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The Enterprise and News ST. JOHNSVILLE, N. Y.
LAWRENCE ZIMMERMAN
Papers. (A pamphlet.) A. reprint of the unpublished papers loaned by the late Mrs. H. B. Pratt of St. Paul, Minn. Contains the brief of the Snell-Timmerman patent. Maps of the paatent showing he division of the property between the Snells and Timmermans by Ralph Elhe. The old transiatlon of the Indian deed of 1733-34. The fas-simlie signatures, King Hen- drick and the witnesses, David Schuyler and others. Sketch of
King Hendrick. The deeds by John Jost Snell, Jacob Zimmerman with fac-simile signatures. Ancient map of the Zimmerman and the Snells. This series ran in the Enterprise and News in the latter part of 1937. $1.25
EHLE, DOMINI JOHN JACOB
and his descendants, by Pord Ehle. A genealogy together with letters of Domini Ehle to London 1727 and later. A story of the hardships of our pioneer mission- ary. Illustrated with maps, por- traits and pen sketches. Old pa- pers of historic value copied. Pension papers of the Ehle Revo- lutionary soldiers. Contains fao- simill of original Van Driessen- Ehle Indion deed on parchment. Signatures of King Hendrick, Heth, Abraham and fiften other Mohawk chiefs. A true copy of a very rare paper. Fibre bound, about 40 pages. $3.00
MacWethy, L. D., ST. JOHN'S
BOYER, American Boyers s by REFORMED CHURCH, 150th an-
C. C. Boyer. Revised by M. J Boyer, 663 pp. 1940. $7.50 niversary number. 750
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ST. JOHNSVILLE, (N. Y.) ENTERPRISE
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949
Genealogy and History
DUR MISSION - Our appeal is to the descendants of those hardy pioneers who did so much towards founding an empire and who had no writers to perpetuate their memory.
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SNELL, KEYSER, ABRAMS
Stone Arabia Dutch Ref. Ch. re- conds sent me by Mrs. Carol W.
Ch. and as "Harriet" in 1855 Cen. of Town of Palatine, N. Y. was dau. o fabove Jost W. (5) Snell and Margaret Keyser (and grand- dau. of George J. 4 Snell & Eliza- zabeth (4) Waggoner.) She was of Palatine, N. Y., had at least 6 b. Palatine, Jan. 9, 1842 .. When
and where did she die? Did she marry ?
SNELL, EASTERLY
No. 6 Aurelia (6) Snell, dau. of above Jost W. (5) Snell and Mar- garet Keyser (and granddau. of George J. 4 Snell and Elizabeth 4 Waggoner), was born Palatine, July 7, 1846, rec. Stone Arabia
On page 216 we see where Coli's Bay is called Odell's Bay in the county atias, Mrs. Royce says: "this name being sometimes heard, from a family who seem to have lived at the bay in early times." That seems to have been before 1810. On page 318 under the pro- Is this the Aurelia Snell of Pala- tine who mar. Jan. 10, 1866, John Michael Easterly of Palatine ? The 1855 Census of the Town of Pala- tine, N. Y. shows an Easterly fam- ily living oniy 3 houses from said Aurelia Snells' family: John G. Easterly ae. 56 with wife Cathar- ine ae. 54 and children John ae. 24, Catharine ae. 18, Margaret ae. ceedings of the annual Town Meet- ing. of 1820 we see mentlon of Odle's Bay and Mr. Haacker dis- covered in the Essex County Re- conds In 1806 that Robert A. Odie purchased land along Lake Cham- plain in the Bessboro Tract. This would make it on Odell's Bay. At this time hls son Robert Ferris Odeil was one year oid. This bay, [15, Elizabeth ae. 12, all born in usually called Coll's Bay, is where Germany. Is this John, ae. 24 In 1855, the same as the John Mich- Jogue's Island is, sometimes call- ed Cherry Island, about three miles south of the center of the viliage. oel in the 1866 marriage record? If so, he would have been 35 and Aurelia only 20 at time of their marriage, a difference in ages not too uncommon. W. P. Webster's On page 382, 1834, is the first mention of an Odell person: R. S. Odell was one of a committee to purchase a parsonage for the Me- thodist minister. ( (This is without doubt our Robert Ferris Odell, the letter "S" in old days being writ- ten the same as "F", in fact in English books more recent than that we find "double 's" is written "ff," and it was so pronounced.)) unpub. diagrams state that one of the daus. of Jost W. Snell married a German and rem. to Glovers- ville, N. Y. Was It the above Aure- lie Sneil and the above John East- erly, a German? All possible in- formation asked. Note that Aure- lia's nephew Clark Dillenbeck, son of his sister Martha, lived In Glov- ersville. The above marriage looks probable to me, but I need con- firmation.
