Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford
County, Pennsylvania
By Clement F. Heverly
in Two Volumes
1913 & 1915
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The following is extracted from Clement F. Heverly, Pioneer and Patriot
Families of Bradford County, 1770-1800, Vol. 1, Bradford Star Print,
1913.
Local Government
For twenty-five years before the organization of Bradford county, the local
government of the Northern townships of Luzerne was in the hands of officers,
appointed by the Court, except justices-of-the-peace who were appointed by the
Governor. Assessors and tax collectors were appointed by the Governor. Assessors
and tax collectors were appointed by the County Commissioners. The constable was
the most important officer in the new townships. His bailiwick embraced a great
scope of country and each constable was responsible for the peace and order in
his district. He was required to go to Wilkes-Barre, the county seat, a distance
of 70 miles to make report to court. If he failed to do so, the court imposed a
fine of not less than $4 and sometimes the penalty imposed was $8. Officers for
the several districts were appointed as follows:
| Constables |
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| Wyalusing (or Springfield): |
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| 1788 |
Oliver Dodge |
1798-’9 |
Guy Wells |
| 1789 |
Joseph Elliott |
1800 |
Jesse Ross |
| 1790 |
Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
1801-’5 |
Reuben Wells |
| 1792 |
Wareham Kingsley |
1806 |
James Lewis |
| 1794 |
Judah Benjamin |
1807-’9 |
John Taylor |
| 1795 |
Daniel Turrell |
1810 |
Jonas Ingham, Jr. |
| 1796 |
Stephen Beckwith |
1811 |
Justus Lewis |
| 1797 |
Wareham Kingsley |
1812 |
Benjamin Ackley |
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| Tioga (or Athens): |
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| 1789-’90 |
Benedict Satterlee |
1796 |
Avery Gore |
| 1791 |
John Wilson |
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Ira Stephens |
| 1792 |
Wm. Spalding |
1797 |
John Spalding |
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Benedict Satterlee |
1798 |
Elias Satterlee |
| 1795 |
Josiah Marshall |
1799 |
John Spalding, 2nd |
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Benedict Satterlee |
1801 |
Pitkin Pratt |
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1802 |
Benedict Satterlee |
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| Wysox: |
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| 1793 |
Solomon Franklin |
1804 |
Benj. Martin |
| 1795 |
Nathaniel Hickok |
1805-’6 |
Ebenezer Tuttle |
| 1796-’7 |
Henry Strope |
1807-’8 |
Alpheus Choat |
| 1798 |
Samuel Soverhill |
1809 |
Wilber Bennett |
| 1799 |
Wm. Coolbaugh |
1810-’11 |
Wm. F. Dininger |
| 1800-’1 |
Ebenezer Tuttle |
1812 |
Wm. Keeler |
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| Ulster: |
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| 1797 |
Josiah Marshall |
1802 |
Zephon Flower |
| 1798 |
Joseph Kingsbury |
1803 |
Wm. W. Spalding |
| 1799 |
Wm. Spalding |
1804 |
Samuel Gore |
| 1800-’1 |
Ebenezer Shaw |
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| Orwell: |
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| 1802-’3 |
Samuel Wells |
1809 |
Oliver Corbin |
| 1804 |
Alpheus Choat |
1810-’11 |
Chester Gridley |
| 1805 |
Asahel Johnson |
1812 |
Theron Darling |
| 1807-’8 |
Theron Darling |
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| Burlington: |
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| 1802-’4 |
John Dobbins |
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| Canton: |
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| 1805-’6 |
Seeley Crofut |
1810 |
Orr Scovell |
| 1807-’8 |
George Sutton |
1812 |
Seeley Crofut |
| 1809 |
Ezra Spalding |
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| Towanda: |
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| 1808 |
John Felton |
1810 |
Orr Scovell |
| 1807-’8 |
George Sutton |
1812 |
Seeley Crofut |
| 1809 |
Ezra Spalding |
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| Towanda: |
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| 1808 |
John Felton |
1810 |
Eleazer Sweet |
| 1809 |
Elisha Wythe |
1811-’12 |
Abner C. Rockwell |
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| Supervisors |
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| Wyalusing (or Springfield) |
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| 1789 |
Nathan Kingsley |
1801-’3 |
John Horton |
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Justus Gaylord |
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John Taylor |
| 1790 |
Nathan Kingsley |
1804 |
John Horton |
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Thomas Gibson |
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O. Williams Dodge |
| 1792-’3 |
Oliver Dodge |
1805 |
Amasa Wells |
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Thomas Lewis |
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John Hollenback |
| 1794 |
Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
1806 |
Jonathan Terry |
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Silas F. Andrews |
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Joseph Elliott |
| 1795 |
Guy Wells |
1807 |
Jonathan Terry |
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Joshua Keeney |
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John Taylor |
| 1796 |
Joseph Stalford |
1809 |
Bartholomew Laporte |
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Amasa Wells |
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Benj. Stalford |
| 1797 |
Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
1810 |
John Hollenback |
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Jonathan Terry |
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Edmund Dodge |
| 1798-’9 |
Elisha Keeler |
1811-’12 |
Bartholomew Laporte |
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J. Wheeler |
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Benj. Stalford |
| 1800 |
Daniel Ross |
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Peter Stevens |
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| Tioga (or Athens): |
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| 1788 |
Solomon Bennett |
1795 |
Wright Loomis |
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John Fuller |
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Isaac Cash |
| 1789 |
Solomon Bennett |
1796 |
Josiah Marshall |
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Nathaniel Shaw |
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Joseph Smith |
| 1790 |
Simon Spalding |
1797 |
Elisha Satterlee |
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Leonard Westbrook |
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John Shepard |
