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" All the Territory berciaafter described, agreeable to a map made by
Jacob A. Snyder, being part of the towns of Hurley, Marbletown, and New Paltz, in the county of Ulster, shall be and hereby is set off into a new town by the name of Rosendale, commencing at the Wallkill, on the bonnes of the farm of Jonathan Deyo, late of New Paltz, de- ceased, and the farm now in possession of Abraham Relvea: the nee running along said bounds north eighty-four and a fourth degrees, west eighty-seven chains, to the bounds of Marbletown, on the farm of James J. Stokes; thenee north ten degrees, west one hundred and seventy-five chains, to the towing-paths of the Delaware and Hudson canal; thence along said canal, northeasterly, as it winds and turns about, thirty chains, to the cement quarry of William P. Cole . theuse north twenty-seven degrees, west one hundred and one chains sixty- four links, to a white-oak tree standing at the south side of the rond leading to a stone ridge on the farm of John D. Gillespie; theuce north thirty-five degrees, cast two hundred and thirty-three chains twenty.links, to a stake and stones on the farm of James Hardenburgh, now in the possession of Mr. Weeks ; thence north seventy-four de- grees, cast one hundred and seventy chains, to the bounds of Kingston at a chestnut tree on the form of Mrs. Pink : thence along the sail bound- of Kingston south one han Ired and fifty-seven chains to the Rondoul Creek ; thence up along the same southerly, as it winds and turns, one hundred and twenty-five chains, to where the Wallkili in- terseels said Rov Tout ; thence up along said Wallkill to the place of beginning."-Land of 1994, chap. 206, also Received Statutes, vol. i. page 203.
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II .- NATURAL FEATURES.
The surface of the town is a rolling and broken npland. Occasional summits attain an elevation of four hundred or five hundred feet. The Rondout flows northeast through the centre of the town. It receives from the south the Coxing Kill, which rises on the Shawangunk Mountains, in Rochester and Gardiner, and flows through a portion of Marbletown. From the north the Rondout receives a trib- utary known as Cottle Kill. The Wallkill forms the cast- ern boundary for some distance, and after its junetion with the Rondout the latter is also the boundary line still farther to the north. One of the most noted features of the nat- ural scenery is the chain of small lakes known as Binne- water, -- numbered first, second, third, fourth, and fifth. The first is upon the boundary line between Rosendale and Hurley, the second and third are near the first, while the fourth and fifth are some distance farther south. In some portions of the town the scenery is wild and romantic. The peculiar appearance of the hills pierced by the cement miners; the deep valleys through which the streams have forced their way ; the plains in the eastern part,-all these features in a hundred various combinations constitute land- scapes of beauty and sublimity. The trestle-work of the Wallkill Railroad, where it passes over the Rondout, is one of the highest and most noted in the United States, and can scarcely be crossed for the first time without something like a feeling of terror, even if the traveler has an insur- ance ticket in his pocket and could forget the Tay disaster, in Scotland.
The geological features of the town are of a very inter- esting character. The " water-lime" of commerce, or ce- ment, produced here is of unrivaled excellence, and has made Rosendale a well-known name among builders in all parts of the country. The cement rock is abundant, and forms an invaluable source of wealth to the town. It is said that contracts by the United States Government for public works usually specify that the " best Rosendale ce- ment" must be used, or cement equal in quality to the best Rosendale cement, thus making this the standard of excel- lence.
III .- EARLY SETTLEMENT.
This town is composed of territory taken from three older towns,-Hurley, New Paltz, and Marbletown. The names of the first settlers upon this territory will be found in the chapters upon those several towns, and reference is made to them for this purpose. The memorandum of deeds given by the trustees of Hurley, 1720 to 1760, the names of those constituting the Middle Road District of Hurley in 1781, include the early settlers upon that por- tion of Rosendale taken from Hurley, while similar docu- ments furnish like information for those portions taken from Marbletown and New Paltz.
A rate bill of a school district upon Rosendale Plains shows the following names in that part of Rosendale in the year 1808: Matthew Blanshan, William Contant, Jacob Coutant, Samuel Coutant, Hezekiah Coutant, Martinus Ackert, Daniel D. Freer, James Roberts, Job Tillson, Isaiah Tillson, John Van Ostrand, Simon Shurger, Marius Van Aken.
