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Hiram Fish Whitman, private, 66th Inf., Co. I; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 : disch. for disability at Harper's Ferry, Va., Sept. 1, 1862.
Eldred McBride, private, 106th Inf., Co. HI .; enl. Oct. 4, 1862; died of injury at Washington, D. C.
Jesse Brunson, corp., 106th Inf., Co. II ; enl. Aug. 1, 1862 ; mortally wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864.
Peter Mahar, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 21, 1862; disch. at Washing- ton, D. C., June 20, 1865.
Daniel E. Tower, private, 98th Inf., Co. G ; eul. Nov. 12, 1861 ; died of typhoid fever, May 6, 1862.
David Philander Whitman, private, 60th Inf., Co. I ; enl. Sept. 1, 1861 ; died of typhoid fever at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 17, 1862.
William Kendall Woleott, corp., 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. Nov. 1861 ; disch. for dis- ability at Washington, D. C., April 14, 1862.
Sullivan E. Chamberlain, private, 12th Cav., Co. F; enl. March 24, 1863 ; disch. for disability at Newbern, N. C., Sept. 25, 1863.
Safford G. Hazen, private, 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. February, 1862; died of disense. Ilenry Hardy Hazen, private, 92d Inf., Co. G ; enl. 1861 ; died of typhoid fever. Thomas Stewart Sampson, private, 92d Inf., Co. G .; enl. October, IS61 ; died in rebel prison.
Abram Lewis, private, 98th Iuf., Co. G ; enl. Nov. 26, 1861 ; died from measles. Carlos Ross, private, 98th Inf., Co. G ; enl. Aug. 18, 1864; disch. June HA, 1865. Marvin Potter, capt., 142d Inf., Co. F; commis. September, 1862; disch. Inne, 1865.
Lester Potter, sorgt., 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 11, 1862 ; wounded nt battle of Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864 ; disch. June, 1865.
Warren Potter, Ist sergt., 1-12d Inf., Co. F; enl. Ang. 11, 1862; pro, to 1st sergt .; wounded nt the battle of Chapin's Farm, Sept. 29, 1861; dischi. Muy 8, 1865, at Albany, N. Y.
Leonard Albert Clark, private, 60th Inf., Co. E; enl. Sept. 30, 1861 ; dlsch, for disability at Philadelphia, February, 1863.
Palmer II. Hartson, private, 60th Inf., Co. 1 ; eul. September, ISGI ; disch. Feb. 26, 1864; re-enl. Feb. 26, 1861 ; died of wounds.
Brinton Allen, private, H2d Inf., Co. F; onl. Ang. 30, 1862.
Edgar Z. Cole, private, 92d Int., Co. G; eul. Oct. 10, 18GI ; diseh. for disability ;
re-enl. 14th Art., Co. B, Jan. 4, 1864 ; died at Andersonville prison, Ga., Sept. 30, 186-1.
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Joseph Bashaw, private, 60th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept. 24, 1861 ; disch. at Wanhat- chee, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1863; re-enlisted.
Alexander Brown, private, 142d Inf., Co. F ; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. at Ogdens- hurgh, N. Y., June 20, 1865.
Obadialı Remington, private, 142d 1uf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 21, 1862; mortally wounded at capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., December, 1864.
Christopher Mulholland, private, 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. Nov. 12, 1861 ; disch. for disability at Newport News, Va., April 8, 1862.
Alexander Trombler, private, 142d Int., Co. F; enl. Aug. 27, 1862; disch. Sept. 30, 1864.
Robert Rollins, private, 106th Inf., Co. Il ; enl. July 29, 1862 ; disch. at. Ogdens- burgh, N. Y., July 1, 1865.
Joseph Tawya, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Ang. 28, 1862 ; disch. for disability, July 1, 1863; re-enl. Gth Art., Co. G, Angust, 1864 ; disch. at City Point, Va., July, 1865.
William Nelson Tuttle, q.m .- sergt., 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; pro. to corp., to com .- sergt., to q.m .- sergt .; disch. at Ogdensburgh, N. Y., June 28, 1865.
