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CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 1924 100 210 974
In compliance with current copyright law, Cornell University Library produced this replacement volume on paper that meets the ANSI Standard Z39.48-1992 to replace the irreparably deteriorated original.
2005
CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
FROM
The Utica Public Library
(in exchange)
LITH BY L.M. EVERTS, PHILA, PA .
TRENTON FALLS , N. Y.
1667.
HISTORY -OF --
ONEIDA COUNTY,
NEW YORK.
WITH2
(Unstrations and Biographical ketcheg
SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.
PHILADELPHIA: EVERTS & FARISS.
-1878 .-
PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA.
CONTENTS.
HISTORICAL.
HISTORY OF ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
CHAPTER
PAOE
CHAPTER PAOE
I .- Physical Features
9
XXIV .- Ava ·
417
II .- Pre-Historio Races
14
XXV .- Boonville
419
III .- Indian Occupation 15
XXVI .- Bridgewater
427
IV .- Protestant Missions 29
XXVII .- Camden
432
V .- French Discoveries 36
XXVIII .- Deerfield
439
VI .- Settlements in the Mohawk Valley
45
XXIX .- Florence
447
VII .- Land-Titles .
53
XXX .- Floyd .
449
VIII .- The Revolution
67
XXXI .- Forestport
452
IX .- Second Meeting of the Continental Congress
XXXII .- Kirkland
454
X .- Burgoyne's Campaign . 91
XXXIV .- Maroy .
480
XII .- Relief of Fort Stanwix 115
XXXV .- Marshall
484
XIII .- Surrender of Burgoyne 131
XXXVI .- New Hartford
487
XIV .- Sullivan's Campaign
141
XXXVII .- Paris
495
XV .- Civil Organization
157
XXXVIII .- Remaen
507
XVI .- Internal Improvements
. 174
515
XVII .- The Oneida Civil List .
185
XVIII .- The Learned Professions
191
XIX .- Statistical .
239
XLII .- Vernoo
570
XLIII .- Verona
580
XLIV .- Vienna
587
XLV .- Western
593
XX .- The Village of Utica . . 257
XLVI .- Westmoreland
600
XLVII .- Whitestown.
610
XLVIII .- Biographical
628
XXI .- City of Rome 363 .
XLIX .- Military History and Rosters
639
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
View of Trenton Falls (Frontispiece)
facing Title-Page.
Ballou Block ·
facing 307
Map of Oneida Connty
· facing
9
Portrait of John J. Fraocis " E. B. Shearman
"
312
Portrait of Rev. Samuel Kirkland
29
"
318
Map Onsida County, showing Patents, Land Grants. 1829
53 Utica City Library
320
Portrait of Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) 70
Hackett's Block .
between 320, 321
Plan of St. Leger's March . 93 .
Portrait of C. Hackett (steel)
" 320, 321
Portrait of Peter Gansevoort
95
4 John Carton
Owen O'Neil
334
" " Battle of Oriskany .
105
Faxton Hospital
Portrait of H. Barnard
338
N. Y. State Lunatic Asylum, Utica
"
234
E. S. Barnum
Wm. J. Bacon .
347
Robert Middleton (steel) .
between 348-349
Thomas Hopper
348-349
" T. S. Faxton =
facing 349
CITY OF UTICA.
Portrait of Francis Kernan
faoing 257
Residence of Thomas Hopper
the late John Butterfield
between 264, 265
Portrait of John Butterfield
264, 265
Ebenezer Leach
. 353
Hiram Greenman
facing 276
Jacob Hunt (steel)
facing 354
Silas C. Greenman .
276
¥ Alonzo Churchill (steel)
355
Josiah Rathbun
294
Alfred Churchill
. 355
James Benton .
298
John (Jean) B. Marchisi
. 357
Horatio Seymour (steel) .
299
William Russell (steel)
facing
358
Ellis H. Roberts
301
G. A. Foster
"
359
De Witt C. Grove
"
303
C. H. Hopkins .
359
.
382
Baron Steaben Monument
faoing 637
Portrait of Col. Marinue Willett
638
.
" 264
Patrick Cassidy
351
Wm. H. Watson (steel)
facing 352
.
