”FIRST TOWN MEETING

Under the provisions of Section 6, the first town meeting in Norfolk was held on Monday, March 7, 1870. It was called to order by Saul B. Scott, the justice who had issued the warrant, and during the voting for moderator, Rev. Daniel Round checked the lists of voters that had been furnished by the selectmen of Wrentham, Franklin, Medway and Walpole. Albert G. Hills was chosen moderator, after which the following town officers were elected: Saul B. Scott, Levi Mann and Erastus Dupee, selectmen; Silas E. Fales, clerk; James H. Haines, George E. Holbrook and Elisha Rockwood, assessors; William E. Codding, treasurer; George P. Cody and Albert E. Dupee, constables; J. K. Bragg, Lothrop C. Keith and Daniel J. Holbrook, school committee; Charles Jordan and Darius Ware, fence viewers; Levi Mann and Oren C. Ware, surveyors of lumber. The meeting closed by a vote of thanks to Mr. Hills for his efficient and impartial services as moderator, and another to Silas E. Fales and William A. Jepson for the gift of a ballot-box.”

Reference Data:

History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918, Vol. 1, by Louis Atwood Cook, 1918, page 223