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DRIVING STOCK TO MARKET.
fly " and killed dead by King's unerring aim. It was claimed by some that the wolves ran the guard on the south side and made good their escape into the Otto woods. Be this as it may, there was something at that time that gave them a terri- ble fright for they have never disturbed the flocks here since. As to the numbers that were present at this hunt it has been variously estimated, but it is safe to say that there were between five and six hundred. The author, then twelve years of age, was there.
DROVES AND DROVERS.
It is not more than thirty-five or forty years ago, since our highways and thoroughfares used to teem with great herds of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. These "droves," as they were usually termed, were mostly bred west of here and were bought up by the local and eastern dealer, and driven hun- dreds of miles to market, weeks being consumed on the way. Of those who drove from this town we remember the names of Augustus G. Elliott, John Van Pelt, Seth W. Godard, Geo. Richmond and Almer White, &c. At times as high as two or three hundred head of cattle would be contained in one drove and would require the assistance of three or four men to take charge of them. Usually the proprietor would be mounted and as the day waned he would gallop in advance and look out for a stopping place for the night. The most favorable times for "driving" was after the haying season had passed, as the " rowen " or " aftermath " on the meadows, afforded the travel- worn stock a fresh and bountiful repast for the night. Fifteen and twenty miles a day would be usually made by the cattle droves, while those whose droves were made up exclusively of horses and mules nearly double that distance would be accom- plished. If the drove were hogs, usually a team would accom- pany them and feed would sometimes be carried from one station to the next one ahead, but as a general rule the farmers along the way were abundantly able to entertain man and beast for one night. Sheep would be driven in herds of several hundred and after driving a day or so, they would become so tractable that two men and a shepherd dog would take charge of the largest flocks. Usually the drove would be supplied with
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HUNTING FOR THE LOST CIIILD.
one " bell weather," which took the lead and the rest were cer- tain to follow. After the introduction of steam and the advent of the stock car, a great change has taken place in supplying the Eastern markets with stock. Hardly as many hours are now required under the new order of things as days were con- sumed under the old.
THE LOST BOY.
Some time in the Fall of 1828 or '29, Arey Smith, a farmer, lived on a farm south of the Jones place, some three miles south of Springville, across the Cattaraugus creek. His family con- sisted of a wife and a son by another woman, a bright little lad some ten years old. The story goes that the last that was seen of the boy his stepmother sent him with a basket to the log- ging field where his father and several men were at work. His basket was afterwards found on the way, but never after was a trace of the missing boy found. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin," and when it became known that a little boy was missing the great public heart for many miles around was touched, and men came in from all directions to join in the search. By sunrise on the following day the child hunters were formed in line and the search began and extended for many miles and was continued for more than a week. Every conceivable spot and place where the boy might be concealed was closely examined. It was understood that should any traces of the lost one be found a signal should be given by the firing of a gun. One day the welcome signal was heard, and soon the cry of "child found" was raised, and the hunters rushed to headquarters ; but it was a mistake due to one of the searcher's over zeal, taking the tracks of a young bear for those of the missing child. It is said that the search was so thorough that all the missing cow-bells were found. The shores of the streams were examined for ten or fifteen miles for the foot-prints of the little wanderer, but without avail. In the course of time, everybody gave up the search as hopeless, and many theories were advanced concerning his disappearance. Some held that the little boy had been stolen by the Indians ; others that he had fallen a prey to the ravenous appetites of wild beasts; while suspicion pointed strongly to
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LARGE FLOCKS OF WILD PIGEONS.
Smith or his wife or both as the ones responsible for his dis- appearance. Be this as it may, the father and mother have long been dead, and the grave has set its seal forever on the solution of this mystery.
PIGEONS.
