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Horton, Daniel, 1752-1835. Morris County, N.J., record books, 1809-1857.

Title: Morris County, N.J., record books, 1809-1857.

Account books, daybooks, and other financial records, of Daniel Horton, Phineas Horton, John Hopler, Abigail Oles, and Isaac Lyon.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

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Chester Township (N.J.). Overseers of the Poor. Minute books, 1799-1826.

Title: Minute books, 1799-1826.

Meeting minutes (1799-1826) of the Overseers of the Poor of Chester Township, N.J., with sections relating to the Committee of the Township of Chester. The records document the distribution of funds to individuals and families in need, and the collection of state, county, dog, and poor taxes. The accounts show disbursements for cash assistance, medical attention, housing, food, and clothing for families, children and adults, including a "Negro Cook" and a Mrs. Mahassee. The accounts also record the "selling of the poor" for lodging and work assistance, and claims for the loss of sheep killed by dogs. Overseers include Daniel Horton, Phineas Horton, and William Woodhull, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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Horton, Phinehas. Phinehas Horton account books, 1802-1852.

Title: Phinehas Horton account books, 1802-1852.

This collection contains three volumes of account books, a daybook, and a wage book spanning the years from 1809-1852. Phinehas Horton kept two of these account books; the others were kept by Isaac Lyon and Abigail Oles and Daniel Horton. The wage book was kept by John Hoplar. Phinehas Horton was a general store owner, while Daniel Horton and Abigail Oles were farmers. They sold such goods as powder, shot, glass, sewing needles, salt, butter, calico, apples, hay, rye, corn, flour and buckwheat. Included in Daniel Horton's account book are entries for his duties as a Morris County constable and Justice of the Morris County Court of Small Causes as well as a list of marriages performed from 1802-1835.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet (5 v.)

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