History of Lewis County, New York; with...biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 1

Author: Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Syracuse, New York : Mason
Number of Pages: 712


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HISTO R


LEWIS CO.K.


NEW YORK


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS


1805 1883


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-1805-


HISTORY -OF-


LEWIS COUNTY,


NEW YORK,


WITH


Illustrations and Biographical Sketches


SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.


By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH.


Published by D. MASON & CO., SYRACUSE, N. Y.


1883-


SYRACUSE, N. Y. TRUAIR, SMITH & BRUCE, PRINTERS AND BINDERS. . MDCCCLXXXIII.


CONTENTS.


PAGE.


CHAPTER I .- Organization of the County .......


CHAPTER II .- County Buildings and County


Seat


20


CHAPTER III .- Land Titles


24


CHAPTER IV .- Topography and Geology of


County ..


42


CHAPTER V .- Notes upon the Seasons and


Unusual Phenomena .....


48


CHAPTER VI .- Notes upon Natural History-


Notice by Travelers ..


52


CHAPTER VII .- Lists of Public Officers ..


57


, CHAPTER VIII .- Professional Lists-Legal and Medical. 66


CHAPTER IX. - Agriculture - Lewis County Agricultural Society-Statistics of Ag- riculture - Statistics of Population- Political Statistics-Statistics of Taxa- tion 69


CHAPTER X .- School Statistics-Personal Men- tion 84


CHAPTER XI .- Religious Denominations and


Societies


95


CHAPTER XII .- Other Societies and Associa- tions - Temperance Societies - The Lewis County Anti-Slavery Society- Society for the Acquisition of Useful Knowledge - Masonic Associations- Odd Fellows Lodges - The Lewis County Mutual Insurance Company .... 107 CHAPTER XIII .- The Newspaper Press-Pop- ular Movements-The Patriot War ..... III


CHAPTER XIV .- State, Turnpike and Plank Roads-Mail Routes. 116


PAGE.


CHAPTER XV .- Railroad Projects.


I22


CHAPTER XVI. - Canal Projects - Steam-


boats.


. 128


CHAPTER XVII .- The Militia-Recent Militia


Organizations-The County Armory .... 138


CHAPTER XVIII. - Commemoration Celebra-


tion - The National Semi-Centennial


Celebration in 1826


....


14I


CHAPTER XIX .- Lewis County in the Late


War - Proceedings of the Board of


Supervisors.


143


CHAPTER XX -History of the Town of Cro-


ghan.


162


CHAPTER XXI .- History of the Town of Den-


mark


172


CHAPTER XXII .- History of the Town of


Diana.


216


CHAPTER XXIII .- History of the Town of


Greig


232


CHAPTER XXIV .- History of the Town of Har-


risburgh


236


CHAPTER XXV .- History of the Town of High


Market


245


CHAPTER XXVI .- History of the Town of


Lewis


248


CHAPTER XXVII .- History of the Town of


Leyden


256


CHAPTER XXVIII .- History of the Town of


Lowville.


296


CHAPTER XXIX. - History of the Town of


Lyonsdale.


423


CHAPTER XXX .- History of the Town of Mar-


tinsburgh


443


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CONTENTS.


PAGE.


CHAPTER XXXI .- History of the Town of


Montagne.


487


CHAPTER XXXII .- History of the Town of


New Bremen ...


489


CHAPTER XXXIII .- History of the Town of Osceola ., 492


CHAPTER XXXIV .- History of the Town of


Pinckney


.. 497


CHAPTER XXXVI .- History of the Town of


Turin .


501


CHAPTER XXXVII .- History of the Town of Watson. 540


CHAPTER XXXVIII .- History of the Town of


Johnson Gilbert B., Denmark, portrait.


214


West Turin ..


55I


CHAPTER XXXIX .- Appendix


597


ILLUSTRATIONS.


Adams William R., A. M., Lowville, portrait. ...


facing 389


Ager Joel Wheeler, Lyonsdale, portrait. 438


Allen Capt. Henry W., West Turin, portrait. 591


Allen Charles M., West Turin, portrait. . 593'


Allen Emory, West Turin, portrait ...


596


Arthur Bradford, Martinsburgh, portrait.


471


Arthur Orlando, Martinsburgh, portrait. 472


Blood Charles N., Diana, portrait. 232


Boshart Charles D., Lowville, portrait, (steel)


facing 415


Botchford Henry J .. Leyden, portrait. 279 Bowen Farnam J., Lowville, portrait, (steel) facing 391


Bowen Levi, Lowville, portrait 392


Burnham Joseph S., Leyden, portrait.


