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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
AUSTERLITZ, COLUMBIA COUNTY,
NEW YORK
By Capt.
Franklin Ellis95
1878
The following persons were appointed justices of the peace for the town of
Austerlitz from the organization of the town till the act to provide for their
election by the people went into effect in 1827. The years mentioned are
the first and last appointments of their terms of continuous service:
James Platt, 1818; Timothy Reed, 1818-21; David Leonard, 1818-20; Jesse Ford,
1818; Jonathan C. Olmstead, 1818; Erastus Pratt, 1818-24; Charles Bull, 1820;
George Lawrence, 1818; Thomas Osborn, 1821; Alanson Ford, 1821-24; Jakah
Lawrence, 1823-26; Levi Whitman, 1823; Ebenezer Reed, 1826.
The justices
of the peace elected by the people are as follows, viz.:
| YEAR |
NAME |
YEAR |
NAME |
| 1827 |
Isaac Ford |
1853 |
Aaron Bell |
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Darius Cole |
1854 |
Nelson Martin |
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Banford Gilbert |
1855 |
Egbert S. Barrett |
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Uel Lawrence |
1856 |
Jacob S. Bump |
| 1828 |
Uel Lawrence |
1857 |
Edwin J. Ford |
| 1829 |
David Osborn |
1858 |
Isaac Mead |
| 1830 |
Darius Cole |
1859 |
William Sweet |
| 1831 |
Anson Brown |
1860 |
Nelson Martin |
| 1832 |
William Niles |
1861 |
Moses M. Bice |
| 1833 |
Stephen H. Ambler |
1862 |
John Akin |
| 1834 |
Nelson Martin |
1863 |
William Sweet |
| 1835 |
Major M. Tyler |
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Sylvanus Hand |
| 1836 |
Erastus Pratt |
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David L. Westover |
| 1837 |
Anson Brown |
1864 |
Nelson Martin |
| 1838 |
Darius Cole |
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David L. Westover |
| 1839 |
William Calkins |
1865 |
ditto |
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William Niles |
1866 |
William W. Ostrander |
| 1840 |
Uel Lawrence |
1867 |
Lysander P. Pelton |
| 1841 |
Jesse Bristol |
1868 |
James C. Ferguson |
| 1842 |
William Dickerman |
1869 |
David L. Westover |
| 1843 |
David Osborn |
1870 |
Charles S. Davenport |
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William Dickerman |
1871 |
Lysander P. Pelton |
| 1844 |
Jacob S. Bump |
1872 |
James C. Ferguson |
| 1845 |
Lorenzo Kellogg |
1873 |
David L. Westover |
| 1846 |
Nelson Martin |
1874 |
Michael D. Higgins |
| 1847 |
Charles Kinne |
1875 |
Marshall L. Holmes |
| 1848 |
Theodore S. Nash |
1876 |
William Dickerman |
| 1849 |
Lorenzo Kellog |
1877 |
David L. Westover |
| 1850 |
Nelson Martin |
1878 |
Michael D. Higgins |
| 1851 |
Charles Kinne |
1878 |
Albert Vincent |
| 1852 |
Isaac Mead |
1878 |
Frank B. Almstead |
| 1852 |
Stephen E. Calkins |
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| 1852 |
William Dickerman |
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