William Mosier, private, 106th Inf., Co. H; enl. Aug. 1, 1862 ; dischi. at Ogdens- burgh, N. Y., July 1, 1865.
Isaac Farr, private, 142d Iuf., Co. F .; enl. Ang. 31, 1862; disch. at Fortress Monroe, Va., June 7, 1865.
Philemon Woods, private, 14th Art., Co. K ; enl. Dec. 24, 1863; wounded ; disch. for disability at. Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 1865.
Martin Willard Clark, private, 98tlı Inf., Co. G ; enl. December, 1861 ; disch. for disability at Yorktown, Va., Sept. 3, 1862; re-enl. 14th Art., Co. I, Dec. 25,1863.
IFarley Remington, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 16, 1862; taken prisoner at Fort Fisher, Dec. 25, 1864; paroled ; disch. at Annapolis, Md., July 2, 1865.
John Patno, private, 14th Art., Co. I; eul. Dec. 25, 1863.
Simeon Salls, private, Gtlı Ind. Horse Bat .; enl. Aug. 23, 1864; disch. at New York, June 24, 1865.
Oliver Smith, private, 6th Art .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863 ; disch. for disability at Marsh- field, Vt., April, 1864.
Lewis D. Baker, private, 14th Art .; enl. December, 1863; wounded; disch. at Alhany, N. Y., June, 1865.
Washington Meacham, private, 60thi Inf., Co. I; enl. August, 1861 ; dischi. for disability at Philadelphia, Jau. 1, 1863.
Chauncey Meacham, private, 142d Inf., Co. F ; enl. Aug. 18, 1864 ; wounded at Chapin's Farm, Va., Sept. 29, 1864; disch. at Troy, N. Y., May 25, 1865.
Horace Remingtou, private, 60th Inf., Co. I; enl. August, 1861 ; died of disease at Washington, D. C., August, 1862.
David Sweeney, private, 6th Art., Co. M ; enl. Dec. 27, 1863 ; transferred ; diseli. at David's Island, N. Y., September, 1865.
Peter Patraw, private, 6th Art., Co. C; enl. Dec. 24, 1863 ; disch. at David's Island, N. Y., September, 1865.
Norman Graves, private, 98th Inf., Co. G ; enl. Nov. 5, 1861 ; disch. for disability, June 6, 1862.
Allen Briggs, private, 60tlı Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 1, 1861; disch. for disability. at Newark, N. J., Oct. 28, 1862.
James Poguett, private, 60tli Iuf., Co. I; enl. Aug. 1, 1861 ; re-eul. Jan. 1, 1864. Joseph Perkins Smith, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. Feb. 13, 1865 ; disch. at Ogdensburglı, July 5, 1865.
Samuel A. Niles, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. Feb. 13, 1865 ; disch. at Ogdensburgh, July 5, 1865.
Joseph Tromblee, private, 6th Art., Cos. C and M ; enl. Dec. 25, 1863; disch. at David's Island, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1865.
Orin Beaman, private, 6th Ind. Bat .; enl. Aug. 23, 1864; disch, at Washington, D. C., June 22, 1865.
Woodbury Whitton, private, Ist Art., Co. H; enl. Sept. 1, 1864; disch. at Alex- andria, Va., July 6, 1865.
Marshall Maxam, sergt., 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. Oct. 29, 1861; disch. at Pungo Bridge, Va., Dec. 31, 1863 ; re-en1. Jan. 1, 1864; dischi, at Richmond, Va., Aug. 31, 1865.
Harrison Hawkins, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. Feb, 13, 1865 ; disclı. at Ogdensburgh, July 5, 1865.
Ahel Irish, private, 106tlı Int., Co. H ; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; wounded at Spottsyl- vania, Va., May 12, 1861 ; dischi. at Philadelphia, June 6, 1865.
Geo. E. Clark, corp., 98th Inf., Co. G ; enl. December, 1861; died of his wounds. James Brown, capt., 60th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept. 24, 1861; pro. to Ist lient., to capt .; disch. at Ogdensburgh, July 31, 1865.
