Washington Township Government
Washington Township Government
The following list of goverment officials in Washington Township comes from Major E.M. Woodwards 1883 History of Burlington County.
CIVIL LIST
William Salter, 1803-4
Jesse Evans, 1803-5
Thomas Taylor, 1805
John Servies, 1806-10
Joseph Walker, 1806, 1809-10
Jonathan Johnson, 1810, 1815
Edward McBride, 1811
Jesse Richards, 1811-14, 1820-24, 1826-45
Joseph Doran, 1812-18
Nicholas Sooy, 1829-30
Richard Campion, 1816-17
Samuel B. French, 1832-43
Bodine Coffin, 1844-48
Thomas H. Richards, 1848-53
N.S. Thompson, 1850-52
Joseph Sooy, 1854-55
William Sooy, 1856, 1875
Christopher Estlow, 1857-58
M.W. Sooy, 1859-60, 1865
Samuel Crowley, jr., 1861-64, 1871, 1873-74
Edward B. Johnson, 1872, 1875-77
Watson Cale, 1877-80
Isaac H. Brown, 1878
TOWNSHIP CLERKS
Moses Robin, 1803-5
William Weatherby, 1806
Joseph Evans, 1807, 1810
John Richards, 1808, 1812-15
Jesse Richards, 1809, 1811, 1840-41
Charles Cline, 1816-18
M. Powell, 1818-20
John C. Briggs, 1821
David Beamer, 1822-26
Josiah Hall, 1828-36
Samuel P. Richards, 1838
Joseph C. Parsons, 1842-43, 1845
Richard B. Naylor, 1846-49
Nathaniel Moore, 1850-52
John Little, 1853-55
William Woolston, 1856-58
Edmund S. Sooy, 1859
John A. Johnston, 1860
Theodore Woodland, 1861-66
Frank P. Cale, 1867-74
William Sooy, 1875-82
ASSESSORS
William Salter, 1803-4
Lewis Wilson, 1805
Thomas Taylor, 1806, 1809, 1811-13
John Lane, 1807-8, 1810
James Maxwell, 1814, 1836, 1839
Noah Sooy, 1815
Jesse Evans, 1816-23, 1826, 1828, 1840
Joseph Townsend, 1826-57, 1830*
Joseph B. Brick, 1829-35
John Foreman, 1838
William H. Sooy, 1841-49, 1876
Augustus S. Johnson, 1850
John Hall, 1851-52
Timothy Henderson, 1853-55, 1864-70
Christopher Estlow, 1856
William Sooy, 1857-58
Peter Lane, 1859
Joseph Wilson, 1860-63
Stephen D. Johnson, 1871-74
Charles Brown, 1875
Caleb Ford
Augustus E. Koster
* I know these dates don't seem to make sense, but this is how it appears in the book. It may be a typo
COLLECTORS
Jonathan Johnson, 1803,1804
John Cramer, 1805
Ephraim Cline, 1806
Andrew Bush, 1807-11
Nicholas W. Sooy, 1812-31, 1854
William H. Sooy, 1832
Samuel B. French, 1833, 1834
Hugh Johnson, 1835
Daniel W. Corning, 1836-39, 1840
Jonathan Cramer, 1841, 1842
Joseph Sooy, 1843,1844
Samuel Crowley, jr., 1845
Asa Cramer, 1846-53, 1855
Isaac H. Brown, 1856-69
Watson Cale, 1857-68
Augustus E. Koster, 1873-76
Edward B. Johnson, 1877-82

According to South Jersey: A History (Alfred M. Heston, 1924 Lewis Historical Publishing Co., the following people comprised the government of the township in the year the book was published, 1924:

Office Name Residence
Clerk William A. Johnson Green Bank
Collector D.E. Cale Lower Bank
Assessor C. Roy Cramer Lower Bank
Treasurer B.W.Crowley Green Bank
Township Committe Chairman Albert Sooy Green Bank
Township Committee J.B. Maxwell Green Bank
Harvey Cramer Lower Bank
Justice of the Peace J.C.Clark Green Bank
Constable Edward Downs Wading River
Road Supervisor Harry Ford Green Bank
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