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Note from Terri Cox: 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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