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educational institutions of, 311 fire department of, 320-30 first religious services in, 320 founding of, 298
hotels of, 345 incorporation of, 309 interests of, in 1832, 305 local improvement companies of, 335 manufacturers of, 340 mercantile interests of, 347 naming of, 302 population of, in 1832, 307 rapid advancement of, 304 selected as site for public buildings, 108 site of, 297 societies and orders of, 336
Penn Yan, topography of, in 1832, 307 unsanitary condition of, 198 Union School, 217
Perry, Rows, 459
Petition of residents for organization of Benton, 351
Phelps, Oliver, securing of settlement with lessee companies by, 68
Phelps and Gorham, financial embarrass- ment of, 71 purchase, the, 67 sale of lands by, to Robert Mor- ris, 72 survey, fraud in, 70
Physicians, registered, 205
Pierce, Michael, 472
Pioneer settlements in Milo, 285
Pioneers of Benton, 353
Planing mill, the Penn Yan, 342
Pleasant Valley Wine Company, 244
Plymouth Company, the, 41
Plympton, John, 277
Pontiac, 49
Poor-house, County, 110
Portrait of Andrews, J. T., facing 410 Bitley, Peter H., facing 420
Briggs, William S., facing 182
Casner, Ezekiel, facing 340 Cornwell, George R., facing 212
Earl, Jeptha, facing 354 Ellsworth, S. S., facing 106 Ellsworth, S. S., jr., facing 508 Hartshorn, I. W., facing 512 Lapham, Geo. L., facing 334 Lapham, Ludlow E., facing 514
Merritt, La Fayette, facing 418 Purdy, Stephen, facing 498 Scheetz, John C., facing 494 Sheldon, Eli, facing 488 Sheppard, Chas. C., facing 302 Sheppard, M. F., facing 300 Smith, F. E., facing 520 Southerland, John, facing 490 Spicer, James S., facing 382 Struble, H., facing 184 Underwood, Oliver, facing 462
Van Alen, James B., facing 174
Post-offices, in Starkey, 373 Potter, Arnold, 458 Center, 466 churches of, 466 et seq. early settlers in, 461 et seq. family, the, 432 justices of the peace of, 468 Kinne & Kendall, lumber, 342
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INDEX.
Potter, location, the, 433 organization of, 456 origin and nomenclature of, 100 " Potterstown," supervisors of, 468 water courses of, 457
William, withdrawal of, from the Friend's Society, 84.
Poudre, Joseph, 74
Powers, unusual, of early medical society, 200
Pre-emption line, difficulties arising from, 272
difficulties regarding the, 82 fraud in survey of, 70 Morris's re-survey of, 73 fraud in and the Friends, 434 tract the; 67
Prehistoric occupation, claims concerning, 23
Dr. Samuel H. Wright's conclusions regarding 25,
Prentiss. J. W., first grape culturist, 238
Presidental Electors, 111
Prison Labor Commissioner, 111
Pritchard, Ruth, 224
Prosser, David B., 177
Public buildings commissioners to erect, 108 committee to select sites for, 107 strife for possession of, 107 Universal Friend, the, 78 Purchase, the Phelps and Gorham, 67 Purdy, John, 418 Stephen, biography of, 499 portrait of, facing 498
Race, John, 416 Randolph, Jeptha F., 278
Raplee, Nehemiah, 379
"Reading," 100
"Record, Dundee," 384
Records of early families in Milo, 274 "Record," the, 210
Red Jacket, birthplace of, 61 at the council at Fort Stanwix, 59 birthplace of, 412 derivation of the name of, 60, 61 personal sketch of, 59
Reed, Seth, 74 Remer, Aaron, 106, 359
"Republican, Yates County," 208 Richards, Sarah, first arrival of, 80 death of, 86 Richelieu and his Company of New France. 40 Riggs, Philip, 357
Roads and streets, early, in Penn Yan, 303 chief, in Milo, 273
Robert Morris, discovery of fraud in 'sur- vey by, 72 sale of lands by, 73
Roberts, Charles, 282 Robinson Benedict, 435
and Thomas Hathaway, purchase of lands by, 85
Roch Stream, 408 Rose, Henry, 240 John N., 420 Robert S., 420
Royal and Select Masters, Ontario Coun- cil, 261
Royce, Mathew, Simeon and Reuben, 370 Rushville Union School, 235 village of, 464 Ryckman, Peter, 74
Sabintown, 424 Scheetz, John C., biography of, 495 portrait of, facing 494
School and teachers, early, in Penn Yan, 312-19
School Commissioners, 113, 216 districts, 216 house, the first, in Penn Yan, 224
Penn Yan Union, 217 teachers in. 220
Rushville Union, 235 statistics, 214
system, rise and progress of, 212 system, the common, 214
Schools, common, 215 Dundee, 231 early, of Penn Yan, 224 minor, 236 Penn Yan, 217 et seq. primary, of Penn Yan, 226
Scofield, Reuben A., 210
Scottish Rite, Ancient and Accepted, 265 Second Milo, 289
Seeley, James L., 173
Seminary, Starkey, 228
Seneca Lake Wine Company, 241 Mills, the, 295
Seneca, atrocities, of 50 extent of the territory of the, 30
grants made by the, to Sir Willliam Johnson, 50 the, crushed by General Sullivan, 38 the, during the War of 1812, 104 tradition of, concerning the destruc- tion of the Eries, 30 et seq.