On page 528, 1861, Lewis Odell is one of those who enlisted in Co. A. for the Civil War. On page 547-48 we see the names of Mrs. R. Odell, Mrs. William Davis and Mrs. Alvin Davis as belonging to the Ladies Soldier's Relief Soc- iety. ((The latter was the mother of Capt. Charles Henry Davis)); and on page 559, R. Remington, who represented Jay Cook of Phil- adelphia, the J. P. Morgans of Civil War days, as having bought some mines, among them the Odell iron ore bed.
( (That is all and very meagre it is but we must not blame Mrs. Royce, one does not write things into history unless there is some- way of finding them out. (Right now things are being left out of this Genealogy because some mem- bers of our family just will not answer letters.) The Odell's were very retiring, are just as retiring today, they never pushed them- selves to the fore like the author, but when I am one-haif a different kind of an Odell - an Odel and most of the time they lived across the township line into Elizabeth Township, in "the Kingdom.")) ( (In this connection' I want to tell Mrs. Royce, if she reads this, that John Brown's body must have -+ 1 --- --
Ferris. The pilot of the lake steamship "Vermont' 'in 1808 was Hiram Ferris of Panton. Page 223 in a Genealogical Table of Dia- dorus Holcomb we find "9 Henry Harrison Holcomb married Amelia daughter of Darius Ferris. He was the last Survivor of his family, dying in 1902) age 86." Among those soldiers graves decorated on Decoration Day was Darius Ferris from a list made by the G. A. R., ' page 289.
In the first Town Meeting of Westport ,in April 1815, we find ; John Ferris, list of Methodists of 1816, John Ferris, 305.
ber's Point." '( (maybe the same ' house mentioned before as near Coil's Bay) ), and brought the mail across the ferry from Vergennes, Vermont, 322. At. Town Meeting of 1822 he lived in that house. ( (Some of our people who have a car could add to the enjoyment of a vacation by taking a trip up there and checking up on these points.))
1836 Page 386. Mary Ann Fer- ris in Westport Academy, Parmelia Finny.
also
1843. ( (Robert Ferris Odeil mar- mied Roxy Ann Hanchet.) )
1852 and '55 Peter Ferris was a Poor Master and in '53 John Ferris also, had an office as Path- me as master. ( (Poor Master and Path- master are just as mysterious to Bedroom and Dining Room.) ) In 1855 John Ferris and this son Peter Ferris were in a boat accident in which, two broth- ers named Webster, relatives of theirs from Montreal, were drown- ed. This is the only mention of descent in this numerous family to be found in the book, except that on page 219 ,where we read: "John Feris must have been the father of Peter Ferris, often caii- ed 'John Ferris, Jr.' to distinguish him from his father, John A. Fer -! ris." et sep. ( (This was in 1811, and not the John and Peter men- tioned above who were in the boat accident in 1855)); and on 210, the pilot Hiram Ferris of Panton, -- a descendant of that Ferris who entertained Benjamin Franklin in the spring of 1776." In 1857, '58, '59 he, Peter, was Poor Master and in 1859 a Julius Ferris was Pathmaster, in 1861 Peter was again appointed Poor Master tol take the place of Reuel Arnold who went to the Civil War as Captain of Co. A. of the 77th. During the war he was honorary member of the Ladies' Soldiers Aid and "ferried their packages across the lake free of charge;" ((so, he must have owned the ferry.)) page 549.
1849. 1859. ((Edith and Hattie Odell Born.))
In 1867 John Ferris was Path- master, and finally in 1868, Julius Ferris was Pathmaster of Road i District 24, "from the bridge of Brainand's Forge to the town line near Cielands and from Lee Proutys across to I. Johnsons." ((He could probably "view" all his roads from "his "kitchen win- dow; but as to paths that is quite a different matter, probably foi- lowed the cows around.))
That is all of the Ferrises, not a word of Parmelia Ferris or Permelia or Pamelia, or which was her father or gandfather, etc. etc., for further the book sa'yeth not.