291


Clark John, Ist, Denmark, portrait


196


Clark Lucian, Denmark, portrait. 198


Clark Wayne, Harrisburgh, portrait. 241


Crofoot Elisha, Turin, portrait. 526


Crofoot John, West Turin, portrait


589


Crosby Hon. Alex. H., M. D., Lowville, portrait,


(steel) facing 387


Cunningham Chester S., Denmark, portrait 207 Dewey Cadwell, Turin, portrait. ... facing 508 Dewey E. P., Turin, portrait. 53[ Doig John, Lowville, portrait. 410


Douglass Charles E., M. D., West Turin.


593


Douglass David D., M. D., Leyden, portrait


287


PAGE.


Douglass Norton, Leyden, portrait.


...


285


Easton Russel J., Lowville, portrait, (steel). facing 376 Easton William L., Lowville, portrait. .. 369 Foot Duane D., Lowville, portrait 413


Foster Ansel, Lowville, portrait.


386


Glenn William, Watson, portrait


550


Gordon Solon, Lowville, portrait.


411


Gould G. Henry P., Lyonsdale, portrait


435


Hartwell William, Jr., Denmark, portrait


204


Hongh Eli B., Martinsburgh, portrait ..


480


House Henry R., Turin, portrait.


534


Hunt Calvin B., Lewis, portrait


255


Ives Mather S., Turin, portrait.


529


Ives Selden, Turin, portrait


530


Johnson William H., M. D., Leyden, portrait. 289 Kellogg House, Lowville, view of .. 396


Kellogg K. Collins, Lowville, portrait, (steel)


.facing 393


Kilham James, Turin, portrait.


522


Lake Levi C., Diana, portrait.


230


Lanpher Hiram B., Harrisburgh, portrait. 243


Lee Alfred H., Turin, portrait.


521


Leonard Charles P., Lowville, portrait, (steel) ..


facing 397


Leonard James L., Lowville, portrait, (steel) facing 398 Leonard Stephen, Lowville, portrait ...... .facing 396


Lewis Morgan, Denmark, portrait.


206


Lord John D., Leyden, portrait.


277


Loucks Daniel, Martinsburgh, portrait ..


.. facing 465


Lyon Lyman Rasselas, Lyonsdale, portrait, (steel) facing 441


Merrell Hon. E. S., Lowville, portrait.


379


Merwin Alanson, Leyden, portrait.


280


Merwin Amanda, Leyden, portrait.


281


Merwin James A., Leyden, portrait.


283


Miller Col. Seth, West Turin, portrait.


583


Miller James, West Turin, portrait


585


Mills Deloss, I.owville, portrait.


422


Morgan Luther, Turin, portrait.


535


Munger Abner, Denmark, portrait


208


Munn Thaddeus E., Leyden, portrait.


292


Pahnd Hon. Joseph, Diana, portrait.


224


Palmer William, Diana, portrait ...


225


Patten Daniel, Lowville, portrait.


418


Peebles Charles, Martinsburgh, portrait


473


Plummer Charles, High Market, portrait


247


Potter Benjamin F., West Turin, portrait.


584


Rea Peter, Lowville, portrait.


facing 406


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CONTENTS.


PAGE.


Rea Rutson, Lowville, portrait, (steel). . facing 405 Rice William W., Croghan, portrait. 171


Rich Alonzo D., Denmark, portrait .. 21I


Rich Josiah D., Denmark, portrait.


213


Rich Roland J., Denmark, portrait.


212


Arthur Bradford, Martinsburgh.


470


Arthur Orlando, Martinsburgh.


472


Boshart Charles D., Lowville.


415


Botchford Henry J., Leyden.


278


Bowen Farnam J., Lowville.


39I


Bowen Levi, Lowville.


39I


Burnham Joseph S., Leyden


290


Clark John, Denmark


195


Clark Lucian, Denmark .


195


Clark Wayne, Harrisburgh.


240


Crofoot Elisha, Turin.


526


Crofoot John, West Turin.


588


Crosby Hon. Alexander H., M. D., Lowville


387


Cunningham Chester S., Denmark.


207


Dewey Cadwell, Turin.


facing 508


Dewey E. P., Turin.


531


Doig John, Lowville.


