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8 Named from the Mayfield Patent, granted June 27. 1770. The town comprises parts of this and Bleecker, Kingsborough. Sacon- daga, Kayaderosscras, Glen, Dan'l Claus's, and Norman McLeod's Patents.
4 Called by the Indians Ken-ne-nt-too.
6 Nathaniel Conners, Michael Croman. two families of Wal- ters, Peter Whitman, - Schutt, - Circaman, Michael Ilaynes, George Cough, Simon Christie, and John Anderson, settled before the Revolution. William and Robert Jackson, David Knapp, Alvin McDongal. Peter and John Mckinley, Duncan Anderson. Isaac Bemnas, Captain and Major Van Beuren, Douw and Jellis Fonds, Samuel Lefferts, William Vail,
the other early settlers. Soon after the Revolution, Zadoc Sher- wood and Samuel Olmsted settled at Northville. They were followed by Thos. Foster, Daniel and Timothy Ressequie, John McNeil, Calvin Young, Adam Olmsted, Cornelius Richardson, Elibu Coleman, Sylvanne Sweet, Robert Palmer, John Randall. Eli Sprague, Green Wells, Cornelius Harving. Felix Porter, and Jolin Denison,-mostly from New England. The first birth was that of Godfrey Shew, about 2 years before thic Revolution; the first marriage was that of Alexander St. John and Martha Scribner, about 1798; and the first recorded death. that of Gideon Olmsted.
10 2 Presb., 2 M. E., and Bap.
319
FULTON COUNTY.
N., and Crum Creek, (p. o., ) in the s. part, are hamlets. The first settlement was commeneed by Germans, before the Revolution.1 Rev. Jacob Frisband held the first religious services, about 1800.'
PERTII'-was formed from Amsterdam, (Montgomery co.,) April 18, 1831. Parts of May- field and Broadalbin were annexed Feb. 17, 1842. It is the s. E. corner town of the eo. Its surface is gently rolling. Chuetenunda Creek flows through the extreme E. part of the town. The soil is mostly a clay loam. Limestone erops out in several places; but the prevailing roek is slate. West Galway, (p. v.,) in the N. E. corner, on the line of Saratoga co., contains a church and 20 houses. Perth, (p. o.,) in the N. part, contains a church and 8 houses. West Perth (p. o.) is a hamlet. The first settlement commenced on the road from Tribes IIill to Sacondaga, about 1760.+ The eensus reports 2 churches in town; Presb. and Asso. Ref. Presb.
STRATFORD5-was formed from Palatine, (Montgomery co.,) April 10, 1805. A part of Caroga was taken off in 1842. It is the N. w. corner town of the co. Its surface is a high, rolling, and hilly upland, 800 to 1,200 ft. above the Mohawk, and in the extreme N. 1,800 to 2,000 ft. above tide, with a general inclination to the s. w. East Canada Creek flows through the N. w. corner and forms a part of the w. boundary. North, Ayers, and Fish Creeks are the principal streams. In the N. part are several small lakes, the principal of which are Dexter, Spectacle, North Pleasant, and Ayers Lakes. The soil in the s. w. and in the valley of East Canada Creek is a clayey loam; and in other parts it is light, sandy, and gravelly. Nicholsville, (Stratford p. o., ) on the w. border, partly in Ilerkimer eo., at the junetion of Ayers and East Canada Creeks, contains 2 churches, 4 sawmills, a gristmill and tannery, and 32 houses. Whitesburgh (p. o.) is a hamlet, in the s. w. corner. The first settlement was commeneed by Samuel Bennett, in 1800.6
Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Frecholders, Schools, Live Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Fulton County.
ACRES OF LAND.
VALUATION OF 1858.
POPULATION.
SCHOOLS.
NAMES OF TOWNS.
Improved.
Unimproved.
Real Estate.
Personal
: Property.
Total.
+ Males.
425
173
182
Broadalbin
17,413
6,972
339,765
44,545
$73,037 384,310
479 1,248
1,398 336
125
142
83
248
Epliratah
12,389}
8.896
300,098
27,940
73,430 328,038
1.066
375
393
288
10
1.130
Johnstown
29,590
10.751}
1.584.374
440,092
-2.024,466
4,083
1,287
1,500
748
23
3,210
Mayfield.
18,100}
16,5461
365.594
26.975
392,569
1,223
471
503
358
16
1.056
Northampton
12.9324
5,308
162,983
14.875
177,858
983
960
406
406
286
11
753
Oppenheim.