(To be continued)
Deed of Transfer Of Property
Of Johan Jost Petri of Burnets- fieid (2) to Johannes Petri of Same Place
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No. 2 Mary Catharina (6) Snell, dau. of above Jost W. (5) Snell and Margaret Keyser (and grand- dau. of George J. 4 Snell and beth (4 Waggoner), was b. Pala- tine, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1832, rec. Stone Arabia Dut. Ref. Ch. When and where did she die? She mar. there Nov. 4, 1852, Levi Kilts. Who was he? Full list of their chil .asked.
SNELL
No. 5 Harriet Jane (6 Snell, given as "Hariah Jane" in her Bussing of the Montgomery Co. bapt. rec. Stone Arabia Dut. Ref. Dept. of Hist. and Archives, Fonda, N. Y., show that Jost W. or Joseph W. (5) Snell (George J. 4, Jacob George 3, Johann George 2, Johannes 1) and Mar- garet Keyser (her anc. wanted),
children born between 1830-1846, namely: 1. Eliza Margaret, 2. Mary Catharina, 3 James, 4 Mar- tha, 5 Harriet Jane, 6 Aurelia. This may not be a complete list. Additions, if any, asked.
Did they also have a son Jost W. Sneli of Palatine, b. possibly ca. 1840, who mar. Dec. 25, 1864, Patience Ann Abrams of Mohawk, N. Y .? Or is this record that of a )Dut. Ref. Ch. When and where did 2nd marriage of the Jost W. under she die ? consideration, b. 1806 ? Fuil infor- mation wanted on this Jost W. Snell and Patience Ann Abrams and their children, if any.
The following querles give my information on each of the 6 chil. listed above.
SNELL, KEYSER, KILTS
The 3 oldest Sneil children above married in Paiatine, N. Y. spouses by the name of Kilts, namely: No. 1 Eliza Margaret mer. Oct. 14, 1847, John .Kilts; No. 2 Mary Catharina mar. Nov. 4 1852, Levi Kilts; No. 3 James mar. Feb. 21, 1856, Mary Kilts. Were John Levi and Mary Kilts related ? Full information desired on each.
KILTS, SNELL ,EMPIE
No. 1 Eliza Margaret (6) Snell, dau. of above oJst W. (5) Snell and Margaret Keyser (and grand- dau. of eGorge J. 4 Snell and Elizabeth 4 Waggoner), was born Palatine, N. Y. Aug. 27, 1830, rec. Stone Arabia Dut. Ref. Ch. When and where did she die? She was mar. there, Oct. 14, 1847, to John Marie Lyle Kilts. Who was he?
They had, according to Stone Paso Robles, Cal.
Arabia Dut. Ref. Ch. records, 4 chil. namely; 1 Amanda, b. Jan. (also given in W. P. Webster's unpub. diagrams), born Sept. 28, 1851; mar. where? when? Melvina wanted. 3 Martha (also given in Webster's unpub. Diagrams), b. June 15, 1856; did she marry? 4 Laura, b. June 14, 1860; d. Jan. 5, 1880, ae. 19y 6m, rec. Stone 'Ara- bia Dut. Ref. Ch. Is this a com- plete list ?
KILTS, SNELL
(Continued from last week) In 1757 because of the defeat of liam Johnson was knighted and given 5,000 pounds sterling. He
was also in command at the fall of Fort Niagara in 1759, and in the surrender of Canada in 1760 he led 1,000 Indians against Mon- treal. Sir William died at Johnson Hall on Monday June 24, 1771. The baronet was attending court at Johnstown, the seat of Tyron county. A package of papers had just arrived from England and was handed to him. Sir William left the court, went to his baron- ial mansion and in a couple of hours was dead. He had reached an scute stage In the impending struggle. England had lavished her lands and gold and honors upon him. Yet he saw the cloud- lands of independence gathering! and he knew that he must soon lin loid in stata
History Of Westport
By Harry A. Odell
A short history of Westport,
In January, 1821, John Ferris ; took the oath as Mail Carrier. "He lived at the turn of the road as New York, on the west shore of you go down to the ferry at Bar- lake Champlain, as far as it con- cernis the Odelis, the Lobdells, the Ferrises, the Hanchets, the Cadys and the Davises, taken from Caro- line Halstead Royce's "Bessboro" and letters from F. C. Haacker, Jean Imogene Odell, I., Harlan Bird Odell and others.