In early times every year that the beech forests produced their fruit, this bird flocked here in countless numbers and they were hailed as were the quail by the famishing Israelites in the wilderness. Their nesting grounds and roost were chosen in the fastness of the great forest, away from the settlers. To- wards evening they would commence winging their way from their feeding grounds to the roost and for hours one ceaseless stream of birds would pour into this retreat. After dark the hunter would repair to this ground armed with a shot gun and in a very short time he could secure more than he could carry away by a promiscuous firing into the tops of the trees. Those who had nets and a tame pigeon for a decoy, secured them alive by the thousand. During the nesting season the old birds became a great pest to the settler as they were sure to forage upon the crops of early-sowed grain. The Indians used to secure them in great numbers by watching the nesting grounds and just before the young bird had learned to use its wings, they would camp upon these grounds and make a gen- eral harvest. The pigeon roost at night was a wild and weird field of action and excitement, especially after the hunters (I have known five and six different parties in the same woods at once) had begun to stir them up all over the nesting grounds by the noise and blaze of their guns. The woods were literally alive with them and a light would be instantly extinguished by the current of air set in motion by the myriad of wings. These birds would rise with the morning sun above the tops of the trees and wing their way for miles and miles out to the feeding grounds. The noise they made when leaving the roost resem- bled that of distant thunder or the roar of mighty waters, and so dense would be their flight at times that the sun for many minutes would be hid as beneath a cloud. At one time they nested on the Buttermilk: another, between Frye hill and Mor- ton's creek. One year upon the Smith brook, and again in
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THE BOUNTIFUL HARVEST, ETC.
the north part of the town, west of the Eighteen mile creek. They also nested in the Otto woods.
THANKSGIVING.
The pioneers of these towns were mostly from New Eng- land and came of Puritan stock, and they observed Thanks- giving day to a considerable extent after the manner of their forefathers, and although the fields did not, in every instance, produce in fruit and grain in such abundance as they might desire, still the early settler felt when the harvest moon waned that there was a great deal in his wilderness home to be grate- fulfor. The seed that he had planted and sowed on his newly cleared grounds had not been barren of results. Health and strength had been vouchsafed during seed-time and harvest, and he could look forward to the coming winter and feel assured that his well-garnered store was abundant and as the appointed day drew near when the grateful hearts join in a general thanksgiving to Him who causeth the out-going of the morning and maketh the evening rejoice, and "who appointeth the seed-time and the harvest," appropriate preparations were made for its observance. It was a season when the family circle and kindred were expected to meet beneath some family roof-tree and there to partake of the bounty of the land.
The out-door oven was made to contribute its share of good things in the way of cakes, puddings and the immortal pump- kin pie, while the great open fire-place with its back-log and fore-stick piled high with beech and maple not only sent out its welcome and ruddy cheer but its broad and open bosom was made the receptacle for various dishes that needed the generous heat to prepare them for the feast. The iron dinner- pot hung from the chain or trammel on the lug-pole and boiled and bubbled while the tea-kettle simmered and sung in the corner and by its side was the earthern or Britannia tea-pot in readiness to dispense " the beverage that cheers but not ine- briates."
But the crowning glory of all and that which occupied the good wife's greatest care was the roasting turkey that was sus- pended by a string in front of the fire and so near that in the course of two or three hours, by continual turning and basting.
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THE THANKSGIVING DINNER.
it was ready for the table. A dripping-pan was placed on the hearth beneath the turkey and a ladle or a large spoon length- ened by the addition of a wooden-handle, was used to dip the gravy from the dripping-pan and pour it over the turkey as it was constantly turned by the string.
When all was in readiness, and with appetites made keen with waiting, around the generous board were gathered old and young and a bountiful dinner was enjoyed. After which per- haps pipes and tobacco for the aged would be introduced and the day would be passed in social intercourse, and we young- sters of fifty or sixty years ago always felt like blessing the man who first invented roast turkeys and Thanksgiving dinners.