Harlow Davis, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. August, 1862; wounded at battle of Chapin's Farm, Va., Oct. 27, 1864; disch. at Hampton hospital, Sep- tember, 1865.
Edward I. Rice, 2d lieut., 98th Inf., Co. G ; enl. Nov. 5, 1861; disch. at New- bern, N. C., Feh. 1, 1863.
Oliver Smith, ord .- sergt., 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. Nov. 25, 1861 ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va .; discharged; re-enlisted.
Charles Drury, private, 6th Ind. Bat., enl. Aug. 23, 1864; disch. at Hart's Island, N. Y., July 8, 1865.
Alden King, private, 6th Ind. Bat .; enl. Aug. 23, 1864; disch. at Washington, D. C., June 22, 1865.
Charles S. Byington, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 15, 1864; disch. at Fortress Monroe, Va., June 8, 1865.
Charles Mills, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; disch. for disability at Washington, March 7, 1864; re-eul. in 91st Art., Sept. 1, 1864.
Fayette Graves, private, 60th Inf., Co. E; eul. Sept. 5, 1861 ; disch. for disability at Fairfax, Va., Jan. 1, 1863; re-enl. 13th Cav., Co. H, Aug. 18, 1864; disch, at l'airfax Court-House, Va., June 29, 1865.
Charles Kirby, private, 60th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept. 24, 1861 ; disch, for disability at Baltimore, Md., May 26, 1862; re-enl. 12th Cav., Co. F, February, 1863; taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C., April 20, 1864 ; died in Andersonville prison, Ga.
Edgar Hill, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 12, 1862.
Smith Palmer Lyman, private, 8th Cav., Co. G ; enl. Aug. 19, 1864 ; taken pris- oner at battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Nov. 12, 1864; paroled ; disch. June 26, 1865.
Allen Walls Davis, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 13, 1862 ; disclı. at Og- densburgh, N. Y., June 26, 1865.
William Beaman, private, 16th Inf .; eul. April, 1861 ; died of fever.
Darius Daggett, private, 6th Art., Co. B; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; disch. for disability at Petersburg, Va., May, 1865.
Sewell Bruce, sergt., 98th Iuf., Co. G; enl. Dec. 20, 1861; disch. for disability. Timothy I. Bruce, ord. sergt., 98tl Inf., Co. G ; enl. December, 1861 ; disch. for disability.
Wait IIinnmau, private, 6th Ind. Bat., enl. Aug. 23, 1864; died Oct. 16, 1864, at Harper's Ferry, Va., of chronic diarrhoea.
Joseph Elijah Bruce, private, 16th Iuf., Co. D; enl. Marchi, 1861 ; killed on bat- tle-field at Fredericksburg, Va.
Samuel George Bruce, private, 16th Inf., Co. D; enl. March, 1861; disch. at Albany, N. Y., May 15, 1864.
Benjamin Franklin Bruce, private, 1st Frontier Cav .; enl. Feb. 10, 1865; disclı. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
Nelson Daniel Daggett, private, 60th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept. 16, 1861 ; died of ty- phoid fever at Washington, D. C., Nov. 8, 1862.
George Washington Daggett, private, 60th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept. 23, 1861 ; died of typhoid fever at White Sulphur Springs, Va., Aug. 11, 1862.
Francis Richards, private, 106th Inf., Co. H ; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; disch. for dis- ability at Washington, Sept. 15, 1863.
George Woods, private, 14th Art., Co. K ; enl. Dec. 24, 1863; disch. at Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1865.
Chauncey S. Stone, private, 14th Art., Co. F; enl. Dec. 26, 1863 ; died of disease September or October, 1864.
Colosus Eugene Chase, corp., 142d Inf., Co. F ; enl. August, 1862.
Wyatt Cheney, private, 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. Sept. 30, 1861 ; disch. at Alhany, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1865.
Seneca Marks, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. August, 1862; disch. at Ogdens- burgh, N. Y., June 28, 1865.
