This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WUB.2ACI/1269 Message Board Post: Jospeh Wood of Oyster Bay in the mid/late 1700's to early 1800's was elected as "pounder" for a district in his town. Just what was a Pounder? Also a "Fence Viewer" - that one I can probably take an educated guess at, but would like the definitive answer. Thanks, Janet