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Rev. Mr. Taylor, referred to in other places, says of Clinton in 1802: "This people is considered to be the most harmonious, regular and pious of any in the northern part of the State of New
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York. In this town, or rather parish, is an academy which is in a flourishing state. A Mr. Porter, an excellent character, and a preacher, is preceptor." There were then about sixty scholars in the school, and some who had been educated there had become preachers. "Piety is very much encouraged in it." "There is in ye town a few Universalists and a small Baptist Church, but not a sufficient number to have any influence."
The population in 1865 was 4.044, and its area 19,759 acres.
The town contains fifteen school districts, employing fifteen teachers. The whole number of children of school age is 1,462; the number attending school, 766; the average attendance, 361, and the amount expended for school purposes during the year end- ing September 30th, 1868, was $4,401.08.
LEE, named from Lee. Mass., whence some of the early set- tlers came, was formed from Western, April 3, 1811. Its size was diminished in 1823 by taking off a part of Annsville. It is situated in the interior of the County, north of the center. Its surface is rolling or moderately hilly, gradually rising from the low lands in the south to an elevation of 500 to 800 feet above the canal at Rome. The west branch of the Mohawk flows through the north- east corner of the town, and Fish Creek forms a part of the west boundary. The soil is a clayey, sandy and gravelly loam, and in some places is very stony.
Lee Center, (p. v.) situated a little south of the center of the town, contains a church. a hotel, a tannery, a grist mill, a saw mill and about 300 inhabitants.
Delta, (p. v.) in the south-east corner of the town, contains a ho- tel, a store, a grist mill, a tannery, a wagon shop, a school and about 100 inhabitants.
Lee, (p. v.) in the south-western corner, contains a church, two saw mills, a blacksmith shop and about twenty-five houses.
West Branch. (p. v. ) in the north-east corner, contains two hotels, a saw mill, a grist mill and about a dozen houses. Near the vil- lage is a woolen factory. a carding machine and a tannery.
Stokes is a hamlet in the south-east part, containing a hotel, a store and several shops. A new road has been laid out, beginning at the south-east corner of lot 38, Banyard's Patent, and running west on the line of lots to the plank road running from Stokes to West Branch.
The first settlement was commenced at Delta in 1790, by two brothers, Stephen and Reuben Sheldon. At that time there was no house between them and Furt Stanwix. Other early settlers in this vicinity were David Smith, Daniel Spinning, Stephen and Nicholas Salisbury. Soon after a settlement was commenced at " Lee Center" by Nathan Barlow. William Tart, Dan and Smith
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Miller, John Hall, Frederic Sprague and a Mr. Hall. James Young, Charles Ufford, Elisha Parke, a Mr. Potter and others, came as early as 1795. New Englanders described the Military Tract, consisting of Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca counties, as " so far off and so near the ends of the earth that they supposed it never would be settled by civilized people." What is now Lee and Western, was said to be "away up the Mohawk River, away be- yond Fort Stanwix, inhabited by bears, wolves and Indians."
At the first town meeting in March, 1812, James Young, Jr., was elected Supervisor, and West Waterman, Town Clerk. Fen- ner Sheldon was the first child born in the town, in 1791. The first marriage was that of Dan Miller and Miss Amy Taft, and the first death that of Job Kaird, in 1798. The first saw mill was built in 1791 or 1792, by David Smith, and the first grist mill by Gen. Wm. Floyd, in 1796. The first school house was erected in 1796 or 1797, by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants, in money, materials and labor, and was situated one mile south-east from Lee Center. The first religious society (Congregational) was organized in 1797. Rev. James Southwork was the first pastor.
The territory comprised in the town of Lee consisted of the fol- lowing tracts: Scriba's and Oothoudt's Patents, including Bowne's Purchase, Banyard's and Fonda's Patents, Mellwaine's, Boon's and Mappo's Tracts.
The population in JS65 was 2,714, and its area 27,836 acres.
There are eighteen school districts in the town, employing twenty-seven teachers. The number of children of school age is 875; the average attendance, 355, and the amount expended for school purposes during the year ending September 30, 1868, was $3,391.07.
