Record of Cattle Marks in the Township of Southwold
As Registered in the Town Book
1817 – 1857
[note – this transcription came from a photocopy of unknown origin, but obviously from municipal records of Southwold Township. It appears to be a record of branding or marking cattle to prove ownership. The value of this list is that it provides names from an early date in Southwold township]
March 8, 1817
Joseph Spitler – a crop off the right ear
Johnson Teetzel – s half crop under the side of the left ear
May 3, 1844
Robert Clark – a slit on the left ear and half penny [word illegible]
William Clark – a crop on the left ear; half penny on the right on the top side of the ear
June 4, [1844?]
Daniel McIntyre – a slit on the right ear
June 24, [1844?]
Samuel Smith – a crop off the left and a half crop of the under side of the right ear
Jesse Crandell – a crop of the right ear and a hole in the same
June 28, 1819
David Gilbert – a crop of the left ear and a hole in the same
Samuel Berdan – a crop of the right ear and a slit in the left with a hole through the above slit
Charles Hannah – a square crop of the left ear
Henry Stringer – a slit on the left ear and a half penny under the same
Jacob Lemons – a swallow fork on the right ear and a half crop on the under side of the left
Hugh Sharon – a crop off from the left ear and a slit on the right and a half penny under the same
August 14, 1819
D. Drake – a crop from off the left ear and a hole in the right
September 4, 1819
Philo Wood – two slits on the right ear
Henry Hamilton – a swallow fork in the left ear and a half penny on the under side of the right
James Vanvelsor – a crop of the right ear & a half penny under same & a swallow fork on the left
Abram King – three slits on the upper side of the right ear
February 21, 1820
John P. Welter – a square crop of the left ear
1821
John Boughner – a slit in both ears
November 30, [1821?]
Obediah Griffin – a crop of the right ear and a slit in the same; a swallow fork on the left
April 29, 1824
Anthony Sutton – two holes in the right ear
Samuel Knight – a slit on the under side of the right ear
January 3, 1825
Andrew Hamm – a half penny on the under side of the right and a hole on the left
John Fletcher – a crop of the right ear and a half penny on the under side of the left
June 28, 1834
Amos Barnes – a swallow fork on the left ear
Richard Hughs – a hole on the right ear
John Bowlsby [Bowlby] – two holes abreast on the right ear
January 5, 1835
George Thomas – a half penny on the under side of both ears
March 15, 1835
Thomas Millard – a square crop of the right ear and a half crop of the under side of the left ear
March 27, 1836
James Dodd – a top cut of the left ear & a half penny under slit on the right ear & half penny under
May 26, 1836
Jacob Wade – a half penny under side of both ears
May 27, 1836
Thomas Brady – a slit on both ears
June 5, 1837
Peter Greaves – a slit in the right ear
Henry Berdan – two holes in the right ear; a slit in the left
January 4, 1842
John Dougherty [Daugharty] – two half pennies on the underside of the right ear; one half penny on the upper side of the left; and also a slit in the left
November 19, 1842
John Lawrence – a crop of the right ear and a half penny on the top of the left ear
John Hamilton – a swallow fork on the right ear
June 3, 1843
Isaac Wallace – a swallow fork on the right ear and a slit on the under side of the same
August 27, 1843
Jacob Gilbert – a crop of the left ear and a half penny on the under side of the same
July 31, 1850
Asa P. Jones – a crop of the right ear and a round hole through each
December 28, 1850
Henry Williams – a diamond hole in the left ear and a piece from the right ear
May 28, 1851
William Taylor – a diamond hole through the left ear and a square crop from the right
August 5, 1852
Richard Nicolls – two round holes in the left ear
June 14, 1853
Nathaniel Vail – a half penny under side each ear and a crop from the left ear
William Francis – a crop of the right ear and a slit in the same
November 31, 1854
David Gilbert, Jr. – a half moon on the under side of the left ear
May 5, 1854
Amos Johnston – a slit and half crop from the right ear and a swallow fork on the left ear
May 26, 1854
Elisha Best – a half penny out of the under side of the right ear
January 18, 1856
John Brown – a swallow fork from of the right ear and a slit in the left
April 6, 1856
Harding Mills – a hole out of the right ear and a half penny out of the lower part of the left ear, and a half penny out of the top part of the right
December 2, 1856
Martin Marr – swallow fork in the right ear and a round hole in the left
May 2, 1857
Richard Coldridge – top cut in the right ear and a slit in the same; a slit in the under side of the left ear
May 25, 1857
Daniel McNay – a diamond hole in the right ear