20.2899
11.760
438.199
14.525
452,724
1,250
1,162
436
450
369
16
1.109
Perth
12,505}
3,993
286.836
32,517
319,353
569
562
206
214
169
6
449
Stratford
5,2501
35,363
127.827
4,510
132,337
550
496
194
211
148
393
Total
133.415₴ 147,070₴
3.744.524
613,598
4,358,122 | 11,573
11,711
4,179 |
4,560
2,996 |111
9.761
LIVE STOCK.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
NAMES OF TOWNS.
Hornea.
Working
Ocen and
Cows.
Sherp.
Sloine.
Winter.
Spring.
Tons of Hay.
Bushels of
Bushels of
Pounds
Pounds
Cheese.
in yard».
Bleecker.
95
136
177
98
113
255
2,3264
490
5,968
1,110
12,670
164
Broadalbin
644
1,335
1,121
2,487
1,220
952
73,389
4,063}
29,938
11,512
99,405
10,015
9.80
Caroga.
115
139
177
149
186
50
4,871
506
4.487
490
13.325
87
221
Ephratah
606
956
1,011
1,374
7,619
53,804
3,085
16,998
4,400
83,525
52,900
487
Johnstown ..
1,231
1,936
2,250
4,703
10,3633
183,495
7,713
38,673
27,844 242,117
10,114
1,463
Mayfield.
1,389
1,370
1,287
2,601
1,232
3,7684
80,963
4,131 }
24,016
18,136|102.631
27,306 6,045
825
Oppenheim.
731
1,452
2.345
1,501
1,373
694
67,899
7,116}
22,199
15,435 127,741
433,971
2,165₺
Perth
491
975
892
1,965
1,119
2,026
100,324
2,607
15,601
11,902
80,575
9,816
474
Stratford.
170
383
499
327
273
42
15,248}
1,365}
7,891
2,872
25,210
28,825
500}
Total.
5,829
9,654 10,268 16,969 10,514|
26,028
618,5142 33,903
182,964 100,142 840,397
579,079
7,477
Bleecker.
2,6382
35,138
$71,292
$1,745
401
Carega.
2,306
12.343
67,556
5,874
378
Females.
No. of Dwellings.
No. of Families.
.|Freeholders.
No. of
Children
taught.
NO.
12
982
506
559
397
Domestic Cloths,
1 Rudolph Yonker was the first settler ; John Shaver, Jacob Youron, Moses Johnson, Daniel Dickman, W'm. Alterburgh, Henry Burkdorf, Frederick Bellenger, and Simeon Schuyler settled in the s. part; Benjamin Berry, Peter Clive, Jacob Ladue, James Johnson, Wm. Bean, Richard Hewett. and Daniel Quile, from New England, settled in the central part in 1797. William Alterburgh kept the first inn; Andrew Zabriskie the first atore; and Jolin Beardsley built the first mill. Mr. B. was the pioneer millwright in Central New York, and took an active part in the first improvements of this class.
" There are 4 churches in town ; 2 Univ., M. E., and Ref. Prot. D. $ Named from Perth, in Scotland, by Archibald McFarlane. This town contains parts of the Kayaderosseras and Sacondaga Patents.
4 Charles Mereness, Richard Bowen, Marcus Reese, - Davis, Michael Swobe, and Francis Frey settled before 1770.
Lawrence E. Van Allen, Henry Van Valkenburgh, Ira Benedict, Conrad and Francis Winne, Derby Newman. James and Wm. Robb, and Peter Vosburgh, settled soon after the Revolution.
6 This town comprises parts of Glen, Bleecker & Co.'s Patent, one tier of lots of Lott & Low's Patent, and a part of the Jersey- field l'atent, granted to Henry Glen and others, April 12, 1770.
6 Jobn Wells, Amos Kinney. Eli Winchell. Nathan Gurney, Eleazer, Levi, and Samuel Bliss, Abial Kibbe, and Daniel Shottekirk settled on the Johnstown road, and Stephen and John Wilcox, Amasa Chappell, and Abiathar Moshur in other parts of the town. The first birth was that of Lansing Wells, in 1800; the first marriage, that of Samuel Ellis and Polly Gurney ; and the first death, that of Jesse Wilson. killed by the fall of a tree, Dec. 25, 1802 or '03. S. Bennett kept the first Inn ; Sanders Lansing, son of one of the patentees, built the first gristmill, ou Fish Creek, in 1810; and Daniel Cross built the first taunery, in 1812.