410


Douglass Charles Eugene, M. D., West Turin.


592


Douglass David D., M. D.


286


Douglass Norton, Leyden


285


Easton William L., Lowville.


368


Easton Russel J., Lowville.


376


Foot Duane D., Lowville.


412


Foster Ansel, Lowville


386


Glenn William, Watson


550


Gordon Solon, Lowville.


41I


Gould G. Henry P., Lyonsdale. 435


Hall Family, Leyden.


293


Hartwell William, Jr., Denmark. 203


Hough Eli B., Martinsburgh 480


House Henry R., Turin. 534


Hunt Calvin B., Lewis ...


Ives John, Turin .. 528


Ives Mather S., Turin


529


Ives Selden, Turin.


529


Johnson Gilbert B., Denmark


Johnson William H., M. D., Leyden.


288


Kellogg House, Lowville


395


Kellogg K. Collins, Lowville.


393


Kilham James, Turin.


522


Lake Levi C., Diana.


229


Lanpher Hiram B., Harrisburgh


243


.Lee Alfred H., Turin ..


520


Leonard James L., Lowville.


398


255


Wilcox Lyman, Lowville, portrait.


408


Wilcox Marcellus J., Lowville, portrait. 409


Wilcox Marcellus J., Lowville, view of residence, .facing 407


Wilson Rodolphus B., Denmark, portrait.


216


Wright Lucius F., Denmark, portrait


210


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


Adams Wm. Root, A. M., Lowville ...................


389


PAGE.


Ager Joel Wheeler, Lyonsdale.


437


Allen Charles M., West Turin


590


Allen Capt. Henry W., West Turin


590


Allen Emory, West Turin.


595


Riggs Charles G., Turin, portrait.


537


Roberts Chauncey, Leyden, portrait 295


Roberts Harriet E., Diana, portrait.


228


Roberts Heman, Diana, portrait


227


Sackett Martin J., Turin, portrait.


525


Salmon Ransom, Martinsburgh, portrait. 486


Salmon Warren, Martinsburgh, portrait.


487


Scovil Carlos P., Lowville, portrait.


375


Seymour J. Lucius, Turin, portrait.


539


Sharp Ira, Lowville, view of residence .....


.facing 419


Shepard Harlow, Turin, portrait.


527


Shumway Chester, Martinsburgh, portrait


482


Stevens Samuel, Lowville, portrait


417


Stiles Alfred, Martinsburgh, portrait.


476


Stiles Dwight, Martinsburgh, portrait


475


Stiles Jared, Jr., Martinsburgh, portrait. 475


Stiles Jared, Sr., Martinsburgh, portrait. 474


Stoddard Lorin A., Harrisburgh, portrait.


244


Strong John, Turin, portrait.


facing 514


Thayer Harrison J,, Turin, portrait


533


Thompson Chandler E., West Turin, portrait


594


Turner Henry E., Lowville, portrait 38I


Wadsworth William R., West Turin, portrait.


587


Waters V. R., Turin, portrait.


523


Weller Harvey, Lowville, portrait. 421 West DeWitt C., Lowville, portrait, (steel). . facing 370 Whitaker Clemence, Martinsburgh, portrait. 477 Whitaker Daniel, Martinsburgh, portrait. 478 Whiting Dr. John, Denmark, portrait. 201 Whiting Harvey M., Denmark, portrait. 203 Wilbur Royal P., Lowville, portrait .. facing 390


214


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CONTENTS.


PAGE.


PAGE.


Leonard Stephen, Lowville. 396


Leonard Charles P., Lowville. 396


Lewis Morgan, Denmark ..


205


Sackett Martin J., Turin. 524


Salmon Ransom, Martinsburgh. 485


Salmon Warren, Martinsburgh .. 485


Scovil Carlos P., Lowville.


374


Merrell Hon. E. S., Lowville. 379


Merwin Alanson, Leyden ...


280


Merwin Amanda, Leyden.


280


Merwin, M. H., Leyden.


280


Merwin James A., Leyden


280


Miller James, Turin.


585


Miller Col. Seth, West Turin. 582


Mills Deloss, Lowville.


422


Morgan Luther, Turin.


535


Munger Abner, Denmark.


208


Munn Thaddeus E., Leyden 292


Pahud Hon. Joseph, Diana. 223


Palmer William, Diana.


