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TOWN OF WILTON.
Wilton' lies northeast of the centre of the county. It is bounded on the north by Corinth and Moreau, on the east by Northumberland, on the south by Saratoga and Saratoga Springs, and on the west by Green- field. The town is thus defined by the Revised Statutes:
The town of Wilton shall contain all that part of the said county bounded north- erly by the north bounds of Northumberland continued west to the northeast corner of Greenfield, easterly by Northumberland, southerly by a westerly continuation of the south bounds of Northumberland, and westerly by Greenfield.
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1 In colonial times this region was known as Palmertown. For many years it was a much more important community than Saratoga Springs.
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The central and southwestern parts of Wilton are undulating or broken by low ridges. In the northwestern part are mountains of the Palmertown range of the Adirondacks. Mount McGregor, one of the highest peaks of this range, lies partly in this town, in the extreme northwestern corner. The principal streams are Snoek kill, Bog Meadow brook and Cold brook. There are a few mineral springs in the town. Perry's pond, which is drained by Snoek kill, is the princi- pal body of water. The main line of the Delaware and Hudson Canal company's railroad passes through the southeastern half, running south- west and northeast, and the Mount McGregor railroad runs north and south through the western part.
Wilton, then known as Palmertown, was first settled by William and Samuel Brisbin, brothers, about 1764. On the south branch of Snoek kill they built a saw mill, but abandoned the place when the Revolu- tion began. Rowland Perry and his eight sons came in 1770. James and William McGregor, brothers, located in the northwestern part of the town in 1787. Benjamin Phillips and Stephen King kept the first taverns. John Laing built a saw mill near Emerson's Corners in 1775. Isaac Ostrom opened the first store, in 1795. The first grist mill was built by Miller McGregor.
Wilton being almost exclusively an agricultural town its villages are small and unimportant. Wilton, in the northeastern part, is the largest. South Wilton is in the southern part. Emerson's Corners is located southeast of Wilton. At the latter place the first church was built, about 1805, by the Congregational society. The Baptist church of Wilton was organized in 1817, the M. E. churches of Emerson's Cor- ners and of South Wilton before 1850, and the Loudon Protestant Meth- odist church in South Wilton in 1833.
Wilton was formed from Northumberland in 1818. At the first town meeting, held in March, 1819, the principal officers elected were :
Supervisor, Dudley Emerson. Clerk, Henry Reynolds. Assessors, Benjamin Dimmick, Jason Adams, William Comstock. Commissioners of highways, William Forbes, Lyndes Emerson, William Ingerson. Overseers of the poor, James Mc- Gregor, James Bullard. Inspectors of schools, George W. Fish, Cornelius I. Fonda, John J. Swartwout, Enoch M. Place, Samuel Hoag, Thomas Sherman. Commis- sioners of schools, Jabez Reed, Selden Emerson, Cornelius I. Swartwout.
Since that time the supervisors of the town have been as follows;
1819-23, Dudley Emerson. 1824, William Comstock. 1825-26, Seth Perry. 1827 John J. Swartwout. 1828-29, Seth Perry. 1830-31, Dudley Emerson. 1832-34,
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Lyndes Emerson. 1835, Cyrus Perry. 1836, William McGregor. 1837-38, Sir Launcelot Carner. 1839-41, Lyndes Emerson. 1842, Henry Reynolds. 1843-44, David Carr. 1845, Lyndes Emerson. 1846, Hiram Dimmick. 1847-48, Seth E. Calkins. 1849-50, Lyndes Emerson. 1851, Richard F. Buckbee. 1852, Hiram Dimmick. 1853, William Rouse. 1854, David Carr. 1855, William Rouse. 1856- 57, Tabor B. Reynolds. 1858, Henry E. Wagman. 1859, Jarvis Butler. 1860-62, Daniel M. Gailor. 1863-67, Tabor B. Reynolds. 1868, Caleb Boyce. 1869-70, Ananias Boyce. 1871-72, Warren B. Collamer. 1873, Ananias Boyce. 1874-75, David E. Chase. 1876-77, Bartlett B. Grippin. 1878-79, Warren B. Collamer. 1880- 81, Bartlett B. Grippin. 1882-83, Byron J. Murray. 1884, B. B. Grippin. 1885, Chauncey B. Ide. 1886, B. B. Grippin. 1887-89, Roger H. Staples. 1890, B. B. Grippin. 1891-92, Harry M. Lincoln. 1893, B. B. Grippin. 1894-95, Edgar J. Smith. 1896-97, B. B. Grippin. 1898, Ransom Varney.