INDEX. 669
Senecas, treaty of peace between the, and Sir William Johnson, 50 Settler, first, of Starkey, 370 Settlers, early, in Barrington, 447 early, in Jerusalem, 414 et seq. early, in Milo, as established by His- torical Society, 273 first, of Barrington, 445
first, of Dundee, 374
first , in Milo, 273
from New Jersey in Starkey, 370 later, in Benton, 362 on the Green Tract, 421 Settlement, early, and methods, 247 first, of the Friend's society, 79 efforts at, 96 et seq. of Milo, 273 of Friends in Torrey, 433 of Penn Yan, 299 of Torrey by the Friends, 431 Settlements, review of, 48 et seq.
Shearman, Ezekiel, 415 Shearman's Hollow, 411
Sheldon, Eli, biography of, 488 portrait of, facing 488 Sheppard, Charles Clement, 284 biography of, 524 portrait of, facing 302 family, the, 284 Morris F., 301 biography of, 521 portrait of, facing 300
Sherer, Gilbert,, 463 Sheriffs, 113
Sherland, W. W., 239
Sherman, Ezekiel. first visit of, to the Genesee country, 76
reason for unfavorable report of, 81 Simmons, Alonzo, 388 Sisson, Jonathan, 419 Six Nations, 34
lease of, to the New York Gen- esee Company, 64 et seq. the, in the French and English War of 1744, 46 Sloan, Major J, B., 154 Smith, Franklin E., biography of, 520 portrait of, facing 520 Ira, 420 James, 361 Richard, visit of, as one of a commit- tee, to the Genesee country, 79 " Snell," district of, 98 Snow, George C., 243
Soil and productions of Starkey, 373 Southerland, John, biography of, 491 portrait of, facing 490
Special Sessions Courts, 170 Spencer, Truman, 358
Spicer, James, 185 biography of, 510 portrait of, facing 382
Spink, Silas, 276
Spooner family, the, 281
Stark, Isaac, 375
Starkey, attempt to settle, 369 Corners, 378 first town meeting in, 373
John, 386 location and component lands of, 100 organization of, 369 rapid settlement of, 371
reminiscences of, 408 Seminary, 228 teachers in, 230 trustees of, 229 water courses of, 372
State Senators, 111
Steamboats on Lake Keuka, 207 et seq.
Stever, Eli R., 242
James W., 243 Peter D., 423 Stewart, Henry M., 180 William Henry, 418
Stone, Andrew, 282
Struble, Adam, 279 Hanford, biography of, 503 portrait of, facing 184
Sturtevant, H. P., & Co., 242 Sullivan's expedition against the Indians, 53
results of, 56 . Washington's official account of, 55 Sunderlin, Davil, 446 Delazon J., 174 Martin J., 184 Supervisors of Barrington, 448 Benton, 364 Italy, 484 Jerusalem, 430 Middlesex, 477 Milo, 468 Torrey, 438 Supplee, John, 276 Supreme Court, 166 Surrogates, 112 Courts, 169 Survey, fraud in the Phelps and Gorham,'70
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INDEX.
Survey, fraudulent, results of, 73 into townships, 70 Benjamin Ellicott, 73
Phelps and Gorham purchase, 69 Yates in 1788-9, 97 Phelps and Gorham, in Yates, 70
the fraudulent, disadvantage to the State of, 73 Sutherland, Sarah, 277
Sutton, Thomas, 419
Swarthout, George F., 281
Tariffs and agriculture, 247 et seq.