The school was tanght by Tamerlanc Hine, father of
Lewis Hine, now residing at Stone Ridge. The latter, who furnishes the above list, also has a road-list of 1825 for a part of what is now Rosendale: Joel Iline, Jacob A. Suyder, Benjamin A. Krom, Jacob Van Keuren, Abra- hanr Deits, Abraham Smith, William Robison, Moses Key- ser, Teunis Plough, John Conaway, Tamerlane Hine, Isaac Weeks, Peter Wheeler, William Robison (2d), Heber Williams, John H. Williams, James Sluyter.
Mr. Lewis Hine has a pocket-book which is something of a curiosity, presented by Mr. William Pearson to Mr. William MeGiunis on the departure of the latter from Ireland for America, March 13, 1769.
The trustees of Hurley granted to Jan Crispell, Jan. 18, 1738, " All that certain parcel of ground, swamp, meadow or Kripple Bush lying southwesterly from the 4ยบ Binne- water, in a certain place known by the name of the Brand Kripple Bush and Cornelius Eltinge Dam." About the same time they granted a tract of similar description, "southwest of the fourth Binnewater," to Antoine Cris- pell, Jr.
Col. Jacob Rutsen, whose name appears so frequently in all this section of country, received from the trustees of Hurley a deed under date of Oct. 21, 1723. We give the description, as throwing considerable light upon various names, streams, and locations of early settlers. As will be seen; it was partly in the present town of Esopns :
" Lying and being on the south side of the Rondout Creek and on both sides of the Paltz Creek and on the southeast and southwest sides of Rosendall, beginning by an old chestnut tree by the division of the Indian purchase between Will. Fisher and said Jacob Rntse made with the heirs of Mattys Blanshar, now owners of said William Fisher's land and said Indian purchase ; from thenee running south- east and by east ten degrees and fifteen minutes southerly to the south side of the Paltz Creek ; then down the said ereek and along the same to the North of a certain ereek or rivulet called and known by the name of Swarte Kill, and along the same to the northernmost part thereof ; and then east to the division line between the corporation and the said township of Hurley ; then along the said division line to the bounds of the new Paltz; then along the bounds of the new Paltz and Coxing to the Rondout Creek; then down and along the same to the Patented land called Rosendal ; then round and along said bounds ot Rosendal to the first station according to the Indian purchase (except out of the same four acres of land on the south side of said Swarte Kill by the fall or falls that are in said kill, and privilege to make two doms upon said falls on said Kill),and likewise sixty arres of land lying on the northerly side of Rosendal adjoining to svid land of Rosendal and the fly or marsh of said Jacob Rutsen, with privi- lege to diteh all drain out the water in said marsh or fly into the comu- mons."
The consideration is expressed as follows :
" .. . . paying for the same unto the Trustees of Ilurley for the time being forever as an acknowledgement yearly and forever the sum of six shillings current money aforesaid."
As already stated, the early settlement of Rosendale is included in the history of the towns from which the terri- tory was taken. In the various papers given in connection with Marbletown and Hurley, all of the carly settlers of Rosendale are undoubtedly mentioned. Particularly in the assessment roll of Marbletown for 1811 they are fully given for that date, upon the part taken from Marbletown. Among them were Abram Auchmoody, Charles Burr, John Churchwell, Jacob Coutant, Abraham Coutant, Oswall Ile- wall, Andrew I. Du Bois, Abraham Deits, Cornelius A. Delemater, Philip Dewall, Christian Deits, Jacobus Elmen-
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dorf, JJr., Hubbard Elmendorf, Frederick I. Elmendorf, Joel Hyne, Cornelius Keyser, Benjamin A. Krum, Mases Keator, Jacobus Keator (and others of this same family name), George Patterson, Abraham SInyter, John Sluyter, Cornelius Sammons, Henry Suyder, Christopher Suyder, Jacob Suyder and Jacob A. Snyder, John Sammons, Abra- ham Sammons, Cornelius D. Sluyter, John M. Williams, Heber Williams, and probably others, who may be deter- mined by reference to the full roll. After the lapse of nearly three-quarters of a century, it is difficult to locate all these names according to modern boundary lines .*
At " Wagon-Dale," above Creck Locks, Peter Van Wag- ener was an early settler. Ilis homestead was the present place of George W. Le Fevre. He had one daughter, who became the wife of Cornelius Le Fevre, and the latter suc- ceeded to the old homestead. Cornelius Le Fevre was from New Paltz. His children were George W. Le Fevre, Peter C. Le Fevre, Isane C. Le Fevre; daughters, Mrs. John Os- trander, Mrs. Caleb M. Roosa, Mrs. James E. Schoonmaker, Mrs. Snyder. Johannis Van Wagenen and Jacob Van Wagenen were two other settlers at this place of very early date.