3
330
Plan of the Siege of Fort Stanwix
102
335
View of Connty Infirmary, Rome
facing 234
341
Plan of Rome, in 1810
" Hiram Greenman
E. J. Richardson
between 350-351 " 350-351
HISTORY OF THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF ONEIDA COUNTY.
XXII .- Annsville
.
403
XL .- Steuben
526
XLI .- Trenton
534
XXXIII .- Lee 472
XI .- St. Leger's Proclamation 101
XXXIX .- Sangerfield
HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE AND CITY OF
UTICA.
XXIII .- Augusta
. 409
PAGE
facing "
«
4
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Portrait of Stephen Thorn .
360
FLOYD.
facing
450
FORESTPORT.
Forestport Steam Mills (Denton & Waterbury, proprietors) facing 452
Portrait of Jonathan A. Hill (steel) .
453
Hamilton Codice.
KIRKLAND.
2
Portrait of Thomas Deah .
faoing 456
Horace Bartlett
·
hetween 486, 467
Portraits of W. S. Bartlett and Wife .
466, 487
Residence of Wm. S. Bartlett
466, 467
John S. Barker (with inscription)
facing 467
James L. Blackstons
467
Portrait of Marshall W. Barker
471
LEE.
402 Portrait of Andrew Davidson ·
between 472, 473
Residence of the late Andrew Davidson
472, 473
Portraits of Curtis Spinning and Wife
474, 475
Roswell F. Spinning and Wife
474, 475
Lewis Eames and Wife .
fading 476
Portrait of Jerusha Eames
478
James Eames, Sr.
478
" James Eames, Jr. " 478
Martin Washburn
. 480
MARCY.
facing 420 Residence of James Cavana
facing 482
Edward T. Marson
483
Portraits of Edward T. Marson and Wife .
.
484
MARSHALL.
Residence of Charles A. Hovey (with inscription)
.
facing 486
Mrs. Ira Melvin
487
NEW HARTFORD.
Residence of George Hatfield
facing 490
Morgan Butler .
490
Portrait of Charles McLean (steel)
494
PARIS.
Residence of Moses M. Gray
facing 496
Harvey Head
497
Portrait of Harvey Head 497
" Jonathan E. Head . 497
Residence of L. and J. E. Head
498
Portrait of Lysander Head
" 498
499
Residence of J. P. Tompkins, with Portraite Geo. W. Chapman,
" 500
William Richards between 500, 501
Portrait of William Richards (stsel) " 500,501
Residence of George D. Dunham, with Portraits Portrait of Darius Dunham
504, 505
504, 505
Portraits of Stephen Chapman and Wife
facing 584
REMSEN.
Residence of Jerome B. Witherell, with Portraits Property of J. R. and C. R. Thomas
faciog 508
509
Portraits of Evan Owens and Wife
510
Residence of Didymus Thomas, with Portrait . between 510, 511 510, 511
the late Roht. Roberts, with Portraita
510,511
Chester G. Kent, with Portraits
facing 511
John James,
512
James Mitchell,
" 513
Portrait of Milo Mitohell .
. 513
.
BOONVILLE.
Portrait of Thomas Traffarn
Residence of John M. Fisk, with Portraits
422
Portraits of Walter Booth and Wife .
423
Residence of Samuel Johnson, with Portrait
424
" B. O. Jackson, with Portraits
425
Portrait of A. L. Hayes
428
P. B. Shultz
426
BRIDGEWATER.
Residence of S. Bailey
facing 428
W. N. Southworth
428
Portrait of Silas B. Wood .
429
¥ Nehemiah N. Peirce
430
Old Homestead of Jesse Ives
432
CAMDEN.
Residence of E. B. Upson
facing 432
J. G. Dorranoe, with Portrait
438
McCall Bros. Canning-Factory
437
Portraits of Francis Skinner and Wife
439
DEERFIELD.
Residence of Archibald Blue (double page)
between 440, 441
" 440, 441
Allen L. Blue
440, 441
Portrait of Duncan Blus
440, 441
440, 441
Residence of Peter Walker
James M. Cox, with Portraits
" 440, 441
Stephen Northup (double page)
Rohert Coventry .
