At the annual meeting held in Goffes Town on monday the third Day of march 1783 Voted that the Town allow Each Constable Ten Dollars for their Services this year Exclusive of their perquesets A true Coppey of Record attest Alexdr Walker Town Clerk At a meeting held in Goffes Town on monday the thirteenth Day of october 1783 Voted that there be two Hundred and ten pounds Raised to Discharge the Towns Debts A true Coppey of Record attest Alexdr Walker Town Clark [4-136] [Petition to have the Line between Goffstown and New Boston established, 1787.] State of Newhampshire To the honble the Senate & house of Representatives for Sa State Humbly Sheweth That the Line between Newboston & Goffstown has not been run or perambulated for many years. before last year & it was then run by Judge Page of Dunbarton who was mutually Chosen by both Towns, this Line was not agreable to some of the Inhabitants of New Boston. and it was since run by Surveyors belonging to Sd Newboston & Goffstown, with this Line some of the Inhabitants of Sd Goffs Town were much dissatisfied because it took off almost one whole Range of Lotts from S Goffs Town. upon the Northwest Corner. the Inhabitants of St Goffs town in Town Meeting rejected the Line as it was then run, & by a Committee of S Goffstown requested Newboston that S Line might be run by Indifferent Surveyors belonging to Neither of Sd Towns & the Sd Town of Goffs Town agreed to abide the Determination of Sa Surveyors, but this the Town of Newboston hath absolutely refused. we therefore pray that a Committee may be appointed by the honble Court to perambulate & establish Said Line between Said Towns aforesaid as soon as Conveniently may be at the Joint Cost of both Towns & your Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pray Sept 10th A. D. 1787 [In H. of Rep., February 6, 1788, a committee, consisting of Jeremiah Page of Dunbarton and Daniel Campbell of Amherst, was appointed to perambulate and establish a line between the two towns, and report at the next session. They reported, and the report was referred to a committee, who advised that the matter be referred back to the first committee, and Aaron Greeley was added to it. Report not found.—ED.] [Goffstown Men in First N. H. Regiment.] [Samuel Davis, entered July, 1777, discharged Dec., 1781. Joseph Hadley, enlisted Jan. 1, 1777, discharged Sept. 2, 1779. William Kemp, entered Jan. 4, 1777, discharged Sept. 6, 1777. Reuben Kidder, entered Feb. 27, 1781, discharged 1781. Samuel Smith, entered Jan. 20, 1777, discharged Dec., 1781. William Thompson, entered May 7, 1781, discharged June 7, 1781.-ED.] GOSHEN. This town was formed from portions of Fishersfield (Newbury), Wendell (Sunapee), Newport, Unity, and Lempster, and incorporated December 27, 1791. The act of incorporation provided that the inhabitants of the portion taken from Lempster should continue to pay ministerial taxes to the support of the Rev. Elias Fisher, and did so until said provision was repealed, Dec. 8, 1796. By an act approved June 22, 1797, the boundary lines of the town were established, and the same were in part changed June 17, 1806. A tract of land was severed from Unity, and annexed to Goshen, July 6, 1837. The portion of the town taken from Sunapee was first settled in 1769, by Capt. Benjamin Rand, William Lang, and Daniel Grindle. Why the Bible name Goshen was given to the town is unknown to the editor. [4-139] [Rev. Elias Fisher's Certificate.] Lempster Sep 14, 1796. this may certify that if in case the Town of Lempster see cause to give their consent that the People in that part of Goshen which was taken from Lempster should not be holden to pay any part of my Salary After the present Year, that I will not exact of Sd Town any Augmentation of my Salary on Account of the increas of list on Sa Inhabitants Elias Fisher The Above is a true copy of an Original certificate lodged in the Town clerks Office (Lempster) Attest James Bingham Town Clerk [4-140] [Petition for Relief from paying Ministerial Taxes in Lempster.] To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives to be Convened at Concord in the state of New Hampshire on the fourth Wednesday of Nov Instant— We your Petitioners Humbly Sheweth As their is a Clause in