6,441
53,198
197
Northampton
357
972
509
1,764
507
268
36,195
2,825
17.193
Potatoes.
Apples.
Butfer.
G 555 + No Districts.
BUSH. OF GRAIN.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Calves.
1,135 3,356
1,117 3,829 1,170
GENESEE COUNTY.
THIS county was formed from Ontario, March 30, 1802. It origin- E SEE ally comprised all that part of the State lying w. of Genesce River, and a line extending due s. from the point of junction of the Gene- SEAL see and Canaseraga Creek to the s. linc of the State. Allegany was taken off in 1806, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Niagara in 1808, parts of Livingston and Monroe in 1821, Orleans in 1824, and Wyoming in 1841. A part of Covington was annexed to Livingston co. in 1823, and Shelby was added to Orleans in 1825. It is one of the western cos. in the State, separated by Orleans from Lake Ontario and by Erie from Niagara River. It is centrally dis- tant 229 mi. from Albany, and contains 507 sq. mi. The surface is mostly level or gently undulating. The s. border is occupied by ranges of hills which extend N. from Wyoming co. and attain an elevation of 200 to 300 feet above N the valleys and about 1000 feet above tide. A limestone terrace, bordered in many places by nearly perpendicular ledges, extends E. and w. through the co., N. of the center. At each extre- mity in the eo. this terrace ranges in height from 50 to 100 feet, but it deelines toward the center to a height of 20 to 40 feet. Tonawanda Creek' enters Alexander from the s., and flows in a N. E. direction to the village of Batavia, thence turns and flows in a general N. w. direction to the w. border of the co. Its course is very tortuous, and its current generally sluggish.2 Its principal tributaries are Little Tonawanda and Bowens Creeks. Oak Orchard Creek takes its rise near the center of the co. and pursucs a winding course to the N. E. corner of Elba, thence turns w. and flows through the great Tonawanda Swamp, which occupies the N. part of Elba, Oakfield, and Alabama. Black Creeks flows N. through near the center of Bethany, Stafford, and Byron, thence easterly through Bergen into Monroe co. Its tributaries are Bigelow and Spring Creeks. Oatka Creek flows across the s. E. corner of the co., and Murder' and Eleven Miles Creeks across the s. w. corner. Tonawanda, Black, and Oatka Creeks form a series of finc eascades in their passage down the limestone terrace near the center of the eo. The lowest rocks in the co. belong to the Onondaga salt group, extending along the N. border. Gypsum is quarried in Le Roy, Stafford, and Byron. This is succceded by the hydraulic, Onondaga, and corniferous limestones, which form the lime- stone terrace extending through the co. Lime and building stonc are extensively obtained from the outcrop of these roeks.
Succeeding the limestone in order are the Marcellus and Hamilton shales, occupying the whole s. part of the eo. The surface generally is covered thick with drift deposits, and the underlying rocks only appear in the ravines of the streams. Nearly all the swamps contain thick deposits of muck and marl, furnishing in abundance the clements of future fertility to the soil. Many of the springs and streams are constantly depositing lime in the form of marl. Along the N. border are numerous wells yielding water strongly impregnated with sulphuric acid, and known as "Sour Springs." The soil is generally a very deep and fertile sandy or gravelly loam intermixed with clay and mostly underlaid by clay or limestone. This co. embraces a portion of the "Genesce Country," which from the first settlement has been famed for its fertility. The people are almost exclusively engaged in agriculture. For many years wheat formed the staple product; but of late the ravages of the midge have led to the more general raising of the coarser grains, and have turned the attention of farmers to the cultivation of fruit, wool growing, cattle raising, and dairying.
The co. seat is located at the village of Batavia.6 The courthouse is a fine stone edifice, 3 stories high, containing the co. elerk's office and the other co. offices." The jail is a new brick building, a few rods w. of the courthouse.8 The poorhouse is situated on a farm of 133 aeres in Betliany, near
1 Signifying "swift running water," from the rapid current | quired to donate I acre of land for co. purposes and erect the for 10 mi. below Batavia.
2 Between Attica (Wyoming co.) and Batavia this stream flows between two parallel roads about I mi, apart. The distance by the highway is 11 mi., and by the stream 43 mi.
& Indian name " Checkanango."
