Southborough Select Board
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jury & Voter Lists
Collection — Archives Box #1004
Identifier: TC007
Scope and Contents
Contains lists of Southborough residents who were eligible to vote or serve on a jury from 1771-1947. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Massachusetts Law required the Selectmen in each town to prepare lists of persons who were qualified and eligible for Jury duty. In 1784 the legislature directed that these persons should be “of good moral character and qualified as the constitution directs, to vote”. In 1808 it was further stipulated that men over the age of seventy should be excluded from...
Dates:
1771 - 1947
Overseers of the Poor
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC010
Scope and Contents
This collection contains lists of paupers and petitions for aid and support from impoverished townspeople, correspondence relating to the disposition of paupers, updates on their care, and the names of their benefactors. Expense books also document accounts of the Overseers of the Poor with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, such as medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Some statewide statistics relating to the care of the poor are also...
Dates:
1735 - 1868
Roads and Ways in Southborough
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: TC015
Scope and Contents
Records relating to the placement of roads in Southborough extend back to 1723, predating the Town of Southborough itself which did not break away from Marlborough until 1727. The collection includes countless citizen’s petitions requesting that new roads be laid-out in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, which afford a unique window into the Town’s growth and settlement.The majority of materials document the formation of new roads, along with subsequent maintenance, repairs, and...
Dates:
1723 - 1949