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Calvin Rogers came to Strykersville in 1811. Garrett Stryker, Philo Stephens, Timothy Kirby and William Rich- ardson were the only ones then here. Stryker's house was a quarter of a mile north of the Congregational church. Stephens's house was opposite on the west side of the road. Kirby's was a quarter of a mile south of the Baptist church, on the west side of the road. Richardson's house stood where Charles Richardson's house now stands.
The first grist-mill was built by James Arnold, Calvin Kelsey and one Wires in 1820. The first saw-mill was built in 1814, by Calvin Rogers and Jacob Turner.
The first store was opened in 1825, by Isaac C. Bronson. The post-office was established in 1827. The first distillery was started in 1823, opposite where Charles Richardson now lives, about twenty rods from the road.
CHURCHES OF STRYKERSVILLE.
Baptist .- This is probably one of the oldest Baptist churches of western New York. It is claimed that the nu- cleus of this church was formed as early as 1808. Meetings were first held at Sheldon Center and Wales. Deacon Til-' ton Eastman is spoken of as the originator of the first Bap- tist worship in the vicinity. Worship was held in private
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CHURCHES AND CEMETERIES OF STRYKERSVILLE.
houses and barns. Garrett Stryker's barn, on the west side of Buffalo creek, was used for some time.
In 1816 Rev. Elias Harmon and Rev. Mr. Goodrich were employed to preach regularly. The good work done by Elder Harmon is still remembered by the people. In 1819 Rev. David Wooster began to labor in the field, alternating with Elder Harmon.
Many of the Baptists were living at inconvenient distances from each other and from the places of meeting, and it was deemed advisable to organize a church. A council met at the school-house in Sheldon (now Strykersville) September 26th, 1827, and voted to recognize the church as the " Baptist Church of Wales and Sheldon." On the 14th of October, 1833, the name was changed to the Baptist Church of Stryk- ersville. In 1834 the church was without a pastor. Rev. James Reed, the next pastor, preached every alternate Sab- bath for $100 a year. Edward Coval, a licentiate, followed in 1836. In 1835 a female "Domestic and Foreign Mission Society " was organized.
A church edifice, costing $2,200, was finished in the spring of 1839, and dedicated April 18th. Charles Richardson donated a lot. At this time 119 members belonged to the church.
Rev. Dexter Smith, who commenced his labors in 1839, is spoken of with great favor. During his pastorate of six years 132 persons were baptized. In 1851 a new bell was procured for the church. Rev. A. S. Kneeland preached thirteen years, from 1852. During his services 158 were baptized and received into the church.
So many Germans settled in and around Strykersville that in 1852 Anton Hausler, a young licentiate, was induced to labor among them in their own language as colporteur. In the spring of 1863 the " Holland German Church " was recognized. In 1856 half an acre of land was purchased and a parsonage built, valued at $1,000. Rev. S. Keys died while pastor of this church, in 1858. Forty-six persons were added to the church under his ministry, and the church was changed and refitted at an expense of $2,000.
July 29th, 1874, M. C. Mason, a recent graduate of Ham- ilton College, was ordained, and he is now a missionary in Assam.
Rev. R. H. Colby was pastor from November, 1874, until July Ist, 1877. His successor is the present pastor, Rev. Thomas Seyes.
There have been eleven ministers ordained in this church, viz. : Edward Coval, Darius H. Paul, Daniel Reed, D.D., Charles B. Reed, A. L. L. Potter, J. Harrington, A. Hausler, Charles H. Wood, Alfred Saterlee,-M. C. Mason and William Barber.
Alfred Saterlee died in a foreign mission.
September 26th, 1877, the church held a grand semi-cen- tennial jubilee at Strykersville. Rev. Whitman Metcalf, who, as a missionary from New England, preached when the church was organized fifty years before, preached the ser- mon at this jubilee.
The average membership for forty years has been one hundred and eighty eight, and the present is one hundred and eighty. The present officers are : J. W. Ives, clerk; J. H. Wooster and D. C. Barber, deacons.
The Sabbath-school was organized in 1836. James Ives was the first superintendent. A. L. Stryker was the next, and held the position until 1872. He was succeeded by Jos-
eph Cooper, the present superintendent. There are sixteen teachers and one hundred and fifty scholars, with an average attendance of one hundred. This school furnishes to Rev. M. C. Mason, missionary in Assam, $50 per year, through which means a native missionary is constantly employed.
