From the 1853-1867 Minutes and Account Book of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors (forerunner of the Board of Legislators) in the collection of the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society (1984.118.1):
"At the annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Franklin County held at the court house in the town of Malone on the 11th day of November 1853
Supervisors Present -
Joseph Eldred Bangor
William Weed Bellmont
George Russell Bombay
Jason Baker Brandon
Elisha Marks Burke
Thomas Bennet Chateaugay
Joseph Hastings Constable
Peter Whitney Dickinson
James Duane Duane
Chandler Ellsworth Fort Covington
John N. Merrill Franklin
Wiliam F. Martin Harrietstown
Henry S. Brewster Malone
Simon D. Stevens Moira
Philemon Berry Westville
On motion, James Duane was unanimously chosen chairman of the Board.
Adjourned, on motion, to the house of C.M. Gifford in Malone."
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