Double parenthesis (( )) my own notes, H. A. O.
ODELL
Some of our forbears spoken of are often found in this very ex- celient history of the little village in which we ali had our origin but the Odells are mentioned very sparingly, barely a half dozen times.
are
Lyle Heights,
2, 1849; did she marry? 2. Clark SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
Empie, whose dates and ancestry the French at Lake George, Wil-
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LI BV, He would Have veen so and village.
Aurelia only 20 at time of their marriage, a difference In ages not too uncommon. W. P. Webster's On page 382, 1834, is the first mention of an Odell person: R. S. Odeil was one of a committee to purchase a parsonage for the Me- thodist minister. ( (This Is without doubt our Robert Ferris Odell, the unpub. diagrams state that one of the daus. of Jost W. Snell married a German and rem. to Glovers- ville, N. Y. Was it the above Aure-| letter "S" in old days being writ- lie Snell and the above John East- erly, a German ? Ali possible in-
[ten the same as "F", in fact in English books more recent than that we find "double s" is written "ff," and it was so pronounced.))
On page 528, 1861, Lewis Odell is one of those who enlisted In Co. A. for the Civil War. On page 547-48 we see the names of Mrs. R. Odell, Mrs. William Davis and Mrs. Alvin Davis as belonging to the Ladies Soldier's Relief Soc- iety. ( (The latter was the mother of Capt. Charles Henry Davis) ); and on page 559, R. Remington, who represented Jay Cook of Phil- adelphia, the J. P. Morgans of Civil War days, as having bought some mines, among them the Odell iron ore bed.
( (That Is all and very meagre it is but we must not blame Mrs. Royce, one does not write things into history unless there Is some- way of finding them out. (Right now things are being left out of this Genealogy because some mem- bers of our family just will not answer letters.) The Odeli's were very retiring, are just as retiring today, they never pushed them- selves to the fore like the author, but when I am one-half a different kind of an Odell - an Odel and most of the time they lived across the township line into Elizabeth Township, in "the Kingdom.")) ( (In this connection' I want to tell Mrs. Royce, If she reads this, that John Brown's body must have been laid in state or at least in public view in Westport for my father certainly saw it and he surely was not. one to put even one foot an inch forward unseem- ingly. I bet a month's pension he was last in line.))
FERRISES
( (The Ferrises, from whom
grandfather got his middle name, his mothers' name, are mentioned In over twenty-five places, at first prominently; later mostly at Town Meetings, which seem to have been attended by all who wished to come and all the names were taken down. They held small of- fices, thank you jobs, such as Commissioner of Highways; also called Road Masters, Pathmasters and Fence Viewers. The latter set- tled disputes as to property lines. Once in a while one popped up as a ' Poormaster, probably,
they knew about the poor. At that time they, lived near Odeii's Bay but when Pathmasters were in the op- posite, NW, corner of, the town- ship.))
in ( (While reading this keep mind that the whole place was less than ten miles square, yet Mrs. Royce wrote a very interest- ing book sbout it of over 600 pages. A whole nation in a tea- pot. It is so Interesting that I for- got sometimes that I was looking for Odelis and had to go back sev- erai pages to see If I had missed any. The roads they had to over- see could weil have been gone over any morning before breakfast and then not have to get up early; and if there were as many poor as there were Pathmasters then I am sorry for the village in those days.))
entertained Benjamin Franklin and a Commission sent to Quebec to try to influence Canada to join the Colonies in the Revolution. Th's was on the 24ht of April, 1777. In 1787 they lived In a log Bay, house on Coll's (Odell's) page 199.
"In .1820 Judge Hatch marrled Lydia E. Clark, and later in life he married a third time, Marla, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Fer- ris; he died in 1856 aged 88 and his wife survived him by twelve vears. Of members of the Baptist Church prior to 1812 was Squire
entertained Benjamin Franklin in the spring of 1776." In 1857, '58, '59 he, Peter, was Poor Master and in 1859 a Julius Ferris was Pathmaster, in 1861 Peter was again appointed Poor Master to take the place of Reuel Arnold who went to the Civil War as Captain of Co. A. of the 77th. During the war he was honorary member of the Ladies' Soldiers Aid and "ferried their packages across the lake free of charge;". ((so, he must have owned the ferry.)) page 549.