. facing 442
¥ Franklin S. Davis (double page) Giles Smith .
facing 443
Portrait of Alexander Coventry
Robert Coventry
445
" Aaron Barnes .
445
Pratt Smith 446
FLORENCE.
Residence and Tannery of W. W. Graves
Portraits of W. W. Graves and Wife
between 448, 449 " 448, 449
PAGE
facing 380 Portrait of Ingham Townsend . .
362
CITY OF ROME.
Residence of A. Ethridge .
facing 364
" Henry Patrick, with Portrait
Portrait of A. Ethridge
.
N. Hyds Leffingwell
"
L. Zenana Leffingwell
370
Residence of D. M. Crowell, with Portraits Portraits of Elijah Crowell and Wife
between 370, 371 ¥ 370, 371
Residence of Jonathan Talcott .
facing 374
E. B. Armstrong, with Portrait George Ahhe, with Portraits
387
Portrait of Harold H. Pops
392
R
Roland S. Doty
D. M. K. Johnson (steel)
401
" M. C. West (atesl) .
ANNSVILLE.
Portraits of Nelson Dawley and Wife
facing 404
406
Portrait of W. J. Lasher
408
AUGUSTA.
Residence of George W. Dodgs
facing 412 "
413
W. G. Strong
Allen L. Blus .
440, 441
¥ 440, 441
between 442, 443
. 444
.
¥ Hugh Roberta, with Portrait
John B. Walls (steel)
Philo Gridley .
365
368
66
370
386
398
Harrison Lillybridge and Wife
L. C. Schermerhoro
5
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
SANGERFIELD.
PAOE
Portrait of Francie Marion Stetson .
525
Daniel Livermore
James G. Presten
Portraits of Silas B. Crocker and Wife
facing
576
Daniel G. Dorrance (steel)
.
VIENNA.
Portrait of John D. Yager . 592
Residence of Samuel Faulkner facing
592
WESTERN.
Residence of Henry G. Reid, with Portrait
facing 593
Portrait of Thomas McMullin
594
Residence of the late Moses T. White Israel White
John Ellia
between 596, 597
Henry R. Hill, with Portraits
596, 597
C. W. and J. Porter, with Portraits facing 597 597
Portrait of Gen. Henry W. Halleck .
Jabez Hallook, Jr. .
facing 599
¥ Jabez Halleck
599
D. A. Crane, with Portrait . 544 "
Jerome V. Gue
.
WESTMORELAND.
Portraits of Amos Barns and Wife . facing 602
Erastus W. Clark (steel)
= 609
WHITESTOWN.
Portrait of Philo White
facing 614
" Mrs. Nancy R. White
614
Portrait of George Watkins
568
"Evergreen Lawn," Residence of W. D. Walcott
615
Pascal C. J. De Angelis (steel)
facing
569
Portrait of Samuel Campbell (steel)
627
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
PAOE
Hon. Francis Kernan
facing 257
Stephen Thorn
360
John Butterfield .
between 264, 265
Philo Gridley
361
Jesiah Rathbun .
facing 294
N. Hyde Leffingwell
facing 370
James Benton
298
Daniel M. Crowell
between 370, 371
Hiram Denio
299
Harold H. Pope .
facing 392 "
Horatio Seymour
299
Roland S. Doty . D. M. K. Jobnson
396
Ellis H. Roberts
facing 301
M. Calvin West .
401
John J. Francis .
312
Henry Patrick .
. 402
E. B. Shearman .
318
Phineas Ahbe
. 402
John Carton
¥
330
E. B. Armstrong
. 402
Owen O'Neil
66
334
Nelsen Dawley .
facing 404
H. Barnard
338
Harrison Lilly bridge .
406
E. S. Barnum
341
William J. Lasher
408
William J. Bacon
346
Thomas Traffarn
420
Walter Booth
423
Thomas Hopper .
348
Silaa B. Wood
429
Theodore S. Faxton
349
Nehemiah N. Peirce
430
Hiram Greenman
349
S. Bailey
432
Eaton J. Richardson .