225


Patten Daniel, Lowville. 418


Peebles Charles, Martinsburgh


473


Plummer Charles, High Market. 247


Potter Benjamin F., West Turin 584


Rea Rutson, Lowville


405


Rice William W., Croghan. 170


Rich Alonzo D., Denmark


Rich Roland J., Denmark


2II


Rich Josiah D., Denmark.


213


Riggs Charles G., Turin ...


536


Roberts Chauncey, Leyden.


294


Roberts Heman, Diana. . 226


Roberts Harriet E., Diana. 228


Lord John D., Leyden.


277


Loucks Daniel, Martinsburgh


facing 465


Lyon Lyman Rasselas, Lyonsdale, 44I


Seymour J. Lucius, Turin. 538


Sharp Ira, Lowville


419


Shepard Harlow, Turin


527


Shumway Chester, Martinsburgh.


48 1


Stevens Samuel, Lowville.


416


Stoddard Lorin A., Harrisburgh. 244


474


Stiles Family, Martinsburgh


Strong John, Turin.


facing 514


Thayer Harrison J., Turin


532


Thompson Chandler E., West Turin. 594


Turner Henry Ellis, Lowville. 380


Wadsworth William, West Turin 587


Waters V. R., Turin 523


Weller Harvey, Lowville. 420


West DeWitt C., Lowville


370


Whitaker Clemence, Martinsburgh.


477


Whitaker Daniel, Martinsburgh.


577


Whiting Harvey M., Denmark ..


202


Whiting Dr. John, Denmark


200


Wilbur Royal P., Lowville.


390


Wilcox Lyman, Lowville.


407


Wilcox Marcellus J., Lowville


407


Wilson Rodolphus B., Denmark


215


Wright Lucius F., Denmark.


..


209


PREFACE.


Nearly a quarter of a century has elapsed since the undersigned undertook, at the urgent solicitation of James L. Leonard, and other friends of boyhood, to gather the scattered materials that make up the History of Lewis County. The first edition, published in 1860, embodied many facts that could not now have been obtained ; for they were noted down from the recollections of those who had witnessed the events that they described, and who are now no more.


The great events of the War of the Rebellion have added many facts of in- terest in our local history, and a large amount of historical materials not previously known to exist, has been brought to light. Something of the unwritten annals of the early years of settlement had been saved from oblivion during the interval that had elapsed, by noting down the incidents and facts as opportunity occurred, and occasionally an error had been noticed for correction, which the former edition had contained. But the principal object in view in the preparation of a new edition, was to amplify from original notes, or from farther inquiry, the details of statements which were at first presented in brief, and to bring down the record of events in the several towns of the county, by adding a notice of what has since occurred.


It is not improbable that some errors have occurred in the orthography of names, or in exact dates, for in a work of this kind it is impossible to avoid them. We can only ask the indulgence of our readers, and shall always regard it as an act of kindness, to have our attention called to any that may be noticed, with a view of entering them in a copy that will be used for this purpose, for the benefit of those who may hereafter seek more exact information in our local history.


It would have been a pleasant task, had our space allowed, to have gone over in detail the events of the French settlement in Castorland ;- but as we approached the end, it was found impossible to do so, excepting in the general way in which its history is given in the final chapter. The materials are ample, and prepared for publication,-but the opportunity has not yet occurred.


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PREFACE.


I deem it proper to mention that none of the personal notices contained under the head of "Biographical Sketches," at the end of the Town Histories, were written by myself, nor had I any knowledge as to the names that were to be in- cluded, until the pages came to hand for indexing. These sketches, as well as the illustrations accompanying, were all prepared by competent assistants of the pub- lishers, who.I am confident executed their portion of this work with the same solicitude and pains-taking that I have devoted to the purely historical portion.


The neatness of typography, illustrations, and binding, will commend this edition to those who may have become its patrons, and will, we trust, secure their approbation.


In conclusion, the author takes thisopportunity to tender his grateful acknowl- edgments to the many who in various ways, have so kindly aided him and the pub- lishers in this laborious work, and to testify to the cordiality with which his efforts have been seconded by the hosts from whom it became his duty to solicit informa- tion.


FRANKLIN B. HOUGH.


LOWVILLE, N. Y., May 28, 1883.


HISTORY


OF


LEWIS COUNTY.


CHAPTER I.


ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.


