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Miller, George, Garoga, farmer 3. Miller, James S., Ephratah, farmer 10.
Miller, John, Ephratah, mason and farmer 3.
, Miller, Peter J., Ephratah, carpen- ter and farmer.
Miller, Phillip G., Ephratah, retir- ed farmer 24.
Molz, Jacob, Garoga, (Quenstadt & Molz.)
.. Morey & Jeffers, Rockwood, (A. B. Morey & Geo Jeffers,) general mer-
chants.
58 Morrey, Wm., Ephratah, farmer
Mory, George, Ephratah, farmer. Mowrey, Frank, Ephratah, musical instrument peddler.
Mowry, Wm., Ephratah, farmer 60. Murry, Oliver, Ephratah, dairy- man, stock raiser and farmer 100. Musey, Daniel, Lassellsville, far- mer 15. .
Myres, Michael, Ephratah, shoe- maker and farmer 7 ..
Nellis, G. W., Ephratah, stock rais- er and farmer 60.
Nellis, Richard, Ephratah, farmer -
3. Neskern, Mrs., Ephratah, farmer 4. Nudick, Wm.,, Lassellsville, shoe- maker.
Orton, Lorenzo, Rockwood, consta-
ble, carpenter and joiner.
Ostram, Henry, Lassellsville, far- mer 47.
Parmiter, Gilbert, Garoga, farmer 140.
Peters, Samuel, Ephratah, dairy- man, stock raiser and farmer 60. (To be continued)
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Fighting goes on a few miles in- land, but the Marines bring ashore supplies and equipment to this Jap pier on Saipan. The bulldozer will soon be at work clearing landing strips for our planes, War' Bonds bought this equipment. Are you buying more than before-and buy- ing regularly ?. U. S. Treasury Departmem
Gazetteer, Business Directory of Montgomery and Fulton Counties
(For the years 1869-70)
Explanations to Directory.
1. Name of individual or firm.
2. Post office address.
3. Business or occupation.
Figures placed after the occupation of farmers, indicate the number of
acres of land owned or leased by the (Continued from last week) EPHRATAH
Fulton County.
Phillips, I. G., Rockwood, manuf. gloves and mittens and farmer 166. Phillips, Wm., Lassellsville, farmer 43.
Putman, H. R., Ephratah, prop. Apollo Hail Hotel.
Putman, John P., Ephratah, dairy-
man, stock raiser and farmer 100.
' Hudson & Clute, Rockwood, (S. J. Clute nd I. T. Hudson) grist mill.
Hudson' ,I. T., Rockwood (Hudson & Clute.)
Hudson, Isaas T., Rockwood, grist and saw mill, turning shop and far- mer 5.
Hutchinson, J. L., . Rockwood,
dairyman and farmer 35512.
Hutchinson, Wm., Lassellsville, postmaster and wagon maker.
Jeffers, George, Rockwood (Horey & Jeffers.)
Jeffers & Simmons, Rockwood, (W. H. Jeffers and Peter R. Sim- mons,) saw mill.
Jeffers, W. H., Rockwood (Jeffers and Simmons.)
Jennens, Peter I., Lassellsville,
farmer. Jennings, James, Lassellsville, (with "Solomon,) farmer.'
Johnson, Enoch, Ephratah (with Harvey), stock raiser and farmer 60. Johnaon, Harvey, Ephratah (with Enoch, stock raiser and farmer 60.
Joslin, E. G. R. Rev., Rockwood, Baptist minister, manuf. agricultur- al implements, machinist and carpen -. ter and joiner.
Keck, Jacob, Lassellsville, farm
laborer.
Kegg, Wm., Lassellsville, master mechanio, inventor and patentee of
Air Suction Churn, railroad spike
jack and cattie gag.
Keith, George, Garoga, dairyman,'
stock raiser and frmer 300. Kelly, Oliver, Rockwood, temster, Kelly, Samuel, Ephratah, farmer
83.
Kennicutt, Ira, Garoga, miller.
