Montgomery County Officials

1882

Montgomery County Officials

Source: Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York, For the Year 1882, by Stephen C. Hutchins, Weed Parsons and Company Publishers, Albany, 1883.

County Sheriffs:

Name, Appointed or Elected
Alexander White, Mar 16, 1772
John Frey, Sep 1775 (Elected by the people)
Anthony van Vaghten, May 8, 1777 (Appointed by the Provincial Convention)
Anthony van Vaghten, Feb 2, 1778 (Resigned March 20, 1781)
Abraham Van Horne, Mar 27, 1781
Samuel Clyde, Mar 28, 1785
John Winn, Feb 28, 1789
John Little, Feb 11, 1793
Josiah Crane, Feb 18, 1795
James Hildreth, Jan 25, 1798
Benjamin Van Vleck, Mar 9, 1799
James Hildreth, Aug 10, 1801
James McIntyre, Jan 29, 1806
Jacob Snell, Feb 9, 1810
John Eisenlord, Feb 9, 1811
Jacob Snell, Feb 23, 1813
John Eisenlord, Feb 16, 1815
John Holland, Aug 28, 1817
Seth Wetmore, Feb 12, 1821
Sesth Wetmore, Nov, 1822
Charles Easton, Nov 1825
John French, Nov 1828
Isaac Jackson, Nov 1831
Malachi Kettle, Nov 1834
William T. Sammons, Nov 1837
Thomas Burns, Nov 1840
Lynds Jones, Nov 1843
Edwin W. Erwin, Nov 1846
Barney Becker, Nov 1849
Livingston Spraker, Nov 1852
Abram Hoffman, Nov 1855
Lorenzo B. Clark, Nov 1858
Alexander Snell, Nov 1861
James W. Kline, Nov 1864
David B. Hegeman, Nov 1867
Alfred J. Wagner, Nov 1870
James W. Kline, Nov 1873
Stephen Fonda, Nov 1876
William J. Scharn, Nov 1879

County Judges

Guy Johnson, May 26, 1772
Jacob Klock, Feb 2, 1778
Jellis Fonda, Mar 22, 1784
Frederick Fisher, Mar 27, 1787
Abraham Arndt, Jan 24, 1801
Simon Veeder, Jan 28, 1802
John McCarthy, Mar 2, 1809
Alexander Sheldon, Mar 3, 1815
Aaron Haring, Feb 9, 1819
Abraham Morrill, Feb 28, 1833
Phinehas Randall, Jan 12, 1841
John Darrow, Feb 16, 1846
Samuel Belding, Jr., Jun 1847
Richard H. Cushney, Nov 1859
George Yost, Nov 1863
James H. Cook, Nov 1867
Solomon P. Heath, Nov 1871
Zerah H. Westbrook, Nov 1877

District Attorneys

Alfred Conkling, Jun 11, 1818
William J. Dodge, Feb 12, 1821
Charles McVean, ?1836
Garrit L. Root, 1841
Howland Fish, ?1843
Henry Adams, ?1846
John A. Mitchell, Jun 1847
Stephen Sammons, Nov 1850
Peter G. Webster, Nov 1853
Abraham hees, Nov 1856
James H. Cook, Nov 1859
Henry Sacia, Nov 1862
Daniel S. Morrell, Nov 1865
Hezekiah Baker, Nov 1868
John D. Wendell, Nov 1871
Harvey Dunkel, Nov 1874 (re-elected)
Robert B. Fish, Nov 1880

Surrogates

Christopher P. Yates, Mar 23, 1878
Isaac Paris, Mar 13, 1787
Josiah Crane, Apr 6, 1790
Charles Walton, Feb 18, 1800
James Lansing, Aug 13, 1801
Tobias A. Souteburgh, Feb 12, 1821
Richard H. Cushney, Jul 17, 1838
Giles F. Van Vechten, Apr 1, 1843
(County Judge since Jun 1847)

County Clerks

Christopher P. Yates, Sep 24, 1777
Daniel Paris Jan 26, 1800
Henry Frey Yates, Jan 6, 1802
John McCarthy, Mar 3, 1815
Peter H. Bostwick, Feb 1, 1821
Henry Frey Yates, Feb 2, 1822
Henry Frey Yates, Nov 1822
George D. Ferguson, Nov 1825
Alexander J. Comrie, Nov 1828
George D. Ferguson, Nov 1831
Alexander J. Comrie, Nov 1837
Henry Cook, Nov 1840
Chester S. Bromley, Nov 1843
John W. Van Derveer, Nov 1849
Darius V. Berry, Nov 1855
James L. Brookman, Nov 1864
Abner H. Burtch, Nov 1870
William N. Johnston, Nov 1876 (Re-elected)

County Treasurers

John M. Caldwell, Nov 1848
Daniel Coyne, Nov 1851
Douw A. Fonda, Nov 1857
Adam W. Kline, Nov 1860
John C. Smith, Nov 1863
James Frost, Nov 1869
Alonzo A. DeForest, Nov 1872
Norman S. Brumley, Nov 1875
James K. Edwards, Nov 1878

School Commissioners

Prior to 1857, School Commissioners were appointed by the Boards of Supervisros. Since that year they have been elected on a separate ballot. The first election under the act creating the office (chapter 179, Laws of 1856) was held in November 1859. Term, three years.
A. W. Cox
Walter Cross
John I. Brookman (commissioner of the 2nd District until its consolidation with the 1st District in 1807)
Morris Klock
Thomas S. Ireland
Abram B. Miller
Charles Buckingham
George F. Cox
Seeley Conover
Alonzo Geweye

County Superintendents of Common Schools

By an act passed April 17, 1843, the Boards of Supervisors of the several counties were directed to appoint County Superintendents of Common Schools. The office was abolished March 13, 1847.
Walter Hough
Freeman P. Moulton
Walter Cross

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