Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site
Note from Terri: I typed this document as it was printed in the Stamford Mirror, although I believe there are mistakes in the newspaper. For example, the paper has "Timoity," which possibly should be "Timothy" or "Sumuel" could really be "Samuel." Also, if you add the numbers from the Val. and Per. columns, the correct total is usually in the Aggt. column. In a few cases, the numbers don't add up. Remember, I typed exactly what the newspaper had, so if something doesn't make sense and you'd like me to check it against the origina. --Terri Cox. Also remember that these figures are from 1836 (not 1896 when the newspaper was published.
HISTORIC
An inventory of the real and personal property in the town of Harpersfield, in the County of Delaware for the year 1836:
NAMES TAX ACRES VAL PER AGGT Adam, Dingee 1 75 50 400 -- 400 Buck, Anna 88 39 20 -- 200 Buck, Noah 2 63 115 600 -- 600 Basset, Eliphas 3 30 84 750 -- 750 Butler, Daniel 5 26 160 1200 -- 1200 Bapet, Joshua 44 23 100 -- 100 Burget, Barnham 3 50 105 800 -- 800 Burget, Barnham 22 0.5 50 -- 50 Barnum, Amos 44 2.5 100 -- 100 Beardsley, Gideon 4 38 100 1000 -- 1000 Brown, Abagail 33 0.5 75 -- 75 Bell, Samuel 3 94 100 900 -- 900 Becker, Frederick 88 52.5 200 -- 200 Bell, Isabel 3 50 114 800 -- 800 Booth, John 2 42 75 550 -- 550 Bennet, Phinehas L. 3 94 150 900 -- 900 Barnum, Joseph 3 50 100 800 -- 800 Burlinson, Thomas 4 38 50 1000 -- 1000 Bristol, James 1 31 28 300 -- 300 Brown, Jerusha 44 2 100 -- 100 Brown, James 3 50 123 800 -- 800 Brown, Zenus 1 75 78 400 -- 400 Baird, Daniel 4 82 143 800 300 1100 Baird, David 2 63 120 600 -- 600 Baird, Abijah 2 63 80 500 100 600 Beardsley, Gaylord 5 26 162 1200 -- 1200 Buckingham, Wm 4 82 132 1000 100 1100 Brown, James 35 3 80 -- 80 Bell, Joseph W. 3 50 120 800 -- 800 Bell, Joseph W. 1 31 50 300 -- 300 Brett, John F. 4 60 9 400 650 1050 Brett, Jas. & Wm. 22 50 -- 50 Bristol, Nathan 1 31 12.5 300 -- 300 Babcock, John W. 8 76 237 2000 -- 2000 Babcock, Joseph 2 19 500 500 Bragg, Johnson B. 3 50 50 800 -- 800 Becker, C. (mills) 2 63 4 600 -- 600 Birge, Ephraim L. 22 1 50 -- 50 Birdsall, Oliver 3 50 130 800 -- 800 Campbell, James 3 50 46 450 350 800 Copley, Joseph 66 50 150 -- 150 Campbell, Samuel 3 06 100 700 -- 700 Copley, Heman 5 26 203 1200 -- 1200 Cook, Elijah 22 23 50 -- 50 Copley, Ransom 9 64 425 2200 -- 2200 Canfield, Elijah 66 10 150 -- 150 Churchill, Elijah 6 14 174 1400 -- 1400 Clark, John 4 82 186 1100 -- Clark, Harriet 1 75 80 400 -- 400 Cowle,y William 1 54 59 350 -- 350 Cowley, Ledger 5 69 170 1200 100 1300 Champlin, Wm. B. 5 69 198 1300 -- 900 Champlin, Jeffrey C. 3 94 120 900 -- 900 Campbill, William 3 00 50 550 84 634 Copley & Johnson Leather factory 4 38 75 1000 -- 1000 Doan, Anna 1 31 75 300 -- 300 Dayton, Jerusha 5 69 190 1200 100 1300 Dayton, Edmund 3 06 100 700 -- 700 Davenport, Erastus 4 38 134 1000 -- 1000 Davis, George F. 2 19 10.5 500 -- 500 Dayton, Michael 5 69 208 1200 100 1300 Dayton, Abel, Jr. 3 50 50 800 -- 800 Dayton, Anson 2 19 95 500 -- 500 Dayton, Abel 3 94 75 800 100 900 Dayton, Bryan C. 2 63 100 600 -- 600 Dart, Smith 1 75 75 400 -- 400 Drake, Joshua 1 54 49 300 50 350 Davis, Gersham 2 19 70 500 -- 500 Dennis, Thomas W. 2 63 47 600 -- 600 Davis, Lyman 4 82 52 1100 -- 1100 Davis, Lyman 4 82 75 1100 -- 1100 Drake, Hiram 44 25 100 -- 100 Dayton, Sally Ann 66 50 150 -- 150 Douglas, Mary 3 30 122 750 -- 750 Disbrow, Beardsly 2 19 1 200 300 500 Dart, Anson 5 26 200 1200 -- 1200 Dayton, Mary 3 50 118 800 -- 800 Evans, Jeremiah 2 63 223 600 -- 600 Ells, James 10 95 240 2500 -- 2500 Edwards, Daniel 6 14 150 1400 -- 1400 Ells, James, Jr. 2 19 500 500 Ellsworth, Horace 2 63 100 600 -- 600 Ellsworth, Joseph 2 63 105 600 -- 600 English, Robert 5 69 169 1300 -- 1300 Edwards, Daniel 1 75 70 500 -- 400 Foote, Jacob 88 100 200 -- 200 Foote, Jacob 3 50 180 800 -- 800 Foote, Jacob 3 50 150 800 -- 800 Foote, William 44 0.5 100 -- 100 Flamsburgh, John, Jr. 9 64 498 2200 -- 2200 Fenn, Elbridge B. 1 31 120 300 -- 300 Foote, Charles A. 7 88 200 1800 -- 1800 Foote, David 2 63 100 600 -- 600 Fuller, Reuben 3 06 97 700 -- 700 Graves, Orange 10 07 292 1800 500 2300 Gordon, Robert 2 86 110 650 -- 650 Grant, Sweeton 1 98 54.5 450 -- 450 Grenell, Samuel 2 53 93 500 75 575 Goodenough, John 2 19 105 500 -- 500 Grant, John L. 22 2 50 -- 50 Graves, Hiram 2 63 70 600 -- 600 Graves, Lyman 2 19 13 500 -- 500 Gibbs, John W. 1 31 6 300 -- 300 Gibbs, Cyrenus 4 82 120 1100 -- 1100 Gibbs, Cyrenus 44 37 100 -- 100 Gibbs, Richard B. 2 42 90 550 -- 550 Gibbs, Benjamin F. 3 30 107 750 -- 750 Gibbs, Benjamin, mill 1 75 2.5 400 -- 400 Gaylord, Joel 1 31 50 300 -- 300 Gaylord, John B. 7 88 201 1800 -- 1800 Givens, Sheldon A. 2 19 0.25 500 -- 500 Givens & Ells, store 44 100 -- 100 Hamilton, Robert 3 50 159 800 -- 800 Hanford, John 1 31 75 300 -- 300 Hanford, Orrin 2 63 125 600 -- 600 Hunt, Casby 1 75 60 400 -- 400 Hamilton, Urial 2 63 88 500 100 600 Hubbard, Enos 2 63 17 600 -- 600 Hotchkiss, Roswell, Jr. 3 50 70 800 -- 800 Hotchkiss, Lydia 3 94 117 900 -- 900 Hotchkiss, Roswell 5 69 65 800 500 1300 Hendry, Thomas 4 82 164 1100 -- 1100 Hubbard, A., mill 1 31 4 300 -- 300 Hoagland, David C. 2 63 90 600 -- 600 Hotchkiss, Miles 22 0.125 50 -- 50 Hurlburt, Luman 22 0.25 50 -- 50 Hubbard, Davis 4 82 150 1100 100 700 Hubbard, Eleasor 3 06 55 600 100 700 Hubbard, Michael 3 06 65 600 100 700 Henry R. Hamilton 88 2.5 200 -- 200 Hamilton, Homer W. 2 19 45 500 -- 500 Hamilton, Talmon 7 01 153 1300 300 1600 Harper, John 2 63 88 600 -- 600 Hendry, William 3 72 133 850 -- 850 Hakes, Lyman 2 63 93 600 -- 600 Harper, Henry 3 50 75 800 -- 800 Harper, Samuel 1 75 100 400 -- 400 Henderson, Robert 3 06 172 700 -- 700 Houck. John 88 65 800 -- 800 Harper, William 2 63 75 600 -- 600 Ireland, Thomas 3 50 220 800 -- 800 Johnson, Timothy H. 88 16 200 -- 200 Knapp, Hiram 88 70 200 -- 200 Lamb, John 5 26 100 700 500 1200 Lockwood, Stephen 66 0.75 150 -- 150 Lindsley, Daniel 2 42 125 550 -- 550 Mann, Sylvanus 1 98 100 450 -- 450 Mann, Sylvanus 2 86 100 650 -- 650 Miller, John J. 44 30 100 -- 100 McMurdy, David 2 19 100 500 -- 500 Mitchell, Peter 1 10 65 250 -- 250 Moon, Harmon 2 19 94 500 -- 500 McMorris, Mary 2 19 100 500 -- 500 McIlwain, John 4 38 145 1000 -- 1000 McIlwain, Sumuel 1 75 100 400 -- 400 McKee, John 2d 2 63 143 600 -- 600 Mack, Sasannah 1 75 75 460 -- 460 Mack, Orlando 2 19 60 500 -- 500 Merriam, Asahel 3 94 121 900 -- 900 Maynard, Cooley 10 07 245 1800 500 2300 McMinn, James 88 0.25 200 -- 200 Merriam, Peter 2 42 88 550 -- 550 Mallison, Roswell 22 1 50 -- 50 McIntyre, Dongald 6 57 208 1500 -- 1500 Maynard, Alanson 1 75 75 400 -- 400 Norton, Robert 22 0.5 50 -- 50 Newell, Russel 5 26 17 500 700 1200 Newell, Lydia 5 26 93 1200 -- 1200 Nichols, James 44 20 100 -- 100 Nichols, Clement 6 14 247 1400 -- 1400 Nichols, Daniel 3 94 162 