Congregational Church of Strykersville .- This church was formed from a society which formerly held its meetings at Barber's Hill, about half way between Johnsonsburgh and Humphrey's Hollow, having been organized by the Rev. Hugh Wallace October 3d, 1825. The original members were 17, including Deacon Butrick, Deacon Sad and The- ophilus Humphrey. Milo Warner was a deacon in this early church, which office he held until his death, in 1874.
The ministers who have labored in this church have been Revs. R. H. Conklin, H. G. Ward, J. A. Allen, Coleman Blanchard, G. Northrop, Oscar Smith, Ward Child, N. Cobb, William Dewey, J. R. Bourne, J. C. Caswell, O. M. Smith and - Ballard. The church is at present without a
pastor.
The meeting-house was dedicated in January, 1836, and cost $2,500. Calvin Rogers was the architect. The church owns a parsonage valued at $800, and has a fund of $1,000.
The present membership is 40. At no time has it been more than 80. Weekly prayer meetings have always been kept up, and a good degree of zeal manifested by those who have sustained this church.
In 1824 a Sabbath-school was organized, as the "Stry- kersville Union Sabbath-school." It was made up of the Baptist and Congregational societies. About the time the church was built a separation took place, since which time it has been known as the Congregational Sabbath-school.
This school has been kept up winter and summer since its organization. There is an average attendance of 50 scholars. The first superintendent was Milo Warner; the present one is John Spooncer.
Four young men have gone out from this church and Sabbath-school and proved acceptable ministers.
STRYKERSVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
The "old graveyard " of Strykersville is in the north part of the village. The remains of those who died in the the early days of Strykersville probably repose here. Gar- rett Stryker, one of the original owners of the site of the vil- lage, is buried in this ground.
The old ground was used until 1867. The first interment was that of an adopted daughter of Lemuel J. Paul.
On February 18th, 1867, the Strykersville Cemetery As- sociation was organized.
The first trustees and officers were Melancthon Abbott, president; Benjamin Whaley, vice-president; Myron War- ner, secretary; Eli Balcom, treasurer; Curtis S. Plant, Charles W. Mason.
The present board is as follows: Charles H. Richardson, president; Myron Warner, vice-president; L. M. Fox, secre- tary, J. W. Ives, treasurer; B. M. Warner, Amos H. Castle. The first interment was that of Joseph Willett.
TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
Evening Star Lodge, No. 549, I. O. of G . T .- A lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance was instituted at Strykersville about twelve years ago. March 15th, 1877, it was merged in the Independent Order of Good Templars.
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HISTORY OF WYOMING COUNTY, NEW YORK.
The charter members were fourteen in number. The first officers were: B. M. Warner, W. C. T .; Hattie Warner, W. V. T .; E. C. Hinckley, W. chaplain ; William Spooner, W. S .; Nellie Ring, W. A. S ; J. D. Barron, W. F. S .; Mrs. Barron, W. T .; Warren Richardson, W. M .; Lottie Shear- ing, Asst. M .; Emma Ring, W. I. G .; C. G. Webber, W. O. G .; P. D. Barron, P. W. C. T .; Mrs. Putnam, W. R. S .; Mrs. Jones, W. L. S.
The present officers are: Hiram Cobleigh, W. C. T .; Carrie Fox, W. V. T .; William Spooncer, W. S .; Seward Ames, W. A. S .; J. D. Barron, W. F. S .; L. M. Fox, P. W. C. T .; Charles Shearing, W. O. G .; Carrie Richardson, W. I. G .; L. M. Fox, W. L. D .; Hattie Felt, W. R. S .; Ida Waterman, W. T .; Adelbert Sanders, W. M .; Louisa Thompson, W. L. S .; Myron Warner, W. C.
There are 36 members. Regular meetings occur every Tuesday evening.
Strykersville Anti- Treat Society .- June 16th, 1879, a meet- ing was held at Benion's Court-room, and an organization effected opposed to the pernicious custom of "treating." Ceremonies were instituted, and grips, signs, salutes and pass-words were improvised. Any member violating his pledge may be fined not less than $1. Officers are elected semi-annually.