MARCY, named in honor of Wm. L. Marcy, was formed from Deerfield, March 30, 1832. It lies on the north bank of the Mohawk, east of the center of the County. Its surface is rolling. Along the river is a wide intervale from which rises an irregular table land from 300 to 500 feet above the valley. Nine Mile Creek flows through the west corner of the town. The soil on the upland consists of a rich, sandy and gravelly loam, and on the flats an alluvial deposit which is increased annually by the spring floods.
Stittsville, (p. v.) situated in the north-west corner of the town, on Nine Mile Creek, is partly in Trenton and contains a church, several mills, the usual number of stores and mechanic shops, and about 250 inhabitants.
Marcy (p. o.) is situated on the line of the Utica and Black River Railroad.
The first settlement was commenced in 1793 by John Wilson, upon a river farm, about half a mile east of Nine Mile Creek.
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James, Thomas, Isaac and Jacob Wilson, brothers of John, settled here soon after. A Dutchman named Tull had previously settled here and built a log house, eighteen feet square, in which he and his family of twelve persons were living. James Wilson, with a family of six persons, moved in and lived with Tull for several months, when he purchased a lot about one mile north of Oriskany village, upon which he moved. Mr. Wilson cleared a few acres and plant- ed it with corn, adding a bountiful supply of pumpkin seeds. The pigeons pulled up all the corn, leaving only a huge crop of pump- kins upon which man and beast were obliged to subsist the first year. They suffered great hardships, but in a few years Mr. Wil- son became a wealthy farmer.
The first death was that of John Wilson, the first settler, in 1793. Mr. Camp kept the first inn, about 1810, and John F. Al- len built the first mill, about 1825.
The population in 1865 was 1,517, and its area 19,158 acres.
There are twelve school districts, employing twelve teachers. The whole number of scholars is 577; the average attendance, 201, and the amount expended for school purposes during the last year was $3,469.53.
MARSHALL was formed from Kirkland, February 21, 1829. It is situated in the south part of the County, the south-west corner bordering on Madison County. The surface is a hilly up- land, the hills rising from 200 to 300 feet above the valleys. Oriskany Creek flows north-east through the west part. The soil is a fertile sandy loam.
Deansville, (p. v.) situated on the north border, is a station on the Utica, Clinton & Binghamton Railroad, and contains two churches, an academy and about 200 inhabitants.
Hanover (Marshall p. o.) is situated near the center of the town and contains a church and about twenty houses.
Forge Hollow contains several mills and manufactories, a church and about thirty houses.
The first white settlement was made in 1793 by David Barton, from Connecticut. He was soon followed by Warren Williams, Hezekiah Eastman, Captain Simeon Hubbard and Levi Baker. The Brothertown Indians were settled previous to the Revolution, on a reservation given them, in this town and Kirkland, by the Oneidas. They were the remmants of New England tribes and those of Long Island, numbering about 400. They adopted the English language and some of the arts of civilized life. Most of them left during the war, but on their return became quite thrifty farmers. Here they were surrounded by the whites, who offered them the Bible, the Bread of Life, with one han I, and whisky, the " Water of Damnation," with the other. They chose the latter and
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gradually dwindled away, some selling out and going to Green Bay, from which place the last of them emigrated in 1850.
The first church (Congregational) was organized June 14. 1797, and was called the " Hanover Society." In 1501 they built a church edifice which they occupied for forty years, when it was re- built.
The population in 1865. was 2,141. and its area 19,415 acres.
There are ten school districts. employing the same number of teachers. The whole number of scholars is 404; the average at- tendance, 190, and the amount expended for school purposes during the year ending September 30th, 198, was $2,739.35.
NEW HARTFORD was formed from Whitestown, April 12, 1827. A part of Kirkland was annexed in 1934. It lies upon the east border of the County, south of the center. Its sur- face is level or gently undulating, except in the east part where there is a low range of hills. Sauquoit Creek flows north through the town near the center. The soil is a rich loam, containing con- siderable calcareous matter.
New Hartford, (p. v.) situated on Sauquoit Creek, near the cen- ter of the town, contains five churches, viz., Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and Quaker, two cotton factories, a bolting factory, a stocking factory, a touring mill, a carriage factory, two hotels and about 1.000 inhabitants.