The following lines, describing the accidental meeting of a family, although penned many years after the scenes described above were enacted, are eminently fitting and suggestive of the old-time Thanksgiving re-unions :
We are all here ! Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, All who hold each other dear. Each chair is filled-we're all at home ! To-night let no cold stranger come ;
It is not often thus around
Our old familiar hearth we're found ;
Bless, then, the meeting and the spot ;
For once be every care forgot ;
Let gentle Peace assert her power, And kind Affection rule the hour ; We're all-all here.
We're not all here !
Some are away-the dead ones dear. Who thronged with us this ancient hearth, And gave the hour to guiltless mirth. Fate, with a stern, relentless hand, Looked in and thinned our little band ; Some like a night-flash passed away, And some sank, lingering, day by day : The quiet grave-yard-some lie there- And cruel Ocean has its share- We're not all here.
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" WE'RE ALL-ALİ, HERE."
We are all here ! Even they-the dead-though dead, so dear · Fond Memory, to her duty true, Brings back their faded forms to view. How life-like, through the mist of years, Each well-remembered face appears ! We see them as in times long past, From each to each kind looks are cast ;
We hear their words, their smiles behold, They're round us as they were of old -- We are all here.
We are all here ! Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, You that I love with love so dear.
This may not long of us be said ;
Soon must we join the gathered dead ;
And by the hearth we now sit round, Some other circle will be found. Oh ! then, that wisdom may we know, Which yields a life of peace below ; So, in the world to follow this, May each repeat, in words of bliss: We're all-all here !
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CHRISTOPHER STONE AND OTHERS.
CHAPTER XV.
HISTORY OF CONCORD.
The First Settlers-Land Sales-The First Decd-Early Roads-The First Set- tlers on Each Lot-Hotels, Mills and Manufactories-Professional Men, Merchants, Traders and Mechanics -" Fiddlers Green"-Mails, Mail Routes and Post-Offices-Land Owners in 1845-Concord's Soldier Record - Churches - Societies - Springville Academy - Schools and Teachers -- Miscellaneous.
THE FIRST SETTLERS OF CONCORD.
This honor belongs to Christopher Stone, and, although the author has made diligent research for records concerning the birth, nativity and early history of the man, still his efforts have been in vain and from whence he came or whither he went is an unsolved mystery. The records of the Holland Land Company show that Christopher Stone, on the 2nd day of De- cember, 1807, articled lot 3 containing 357 acres, also on the same day articled lot 9 containing 245 acres, and on the follow- ing day, December 3d, articled lot 14 containing 185 acres, all of T. 6, R. 6. The greater portion of the Village of Springville is located on the two former lots. His cabin was on Buffalo street, on a lot now owned and occupied by William Joslyn, and stood very near the latter's residence. Stone must have sold the north part of lot 3 to John Albro prior to 1810, on which the latter built a log house and barn, for, in the Summer of 1810, we learn that the said barn was used as a school room. The south part of lot 3 was sold to Rufus Eaton, and posses- sion was given in the Spring of 1810. After selling out here, Stone did not remain but a short time. In the Summer of 1810, he lived up by the big spring and his children attended school. His son, Lucius, was the first white child born in the town. It is conceded by all that John Albro was the next set- tler, and that Stone and Albro with their families, were the sole inhabitants that passed the Winter of 1807 in the Town of
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THE FIRST CHRISTIAN BURIAL.
