Aner Ives, Sr.(Joseph IVES father)

about 36

Dec. 27, 1779 Tax List for King's District Albany Co., New York (columbia County)

Samuel Northrop 25.0.0 --- 25.0.0 5.0.0 not a particularly well-to-do man. Of note is the 20% tax rate they were paying.

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Balding, Henry 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Northrop, Stephen K. 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

Northrop, Samuel Jr. 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 ?
Northrop, Daniel 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 ?
Alexander, Andrew 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ?
Platt, James 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 ?
Northrop, Benjamin 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 (1)
Northrop, Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 (1)
Covill, Joseph 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 ?
# Northrup, John S. 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 ?
Gray, Allen 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 ?
Northrup, Nathan 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 (1)

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Job Northrop(1) was born WFT Est. 1700-1732. He died WFT Est. 1789-1821.
He was married to Mabel Northrup??? WFT Est. 1726-1773. Children were: Arminal Northrop, Isaiah Northrop, Sarah Northrop, Ann Northrop, Mary Northrop, Hannah Northrop, Naomi Northrop, Daniel C. Northrop, Hannah Northrop, Ruth Northrop, Joseph Northrop, Nathaniel Northrop.

Abiah Northrup(1) was born on 16 Apr 1770 in FAIRFIELD CO., Connecticut. She died WFT Est. 1798-1864. Parents: Isaiah Northrop and Mary Hubbell.
She was married to Samuel Waldo about 1792 in Chatham, Columbia, NEW YORK--+ OR -.

http://www.familyorigins.com/users/b/r/o/Christine-E-Brodnax-1/FAMO1-0001/d1204.htm#P71132

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Abiah Northrup(1) was born in 1772 in FAIRFIELD CO., Connecticut. She died on 14 Jul 1865 in Chatham, Columbia Co, New York. Parents: Isaiah Northrop and Mary Hubbell.
She was married to Samuel Waldo about 1792 in Chatham, Columbia, NEW YORK--+ OR -. Children were: Fanny Waldo, Hannah Waldo, Sarah Waldo, Achsah E. Waldo.

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Anson Northrup(1) was born on 17 Jul 1790 in FAIRFIELD CO., Connecticut. He died WFT Est. 1791-1880. Parents: Isaiah Northrop and Mary Hubbell.

Of course in the beginning we were part of Kinderhook in the county of Albany and are entitled to our share of their history until 1786 when Columbia County was taken from Albany and to 1795 when the town of Chatham was taken from Kinderhook

In 1814 the Town Clerk for Chatham was Job Northup

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1878

The Methodists held meetings in the town soon after 1800. It is related that the first services were held in barns, and that Mrs. James Van Valkenburgh, Cynthia Lester, and a third sister composed the first class. A few years later Fathers Chadwick, Jewett, Nathaniel Brockway, Philip Frisbie, Lawrence Van Valkenburgh, and Mrs. Samuel Wilbor were among the active members; and still later Philip Hulburt, H. N. Wheeler, Horace Root, Loren M. Davis, Jedediah Brockway, Wm. Mickle, and Mrs. Hosea Hudson were added to the number.

1878

The western part of the town was covered by the great Kinderhook and other patents of that town, and was the first settled portion. Eastward were the domains of Patroon Van Rensselaer, but no special efforts were made to define his claims to the soil until many had possessed it by virtue of sovereign or "squatter" rights. A controversy in regard to the titles ensued without reaching any satisfactory results. His Majesty King George III was finally petitioned to recognize the claims of the settlers who had peacefully and unhindered settled upon these lands. The memorial was dated May 15, 1774, and prayed for the appointment of Elijah Hudson, Joseph Wood, Samuel Wheeler, Barnet Dwyer, and Isaac Mills as attorneys to treat with the royal commissioners to secure to the settlers titles for their homes. Among the signers appear the names of Joseph Hall, Sylvanus Hudson, Jacob Brockway, Stephen Finch, Benjamin North, John Roberts, Peter Goose, David Reynolds, Richard Hudson, Solomon Finch, Philip Philips, Seth Tubbs, Nathan Huntley, Joseph Pitts, Gilcox Sharp, V. V. Van Valkenburgh, David Pingley, Daniel Webster, David Root, Lawrence Van Valkenburgh, Jacobie Van Valkenburgh, Caleb Knight, Christopher Peak, Jesse Gould, Joseph English, Jabez Henry, Asahel Salmon, Reuben Burlingame, Joseph Howard, Joel Reynolds, Thomas Brown, Obdiah Wilbor, Abram Van Alstyne, Peter J. Vosburgh, David Reynolds, James Brockway, Ezekiel Thomas, John Graves, Martin Smith, and Joseph Knapp. These were also among the early settlers, and many of their descendants yet remain in town. It is probable that James Savage was selected to bear this petition to the court of St. James; but the events of the Revolution, which so quickly followed, prevented attention to the matter, and relief was not afforded until many years after, when the Legislature of the State passed what is generally called the "Canaan Act," under which many titles were secured.

