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The first mill at Fayville was built about 1800, by a man named Van Hoesen. It stood between the present road and the river. The present mill was built by Nehe- miah St. John, about 1835, and is owned by Lansing Finch. A woolen-factory was also built there about 1850. It was run but a few years, and, after passing through sev- eral hands and being used for a variety of purposes, is now used as a cider-mill.
The first woolen-factory in town was built by Isaiah Fuller, a half-mile west of Hagedorn's Mills, on the same stream, prior to 1807. This manufactory consisted of a carding-machine and a cloth-dressing machine. After passing through the hands of several parties, the mill is now running under the management of Briggs Bros. They manufacture flannels, full-cloths, and common cassi- meres. It is what is known as a one-set mill, with four looms, and the annual production is about three hundred yards.
STEPHEN ROCKWELL.
Stephen Rockwell, son of Jonah and Anna Rockwell, was born in Providence, Sept. 6, 1804. His parents were natives of Dutchess county, N. Y., and settled in Provi- dence about 1790. They were farmers by ocenpation. They had six children, namely : Hannah, Stephen, Jesse B., Seth B., Jas. H., and Polly, all of whom are living. Jonah Rockwell lived to be about seventy-four years of age, and at the time of his death was living in Orleans county, N. Y. Mrs. Jonah Rockwell died in 1813, in Providence. Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell were members of the Society of Friends.
Stephen Rockwell remained with his father on the farm until he was of age, when he commenced working by the month on the farm. Ile followed this about one year and then began making brick, which he followed some four ycars. Then purchased a farm in Providence, and has followed farming, more or less, ever since, and at the present time owns some three hundred acres. In 1862 he pur- chased his present home of one hundred and twelve acres, At the time of purchase there was a good saw-mill on it, which was burnt June 10, 1873, and some fifteen hundred
dollars worth of lumber. By the following October it was rebuilt and in running condition.
Mr. Rockwell is identified with the Republican party. He is one of the most estecmed citizens of Providence. Ile has been called upon to occupy all the important offices in his town. He served one term as justice of the peace in 1847, and has been supervisor of his town some six terms, in all his official carcer giving general satisfaction.
Ile married Miss Alice Chase in 1827, by whom two children were born, Susan and Alice. Susan is dead. Mrs. Alice Rockwell was born Sept. 27, 1811, and died Jan. 9, 1837. Mr. Rockwell married Hannah Chase, sister to his first wife, about 1839. By this union three children were born, namely : Jas. Il., Ovanda F., and Hannah. Jas. H. is the only one now living. Mrs. Rockwell died in 1843. Mr. Rockwell married his third wife, Miss Laura M. Sleczer, in 1847. She died May 22, 1861, being thirty-five years and seven months old. Mr. Rockwell married his pres- cnt wife, Miss Frances M. Page, a native of Wells, Hamilton county, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1866. She was born Oct. 8, 1846. Two children bless this union, Rosa Belle and Emma L.
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HISTORY OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
At an early day Amos Wage built a saw-mill about three-quarters of a mile farther up Kennyetto creek than Hagedorn's mill.
William Paine Mason came to Ilagedorn's Mills about 1814, and built a store, tavern, and distillery. He was un- successful in business, and soon after sold his business and property to Calvin Wheeler, who kept the store and ran the distillery for many years. This store and the one kept by Philip Green at Green's Corners were the first stores in the town.
Stephen Ballard built a shop at Barkersville about the year 1820, and put in a trip-hammer for the manufacture of scythes. After running a short time it was converted to other uses, and is now occupied by Willard Monroe as a turning-shop for the manufacture of rolling-pins, brush, tea-kettle, and stove-lifter handles, etc. Henry M. Lewis owns a saw-mill at Barkersville and deals largely in lumber. His yearly sales amount to about $5000.
Henry Clute, one of the oldest residents of the town, is of Dutch descent. His parents lived on Aal Plaats creek, near Schenectady, and he was left an orphan at an early age. Ile came to Providence and lived with Henry R. Ilagedorn, a distant relative, and at the age of eighty-four is still living in the vicinity of his early home. Jacob Clute and Gershom H. Clute, two of his sons, also live in Providence.