Concord. The imagination of the reader will naturally turn back to that period in our history, to these pioneer families and their immediate surroundings. It was fully ten miles to the nearest settlement and the way was rendered almost im- passible by the snows of Winter and the obstacles to be sur- mounted in journeying through an unbroken wilderness. And. again, will the reader's thoughts go back to the infant settle- ment on the following Summer, when death, the unwelcomed guest at all seasons and places, had invaded the home of John Albro, and rendered it desolate by removing his wife. The oc- casion of that burial in the woods must have been one of ex- treme solemnity, as the hardy pioneers who had come from a distance, gathered around that coffined form and bore it away to rest beneath the deep shadows of the mighty forest. This was the first Christian burial in the town. In the Fall of 1808. the population of the new settlement was augmented by the families of Deacon John Russell and Samuel Cochran. The for- mer articled the whole of lot I, upon which he built a log cabin. This stood on the northeast corner of the lot north of Franklin street, near where it turns to the northwest up the hill. Samuel Cochran articled one hundred acres on the south part of lot 2. His cabin stood on the north part of his claim, at the foot of the hill near Miss Goddard's residence. Albro went east and the families of Stone, Cochran and Russell were the only inhabi- tants in the town in the Winter of 1808. From 1808, up to the declaration of war, 1812, settlers came in quite fast and we find by the records and by further investigation, that previous to the first of January, 1815, about eighty-five settlers had located in the present limits of the Town of Concord (although some of them did not remain permanently) but the list on the following page does not include their families.
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NAMES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN CONCORD.
NAMES OF PERSONS SETTLING PREVIOUS TO JAN. I, ISI5.
IN SPRINGVILLE. EAST AND NORTHEAST OF | IN THE COOPER NEIGH- SPRINGVILLE. BORHOOD.
Christopher Stone.
John Albro.
Samuel Cochran.
Joseph Yaw.
Rufus Eaton.
David Stickney.
David Leroy.
Isaac Knox.
Samuel Burgess
James Bascom.
John Clemens. Isaac Lush.
Hira Lush.
Elijah Perigo.
David Stannard. Jery L. Jenks.
Nathan King.
Daniel Lush.
Capt. J. Hanchett.
SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE, ON THE CREEK.
David Shultus.
George Shultus.
William Shultus.
Moses White.
Frances White.
Truman White.
Enoch Chase.
Abner Chase. Henry Hackett.
ON TOWNSEND HILL.
Jonath'n Townsend Uzial Townsend.
Amaziah Ashman. Benjamin Fay. Solomon Field.
James Stratton. Samuel Stewart. Thomas McGee.
IN THE CHAFFEE NEIGH - BORHOOD.
Julius Bement. Elihu Bement.
DOWN THE CREEK SOUTH - WEST OF SPRINGVILLE.
WVm. Smith.
Elijah Pamenter. Luther Pratt.
NICHOLS CORNERS.
Sylvenus Cook. Nehemiah Paine.
NORTHEASTERN PART OF TOWN.
There were no set- tlers in this part of the town.
IN THE NORTHWEST COR- NER OF THE TOWN.
Isaiah Pike.
James Pike.
Lewis Trevitt.
John Ures.
Jessie Putnan. Thos. M. Barrett.
Reuben Metcalf.
Sylvenus Kingsley. Comfort Knapp. Arad Knapp.
NORTH OF SPRINGVILLE.
Giles Churchill
Luther Curtis.
Luther Hibbard.
John Drake.
Jacob Drake.
Elijah Dunham.
John Russell.
Seneca Baker.
Gideon Parsons.
Benj. C. Foster.
Mr. Stevens.
NORTHI PART OF TOWN ON EIGHTEEN MILE CREEK.
Lyman Drake. Geo. Killom.
James Thurber.
NORTHWEST OF VILLAGE.
Benjamin Gardner.
James Henman.
.Doctor Rumsey.
Wm. Wright.
Almon Fuller,
Samuel Cooper. Smith Russel.
Benj. Douglas.
Asa Cary.
Joshua Mathewson.
Hale Mathewson.
Noah Culver.
Channing Trevitt.
James Armistead.
Deacon Jennings.
James Brown.
Obadiah Brown.
Chris. Douglas.
Cary Clemens.
Ezra Lush.
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THE EARLY LAND OWNERS.
NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND FROM THE HOLLAND COMPANY.
The following tables show the name of each person who bought land of the Holland Company within the limits of the present Town of Concord, the number of the lot, the number of acres purchased, and the price paid :
TOWNSHIP SIN, RANGE SIX.
NAME.
DATE.
LAND.
ACRES
PRICE
PAID DOWN.
