TAXPAYERS' PETITION
1867 - 1868
Town of Warren
HERKIMER COUNTY, N.Y.
Contributed by Barbara Allen Empey Elmore.
"Morgan Bryan was a banker in Richfield Springs, Otsego Co. NY. He was married with a child and 2 servants in
1870. He was approximately 27 yrs old at the time of this petition. I find nothing on H.N. Tunnicliff.
There was a young child at the time named Horatio N. Tunnicliff."
WE, the undersigned Tax Payers, assessed and appearing upon the Assessment roll for the year 1865, of the Town
of Warren, County of Herkimer hereby give our consent, and authorize the Commissioners appointed, or to be
appointed, to subscribe to the capital stock of the UTICA, AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, the sum of
One hundred thousand dollars and issue Bonds in the corporate name of said Town for the sum of One hundred
thousand dollars, in payment of the same, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled
"An Act to authorize certain Towns in the Counties of Oneida, Herkimer, Madison, Otsego and Chenango, to issue Bonds and take
stock in the Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railroad," passed April 4, 1866.
| MONTH DATE | NAME | WITNESS AMENDMENT OF 1866 |
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| Feb 26 | Albert Schooley | Morgan Bryan |
| Feb 27 | V. Terpenning | Morgan Bryan |
| March 5 | Lucy Hulbert | Morgan Bryan |
| March 7 | Homer Rose | Morgan Bryan |
| Nov 9 | Elizabeth Crouse | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Nov 25 | Isaac Moore/Morse(?) | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Nov 26 | Phena Pitt | H. W. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 5 | Morgan Bryan Guardian for Rebecca Marshall | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 5 | Morgan Bryan Guardian for ___ W. Marshall | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 9 | Joseph S. Whipple | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 19 | Dr. ___ ____ Greely(?) | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 19 | Samantha Brewster | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 24 | Joseph Ellis | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 24 | Aman S. Rowe | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 24 | Stephen ___ | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Dec 24 | Calvin Hulbert Guardian for Frank B. Acres | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| 1868 |
|---|
| Jan 2 | Jacob Walrath | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 2 | Abijah Hawley | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 2 | Daniel Springer/Staring(?) | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 4 | Charley Bates | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 6 | J.E. _____ | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 8 | Abram Eckler | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 13 | Elijah S. Peak | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 15 | ____ Bel____ [husband of woman below] | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 15 | Mrs. E. Belshaw | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 15 | Charles A. House | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 15 | J. L. Derthick | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 16 | A. Zoller ___ | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 16 | H. Monroe DeLong | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 18 | Alven Weatherbee | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 18 | Sylvester Skinner/Spinner(?) | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 18 | Allen ____nan | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 18 | John Moran | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 23 | Wm. ___ Orendorff | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 27 | Thomas Freiman(?) | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 27 | Gilbert Fre___ | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 27 | T. F. Lindsey | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 27 | Jaz. C. Armstrong | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 30 | ___ W. Fort(?) [illegible] | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 30 | Hermenia Peck | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Jan 30 | Seeley Blatchley | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Feb 4 | Benjamin Shoemaker | H. N. Tunnicliff |
| Feb 5 | Aney Briggs Executor of ___ ___ | H. N. Tunnicliff |
The Original Document, scanned into 3 files.
Barbara and Martha made independent
transcriptions and compared them to arrive at this transcript. As you can see from examining the scans,
some of the signatures were difficult
to interpret. Please contact us if you can identify or correct any of the
names. The original document was donated to the Town of Warren historian.
Scan 1
Scan 2
Scan 3
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