Following is a list of the town clerks:
1819-1821, Henry Reynolds. 1822, Cornelius I. Swartwout. 1823-1824, Henry Reynolds. 1825, John Fitzgerald. 1826, Cyrus Perry. 1827, James McGregor. 1828, David Brill. 1829-30, S. T. Van Deryee. 1831-1832, Theodore Y. Comstock. 1833, Eli Stiles. 1834, Giles Dimmick. 1835, Augustus H. Pearsall. 1836, Aaron C. Gifford. 1837, William H. Taylor. 1838, Henry Reynolds. 1839-1840, T. Y. Comstock. 1841, Giles Dimmick. 1842, David Carr. 1843-1844, David E. Chase. 1845, David R. Taylor. 1846, Stafford S. Carr. 1847, James T. Cornell. 1848, Sherard K. Chase. 1849, George W. Perry. 1850, William W. Comstock. 1851, James T. Cornell. 1852-1855, William W. Comstock. 1856, Oscar F. Stiles. 1857, William W. Comstock. 1858, Edwin G. Perry. 1859, Miles B. Grippin. 1860, Will- iam H. Taylor. 1861, William L. Cooper. 1862, George H. Traver. 1863, M. B. Grippin. 1864-1865, G. H. Traver. 1866-1867, John E. Forbes. 1868-1870, Daniel Washburn. 1871-1874, Sidney B. King. 1875, William H. Goodale. 1876-1879, S. B. King. 1880-1882, Charles H. Pitts. 1883-1884, Edgar D. Clements. 1885-1886, R. H. Staples. 1887-1890, C. C. Van Rensselaer. 1891-1892, R. H. Staples. 1893- 1895, C. C. Van Rensselaer. 1896-1898, Edgar D. Clements.
These have served as justices of the peace since such officers have been elected by the people :
1830, Cornelius I. Fonda. 1832, Robert Place, William Comstock. 1833, John J. Swartwout. 1834, Cornelius I. Fonda. 1835, Robert Place, Peter Angle. 1836, Peter Angle. 1837, Obadiah Green, Jason Adams. 1838, Seth Perry. 1839, Dudley Emerson. 1840, Peter Angle, Cornelius J. Boyce. 1841, Obadiah Green. 1842, Abner Garrison. 1843, Luther French. 1844, Stephen Olney. 1845, Obadiah Green. 1846, Isaac T. Green, John A. Brackett,1 Gideon Sherman.1 1847, Luther French. 1848, Daniel Wait, Adam Boyce. 1849, Obadiah Green. 1850, Perry P. Billings. 1851, Isaac F. Green. 1852, Daniel Wait. 1853, Jesse Murray, George D. Angle. 1854, Ananias Boyce. 1855, Obadiah Green, 1857, Isaac F. Green. 1858, David Carr. 1859, John Quick. 1860, Jacob Boyce. 1861, George C. Morehouse. 1862, Philip Varney. 1863, Caleb Boyce, David Carr. 1864, David Carr. 1865, G.
1 Tie vote: records do not show who served.
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C. Morehouse. 1866, Philip Varney, Moses Miller. 1867,'Jarvis Butler. 1868, David Carr. 1869, James M. Gailor. 1870, Milon Seeley. 1871, Caleb Boyce. 1872, David Carr. 1873, Jarvis Butler. 1874, George H. Traver, J. W. Marshall. 1875, Caleb Boyce. 1876, Philip Varney. 1877, John L. Buchanan. 1878, G. H. Traver, 1879, G. C. Morehouse. 1880, G. C. Van Denburgh, Philip Varney. 1881, G. C. Van Denburgh. 1882, O. N. Lockwood. 1883, Caleb Boyce. 1884, Philip Varney, A. M. Hays, Oscar Cook. 1885. G. C. Van Denburgh. 1886, Oscar Cook. 1887, A. M. Hays. 1888, Frank D. Roods. 1889, G. C. Van Denburgh. 1890, Franklin H. Smith. 1891, Olney L. Brown. 1892, F. D. Roods, A. M. Hays. 1893, Gardner Perry. 1894, Ransom Varney. 1895, George H. Pratt. 1896, F. D. Roods. 1897, Gardner Perry. 1898, Elmer Freeborn, John H. Westfall,
TOWN OF PROVIDENCE.
Providence occupies a central position in the western tier of towns. It is bounded on the north by Edinburgh, on the east by Greenfield, on the south by Galway and on the west by the county line. The Re- vised Statutes describe the town as follows:
The town of Providence shall contain all that part of said county beginning at the northwest corner of Milton, and running thence a west course on a parallel line with the north bounds of the town of Charlton to the west bounds of the county; then north along the same six miles; then easterly on a straight line parallel with the south bounds to a line running north from the northwest corner of Milton; then south along said line to the place of beginning.
Providence consists principally of hilly lands. In the western part the land is more nearly level. The entire northern part is occupied by a high table-land known as the Maxon mountain. Near the centre of the town lies Round lake, which is drained by Hans creek. Lake Des- olation lies on the eastern border, partly in Greenfield. Its outlet is Kennyetto or Hagedorn's creek, which flows southwesterly through the town. Frenchman's creek rises west of the centre and flows southwest.