Charles Dewitt was an early settler on the Green Kill, and the founder of the Dewitt Mills. The old dwelling- house is marked by the date 1736. Garret Dewitt, son of Charles Dewitt, suceceded to the mill property. His chil- dren were Richard T., the present owner, John C., and three daughters, Mrs. Johannis Broom, Mrs. Peter Tappen, Mrs. James Hasbrouck. Charles Dewitt was a member of the Provincial Congress that met at Kingston, as stated by Richard T. The latter states that he has heard his father often speak of going to Kingston, a boy of thirteen, to see the ruins the day after the British burned the place.
In the vicinity of Keator's Corners there are a number of old homesteads worthy of notice. The place now oceu- pied by Garton Keator was the homestead of his father, Jacob N. Keator, and also of his grandfather. The first dwelling-house of the latter was a log building somewhat in the rear of the present residence. Jacob N. Keator had two brothers, John Keator and Garton Keator, and one sister, Mrs. Cornelius Keator. The homestead of the latter was the farm now occupied by Norton's buildings, and the dwelling-house was the old stone building still standing near the cement factory. Cornelius Keator died in 1879 nearly che hundred years old. A short distance from Keator's Corners, where George S. Coutant now resides, was the old Christian Dietz place,-a name frequent in the early records. The present A. B. Snyder place was the old Acker home- Hend.
Just over the line in: Marbletown, but not far from Kea- tor's Corners, was an old homestead of the Snyder family, now occupied by JJacob H. Snyder. Dr. Andrew Snyder, a physician of early times, resided at the present place of Mix. S. F. Wood. A mile cast of Keator's Corners, Chris- topher Sayder resides on the place of his grandfather, mark- in: auother old homestead of the Snyder family. About tim same distance from Keator's Corners is the old home- wad of Hendrick Smith, now the residence of James Sny-
der. Garton Keator, to whour we are indebted for several of these items, states that he remembers how high a tax of $8 was thought to be on the two farms of Jacob .N. and Cor- nelins Keator. Such a tax at the present time might cx- cite surprise for precisely an opposite reason. The present place of Jonathan Auchmoody was the old homestead of Henry Snyder.
THIE THREE "DALES."
These are often mentioned in connection with this town, and deserve special attention. They are each of them per- haps used somewhat indefinitely, applying to a greater or less extent of country as different persous differently an- derstood them.
Bloomingdale may be described as the neighborhood of the old Reformed church, burned in 1846, on the site of the present residence of Benjamin F. Hardenbergh. The site is not exactly a " dale," but one or more of the pleasant valleys near by undoubtedly gave rise to the termn.
Wagon-Dale was at the foot of the same hills, and just below what is now Creek Locks. In fact, it was the " Cor- ners," where are now four of the old stone houses of carly times, occupied respectively by George W. Le Fevre, Abram Van Wagenen, Williain Snyder, and a tenant-house, owned also by Abram Van Wagenen. These four all belong to the ante-Revolutionary period, dating back, no doubt, to 1725-35.