900 -- 900 Owens, Susannah 3 50 150 800 -- 800 Olmsted, Thomas 88 65 200 -- 200 Osborn, Eleaser 3 94 107 850 50 900 Owens, Samuel 88 200 200 Osborne, Frederich 2 19 77 500 -- 500 Odell, Benjamin 3 50 170 800 -- 800 Odell, Abijah 7 01 253 1400 200 1600 Odell, Daniel 1 98 100 450 -- 450 Penfield, David 3 72 104 850 -- 850 Penfield, Ebenesor 3 94 50 900 -- 900 Penfield, Orrin S. 88 200 200 Packard, Ransom 2 63 58 600 -- 600 Payne, Andrew T. 1 75 57 400 -- 400 Patchin, David S. 10 52 270 2200 200 2400 Peters, Daniel 5 26 186 1200 -- 1200 Packard, Charles 1 75 100 400 -- 400 Pierce, Isaac 4 38 109 1000 -- 1000 Pierce, Isaac 1 75 100 400 -- 400 Pierce, Ebenezer 2 42 100 550 -- 550 Pierce, Mial C. 3 73 215 850 -- 850 Pattison, David 3 06 139 700 -- 700 Pierce, Benjamin 7 01 228 1600 -- 1600 Pierce, Peres B. 2 19 50 500 -- 500 Pierce Nathan 6 57 150 1000 500 1500 Rickee, Thomas 4 60 116 1050 -- 1050 Rice, Henry 3 94 160 850 50 900 Robertson, John 22 14 50 -- 50 Smith, Ezra 5 26 150 1200 -- 1200 Stratton, Phinehas 44 0.25 100 -- 100 Sanford, Maransa 3 06 81 700 -- 700 Scott, James 3 94 122 800 100 900 Scott, William 44 0.75 100 -- 100 Smith, Teviah 88 26 200 -- 200 Smith, James 1 54 50 350 -- 350 Stevens, Stoddard 7 88 170 1500 300 1800 Strong, Noah R. 1 54 50 350 -- 350 Smith, Nehemiah 1 98 75 450 -- 450 Stevens, Stoddard 66 58 150 -- 150 Smith Ezekiel 3 72 35 350 500 850 Strain, James 11 62 303 2100 550 2650 Spencer, John 1 54 126 350 -- 350 Seeley, Benjamin 77 5.5 175 -- 175 Seeley, Levi 3 50 60 800 -- 800 Seeley, Levi 1 31 110 300 -- 300 Sawyer, Henry 88 64 200 -- 200 Sawyer, Joshua 2 63 70 600 -- 600 Simpson, Hugh 6 14 156 800 600 1400 Stanley, William 88 74 200 -- 200 Stanley, John O. 2 19 116 500 -- 500 Stuart, John 1 31 54 300 -- 300 Squires, David 1 98 60 400 50 450 Stanley, Nathan 1 98 80 450 -- 450 Sheldon, Betsey 9 64 315 2100 100 2200 Sanford, Beardsley 2 19 75 500 -- 500 Sacket, Oramel 88 5 200 -- 200 Throp, Daniel 2 19 80 500 -- 500 Throp, Nelson L. 88 27 200 -- 200 Telfer, Thomas 2 19 100 500 -- 500 Terrey, David 6 57 137 1300 200 1500 Taylor, Baruch 1 31 1 300 -- 300 Taylor, Andrew 7 01 50 1000 600 1600 Titus, Jacob 5 26 200 1200 -- 1200 Treadwell, Eleazer 3 72 110 850 -- 850 Treadwell, Orrin 3 72 160 850 -- 850 Treadwell, James 2 19 80 500 -- 500 Tremain, Myron 22 0.25 50 -- 50 Utter, John 2 19 124 500 -- 500 Vandoser, Martin 3 30 75 750 -- 750 Vandoser, Abraham 3 72 68 750 100 850 Voorheis, John 2 19 118 500 -- 500 Williams, Abram 1 31 70 300 -- 300 Wilcox, Alonzo B. 5 26 125 1200 -- 1200 Wilcox, Aron 3 94 100 900 -- 900 Wilcox, Aron 44 0.5 100 -- 100 Wilsey, William 3 94 125 900 -- 900 Wickham, John 3 06 143 700 -- 700 Wickham, David S. 4 38 160 1000 -- 1000 Watkins, Hezkiah 6 14 199 1400 -- 1400 Warner, Asa 3 50 105 700 100 800 Warner, Asa, Sr. 44 100 100 Wam, Isaac 3 30 107 750 -- 750 Wilcox, Thomas S. 1 54 80 350 -- 350 Wool, James R. 2 19 104 500 -- 500 Wool, Joseph 1 31 84 300 -- 300 Wool, John 1 75 79 400 -- 400 Wilson, John 5 26 120 1000 200 1200 Wilcox, Samuel 5 69 154 1300 -- 1300 Wilcox, Harriet 1 98 106 450 -- 450 Watrous, James S. 44 0.125 100 -- 100 Youngs, Hugh 4 38 143 1000 -- 1000
The following are non-resident, lands lying in the Town of Harpersfield:
In a pattent granted to John HARPER and others Charles D. COOPER as the heirs of John TAYLOR
No 93, Acres 100, Value 200, Pers'l. 200, Aggt. 88
In a pattent granted to Sir Wm. JOHNSON and others Peter SMITH of Peterboro.