Kennicutt, John, Ephratah, shoe -. maker. Klock, Jacob, Lassellsville, farmer .;
7. Kretsier, Henry, Ephratah, farmer 1212 Kring, George, Garoga, farmer 8. Kring, George, Lassellsville, far-
mer.
Lang, C. A., Garoga, saw mill. Lassells, Charles, Lassellsville ;. farmer 25.
Lassells, Daniel, Lassellsville (Las- sell and Son), farmer 175.
Lassell, Edward, Lassellsville, (Lassell and Son,) justice of the peace and farmer 6.
Lassell & Son, Lassellsville (Daniel and Edward,) general merchants and dealers in drugs and medicines. Lassells, Charles, Lassellsville, far- mer 25. Lassells, George F., Lassellsville, farmer 26.
Lassells, H. S., Lassellsville, com-
mercial agent. and farmer. Lassells, John H., Lassellsville, pat- ent right deaier.
. Lighthall, Hiram, Ephratah, dairy-
man, stock raiser and farmer 100. Loucks, Moses, Ephrtah, farmer- 50 Lowry, Wm., Rockwood, prop_
wood Hotel.
Mallett, Jay C., Ephratah, peddler- and manuf. of mittens.
Marcellus, John, Lassellsville, far -- mer leases 100.
Martin, Jacob, Ephratah, farmer 78. Mathewson, S. C., Ephratah (Ran- dall and Mathewson.)
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Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
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Oneida Historical Society-Utica It is housed in a three story, non- fireproof, brick building, with ade-, quate space for storage.
Holdings
A. Ulysses PhilomathicLibrary Re- cords, including original charter, granted under the laws of the State of New York, 1811; minutes of Board of Trustees, 1811-37, 1 v .; and re- cord of books drawn from and return- ed to the library 1811-37, 1 v.
Three volumes andone piece, acces- sible by permission of the custodian. There is no photostat service.
205. Utica-Oneida Historical So- ciety, John and Elizabeth streets. Li- brarian, Mrs. Thomas D. Watkins. Hours: 2 p. m .- 5 p. m.weekdays.
Histo ry and Purpose-Founded in | ment, New York Volunteer Infantry, Company A, 1863; pension claims
1876 for the purpose of collecting and certificates; conscription books; Civil War enlistments, commissions, and discharges; sketch on Anderson- vilie Prison, Camp Sumter,Georgia, as it appeared August 1, 1864, when. it contained 35,000 prisoners of war,; and preserving historical documents ]and objects relating to Oneida Coun- ty and gathering and disseminating data on the 'genealogy of Oneida county families. No manuscripts are purchased; duplicate items are some- times soid or exchanged; and gifts drawn by Thomas O'Dea, of Co. E. and conditional deposits are accept- 16th Regiment, Maine Vol. Inf .; ros- ter of officers and soldiers,roll of honor, and record of events of the Spanish American War and Philip- ed. The Society is housed in a three- story, fireproof, brick . and stone building, constructed in 1896, with adequate facilities for its collections pine Insurrection of Co. C, 9th Infan- Tand exhibits.
Hoidings
A. Public Records, including: 1
1. Utica expense record 1816-17, poll list (3rd ward, 1824,) assessment rolls (1820 and 1830, 1846 and 1864), financial ledger 1861 and claims and audits 1890-97.
2. Minutes Book of the United States Loan Commissioners, 1837- 51 and account book 1819.
3. Oneida County Census for towns of Marshall, New Hartford, Paris, Remsen and Sangerfield, June 1, 1875.
4. Record, of the Board of Health during the 'cholera epidemic 1832. 5. Receipt book of the office of the Board of Charities, City of Utica, 1876-94.
6. Orphan Asylum reports, Oneida County 1877-80.
. 7. Register of Moore's Hotel, Tren- ton Falls, N. Y., 1834-90, 13 v., in- 7. Court records, including: Circuit ciuding autograph signatures of Court minutes, 1826-29; Oneida Gen- many famous Americans. .
