.34
	but from D[ ]	2219.39 ________
	ballance in Poor Masters hands	195.95

Apr 3 1808 Overseers [ ] for the ballance  

on acct Presented by M. Powel in [ ]
D[ ] F[ ] £7.13 was order
Return and [particulars]? The [ ]
March 30th 1808 Carried to [ ] the
present yr.  

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At the Annual Town Meeting held at the Academy in
the Village of Newburgh the 7th day April 1807

 

Vote	Isaac Belknap Jun - T. Clerk
Vote	Leonard Smith - Moderator
	Dan Niven} Benj S. Reeves} Esq. Presided Dan Birdsall}
Voted	Reuben Tooker - Supervisor
Voted	that there be Three Constables Chosen for the present year
Vote	that 2 Constables be chosen residing in the Village of Newburgh
Vote	that Thomas S. Lockwood and Charles blake and Philip Bay be Constables for the next year
Vote	that the Constables Give Security in the form of five hundred Dollars [ ] for the faithfull performance of their Duties as Constables
vote	that Thomas S. Lockwood be the Collector
Voted	that their be five Assessors Chosen the next year
vote	Leonard Smith John Thom Alex Ross Willm H Smith & [ ] Belknap Junr the Assessors
voted	Leonard Carpenter John Manduel

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Voted Selah Reeves
Dan Birdsall Jun
Purdy Fowler Commissrs of Highways  

Voted

John Mandrell Stephen Wood Elnathan Foster

Pound Masters & fence viewers

David Belknap William Witchell Samuel Wyatt William Smith blacksmith

Vote Elnathan Foster to Keep the Town Pound

 

Voted	No. 1	[ ] Belknap		14	Hawkins King
	2	Danl Stringham		15	William Witehead
	3	Eleazar Gidney		16	Willm Concklin
	4	Joseph Bond		17	Jacob Elliott
	5	David Guernsey		18	Michael Dimett
	6	John Crowl	Overseers Highways	19	Wm Jennings
	7	William Wier Jun		20	Charles Tooker
	8	Jonathan Belknap Jnr		21	Oliver Cosman
	9	James Goldsmith		22	Jonathan Cosman
	10	David Gardner		23	Joseph Harthorn
	11	Tunis Snider		24	Thomas Purdy
	12	Danl Smith Mercht		25	Ezekiel Brockney
	13	William Wilson J		26	David Belknap Junr

 

Voted	that Danl Niven Esq and Dan Birdsall Esq be chosen to Superintend the Poor home with the Overseers Poor
Voted	that Twenty Dollars be raised by tax for Danl Niven & Dan Birdsall Esqs as a compensation for their services for Supervising the poor -
Voted	that five hundred Dollars be raised for the Support of the Poor and for Improving the property

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1807
Apr

Voted	that the Town Clerk be Allowed Twenty Dollar to be raised by Tax
voted	that the by Laws by continued as last year
voted	That this meeting be adjourned to the Academy in the Village of Newburgh to the first Tuesday in April 1808
Voted	that there be 5 men Chosen as Delegates to Attend the County Meeting to Nominate further persons for members of Assembly and Two Senators for the Middle District
Voted	That Jonathan Fish Wm Ross John Crowl John Thom & Chauncey Belknap be the Delegates to Attend the County Meeting
voted	that this Meeting do concur in the Nomination of Danl D Tompkins for Givoner an John Broom for Lieut Givoner
	[ ] Belknap Junr Esq Dan Birdsall