The Town of Pomfret was established on 11 March 1808 and the first Town meeting was on 5 April 1808. At that meeting, it was decided “to purchase a Book for Register.” That volume, designated the “Old Book” or “O.B.” by the Clerk, Mosely W. Abell in 1823, and “Book A”” at a later date, was a general purpose record including minutes of meetings, cattle marks, financial records, etc. Certain pages were set aside for road surveys to be entered. The surveyors brought in their field notes, usually on small scraps of paper, which the Clerk carefully copied into the book. Although these records have been discarded, they were microfilmed.
The field notes and surveys in Book A have been printed off from the microfilm, and typed versions have been made for easier reading. The copies and typed versions are available at the Barker Historical Museum. The index which follows includes personal and place names and some modern equivalents such as “Central Ave.” where the original used “Dunkirk St.” Of course, “Dunkirk St.” is also indexed. The page numbers are those in Book A and repeated in the typed version. Other name indexes are available for the later records as well, called Books B, C, and D covering 1808 through 1889.
Henry Abell, 103,106
Allegany Road, 34,35,53
George Anderson, 42
Ezra Andrews, 57
E____ Arnold, 36
Isaac Baldwin,Jr., 51,52
Barzilla Barker, 57
Barker’s House, 4
Barkers Mills, 2,3
Barkers Potash, See: Perry & Barker
Benj. Barnes, 22
Benjamin Barrett, 39
Mr. Barrows, 8,16
Jona L. Bartoo, 13
Capt. Batchelder, 119
____ Batchellers, 105,119,132
Daniel Batter [Butler?], 131
Bear Lake, 105,112,119
Bear Lake Road, 124,129
John Bellows, 22
Mr. Benjamin, 122
Bennett Saw Mill, 129
Robert Bennett, 52,59
Samuel Berry, 103
Berry Road, 37,103
Nathan Bowers [Nathaniel Bowen?], 35
Brigham, 126
Haven Brigham, 113
J. Brigham, 108
Brigham’s Creek, 44
Brigham’s Mill, 43,115
Brigham’s Road, 45
Hezekiah Bull, 26,112,120,121, 134
Thomas Bull, 11
Bull Road, 115,124,134
Bull’s Mill, 38,105,106,111,119,121,124,128,131
Bunnell Road, 126
Josiah Burge, 129
Augustus Burnham, 33,40
Eliphalet Burnham, 18, 51 (twice)
John Burnham, 130
Burnham’s Mill, 47
S (?) Burnham’s Mill, 51
Burnham (?) Road, 126
Daniel Butler [Batter?], 131
Mr. Carles [Carrols?], 119
Carpenter’s Tavern, 130
Cassadaga Road, 119
Cascade, 4, 12, 14
Cascade Mill, 33
Casdagus Lake, 1, 18
Nathan Cass, 10, 35 (twice), 36 (twice)
Cassadaga Lake, 56,105,112,121,123 (and See: Casdagus)
Cassadaga Road, 119
Cattaraugus, 5, 32
Cattaraugus Creek, 18, 23
Catteraugus Reservation, 32
Center St. [Dunkirk], 108
Central Ave., 1,108
Chautauque Lake, 3
Chautauque Road, 3,115,126 (See also: New Chautauque Road)
Chestnut St., 122
L. & J. T. Clark, 116
Artemus Clothier, 53
____ Clough, 103,105
Levi Clough, 106
Widow C. Cole, 125
_____ [Lot?] Colegrove Still, 106
Colgrove & Ward Still, 106
Common [west], 122
Conawango Road, 25
Conewango Creek, 35
Cooley, 1
David Cooley, 13
Cooley’s House, 27
Luke Coon, 43
Robert Cowden, 51, 59, 104, 107, 140
_____ Crane, 22
Dr. Orris Crosby, 120
Zattu Cushing, 57, 58,122
Cushing Road, 141
Harvey Darkus [Durgis?], 129
Davis, 1
Samuel Davis, 11,33,105
Elijah Devin, 106,107 (and See: Elijah Divine}
Elisha Devine, 58,106,107
____Dickinson, 121
Elijah Divine, 58
Mr. O. Douglass, 118