8. Miscellaneous 'materials, includ- ing statement of accounts of the New York, Buffalo, and Albany Telegraph Company (1854), papers relating to the Albany-Utica stage line (1811), and itemized accounts, bills, bonds, contracts, correspondence, inventor-
ies, licenses and orders, receipts. stock certificates and other data re- lating to trade, transportation, and.
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Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
(Continued from ias: week)
D. Land Records 1684-1849, 14 boxes, including :
1. Records of conveyances of prop- erty located largely in central New York, Albany and Montgomery Co. Included are deeds involving Freder- ick, Johanis, Nickolas, and Rutger Bleecker, James Caldwell, eGorge Clinton, William, Cosby, George Cro- ghan, Alexander Hamilton, Holland Land Company, Sir William Johnson, Richard Kimball, Thomas Machin, Jedediah Sanger, Philip Schuyler, Gerrit Smith, Abraham Varick, Jr., George Washington and others.
2. Rent book, 1770 (ownership in- determinable) ; also rent receipts for `Cosby's Manor and other patents.
.3. Maps and Surveys, including: Benjamin Wright's maps of property in northern . New York, 1794-96, and surveys of lands of heirs of George Clinton in Fonda, Banyar, Sumner
of meetings, records of income and expenditures and names of preachers" ofthe Circuit.
4. Baptist Church in Whitestown record of membership and dates of admittance, 1796-1837.
5. Miscellaneous records of the. Presbyterian Church of Clayville, Un-, ion Society of" Sauquoit, Calvary Episcopal Church, Old Welch Bap- tist "Church, Old Trinity Episcopal Church in Utica, and the Presbyter- ian Church in Argyle, Washington
County.
6. Sermons and other religious pa- pers of Rev. R. Romeyn (1822), Rev. Anthon (1824) and F. A. Van Der Kemp (1809.)
.7, Cemetery records taken from burial grounds in Hrkimer, Madison, Onenda, Onondaga and Otsego coun- ties.
8. Bible records compiled by the Oneida Chapter, D. A. R. Included are records of births, deaths and and Oriskany patents, 1814; copy of marriages for the following families: J. R. Bieecker's map of Cosby's Man- or, 1786; 'maps of Whitestown and Addington, Amesden, Angeil, . Bornt, Utica; field book of lots in Walton's Patent in Herkimer County, the prop- Batsford, Brown, . Brownell, Burn- ham, Casler, Crist, Day, Doolittle, Fenton, Fisher, Fleck, Ford, Fuller, erty of Gerard Walton; field book Gaston, Gillet, Hamilton, Howland, Hubbard, Hunt, Kniffin, Kingsbury,
dary of the town of Deerfield in Lackey, Lansing, Datimer, Loomis, Oneida County, 1816; and many other maps, plans and surveys.
E. School Records, including:
1. Utica Academy papers 1812-40, 100 pieces, comprising lists of pupils, accounts, correspondence and min- utes of meetings of the trustees of the Utica Academy.
2. Miscellaneous materials, includ- ing register of Aiken Street School,
1750); tuition bills, records of sub- scriptions, diplomas and other data. F. Church and Cemetery Records, including :
1. Church records of the Hanover leases of property to farmers.in hitestown, some executed by Benja-
2. Oneida Bible Society records; min Walker, Steuben's aide-de-camp - 1810-90, - v.
during the Revolution and later his heir.
(To be conitnued)
eral Sessions minutes, 1826-31; Court of Common Pleas orders and rules, 1810-12, and minutes, 1826-31; justice docket of Alexander Parkman, jus- tice of the peace of the town of Westmoreland, Herkimer county, 1794; justice docket, Oneida County Circuit Court, 1826-39; justice docket of Samuel Dakin, city of Utica, 1833- 44; records of the Court of Claims, city of Utica 1897-1900; and miscel- manufacturing in Oneida County. laneous records of court actions,
convictions, 'affidavits, . judgments, jury notices, arrest warrants, sher- iff's notices and other data.