L EWIS COUNTY SIMHI C was formed from Oneida,* by an act formed March 28, UNTP 1805, which also created Jefferson county. The North- O (First Seal of Lewis County.) ern part of Oneida county had been settling rapidly for several years, and in the uncertainty with reference to centers of business, several places aspired for the honors of the county-seat-for at first but one new county was thought of. Nathan Sage, of Redfield, Gen. Walter Martin, of Martinsburgh. Silas Stow, of Lowville, Noadiah Hubbard, of Champion, Hart Massey and others of Watertown, and Jacob Brown, of Brownville, were then active and influential citizens in their


--


several localities, and each one had his partizans, who were doing their utmost to create a public sentiment in favor of their particular interest.


It is probable that Jacob Brown, (af- terward the distinguished commander-in- chief of the army,) was as influential as any one, in creating an opinion in favor of two counties, and as the local topog- raphy of the country came to be better understood, it was found that the Red- field settlement was separated by a wide swampy region from the rest - a region that to this day remains to a great ex- tent a wilderness.


A beginning had been made at Cham- pion, in anticipation of its being a county- seat, and two or three lawyers, who af- terwards elsewhere acquired eminence, settled there. One of these was Moss Kent, a brother of Chancellor Kent, who afterwards removed to LeRayville, and finally to Plattsburgh, Henry R. Storrs, another, removed to Oneida county, and Egbert TenEyck, finally settled in Water- town.


The seat of justice in Oneida county, had been located at Rome, but an active discussion was going on, in favor of its


* Oneida was formed from Herkimer, April 2, 1784, including the territory now embraced in the whole of Jef- ferson and Lewis counties, and all east of Oswego River in Oswego county. Herkimer was taken from Mont- gomery, Feb. 16, 1791, and Montgomery (changed from Tryon,) was formed from Albany March 12, 1772. Al- bany was one of the original counties.


12


HISTORY OF LEWIS COUNTY.


removal, or for the erection of half-shire towns, as afterwards was done, and in the controversy that arose in the older settled part of Oneida county, Jonas Platt and Thomas R. Gold, each appealed to the public in support of their several claims. It was evident that great changes were about to take place in the county, and active men were on the alert to make the most of their opportunity. As events were ripening for a division, the bearing of every measure that might affect the result was watched with inter- est, and each was sure to attract its par- tizans, according as it would benefit his own locality.


We have already noticed the interest taken by Jacob Brown in these move- ments. He was then a young man, who had come on from near Philadelphia, as an agent of LeRay, to survey and settle his lands at Brownville. He had first passed through this region, from Whites- town, in 1797, and as settlers began to fill in the country along the west side of the Black River, he had become asso- ciated on friendly terms with Jonathan Collins, of Turin, Walter Martin, of Martinsburgh, and other prominent set- tlers, with whom it was easy to agree that two new counties would be better than one. He had a motive in concil- iating the southern part of the territory to be set off, because he could then have a better chance to secure one of the prizes. It can hardly be supposed that Turin expected to secure the county- seat, but it naturally favored the nearest point. While Stow, Kelley and others were active in attempting to show that the tendency of settlement lay further north, and it was already known that the broad terraces of rich land widened out in that direction, while to the south- ward they were narrowed in by hills.


The event proved that the settlers in Watertown were a match for Brown, in securing one of the new county-seats,


but by a sort of compromise, they con- sented to the location of the court-house on the extreme western border of their village, towards Brownville, adjacent to the present jail, so that it, in fact, did not fully accommodate either.


In a diary left by James Constable, one of the executors of the estate of his brother William Constable, a partner in Macomb's Purchase, he mentions, under date of September 20, 1804, some of these plans which he found under discus- sion :--


* " Finding that Mr. Shaler was from home [Constableville,] and not * * knowing what situation his people were in, we went to Squire [Jonathan] Col- lins, who, although he has left off keep- ing tavern, received and entertained us kindly from a very heavy rain. He gives us some information of the local pro- ceedings, about roads, the division of the county, and other intrigues, and with what I have heard from other quarters it appears that Stow and Martin had made themselves very obnoxious and they will differ about the division of the county on their side of it. Each will be supported by opposite interests, and they will both be defeated by the management of the proprietors of Redfield or that of Jacob Brown, of Brownville.