350
Francis Skinner .
439
Alexander Coventry
444
William H. Watson
351
Allen L. Blue
445
Ebenezer Leach .
353
Aaron Barnes
445
Jacob Hunt
354
Peter Walker
445
Corden Hackett .
354
Pratt Smith
446
Alfred Churchill
355
James Cox .
446
Aloozo Churchill
355
Levi C. Schermerhorn
446
Jean Batiste Marchisi
356
William W. Graves
between 448, 449
William Russell .
358
facing 450
Gilbert A. Foster
358
Jonathan A. Hill
. 453
Charles H. Hopkins
359
Thomas Dean
facing 456
John B. Wella
360
William S. Bartlett
between 466, 467
.
528
John C. Owens, with Portraits
between 528, 529
R. P. Roberts,
528, 529
R. R. Roberts, =
facing
529
Portrait of William Lewis
"
530
Residence of the late Rev. R. Everett, D.D., with Portraits 532
Portrait of Sarah Porter .
.
534
" Morris W. Morris
facing 368
TRENTON.
Residence of William H. Comstock .
facing 536
¥ Miss Mary R. Willard
540
Francis A. Wilbur
540
J. J. Davis . 541
Joseph Halleck
· 599
Alexander Pirnie,
¥
545
Mrs. Francis Guiteau, with Portraite 550
Portraits of William J. Babcock and Wife
554
Portrait of Sylvanus Ferria
560
"Union Hall," William P. Dodge, proprietor
560
Property of Henry Joy
.
561
Residence of Colonel T. H. Ferris, with Portraits
CE 565
Portraits of William Perkins and Wife
566
VERNON.
PAOE
Residence of Daniel G. Dorrance facing 572
Silas B. Crocker .
525
526
STEUBEN.
"Crigga," residence of John R. Griffith faoing 528
Residence of Richard D. Davis
between 572, 573 " 572, 573 Portrait of Timothy Jenkins
580
.
401
De Witt C. Grove
"
303
.
facing
Robert Middleton
347
Patrick Cassidy .
351
Ingham Townsend
596
596
600
6
CONTENTS.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
James L. Blackstone .
. 471
William J. Babcook .
faoing 554
Marshall W. Barker .
· 471
Colonel Timothy H. Ferris
565
John Kirkland .
472
William Perkins
566
Andrew and Alexander Davidson
between 472, 473
Alexander Pirnie
566
Curtis Spinning .
474, 475
Francis Guitean
567
Roswell F. Spinning .
474, 475
D. A. Crane
567
Lewis Eames
facing 476
George Watkins
568
James Eames
478
William P. Dodge
568
Martin Washburn
480
Pascal C. J. De Angelis
569
Edward T. Marson
483
Ephraim Willard
570
Ira J. Melvin
. 487
F. A. Wilbur .
570
William Richards
between 500, 501
Silas B. Crocker
between 572, 573
Darius Dunham .
504, 505
Timothy Jenkins
facing 576
Stephen Chapman
507
Daniel G. Dorrance
580
Evan Owens
faoing 510
John D. Yager .
592
Chester G. Kent
511
Thomas McMullin
594
Robert and Hugh Roberts .
. 511
Jeptha Brainard
597
John James
. 512
General Henry W. Halleck
597
Jerome Witherell
512
Henry R. Hill .
598
John R. Thomas
512
C. W. and J. Porter
598
Milo Mitchell
513
The White Family
598
James Mitchell .
513
Jabez Hallock, Jr.
facing 599
Francis Marion Stetson
525
Jerome V. Gue .
600
Daniel Livermore
525
Henry L. Reid
. 600
James G. Preston
526
Amos Barns
facing
602
William Lewis .
facing 530
Erastus W. Clark Philo White
facing 614
Dr. Everett
532
Benjamin S. Walcott .
. 626
Richard R. Roberts
533
Samuel Campbell
627
Richard P. Roberts
. 534
Baron Steuben .
628
John C. Owene .
. 534
Colonel Marinus Willett
638
.
.
·
609
John R. Griffith .
531
.
.
Didymus Thomas
514 ·
The Hallock Family
599
.
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY.