B. Military Records, including: muster roil of His Majesty's Com- pany under command of John Stod- dard, May-Oct., 1710; photostatic copies of maps of forts and terrain in the Mohawk Valiey during the Re- volutionary War, 1775-83; copy- of General Washington's expense ac- count during the Revolutionary War; original and photostat maps relating to the War of 1812; list of War of 1812 veterans in Oneida county in 1877; records of courts martial of the 134th Regiment, New York State Militia, Utica, 1863; record of offi- cers of the 17th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-65; record of officers and enlisted men, 1st Regi-
try, U. S. Army; papers relating, to. the work of the Utica Liberty Loan Committee during the World War; and other data.
C. Mercantile and other Business Re- cords, including:
1. John Jost Petry receipt book, 1755.
2. Account book of Talcott Camp,, 1790.
3. Kane-Van Rensselaer accounts, 1801-2.
4. Utica and Schenectady Packet Boat Company Papers, 1823-41. " 5. Dividend book of the Erie Canal. Packet Boat Company 1828-45 also; bills and statements relating to the packet boat business.
6. Syracuse Railroad receipt book, 1836.
G. Baron Steuben papers 178-1794, 200 pieces, comprising personal cor- rospondence, incluidng letters from Alexander Hamilton(1784); Steuben's report to the Continental Congress
1874-86; ms. arithmetic( in Dutch c. from Valey oFrge (1778); bills and business accounts; Steuben's first
will (1781), maps and schedule for the construction of the proposed Steubenmansion; and deeds and re-
Scietý, Town of Paris, 1797, 1. v.
3. Steuben Circuit record commenc- ing Sept. 25, 1824 containing minutes
Luce, Mairs, Marshall, Martin, Med- ritt, Moore, Ney, Norton, Osborn, .Os- trander, Owens, Park, Parkhurst, Petty, Sanders Tucker, Walts, Wet- more, Wyatt and others.
containinga description of the boun-
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H. Johann Jost Petrie papers 1755- 1760, 1 v. and 150 pieces, including Johann Jost Petrie's accounts for military supplies during the Revolu- tionary War and miscellaneous deeds, business papers and personal corres- pondence of various members of the Petrle famlly, of German Flats 1755- 1813.
... I. Remsen collection 1760-2880, 315 pieces, comprising ..... Indian grant
(1766), legislative -petition (1785), patent (1787), deeds, reports and other papers relating to the early history of the town of Remsen. Names prominent in the collection include George Clinton, George and Jacob Klock, Henry Remsen, Dirk Van Ingen, John Van Sise, Abraham|lard Fillmore, James A. Garfield, Asa Gray, Horace Greeley, Benjamina Harrison, Nicholas " Herkimer andr Sir William Johnson; miscellaneous; papers of the Onelda' Historical So- ciety including constitution, bylaws; and record of membership (1876)} and other data.
Varick and others.
, J. Miscellaneous materials, includ- ing letters to General Nicholas Her- klmer and his family 1769-77; deeds, accounts and , business correspon- dence of, Col. Benjamin Walker, 1792- 1818; letters of James Watson 1790- 93; papers of Sidney Breese, 1793- 1823, Including two letters from Aaron Burr; records of the United Soclety of Whitestown, 1794; ex-
by accessions and by pieces one tracts from journals of ships of the U. S. Navy Mediterranean squad- ron), 1800-1837; papers of Col. Thos. about 2,000 index cards which cite; subjects, persons, places, dates andie library location. Manuscripts are: Walker /1805-27, Including real es- avallable upon applicataion to the li- tate' and business records, corres- brarian and under supervision. There, Is no photostat or other copy services_ (To be continued) pondence, and commissions; Nathan Williams /papers 1807-27, Including
Church of Mapletown For Middle- Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley town 1803-79, 1 v .; Reformed Church of Middletown 1805-1919, 1 v .; Re- formed Protestant Dutch Church at. Minaville, Duanesburgh, and Florida 1798-1918, 1 v .; Associated Presby- terian Congregation, Florida, Cur- rysbush, Shelat's Bush, and Scotch Church 1768-1933, 10 books in ₺ v .; FONDA - DEPARTMENT OF Reformed Protestant. Dutch Church History and Archives, Old Court at Glen 1789-1934, 2 v .; Reformed
House, Railroad street. County Ar- chivist, Edward J. Sheehan.