Christopher Stone.
1807, Dec. 2. . | 13 .
357
$715
|$36 00
Christopher Stone.
1807. Dec. 2 ..
1 9. .
254
490
4 00
Christopher Stone.
1807, Dec. 3 ..
1 14 .. ...
185
370
15 00
George Richmond.
1807, Dec. 22
1 23 & 24
257
643
34 00
Samuel Cochrane.
1803, June 8. .
spt1 2 ..
100
200
10 00
Joseph Yau
1808, June 8. .
npt 1 2 . .
247
494
15 75
John Russell.
1808, Sept. I .
11.
266
556
1 00
Benjamin Douglass
1809, June 3. .
14 & IO ..
523
1086
12 00
Calvin Doolittle.
1809, June 12
1 20.
150
375
18 75
David Shultus.
1810. June 8. .
1 22.
140
350
12 00
Apollos Hitchcock
1810, June 8 ..
1 21.
125
312
16 00
Moses White.
ISTO, June 28
1 18.
128
320
16 00
Elihu Bement .
1810, Sept. I I
n pt l
150
375
19 00
Almon Fuller
ISTO, Sept. 28
1 25.
157
393
20 00
Isaac Knox
1810, ()ct. 16.
n pt 1 8 ..
150
375
19 00
George Shultus
ISIO, Oct. 29.
1 19.
126
315
16 00
Moses White
1810, Dec. 31 .
1 17 .. . ..
157
397
17 00
Noah Culver.
1811, Sept.25
s-w pl 5.
125
343
17 00
Samuel Burgess ..
1811, Dec. 31
w pt 18.
IIO
300
15 00
Rufus Eaton.
1812, July 12.
s-e pt 1 8
45
1 36
17 00
Hale Mathewson.
1813, Oct. 27 .
s-e pt 15
II3
339
17 00
George Richmond.
1813, NOV. 12
n-e pt 1 5
76
288
9 00
Oliver Dearth
1814, Dec. 7 ..
s pt 1 7 . .
Alva Plumb
1815, Mar. 20
w pt 1 7.
100
325
16 00
Benjamin Rhodes.
1815, July 6. .
n pt 1 7. .
75
262
13 00
Benjamin Rhodes.
1815, Oct. 14.
1 12 .....
60
240
12 00
Luther Austin .
1815, Oct. 24.
sptl II
&npt 13
150
577
28 00
Alva Plumb
1815. Nov. 9 .
s-w pt 1 8
91
341
17 00
Moses White
1816, Sept. 17
1 15 ....
108
488
24 00
Silas Rushmore. ..
1816, Oct. 19.
s-ept113
100
450
22 00
William Weeden. .
1820, Mar. 16
s-wpt 113
82
369
15 00
1810, Dec. 31.
1 16 ..
135
337
17 00
Truman White
325
16 00
160
NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND
* By Deed. But very few of the old settlers took deeds of their land at the time of pur- chase, but took instead a contract, or. as it was then called, an " article," by which they were allowed to pay for their land in six equal annual installments, after which they received a deed. It was the custom, however, of the Holland Company to give a second article at the end of the six years if any of the money remained unpaid, providing there was a prospect of its being finally paid.
TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX.
NAME.
DATE.
LAND. ACRES. PRICE
Luther Hibbard
1807, Dec. 2. . . n pt 1 41 . . .
333
$666
John Albro
1808, Jan. 14. . s pt ] 50 .
165
330
Elijah Dunham
1808, Jan. 14 . .
n pt 1 50. 165
330
Jedediah Cleveland
1808, Aug. 27. 1 49
341 683
Gideon Parsons
1808, Nov. 1. . 1 57
300
600
James Vaughan
1809, Oct. 11 . . 1 25 .
360
720
Samuel Cooper
1809, Oct. II . . 1 33 .
