BARTON LODGE No.442

A second petition for a Dispensation to form a Lodge in Black Rock, in the County of Erie, to be known as BARTON LODGE, bears the date of May 5, 1823 and recommended Brother James L. Barton to be their first Worshipful Master; Brother Nathaniel G. Reynolds, Senior Warden; and Brother James McKnight, Junior Warden.
The names of the petitioners include:
Brothers, Lewis G. Hoffman, John D. Harty, Ethan Allen, Henry Potter, Sheldon Thompson, James Tisdale, D. S. Davidson, and Nathaniel Fills.
The petition was recommended by Western Star Lodge No. 239, on May 5, 1824, and a Dispensation was granted by Grand Lodge on October 16, 1824, then on June 6, 1825 Grand Lodge granted a Charter to BARTON LODGE No. 442. Brother Robert McPherson became Secretary and Sheldon Thompson the Treasurer of the Lodge.

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