Washington Mills, (p. v.) on the same stream, a little south of the center of the town, contains a church, a hotel, a woolen fetor ;. a manufactory of agricultural implements, a wagon shop and about 300 inhabitants.
New York Upper Mills, (New York Mills p. o.) on the north border of the town, contains a church, a cotton factory and about 200 inhabitants.
Willow Tale. situated in the south part, contains a foundry and pattern shop, and about thirty-five houses. A large machine shop was burned about a year ago.
Chadwicks, (p. o.) in the south part of the town, contains a cot- ton factory and the other buildings necessary for carrying it on.
The first settlement was commenced in 1788, by Colorel ( after- wards Judge) Jedediah Sanger. He purchased one thousand acres of land, about equally divided by Sauquoit Creek. and embracing the whole of the village of New Hartford. He contracted to pay fifty cents an acre, and within the first vear sold one half of his pur- chase to . Joseph Higbee for one dollar an acre. In 1759 he re- moved his family to Now Hartford, and the same year erected a saw mill, and the next year a crist mill. Other early settlers wore Ashbol Beach, Amos Ives. Solomon Blodzet, Salmon Butler and Joel Blair, who settled west of the village, the last three at . Mid-
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dle's Settlement." Agift Hill, a Mr. Wyman, Stephen Bushnell, Oliver Collins, Joseph Jennings, Joseph Higbee, Nathan Seward, John French and three families of' Kellogg's, two of Risley's two of Olmstead's, and Seymour, Butler, Hurlburt, Kilborn and Mon- tague, were also early settlers. The village and adjacent country made rapid progress for a number of years, both in population and wealth. The immense water power of the creek was developed, and for several years previous to the completion of the middle section of the Erie Canal, more business was done at the village of New Hartford than at Utica.
The first child born in New Hartford was Dr. Uriah H. Kellogg. The first church (Presb.) was formed in 1791, by Rov. Jonathan Edwards, and the first settled minister was Rev. Daniel Bradley, Oct. 26, 1795, Rev. Joshua Johnson was installed pastor of the church. It is said that the young people, to honor the occasion, held in the evening an " Ordination Ball." This church erected the first house of worship in the County, and in the State west of Herkimer. It was commenced in 1793, but not completed until 1706. The first County Court of this County was held in this church.
Jedediah Sanger, the founder of New Hartford, was a native of Sherburne, Middlesex County, Mass. As has already been stated, he built the first mills in New Hartford, and in 1796 erected the first grist and saw mills at the outlet of Skaneateles Lake. He was one of the principal proprietors of the "Paris Fur- nace," which went into operation in 1801. In 1805, he engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods. He was a member of the State Legislature eleven years, and was appointed the First Judge of Oneida County at its organization, which office he held until 1810.
The population in 1865 was 3,654 and its area 17,308 acres.
There are fourteen school districts in this town, employing fif- teen teachers. The whole number of scholars is 1,396; the aver- age attendance 390, and the amount expended for school purposes during the year ending September 30th, 1868 was $4,692.96.
PARIS was named by the inhabitants in acknowledgement of the kindness of Isaac Paris, a merchant of Fort Plain, who sup- plied them with corn on a liberal credit during the year of scarcity, 1789, and finally received his pay in such produce as they were able to supply. It was formed from Whitestown, April 10, 1792, Brookfield, Hamilton and a part of Cazenovia, (Madison Co .. ) Sherburne, (Chenango Co.,) and Sangerfield, were taken off in 1795, and Kirkland in 1827. In 1839 a part of Kirkland was an- nexed. It lies on the cast border in the south-east corner of the County. 'Its surface is a hilly upland, broken by the valley of Sauquoit Creek. The hills bordering this valley are from 200 to
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400 feet high, and most of their declivities are steep. Sauquoit Creek flows north through the town, east of the center, affording many valuable mill sites which have been improved. It is said that one of the early settlers started at the junction of this stream with the Mohawk in search of a site for a saw mill, but did not succeed in finding sufficient fall until he arrived at Cassville. To one familiar with the manufacturing villages between this point and the Mohawk, this statement will appear very singular. The soil is a sandy, calcareous loam.