Samuel Meacham, private, 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. Nov. 27, 1861 ; disch. for dis- ability at Fortress Monroe, March, 1863.
Elam Sylvester Meacham, private, 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. Nov. 27, 1861 ; disch. for disability at Fortress Monroe, April, 1863.
Rodney Maloney, private, 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. Jan. 1, 1862; disch. for dis- ability at Washington, March 16, 1863.
Benjamin F. Barnes, private, 92d Inf., Co.G; enl. Feb. 5, 1862 ; transferred; re- en1. Feb. 12, 1864 ; disch. at Hart's Island, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1866.
Joseph Chenett, private, 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; disch. for disability at Washington, D. C., April 10, 1862; re-eulisted; died in 18th Corps hospital, City Point, Va., July 2, 1864, of wounds received in battle.
Joseph Bean, corp., 39th luf., Co. D; eul. Aug. 18, 1864 ; pro. to corp., Sept. 25, 1864; disch. at Hart's Island, N. Y., June 20, 1865.
Jared Booth Chenett, corp., 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. Oct. 16, 1861; disch. at New- burn, N. C., March 16, 1864 ; re-enl. 96th Inf., Co. G, March 16, 1864 ; pro. to corp., Sept. 16, 1865; disch. at City Point, Va., Feb. 6, 1866.
Lucius McClure, private, 98th Inf., Co. G ; enl. Dec. 28, 1861 ; wounded at Cha- pin's Farm, Sept. 29, 1864; disch. at Pungo Bridge, Va., Jan. 1, 1864; re- eul. Jan. 1, 1864 ; disch. at Albany, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1865.
Royal S. Childs, private, Ist L. Art., Co. H ; enl. Aug. 23, 1864 ; disch. May 30, 1865, near Alexandria, Va.
Peter Ploof, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; died of chrouic diar- rhoa at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 1, 1864.
Samuel Rollins, private, 16th Inf., Co. D; enl. April, 1861 ; discharged.
Daniel Hoxie, private, 142d Inf., Co. F; eul. Aug. 1862; died of chronic diar- rhœa.
Henry W. Potter, private, 92d Inf., Co. G; eul. November, 1861 ; discharged ; re-enl. 96th Inf., Co. G ; enl. Feh. 12, 1864; discharged.
Jonathan A. Barnes, private, 60th Inf., Co. I; eul. September, 1861; disch. for disability ; re-enl. 12th Cav., Co. F, February, 1863; taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C., April 20, 1864 ; sent to Andersonville, Ga., and died in prison.
Edwin L. Morgan, corp., 12th Car., Co. F; enl. February, 1863; taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C., April 20, 1864; sent to Andersonville, Ga., and died in prison.
Andrew Howard, private; eul. August, 1864.
Henry Drew, private, 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. November, 1861 ; discharged; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864; discharged.
Charles Drew, private, 98th Inf., Co. G; enl. November, 1861; discharged ; re- enl. Jan. 1, 1864 ; discharged.
William Drew, musician, 98th Inf., Co. G ; enl. November, 1861 ; discharged ; re- en1. Jan. 1, 1864; discharged.
Samuel Drew, private, 142d Inf., Co. F ; enl. August, 1862; killed in battle near Cold Harbor, Va.
Horace Bellows, private, 98th, Inf., Co. G; enl. November, 1861; discharged;
DUANE HOUSE , DUANE, N. Y., W. J. AYERS , PROPRIETOR SITUATED FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF MALONE. PLEASANT PLACE FOR SUMMER BOARDERS.
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re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864; died in the service at Whitehall, near Bristol, Pa., Oct. 20, 1864.
Emil Brown (substitute), enl. August, 1864.
Edward Desmond, private, 16th Inf .; enl. April, 1861 ; discharged ; said to have re-enlisted.
Orson Hewitt, private, 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; died of disease Dec. 9, 1862.