The first officers were: Owen Benion, president; Eugene Richardson, vice-president; Frank Marzolf, secretary; A. J. Custer, treasurer ; Horatio Castle, assistant secretary; Frank Ambrist and John Metzger, wardens; Michael Tham- ish, sentinel; Peter Kihm, master of ceremonies; Nathaniel Kellogg, O. S. G.
The present officers are: Owen Benion, president; Peter Hymen, vice-president; Conrad Hymen, jr., secretary; Eu- gene Richardson, assistant secretary ; Andrew J. Custer, treasurer; Charles Cobleigh, M. of C .; Michael Thamish, sen .; John Brevot, A. S. G .; Frank M. Metzger and Peter Kinsinger, wardens.
JOHNSONSBURGH.
This village was named after George Johnson, who caused the first post-office to be established here, and who opened the first store. The village is partly in Orangeville and is treated of in the history of that town.
Lyman Tuttle came to Johnsonsburgh in 1814. At that time there were "five log houses and a shanty." The first store was opened in 1827. The first school was taught in 1821, by Trumbull Hurlbut, in a log dwelling house. Lyman and Ransom Tuttle attended this school. In 1824 the first school-house (framed) was built. Isaac Lamb built the first framed house. One Martin built the first grist-mill.
CHURCHES OF JOHNSONSBURGH.
Methodist Episcopal .- The first class was formed in 1823. Revs. William Jones and John Cosort were the first preach- ers. Among the first members may be mentioned Lewis, Laura and Sally Colburn, Stephen Colburn and wife, Eber, Peter and Eliza White, Alva and Susan Wilson and Simon Van Cise. It was at his house that the early meetings were principally held. The church was legally organized March 6th, 1858. The first trustees were: G. C. Crippen, Jabez Rudd, John Standish, Jonathan Head, Alexander H. Van Buren, Orville Crawford and Harlan A. Jones.
The church was dedicated February 4th, 1859, with a ser- mon by Rev. Sanford E. Hunt.
About 1829 Miss L. A. Morse (now Mrs. Lyman Tuttle) organized a Sabbath-school. The children of all classes were invited to come. It is now a union Methodist and Congregational school, and known as the Johnsonsburgh Union Sabbath-school.
There are 130 scholars, with an average attendance of 75. J. W. Jones is the superintendent.
Congregational Church of Johnsonsburgh .- In 1859 the first Congregational sermons were preached in Johnsons- burgh. Meetings were held and the nucleus of the present organization was formed. In the spring of 1860 the society was legally organized. Jabez Rudd, Amasa Barrett and Martin Colburn were the first trustees. The first minister was the Rev. Mr. Stratton. The present pastor is the Rev. Mr. Dunl:am. The trustees are Jabez Rudd, Obadiah Til- ton and George Hoy.
The society is a joint owner with the Methodist society, and occupies the meeting-house half the time. The church was built by both societies and cost about $1,500. The ground, half an acre, on which it stands was donated by Jonathan Head. John Coughran and wife, Jabez Rudd and wife, Mr. Colburn and wife, David Lewis and wife were among the first members. The present membership is about 40.
The Sabbath-school is a union school, supported by the Congregational and Methodist societies.
CEMETERIES.
In an early day there was a public burying ground opened in Orangeville near Johnsonsburgh. No deed, however, was ever given for the land. The farm containing it changed hands and the ground was not preserved. About the year 1830 Isaac Lamb opened to the public half an acre of land nearly half a mile southwest from the village for burial purposes, but retained the ownership. Jonathan Head bought the land, and on May 14th, 1864, deeded the original half acre, with an additional half acre, to the First Method- ist Episcopal Society of Johnsonsburgh. On the 26th of March, 1879, he added one and a half acres, and the society deeded the ground to the Johnsonsburgh Cemetery Associa- tion. The following are the names of the first and present officers, as they have not been changed since the associa- tion was formed: Obadiah Tilton, president; A. D. Keeney, vice-president; L. H. Tozier, secretary; Wilbur Bentley, treasurer. The first interment was that of Mrs. Isaac Lamb. In the year 1830 most of the bodies in the old Orangeville graveyard were transferred to this.
Biographical and Business Notices.
FRANK AMBRIET was born in Germany, May 15th, 1844. He married Clara George November 22nd, 1871. He is a farmer.