No. 4, Acres 205, Value 550, Pers'l. 550, Aggt. 242
In same pattent middle pent of lot No. 2, and bounded as follows: on W by lands of Jas. STRAIN; N by lands of Hull DAVIS; E by lands of John SPENCER; and S by lands..…
No. 61, Acres 120, Value 120, Pers'l. 120, Aggt. 53
of John NICHOLS, in same pattent No. 3
No. 97, Acres 150, Value 150, Pers'l. 150, Aggt. 66
In a pattent granted to Sir Wm. JOHNSON and others the heirs of Timoity MURPHY, and supposed to be lot No. 72 and bounded as follows: N by Otsego line; W by lands of John ROBISON; S by S line pattent; E by lands of John BECKER and John FLANSBURGH, Jr.
No. 220, Acres 600, Value 600, Pers'l. 600, Aggt. 263
We do severally certify that we have set down on the above assessment roll all the real estate situation in the Town of Harpersfield according to our best information, and that we have estimated the value of the said estate at the sum which a majority of the assessors have decided to be the true value thereof and at which they would apprise the same on payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor, and also that the said assessment roll contains a true statement of the aggregate amount of the taxable personal estate of each and every person named in the said roll over and above the amount of debts from such persons respectively and excluding. Such tax as are otherwise taxable and that the exception of those cases which the value of such personal estate has been sworn to by the owner or possessor. We have estimated the same according to our best information and belief.
James BRISTOL, John WOOL, John FLANSBURGH, Assessors.
To Chas. MERRIAM, Collector of the Town of Harpersfield,
You are hereby required and directed to collect from the several persons named in this assessment roll the several sums mentioned in the first columns of every page except the non-residents which is left column thereof opposite their respective names. And you are hereby authorized in case any shall neglect or refuse to pay such sum or sums to levy the same by distress and sale of his or her goods and chattles together with the costs and charges of such distress and sale. And you are hereby directed to pay out of the moneys so collected to the Commissioners of Common Schools of said town, the sum of one hundred dollars and eighty-seven cents; to the Commissioners of Highways of said town the sum of eighteen dollars and fifty cents; to the Supervisor of said town the sum of ninety-five dollars and fifty-seven cents; and the residue being five hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventy-two cents, to the Treasurer of the County of Delaware on or before the first day of February next, retaining in your hands out of the same for your services five cents on every dollar you shall collect or levy. And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Give under our hands and seals this 21st day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
RECAPITULATION Darius MAPLES, Chairman
Schools 100.87 Stoddard STEVENS, John M. BETTS
Highways 18.50 Luther BUTTS, Charles KNAPP
Supervisor 95.57 Darius SMITH, Thomas I. HUBBELL
Treasurer 591.72 Daniel ROWLAND, John EDGERTON
806.66 William JACKSON, Geo. H. SANDS
Source: Stamford Mirror Newspaper, Vol. 46, No. 12 - Tuesday, July 7, 1896, and Stamford Mirror Newspaper, Vol. 46, No. 13 - Tuesday, July 14, 1896
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