374
748
Benjamin Foster
1810, May 3. . . w pt 1 51
252
567
Seneca Baker
1810, May 3. . . e pt 1 51
100
225
Philip Van Horn
ISIo, June 19. w pt 1 58.
145
326
John McAllister
1810, Aug. 1 . . 1 28
350
787
Luther Curtis.
1810, Aug. 31 . n pt | 42.
273
682
*Luther Curtis.
1810, Aug. 31 . 5 pt 1 42.
100
200
Josiah Fay
1810, Oct. 1 . 1 59
301
752
Jonathan Townsend
1810, Oct. I ... 1 60
293
732
Benjamin Fay
1811, Nov. 9. . e pt 1 58.
145
435
Fred. Richmond
1812, May 6 ... w pt 127.
120
360
William Wright.
1815, May 9. . . e pt 1 34.
100
325
Benjamin Sibley &
Joshua Agard.
1815, May 15. .: 163
295
958
David Cunningham.
1815, May 15. . e pt 1 64. :
266
734
James Miller .
1815, May 23 ..
w pt 156.
200
700
Samuel Bunnell
1815, June 5 . . s pt 1 35
100
350
Calvin Warren
1815, Sept. 30 .: 1 54 .
366
I260
Timothy Moors
1811, Nov. 4. .
w pt 126
100
300
William Smith.
1815, Oct. 30. .
pt 1 34 .
100
375
Calvin Warren
1815, Oct. 30. .
n pt 1 62 .
100
350
Ebenezer Ferrin.
1815. Nov. 28.
w pt | 52. ..
120
450
David Leroy
1816, Mar. 12.
n pt 1 35 . . .
100
375
David Leroy
1316, Mar. 12.
e pt 1 36.
100
375
Orrin Sibley
1816, April 25
s pt 1 35
100
400
Giles Churchill
1816, Oct. 26. .
s pt 1 41
60
285
James Downs.
1816, Aug. I . 1 29
376
8.16
Simeon Bishop, jr
1816, Oct. 23 . .
e pt 1 26.
245
IIO2
Luther Landon.
1816, Oct. 28. .
w pt | 47 . . .
125
562
William Southworth. .
1816, Oct. 26. .
pt 1 56 . .
100
450
161
FROM THE HOLLAND COMPANY.
TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX-Continued.
NAME.
DATE.
LAND.
ACRES. PRICE
Jedediah Cleveland .
1816, Aug. 7 .. w pt 1 18 ..
260
800
Cyrus Cheney.
1817, April 14
, pt 1 35
100
450
Ephraim Needham
1817, June 5 . . | pt 1 45 .
100
450
William Chapin
1817, June 16. pt 1 45. .
100
475
William Yaw
1817, July 17 ..
n pt 1 39.
100
475
John Pratt
1817, Aug. 5. .
pt 1 47 .
100
475
John Rector. .
1817, Oct. 8. . .
n pt 1 40. .
100
455
Abraham Middaugh.
1817, Nov. 29.
wpt 1 34.
155
738
Christopher Douglas .
1817, Dec. 24.
pt 1 35 . .
78
390
Sillick Canfield.
1818, May. 29. n pt ] 46. .
100
475
Aaron Cole.
1818, Jan. 31 . . |
pt 1 46 ..
100
475
William Southworth, jr
1819, Feb. 26 .
e pt 1 56.
90
427
Nathan Goddard .
1819, Nov. 5 . .
n pt 1 26. ..
50
226
E. A. Briggs
1820, Oct. 2 . . .
e pt 1 68 . . .
123
525
David Smith.
1822, Oct. I ...
pt 1 45 . . . . .
100
475
Stephen Pratt
1823, May 22 .
113,30, 31 &
1391
3823
Reuben Thurber
1826, Sept. 9. .
pt 1 46 .
50
225
Ethan Pember
1827, May 8 ...
n pt 1 56. . .
50
225
Sala W. Barnes
1827, June 10.
n-w pt 1 39 .