Rosendale was the valley where the present village of that name is located, and, as already shown, that vicinity was a place of carly settlement, though the village is ent- tirely a modern affair. This name, as well as that of Bloom- ingdale, occurs in deeds and other records as early as 1700 and probably before that time.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Clark, of Esopus, and Dr. Wurts, of New Paltz, both practiced largely in the present towa of Rosendale iu the carly part of this century. Dr. Andrew Snyder was an carly physician in town, and also Dr. Jewett. Dr. Robin- son was in practice for many years, and spent his professional life at Rosendale village, where he died in 1879. The present physicians of the town are Dr. Simon Schoonmaker (scc biography) ; Dr. Bogardus, in practice for some years past ; and D :. Cornelius Hasbrouck, recently settled.
LAWYERS.
John Kenyon and George Hasbronek are doing law busi- ness at the present time. Most of the legal writing in former years has been done by the justices of the peace.
TAVERNS.
The old Rosendale homestead was the site of an early tavern, dating back to 1711, and very well known for a long time was the early tavern of the Widow Newkirk, ou the corner at Bloomingdale where the Le Fevre Falls road intersects the main road to Rosendale. Other early taverns are named in the license lists given in the chapter ou Mar- bletown.
MERCHANTS.
These will be noticed in the jary lists given in the his. tory of Marbletown. William Delemater kept a store f.r
' ** alon Marbletown assessment roll of 1791 iu chapter upon @live.
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many years at Rosendale Plains village, near the present cemetery, and the property is still in the hands of the Del- emater family.
STATISTICS.
The total population of Rosendale, as determined by the eensus of 1875, was 4355. Of this number, 3349 were native born, and 1006 foreign born. In regard to race, 4328 were white, and 27 colored. In regard to sex, 2305 were males, and 2050 females. The males of voting age were 1183. The total equalized assessed value of property in Rosendale for 1879-80 is $976,161, and the total tax paid upon that basis $30,352.01.
IV .- ORGANIZATION.
This town was formed from Hurley, New Paltz, and Marbletown, April 26, 1844. In consequence of the dis- tance of the people living upon this territory from the usual places of official business in the older towns, a rearrange- ment became desirable, and the movement for a new town was finally successful.
The name of this town was applied to a valley within its present limits at the earliest settlement. Among the deeds recorded in the Hurley town books " Rosendall" occurs soon after 1700. The limits of the original valley may be diffienlt to define.
FIRST TOWN-MEETING, 1841.
"At an election held on the third Tuesday of May, the 21st in- stant, at the house of William Steen, in the said town of Rosendale, by Frederick S. M. Snyder and James HI. Elmendorph, specified in the act, and Audrew S. P. Snyder, appointed by the electors of said town, the following persons were elected to fill the different offices in enid town : Supervisor, William B. Delamater; Town Clerk, Wil- liam II. Suyder, Jr. ; Justices of the Peace, Jacob A. Snyder, James A. Coutant; Collector, Abram A. Davis; Town Superintendent of Common Schools, Jacob A. Snyder ; Assessors, John Blaushau, Jona- than Auchmoody, Samuel Craig ; Commissioners of Highways, Daniel A. Du Bois, Garret N. Hleemanse, John B. Schoonmaker ; Overseers of Poor, Abram Anchmoody, Abram Diets ; Constables, George Bun, David Tillson, J. W. Cronkite, Daniel Bodley, Harvey Decker; Scaler of Weights and Measures, James W. Cooper ; Poundmaster, William Steen : Inspeetors of Election, Andrew S. P. Snyder, Tim- othy F. Tillson, Isaac Coutant.
PRINCIPAL TOWN OFFICERS, 1844-80. SUPERVISORS.
1844, William B. Delemater ; 1845, Luther Hoffman ; 1846, John Blanshan ; 1847, William HI. Snyder ; 1848, William Grant ; 1849 -50, William II. Snyder; 1851, Peter C. Le Fever; 1852 -- 53, Israel Snyder; 185-1, Jacob II. Davis; 1855, Oliver J. Tilson; 1856, Israel Snyder; 1857, George S. Coutant; 1855-60, Peter D. Le Fever ; 1861, George S. Contant; 1862-64, John T. Decker; 1865 -66, Israel Snyder; 1867-68, James H. Ehoendorf; 1869, Luther C. Hoffman ; 1870, John C. Bogardus; 1871. Israel Suyder; 1872, Lorenzo Robinson : 1873-74, Charles II. Clearwater; 1875, Martin Snyder; 1876, Nathan Keator; 1877, Philip O'Reilly ; 1878, Lorenzo Robinson ; 1879, Cornelius Le Fevre ; 1880, Dauiel Lre.