Jonathan Hagedorn was born in Watervleit, Albany Co., April 8, 1770; was married in Galway, Dec. 30, 1792, to Abigail York, a native of Stephentown, Rensselaer Co. He resided in Glenville as a farmer until 1796, when he moved to Galway and became a merchant. In 1806 he located in Providence, at Hagedorn's Mills, and engaged in farming, lumbering, and milling. Here he remained until his death, which occurred Jan. 15, 1860. He was the eldest son of Samuel Hagerdorn, and one of nine children, who all, but one, lived to quite an advanced age. The av- erage of their ages was nearly eighty-six years, and the av- erage of the eight who lived longest was almost ninety years. He had a family of seven children. Only one, Stephen L. Hagedorn, is living, and he, with his wife and two daugh- ters, remains on the old homestead. Mr. Hagedorn has one of the finest grist-mills in the county. It contains three run of stones, and is noted far and wide for the excellence of its products. He is also the fortunate possessor of an unsurpassable picnic ground, in the shape of a beautiful grove of second-growth pines in the heart of the forest. This secluded glade is thickly carpeted with a profuse growth of the softest and most delicate moss, has an excel- lent spring of water within easy reach, and forms one of the most romantic, interesting, and picturesque scenes imagin- able. A young and romantic couple celebrated their nup- tials there not long since. We are largely indebted to Mr. Hagedorn for his invaluable assistance in connection with this work.
Some twenty years ago Henry Sandford built a tannery on Hans creek, on the site of the old Schermerhorn mill. It was called "Glen Wild," and was quite a pretentious establishment, employing some thirty or forty hands in con- nection with it. It is now quite run down, and will proba- bly be abandoned.
The first post-office in the town was Providence P. O., located at Hagedorn's Mills, and established about 1820. Calvin Wheeler was the first postmaster. Thaddeus Scrib- ner was the mail-carrier, and came once a week, on Fridays, from the north. His route was from Ballston north to Hadley, up the Sacandaga valley to the Fish-house, then through Providence, Galway and Milton, back to Ballston.
This township appears to be slowly returning to its primi- tive state. Lands that years ago were under cultivation are now growing up to pine-forests. A general odor of decay pervades nearly every portion. Business is dull. Manufactures at one time quite prominent are now at a low ebb. Farms have been abandoned, buildings gone to deeay and ruin.
IV .- ORGANIZATION.
On the 26th of November, in the year 1795, a special meeting of the citizens of the town of Galway was held to decide whether it was best to divide the town. It was decided to do so, and on 5th of the following February a bill passed the Legislature erecting a new town from the north part of Galway, and naming it Providence, after the city of Providence, R. I. This town, from which North- field (Edinburgh) was subsequently taken, lies on the west of the county near the centre.
The first town-meeting was held at " the logg meeting- honse near Jonathan Finch's." This was the old Baptist meeting-house, built in 1793. The following is the record as it appears on the town-book :
" PROVIDENCE, Sept. 9th, 1796.
" At the Annual Town Meeting in and for the Town of Providence, beld at the Baptist Meeting house on the first Tuesday In April, A.D., 1796, the following gentlemen Were Duly elected to the several offices annexed to each of their names, viz .: Stephen Wait, Supervisor ; Peleg Hart, Town Clerk; Daniel Washburn, Jr., Edmund Wait, Ebenezer IIill, Commissioners of Highways; John Rhoads, Edmond Wait, Zebedee l'otter, Assessors ; fhurston Wells, Sullivant D. Hub- bell, Samuel Andrews, Constables; Sullivaot D. Hubbell, Thurston Wells, Collectors of Rates ; James Goodwin, Benjamin St. John. Ebenezer Hill, Commissioners of Schools ; Elisha Mix, John Thomas, Overseers of the Poor; Daniel Washburn, Jr., Berry Chase, Jonah Roots, Fence Viewers : Elisha Mix, William Bentley, Gideon Sly, Pound Keepers.
" Also voted the following Town Law.
" The Town Shall Bee Divided Into Road Destricts By the Commnis- sioners aud Town Clerk. The overseers of highways to Be chosen by the Com's.
