Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1949], Part 7

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(Signed) Joseph Waggoner. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year Aforesaid.

(Signed) Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.

Affidavit of Isaac S. Ketcham & Jacob Sneil

Isaac S. Ketcham (sic) Residing in

In America

These notes and records of the Johan Jost Petrie family and de- scendants in America were compii- ed by the late Mrs. Frederick Staeh- la, of Munnsville, N. Y. Her notes have been checked, so far as we have been able to do so, and we will try to complete her work.

Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y.

(Continued from last week) Installment No. 48

810X. Peter Schuyler died in Caz- enovia, N. Y., son of Peter Schuyler (160) and Catharine Herkimer 205

Married Sophia (Sylvia) Cook. No male children. Children 4.

1770. Sophia Schuyler.

1771. Martha Schuyler.

1772. Electra Schuyler.

1773. Juliette Schuyler.

811X John Schuyier Son of Peter Schuyler 160 and Catharine Herki-

mer 205. Married Mary McCord.

1775. Rensselaer Schuyler.

1776. Charles Schuyier.

1777. John Schuyler.

1778. William Schuyler.

1779. Kate Schuyler.

1779A. Sarah Schuyler.

812X. Abraham Schuyler. Son of

Peter Schuyler 160 and Catharine Herkimer 205. Married Sarah South- erland. Children:

1780. Abraham Schuyler.

1781X. Neison Schuyier. Married Melissa Dexter April 5, 1838. Child- ren 9. 1782. Juliette Schuyler.

1783. Elizabeth Schuyler. Married

Dr. Colon. 1784. Nancy Schuyler. Married Mires. 1785. Margaret Schuyler. Married Solomon Mayor.

1786. Simeon Schuyler. Married Sar- ah Eavns.

813X. Joseph Schuyler. Son of Pet- er Schuyler 160 and Catharine Her- kimer 205. Married Margaret Mc- Cord. Children 4:

1790. Joseph Schuyler.

1791. Kate Schuyler.

1792. Sarah Schuyler .

820X. Mary Herkimer born 1778, died 1798. Daughter of Catharine Elizabeth Schuyler 163 and Jost Her- kimer, Jr. 200. Married William Ty- 1800X. Margaret Tygert born 1798 gert 1797. Children 1:

died 1779. Married John G. Christ- man Feb. 2, 1819. He was born March 5, 1797, died April 4, 1876. He was a son of Jacob Bashoeur Christman and Mary Elizabeth Smali. (See Christ- man geenalogy).

821X. Katharine Herkimer born Oct. 23, 1780, died July 23, 1847 Daughter of Catherine Elizabeth Schuyler 163 and Jost Herkimer, Jr. 200. Married 1. Elijah Strong, died 1812. Children 5:

1810X. John Strong. Married Kath- arine Cristman, daughter of Jacob and Mary Cristman. She was born July 13, 1779, married March 28, 1820, died 1866 (see above). Children 6:

1811X. Henry Strong, born March 1801, died March 1880. Married Mary Cristman, daughter of Jacob and Mary Bashouer Christman. Children 11:

1812X. George Strong born Jan.

But the end was not yet. At the We Isaac S. Ketcham A ciergyman 1803, died 1839. Married Julia Ding- time of the American Independence | residing in the Town of Palatine And man, died 1878. Children 3:

(To be continued)

ST. JOHNSVILLE, (N.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949

MOHAWK VALLEY

GENEALOGY AND

HISTORY

st. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville, N. Y.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949

Questions and Answers

A department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to regular subsoribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not,. is in invited to submit answers. Gives dates, places and sources. 1

BUTLER

Can some one tell me the ancestry of one Hannah Butler? She married 1. Zalmon Wheeler and lived in Vermont. There were several child- ren, among them Almon Wheeler, whose son, William Almon Wheeler became vice president of the United States under President Hayes. Han- nah Butler Wheeler married 2. Peter

Thurston of Fletcher, Vermont. Of their marriage there were' several children among whom were twin boys, George Washington Thurston and Thomas Jefferson Thurston, born in . 1805 in Fletcher, Vermont. The family moved later to Ohio. Wanted all data about Hannah Butler.

Mrs. W. R. Ree,

Box 156 Saticoy, Calif.