100
500
Prentis Stanbro
1828, Mar. 31. .
n-w pt ] 43. .
100
400
Henry J. Vosburg
1828, Mar. 24 ..
s-w pt 1 29.
94
376
Calvin Smith . .
1828, Mar. 24 ..
pt 143 .
50
200
Jonathan Mayo
1828, Mar. 24. . pt 1 43 . .
. .
75 300
Elam May .
1828, Mar. 12 .. e pt | 44 . . .
50
200
Andrew Pember
1828. May 13 .. n-w pt 1 64.
50
200
Sala W. Barnes
1828, Oct. 15 .. pt 1 40.
50
200
Henry Ingalls
1828, Dec. 5 . .
s-w pt 1 64 .
54
216
William Wright
1829, April 21
n-e pt 1 29 . . pt 1 56
50
225
W. Smith
1829. Dec. 25. . n-e pt 1 34 . .
50
212
Josiah Wheeler
1828, Dec. 25. . e pt 1 56. . .
90
382
Constant Trevett
1830. Oct. 7 . .
n-w pt 1 60.
50
217
Jonathan Griffith.
1831, Sept. 28. n-w pt 1 37 .
60
240
Sylvester Frink.
1831, May 16 .. pt 1 46.
50
200
Jabez & HoratioChapin
1831. Feb. 24 .. pt 145 .
100
420
Franklin Twichell ..
1831. April 23. s pt 1 61
75
300
Robert Flint.
1832. Feb. 10 .. pt 1 39.
164
664
Ezra & Homer Barnes
1832. Feb. 10 .. n pt 1 32
100
448
Hezekiah Griffith.
1832, Dec. 31. . n pt 1 38. .
116
537
William Baker.
1832, Dec. 17 .. pt 1 37 .
50 , 200
IO
Orrin Sibley.
1824, Sept. 23.
pt 1 39 . . . s-e pt 1 55 . .
50
275
90
352
William A. Calkins
1829, Oct. 10. .
162
NAMES OF PERSONS BUYING LAND
TOWNSHIP SEVEN, RANGE SIX-Continued.
NAME.
DATE.
LAND.
ACRES. PRICE
Purroy Wilson.
1832, Feb. 10 .
pt 1 40.
50
200
George D. Williams.
1832, Feb. 24 .
pt 1 40.
50
200
Elijah B. Williams.
1832, Feb. 24 .
pt 1 40.
50
200
John Wilson
1832, Feb. 24 .
pt 1 40. .
50 200
Abel Merryman
1832, Aug. II.
pt 1 40.
58
232
Caleb Abbott
1832, Jan. 31 . .
w pt 148. .
100
400
Frances Ferren
1832, Dec. 18 .
s-e pt 1 29 . . |
47
217
William Judd.
1833, July 20. .
n-w pt 1 31 .
66
314
Milan Holly.
1833, July 20. .
s-w pt 1 31 ..
34
162
*William Judd
1833, July 8. . .
w pt 1 32. . .
50
156
James L. Bacon
1833, Nov. 8. .
pt 1 32.
50
200
Smith & Horatio Buys
1833, Nov. 8. .
pt 1 32.
100
400
Richard Luddick
1833, Nov. 8. .
pt 1 32 .
56
224
Jesse Ferren
1833. Dec. 17 .
pt 1 52 .
60
240
Samuel Haines
1833, Dec. 18 .
w pt 1 36. . .
100
370
Bela Graves. .
1833, Jan. 14. .
w pt 1 38 .. .
62
187
Silas Wheelock
1833, Feb. 8. .
pt 1 38. . .
100
465
John Griffith .
1833, May 22 ..
s-e pt 1 38. . :
31
146
William Smith, jr.
1834, May 21 ..
pt 1 44 .
90
360
William Smith, jr.
1834, Jan. 8. ..
s-w pt 1 75 .
45
242
William Griffith
1834, Dec. 25
s-w pt 1 38. .
67
285
William Field
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