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Photo: Officers Elected in the Canajoharie District of Tryon County, 1773.
Document Listing Officers Elected in the Canajoharie District of Tryon County, 1773; the first election after the formation of the county in 1772. From the collection of Mr. S. Ludlow Frey, Palatine Bridge.
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A Return of the public Officers, Elected at an annual Meeting, held at the House of Peter Gerlach on the second Tuesday in May 1773
Present
- Frederic Young — Justice of the Peace
- Henrich Frey Esqr — Supervisor
- Frederic Young Esqr — Assessor
- Robert Wells — Assessor
- Henric J. Fahling — Collector
- Gottlieb Snyder — Constable
- Niclaus van Aalstyn — Constable
- John Mac Killek (?) — Constable
- Christoph Röllig (?) — Constable
- John Wells Esqr — Overseers of the Poor
- John Diehl — Overseers of the Poor
- Conrad Mathews — Fence Viewer (?)
- James Willson — Fence Viewer (?)
- Gosen van Aalstyn — Bound Masters
- James Richy — Bound Masters
- Nicolaus Fehling — Appraiser of Damages by Cattle & Swine
- Samuel Ferguson — Appraiser of Damages by Cattle & Swine
To John Blagge Esqr Clerk of the Peace for the County of Tryon, who is devised to enter the above Proceedings on the County Records
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Tryon Conajohary District the second Tuesday in May 1773