BAKER

Reuben 6 Baker (William 5, Philip 4, Elisha 3, Daniel 2, Francis 1) was born at Cranston, R. I. Feb. 25, 1756, and died at Easton, Washington Co., N. Y. April 16, 1822, aged 66. His wife was probably Mary Potter, born 1758, daughter of David and Mary (Chase.) The 1800 census shows that at that time Reuben and Mary had five sons and one daughter under ten years, and one son and one daughter between 10 and 16. Can any reader give me the names, dates, marriages, etc. of theae eight children, and any information aa to where descendants settled ?

Stephen 6 Baker (Francis 5 and 4, 27, 1877 (where ?)

Samuel 3, Nathaniel 2, Francis 1) is thought to have married Elizabeth Cornell, born June 6, 1772, daughter of Daniel and Mary. The Cornell gen- ealogy saya they perhaps lived at Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y. Wanted any further information about them and possible descendants: Bertha W. Clark,

10 Jamaicaway, Boston 30, Mass.

RATHBUN

Who were the parents of Samuel Rathbun born 1763 and his brother, William Rathbun' who migrated from vicinity of Albany, N. Y. to Nor- way and Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y. Other brothers and sisters set- tled in or near Chapin Falls, Ohio, now a suburb of Cleveland. Family originally from Rhode Island. Samuel married Eliazbeth (Betsey) Green- man of Albany, N. Y. Her parentage desired.

E. G. Gibbs,

558 Parkside avenue, Brooklyn 26, N. Y.

ACKERLY

I want the parentage of Lydia Ac- kerly (Akerly, etc.) born Aug. 12, of their descendants.

1805, died Oct. 22, 1843 in Wethers- field, buried Hermitage, Wyoming

By his second wife, Vesta Hill, An- son had Cyrus P. Flower, born about 1850, died Pawlet, August 25, 1894. If married all possible data of wife and children wanted.

Also by his second wife Anson had a son born Sept. 9, 1862 and a daugh- ter born May 4, 1866. Wanted names and all possible data of these two children.

Anson Flower was a cabinet mak- er and moved from Chazy, N. Y. to Pawlet, Vt. in 1829.

James Flower, son of James and Deborah was born at Chazy about 1814; died West Rutland, Rutland county, Vt. Feb. 27, 1903, aged 88 years. He married at Cavendish, Vt. Feb. 19, 1841 Olive S. Persons (Par- sons), daughter of . Abial and Olive (Bliss) Persons, born West Windsor, Vt. in 1818, died West Rutland, Aug. 18, 1899 aged 81 years.

James and Olive (Persons) Flower had three daughters: Mary, born J.1843, died Cavendish Oct. 1, 1846, aged three years; Amelia A. born 1845, died Oct. 1, 1846, aged one year; and Mary E. born Clarendon, Vt. 1851; married there Jan. 13, 1875 John H. Mead.

Milton Flower also of Pawlet, Vt. is assumed to have been a son of James and Deborah . Flower of Chazy. (Proof wanted.) Born and died when and where?

He married Pawlet Oct. 3, 1827 Adah Graves, daughter of Azariah and Hannah (Fisher) Graves of Ru- pert, Vt. born Jan. 13, 1809, died Oct.

Milton and Adah (Graves) Flower had a son, John Milton Flower, born Rupert, Vt. Oct. 11, 1834, who mar- ried March 19, 1862 Jane Ann Hoyt, daughter of George Clinton and Fan- nie (Murphy) Hoyt; born July 19, 1843, West Monroe, N. Y. and they had a son, George Milton Flower born at Hastings, N. Y. Oct. 23, 1865. Wanted all possible data of the fam- ilies of Milton, John Milton and George Milton Flower.

Note: The original is in chart form on three lange sheets, imprac- ticable to print but the information which follows , is verbatim and is listed under the 10 headings as given Wanted name of fourth son and daughter of James and Deborah Flower of Chazy, N. Y. in the original, viz. "Period when the service was rendered; Duration. of the Claim'ts Service in years. months and days; Rank of the Claim- In 1812 Nathaniel Flower, among ent; Names and Rank of the Com- others was an early member of the pany Officers under whom he Servd; Methodist Episcopal church of West Chezy. Who was he?