East Sauquoit, and West Sauquoit, (Sauquoit p. c.) are contigu- ous villages, on opposite sides of the Creek, and contain two churches, viz : Methodist and Presbyterian, an academy, a hotel, a saloon, two cotton factories, two paper mills, three stores, one publie hall and a Masonic and Good Templar's Hall, two black- smith shops, two wagon shops and harness makers, and about 700 inhabitants. The Academy, under the charge of Prof. White, is in a flourishing condition, and is worthy of the patronage it receives. The Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley R. R. passes through the village on the west side of the creek.
Clayville (p. v.) is situated on Sauquoit Creek, about ten miles south of Utica, and is a station on the Utica, Chenango and Susque- hanna Valley Railroad. It contains four churches, viz., Presby- terian, Methodist, Episcopal and Roman Catholic; two hotels, five dry goods and grocery stores, a drug store, two meat markets, a grist mill, a cheese box factory, and various other mills and manu- factories. The Empire Woolen Company has fourteen sets of ma- chinery, a capital of $125,000 and uses 450,000 pounds of wool. making 150,000 yards of fancy cassimeres annually. The mill is run by water and steam power, and employs 225 hands. There are two large establishments for the manufacture of agricultural implements. The Paris Furnace Company employ a capital of about 850,000, and make about $100,000 worth of goods annually. S. A. Millard & Co. are engaged in the manufacture of similar im- plements and have about the same amount of capital invested. The population of the village is about 1,200.
Holman City is situated about a mile east of Clayville, contains a cupola furnace employing about a dozen hands, and manufactories of wagon boxes and skeins, horse hay forks, &c.
Cassville, (p. v.) situated near the south border, contains a church, several mills and manufactories, and about 300 inhabitants.
Paris Hill, in the west part of the town, contains a church and about thirty dwellings.
The first settlement was made in March, 1789, by Captain Rice, at Paris Hill. Benjamin Barnes, Sr. and Jr., John Humaston, Stephen Barrett, Aaron Adams and Abel Simmons, settled in the same neighborhood soon after. In 1791, Kirkland Griffin, Capt. G
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Abner Bacon, Deacon Simeon Coe, Spencer Briggs, Baxter Gage, Josiah Hull, Nathan Robinson, Enos Pratt and a Mr. Root, settled in the vicinity of Sauquoit. Phineas Kellogg, John and Sylvester Butler, Asa Shepherd and Mrs. Plumb and two children, were other early settlers.
The first death in the town was that of William Swan, in 1790. Abner Bacon kept the first inn, and James Orton the first store, in 1802. The first church (Congregational) was formed in 1791, by Rev. Jonathan Edwards; Rev. Eliphalet Steele was the first pas- tor, and continued in that relation until his death, in 1817. Mr. Steele was considered very sound and orthodox in his sentiments, and was a man of great plainness of speech, which sometimes savor- ed of bluntness. In the early part of the present century a young minister, was arraigned by the " Oneida Association," for preach- ing unsound doctrine. On reading the sermon it was pronounced orthodox, though somewhat obscurely worded. Mr. Steele ad- monished the young man to be more careful in the use of language and ended by saying : "Aye, young man, you do not know more than half as much as I do, and I do not know more than half as much as I think I do."
Kirkland Griffin, whose name has been mentioned among the early settlers, was an active and efficient aider of the patriot cause during the Revolution. He shipped on board one of the earliest privateers, was captured and imprisoned in the "Mill Prison," England. For two years and five months he suffered the horrors of that den of filth, upon the very verge of starvation. After his release he shipped on board the Bonhomme Richard, under Paul Jones, and was in the bloody engagement with the Serapis, which resulted in a victory of the Stars and Stripes. The British Cap- tain, on learning that the crew of the Richard comprised many of the recent inmates of the Mill Prison, said: "Now, I know why I am conquerered; without those prisoners you never could have obtained the victory ;" rightly judging that victory or death would be the watch-word of those who had endured the barbarities of the Mill Prison.
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