As already stated, the first settlers were Hollanders who had first taken up their abode in Kinderhook, and from there came to points farther up the creek, passing through that town soon after 1700. The rich alluvial lands and Indian fields along the water courses of Chatham offered them inviting homes, and many of the younger members of the old Kinderhook families came eagerly hither. Among others were the Van Alens, Van Hoesens, Van Burens, Sons, Van Ness, Van Alstynes, Mesicks, Vosburghs, and Van Valkenburghs. Of the latter family there were four brothers,--James, Bartholomew, Lawrence and Solomon. One of the sons of James, John J., yet resides at Chatham Centre, aged ninety-six years. He lives near the spot where he was born, and is said to be the oldest living ex-assemblyman in the State. A brother resides at Plymouth, Indiana, who is more than one hundred years old. During the Revolution the settlers along Kinderhook creek were much distressed by the incursions of roving bands of Tories and their Indian allies. On one such occasion Abraham Van Ness was brutally murdered at his father's door.

At a later period than the settlements in the western part were those in the south and the east of the town, made by immigrants from Dutchess county and the New England States. Many of those in the latter section were members of the Society of Friends, whose relations with the natives here, as elsewhere, were of the most amicable nature. It is related of one of them named Wilbor that he exercised great influence over the natives, and was frequently consulted by them. His services were especially sought after to divide the presents and whisky which the Indians received from the fur-traders, and his decisions were always deemed satisfactory.

After 1750 the settlement of the town was very rapid, and embraced hundreds whose names appear in the sketches of the villages in the civil list. In 1875 the population was four thousand four hundred and ninety.

1878

The original town of Chatham was erected in pursuance of an act passed March 17, 1795, which provided that from and after the first Monday of April, certain parts of the towns of Canaan and Kinderhook should constitute a new town, "whose first meeting shall be held at the house of Ebenezer Crocker." The officers elected were: Supervisor, James Savage; Town Clerk, James Palmer; Assessors, Peter Van Alstyne, Martin Krum, William Gardner, Hosea Bebee; Collectors, Ichabod Lester, David Bebee; Constables, Noah Westover, James Lockwood; Poormaster, Abraham Hogeboom; Fence-viewers, William Chamberlain, Seth Rowland, Rowland Gifford, Alexander Webster, Robert Gardner, William Davenport; Commissioners of Highways, Jason Lester, Daniel Smith, Jared Pratt; Census Takers, Peter Van Alstyne, William Gardner.

These reported, Oct. 12, 1795, that there were two hundred and ninety-nine electors in town of the value of one hundred pounds; nineteen of the value of twenty pounds; and sixty-two of the value of forty shillings; three hundred and eighty voters in all.

The second annual meeting was held at Ebenezer Crocker's house, April 5, 1796, in the presence of Esquire Adam Van Ness, Hosea Bebee, Samuel Wilbor, Jr., and Stephen Minton.

The eastern part of Chatham seems to have been called New Britain as a deed of 1784 gives as a boundry line" the road running easterly to New Britain". This probably included the hamlet we know as Old Chatham, once called "The Corners" and during the war of 1812, "Federal Stores".

