Names of other than the head are not included on the census before 1850.At the annual town meeting in Otsego in 1803, Samuel was named Commissioner of Highways, with Abner Pier and Israel Loomis (Otsego Herald 10 March 1803).The Otsego County Registry of Deeds documents the purchase in 1804 of 52?? acres of land by Samuel Colman for $800 from Perry Allen, being a portion of lot 55 of McNeil???s pa