Church of Charleston and Glen 1804- 65, 1 v .; Second Reformed Dutch Hours 8 a. m .- 5 p. m. weekdays Church of Glen at Auriesville 1839- except Saturday afternoon.
" History and Purpose-Founded in Church, Fort Hunter 1886-1921, 1 v.>
1934 as a repository for Montgomery County archives and for the purpose of gathering, copying and preserving records of historical value. No man- uscripts are purchased, sold or ex- changed, but gifts and conditional deposits are welcomed. It is housed in the Old Court House with a three- story, fireproof, brick addition con- structed In 1910, affording adequate space for the storage and use of re- cords.
Holdings
A. Church Records. Large collec- tion of records of incorporation, min -; utes of consistory meetings, lists of church officers and members, regis- ters of births, baptisms, marriages; and deaths, gravestone inscriptions, treasurer's 'accounts, subscription lists, and other data. Such records exist, in whole or In part, for the following churches: Lutheran Trini- ty Church, Stone Arabia 1758-1934 4 v. Re;formed Dutch Church, Stone
Arabla 1739-1912, 3 v .; Salem Church , Stone Arabia 1835-1936, 1 v .; Reformed Dutch Church, St. Johnsville 1788-1834, 4 v .; Calvary Reformed Church, Hagaman 1850- 1911, 2 v .; Canajoharle-Charleston Reformed Church, Currytown (Cur- rytown Reformed hurch 1806-1928, 2 .v.); Protestant Dutch Reformed
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
FONDA - DEPARTMENT OF
History and Archives, Old Court House, Railroad street. County Ar- chlvist, Edward J. Sheehan.
B. Cemetery records 9 v. compris- ing records of burials In cemeteries of Montgomery, Fulton, Saratoga, Hamilton, Herkimer and Schenectady countles (7 v.) and records of Revo- lutionary soldlers' burials in Mont- gomery, Fulton, Saratoga and Cort- land counties (2 v.)
C. Miscellaneous Land Records, in- cluding:
1. Tryon County Book of Deeds, 1 v. (typed copy), containing records of transfer of lands In Tryon county.
2. Sale of Forfeiture Lands, Mont- gomery county, 1784-88, 1 v., con- talning records of sales of Loyalists' property by the Commissioners of Forfeitures.
3. Loan Commissioners' Minutes, 1807-41, 1 V., comprising minutes and records of loans of the Commls- sioners In Montgomery County.
4. List of Patents of Lands to be Sold for Arrears of Quitrents, 1822, 1 v., citing. dates of original grants, county in which ' the grants were originally located, county in which they were located In 1820, names of original patentees and boundaries of patents.
5. Abstracts of Mortgages on
Lands in Montgomery County, 1 v., containing records of mortgages ex- ecuted in 1807-22. '
D. The Rev. Jacob Henry Enders Collection 1861-81, comprising:
1. Letters (125) covering the ante- bellum and post-bellum period. Cor- respondence with parents, friends and members of the 153d Regiment, N. Y. Infantry, of which he was chaplain.
2. History of the 153d Regiment N. Y. Volunteers 1861-65, 64 items compiled in 1862 until the end of the war. Include a roster of the original officers, descriptive roll of Co. E, description of the Battle of ' Cedar Creek and record of the regiment's activities while statloned at Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C., Savannah, Ga. and Alexandria, Va.