Russell S. Flower, ·

AURINGER, FOSTER

Elizabeth Auringer born New York state 1777 married in Troy or Sche- nectady, N. Y. 1797 Abner Foster, born Conn. 1767. Both buried in Cold Spring. Who were Elizabeth's par- ents?' Were they born in New York state or did they come from Holland ? Would like to correspond with some

Ellen Simington,

1033 Ocean Blvd.,

have yet seen fit to notice, two chap- ters which, I think, some contribut- tion to Mohaw kValley history. I'm speaking of the Father Jogues ma- terial and the comments on the Erie Canal as a state economic enterprise enthusiastically supported by New | York capital until it discovered the charms of railroad financing.

On page 126 I did speak of "John- son's Palatine Neighbors" . . , using his Kayderosseras mill. Perhaps the word "neighbors" should have been emphasized, for I think by the time the mill was in operation there were Palatine families pretty well scat- tered east and north of the original German settlements. It's a small point.

But I think you've done me a little injustice in suggesting that the 10 acre agreement "only existed in the minds of the Palatines." You'll note on pages 95 and 99 I state definitely that 40 acres were promised, all right, but that apparently the loca- tion of the 40 acres in Schoharie was not a matter of official record. There's the point.

I realize there could be as many Mohawks as there are writers who love the valley; each of us will see the story in terms of his own en- thusiasms and biasea. And it is well that today it is that way, for the true story is probably only the sum of our combined efforts.

Codman Hislop.

Pension Papers of Joseph Waggoner

Copied by his great great grand- daughter Marie Lyle, from photo- stats received from the National Ar- chives, Washington, D. C. The orig- Inals are among the records of the Veterans' Administration in the Re -. volutionary War Pension Fils of Jo- aeph Waggoner, W 2 499.

Installment 2

Names and Rank Under Genl. and Field Officers; Battles in which the Applicant was Engaged; Country through which he Marched; Place of Abode when he entered the Service and Age at the present Period (aged 74); Remarks and Occurrences; Evi- dence by which the Decleration is supported-Affidavits of Jacob Snell, Christopher W. Fox, Henry Sitts." A Statement Shewing the Service of Joseph Waggoner, Mont. County, State of N. York State of N. York Montgomery County SS

On the third day of August, 1833 personaily came before me A Jus- time of the Deone of the Muss

Henryville, Pa.

N V ..

give me the names, dates, marriages, etc. of these elght children, and any information as to where descendants settled ?

Stephen 6 Baker (Francis 5 and 4, 27, 1877 (where?)

Samuel 3, Nathaniel 2, Francis 1) is thought to have married Elizabeth Cornell, born June 6, 1772, daughter of Daniel and Mary. The Cornell gen- ealogy says they perhaps lived at Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y. Wanted any further Information about them and possible descendants. Bertha W. Clark,

10 Jamaicaway,

Boston 30, Mass.

RATHBUN

Who were the parents of Samuel Rathbun born 1763 and his brother, William Rathbun who migrated from vicinity of Albany, N. Y. to Nor- way and Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y. Other brothers and sisters set- tled in or near Chapin Falls, Ohio, now a suburb of Cieveland. Family originally from Rhode Island. Samuel married Ellazbeth (Betsey) Green- man of Albany, N. Y. Her parentage desired.

E. G. Gibbs,

. 558 Parkside avenue, Brooklyn 26, N. Y.

ACKERLY

I want the parentage of Lydia Ac- kerly (Akerly, etc.) born Aug. 12, 1805, died Oct. 22, 1843 in Wethers- field, buried Hermitage, Wyoming Co., N. Y .; married Nov. 17, 1824 Harvey Bancroft (1800-1888) who moved to Monroe, Wis. after Lydia's death.

Lydia Ackerly had sisters Anne E., married Abraham Allen; Dorcas, married James Barton; Sally. married Joseph Barton; Betsy, married Chas. I. Stone; Marv Jane married

Murrav; possibly Laura and Rachel one ofwhom married a Hagerdon. She had a brother Rev. Samuel who married Nancy . and possibly brothers John, Smith and Avery.

I would appreciate any information about this family and would like to correspond with others of the name. Mrs. C. M. Paris,

514 West Kansas, Pitsburg, Katns.

THE FLOWER FAMILY Of Chazy, Clinton County, N. Y.