1849. 1859. ((Edith and Hattie Odell Born.))
In 1867 John Ferris was Path- master, and flnaily in 1868, Jullus Ferris was Pathmaster of Road [ District 24, "from the bridge of! Bralnard's Forge to the town line near Clelands and from Lce Proutys across to I. Johnsons." ((He could probably "view" all his roads from his "kitchen win- dow; but as to paths that is quite a different matter, probably fol- lowed the cows around.))
That is all of the Ferrises, not a word of Parmelia Ferris or Permella or Pamelia, or which was her father or gandfather, etc. etc., for further the book sa'yeth not.
(To be continued)
Deed of Transfer Of Property
Of Johan Jost Petri of Burnets -. field (2) to Johannes Petrl of Same Place Dated: Jan. 10, 1765 Lott No. Eleven
THIS INDENTURE Made the Tenth day of Janewary in the Fifthe year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great Brit- tains France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c. Annog: Domini One Thousand Seven hund- red and sixty five Between Johan Jost Petrl of Burnetsfield in the County of Albany in the Province of New York yeoman of the one, part and Johannes Petrl of the same place yeoman of the other part. WITNESSETH that the said Johan Jost Petri for and in Con- sideration of the Sum of Twenty four pounde Current Money of the province of New York to him paid by the said Johannes Petri at or before the Ensealing and Delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof he doth hereby acknow- ledge and thereof and therefrom and of and from Every pant and parcel thereof Doth acquit release Exonerate and discharge the said Johannes Petri his heirs Execut- or's and Administrators and every of them by these presents Doth granted and sold alience Released and confirmed and by these pre -; sents doth fully freely and abso-J lutely grant Bargain and sell, aliene Remise Release and Con- firm unto the said Johannes Petri (in his actual possession Now be- Ing by virtue of a Bargain and saie to him thereof made by In-' denture bearing date the days next before the day of the date of these presents and by force of the sta- tute for Transfirring into posses- sion) and to his heirs and assigns forever One Hundred Acres of land which is Nown by Lott No. Eleven, sett out for Mary Beerman being wood Land in a Certain Tract of Land heretofore granted by Letters patent bearing date the Seventeenth dav of January Onej thoisand seven hundred and Twen- ty Two unto Johan Jost Petri Conradt Rickert. scituate lying and being in the County of Albany on the North side of the Mohawk River begins at the south west corner of the Lott No. Twelve and runs from thence North Forty seven degrees west thirty eight chains then south fourty four De- grees west Twenty five Chains then south Fourty seven Decrees Egst to the said River then down along the said River to the place
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1852, Levi Kilts; No. 3 James mar. Feb. 21, 1856, Mary Kilts. Were John Levl and Mary Kilts related ? Full Information desired on each.
KILTS, SNELL ,EMPIE
No. 1 Eliza Margaret (6) Snell, dau. of above oJst W. (5) Snell and Margaret Keyser (and grand- formation asked. Note that Aure- dau. of eGorge J. 4 Snell and Elizabeth 4 Waggoner), was born Palatine, N. Y. Aug. 27, 1830, rec. Stone Arabia Dut. Ref. Ch. When and where did she die ? She was firmation.
mar. there, Oct. 14, 1847, to John Kilts. Who was he ?
They had, according to Stone Arabia Dut. Ref. Ch. records, 4 chil. namely; 1 Amanda, b. Jan. 2, 1849; did she marry ? 2. Clark SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
(also given in W. P. Webster's unpub. diagrams), born Sept. 28, 1851; mar. where ? when? Melvina Emple, whose dates and ancestry wanted. 3 Martha (also given in Webster's unpub. Diagrams), b. June 15, 1856; did she marry ? 4 Laura, b. June 14, 1860; d. Jan. 5, 1880, ae. 19y 6m, rec. Stone Ara- bia Dut. Ref. Ch. Is this a com- plete list ?
KILTS, SNELL
No. 2 Mary Catharina (6) Snell, dau. of above Jost W. (5) Sneli and Margaret Keyser (and grand- dan. of George J. 4 Snell and beth (4 Waggoner), was b. Pala- tine, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1832. rec. Stone Arabia Dut. Ref. Ch. When and where did she die? She mar. Who was he? Full list of their chil .asked.