4 So named because the body of a man supposed to have been murdered was found in it by Joseph Peters, Esq .. of Darien. 6 So named from crossing the old Buffalo Road Il mi. from Buffalo.
necessary co. buildings. Joseph Ellicott, agent of the company, complied with the requirement of the law, and crected the buildings in 1802. The first officers of the co. were Joseph Elli- cott, First Judge ; Daniel D. Brown, District Attorney ; James W. Stevens, Co. Clerk ; Richard M. Stoddard, Sheriff; Jeremiah R. Munson, Surrogate.
7 The new courthouse was erected in 1841-42, at a cost of $17,000.
8 The new jail was erected in 1851. The average number of
" By the act of organization, the Ilolland Laud Co. were re- | inmates js 5. 320
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GENESEE COUNTY.
the s. line, and 9 mi. s. E. of Batavia. The average number of inmates is 90, supported at a weekly cost of $.72 each, in addition to the income of the farm, which is about $1300. A sehool is main- tained 7 mouthis in the year, and at suitable age the children are bound out. The general manage- ment is ereditable to the eo., and is far better than that of a large majority of similar establishments in the State.1
The N. Y. Central R. R. extends in a s. w. direction through Bergen, Byron, Stafford, Batavia, Pembroke, and the N. w. corner of Darien. A branch of this road extends s. from Batavia through Alexander to Attiea. The Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Branch extends w. through Le Roy, Stafford, Batavia, and Pembroke, erossing the main line at Batavia. The Buffalo, New York & E. R. R. extends through Le Roy, Stafford, Batavia, and Alexander.2 Several plank roads have been built in the co .; but most of them have been abandoned. An important eanal feeder extends from Tonawanda Creek through the N. w. corner of Alabama. There are 5 newspapers published in the eo.3
This eo. embraced within its original limits all that portion of the State included in the purchase of Robert Morris. Phelps and Gorham, the original purehasers of the whole of Western N. Y., failed to meet the obligations to the State of Mass., and a large share of their tract reverted, and was purchased by Samuel Ogden for Robert Morris, May 12, 1791." Morris sold the w. portion of the traet, constituting about seven-eighths of the whole, to the Holland Land Company, July 20, 1793,5 reserving to himself a strip of an average width of 12 mi., lying between the Phelps and Gorham and the Holland Purchases, and known as the Morris Reserve.6 The Holland Land Com- pany, an association of capitalists in Holland, made this purehase through agents who were eitizens
1 The poorhouse is a brick edifice, with a stone wing for the accommodation of the insane.
2 A few years since, a route for a R. R. was surveyed from Batavia to the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek, on Lake Ontario. 3 The Genesee Intelligencer was commenced in the spring of 1807, at Batavia, by Elias Williams, and was the first paper published w. of Genesee River. It was suspended in Oct. of the same year. Iu the spring of 1808 Benj. Blodgett and Samuel Peck commenced
The Cornucopia, and continued it until 1811.
The Republican Advocate was commenced in 1811, by Benj. Blodgett and David C. Miller. It soon passed into the hands of Mr. Miller, and was published by him until 1828. It was then successively in the hands of Charles Sentell, Chas. W. Miller, Edwin Hough, Andrew W. Young, Lewis & Brown, C. C. Allen, Waite & Cooley, and Daniel D. Waite. In 1854 it was merged in the Genesee Co. Whig, and was issued by Kimberly & Good- rich as.tbe
Republican Advocate and Genesee Co. Whig. In 1855 Mr. Good- rich withdrew, and the name was changed to
The Republican Advocate, and was continued by J. H. Kimberly until 1857, when the office passed to D. D. Waite, one of its former proprietors, by whom the pa- per is still published.
The Daily Advocate was commenced in May, 1859, by D. D. Waite.
The Spirit of the Times was commenced at Batavia, Feb. 3, 1819, by Oran Follett. In May, 1825, it was sold to his bro- ther, Frederick Follett, who continned the publication until Aug. 1836. It was successively published by Nelson D. Wood, Fred. Follett, Lucas Seaver, Wm. Seaver & Son, and Charles Hurley, until 1856.
The People's Press was commenced at Batavia in 1825, by an association, Benj. Blodgett, editor. It was afterward issued by Martin, Adans & Thorp. Adams & Thorp, and Adams & McCleary, and was subsequently merged in the Spirit of the Times, and for some years was pub- lished as
The Spirit of the Times and The People's Press.
The Morgan Investigator was published at the office of the Republican Advocate during the Morgan excitement in 1827, and continned about a year.
The Masonic Intelligencer, instigated by the same excitement, was published for about the same period from the office of the People's Press.