Wanted the parentage and further ancestry of James and Deborah Flower of Chazy, N. Y. Their deaths are said to have occurred within six months, leaving four sons and one daughter. Of these, two sons are de- finitely known as such and one is assumed. |

Anson Flower, son of James and Deborah was born at Chazy In 1809, died Pawlet, Vt. Jan. 5, 1901. He mar- ried first, Mary Bassford, Jan. 25. 1831 at Pawlet. born about 1811, died Pawlet Feb. 26, 1845. aged 34 years. Her parentage wanted.' He married second (when and where ? Vesta Hill, daughter of Nathaniel and Diantha

. .. Hill of Pawlet, born about 1827. Pawlet, died there Feb. 7, 1902 aged 74 years.

Anson Flower had a son James T Flower (bv first or second wife ?} who married Mary Michael. Wanted all possible data of them and their children.

He married Pawlet Oct. 3, 1827 Adah Graves, daughter of Azariah and Hannah (Fisher) Graves of Ru- pert, Vt. born Jan. 13, 1809, died Oct.

Milton and Adah (Graves) Flower had a son, John Milton Flower, born Rupert, Vt. Oct. 11, 1834, who mar- ried March 19, 1862 Jane Ann Hoyt, daughter of George Clinton and Fan- nie (Murphy) Hoyt; born July 19, 1843, West Monroe, N. Y. and they had a son, George Miiton Flower born at Hastings, N. Y. Oct. 23, 1865. Wanted all possible data of the fam- ilies of Milton, John Milton and George Milton Flower.

Wanted name of fourth, son and daughter of James and Deborah Flower of Chazy, N. Y.

Eiien Simington,

1033 Ocean Bivd.,

Coronado, Calif.

ORUM, CRUMB

Will some one inform me. why Crum Creek was so called ?

David Crumby (Crumb) (born 1749, Rev. soldier, married Hannah Denni- son. They moved from R. I. to Steph- enton, N. Y., from there, at least a part of the family moved to Nor- way, Herkimer county.

Children: Dennison, David, Han- nah, Rebecca, Mary, Miner, Gardner, Rensselaer, Silva and Cynthia.

I have found Miner and his de- Ascendants. Can some one heip me find the rest of this family ?

Mrs. S. A. Fisk,

Prospect Hill Road Brimfield, Mass.

Dear Editor: THE MOHAWK

I am sending you herewith a letter from the author of The Mohawk whcih I reviewed in your issue of

last week. I trust that you will pub- lish Mr. Hislop's letter and let your readers judge whether I have been fair or accurate in my review. Paul B. Mattise,

1680 Neilson street, Utica, N. Y. : Dorset, Vermonth.

Dear Mr. Mattice:

I very much appreciate your review of The Mohawk in the St. Johns. ille Enterprise and News on January 27th; so many reviews are hardly more than notices, so that yours was

Copied by his great great grand- daughter Marie Lyle, from photos stats received from the National Ar- chives, Washington, D. C. The orig- inals are among the records of the Veterans' Administration in the Re- volutionary War Pension Fils of Jo- seph Waggoner, W 2 499.

Installment 2

Note: The original Is in chart form on three lange sheets, imprac- ticable to print but the information which follows , is verbatim and is listed under the 10 headings as given in the original, viz. "Period when the service was rendered; Duration.] of the Clalm'ts Service in years. months and days; Rank of the Claim- In 1812 Nathaniel Flower, among ent; Names and Rank of the Com- others was an early member of the pany Officers under whom he Servd; Names and Rank Under Genl. and Methodist Episcopal church of West Chezy. Who was he? Russell S. Flower, Field Officers; Battles in which the Applicant was Engaged; Country Henryville, Pa. through which he Marched: Place of . Abode when he entered the Service AURINGER, FOSTER and Age at the present Period (aged 74); Remarks and Occurrences; Evi- dence by which the Decleration is supported-Affidavits of Jacob Snell, Christopher W. Fox, Henry Sitts."

A Statement Shewing the Service of Joseph Waggoner, Mont. County, State of N. York

State of N. York Montgomery County SS

On the third day of August, 1833 personally came before me A Jus- tice of the Peace of the Town of Palatine, County & State Aforesaid, Joseph Waggoner, A resident of the Town of Minden, County and State of New York Aforesaid. Who being. duly Sworn deposeth and saith, That by reason of Oid Age and the Conse- quent loss of Memory, he, cannot Swear Positively as to the Precise length of his Service but According to the best of his recollection, he Served not less than the Periods Mentioned below, and in the following Grades; For,

1776 for 3 Weeks, total 24 days, enrolied as Private, under Company Officers Capt. John Hess, Lieut. Peter P. Waggoner. 2d Lieut. Math- ias Wormuth, Ensign George Wag- goner, under Genl. Herkimer and Field Officers Coi. Jacob Klock, Col. Peter Waggoner, Major John Grav, Major Harmanus Van Slyke, in N. York, from Palatine, Tryon County; N. York, was Ordered Out, whole Brigade ,to Caughnawaga, there Stayed 3 days & remanded by Genl.3 Herkimer to Stonearabia. There sta- tioned for 4 Weeks, total 24 days."