" Each of the gentlemen requires a court house near to himself, and if they are all to be gratified, Oneida must be divided into five; but there will be op- position to their wishes and perhaps to any division of the county, which would be for the interest of the land owners as the extra expense would be saved. There will be a contest for the clerkship, as Mr. Martin, Mr. Stow and Mr. Kelley, brother-in-law to Stow, are all candi- dates. Mr. Stow has declared publicly he will have it in spite of all opposition, but the people are most in favor of Mr. Kelley."*


To give definite form to these move- ments a convention of delegates, mostly


*It will be noticed elsewhere that Richard Coxe was appointed. He was a brother-in-law of Le Ray, and was living near Collinsville.


1 3


CONVENTION AT DENMARK.


chosen at special town meetings, was called to assemble in Denmark village, to unite in an application to the Legis- lature for a division of the county. One of these delegates, many years ago,* as- sured us that the majority of those sent, were instructed to vote for but one new county. The result of their deliberations is best shown by the record of their sec- retary, which is as follows :-


" At a meeting of three delegates from each of the towns of Brownville, Water- town, Adams, Ellisburgh, Malta,+ Har- rison,¿ Rutland, Champion, Harris- burgh, Lowville, Martinsburgh and Turin, convened at the house of Free- dom Wright in Harrisburgh,§ on Tues- day, the 20th day of November, 1804, Jonathan Collins in the chair; Egbert Ten Eyck, secretary :


"On examination it appeared that the following persons were regularly chosen to represent their respective towns at this meeting :


" Jacob Brown, John W. Collins, Ben- jamin Cole, for Brownville.


" Tilley Richardson, Henry Coffeen, Solomon Robbins, Joshua Beals, for Adams.


" Lyman Ellis, Matthew Boomer, Jr., John Thomas, for Ellisburgh.


" Asa Brown, Clark Allen, William Hunter, for Malta.


" William Rice, Cyrus Stone, Simeon Hunt, for Harrison.


" Cliff French, Abel Sherman, William Coffeen, for Rutland.


" John Durkee, Olney Pearce, Egbert Ten Eyck, for Champion.


" Moss Kent, Lewis Graves, Charles Wright, Jr., for Harrisburgh.


"Silas Stow, Jonathan Rogers, Charles Davenport, for Lowville.


" Asa Brayton, Clark McCarty, Chil- lus Doty, for Martinsburgh.


*William Coffeen, then of Rutland, who afterwards settled in Antwerp and died there.


+Now Lorraine.


#Now Rodman.


§The present town of Denmark was then included in Harrisburglı. The house where this Convention was held, is still [in 1882] standing in Denmark village, and is owned by Edward Leonard.


" Jonathan Collins, John Ives, Elijah Wadsworth, for Turin .*


"The above names being called by the secretary, respectively answered and took their seats. It was now moved and seconded that the sense of this meeting be taken whether all the mem- bers mentioned in the above list be ad- mitted to act in this meeting. Carried in the affirmative, 30 to 6.


" Moved and seconded that all ques- tions arising in this meeting, excepting questions of order, be taken by ayes and nays. Carried unanimously in the af- firmative.


" Moved and seconded that this county be set off from the county of Oneida. Carried in the affirmative, 27 to 9.


" Moved and seconded that this meet- ing will adjourn for half an hour. Car- ried unanimously, adjourned accord- ingly.


" Met pursuant to adjournment. It was now moved and seconded that a petition be presented to the Legislature of this State to appoint a disinterested committee to affix our limits for a new county, and to decide whether we ought to have a whole or a half shire on the Black river, and affix the spot or spots as sites for. the court house. Carried in the negative, 25 to II.


" Moved and seconded that the south- ern boundary of the counties to be estab- lished in the Black river country, begin on lake Ontario, at the southwest corner of Ellisburgh ; thence along the south line of Ellisburgh to the southeast cor- ner of said town ; thence along the east- ern boundary of Ellisburgh to the corner of No I and 6 on said boundary, thence along the line between 1 and 6, 2 and 7, to the corner of 3 and 8; thence along the line between 7 and 8, 12 and 13, to the line between Macomb's and Scriba's patent ; thence along said bounds to the county of Herkimer ; thence along the western boundaries of Herkimer and


* Leyden appears not to have been represented at this meeting, although on two previous occasions special meetings had been called and delegates chosen for this purpose. At one of these held December 15, 1803, Stephen Butler, Moses Ostrander and Joel Jinks had been appointed, and at the other held February 3, 1804, Stephen Butler, Samuel Snow and Richard Coxe were chosen to represent this town, at a convention to be held at Champion, on the first Tuesday of February, of that year.




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