C. H. BRAw, of the arm of W. W. Bean & Son, is a general merchant at Varysburgh. He was born in Livingston county, N. Y., November 8d, 186%.
THOMAS BETTENDORF. Strykerville, is a brewer and farmer. He has been commissioner of highways and of excise. He was born in France, February fod, 1867, and married Mary C. Faber November 6th, 1865.
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PERSONAL NOTICES, TOWN OF SHELDON.
Eur BOLKCOM is a native of Bristol county, Mass., and was born Marob 10th, 1821. He married Matilda Emery in January, 1846. His business is farming.
B. M. BOLCOM, farmer, was born April 26th, 1844, and married Etta Hotchkiss January 7th, 1868.
WILLIAM BOYCE was born in England, in 1839. He has served ss justice of the peace. Heis a farmer by occupation.
J. M. BRYSON, proprietor of a hardware store and tinshop at Varysburgh, was born September 29th, 1864.
BELUS CALKINS, JR., born September 6th, 1840, married Nettie Wilcox November 5th, 1876. He is engaged in blacksmithing and wagon making at Varysburgh.
AMOS H. CASTLE was born in Ontario county, N.Y., August 13th, 1806, and was married to Ann Phillips Marob &d. 1829. He came to Bbeidon in 1806. He is a farmer, and has been s justice of the peace many years.
C. W. DAVIS, dealer in general merchandise, Strykersville, was born Sep- tember 6th, 1887, and married Etta Watterman July 2nd, 1578.
D. 8. DAVIS has been postmaster at Varysburgh sixteen years. He is a dealer in general merchandise. He was born June 5th, 1841, and married Alice E. Parker December 18th, 1870.
JOHN Ess was born in France, February 28th, 186, and came to Sheldon in 1840. He is a farmer, carpenter and jotner.
JAMES H. FILLMORE is a manufacturer of boots and shoes at Varysburgb. He was born in Franklin county, N. Y., August 17th, 1813.
FRANK GLASER is the proprietor of Strykersville Brewery and Hotel, and engaged in farming. He married Margaret Metzger January 16th, 1806. He served in the war of the Rebellion and was honorably discharged.
HENRY HOARD served in the war of 1812. He was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y .. July 4th, 1791, and came to Sbeldon in 1806.
CONRAD HYMAN is a farmer and proprietor of grist and maw-mills. He was born in Germany, January 28th, 1824. He has served as commissioner of bigbways.
JOHN W. JONES served in the war of the Rebellion. He is now engaged in the manufacture of carriages and in blacksmithing at Johnsonsburgh. He was born June 28d, 1846.
DOMINICK JUNGERS Was born in France, April 13th. 1842. He came to Sheldon in 1861, and is now engaged in farming.
SAMUEL SMITH KENNEDY. physician and surgeon. Johnsonsburgh, gradu- ated from the University of Vermont : studied with Dr. Berry, of Spring Brook, N. Y., and with Dr. Havens, of East Aurora, N. Y .; and attended lectures at Buffalo. Ann Arbor, Detroit and in Vermont.
H. M. KITTLE is engaged in the harness business at Varysburgh. He has served as justice of the peace. He was born December 24th, 1848.
GEORGE KNAB was born in Germany, June 15th, 1827, and married Mary Bohlanker, September 17th, 1848. His business is farming.
EDWARD MADDEN, manufacturer of cheese boxes and Jumber at Varys- burgh, was born in Ireland, March 4th, 1812. He married Helen L. Davis, March 1st, 1809.
D. R. MUNGER. carpenter and joiner at Varysburgh, was born May 18th, 1806, and married Ann 8. Nichols, January 6th, 1852.
JOHN OBERTEN was taken prisoner in the civil war. He was born in France. October 14th, 1838, and came to America in 1848. He is a farmer.
CHARLES PARKER Was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., September 26th, 1802. April 21st, 1826, be married Miss Sarah Libolt, and in March. 1800. Mrs. Mary Barnum. He is a farmer ; has served as commissioner of highways and overseer of the poor.
EUGENE PECK was born August 8th, 1860. He is engaged in the cabinet and undertaking business at Varysburg.
MICHAEL REDLEG, who is a farmer, was born in Germany, August 15th, 1880. and came to America in 1848.
REV. W. RISZEWSKIE, pastor of Sheldon Catholic church, was born in Prussia. August 5th, 1888. Ho came to America in 1870, and from East Eden. Brie county, to Sheldon in 1876.