TOWN CLERKS.
1811, William 11. Suyder, Jr. ; 1845, Walter J. Burlington; 1810, Charles Hardenbergh ; 1847, Alexander 1. Seaman ; 1818, Charles W. Budington ; 1819, Niel S. MeEwen ; 1850, Jacob Westbrook, Jr .; 1851, George Seaman ; 1852, William N. Snyder : 1533, Ben- jamin Du Bois; 1834, Theodore Burlington ; 1855, William II. Snyder ; 1856, Theodore Budington: 1857, Israel Snyder; 1558, Longinus S. Bates ; 1859, William H. Snyder; 1860, Russel L. Grant : 1561-65, Benjamin Du Bois : 1863, Benjamin Bogardus; 1861, William Ii. Snyder, Jr. ; 1865-66, Benjamin Du Bois; ISC7,
Martin Snyder ; 1868, William II. Snyder; 1869-70, William I !. Snyder, Jr. : 1871, Meses Freer, Jr ; 1872-74, William II. Sny- , der, Jr. ; 1975, Edwin Abrams; 1876. Michael MeCarty ; 1927, Rufus Snyder ; 1875-80, Abraham B. Du Bois.
JUSTICES OF THE PENCE.
1844, Jacob, A. Suyder, James A. Contant : 1845, Peter I. Ehing ; 1516, Andrew S. P. Snyder, Jumes II. Elmeudorph; 1817, Charles Krom; 1848, George W. Lefever, James A. Coutant, Levi Le- fever; 1819, Jacob A. Snyder: 1850, J. 11. Ehmendorph ; 1$51, John A. Bodley ; 1852, Daniel W. Davis, James A. Coutant ; 1853, James A. Contant, Levi Le Fever; 1854, James H. Elmen- dorph, Garit N. Davis; 1855, Otis Church; 1856, Garrit N. Davis; 1857, Theodore Budington ; 1858, James H. Elmendorph : 1859, Sinon P. Keator; 1860, Charles L. Hardenbergh : 1561, Theodore Budington, Stephen B. Gallagher ; 1862, James JI. F .!- mendorph : 1865, Lorenzo Le Fever ; 1864, Stephen B. Gallagher, Simon P. Keator; 1865, Calvin Keator; 1866, James Ehnen- dorph ; 1867, Adam S. Le Fever ; 1868, Stephen B. Gallagher, 1.0- renzo Robinson ; 1860. Calvin Kentor; 1870, Abram P. Kestor : 1871, J. II. Elmendorph ; 1872, Stephen B. Gallagher; 1873, Cal- vin Keator; 1874, Jonathan J. Lefever; 1875, John Van Nos- traud; 1876, Stephen B. Gallagher; 1877, Alonzo lumpbry ; 1878, Jacob A. Van Wagenen ; 1879, Daniel Bodley, Calvin Kra- tor; 1880, Stephen B. Gallagher.
V .- VILLAGES. ROSENDALE
is the central village of the town, and is situated on the canal and the Rondout Creek. It is a thriving business place, with churches, schools, stores, shops, and mills. The bridge of the Wallkill valley road at this place is 900 feet long and 157 feet above the water. The present business of Rosendale consists of the following: Three hotels, by A. Sammons, Hugh McGee, and Conrad Sheenan ; stores by Simon Van Wagenen, A. B. Du Bois, Edward Abranis (druggist), S. P. Keator (groceries), Rufus Snyder (hard- ware), J. W. Hasbrouck (druggist), Jacob A. Snyder (groceries), Edward Stontenburgh (dry-goods and milli- nery), Rodney Polly (groceries), Nathan Keator (flour and feed), Davis & Veeder (stoves and tinware); James T. Anderson, wagon-shop; J. C. Schoonmaker, undertak- ing and furniture; George B. Elting & Co., undertaking; P. R. Curtis, Wm. H. Bogardus, blacksmith-shop; An- drew Smith, barber and faney trade ; Miss Sarah MeClaf- ferty, news room ; a grist-mill, now unused; the New York and Rosendale Cement-Works; meat-market, Lewis C. Bowen ; and the James quarries and kilo, near the Cath- olie church. The incumbent of the post-office at the present time is Mrs. B. B. Hoornbeck. Her husband, previous to his death, Angust, 1878, had held the position for several years. Previous to him, Jonathan Auchmoody was postmaster for one term, 1869 to 1873. The main fording-place over the Rondout in early times was at Le- fevre's Falls. There was another at the lower end of this village, nearly opposite the present canal bridge, and another one above, near the present place of Conrad Sheenm. The first house in what is now Rosendale village is said to have been the residence of Jacob Brink, and only two houses are said to have been there when the canal was opened.