Samuel Hewitt, private, 92d Inf., Co. G; enl. December, 1861 ; died of disease. Camille Jero, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1865; dischi. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
John F. Mars, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1865; disch. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
Thomas Dumas, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1865; disch. at Ogdensburglı, July 6, 1865.
Charles H. Hall, private, 1st Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1865; disch. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
Lewis King, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1865; dischi. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
Seneca Randall, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1865; dischi. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
Thomas Underwood, private, Ist Frontier Cav., Co. I; enl. February, 1866 ; disch. at Ogdensburgh, July 6, 1865.
Henry F. Canfield, private, 106th Inf., Co. A ; enl. July 23, 1862; wounded at battle of Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; disch. at Philadelphia, l'a., July 10, 1865.
John D. Dawson, 14th Regt., Co. K; enl. 1864.
Henry M. Hawley, 14th Regt., Co. K ; enl. 1864; died from wounds received in battle.
CHAPTER XC.
DUANE.
Geographical-Topographical-The First Settler-James Duane- The First Forge-The Franklin Native-Steel Manufacturing Com- pany-Civil History-Organization of Town-The First Super- visor-Present (1879) Town Officers-Military Record.
DUANE is an interior town, lying southeast of the centre of the county, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Malone, on the east by Belmont and Franklin, on the south by Brighton, and on the west by Brandon. The surface of the town is broken and mountainous, and the soil is light and sandy. The principal stream is the Deer River, at the east branch of the St. Regis River.
Duane derived its name from James Duane, Esq., from Seheneetady, N. Y., who, having aequired by marriage with a daughter of W. Constable the title of a considerable por- tion of the town in 1821-22, caused the traet to be sur- veyed ; in 1823-24 commenced improvements and ereeted a dwelling, and in 1825 removed with his family and made a permanent settlement.
"He was then nearly ten miles beyond neighbors, and the most remote settler in the forest. A considerable number located soon after, and the iron manufacture gave life and spirit to the settlement. A forge was ereeted in 1828 for the manufacture of iron from ore which had been discovered the year previous, but which, from the disturbance of the needle in surveying, had been supposed sinee 1822 to exist. The ore wrought at this forge was the steel ore so called, which occurred in this vicinity, the veins or beds running southeast and northwest in the direction of the strata of gneiss of the vieinity. The forge was carried off in a great freshet ; afterwards rebuilt, burnt, and again rebuilt, to be a second time injured in a freshet. These misfortunes, together with the great expense of transportation, put an end to the enterprise after a few years. During the time that the forge was in operation it made from 100 to 125 tons of iron annually.
" In 1838 a quarter furnace was ereeted by the Duane
brothers, on Deer River, in the west part of No. 12, and was intended to be used for the reduction of primitive ores exclusively. The cold-air blast was at first used, but after- wards the apparatus for heating the air was inserted. Im- mense difficulty was experienced in procuring iron, as the ores were very difficult to reduce, and many trials were found necessary to arrive at an economical method of flux- ing and separating them. The business was continued seven or eight years, during which about 600 tons of iron were made, a great part of which was made into eastings on the premises. The difficulty of smelting, together with the great expense attending the manufacture in a situation several miles distant from the district that was to afford support to the laborers, and especially the prohibitory ex- pense of transportation to market, resulted in the loss of many thousand dollars to the enterprising projeetors, and the works were discontinued in 1849. The staek of this furnace and all the arrangements connected with it were admirably constructed, and will compare favorably with any in the State. This furnace is located on the Port Kent and Hopkinton road, fifty-seven miles from Lake Champlain. Deer River post-office was established here for the aecom- modation of their seetion of the town, but discontinued in 1841." (Hough's History, 1852.)
The Franklin Native-Steel Manufacturing Company was started May 20, 1841, with the following persons : James C. Duane, Samuel W. James, Frederick A. Duane, Robert Duane, and Benjamin M. Duane. The capital was fixed at $50,000, with power to inerease to $150,000. This eom- pany, however, was never organized. It designed manufae- turing steel directly from the mixed primitive and speeular ores of Duane.