Jan. 1777, for 15 davs, ss Pri- vate, under Compuany Officers Capt! Christopher Fox, Lieut. Peter P Waggoner under Field Officer Maj Eiseniord, in N. York, from Pajatine! Tryon County, N. York, was Feessed ( ?) to Go to Tigonderoga, With Teanı to make those Drafted to Tigoncan- daroga with their Baggage &c.,

June and July 1777, for 21 days, as Private, under Superiour Officer Christopher Fox under Fieid Officer was Drafted to March to Unindela down the Suskehanny, there mett Capt. Brandt the Indian Chieff With Majr. Eisonlord, in N. York from a welcome change from the general Palatine, Tryon County, N. York, unobserving comment. I understand your emphasis on the Palatine chap- ters, for they are ,of course, of oon- siderabl local interest, though I do a No. of Warriors but escaped With- wish you had made some observa-' out Comming to Battle. tions on two chapters no reviewers

Do (Ditto), for 15 days, as Pri

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vate, under Company , Officer Capt. Hess under Field Officer Col. Jc Klock ,in N. York, from Palatine, Tryon County, N. York, By Regt. at Countryman's Dutch Town Guarding Againt The Incursions of the Enemy. 1778, for 21 days, as Private, un- der Company Officer Capt. Breadbeg Then under Field Officer Col. Day- . ton, in N. York, from Palatine, Try- on Count, N. York, was Drafted to Font dayton, Town of Herkimer, now County of Herkimer then yet ibelong- ing to Tryon County.

Sept. 1778 for 21 days, as Private under Company Officer Lieut. Gray under Field Officer Col. Dayton, in N. York, from Palatine, Tryon Co., N. York, was First drafted, marched to Frankfort, upper part of German Flats Town, at the time of the Gen! Conflagration of that part of the Town, and at the same period Genl Conflagraion at and All Around fort dayton at Herkimer Town When first Stationed at Herkimer. and next at fort Herkimer on the South side of the mohawk river, Town of German Flats.

(To be continued)

The Petries In America

These notes and records of the Johan Jost Petrie family and de- scendants in America were compil- ed by the late Mrs. Frederick Staeh- ia, of Munnsville, N. Y. Her notes have been checked, so far as we have been able to do so, and we will try . to complete her work.

Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y.

INSTALLMENT 47

. NOTE-The following was omitted from installment 47 In the February 3 issue:

807X. Johannes Waggoner, born 1794. Son of Anna Bell 142 and Capt. John Peter Waggoner. Married Polly Fox. Children 11.

1750. Peter Fox Waggoner born March 8, 1820.

1751. Anna Marie Waggoner born August 2, 1821. Married Hannibal Fox.

1752. Catharine Waggoner born March 16, 1824. Maarried William Klock.

1753. Elizabeth Waggoner. Married Sidney Strickland, the supervising Peter Knowles.

1754. Matilda Waggoner. Married . . Foster.

1755. Nancy Waggoner. Maarried |lo gcabins. They built their houses

Dewitt Klock.

1756. Emily Waggoner. Married Veeder.

1757. Aaron Waggoner, died age 7. 1758. Peter Waggoner.

1759. Alexander Waggoner.

. 1759A. John Alonzo Waggoner born Sent. 5, 1827.

$ 808X. Jacob Waconner horn 1797 (twin of Abrabam). Son of Anna Bell 142 and Cont. John Peter Waggoner. Married Caroline Abeel. Children 1. cords of Dutch housing in New York.

