[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was not the first time Hachaliah Brown had occupied the supervisor's position, as he had held the same office in Upper Salem two years previously. William Horton, the town clerk, was a farmer and merchant, residing on the estate now be-longing to Charles G. Teed, his grandson. The country store was situated on the corner of Lovell Street and the Peekskill road, and for many years was called " Teed's Corner," as, in after-years, Charles and William Teed continued the mercantile business here. It was a central part of the town, on a line from east to west. A few rods from this corner was the inn of Benjamin Green, where the town-meetings were held. The house — a large two-story building, plain and substantial — is still in good condition and is owned, together with the farm, by Randolph Aus-tin, who is a member of one of the old families of Somers. At this time the hills of the town were thickly covered with a growth of oak, hickory, ash and chestnut, and the farms were, in many instances, but clearings on the upland and meadow in the val-leys of the streams. As this date was directly after the declaration of peace, money was scarce in the town and exchange was the mercantile method adopted. Farms were purchased from the Yan Cortlandt family and paid for in wheat and money.