The Farmers and Mechanics Journal was commenced at Alex- ander, Nov. 4, 1837, by Peter Lawrence. In Juue, 1840, It was moved to Batavia And issued as
The Bataria Times and Farmers and Mechanics Journal, by Frederick Follett and Peter Lawrence. Soon after, Fred. Follett became the sole proprietor. and published it until Sept. 1843, when it was sold to Lucas Seaver and was merged in the Spirit of the Times.
The Temperance Herald, mno .. was issued from the office of the Spirit of the Times, by Lucas Seaver, for one year from March. 1842.
The Le Roy Gazette was commenced in 1826. by J. O. Ralch. It was successively issued by Starr & Hotchkin, Henry D. Ward, Richard Hollister, Rufus Robertson, F. Creditors' Tract.
Goodrich, Seth M. Gates, Martin O. Coe, and Cyrus Thompson, until 1840, when it. passed into the bands of C. B. Thompson, its present publisher.
The Genesee Republican and Herald of Reform was commenced at Le Roy in 1829, and was published for 1 or 2 years by Freeman & Son,-Orestes A. Brownson, editor.
The Genesee Courier was commenced at Le Roy in the spring of 1844, by Edw. Bliss, and was published about a year. Mr. B. resuscitated it in 1853, and published it a short tiure.
The Genesee Herald was commenced at Le Roy in 1854. by Wm. C. Grummond. In Jan. 1857, it was removed to Batavia, where it is now published by A. J. McWain. The Genesee Dally Herald was issued from the same office in 1858, and is still published.
The Le Roy Democrat waa commenced in Dec. 1852, by Henry Todd. In Nov. 1853, It was removed to Batavia and its name changed to
The Batavia Democrat. In Dec. 1856. it passed into the hands of John Bergen, by whom it was changed to
The Genesee Weekly Democrat, still published. The Genesee Co. Whig was commenced at Batavia in 1852, by Kimberly & Tyrell, and was published by them until 1854, when it was merged in the Republican Advocate. The Le Roy Advertiser was commenced April 1, 1857, by Thos. B. Tufts. It was discontinued in July, 1858.
4 The E. line of the Morris Purchase commenced upon the Penn. line, 44 78-100 mi. w. of the pre-emption line, and ran due N. to an elm tree at the forks of the Genesee River and Cana- scraga Creek, thence northerly along that river to a point 2 mi. N. of the Canawagus Village, thence due w. 12 mi., thence N. 24º E. to Lake Ontario.
6 The line forniing the division between the Holland Purchase and the Morris Reserve commenced up on the Penn. line, 12 mi. w. of the w. line of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, and fromu thence ran due N. to near the center of Stafford, Genesee co., thence due w. 2.07875 mi., and thence due N. to Lake Ontario. This line is known as the Transit Line, from its being run by a transit instrument, then first used in surveys. The offset was made in this line to prevent the Holland lands from overlapping the Conn. Tract. The names of the members of the Holland company were Wilhelm Willink, Jan Willink, Nicholas Van Stophorst, Jacob Van Stophorst, Nicholas Hubbard, Pieter Van Eeghen, Christian Van Feghen, Isaac Ten Cate, Ilendrick Vol- lenhoven, Christina Coster, (widow,) Jan Stadnitski, and Rutger J. Schimmelpennick.
6 This Reserve was sold ont in several large tracts to different purchasers. A tract containing 87,000 acres, lying immediately w. of Phelps and Gorham's " Mill Yard," was sold to Le Roy Bayard and M. Evers, and is known as the Triangular Tract The Connecticut Tract lies immediately w. of the Triangle. and contains 100,000 acres. It was purchased by the State of Conn. and Sir Win. Pulthey and was divided between them. The Cragie Tract. containing 50.000 acres, joins the Conn. Tract on the 8., and immediately F. is the 40,000 Acre Tract. South of these are successively the Ogden Tract, of 50,000 acres, the C'ot- tinger Tract, of 50,000 acres, the Sterritt Tract, of 150,000 acres, and the Church Tract, of 100,000 acres. A small tract joining the 40,000 Acre Tract on the s. is kuown as Morris's Hlouorary
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GENESEE COUNTY.