'1760X. Jacob D. Waggoner, born The French report of the destruc- tion of Schenectady in 1690 does not mention a log house. It does say that they destroyed 80 substantial houses built with timbers, brick and stone. When the Palatines came to the Hudson, Schoharie and Mohawk val- leys they built log houses because in Fort Piain, N. Y. Dec. 4, 1816: died Dec. 30, 1898 in Alexander Bay. N. Y. Married Maria Van Camp born Mav 19, 1820. She was the daughter of Henry Diefendorf Van Camp and Catherine Abbeel (who was a sister of Caroline above. Both were daugh- ters of Jacob Abeel and Elizabeth | the mechanics had the know-how and Fox. Children 3.

because good timber was plentiful.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH of Stone Arabia, by Rev. Andrew Dillen- beck, D. D., 2 32 page pamphlet fu- sued by the Stone Arabia Lutheran Church. Contains sketch of the Pala- tine immigrants. Theory of origin of the name Stone Arabia. Old cemetery records. Church records of Domini Somers, early pastor. List of pastors. Several illustrations and a complete map of the Stone Arabia Patent and a list of the first patentees and & line of property descent from 1728 to 1790. Bound in heavy terra cotta cover paper, by mail postpaid

TIMOTHY MURPHY, life and ad- ventures of. This is the much sought Murphy pamphlet brought out am 1830 and written by Mr. Sigsby, a law clerk at Schoharie. In 1863 a sec- ond edition was printed by A. B. F. Pond and finally in 1912, Paul B. Mattice, then editor of the Middle- burgh Gazette brought out the thing edition. This was improved with ad- ditions of several fine half tones of the Schoharie valley scenes and & map of the route of Sir William John- son in his famous raid of 1780 giving the names and locations of the pi- oneers who lived along the ilne of march. This alone is a feature worth the price of the pamphlet. There are 32 pages in the pamphlet with, fibre cover and only a few copies available. Price $1.50

FORT KLOCK PAPERS, 1762-1895. Copied from original documents found in Old Fort Klock. $2.00

MOHAWK VALLEY FICTION, pamphlets. Four pamphlets by L. Nel- son Nichols. Privately printed and distributed among the author's own family each Christmas. The stories have a historic setting and each treats of an eoch in valley history. The days of trapper and hunter, the- first steps in husbandry, the influ- ence of the Napoleonic era and the imprint of a strange religious cult .. Four separate pamphlets bound. Nick Spencer, Mighty Hunter Ann Lear .500

Percival Brooder 50G

Bony of Wilmurt . 50g

GUIDE TO THE WILDERNESS,. by William Cooper, founder of Coop- erstown. Written in answer to a num- ber of questions propounded by Wil- liam Sampson, Esq., a lawyer friends: of Cooper. The Guide in the Wilder- ness was first published in Ireland in 1810. Once since it was republished in a limited edition in 1897. At that time as now it was prefaced by an. introduction written by James Feni- more Cooper, grandson of the nove- dist and great grandson of the author- of the Guide. The issue is beautifully- executed in imitation of the original as to appearance. It is printed on en» during rag paper. It is an indispen sible volume for every American colr lection. Price $1.5€)

WASHINGTON in the Mohawk Valley, by N. Berton Alter, 1944. Traces Gen. Washington's westward and eastward trip of 1783 thru the valley. Pictures of Washington, Col. Marinus Willett, Fort Plain, battle- fields and forts, 16 page pamphlet. 50c

DEMPSTER RECORDS ,the births. and marriages by Rev. James Demp- ster between the years 1778-1803. He-

809X. Abraham Waggoner, born And good timber was also plentiful was located in Montgomery County-

Exploring The Log Cabin Myth

By Pani B. Mattice

Some of the readers of the Enter- prise and News will recali an article on the above titie published a few years ago. When the late Harold R. Shurtleff, architect, joined the Wil- liamsburgh Virginia Restoration Foundation in 1930, he discovered that there was no foundation for the myth that the first white colonists of Virginia, New York, Massachu- setts and Pennsylvania had in their first years here lived in log houses. Of course Shurtieff was not the first one to discover this. Dr. Fiske Kimball ,Dr. Henry C. Mercer, Prof. Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker and Hon. William E. Dodd, former pres- ident of the American Historical As- sociation, had already said the same thing but the public had not taken their statements seriously. Now the Williamsburgh Moundation was in the limelight and Shurtleff's state- ment created a sensation. Still pa- geants were being presented at his- torical gatherings and picture post- cards were being distributed showing log houses of the pioneers where there hadn't been a log house until 75 or a 100 years after the settle- ment.

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Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1949], Part 7

Author: Publication date: 1942 Publisher: [1942-1949] Number of Pages: 190

Author:
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [1942-1949]
Number of Pages: 190