Taylor, James, 173, 361, 423
Teachers' Institute, 216
Teeples, Jacob, 445
"'Telegraph," the, 210
"Temperance store," 389
Terry, Owen, 281
Thayer, Simeon, 280
Thirty-third Regiment, Company I in the, 130
at Malvern Hill, 135 in active service, 133 mustered into service, 132
muster roll of Co. I in the, 137 return of, 136
Thomas, Abial, 460 Topography of Yates county, 19
Torrey, composition and organization of, 101 first tax-roll of, 433 formation of, 438 church history of, 440 settlement of, 431 supervisors of, 438
Towns, growth of, preceding War of 1812, 101
many of the, organized before the erection of county, 101 Townsend, Elijah, 419 Capt. Lawrence, 359
Township number seven, purchase of, by Hathaway and Robinson, 85 survey of, 70 Trade, early, in Dundee, 376 Treasurers, County, 112 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 46 Fort Stanwix, 59 Ryswick, 45 1763, 47 Truesdell, Burgess, 388
Underwood, Oliver, biography of, 491 portrait of, facing 462
Universal Friend, the Public, 77
Valentine, James, 241 Van Alen, James V., 175 biography of, 513 portrait of, facing 174
Van Buren, Evert, 172 Van Tuyl, William F., 240 " Vernon," district of, 98 Masonic lodge, 252 doings of, 254 et seq.
Village of Branchport, 425
Vineyard, David Wagener's, 239 Eli R. Stever's, 242 Henry Rose's, 240
" Vineyardist," the, 186, 211, 245
Vineyard, John F. Crosby's, 240 John Mead's, 239 Seneca Lake Wine Company's, 241 W. W. Shirland's, 239 Vineyards, acreage of, in 1872, 242
early, 242 the Esperanza, 243 on Bluff Point, 230
Vine Valley, 474
Voak, John, 462
Vreeland, Eugene, 210
Wagener, Abraham, 108, 284, 299-301 Anna, 81, 432 David, 239, 283, 298
Waite, Benjamin, 420
Walford, John, 472
Ward, Elisha, 471
War, French and English, in 1688-97, 44 French and English, of 1744, 46 French and English, of 1756, 46 of 1812, action of the Universal Friends during, 102
1812, chief events of, 105
1812, declared, 103
1812, events which led to the, 103
1812, political differences, during, 104
1812, the patriotic element during the, 102 the Rebellion, causes of the, 128 One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment in the, 146 et seq. One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment in the, 152 et seq. patriotism of Yates in the, 129 sacrifices made in, 129 the, 128 et seq. the Thirty-third Regiment in the, 130
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INDEX.
War, Queen Anne's, 45 Warner, Nathan, 460 Washington, official account of Sullivan's expedition by General, 55 Water courses of Starkey, 372 privileges in Milo. 271 " Wayne," 100 Weaver, Solomon D., 421 Welles, Henry, 172 Samuel, H., 178
Western New York, indefinite knowledge of in early times, 18 " Western Star," the, 209
Wentworth, Governor Benning, 65 Wheeler, George, 357
Whitaker, Stephen, 360
Whitman, Beza, 462
Wilkinson, Jemima, and her followers, 77
Williams, Warham, 472
Williamson, Charles, 73 action of, arising from fraudulent survey, 74 claims of, against the State, 74 kindness of, to the Friend's so- ciety, 84 Winants, Henry L., 210
Wisner, Henry A., 182
Wolcott, Hiland G., 181 John D., 181 Women, catalogue of devoted, 94 et seq.
Wood, Capt. Allen, 268
Woodworth, Elisha, 357
Wright, Dr. Samuel Hart, investigations of, in relation to prehistoric occupancy, 25 John, 446 Wyoming Massacre, the, 53
Yates Academy, 227 County, agricultural advantages of, 247
Agriculturial Society, 113 a part of Albany County when first organized, 18 a part of Ontario, 18 as a part of Tryon, afterwards Montgomery, county, 18 a portion of the Massachusetts tract, 63
approval of erecting act of, by Govenor Yates, 106 Bank, 331 Canal Appraiser from, 111 Canal Commissioner, from, 11] changes in boundaries of, 106
"Yates County Chronicle," the, 209 committee to select sites for pub- lic buildings of, 107 common schools of, 215 · comparative altitudes ın, 20 completion of organization of, 107
enacting clause of act organizing, 106
evidences of Indian fortifications in, 29 first settlement of the Friend's society in, 79 fradulent survey in, 73
geology of, 117 et seq.
Historical Society, 116
included in the township of Whitestown, 18 Indian occupants of, 28
Inspector of State Prisons from 111
interesting history of, before its organization, 17 in the war of 1861-5, 128
Legislative enactment erecting, 17
Medical Society, 199
Members of Assembly from, 112
Members of Congress from, 111 National Bank, 334
officers, 112 organization of, 101
organization of courts in, 107
organized societies of, 113 physicians registered in, 205
poor-house, 110
Presidential Electors from, 111 Prison Labor Commissioner from, 111 progress of schools in 213 public buildings of, 109 Republican," 208 residents of, at time of re-survey of pre-emption line, 74 State Senators from, 111 soil of, 247 State officers from, 111
survey of, in 1788-9, 97 topography of, 19, 247 the press of, 207 et seq. unsanitary condition of, 198
Governor, approval of erecting act by, 106 Mills, the, 296 Republican," the, 306 Youngs, Isaiah, 278
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