The first saw-mill in the town was built by the proprietor in 1823, on the west branch of the Salmon River.
The first grist-mill was built in 1828.
A building for religious and publie purposes was ereeted by Mr. Duane in 1828.
A Presbyterian society formerly existed in this town, and as early as 1828 the services of the Protestant Episcopal Church were performed statedly by Rev. Mr. Hart, of Malone.
CIVIL HISTORY.
Duane was formed from Malone, Jan. 24, 1828, and named in honor of James Duane. Harrietstown was set off in 1841, and Brighton in 1858.
The first supervisor was James Duane.
The present (1879) officers of the town are as follows : Supervisor, Fred O'Neil ; Town Clerk, H. Woodford ; As- sessors, Oren Grimes, Clinton Ladd, C. C. Crandall ; Com- missioner of Highways, Elias Perkins; Justices, Stephen Kimpton, W. C. Duane, Ira Sprague ; Inspeetors of Elee- tions, A. G. Burr, Jocl Sprague, Fred P. Hoose ; Collector, Richard Sprague ; Constables, N. N. Adsit, Elias E. Per- kins, Rieliard Sprague ; Board of Auditors, Heury Cham- bers, Mordecai Ladd, Stephen Kimpton ; Commissioners of Exeise, Robert Ladd, Hiram Ayers, William Chambers.
MILITARY RECORD.
The following enlisted from the town during the late war of the Rebellion :
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lliram Danforth, Benjamin Danforth, William Danforth, Robert Danforth, Charles Tucker, Jr., Nelson Tucker, Albert Tucker, Lewis De Bar, William De Bar, William Mathews, Danford Glasier, Levi Glasier, James Bean, Alexander Hannah, Eli Wine, Harry McArthur, Henry McArthur, Rich- ard Sprague, Mitchel Sprague, William Sprague, Samuel Sprague, Joseph Spragne, Joel Sprague, John Sprague, Silas Banker, John Garland, Peter Hoosc, Henry Kerry, llenry Cook, M. Ladd, Jolin Ladd, Alexander Blain, Joseph Jondro, George Olmstead, Charles Stickney, Joseph Trickey, Joseph Clark, Robert Fosburg, Hiram Ayers, Peter McDonald, Uratus Smithi.
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CHAPTER XCI. FORT COVINGTON.
Geographical-Topographical-First Assignment of Lands-Wm. Gray-The Robertsons-The First Grist-Mill-Its "Burning"- The "Fight"-The Yankees and Glengarians-The First Survey of Lands-First Lease by the Indians-The Survey of the " Mile Square"-Early Settlers and their Locations-Merchants, Lawyers, etc .- Village of Fort Covington-Franklin Bank-Custom-House Officers - Masons - Sons of Temperance - Civil History - First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected-Supervisors from Organization of Town to 1880-Present Town Officials.
GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL.
THIS town lies on the north border of the county, west of the centre, and is bounded as follows : On the north by the Province of Quebec, on the east by Westville, on the south by Bangor and Bombay, and on the west by Bom- bay. Its surface is level or gently undulating. The town is watered by the Salmon and Little Salmon Rivers, east and west branch of Deer River, and Pike Creek.
The soil is a rich clayey loam in the north, while in the south a sandy loam predominates.
FIRST SETTLEMENTS, ETC.
The territory lying within the present bounds of Fort Covington embraces the west part of the town of Comaches or No. 2 of Great Tract No. 1, Macomb's Purchase, and a part of the original St. Regis reservation, since ceded to the State.
The first assignment of lands in this town by the Indians was in 1793, when the chiefs of St. Regis leased to Wm. Gray a tract lying on Salmon River, the consideration being $200 annual rental, commencing at the expiration of the first four years. The principal consideration, however, or inducement with the chiefs, was the promise of erection of mills at this point. Feb. 6, 1796, Wm. Gray, men- tioned above, and Thomas Araquente, another chief, entered into terms of assignment by which the latter gained the saw- mill, then of no great importance, but no regular papers were signed until Dec. 15, 1798, when the chief in full council confirmed the conveyance.