JABEZ RUDD Was born in Massachusetts, December 6th, 1808, and married Bylvia Butler, September 12th, 1830. He is a member of the Congregational churob of Johnsonsburgh, and has been deacon nineteen years and ruling elder twelve years.
JOHN SCHWAB, farmer, was born in Germany. December 20th, 1818. and came to this country in 1849.
LOTT SHAW in the proprietor of Shaw's Hotel, Varysburgh. He isa memo- ber of the national guard. 67th regiment. .
JOHN SMITH was born in Germany, September $7th, 1880, and came to this country in 1840. His father was a soldier under Napoleon I, and partici- pated in the battle of Waterloo.
JOSEPH STANTON, merchant at Strykersville, has been supervisor and superintendent of schools.
NICHOLAS STRAUB is & farmer, merobant and hotel keeper at Sbeldon Center. He has served as commissioner of highways and overseer of the poor. He was born in Germany, May 1st, 1811.
ANDREW STREICKER, born in France, August 27th, 1827, married Elizabeth Kibler. July 5th, 1861. His business is farming.
MARTIN L., son of Garrett STRYKER, after whom the village of Strykers- ville was named, was born March 29th, 1810, and married Chloe Bykes, Octo- ber 25th, 1886. He was formerly a teacher of music ; is now a farmer.
LESTER H. TOETER is engaged in the mercantile business at Johnsons- burgh. He has been a notary public, and assistant door keeper in the House of Representatives, and is now an acting justice of the peace.
Hox. O. L. TOZIER, a lawyer by profession, served as captain to the civil war, and is now extensively engaged in farming. He has been justice of the peace, supervisor, and member of the Legislature. He was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., December 2nd, 1826. He came to the town of 8bel- don in 1841, and married Miss Harriet Humphrey, July 26th, 1847.
EUGENE D. TUTTLE, farmer, was born in Sheldon, N.Y., February 9th, 1834. He married Lucy A. Wilder, April 24th, 180%.
FREDERICK WEBER was born in Germany, November 27th, 1815. He is a farmer. Post-office Wales, Erie county, N. Y.
JOEY WOCKERER, physician and surgeon, Strykersville, was born in Ger- many, June 28th, 1860; studied medicine with Dr. Holt, of Bennington, and graduated at Buffalo Medical College, in 1874.
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THE TOWN OF WARSAW.
"History of Warsaw " was written by Andrew W. Young, and published in 1869. It is a vol- ume of four hundred pages, beautifully printed, and illustrated with forty steel plate and litho- graphic portraits of residents of Warsaw at some period of its history. It has also views of resi- dences, churches and scenery in the town. Family sketches and biographical notes, in which about four thous- and names appear, fill a large space in the volume. The whole book is filled with interesting matter connected with the history of the town from its settlement to the time when the work was published. Mr. Young was a careful, accurate and excellent historian, and, having resided in Warsaw nearly fifty years, was able to give facts and information that no other could as well. One thousand copies of the book were printed and bound, nearly all of which were taken at once by residents of the town and their relatives and friends elsewhere. It is hardly necessary to say that this work has been made largely available in the preparation of the fol- lowing history of this town.
FIRST LAND BUYERS AND PURCHASES.
