History of Athens INCORPORATION & Town Officers
East Somerset County Register, 1911-1912
Compiled and Published by CHATTO & TURNER
Auburn, Maine
Clarence I. Chatto
Clair E. Turner
pages 21-22
History of Athens
INCORPORATION
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
four.
An Act to incorporate the township number two, in the
second range of townships north of the Plymouth claim,
commonly called Kinsmantown, on the eastern side of the
Kennebec River in the County of Kennebec into a Town by the
name of Athens.
Sect. 2. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatvies in general Court assembled and by the authority
of Townships North of the Plymouth claim, and commonly
called Kinsmantown on the eastern side of the Kennebec River
in the County of Kennebec, as described within the following
bounds, with the inhabitants thereon be and they are hereby
incorporated into a Town by the name of Athens; viz: bounded
East by the Town of Harmony, South by the Town of Cornville
and Number three, West by Spauldingtown or Number one,
and North by the million acres owned by William Bingham, Esq.,
and the said town of Athens is hereby vested with all the
powers, privileges, rights, and immunities with which other
Towns are vested by the Constitution and Laws of the Common-
wealth.
Passed by the House March 6. H. G. Otis, Speaker
Passed by the Senate March 7. David Cobb, Pres.
Signed by Governor Caleb Strong March 7, 1804.
Bryce McLellan, Justice of the Peace, issued a warrant to
Jonathan Kinsman, and the first town meeting was held at the
dwelling house of Clement Bunker, May 7, 1804.
In a later town meeting held May 21, it was "Voted that
Corn, Rye and Wheat shall be currency to pay the sum Voted
for the present year." In November of the same year a meet-
ing was held at the house of Jabez Bradley.
TOWN OFFICERS
TREASURERS
Daniel Bradbury 1804-5, Isaac Dore 1805, Philip Leavitt
1806, Joseph Kinsman 1807-08, Philip Leavitt 1809-12, Jabez
P. Bradbury 1813-14, Abner Bradbury 1815, Jabez Bradbury
1816-17, Isaac Dore 1818, Daniel Bradbury 1819, Joseph Per-
kins 1820-22, Isaac Dore 1823-33, Gilman Hall 1834-37, David
Palmer 1838, C. Jewett 1839, James Tobey 1840, Isaiah Dore
1841-42, John Drew 1843-50, Abel Wade, Esq. 1851-52, John
Drew 1853, Jefferson Priest 1854, Josiah H.Hight 1855, J. W.
Wright 1856, Sewall Dearborn 1857-64, E. B. Varney 1865, H.
I. French 1866-67, Geo. H. Ware 1868-69, A . C. Emery 1870,
E. S. Dutton 1871-74, A. C. Wade, 1875-87, C. F. Dore 1188,
Henry W. Bartlett 1889, A. C. Wade 1890-97, L. C. Williams
1898-1902, M. J. Hight 1903-04, W. N. Sanders 1905- (present
treasurer.)
CLERKS
Joseph Kinsman 1804-06, Philip Leavitt 1907, Joseph Kins-
nan 1808, Philip Leavitt 1809, Benjamin Flagg 1810-13, Wal-
ter P ______ 1814-15, Abner Bradbury 1816-17, Caleb Lea-
vitt 1818-22, Stephen Lewis 1823, Benj. Green 1824-30, Eben-
ezer Hutchinson 1831-32, Benj. Greene 1833-40, Samuel Jewett
1841-44, James F. Tobey 1845-46, John Fellows 1847-48, L. D.
P. Palmer 1849-50, G. L Palmer 1851-52, C. F. H. Greene 1853-
54, Fred G. Greene 1855-60, Albert Leavitt 1861-63, William B.
Leavitt 1864-67, James W. Bixby 1868-73, J. F. Holman 1874-
75, F. G. Greene 1876, J. W. Bixby 1877, J. F. Holman 1878,
F. G. Greene 1879-80, E. S. Dutton 1881-82, J. F. Holman 1883-
1890, F. G. Greene 1891, L. C. Williams 1897, M. G. Greene
1898, Paul H. Dunnugan 1899, H. N. Flanders 1900-02, J. F.
Holman 1903, L. E. Jacobs 1904-06, H. N. Flanders, 1907- (Pre
sent clerk.).
SELECTMEN
1804-06. J. P. Bradbury, Jonathan Kinsman, Eliphalet Quimby.
1807. J. P. Bradbury, Philip Leavitt, Eliphalet Quimby.
1808 J. P. Bradbury, Joseph Kinsman, Ebenezer Cole.
1809. Philip Leavitt, Isaiah Dore, Benj. Flagg.
1810. J. P. Bradbury, Benj. Flagg, Eliphalet Quimby.
1811. J. P. Bradbury,Eliphalet Quimby, Benj. Flagg.
1812. J. P. Bradbury, John Hall, Aaron French.
1813-15. J. P. Bradbury, Eliphalet Quimby, Aaron French.
