The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 95

The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 95
CAYUGA COUNTY CIVIL LIST.

Moses De Witt, appointed March 14, 1794, and Thomas Mumford, October 1, 1797, were the Onondaga County Surrogates.

CAYUGA SURROGATES.

Glen Cuyler, March 14, 1799; Eleazer Burnham, February 5, 1811 ; Glen Cuyler, February 26, 1813 ; Eleazer Burnham, February 28, 1815; Seneca Wood, June 7, 1820; Benjamin L. Cuyler, February 14, 1821 ; John Porter, March 12, 1828; Thomas Y. How, Jr., March 18, 1836; George H. Wood, April 14, 1840 ; Charles B. Perry, February 15, 1844 ; Jacob R. How, June, 1847: William B. Woodin, November, 1859; John T. M. Davie, November, 1871.

SPECIAL SURROGATES.

The office of Special Surrogate, like that of Special judge, is authorized by the State Constitution, and was created at the same time, in the same manner and for a like period as the latter. It also is elective and has been held by the following named persons, who were elected in November, as follows: Solomon Giles, 1852 ; Campbell W. Haynes, 1855 ; John T. M. Davie, 1861; Gardiner C. Gifford, 1867 ; John T. M. Davie, 1870 ; Richard C. Steel, 1871 ; James A. Wright, 1877.

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.

These officers are now elected by the people for three years, one in each county. Previous to 1818 the district in charge of a single attorney was large, including several counties. The following have been the attorneys for Cayuga County at the specified dates

William Stuart, appointed March 2, 1802; Daniel W. Lewis, March 9, 1810 ; William Stuart, February 12, 1811 ; Vincent Matthews, March 12, 1813 ; Daniel Conger, April 17, 1815 ; Joseph L. Richardson, January 11, 1818 ; John Porter, February 14, 1821 ; Theodore Spencer, 1828 ; Richard L. Smith, January 2 1, 1832 ; Michael S. Myers, January 25, 1838; Dennison Robinson, January 27, 1841 ; Luman Sherwood, June 3, 1844; Ebenezer W. Arms, January 1847 ; Theodore M. Pomeroy, November, 1850 ; Solomon Giles, November,' 1856 ; George I. Post, November, 1859; Richard C. Steel, November, 1862 ; Charles C. Dwight, (appointed) March 27, 1866; Wm. B. Mills, November, 1866; Sereno E. Payne, November, 1872.

SHERIFFS.

While Cayuga formed a part of Onondaga, previous to March 8, 1799, the following were the sheriffs: John Harris, appointed March 14, 1794; Abiather Hull, February 9, 1796; Comfort Tyler, February 27, 1798

CAYUGA COUNTY.?Joseph Annin appointed March 14, 1799 ; Peter Hughes, August 10, 1801 ; Solomon Buell, January 13, 1804 ; John S. C. Dewitt, March 13, 1806; Jonathan Richmond, February 24, 1808 ; Zenas Goodrich, February 11, 18 12 ; Charles E. Morrell, March 3, 1813 ; Nathaniel Garrow, February 28, 1815; Archibald Green, February 13, 1819 ; Nathaniel Garrow, February 12, 1821. At the latter date the office was made elective, and the term three years, the incumbent being ineligible to the office for the next succeeding term.

Nathaniel Garrow, elected November, 1822; Archibald Green, November, 1825 ; Peleg Gallup, November, 1828 ; Peter Yawger, November, 1831 ; Warren Parsons, November, 1834; George H. Carr, March 30, 1838, to fill vacancy; Augustus Pettibone, November, 1844 ; Joseph P. Swift, November, 1847 ; Stephen Fancher, November, 1850; John T. Knapp, December, 1852, to fill vacancy ; John T. Knapp, November, 1853 ; Edwin P. Hoskins, November, 1856 ; Daniel D. Buck, November, 1859 ; James Mead, November, 1862 ; Sidney Mead, November, 1865 ; John E. Savery, November, 1868 ; John G. Hosmer, November, 1871 ; Andrew J. Sanders, November, 1874 ; Thomas Reed, 1877.

CLERKS OF CAYUGA COUNTY.

County Clerks are now elected for three years and their seals are declared to be those of the Supreme Court in their respective counties.

ONONDAGA County. - Benjamin Ledyard, appointed March 14, 1794.

CAYUGA COUNTY.- Benjamin Ledyard, appointed March 14, 1799 ; Peter Hughes, January 13, 1804 ; Enos T. Throop, February 5, 1811 ; Elijah Miller, February 26, 1813; Enos T. Throop, February 13, 1815 ; James Glover, March 2, 1819; George B. Throop, February 14, 1821 ; George B. Throop, November, 1822 ;

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