~~~  Bleecker Town Records  ~~~

 

The records of this town are in a fair condition, and from them we cull a few items of interest:

September 8th, 1831, James Leslie gave a deed of one acre of land to Nicholas Stoner, John Mead, and Jacob Mead, trustees of school district No. 4, for school purposes.

Road district No. 1 was laid out to begin "at the west line of John Bovee; thence east to Briah Bierd's bars, in front of his house.  District No. 2 begins at Briah Bierd's bars, and thence westerly, and ends at Elijah Lindsley's barn."

The first road laid out by the commissioners of highways was defined, November 12th, 1831, as beginning at the State road, "four chains northerly from Isaac Van Nostrand's, and running to the road laid out by Mr. Burr's house."  This road changes its course about twenty-five times.

The expenses of the supervisor for the town in 1832 were $7.42.

The record of the first town meeting held in Bleecker sets forth that:  "at a town meeting held at the house of Gad Hamilton, on the first Tuesday of May, 1831, in and for the town of Bleecker, pursuant to an act to erect the town of Bleecker, in the County of Montgomery, passed the 4th day of April, 1831, the following persons were severally elected to the following offices, to wit:

Isaac Van Nostrand	Supervisor
Jonathan Dean	Town Clerk
Jonathan Dean William Lindsley John Mead Joseph Eastman	Justices of the Peace
Amasa Stephens Ephraim Lindsley Joseph Eastman	Assessors
John Mead Elijah Lindsley Othniel Allen	Commissioners of Highways
Richard Hart Joseph Eastman	Overseers of the Poor
Daniel Mead	Collector
Lodewick P. Stevens Rilas Eastman Eli R. Burr	Commissioners of Common Schools
Amasa Stevens Joseph Eastman Elijah Lindsley	Inspectors of Schools
James Leslie, Jr. Daniel Mead Elijah Lindsley Adam Long	Constables

It was resolved that fence-viewers have 75 cents per day, and that $30 be raised for school money.  This opening record closes as follows:

"Given under our hands the first Tuesday of May (being the third day) in the year 1831.  Jonathan Dean, town clerk; Aaron Hasing, justice of the peace of Johnstown."

 

The following is a full list of Supervisors and Town Clerks, from the time of the organization of the town:

SUPERVISORS

Isaac Van Nostrand	1831	Robert Campbell	1855
Artois Hamilton	1832-4	Zachariah J. Smith	1856
William J. Bellinger	1835	Eugene W. Enos	1857
Garret A. Newkirk	1836-7	Theron A. Hamlin	1858
Jonathan Dean	1838	Eugene W. Enos	1859
Garret A. Newkirk	1839-41	Joseph C. Zeyst	1860
Benjamin K. Eaton	1842-4	George A. Burr	1861
David Foote	1845	Marshall G. Hunt	1862-4
William Bowler	1846	John M. Peters	1865-7
David Foote	1847	Marshall G. Hunt	1868
William Bowler	1848-9	John M. Peters	1869
Samuel W. Odell	1850-1	M. G. Hunt	1870-1
Truman Enos	1852	Hiram Denning	1872-4
Eugene W. Enos	1853-4	Charles Bowler	1875-8

 

 

CLERKS OF BLEECKER

Jonathan Dean	1831	M. Van Steenburgh	1855
Jacob Spaulding	1832	John Meyer	1856
William J. Bellinger	1833-4	Isacher R. Ford	1857-8
William W. Collins	1835-6	Joseph Zeyst	1859
Jonathan Dean	1837	M. Van Steenburgh	1860
James McKinlay	1838	Hiram Vandenburgh	1861
William Conine	1839-40	John H. Smith	1862
Willard C. Wright	1841	John Meyer	1863
Robert A. Van Nest	1842	Daniel Doice	1864
W. C. Wright	1843	M. G. Hunt	1865
Ephraim A. Campbell	1844-5	John Meyer	1866-9
W. C. Wright	1846-7	Hiram Vandenburgh	1870-1
John D. Yenney	1848-9	Wallace Yost	1872
W. C. Wright	1850	J. H. Smith	1873
Z. J. Smith	1851	August Ernst	1874-5
John Rychen Jr.	1852-3	John Meyer	1876
P. O. Belding	1854	Francis Unger	1877-78