" Voted that hogs Run at Large from the 10th day of April till the first Day of october. Being yoked all that are one year old. Shall ware a yoke of two feet Long, and yougger ones In Proportion. Boors Shall not run at Large, and if any one shall be found In the Common, the oner thereof Shall Pay a fine of ten shilling for each offence.
" Sheep Rams Shall not Run at Large after the first Day of Sep- tember till the 10 Day of November; if any person's Ram Shall Be found out of his Enelosure with the a Bove Limited time, the oner thereof Shall Pay a fine of forty Shillings for each offence.
" the Next annual Town Meeting is voted to Be held at the Same Meeting house as the Present Now is.
" A true Copy from the Minutes.
" By PELEG HART, Town Clerk."
No record of the town-meetings from 1799 to 1867 are in existence, and as a consequence our list of town officers is very incomplete. Probably the inhabitants had enough to do to secure a living, and paid but little atten- tion to the preservation of records or historical matter.
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HISTORY OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
By a careful perusal of the town records that exist we find that the people are exposed to the ravages of several unknown diseases, and it is a source of some wonder how so many of them escape and live to such a good old age. Among the list of " ills that flesh is heir to" we find " dyptheria, cholera, fitts, and num palsey." And again, to show how mysterious are the ways of Providence, we find a mortgage recorded ten months before it was given, being dated " Nov. 13, 1870," and recorded " Feb. 12, 1870."
The official list of the town shows that it has been rep- resented in the Legislature by William Carpenter, 1805 ; Calvin Wheeler, 1810, 1813, 1829, 1838, 1839; Jonathan Delano, Jr., 1820; Seabury Allen, 1837; and James Sumner, Jr., 1861. In 1841, Seymour St. John was ap- pointed a judge of the court of common pleas. William Carpenter, 1806; Othmiel Allen, 1813; and Samuel S. Barker, 1815, were masters in chancery. Seneca Duel was justice of sessions in 1860-61. Calvin Wheeler was superintendent of the poor from 1848 to 1852. Sea- bury Allen was deputy superintendent of common schools in 1843-1845.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Supervisors. 1796. Stephen Wait.
Town Clerks. Peleg Hart.
Collectors. Sullivant D. Ilubbell. Thurston Wells. Sullivant D. Hubbell.
1797. :
1798.
William Bureh.
Oliver Edmonds.
1799.
Jeremiah Wait.
1800.
Record lost.
180]. William Carpenter.
1802.
66
66
1803.
1804.
1805.
66
1806.
44
1807. Jonathan Shipman.
1808. Othniel Allen.
1809. Calvin Wheeler.
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1858. Seneca Duel. Elisha Alvord.
1859. Abram Manchester.
1870. Joseph B. Sowl. Abram Manchester.
1860. Jacob Clute.
1861. J. C. Robertson.
1871. Jere C. Bogart.
1862. Win. M. Stark. Seneca Dnel.
1873. Charles E. Duel.
1863. Henry Sandford.
1874. Joseph B. Sowl. 1875. Iere C. Bogart.
1864. Jacob Clute.
1865. Anson B. Pease.
1876. Jacob Clute.
1866. Jacob Clute.
1877. Charles E. Duel.
1867. Henry Sandford.
1878. Howland Briggs.
1820.
182].
66
1822.
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1823.
1824.
16
1825.
1826.
1827.
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1828.
1829. Jonathan Ilagedorn.
Stephen Rockwell. James Conklin.
1831. Scabury Allen.
66
1832.
66
John Fritts.
1833.
1834. David Page.
1835. Calvin Wheeler.
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James Conklin.
1836.
66
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1837.
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66
Supervisors.
Town Clerks.
1838. Ifiram Carpenter.
Record lost. 66
1839. 6.
1840. 16
1841.
1842. Nehemiah St. John.
1843. lliram Carpenter.
1844. Nehemiah St. John. 46
1845. Iliram Carpenter. 1846. Ahram Manchester.
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William A. Sleezer.
1847.
1848. William V. Clark.
1849. Stephen Rockwell. 1850. = 1851. William V. Clark. 1852.
Wm. A. Sleezer.
William S. Nash.
Abram Manchester. Eleetus Dye.
1853. William S. Nash. 1854. William V. Clark. 1855.
Jer. Manchester. James Marihew. 16
Isaac Oakley.