SNELL, KILTS
No. 3 James (6) Snell, som of above Jost W. (5) Snell and Mar- garet Kevser (and grandson of George J. 4 Snell and Elizabeth" 4 Waggoner), was born Palatine, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1835, rec. Stone Arabia Dut. Ref .Ch. He mar. there, on his 21st birthday, Feb. 21. 1856. Mary Kilts. Who was she? Full list of thelr children wanted.
- DILLENBECK, SNELL, . DUNCKEL
No. 4 Martha (6) Snell, dau. of above Jost W. (5) Sneii and Mar- garet Keyser (and granddau. of George J. 4 Snell and Elizabeth 4 Waggoner), was born Palatine, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1837, rec. Stone Ara- bla Dut. Ref. Ch .; d. where ? Oct. 11, 1917 (this rec. wanted). She mar. Palatine, Jan. 11 1855. Geo. Henry 6 Dillenbeck, son of Petrus (Peter G.) Dillenbeck (Henry I. 4, Johannes 3, Henrich 2: Jorg Martin 1) and Betsey Dunckel, whose dates and anc. wanted.
"Dallenbachs in America" gives 8 chil. as follows: 1 Eliza Cathar- ine, b. Oct. 7, 1855; d. y., Mar. 12, 1856 (these records wanted). 2
Emily, b. Palatine, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1857 (her bept. rec. wanted); d. where ? June 11, 1918; m. where ? Jan. 31, 1883, Daniel Dockstader. 3 Sarah Margaret, b. Palatine, June 28, 1859; d. Canajoharie, N. Y., when? (her death rec. want- ed); unm. 4 Aurelia, b. Sept. '10, 1861 (her bapt. rec. wanted); d. Canajoharie, N. Y., May 9, 1928; unm. 5 Petrus or Peter G. (what was his middle name?), b. Pala- tine, Sept. 28, 1863; mar. where? when ? Phebe E. Scharff, b. St. Johnsvilie, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1867 (her parents and further "anc. ask- ed). They were living in Albany, N. Y., in 1935. 6 Clark, b. Pala- tine, June 24, 1866; mar. Plain- field, N. J., Oct. 24, 1894, Eleanor Tennant Morrison, whose birth and anc. wanted .They were llv- ing In Gloversville, N. Y. in 1935. 8 Lizzzie Martha, b. Palatine July 14, 1875; mar. where? Oct. 28, . 1896, Charles Miller, whose birth and anc. asked. She was living in Johnstown, N .Y. in 1935.
Rather than enter what he felt would be a losing cause against the rising tides of independence Sir William is said to have hur- ried himself out of life, and left Sir Johnson, his son, to out-sav- age the savages in his fiendish treatment of the settlers, esperial- Additions to any of above asked ly the non-combatants, the helpless to complete record to the present, also information concerning des- cendants to date.
women and children, whom he caused to be ravished and scaiped to satisfy his Tory vengeance. W. N. P. Dailey
lia's nephew Clark Diilenbeck, son of his sister Martha, lived in Glov- ersville. The above marriage looks probable to me, but I need con- Marie Lyle Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Cal.
(Continued from last week) In 1757 because of the defeat of the' French at Lake George, Wil- liam Johnson was knighted and given 5,000 pounds steriing. He was also in command at the fall of Fort Niagara in 1759, and in the surrender of Canada in 1760 he led 1,000 Indians against Mon- treal. Sir William died at Johnson Hali on Monday June 24, 1774. The baronet was attending court at Johnstown, the seat of Tyron county. A package of papers had just arrived from England and was handed to him. Sir William left the court, went to his baron- ial mansion and in a couple of hours was dead. He had reached an acute stage in the impending struggle. England had lavished upon him. Yet he saw the cloud- iands of Independence gathering and he knew that he must soon decide. To a few of his friends, as Lewis Groat of Cranesville and John B. Van Epps of Schenec- tady he said, "I see the war com- ing and I will never live to see
/ Sir Wililams' body was buried at his request, beneath the altar of the stone church in Johnstown which he had caused to be erected. A fire destroyed this church In 1836 and when it was rebuilt the spot where the altar was located was without the church. The grave was lost for many years, or until 1862 when it was re- discovered. Most of the skelton was left and a gold ring was found amid the decay' of the casket, bearing the inscription, "June 1738-16." The body was buried for the third time, and the grave Is now suitably marked.
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