Richard Douglass, 21, 27, 58,118
Harvey Durges, 129
Eagle Street, 24,122,140
Mr. Eastwood, 45,48,104,111,113
Martin Eastwood, 124
Martin Eastwood’s Saw Mill, 119
Ebenezer Eaton’s Clothing Works, 111
Mr. Ensigns, 118
Ellicott’s Road, 31, 41,122
Erie Road, 7,15,16,23,43,44,45,103 (See also: New Erie Road and Old Erie Road)
Joel Fischer, 110,141
Joel Fisher, 109
Pliny Fisher, 129
Fort Hill, 22, 57, 131
S. Fox, 117
Widow Fuller, 117
Joseph Fuller, 129
Elias Gilbert, 129
Timothy Golden [Goulding?], 117,118,127
William Gould, 24,118
Doan Griffith, 125
D. Griggs, 127
Hamlet Street, See: Bull Road, 115, 124
S. & W. Harmon, 122,140,141
Joel Harrington, 13,24, 26, 27,57, 58, 103, 118, 119, 121 (twice), 122,123,127,140,141
Mr. M. Harrington, 118
Daniel Harris, 140
Otis Hinckley, 127
Esq. Hinman, 39
A.(?) Holbrook saw mill, 53
Abner Holmes, 126
Alanson Holmes,114
Alanson Holmes & Co., See: Abner Holmes
Orsamus Holmes, 6,9,24
Nathan Hood [Rood?], 134
Houghton Common, 122
____Johnson, 22
Capt. E. Johnson, 125
Samuel Johnson, 128
Uriah L. Johnson, 13
T. (?) Kapple, 121, 133
Mr. Kelly, 124
Richard Kelly, 56
Mr. John Kent, 34,35,49
Mr. Lee, 9
Joel Lee, 59
Lee Road, 139
John Lewis, 40
P. (?) Lewis, 40
Little Canadaway Creek, 3,132
Little Lake, See: Cassadaga Lake
Deacon J. Loomis, 141,142
Deacon I. A. Lovejoy, 133
Ezra Lowell, 110
Main Road, 120
Capt. J. Mark, 5
John Marks Ferry, 23
Mr. Marsh, 4
S. Marsh, 141
Isaiah Marten, 125
Mayville, 3
Edward McGreggpr, 40, 51, 106, 107
William Miller, 106
Moore’s Mills, 16
Jehiel Moore, 32
Morse [Moore?], 8,9,10 (twice)
Calvin Nelson [Nilson?], 104
New Chautauque Road, 55, 56, 115, 123, 124, 125, 127, 132, 133
Thomas Newel, 139
Mr. Nobles, 120,128
Oak Hill, 54
Abiram Orton, 13, 33, 119, 140
Philo Orton, 7, 39
Samuel Perry, 4,
Lt. Samuel Perry, 5
Mr. Pier, 119
Perry (?) & Barkers Potash, 8
Ira Picket, 138
Selah Picket, 138
W. S. Porter, 117
Ezra Potter, 140
Esq. Pratt, 43
Solomon Prints [Prince?], 54
Abel Prior, 44,51
Ezra Puffer, 36
William Reed, 140
Seth Richardson, 41
Elijah Risley, 3
Horace Risley, 12 (?), 21, 37, 103
Robert’s Tavern, 58,133
Mr. Roberts, 109
Benjamin Roberts, 108,117,118
Nathan Rood, 134
Widow Rood, 134
Route 5, 116, 142 (?)
Mr. Rowe, 8
W. T. Sawin, 117
School House, 108,118
Scott Farm, 6
Sela Seymour, 27
Seymour Street, 55,121 (?), 128
Shaw [Shaun?], 133
Silver Creek, 18, 19, 21
E. Simmons Blacksmith Shop, 122
Sinclear’s Mill, 41, 42, 44
Jon. Sloan, 117,118
_____ Smith, 103
Levi Spafford, 129
Capt. Sprague, 110,117
D. Stebbins, 8 (twice)
Hez. Stebbins, Jr., 16
Thomas Stebbins, 8
Nathan Strong, 17
Strongs Bay, 2
Benjamin Sweet, 36
Tavern Brook, 1
_____ Taylor, 103
Oliver Taylor, 13, 46, 51 (twice), 52,105,106,107,121
Temple Street, 4,48
E. Thatcher, 127
D. Thompson, 121
Town Line, 10 (And See: West Line of Pomfret)
Moses Tucker, 58
Mr. Turner, 4,119
H. Turner, 103,106
Turner’s Mill, 37
Hezekiah Turner, 106
Van Buren Road, 113
John O. Vantassel, 13
Walnut Creek, 4, 5, 10, 11, 16, 36, 53
Walnut Creek Road, 6, 14, 15, 24, 27, 32, 33, 59, 118, 127
_____ Ward’s Still, 106
F. Ward, 122
S. Ward, 122
Joshua Warren, 131
P. Warren, 112
Water Street, 120
Mr. Webber, 6
Elisha Webster, 55
West Line of Pomfret, 3,17
Jonathan Wilber, 8
Judge Willoughby, 127
Zebina Willson, 130
Nathan Wood, 134