Grafton
Incorporated April 18, 1735.
Population in 1860, 4,317; in 1865, 3,962.
Valuation in 1860, $1,691,274; in 1865, $1,777,973.
The selectmen in 1861 were Jonathan D. Wheeler, Horace S. Warren, George W. Estabrook, John McClellan, Ashley W. Rice; in 1862, Jonathan D. Wheeler, John McClellan, Ashley W. Rice, Joseph B. Adams, Cyrus D. Aldrich; in 1863, John McClellan, Joseph B. Adams, Lowell White, Jasper S. Nelson, John B. White; in 1864, Joseph B. Adams, Jasper S. Nelson, William F. Ashley W. Rice, Joseph B. Adams, Cyrus D. Aldrich; in 1863, John McClellan, Joseph B. Adams, Lowell White, Jasper S. Nelson, John B. White; in 1864, Joseph B. Adams, Jasper S. Nelson, William F. Slocum, George F. Slocum, George K. Nichols; in 1865, William F. Slocum, George F. Slocum, George K. Nichols, Silas E. Stowe, Simon A. Knowles.
The town-clerk during all these years was James W. White.
The town-treasurer in 1861 was Rufus E. Warren; in 1862 and 1863, Horace S. Warren; in 1864 and 1865, George F. Slocum.
1861. The news of the attack upon the Massachusetts Sixth Regiment in Baltimore, April 19, 1861, was received in Grafton on the morning of the 20th, and caused great inter