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The Town of Delhi was erected by Act of the State Legislature, passed March 23, 1798, from part of the Towns of Walton, Kortright, and Middletown. At this time, it included part of what later became the Towns of Meredith, Bovina, Andes, & Hampton (later renamed Hamden).

FIRST ASSESSMENT ROLL - OF THE TOWN OF DELHI - 1798

A List of the Ratable property Real and Personal - taken by us, the subscribing Assessors
in the Town of Delhi, in the county of Delaware, in May, 1798.*

                                          
                       rl   per
       Name           est   est  sh    $    cts
                       £     £
Francis Yeoman         11   32    5   108   12
Daniel Mabe            21   30   15   129   37
Jeremiah Oddell         5   20         62   50
Jacob Boomhaver        22   22   10   111   25
Benjamin Smith              17         42   50
Elias Griswold          5   19         60   00
Adam Hall               5   18   15    59   37
William Denio           4   46        150   00
Palmer Wardwell         1   15   15    41   87
Alexander Maxwell       6   15   15    54   37
Ebenezer Foote               9         22   50
George Mason            9   19   10    71   50
James Mason            11   24    5    88   12
Gideon Frisbie         30   66   10   226   25
Samuell Frisbie         5   22    5    68   12
Oliver Peak             1   13         35   00
Roswell Peak            5    3         20   00
Samuell Robinson       15   26   10   103   75
George Wisemor          5   17         55   00
Bartholomew Yantis     10   24   10    86   25
Jacob Platner          20   21        102   50
Alexander Leal         17   51    5   170   62
Joseph Denio            9   21         75   00
George Fisher          15   31    5   115   62
Putnam Farrington       6   16    5    55   62
Simion Sloat                 6         15   00
Philip Frisbie         18   40   10   146   25
John Mabe              25   29        135   00
John Kiddar            25   51    5   190   62
Chancey Kiddar          1    3         10   00
William Denio           8              20   00
Stephen Kiddar          8   14         55   00
Francis Robinson        3   20   15    59   37
William Bill                 3          7   50
Daniel Beardsley        5   21   10    66   25
Jonathan Bill          17              42   50
Abel Beardsley          3               7   50
Elijah Beardsley        5   17   15    55   00
Benajah Bill            6   19   15    64   37
Abijah Gregory         17   50   15   159   37
Jacob Wright            2    8         25   00
Jonah Soper                 11   15    29   37
Daniel Smith            5              12   50
     
                                      $7853 19
       ALEXANDER LEAL
       GIDEON FRISBIE 
       WILLIAM CORNELLl                      Assessors.
       ELIJAH BEARDSLEY



* The above Roll is taken from The Delaware Gazette of Delhi, N.Y. having been brought in by a grandson of Ebenezer Foote, the first County Clerk of Delaware County. It was published April 4, 1888.

Note: Since putting this online, I received the following note:
"I have a copy of the 1888 Delaware Gazette article, which I assume you used to create this page. Although I have had my copy for a few years, I just noticed something peculiar about the assessment roll: it is not nearly complete. The subtle clues in the article are these: (1) the intro says there were 125 names on the roll, yet there are fewer than 50 listed; and (2) the sum of the numbers in the dollar-and-cents column does not come close to the total at the bottom ($7853.19)." --Jeffrey Golden February 5, 1999
Copy provided by the Delaware County Clerk's Office, Delhi, NY - Electronic Text prepared by Joyce Riedinger, December 2, 1997




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