The books of the Holland Land Company contain the following records of purchases in the company's township composing the present town of Warsaw:
Elizur Webster, 1808, lots 26, 27, 32, 36. 36, 37. 36 and 43; Jabish Warren, 1808, lots 28 and 28 ; Daniel Curtis, 1808, lot 39; Elijah Cutting, 1808, lot 29; Josiah Hovey, jr., 1808, part of lot 24; Sterling Stearns, 1804, part of lot 2; Josiah Boardman, 1804. part of lot 1 ; Josiah Hovey, sen .. 1804, part of lot 31 : Josiah Jewett, 1804, part of lot 81 ; Linus Warner, 1804, part of Jot 9; Nebemiah Fargo, 1805, part of lot 80; Parley Chapman and Alden Keith. 1806, part of lot 6; Lot Marchant, 1806, part of lot 21; Giles Parker. 1806, part of lot 22; Elizur Webster. 1806. lots 58, 10 and part of lot 18; Gideon T. Jenkins, lots 5 and 18; Isaiah Jaycox, 1806, part of lot 1 : Gideon Thayer. 1806, part of lot 1 ; Daniel Ferguson, 1806. lot 58 ; Philip Salisbury, 1806, Jot 59; Ephraim Gates. 1806, lot 11 : Daniel Knapp, 1806, part of lot 34; Elkanab Day, 1808, lot 61; Aaron Bailey, 1806. Jot 54: Micha Marchant, 1806, part of lot 45; Peter W. Harris, 1808, part of lot 60; Curtis Edgerton, 1808. part of lot 60; Nathan Pierce, 1806, lot 62 ; Stephen James, 1806, parts of lots 46, 47 and 55 ; John Utter, 1808, part of lot 2; Shubael Morris, 1806, part of lot & : Gideon R. Truesdell, 1806, part of lot 33: Nebemiah Fargo, 1806, part of lot 19; George Densmore, 1807, part of lot 33; Silas Wethy, 1807, part of lot 60; Lot Mar- chant, 1807, part of lot 21 ; Elipbalet Parker. 1807. part of lot 22; Solomon Morris, jr., 1807, part of lot 34; Chester Richards, 1807, part of lot 17; Solomon Morris, sen .. 1807, part of lot $6; David Keeler. 1807, lot 44 ; Daniel Wing, 1807. lot 56; Ebenezer Munger, 1807. part of lot 42; Simeon Gibson, 1807, lot 41 and part of lot 4; Elkanab Day, 1806, lot 51; Nathan Pierce, 1808, part of lot 46; Flavel Kingsley, 1806. lot 58; Suel Hovey, 1806, part of lot 8; Ziba Hovey, 1806, part of lot 16; Linus Giddings, 1808, part of lot 14: Thomas Sherman, 1806, part of lot 14; Hiram Hoyt, 1808, part of lot 49; Hervey Gibson, 1808. part of lot 49; William 8. Stone. 1808, lot 57 : Daniel Fuller. 1808, part of lot 18; Noab Willis, 1809, lot 7; Jonathan Miller, 1809, lot 15: James Hitchcock. 1806, part of lot 90; Chester Richards, 1809, part of lot 20; Thomas Morris, 1806, lot 50; Stephen James, 1810, part of lot 64; Abraham W. Brown, 1810, part of lot 4; Stepben G. Brown, 1810, part of lot 4; Silas C. Fargo, 1810, part of lot 19.
SETTLEMENT AND PIONEER LIFE.
Mr. Young in his history of Warsaw gave an excellent ac- count of its settlement and of the experiences of the early settlers, from which the following is copied with but little alteration.
The settlement of Warsaw was commenced by Elizur Webster, of Hampton, Washington county, N. Y., in 1803. Having examined the township with a view to the selection of a location, he determined to settle within its limits. It had not yet been subdivided into lots, and in order to find the center of the township he made a line of bark, and with this determined the middle point in the line between town- ships 9 and 10, from which point he ran due south by a com- pass three miles, with such accuracy as to vary but a few rods from what was afterward found by actual survey to be the center. He then repaired to the land office to negotiate a purchase; but the agent, Mr. Ellicott, refused. to order a survey to be made for his accommodation, saying there were plenty of good lands already surveyed.
Among the early settlers there were but few who could pay down any portion of the price of their lands. When Mr. Ellicott learned that the applicant whose importunities he had for one or two days resisted could command about one thousand dollars, of which he was ready to pay one-half or more on the execution of a contract, he readily consented and at once ordered the desired survey.
Mr. Webster's purchase included nine or ten lots, aggre- gating more than 3,000 acres, lying mostly along and in the valley of the Oatka creek. The price at which Mr. Webster purchased these was $1.50 per acre. Mr. Ellicott had not been well informed concerning the lands in this township, and he was deeply chagrined when he learned that he had unwit- tingly disposed of a large portion of the best land in the town- ship at the lowest price. Most of Mr. Webster's purchases were made on credit; or, as was sometimes done, the land was "booked " to him for a trifling sum, not more than a dollar a lot, for a given time, during which he might sell to other parties at an advance. He sold most of these lands to other settlers at an advance of fifty cents per acre, and they usually assumed his contract at the land office, by taking articles as original purchasers and paying him his advance. His purchase was made June 20th, 1803.
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