BRUCEVILLE
is situated in the southwest part of the town, on the Ron- dout Creek. It is near the post-office of High Falls, in Marbletown. It is simply a hamlet grown up around the
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cement-works of James Vandemark and earlier proprietors. Iligh Falls is largely the point of trade, shops, and post- office facilities for Bruceville. It is at this point the first kilns for burning cement-rock were erected, and the grind- ing was done at the Simon Depuy mill at High Falls. A store is kept here by Frank Kelly, and one by James Vandemark.
ROSENDALE PLAINS
is a hamlet, taking its name from the character of the country around it, and is situated a mile or more south of Rosendale village. There is a hotel at this place now being erected, to be opened by Win. Deyo. A store has some- times been maintained there, but none at the present time. There are blacksmith-shops by D. M. Dewey and Benson Freer. Clark's wagon-shop, formerly open, is now closed. The Rosendale driving-park is located here, and with suffi- eient care and expense may become an excellent traek for the trial of speed.
HICKORY BUSH
is a short distance south of Whiteport, and is mainly an extension of that village. It is occupied by the houses of quarrymen mostly. An extension of Hickory Bush is termed locally Hillsdale, a hamlet rather picturesquely situated in a valley encireled by hills.
CREEK LOCKS
is a village in the east part of the town, situated at the point where the ennal unites with the creek. There are stores kept by J. A. Van Wagenen, A. E. Porter, and D. A. Barchart. There is considerable freighting business done to and from this point, and shipments of burned stone from the quarries of the Hudson River Cement Company are loaded here for Flatbush.
LEFEVRE FALLS
is situated a mile or more below Rosendale village, and takes its name from the Le Fevre family and from the natural features at that point.
WHITEPORT
is in the north part of the town, on the Wallkill Railroad. It is four miles from Rosendale village, and about the saine distance from Rondout. A horse railroad connects this place with the navigable waters of the Rondout. The place takes its name from the fact that Hugh White engaged in manufacturing eement at this point. The only business is that of eement manufacture and the shops incidentally connected with that business.
KEATOR'S CORNERS.
This is a station on the railroad, between Rosendale and Whiteport, nearly two miles north of Rosendale. At this place are located the extensive eement-works of F. O. Nor- ton. The village takes its name from being near the old Kentor homestead, and from the fact that Mr. Keator do- rated a lot for the station buildings. There is also a post- office, Isaac Carman postmaster, established about eight years ago. Mr. Carman was the first postmaster. He was zaceceded by Daniel Sullivan, after whom Mr. Carman was again appointed. There is also a store by Luther Hoffman.
LAWRENCEVILLE
is about a mile above Rosendale, and named in honor of Mr. Watson E. Lawrence. It is simply a hamlet grown up around the important eement-works mentioned under the head of industrial pursuits. There are two hotels here, by William H. Van Keuren and Thomas Pinkman, and two stores, by Rufus Le Fevre and Jerome Sheely.
VI .- SCHOOLS.
There are but few data concerning the early schools. Abram Hasbrouck was a teacher of prominence, and Mr. Hline, already mentioned, Dr. Andrew Snyder, and also his son, John James Snyder. The names of school officers in Marbletown and Hurley show men interested in educa- tion and holding school offices previous to 1844.
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