of this country, as at that time aliens could not hold real estate. Immediately after the passing of title, measures were taken to extinguish the Indian titles and to survey the tract. A council of the Senecas was held at " Big Tree," now Geneseo, in Sept. 1797, at which time the Indians ceded most of their lands to the whites.1
The general office of the Holland Land Co. was located at Philadelphia. Theophilus Cazenove, the first general agent, took charge of all the business relating to the company from the first pur- chase of the lands until 1799. He was succeeded by Paul Busti, who took the chief management of affairs until 1824,-a period of 25 years. His successor was John J. Vander Kemp, who con- tinued to manage the affairs of the company until their final settlement. In July, 1797, Joseph Ellicott was engaged as principal surveyor of the Ilolland Land Co.º In 1798, Mr. Ellicott and his assistants ran the E. line of the territory-since known as the Transit Line-from Penn. to Lake Ontario, forming the basis for the future surveys and divisions of the territory. The surveys were continued until the whole territory was divided into ranges and townships. The former numbered from E. to w. and the latter from s. to N.
In 1798 the first State roads were laid out from Conewagas, on Genesee River, to the mouth of Buffalo Creek, and to Lewiston, on Niagara River. A few settlers located in various places in 1798-99, but the settlements did not progress with great rapidity until after the opening of the Land Office in Oct. 1800. The first place of business opened was the " Transit Store House," located on the present site of Stafford Village, in 1798, to furnish supplies to the surveyors engaged in running the 'Transit Line. The land office was first established at " Pine Grove," the residence of Asa Ransom, on the present site of Clarence Hollow, Erie co. Upon the organization of Genesee co., in 1802, the office was transferred to Batavia, where it continued until the final closing up of the affairs of the company. In 1821, Mr. Ellicott resigned his agency, and was succeeded by Jacob S. Otto, who held the office until his death, in 1827. His successor was David E. Evans, who con- tinued in charge of affairs until 1837, when the business of the company was closed.3 In 1811, Ebenezer Mix entered the service of the company as clerk, and for 27 years he had control of the entire sales and subdivisions of lands,-a post for which his mathematical abilities, a tenacious memory, and habits of order admirably qualified him. In 1835 the Holland Company sold all their remaining lands and all their interests to a new company, principally of Batavians, and a new order of things was established. Difficulties at once arose between the new company and the settlers in various parts of the purchase; and, finally, mobs collected to destroy the land offices." The opening of this new region to settlement, under the auspices of a liberal and wealthy company, instituted a new order of things in the general history of the co., and was of incalculable benefit to the settlers. Mills were erected, costly roads opened, and every thing done to facilitate settlement and to remove difficulties in the path of settlers. The lands were sold at fair prices and on the most liberal terms. The affairs of the company, both at their general and local offices, were conducted by gentlemen of liberal culture, enlarged views, and humane hearts. In consequence of the richness of the lands and the liberal terms offered by the company, the whole region rapidly filled up with an industrious, intelligent, and enterprising population. Many of the carly settlers afterward occupied high official positions and became known throughout the State for their ability and integrity.
1 The tracts reserved by the Indians were the Cannawagus | ability, and he left a name highly honored throughout the ex- Reservation, of 2 sq. mi., on the Genesee, w. of Avon; Little tensive domain over which he exerted so commanding an influ- ence. Beards and Big Tree Reservation, of 4 sq. mi., on the Genesee, opposite Geneseo: Squakie Ilill Reservation, of 2 sq. mi., on the 8 In 1850 an act was passed directing the original field notes and maps to be deposited in the secretary's office for preserva- tion aud as legai proofs. In closing the affairs of the company, it was found necessary to obtain evidence of the death of certain original proprietors; and an act, passed May 13, 1846, directed the appointment of a special commissioner to visit Europe. Julius Rhoades was intrusted with this duty. Genesee, N. of Mt. Morris; Gardeau Reservation, of 28 sq. mi., on both sides of the Genesee, in Castile and Mt. Morris; the Caneadea Reservation of 16 sq. mi., on both sides of the Genesee, in Allegany co .; the Oil Spring Reservation, of 1 sq. mi., on the line between Cattarangus and Allegany; the Allegany Reservation, of 42 sq. mi., on both sides of the Allegany River, extending N. from the Penn. line; the Cuttaraugus Reservation, of 42 sq. mi., on both sides of the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek ; the Buffalo Reservation, of 130 sq. mi .. on both sides of Buffalo Creek ; the Tonawanda Reservation, of 70 sq. mi., on both sides of Tonawanda Creek, mostly in Genesee co .; and the Tuscarora Reservation, of 1 sq. mi., 3 mi. E. of Lewiston, Niagara co. The titles to all these reservations, except the Tonawanda, Buffalo, Cattarangus, Tuscarora, and Allegany, have since been ex- tiuguished.
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