1856. S. L. Ilagedorn.
1857.
1858. William V. Clark.
J. W. Briggs.
W. II. Mosher.
1860.
1861. S. L. llagedorn. 1862. Stephen Rockwell. 1863. William V. Clark.
Wm. O. Sumner.
Martin Sleezer. John Rosevelt.
1864.
1865.
1866. Mosher Chase.
James Marihew.
Joseph B. Sowl.
1867. William V. Clark. 1868. ..
J. W. Briggs. ..
James II. Rockwell.
James L. Hagedorn. John Rosevelt.
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John Shanley.
1872.
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Edgar Sandford.
1873. Stephen Rockwell.
46
Jacob Cromwell.
1874. William V. Clark. 1875. "
Asher Cook, Jr.
George L. Evans. Peter C. Trevett.
1876. Philip Mead.
Wiltard Monroe.
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1877. Stephen Rockwell.
IIenry M. Lewis. Willard Monroe.
Ifenry Trevett.
1878. Joseph P. Soule.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1856. Robert Cornell.
1868. Anson B. Pease.
1857. Lyman Gates.
1869. Henry Sandford.
1810.
1811.
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1812.
1813.
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1814. Jonathan Shipman.
1815. Othniel Allen.
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1816.
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1817. Calvin Wheeler.
1818.
1819.
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66
Thomas (, Closson. Joseph Tabur.
S. L. Hagedorn. Record lost.
Martin Sleezer, Jr. Record lost.
Jeptha Mosher.
Ehenezer K. Clothier.
William Shaw.
lliram Parker. Josias R. Sherman.
Ezra T. Austin.
Henry Cadman.
Walter W. Walker. J. W. Briggs.
Asa W. Dnel. Ahram Sleezer.
Henry Cadman.
Sylvester A. Barton. Iliram Van Pelt.
1859. James Sumner, Jr. Joseph Il. Dndley.
Wm. B. Carpenter. Dolphns Kimhall. James L. Jlagedorn. William CInte.
J. W. Briggs.
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Joseph B. Sowl. 66 = Harlow Tabor.
1869.
Thurston Wells.
6.
1870. 16 16
1871.
Oliver Edmonds. Record lost. 16
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V .- VILLAGES.
BARKERSVILLE is a small hamlet near the centre of the southern half of the town. It has mills, and also stores, a hotel, church, and the school-house of district number two.
GLENWILD is near the centre of the northern part of the town. North and east from the place are the wild and unsettled portions of the town, and the scenery around is surpassingly fine. Mills and a tannery, with a few dwellings, constitute what there is of the village.
FAYVILLE is in the northwest corner of the town, grown up from the business natural to the location of factories and mills.
1830. Calvin Wheeler.
Artemns Chase. Record lost.
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1872. John Rosevelt.
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Collectors. Stephen Rockwell.
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IIISTORY OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
WEST PROVIDENCE, on the west side, below the centre, has a hotel, shops and mills, and a post-office.
HAGEDORN'S MILLS is a hamlet with shops and mills, and deriving its name from the Hagedorn family.
PROVIDENCE POST-OFFICE is on the line of Galway, southeast of Hagedorn's Mills.
VI .- SCHOOLS.
The town organized its system of schools under the law of 1812. The loss of the town records prevents giving the names of the commissioners and other school officers. The principal schools are at or in the vicinity of the vil- lages already named.
COMMISSIONERS' APPPORTIONMENT, MARCH, 1878.
Number of Children
between the Ages
of Five and Twenty-
Equal Quota of Public
Public Money accord-
ing to the Number
of Children.
Public Money accord-
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tendance,
Library Money.
Total Public Money.
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46
$52.14
$31.64
$31.36
$1.53
$116.67
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36
52.14
24.76
26.16
1.20
104.26
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34
52.14
22.70
21.93
1.10
97.87
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3.3
52.14
23.38
25.56
1.13
102.21
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none
17.19
17.42
84
35.45
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29
52.14
19.95
22.70
97
95.76
66
14
52.14
9.63
20.51
47
82.75
9
23
52.14
15.82
11.35
77
80.08
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36
52,14
24.76
22.13
1,20
100.23
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44
52.14
30.26
28.07
1.47
111.94
320
$469.26
$220.09
8227.19
$10.68
8927.22
VII .- CHURCHIES. BAPTIST CHURCH OF PROVIDENCE.