1816. J. P. Bradbury, Clifford Williams, Isaac Fellows.
1817. J. P. Bradbury, Isaiah Dore, Isaac Fellows.
1818. Isaac Fellows, Isaiah Dore, Abner Bradbury.
1819. Isaac Fellows, Abner Bradbury, Clifford Williams.
1820. Abner Bradbury, Isaiah Dore, Ebenezer Cole.
1821. Abner Bradbury, Wm. Hight, Leonard W. Ryssell.
1822. Abner Bradbury, L. W. Russell, Wm. Hight.
1823. Stephen Lewis, Geo. Bixby, Henry Morril.
1824. J. P. Bradbury, Isaiah Dore, Wm. Hight.
1825. J. P. Bradbury, Wm. Hight, Abner Bradbury.
1826. Abner Bradbury, Geo. Bixb , John Hight.
1827. Geo. Bixby : John Hight, Elisha Sanborn.
1828. Geo. Bixby John Hight, Abner Bradbury.
1829. Abner Bradbury, John Hight, Benj. Greene.
1830. Geo. Bixby, Isaiah Dore, David Palmer.
1831-32. Geo. Bixby, Isaiah Dore, John Hight.
1833. Wingate Bradbury, Win. Hight, Gilman Hall.
1834-36. Wingate Bradbury, Gilman Hall, Zachariah Emery.
1837. Wingate Bradbury, Gilman Hall, Leonard Bradbury.
1838. Wingate Bradbury, John Hight, Geo. Bixby.
1839. Rufus Jones, Jacob Hathorn, Wm. Hight.
1840. Rufus Jones, David Horn, Wingate Bradbury.
1841-42. James S. Tobey, John Hight, Leonard Bradbury.
1843. James S. Tobey, John Hight, Leonard Bradbury.
1844-45. James S. Tobey, Leonard Bradbury, B. Hight.
1846. James S. Tobey, Abner Bradbury, Joseph Sanborn.
1847. Abner Bradbury, John Hight, Zachariah Emery.
1848. Leonard Bradbury, Rufus Jones, John Drew.
1849. James S. T.by, Wingate Bradbury, Dennis Corson.
1850. Wingate Bradbury, James Taylor, John Tufts, Jr.
1851. D. P. Palmer, J. B. Kinnsman, Rufus Jones.
1852. D. P. Palmer, Rufus Jones, J. B. Kinsman.
1853. D. P.Palmer, J. B. Kinsman John Drew.
1854. Alvah Lord, J. S. Tobey, John Tufts.
1855. J. S .Tobey, Gilman Hall, Alvah Lord.
1856. D. P. Palmer, Alvah Lord, Gilman Hall.
1857-58. J. S. Tobey, Gilman Hall, Reuben Hussey.
1859-60. J.S. Tobey, F. G. Greene, Reuben Stodder.
1861. F G. Greene, S. L. Tobey, Joshua Dunton.
1862-64. S. L. Tobey, Joshua Dunton, Reuben Stodder.
1865. S. L. Tobey, S. E. Merrill, D. K. Allen.
1866. S. E. Merrill, D. K. Allen, Reuben Stodder.
1867. S. L. Tobey, S. E. Merrill, Reuben Stodder.
l868. F. G. Greene, C. F. Barker, J. H. Hight.
1869. F. G. Greene, C. F. Barker, S. E. Morrill.
1870. F. G. Greene, Reuben Stodder, J. H. Hight.
1871. F. G. Greene, Reuben Stodder, S. E. Merrill.
1872. F. G. Greene, Joshua Dutton, S. E. Merrill.
1874. F. G. Greene, Joshua Dutton, C. F. Dore.
1875. Reuben Stodder, C. F. Dore, C. F. Barker.
1876. F. G. Greene, S. L. Tobey, Joshua Dutton.
1877. F: G. Greene, C. F. Dore, Joshua Dutton.
1878. F .G. Greene, C. F. Dore, F. A. Hight.
1879. F. G: Greene, F. A. Hight, C. F. Barker.
1880. F. G. Greene, F. A. Hight, C. F. Dore.
1881-82. Edw. Ware, F. A. Hight, C. F. Barker.
1883. Albert Leavitt, F. A. Ilight, C. F. Dore.
1884. Albert Leavitt, J. H. Hight, C. F. Dore.
1885. J. F. Holman, C. F. Dore, C. F. Barker.
1886-87. F. G. Greene, C. F. Dore, C. F. Barker.
1888-89. J. F. Holman, F. A. Hight, C. B. Wade.
1890. J. F. Holman, F. A. Hight, B. P. Barker.
1891. Albert Leavitt, C. F. Dunton, L. B. Taylor.
1892-93. J. F. Holman, F. T. Hight, W. A. Foss.
1894. J. F. Holman, W. A. Foss, C. F. Dunton.
1895. J. F. Holman, W. A. Foss, F. C. Allen.
1896. J. F. Holman, J. B. Taylor, F. C. Allen.
1897. J. F. Holman, J. E. Chapman, Simon Fox.
1898-99. F. G. Greene, J. E. Chapman, Simon Fox.
1900. F. G. Greene, Simon Fox, Frank Fox.
1901-02. G. C. Hight, W. A. Foss, E. C. Trafton.
1903. J. F. Holman, B, P. Barker, Almon E. Locke.
1904. Geo. F. Ayer. Wm. A. Foss, Leonard B. Taylor.
1905. J . F. Holman, W. A. Foss, A. E. Locke.
1906. L. E. Jacobs, J. E. Chapman, Elmer H. Tibbetts.
1907. Rob't Hayden, W. A. Foss, J. L,.Spaulding.
1908. J. F. Holman, A. E. Locke, Charles Taylor.
1909. J. F. Holman, A. E. Locke, L. W. Foss.
1910. J. F. Holman, L. W. Foss, H. S. Elliott.
1911. L. W. Foss, H. S. Elliott, E. H. Tibbetts.
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