In 1790 Adam deeded his land to his son Geisbert or Gilbert. The description now included an orchard and grist mill also the right to graze on the common. Geisbert rebuilt the log house making a new one of stone. There were now neighbors and the block house, made to protect the first settlers from the Indians, was converted into a dwelling. Colonel Van Alstyne had built his house( our brick house) of brick from Holland, on the west side of the creek and the mill stood opposite on the east side. Early in 1800 a post road had been made from Albany east. After crossing the creek, it divided, one part south through Spencertown to Hartford, the other branch climbed the hills into Massachusetts.

That part of Chatham has been settled principally by English people, coming usually from Connecticut. The Sutherland family was nearby and beyond them the Giffords and Wilbors, and there was a colony of Friends including the Riders, the Powels and the Roys. Naturally the people followed the Post Road and there was soon a general store kept by Timothe Oakley, who lived in the brick house now occupied by John Spath. His store was well patronized and he had several sons who went out into the world and prospered greatly. He also had two beautiful daughters. One Polly, married Reuben, the son of Gilbert Van Alen. The other Sally, married Dr. John Vanderpoel and became the mother of noted men, Judge Aaron Van Der Poel and Dr John Van Der Poel.

Mr Oakley sold his property to Dr. Dorr, whose brave widow brought up a family of many children in a manner that commands our utmost respect and admiration. Among the was the Hon. Seneca Dorr, whose wife was Julia Ripley Dorr, a gifted author and poet, Joseph Dorr, who settled Hillsdale and another was Miss Bessie Peck of North Chatham is grand daughter of this courageous and capable woman. My own dear little grandmother had to climb all those long hills with her dinner pail and her primer to go to school, for the nearest schoolhouse was near Sutherland's pond, now called Staat's Pond.

About 1830, there were enough people here to warrant the building of a church. Colonel Van Alstyne donated a suitable piece of land to be used both as church and for school purposes. All denominations were to have the right to use the pulpit. This church stood where the house of Mrs. McNamara is now and it served its purpose well for many years. After the new church was built, it continued to be used for the public school until the present school building was completed.

A Mr. Brinner, Or Brimmer, with his wife lived first in the house between the brooks. Mrs. Brimmer was the daughter of Judge Van Ness. This house was afterward occupied by Dr. John Sutherland. After his death, his son Samuel, sold to Milton Sutherland and went west. We know it best as the Burne Hicks House, The large place on the Hartford Branch of the turnpike, now owned by Frank Curtis, was once a roadhouse kept by one of the Sutherlands. The Beckwith house, was also an inn, known as Tobias' Inn, where the horses were changed and the horns blown, as the stage rolled gaily on its way.

John Jay Van Valkenburgh had married Katy Van Alen and bought her brothers interest in the new store on the village green. He purchased a piece of land from Colonel Van Alstyne in 1814 and built the house which is called the John Wilbor House, it was built by the Ray Brothers of Old Chatham and modeled after the Pratt House in New Concord. He also had the well dug, which for more than a hundred years had supplied the whole village with pure cold water in spite of draughts and state road engineers. That well is John Van Valkenburghs most fitting monument.

Then came the railroad. The engineer in charge of this section was a Mr Inches of Boston. He is described as a most capable and charming man. His work still remains and Chatham Center became modern.

The Friends' Meeting of Rayville was established about 1777, and was composed of members from the Finch, Reynolds, Wilbor, Mosher, Coffin, Swain, and Barnard families. Later the Ray, Gardner, Smith and Cornell families were added to the meeting. A house of worship was built about 1800, by Palmer Homes, in which semi-weekly meetings have since been held, generally with silent worship. The meeting at present numbers about forty members.

An North Chatham was formerly a flourishing Baptist society, which erected a meeting-house in the village; but the society became so feeble years ago that the services were discontinued, and occasional meetings only held. The house has lately been used for the services of the Congregational and other churches, but no regular organization has been effected

1878

New Concord is a very pleasant hamlet, in the southeastern part of the town, near the Canaan line. It is about five miles northeast from Chatham village, and a mile south form East Chatham, on the railroad, to which place the business of New Concord has been diverted. There are about thirty houses, mostly the homes of retired families. the early settlers in this locality were the Palmers, Bebees, Eastons, Pratts, Savages, Lovejoys, Dotys, and Cadys.