" Time rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore, Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marveling boyhood legends' store Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How are they blotted from the things that be ! How few, all weak and withered of their foroe, Wait on the verge of dark Eternity, Like stranded wrecks,-the tide returning hoarse
To sweep them from our sight : Time rolle hie ceaseless course." SCOTT.
THE task of writing the history of Oneida County is one of no small magnitude. Geographically it occupies a most remarkable position in the centre of that grand arch of wealthy counties which reaches from the Hudson to Lake Erie. In ancient days it was the home of one of the nations of the most remarkable confederacy of savage people of whom we have any history. The great war-trails of the children of the forest passed along its principal valleys, and these have been succeeded in recent times by the turnpike, the canal, and the iron way, over which have passed an upmeasured commerce and an unnumbered army of immi- gration.
For more than a century it was the pathway of the armies of Gaul and Britain, and, during the Revolution, the centre of attraction by reason of its commanding loca- tion. Battles and sieges have made its grand old woods echo with the thunders of war, and the cries of murdered innocence have mingled with the thrilling yell of the Iroquois amid the smoke of conflict.
Into its pathless wilds came the son of the church, far in advance of permanent settlement, risking, and often losing, his life in the vain endeavor to tame and elevate the savage, whose barbarous instincts were tenacious as those of the wild ostrich in the desert.
Its early settlers were the avant-couriers of various nationalities : phlegmatic sons of the Netherlands ; exiled Palatinates from the banks of the Rhine; sturdy farmers from the " Merry Isle"; wearers of the bonnic Highland plaid and plume; wanderers from the banks of Shannon ; hardy men and women from the classic land of the Druids; bold and venturesome men of rugged New England, aud even the gay and chivalrous sons of France, here sought and found a home on the very verge of civilization. And within the compass of a century the wilderness has been
subdued and made literally "to blossom as the rose"; and where spread the sombre forest over leagues of hill and dale, and only wild beasts and wilder men were found, is now the home of more than a hundred thousand civilized beings, the abode of Peace and busy industry, of intelli- gence and refinement.
The materials for a history of this wonderful region are abundant and accessible, but the difficulty that confronts the historian consists more in a judicious choice from amid the accumulated mass than in the labor involved in collect- ing, and the exercise of careful discrimination and sound judgment are of the first importance.
It has been the desire and aim of the compilers of this work to avail themselves of every possible means of infor- mation within their reach, and many thousand pages of the writings of various authors have been carefully read and utilized in the course of its preparation. Among the works examined may be mentioned the " Documentary and Colo- nial History of New York," Parkman's Works, Smith's " History of the State," Hammond's "Political History," " Annals of Tryon County," Stone's "Life of Brant," " Annals of Oneida County," Morgan's " League of the Ho- de-no-sau-nee," Colonel Willett's "Narrative," Dr. Bagg's " Pioneers of Utica," " Ancient America," Squier's " An- tiquities of New York," Oriskany " Centennial Volume," " Lectures and Addresses of Ex-Governor Seymour," sev - eral local histories, Craig's "Olden Time," the State civil list, legislative manuals, reports of the adjutant-general, " Gazetteer of the State," various works on geology, records of the courts, supervisors, and societies, city and county directories, newspaper files, Lives of Baron Steuben, Dr. Kirkland, and others, " Battles of the United States," " Annals of the West," etc.
In addition to the vast amount of printed information obtained, we have visited every portion of the county, and consulted the oldest living settlers, town authorities, and officers of various societies, churches, schools, etc., and endeavored to the best of our abilities to collect whatever of information, both local and general, could be found.
That we have seen every one who might have furnished information we do not pretend, for such a labor would have required years, and produced a work voluminous beyond the possibility of remunerative publication. Our object has
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been to get what was reliable upon all important subjects, and utilize it to the best possible advantage in a volume combining utility and variety, and sufficiently voluminous to satisfy the just expectations of our patrons and the public generally. Our best endeavors have been given to insure accuracy and reliability, without verbosity and useless multiplication of language.