The earliest records of this church now extant indicate that it was organized about 1790, with a possibility of its having existed as early as 1785.
The original members are not known, the earliest roll having been made in 1796. On this roll appear the fol- lowing names, viz. : Elder Jonathan Finch, Samuel Halsted, William Burch, Jonathan Shipman, Gideon Bentley, Martin Sleezer, Isaac Negus, David Row, Robert Baker, Judah Chase, Jonathan Ferris, Peleg Hart, Peter Sharp, Daniel Washburn, Joseph Hewitt, John Finch, Benjamin Slater, Major Slater, Jeremiah Loveless, Zalmon Disbrow, Jona- than Finch, Sr., William Lewis, Thomas Dennis, Ebenezer Jones, Charles Jones, William Benson, Samuel Sherwood, David Marsh, Henry Roberts, Timothy Cahoon, Eli Sprague, and Benjamin Tabor. Also the names of about the same number of female members from the same families. The first house of worship was a log building, erected about 1793, near the present residence of Henry T. Trevett. It was a plain, unpretending structure, and gave place, in 1807, to a frame church built on the same site. This building was built by subscription, and many people not connected with the church gave liberally towards its erection. The first service was held in the new church Aug. 9, 1807, Elder Jonathan Finch preaching from Acts xvii. 18. This
church remained in use until 1847, in the summer of which year a new church was built at Hagedorn's Mills, and the society moved there. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Elder T. T. St. John. The first pastor of the church was Jonathan Finch, who was licensed to preach in 1791, and subsequently ordained to the ministry. Ilis pastorate closed about the year 1820, and during the next ten years the church was served by supplies, among whom we find mentioned Elders Finch, Seamans, and Corwin. Upon Jonathan Hagedorn most of the work and care devolved, and he was licensed to preach by the church. Then fol- lowed these ministers in the order in which they are named : Elders Ebenezer HIall, Adolphus F. Rockwell, Enoch P. Dye, William Groom, Henry G. Mosher, William Bogart, T. T. St. John, Myron H. Negus, William Garnett, - Mack, - Combs, A. S. Davis, - Corwin, E. W. Brownell, Asher Cook. At different times assistance was
REV. ASHER COOK.
rendered by Elders Aaron Seamans, Stephen Wilkins, and Robinson. The first protracted meeting was held during the pastorate of Elder Rockwell, in 1832. The first sermon of the series was preached by Elder Aaron Seamans, from Solomon's Song, iv. 16. As a result of these meet- ings, twenty-two were converted and joined the church.
The great revival of this church occurred in 1814-15, when forty-two were added to the church by baptism and even by letters. Revivals were also experienced in 1834, 1835, 1840, 1842, 1850, 1856, 1863, and 1870, bringing into the church one hundred and thirteen precious souls. The salaries paid to preachers have ranged from $100 to $400. The largest donation was that given Elder Mack in 1853-54, which netted $150. The present officers of the church are : pastor, Rev. Asher Cook ; clerk, Stephen L. Ilagedorn ; deacons, Edward S. Trevett, Philip Mead.
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IIISTORY OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
The Sunday-school was first organized about 1845, and the organization was completed more perfectly in 1847. The highest number of pupils was reached in 1849, when there were one hundred and fifty connected with the school. The present number is about forty, and Stephen L. Hagedorn is the superintendent.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT BARKERSVILLE.
This church was an offshoot of the Galway church, and was organized May 3, 1845, with eighteen members. Their names were Asa, Ruth, Sarah, Stephen P., Ira J., Edward, and William C. Barker ; Latham and Susan M. Coffin ; John and Rhoda Mosher; Amos, James, and Rhoda Marihew ; Hiram and Polly A. Carpenter ; Delong Tabor ; and Mary Ferris. The first deacons were Hiram Carpenter and Ames Marihew. The church was built in the summer and fall of 1845, finished off and dedicated in the spring of 1846. Rev. Allen Haywood preached the discourse on that occasion. The pasters, in their order, have been Latham Coffin, D. M. Fuller, Elder Daman, William J. Huyck, John Showers, J. Pratt, D. P. Warner, and Joel Gallup.