E. The Hudson-Van Slyke papers, 1791-1902, 79 Items. Records of deeds, leases, affidavits, receipts, wills and V., copies of documents, found in Fort other business and personal papers of Boyd R .Hudson, Richard Hudson and Nicholas Van Slyke, also records of the building of Auriesville Re- formed Church.
F. (A. M. and_Isaac N.) Voorhees papers 1767-1888, 67 Items.
Deeds, leases, bonds, writs of ex- ecution, letters patent, maps and other business and personal papers of prominent landowners in the towns of Florida and Glen.
G. (Jacob, Abraham and Cor-
nelius) Van Horne papers, 1775-1851, 46 items.
Receipts, warrants, deeds, bonds
and other papers relating to the towns of Florida, Glen and Charles- ton,
H. (Samuel C. and A. H.) Jack- son papers 1826-82, 26 items. Correspondence, agreements, or- ders of chancery court, bonds and other legal documents relating to the town of Florida and Its vicinity.
I. (Jan and Peter) Mable paper;
1697-1790, 8items.
T-lidande and notifinne to Gr
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OF
FONDA - DEPARTMENT ARCHIVES
. (Continued from last week)
M. Miscellaneous Collection of
Transcribed Records:
1. Copies of Town and, Village Re- cords 1783-1934, 66 v.
Supervisors' records, town clerks'
minutes, highway records, assess- ment rolls, school records, election returns, records of birth of slaves, and village board records. Localitles Include Florida, Palatine, Amster- dam (town and village), Root, Mo- hawk, Caughnawaga, Glen, Charles- ton, St. Johnsville (town and vil- lage), Minden, Canajoharle (town and village), Oppenheim, Broadal- bln, Sharon, Fultonville, Fort- Plain, Rockton, and Akin or Fort Johnson.
2. Copies of the following manu-
scripts: History of Montgomery Co. buildings 1772-1936, 1 v .; Life of El- eazer Williams, 2 v., story of his life among the Oneida Indians; Histori- cal Papers of New York State on Indian Occupation, 1665-1883, 1 V. copy of articles on Mohawk Indians; Piety and Bounty of Queen Anne, 1709, 1 v., copies of petitions of the Palatines and letter of the Bishop of London regarding them; Odd Fel- lows Lodges, Montgomery County, 1845-1934, 1. v., contalning lists of members and reports; Historic Peb- bles, 1872, 1 v., articles on Amster- dam by David Cady; Centennial Po- em, 1876, 1 v., poem of Hon. John Bowdish, commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the De- claration of Independence; Dewitt Clinton's Private Canal Journal, July 6-Aug. 22, 1810, 1 v., records made during his travels through the in- land waters of N. Y. State; Revolu- tionary Soldiers of Cortland County, 1778-1848, 1 v., record of pension rolls and burlals; Gen. John S. Clark's Mss., 1 v., copies of Clark's notes on the Mohawk Indians, with several photostat maps; Frey's Cata- log of Indian Relics, 1877-1905, 1 v., record of Indian relics at Fort John- son; Brower Paper's. 1734-1872, 1" v., records of the Brower family and a copy of the partition deed of the Stone Arabia Patent; Frey Papers, 3 v., comprising coples of historical articles by Samuel Ludlow Frey of Palatine; Klock Papers, 1762-1877, 2
Klock and letters of the Klock Fam- lly; Letters of Rev. Jacob Henry En- ders, 1861-81, 1 v .; Van Slyke-Hud- son Papers 1793-1902, 1 v .; Hollan- der Letters, 1889-1901, 2 v., coples of 59 historical articles on the early history of the Mohawk Valley, writ- ten by W. Max Reid under the pen name of "Hollander;" Historical Ar- ticles 1809-1934, 2 v., coples of 43 articles on the Mohawk Valley and nine historical articles by Professor Rufus L. Grider. (The originals of many of the transcriptions are In the depository and others are kept else- where.)