" James Robertson, of Montreal, Dec. 29, 1798, bought this lcase for $2400 of Aranquente, and the annuity of $200 of the St. Regis tribe, within a warranty on the part of Aranquente of the lands on both sides of Salmon River, from its source to a line to be drawn at a distance of half a mile from the mill. The mill and one mile square was, however, conveyed by warranty. Mr. Robertson and his brother Alexander, who had a joint and equal interest with him, continued to occupy until the death of James Robert- son, when Neil and Patrick Robertson became entitled to equal mnoieties of his share. Sept. 11, 1804, after spend- ing $2209 on the erection of a grist-mill, it was swept off in a flood. Four thousand seven hundred and sixty-two dollars was soon after spent in rebuilding the mill, but before it was completed Alexander Robertson died, leaving Francis Desviviere, Esq., tutor and guardian of his minor children, by whom and the above-named Neil and Patrick Robertson the mill was furnished and leased to Robert Buchanan, the person who built them."
Patrick Robertson died in 1808 or 1809 and Niel Rob- ertson in 1812, and a lengthy memorial in the archives of State, dated Jan. 30, 1818, from which the above facts were drawn, asserts that since the above deaths Mr. Buchanan with others who had obtained leases within the " mile square" had disclaimed the title of the Robertsons, and refused to pay rent. This title was long a subject of liti- gation, and was not finally settled until after the treaty of 1818 and the award of the commissioners.
With the exception of a few French families who lived and worked around the saw-mill, there was no settlement for agricultural purposes until about 1800.
About this year, or soon after, Samuel Fletcher, Aaron McLean, and Ambrose Cushman located on No. 2, and John Hunsden, David Lynch, Robert, Walter, and Duncan Buchanan (natives of Sterlingshire, Scotland), settled near the mills. At the raising of the grist-mill, in 1804, help was invited from great distances, in Canada and the State, and when the frame was up it is said that the question arose which was "smartest," to decide which the Glenga- rians and Yankees resolved to fight it out in a good-natured way, and the result was that the former got severely whipped and were obliged to own up beaten. The lands in the pres- ent village of Fort Covington, on the east side of the river, within the " mile square," were leased in such parcels and at such rates as he might be able to bargain for by William Hawkins, who had acquired an irregular title, which was disclaimed by the State, and those who had paid for these lands were obliged to repurchase.
Pro. Dr. R. Love
GEORGE B. R. GOVE was of English ancestry, two brothers having come from London, and settled in Massachusetts in 1650. Dr. Jonathan Gove, father of George, located first in Groton, then removed to New Boston, N. H., and finally took up his residence in Goffstown in 1794, and died there in 1818. He was a physician of considerable notoriety, and was several times a representative and senator in the State Legislature. George was the fifth of nine ehil- dren ; was born Dec. 19, 1778, and acquired such education as the village schools afforded ; but early in life left home to seek his fortune in the world. He was for a time a elerk in Boston, and left there to go into business in Montpelier, Vt. At twenty- six he married Hannah, daughter of Jesse Wood- bury, of Weare, N. H. He was successful in business, but unfortunately lent his name to a friend who was unsuccessful, and took Mr. Gove down with him ; he was compelled thereby to give up his business, and seek some other location. Northern New York was just then being opened to settlement; thither Mr. Gove turned his steps, locating at Fort Covington (then Freuch's Mills) in 1810. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, bought and manufactured lum- ber, pot- and pearl-ashes, disposed of the same in Montreal, and thus paid for his goods. In 1812 the war came on ; the British troops took possession of Fort Covington ; Mr. Gove's business was broken up, and much of his property was destroyed. Among the many elaims presented by David Jones to the gov- ernment, after the close of the war, was one in favor of Mr. Gove for six hundred dollars, as made by him; but when it arrived at Washington, it was as many thousands. An inquiry from the department, addressed to Mr. Gove in relation to the same, giving the amount, and Mr. Gove's answer that he had no such claim, but one of six hundred dollars only, led
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