About one hundred and seventy different persons have belonged to the church, and the present number of members is seventy-eight. The church is a plain structure, capable of seating three hundred people, and valued at $1500.
The present offieers are Joel Gallup, pastor; Joseph Church, clerk ; Jacob Clute and Asa Duel, deacons ; Orren Wait, Nathan Parker, and Samuel B. Rogers, trustees.
FRIENDS' MEETING-IIOUSE.
At an early day the Friends, several of whom had settled in Providence, built a log meeting-house near the centre of the town on lands now owned by G. A. McOmber. Joshua Boreman, Jonathan Westgate, Jabez and Aliee Manchester, Wing and Abigail Chase were among the members of the society. James Haviland was the preacher for many years. In 1815 this house was abandoned, and a frame meeting- house was built, about two miles west, on the farm of Charles Haviland. This house was finally taken down and moved away. The old burying-ground is still in ex- istenee.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CIIURCH OF PROVIDENCE.
The Protestant Methodists organized a church at West Providenee in 1841-42, with about thirty members. Among them were Asa, Elijah, Mary, Elisha, and Eliza- beth Mosher; Carmi, Rosa, Richard, and Rebeeea Hart ; William and Henrietta Colony ; Philip, Polly, Sally, James, and Mrs. James Tabor; James and Hannah Carpenter ; Mr. and Mrs. Blake ; Solomon and Jane Cole; John, Mrs. John, Isaae, and Susan Oakley ; Mrs. Seth Rockwell; Mrs. Susan Burdick ; Martin and Edward Sleezer. The church was built about one and a half miles northeast of Hage- dorn's Mills. It is twenty-six feet wide by thirty-six feet long, and cost $500.
The first minister was Rev. Peter Esmond, and he was followed by Revs. Ransom Spear, Weaver, Walker, Cair, and Burnett.
The society had an existence of thirty years, and died
out in the fall of 1871, when a Methodist Episcopal society was formed, and the church property passed into their hands. The first trustees were Henry T. Trevett and John Shanley. The ministers have been Julius Stewart, Charles Armstrong, and Edwin Genge.
At one time this society numbered upwards of one hun- dred members, but now has but about forty.
There has always been a Sunday-sehool connected with the church till recently. It numbered at one time over sixty members.
The present trustee is Henry T. Trevett. There is no pastor and no preaching. Have prayer-meetings instead.
VIII .- BURIAL-PLACES.
On the west side of the town there is a burying-ground, not far from the II. Beaman farm. There is also one north from Barkersville, in the Briggs neighborhood. One south of Barkersville, near W. Barker's. There are probably some other places of private burial.
IX .- PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
There are but few places that involve historic incidents of the olden times. This town has passed along in a chan- nel of uneventful character. Sir William Johnson used to own a fishing-house just on the borders of the town, in Fulton county, and around it sprung up a village ; part of which, under the name of Fayville, lies in this town. This place was named after John Fay, a prominent business man, who owned some property and kept a store there. There were some settlements in the town previous to the Revolu- tion, but these were abandoned, and all record of them and the settlers has beeome buried in the darkness of the past. When the settlers eame in after the close of the Revolution, decayed and ruined buildings, and elearings grown up to underbrush, alone remained to give token of the former presence of man. Few traces of Indian inhabitants are found, and but few relics to prove their presence, and yet the finny inhabitants of the streams, and the game that roamed the forest, no doubt often called the red aborigines to the vicinity to trap, fish, and hunt. Mr. Henry Clute has a stone gouge of Indian manufacture, used for tapping maple-trees to secure the sap for sugar-making purposes.
X .- INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.
The surface and condition of the town are not favorable to agriculture. The soil in many parts is sandy and poor. In other parts the country is rocky and mountainous. Farming is only carried on to a limited extent. Lumbering, wood and bark business, mills, tanneries, and manufactories are the principal occupations of the people.
XI .- MILITARY.
The War of 1861-65 ealled out a large number of men to serve in defense of our free institutions. If the town is not rich in fertile lands and towering manufactories, it nevertheless has a wealth of patriotic memories gathering around that eventful struggle when more than a hundred citizens periled their lives fer the safety of the nation.
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