| 1792 |
Benj. Clark |
1798-’99 |
Elisha Matthewson |
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Josiah Marshall |
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Elisha Satterlee |
| 1793 |
Ira Stephens |
1801-’2 |
Samuel Campbell |
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Silas Scovell |
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Salmon Hamlin |
| 1794 |
Zephon Flower |
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Isaac Cash |
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| Wysox (or Claverack): |
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| 1788 |
Jehial Franklin |
1804-’5 |
Ralph Martin |
| 1789 |
Jehial Franklin |
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Rogers Fowler |
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Sebastian Strope |
1807 |
Jacob Myer |
| 1795 |
Silas Scovell |
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John Brown |
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Sebastian Strope |
1809 |
Joshua Moger |
| 1796 |
James McKean |
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William Huyck |
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Jacob Bowman |
1810 |
Elijah Horton |
| 1797 |
Stephen Strickland |
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Jesse Allen |
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Jacob Bowman |
1811 |
Shepard Pierce |
| 1798 |
Jacob Bowman |
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Naphtali Woodburn |
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William Coolbaugh |
1812 |
Ralph Martin |
| 1799 |
Abner Seeley |
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Franklin Blackman |
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Wm. Coolbaugh |
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| 1802-’3 |
Job Irish |
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Reuben Hale |
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| Ulster: |
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| 1797 |
Josiah Marshall |
1801 |
Benj. Clark |
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Jedediah Shaw |
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Ebenezer Shaw |
| 1798 |
Joseph Kingsbury |
1802 |
Zephon Flower |
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Lockwood Smith |
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Samuel Clark |
| 1799 |
Joseph Hitchcock |
1803 |
Zephon Flower |
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Isaac Cash |
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Adrial Simons |
| 1800 |
Richard Fuller |
1804 |
Stephen Powell |
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Isaac Cash |
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Joseph Kingsbury |
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| Burlington: |
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| 1802 |
Joseph Ballard |
1804 |
Nathaniel Allen |
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Elihu Knight |
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Elihu Knight |
| 1803 |
Joseph Ballard |
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Aaron Cook |
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| Orwell: |
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| 1802 |
Michael Russell |
1809 |
Thomas Brink |
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Asahel Johnson |
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Nathaniel Hickok |
| 1803 |
Michael Russell |
1810 |
Chester Gridley |
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Samuel Woodruff |
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Oliver Corbin |
| 1804 |
Alpheus Choat |
1811 |
Chester Gridley |
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Michael Russell |
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Wm. Johnson |
| 1807 |
Theron Darling |
1812 |
Orante Grant |
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Gould Seymour |
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Moses Coburn |
| 1808 |
Amos Coburn |
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Theron Darling |
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| Canton: |
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| 1805 |
Aaron Cook |
1811 |
Samuel Griffin |
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Henry Segar |
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Gourley Marsh |
| 1806-’7 |
Truman Holcomb |
1812 |
Samuel Griffin |
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Daniel Ingraham |
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Seeley Crofut |
| 1808-’9 |
Sterling Holcomb |
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Ezra Spalding |
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| Towanda: |
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| 1808 |
John Brown |
1811 |
James Lewis |
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Joseph Prestor |
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John Fox |
| 1809 |
David Bardsley |
1812 |
Russell Fowler |
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Eliphalet Mason |
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Abial Foster |
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| Overseers of the Poor |
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| Wyalusing (or Springfield): |
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| 1788 |
Isaac Hancock |
1798 |
J. Stevens |
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Elijah Buck |
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J. Terry |
| 1789 |
Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
1799 |
Amasa Wells |
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Oliver Dodge |
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Uriah Persons |
| 1792 |
Amasa Wells |
1800 |
Aden Stevens |
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Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
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Reuben Wells |
| 1794-’5 |
Minor York |
1801-’2 |
Jeremiah Lewis |
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Joshua Terry |
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Williams Dodge |
| 1796 |
Guy Wells |
1803-’4 |
Thomas Brink |
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Stephen Beckwith |
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Benj. Stalford |
| 1797 |
Oliver Dodge |
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Silas F. Andrews |
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| Tioga (or Athens): |
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| 1789 |
Wm. Buck |
1797 |
John Shepard |
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Nathaniel Shaw |
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Wright Loomis |