There are approximately 170 vol-' umes and 475 linear feet of loose manuscripts of which some 80 per- cent have been arranged according to subject. There are eight index vol-, umes to `some of the church re -- cords and five index volumes to other documents, covering in all some 20 no percent of the total manuscript hold- Ings of this repository. The mater- lalis avallable to research upon ap- plication to the County Archivist
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1934, 1 v .; Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal Church, Minar- ville 1864-99, 1 v .; First Dutch. Re- formed Church, Amsterdam (Man- ny's Corners, 1799-1825, 1 v.); First Presbyterian Church, Town of Am- sterdam (formerly Dutch Reformed Church, Town of Amsterdam, 1834- 48, 1 v .; ) First Presbyterian Church; Village of Amsterdam 1826-83, 1 v.> First Presbyterlan Church, Town
and Village of Amsterdam 1821-80,, 1: v .; Dempster's Log Meeting House, town of Florida 1778-1803, 1 v .; Zi- on Episcopal Church, Fonda 1868- 1933, 1 v .; Queen Anne Chapel, Fort 'Hunter 1734-45, 1 v .; typewritten copy; Fultonville Reformed Church 1839-92, 1 v .; Tillaborough Reform- ed Church 1853-1919, 1 v .; Protes- tant Episcopal Church, Canajoharie 1852-77, 1 v .; English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Canajoharie 1840- 1932, 2 v .; St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Canajoharle 1839-1932, 2 v .; Methodist Episcopal Church, Mina- ville 1836-75, 1 v .; Dutch Reformed Church, German Flats 1763-1848, 2 v .; Dutch Reformed Church, Herkl- mer 1801-59, 2 v .; Church of Christ, Charleston 1813-80, 1 v .; Christian! Church of Charleston Four Corners 1813-73, 1 v .; Wyckoff Church, Glen and Charleston 1830-99, 1 v .; Caugh- nawaga Dutch Reformed Church 1758-1858, 3 v .; Baptist Church of Charleston 1793-1868, 1 v .; Reform- 'ed Church of Schodacke 1770-1831, 1 v .; Dutch Reformed Church, Fort
correspondence . . from Gen. Jacob, Brown touching on his experiencess in the War of 1812; proceedings ofr the Onelda Agricultural . Society ... 1818-24; letter book of Jasper Lynch, 1816; meteorologieal observations of' Stalham Williams, 1844-66, 3 v .;: minutes of meetings of the Literary. Club of Utica, 1832-34; data on the. Anti-Slavery Soclety of the town of Marshall, including autographs of members Jan, 1, 1830; data on Whigh! politics, 1839-40; papers relating to. Indian affairs; autograph album, comprising data bearing names "of" many prominent persons including- Louis Agassiz, John Jacob Astor, De -- Witt Clinton, Roscoe Conkling, Mil-
There are 150 volumes and apa- proximately 6,000 pieces entirely ar- ranged by subject and cataloguedz
History and Purpose-Founded in x
1934 as a repository for Montgomery
County archives and for the purpose of gathering, copying and preserving records of historical value. No man- uscripts are purchased, sold or ex- changed, but gifts and conditional deposits are welcomed. It is housed in the Old Court House with a three- story, fireproof, brick addition, con- structed .in 1910, affording adequate space for the storage and use of re- cords.
:, Holdings
A. Church Records. Large collec- tion of records of incorporation, min- utes of consistory meetings, lists of church officers and members, regis- ters of births, baptisms, marriages; and deaths, gravestone · inscriptions, treasurer's 'accounts, subscription lists, and other data. Such records exist, in whole or in part, for the following churches: Lutheran Trini- ty: Church, Stone Arabia 1758-1934, 4 v. Re;formed Dutch Church, Stone Arabia 1739-1912, 3 v .; Salem Church , Stone Arabia 1835-1936, 11 v .; Reformed Dutch Church, St. Johnsville 1788-1834, 4 v .; Calvary Reformed Church, Hagaman 1850- 1911, '2 v .; Canajoharie-Charlestom Reformed Church, Currytown (Cur- rytown Reformed hurch ' 1806-1928 2 v.); Protestant Dutch Reformed
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