1878

North of New Concord, on Steeny creek, is East Chatham. It is an important station on the Boston and Albany railroad, and has an active business, which has been created principally by the railway. There are several good business blocks, and about four hundred inhabitants. The early settlers in this locality were Garrett M. Rowe, Obadiah Preston, Joshua Gifford, Noadiah Gillett, and M. Vanderpoel.

1878

Three miles northwest from Rayville, near the northern line of the county, on Kinderhook creek, is the Rider's Mills Settlement. It was known, about 1800, as Mosher's Mills, and is spoken of by Spafford, in 1813, as a very busy place. Subsequently Jonathan Rider became the mill owner, and until ten years ago the place had some importance. With the destruction of he mills other interest passed away, and now but very little remains to indicate its former prosperity. There are a small store, a post-office, and a few mechanic shops.

1878

A mile and a half down the creek from Rider's Mills is the hamlet of Malden Bridge. Here are the extensive Peaslee paper-mills and other manufacturing enterprises. The place is pleasantly located on both sides of the stream, and contains a few hundred inhabitants. Among other early settlers were James Van Valkenburgh, Josephus Johnson, Jeremiah Van Hoesen, Daniel Haywood, Isaac Van Ness, Amos Irish, John W. and Levi Pitts, Ransom Page, Samuel Crandell, Jason Lister, and J. Pratt.

On the Waterman Lippitt place, Roswell Holdridge had a tavern, in which was opened the first post-office in town, about 1810. This was removed to Chatham. Afterwards a new office was established at Malden Bridge, which has been kept by Loren Van Valkenburgh and others, and is at present in charge of Nicholas Vedder.

Leniah Walker opened a pioneer tavern in the building at present occupied for this purpose. The early stores were kept by George Cornell, L. Van Valkenburgh, and others, and the trade is now carried on by Smith & Vedder.

There have lived in the place, as physicians, Doctors Lester, Herrick, Vosburg, Browning, and Haines.

1878

Nearly due west from Malden Bridge, and about four miles north from Chatham Centre, is the village of North Chatham.

The place is prettily located, in a rich section, on one of the principal highways to Albany. There are about three hundred and fifty inhabitants, most of them occupying comfortable homes. The place contains two churches and a good school-house. The early settlers were Andrew Wiederwax, Richard S. Peck, and later the Nichols and Hill families.

In the lower part of the village Andrew Wiederwax opened the first tavern, which he kept until 1825. Other keepers followed in the same house. Caleb Hill opened another public-house near the centre of the village. The place is now without an inn.

The first store was kept by Jacob A. Ten Eyck, as early as 1800, on the spot now occupied by H. Wiederwax & Son. The Widerwaxes have been in trade thirty-five years, and Aaron Traver for the past eighteen years. Other merchants were Caleb Hill, Jacob Wilson, Pardee Carshore.

The post-office was first kept in Hill's tavern. Subsequently John Schermerhorn, Aaron Traver, and Lyman Becker were the postmasters.

Dr. Richard S. Peck practiced medicine until 1827, and was followed by Drs. Joseph Chadwick, O. J. Peck, F. B. Sutliff, and John H. Hoysradt; several of the latter being now in practice.

1878

Chatham Centre is a little west of the centre of the town, on both banks of Kinderhook creek. The location for trade is favorable, and it was in early days an important point. Being a station on the Boston and Albany railroad, there is yet considerable traffic. The village has a neat appearance and very attractive surroundings. It contains a few hundred inhabitants. The principal early settlers in this locality were Peter Van Alstyne, John Van Slyck, Derrick Sluyter, Gershom Reed, Gaylord Hawkins, Rowland Gifford, Robt. Van Alen, Amos Sutherland, Israel Phelps, James Brebner, Peter Pulver, James Van Valkenburgh, Isaac Mills, and Seth Rose.

Colonel Peter Van Alstyne had the first store in the place, near where the Van Alstyne mansion now stands. It is said that Martin Van Buren frequently made pleas in the old store-room. On the opposite side of the stream James Brebner had a rival store, and, as both men were also mill owners, the competition was often very exciting. Timothy Oakley and J. J. Van Valkenburgh were other early merchants. In 1816 the latter erected the store building now in use, and which was occupied by Van Valkenburgh until1835. The place has several stores at present.