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Elisha Matthewson |
1798 |
Ira Stephens |
| 1790 |
Jehial Franklin |
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Wright Loomis |
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Elisha Matthewson |
1799 |
Clement Paine |
| 1793 |
Wright Loomis |
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Elisha Matthewson |
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Stephen Hopkins |
1802 |
Amos Prentice |
| 1795 |
Benj. Cole |
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John Franklin |
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Ira Stephens |
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| Wysox (or Claverack): |
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| 1789 |
Jehial Franklin |
1799 |
David Allen |
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Sebastian Strope |
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Solomon Franklin |
| 1797 |
Job Irish |
1802 |
Reed Brockway |
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Jehial Franklin |
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Solomon Franklin |
| 1798 |
Henry Salisbury |
1803 |
Wm. Means |
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Nathaniel Hickok |
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Wm. Coolbaugh |
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| Ulster: |
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| 1797 |
Benj. Clark |
1801 |
Peter Snyder |
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Benj. Cole |
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Solomon Tracy |
| 1799 |
Benj. Clark |
1803 |
Avery Gore |
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John Spalding |
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Joseph Kingsbury |
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| Fence Viewers |
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| Wyalusing: |
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| 1797 |
Zachariah Price |
1801 |
Jonathan Terry |
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Judah Benjamin |
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Peter Stevens |
| 1797 |
Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
1802 |
Joseph Preston |
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Joseph Stalford |
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Humphrey Brown |
| 1800 |
Samuel Luckey |
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Joseph Stalford |
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| Tioga: |
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| 1795 |
Stephen Fuller |
1797 |
John Swain |
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Jehial Franklin |
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Jonathan Harris |
| 1796 |
Stephen Fuller |
1801 |
Wright Loomis |
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Elisha Matthewson |
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Jonathan Harris |
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| Wysox: |
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| 1796 |
Joseph Ballard |
1799 |
Wm. Means |
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Wm. Coolbaugh |
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Silas Scovell |
| 1797 |
Silas Scovell |
1802 |
Zachariah Price |
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Wm. Coolbaugh |
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Job Irish |
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| Ulster: |
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| 1797 |
Stephen Fuller |
1803 |
John Spalding |
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Adrial Simons |
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Adrial Simons |
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| Freeholders to Settle (Auditors) |
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| Wysox: |
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| 1798 |
Wm. Means |
1803 |
Moses Coolbaugh |
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Samuel Soverhill |
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Reed Brockway |
| 1799 |
Dennison Kingsbury |
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Ralph Martin |
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Abial Foster |
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Amos Mix |
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Zachariah Price |
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| Wyalusing: |
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| 1800 |
Dimon Bostwick |
1802 |
Jonathan Terry |
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Joab Pickett |
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Joseph Elliott |
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John Taylor |
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Justus Gaylord, Jr. |
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Samuel Gordon |
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| 1801 |
Justus Gaylord |
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Samuel Gordon |
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Oliver Dodge |
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Guy Wells |
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| Tioga: |
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| 1801 |
George Welles |
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David Paine |
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Wm. Prentice |
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| Burlington |
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| 1802 |
Stephen Ballard |
1804 |
Moses Calkins |
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Moses Calkins |
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Noadiah Kendall |
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Joseph Westcoat |
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Isaac Chapel |
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Orr Scovell |
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Dennison Kingsbury |
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Aaron Cook |
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Isaac Chaapel |
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| Appraisers of Damages |
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| Tioga |
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| 1795 |
Stephen Fuller |
1799 |
Elisha Matthewson |
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Jehial Franklin |
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Solomon Franklin |
| 1797 |
Julius Tozer |
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Sylvenus Travis |
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SUBMITTED BY PAT RAYMOND