It has been deemed eminently proper that the early his- tory of the county and the various towns should occupy the most important portion of the work, leaving to the future historian the task of preserving whatever may be of value in the passing events of to-day. We have labored assiduously in this magnificent field, whose materials can never be exhausted, and have everywhere met with gener- ous consideration and received valuable assistance from hundreds in all the walks of life, without which our labors would have been practically in vain.
How far our efforts have been commensurate with the importance of the subject is for the people of Oneida County to determine. All we can do is to commit the work to their hands, with the assurance that we have labored faithfully and honestly, and with the hope that they will be reasonable in their criticisms.
The various chapters have been made as complete as our space and the means at hand permitted. In some matters
we have been considerably disappointed, more particularly in obtaining the history of the various military organiza- tions which went out from the county during the War of the Rebellion, and which we had reasonable assurances would be furnished by parties familiar with the subject. In most respects we have been greatly favored.
It would be impossible to mention by name all those who have aided and assisted us in the compilation of the work, but to the following-named persons we are under special obliga- tions for valuable favors rendered : Hon. Horatio Seymour, Hon. William J. Bacon, Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, John F. Seymour, Esq., Joseph B. Cushman, Esq., the various county and city officials, Dr. M. M. Bagg, the press gen- erally, Hon. Horace Capron, of Washington, D. C., Rev. Marinus Willett, of Westchester County, Dr. John P. Gray, of the State Lunatic Asylum, Professor Edward North, of Hamilton College, T. S. Faxton, Esq., Professor Andrew McMillan, superintendent of city schools, Henry S. Miller, Esq., Frank H. Latimore, city librarian, T. D. Curtis, Esq., Dr. D. G. Thomas, Dr. Charles P. Russell, Dr. L. B. Wells, Dr. C. E. Chase, the clergy generally, and the principal manufacturers. To all others we would hereby acknowledge our sincere obligations.
SAMUEL W. DURANT. UTICA, September, 1878.
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HISTORY
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ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
BY SAMUEL W. DURANT.
CHAPTER I.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
GEOGRAPHY.
THE geographical position of Oneida County is a re- markable one. Situated in the centre of the State, it forms the keystone of that magnificent arch of wealthy and populous counties whose extremities rest upon Long Island Sound and Lake Erie, and including the beautiful and historic valleys of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, the group of charming lakes having the Oswego River for their common outlet, and taking in the fairest and richest portion of the famous " Genesee Country," the granary of the State.
The commercial metropolis of the county, the beautiful city of Utica, may well be termed the " central city," for it stands very near the geographical centre of the Common- wealth, and in the most delightful portion of the Mohawk Valley. Rome, in the centre of the county, and its demi- capital, is distant 110 miles from Albany, and stands immediately on the water-shed which divides the head- streams of the St. Lawrence and the Hudson, the gateway through which passes the mighty stream of commerce and travel between the Atlantic and the great West.
Within the borders of the county are the springs from whence flow in various directions the waters that mingle with the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean at New York. The principal streams are the Mohawk and Black Rivers, and Wood and Oneida Creeks, with their affluents.
The Mohawk River and its branchies, West Canada, Sauquoit, Oriskany. Nine-Mile, and Lansing Kill Creeks, drain the central and eastern portions of the county ; Black River the extreme northeastern portion ; Wood Creek and its branches, Fish Creek, Mad River, and Little River, the northwestern ; and Oneida Creek the southwestern por- tions. In the western part of the county lie a portion of Oncida Lake, the towns of Vienna and Verona, includ-
ing about 10,000 square acres of its arca, whose total is given in the Gazetteer of the State at 57,000 acres. In the town of Forestport is a cluster of small lakelets, the largest of which are Long and White Lakes, cach contain- ing perhaps a square mile of surface; and there are natural ponds in Ava,. Boonville, New Hartford, Sangerfield, Vienna, and perhaps other towns. Three of the great canals of the State are partly within the county, the Erie, Black River, and Chenango, and the Black River feeder, which runs from the State reservoir, in the town of Forest- port, to the village of Boonville, a distance of 12} miles.
Area .- The superficial area of the county, according to the State Gazetteer (a very reliable authority), is 1215 square miles, equivalent to 777,600 square acres, being not far from the area of the State of Rhode Island .*
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