Gaylord Hawkins had the first tavern in a building opposite James Brebner's store. Many other innkeepers followed.

The post-office was established about 1830, with John Rogers postmaster. James Sutherland, R. Sleigh, W. L. Van Alstyne, R. H. Vedder, Jacob V. Schermerhorn, Abram Wiederwax, and Andrew Van Alstyne have been the subsequent postmasters.

Dr. Russell Dorr was the first physician in the place. Dr. John Sutherland remained until his death. Dr. R. H. Vedder is the present physician. Others in practice were Drs. Miller, Phillips, Cook, and John Newman.

The Methodist have a neat church, whose history is elsewhere given. The usual mechanic shops are carried on but no other manufactories are at present in the village.

1878

This is one of the oldest villages in the town, and was for many years the most important. It is north and east from the centre of the town, pleasantly located on a brook which here affords limited water-power. The place is neatly kept and presents and attractive appearance. It is a station on the Harlem Extension railroad, and has in consequence as active trade. The population is about five hundred. Samuel Wilbor was one of the first prominent settlers, and he and others of that family were the most active in promoting the early prosperity of the place. Descendants of this family yet live in Chatham, and have always been among its leading citizens. The other early settlers were Harry Van Valkenburgh, Almon Russell, Rhoderick Bebee, Thomas Hoag, Allen Davis, Volney Burgess, Rensselaer Hoag, Simeon S. Mickle, John S. Lay, Benjamin Beckwith, Hosea Hudson, Pliny Hudson, Levi M. Butts, Wigton Lester, and R. Tabor.

One of the first stores in the place was opened in 1787, by a number of persons, on the co-operative principle. From this fact it was called the "federal store," a term which is sometimes incorrectly used as the name of the village. From an account book kept by Elijah Hudson we learn that it did an extensive business. Stephen Wilbor had also a store on the corner, which has always belonged to the Wilbor family. After 1810 Thomas Hoag had a store in the house occupied in part by him as a tavern. Other merchants were A. Campbell, David Carshore, Harvey Brown, Benjamin Rider, and Seth Daly. For the past twenty years C. B. Hudson has been in trade as a general merchant, and Wait Brothers have conducted the hardware trade for a like period of time.

The post-office was removed to this place from Malden Bridge, and has been kept by Campbell, Daly, R. and T. Hoag, and at present by C. B. Hudson.

A tavern was kept at an early day on the site of the present "Locust Tree House," by Thomas Hoag, which, on account of its favorable location on the turnpike, was largely patronized. The village has at present several public-houses.

Dr. Horace Root was one of the first settled practicing physicians. He died in Chatham in 1865. Dr. N. M. Ransom and Dr. Robert H. Morey have also been located in the place.

The is a neat school-house in the village, and the Methodists have a fine church, whose history is elsewhere given.

1878

This flourishing incorporated village is situated on the south bank of the Steeny creek, a little west of the centre of the southern line, and partly in the town of Ghent. It is distant from Hudson sixteen miles, and twenty-seven miles from Albany. The location is very fine, being on dry, elevated ground, securing good natural drainage and the healthfulness of the place to a remarkable degree. The site of the principal part of the village was originally owned by William Thomas, who inaugurated the first business enterprise about1812. Shortly after, Captain Peter Groat settled in the place, which was long known as "Groat's Corners," then as "Chatham Four Corners," and since 1869 by the present name. Besides the Groat and Thomas families, the early settlers of the place were John L. Sharp, a cabinet-maker; Hezekiah Hulburt, wagoner; Joseph R. Coleman, miller; and Jethro Bunker, James Bullis, Edward Hunter, James Tobias, and Samuel Van Alstyne, farmers. Edward Dorr was the physician, and Simeon Van Deusen the lawyer.

The growth of the place was slow and unimportant until it became a railroad centre, since which it has assumed a substantial and village-like aspect. A destructive fire in 1869 swept away a long block of frame buildings, which have been rebuilt with fine and substantial business blocks of brick. The railroads give the village a busy appearance. It is an important station on the Boston and Albany line, the northern terminus of the New York and Harlem, and the Hudson and Boston railroads, and the southern terminus of the Harlem Extension railroad. All have stations in the village, and more than a hundred trains arrive and depart daily. The population is estimated at two thousand.