an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate a Town by the Name of Goshen Empowering the Selectmen of Lempster to Assess the Inhabitants of that part of Goshen that formerly belonged to the Town of Lempster towards the Support of the Reverend Mr Fisher so long as he shall remain the Minister of said Lempster and empowering the Collector of said Lempster to Collect said Taxes as though said Act of Incorporation had not been passed We your Petitioners Inhabitants of that part of Goshen (for merly Lempster) being Taxed in both Towns towards the support of the Ministry makes it very Burdensom and having obtained the Consent of the Town of Lemster Humbly Pray that the Said Clause in Said Act may be Repealed (and your petitioners have all the priviledges and Immunities that any other Towns Do Enjoy) or otherwise as your Honours in your Wisdom Seem meet And your petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray [In H. of Rep., December 8, 1797, the aforesaid clause in the act of incorporation was repealed.—ED.] [4-138] [Vote of Lempster relative to Ministerial Taxes paid by Goshen.] Town Clerks Office Lempster At a legal Town meeting held in Lempster on the first monday of Nov AD 1796 On reading and considering a Petition from the Inhabitants of Goshen-Voted that in case the inhabitants of that part of Goshen which was taken from Lempster will punctually pay up all the taxes now made up Against them for the payment of the Revd Mr Fishers Salary. the Town will release them from paying any part of Sd Salary in future The above is a true copy taken from the Town Book of Record of Sa Lempster. Attest James Bingham Town Clerk GRAFTON. The township was granted August 14, 1761, to Ephraim Shearman and others, and named in honor of an English nobleman. This grant was surrendered by a vote of the grantees, December 27, 1762, and the township was regranted September 12, 1769, to Josiah Willard and others, many of whom were from towns in Cheshire county. The first settlement was made in 1772 by Capt. Joseph Hoyt, of Poplin, now Fremont. Capt. Alexander Pixley and family settled soon after. The town was incorporated by the legislature November II, 1778, in answer to a petition from the inhabitants, Daniel Sanders being authorized to call the first meeting. An act relative to the boundaries was passed March 28, 1781, and one establishing the same was approved June 18, 1802. See Vol. XI, page 726. A fine quality of mica has been mined in this town for many years, and excellent specimens of beryl are occasionally found. [3-142] [Petition for Incorporation, etc., 1777.] Hon gentlemen of the general Asembley in the State of New Hamsheir Wee take this Opertunyty to in form your onners that you Demand More of us then Wee are Able to perform for you Require of us a valiation of our Ratibel Estates Which valiation must Bee taken By our seleck men Which Your Honners Never Empowred us to Chuse And Wee your humble petitioners Do pray that your honours Will autherise and grant us Liberty to Chuse our select Men: and incorporate us: and Chuse a gestes of the Pees for us in the town and We take Leave to Nominate Capt Aaron Barney to Be the man; and then Wee Will Com in town order: and then We Will give your onners A true Estamation and one faviour more Wee ash of yours honours that is to have A privilegs to Leve a Part of our tax upon the Wild Land if Your Honners see Cause to tax us and the Reason Wee give for that is this there is Men that has a grade Dele of Land in our town Which Lives out of this state and they Will not Due any Duty on the Rodes Except Wee mak their Wild Lands Do it and our Rodes are very Bad and Wont a gradel of Work Don on them And We pray your Honners to take this in to Consideration and the Bouns of our town is as follers Be ginning at the North West Corner A hem Lock tree and then Running south sixty five Degrees Est six miles and half a mild to a Burch tree Marked J B With stones Round it from thence south thur ty six Degrees West five miles and A half mile to a Burch that is Marked J B from thence Running North seventy two Degrees West six miles and a half a mild and from thence North Eleven Degrees West three hundred and Eighty three Rods to a small Beech With stones |