History

Bloomfield Blossoms

Township Records

The links below will take you to several old Board of Trustees minutes books dating back to the first Board meeting on May 25, 1827.  The first two books, 1827-1874 and 1875-1907 have been microfilmed and digitized by the OCLC Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. If you take time to view the pages you will note that the minutes were recorded by hand in very fancy calligraphy and albeit attractive, somewhat difficult to read. Unfortunately we cannot make the original books available because they are very fragile. We have also added scanned images from 1907-1917, 1923-1928, 1928 and on.

Search Feature

From 1928 through the current minutes, you can search by subject, date, or person.  The toolbar in the PDF file includes a binocular search icon.  When you click on the icon, a search column appears to the right and invites you to enter the word or phrase for which you would like to search.  Once you list the information desired and press enter, the search displays all available references.  On each page listed, the subject is highlighted.

Another way to search is to locate the FIND icon (if you have Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0) in the toolbar and enter the topic, person or date.  To the right of FIND, select the icons to scroll forward and in reverse to view any listings. This method produces the same result, but takes longer and requires more manual recovery of the information.

If you cannot locate the binocular or FIND icons, press the Ctrl and “F” keys at the same time. A search column will appear. Simply follow the same steps as you would for the binocular icon.

Township Officers

The first Township officers were Lemuel Castle, Supervisor; Ezra L. Parke, Clerk; Assessors: John Todd, Joseph Park and Abram Crawford; Commissioners of Highways: John Ellenwood, John W. Hunter and William Lee; Poor Masters: Wilks Durkee Jr. and Apollos Dewey, Jr.; Collector: Oliver Torrey; Constables: Erastus Burt, Jr. and Olivery Torrey; Fence Viewers: John Ellenwood, Peter Richardson, John M. Irish, Wilks Durkee, Joseph Todd, Elijah L. Fish, Eli Curtiss, Abram Crawford and James Gunning; Pound Masters: Peter Richardson, John Hamilton and Limeon Botsford. You may note the familiar last name "Case" and indeed these were relatives of Homer Case, Township Supervisor 1963 - 1981 (deceased 2-13-2004).

1827-1907

1907-1917

1923-1928

Search Feature

From 1928 through the current minutes, you can search by subject, date, or person.  The toolbar in the PDF file includes a binocular search icon.  When you click on the icon, a search column appears to the right and invites you to enter the word or phrase for which you would like to search.  Once you list the information desired and press enter, the search displays all available references.  On each page listed, the subject is highlighted.

Another way to search is to locate the FIND icon (if you have Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0) in the toolbar and enter the topic, person or date.  To the right of FIND, select the icons to scroll forward and in reverse to view any listings. This method produces the same result, but takes longer and requires more manual recovery of the information.

If you cannot locate the binocular or FIND icons, press the Ctrl and “F” keys at the same time. A search column will appear. Simply follow the same steps as you would for the binocular icon.

The documents below can be viewed in PDF format.

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