The fist tavern in the place was opened by William Thomas, Jan. 1, 1812, in the present "Stanwix Hall," which was built in the previous year by Thomas. In a few years he was succeeded by George Bain, and he, before 1816, by Peter Groat, who also owned a stage-line and kept the post-office in his house. This place has been in continuous use for tavern purposes, and is now kept by M. S. Beach.

In 1815, William Thomas erected the Park House, in which Ebenezer Crocker and others kept pioneer taverns; and in 1840 a third house was opened for the accommodation of travelers by William Raymond, on the site now occupied by Hoes' Hotel. The "Francisco House" was opened at a later day.

The first store in the village was opened in the Park House, about 1815, by William Thomas. He was succeeded by Ebenezer Crocker, who sold out the goods and opened a tavern. Joseph R. Coleman and Israel McCord had the second store, in a small house farther up the turnpike. Solomon Crandell came to the place in 1829 to engage in trade, and two years later moved his store into the Yellow house, at the point formed by the meeting of the two turnpikes. This place he occupied until l855, and since that period has continued in business farther up the street. John H. Mesick opened a store about 1840, and William Tator, William I. Peak, Jared Best, George L. Morris, Homer Crandell, and others have been active merchants for many years. Since 1869, S. & J. W. Boright have been the leading dealers in lumber and building materials, and now transact a heavy business in their line. The various branches of trade are represented by more than a hundred firms.

The manufacture of gloves was formerly carried on very extensively by H. D. Simpson, but has been suspended for the present. The other manufacturing interest are elsewhere noted.

The post-office was established at "Chatham Four Corners" prior to 1818, and Ebenezer Crocker appointed postmaster. In 1820 the position was filled by Peter Groat, and subsequently for twelve years by Solomon Crandell, John Cadman, and others. The office is at present administered by W. H. Barnes. There are nine mails in, and an equal number out, daily, and the volume of matter received and sent is very large.

The banking interests of the place were first represented in 1859, by the "Columbia Bank," organized under the general banking laws of the State, as a bank of issue and deposit with a capital of $100,000. William A. Woodbridge was president, and S. M. Jewell cashier. In June, 1867, it closed its business as a State bank, and became a private banking institution, conducted by William A. Trowbridge & Co. It failed in June,1873.

On the 1st of March, 1875, the present State Bank of Chatham village was established as a bank of deposit and discount, with a cash capital of $50,000, and the following directors: C. M. Tracy, Daniel Clark, Joseph C. Ford, T. R. Burrows, W. H. Parson, Isaac Son, George A. Birch, Edmund L. Judson, George L. Morris, John D. Shufelt, A. H. Stark, John M. Bailey, Walter F. Hurcomb, Charles R. Knowles, and Samuel Moffat, President, George L. Morris; Vice-President, Talcott R. Burrows; Cashier, Samuel Moffatt. A neat building on Kinderhook street is occupied by the bank.

The learned professions have from the first been ably represented in Chatham village. As a physician, Edward Dorr came to the place among the first-settlers, continuing in practice many years. Doctors Lofus, Hyatt, and Green came about 1835, and Doctors Bourn and Foster followed soon after. Dr. James T. Shufelt has been in the place in practice since 1830, and has a contemporary in Dr. William C. Bailey. Other resident physicians are Doctors W. H. Barnes, Frank Maxon, and John T. Wheeler.

One of the early lawyers was Martin Van Deusen, who had an office on the site now occupied by Judge Cadman's. P. W. Bishop, now of Troy, and Elijah Payn, of Hudson, practiced law next in the order of time. Hugh W. McClellan has been here more than twenty-five years. He has served as surrogate, and is at present county judge. John Cadman has been in practice since 1853, excepting his service as county judge in 1871. Alvah D. Roe, Horatio H. Wright, and Charles Baurhyte have been in practice; and W. C. Daley, since 1865; Nathan Post, since 1867; Lewis J. Brown since 1869; and George K. Daley, are now practicing attorneys.

The press of Chatham will be found mentioned in the chapter devoted to that subject in the general history of the county