Nathaniel Wells and Seth Kellogg are said to have been the first settlers, coming at the close of the Revolution, but nothing further is known of them. Thomas Shankland, who located at Hagedorn's mills in 1786, built there the first saw mill in town. Soon afterward he built a grist mill. Shankland also kept the first tavern. Martin Sleezer and Jonathan Finch were other early inhabitants. The first mill at Fay. ville was built by - Van Hoesen about 1800. The first woolen fac- tory was built in 1806 or 1807 by Isaiah Fuller, half a mile west of Hagedorn's mills.
There are several hamlets in Providence. Barkerville lies south of the centre ; Glenville is northwest of the centre; Fayville is in the northwest
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corner, near the Edinburgh line; West Providence and Hagedorn's mills are in the southwestern part, and Providence is southwest of Bark- erville, on the Galway line.
The Baptist church of Providence was organized in 1790, the Chris- ian church of Barkerville in 1845, the M. E. church at West Providence in 1871.
The town of Providence was organized February 5, 1796, and was taken from Galway. At the first town meeting held in April following, these officers were elected:
Supervisor, Stephen Wait; clerk, Peleg Hart; commissioners of highways, Daniel Washburn, jr., Edmund Wait, Ebenezer Hill; assessors, John Rhodes, Edmund Wait, Zebedee Potter; collectors, Sullivant D. Hubbell, Thurston Wells; commis- sioners of schools, James Goodwin, Benjamin St. John, Ebenezer Hill; overseers of the poor, Elisha Mix, John Thomas.
Since that date the following have served as supervisors of Provi- dence:
1796-1800, Stephen Wait. 1801-06, William Carpenter. 1807, Jonathan Shipman. 1808, Othniel Allen. 1809-13, Calvin Wheeler. 1814, Jonathan Shipman. 1815-16, Othniel Allen. 1817-28, Calvin Wheeler. 1829, Jonathan Hagedorn. 1830, Calvin Wheeler. 1831-33, Seabury Allen. 1834, David Page. 1835-37, Calvin Wheeler. 1838-41, Hiram Carpenter. 1842, Nehemiah St. John. 1843, Hiram Carpenter. 1844, Nehemiah St. John. 1845, Hiram Carpenter. 1846-47, Abram Manchester. 1848, William V. Clark. 1849-50, Stephen Rockwell. 1851-52, William V. Clark. 1853, William S. Nash. 1854-55, William V. Clark. 1856-57, S. L. Hage- dorn. 1858, William V. Clark. 1859-60, James Sumner, jr. 1861, S. L. Hagedorn. 1862, Stephen Rockwell. 1863-65, William V. Clark. 1866, Mosher Chase. 1867-72, William V. Clark. 1873, Stephen Rockwell. 1874-75, William V. Clark. 1876, Philip Mead. 1877, Stephen Rockwell. 1878-79, Joseph B. Sowl. 1880, Stephen Rockwell. 1881, Hiram H. Follett. 1882, Stephen Rockwell. 1883, William S. Nash. 1884, Philip Mead. 1885, Hawley Follett. 1886, Mosher Chase. 1887, Henry Trevett. 1888-90, Reuben W. Knapp. 1891-92, John W. Cook. 1893, Philip Mead. 1894-97, Henry L. Trevett. 1898, Hawley Follett.
The town clerks' records have been wretchedly maintained, as in many other towns in the county, and it is possible to give a partial list only of the other principal officers. Among these are the following town clerks:
1796-99, Peleg Hart. 1812, Artemus Chase. 1840, S. L. Hagedorn. 1849, Ezra T. Austin. 1850, William A. Sleezer. 1851, William S. Nash. 1852-53, Abram Manchester. 1854, Jeremiah Manchester. 1855-57, James Merrihew. 1858, J. W. Briggs. 1859, Joseph H. Dudley. 1860, William B. Carpenter. 1861, James L. Hagedorn. 1862, William O. Sumner. 1863-65, J. W. Briggs. 1866, James Merrihew. 1867-69, J. W. Briggs. 1870-73, J. L. Hagedorn. 1874-75, Asher Cook, jr. 1876,
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Willard Monroe. 1877, Henry M. Lewis. 1878, Willard Monroe. 1879-80, H. H. Follett. 1881, Herman V. Briggs. 1882 Daniel Shaw. 1883, Major Monroe. 1884, Hawley Follett. 1885-86, William T. James. 1887, Walter Matteson (resigned and Orlando E. Sism appointed). 1888, Ami E. Brown. 1889-90, Harper C. Rogers. 1891-92, Charles Trevett. 1893, Charles Hagedorn. 1894-95, Arthur W. Terry. 89 6-97, J. O. Sleezer. 1898, Willard H. Wait.
The justices elected by the people, as far as the records show, have been :
1856, Robert Cornell. 1857, Lyman Gates. 1858, Seneca Deuel. 1859, Abram Manchester. 1860, Jacob Clute. 1861, J. C. Robertson. 1862, William M. Stark, Seneca Deuel. 1863, Henry Sandford. 1864, Jacob Clute. 1865, Anson B. Pease. 1866, Jacob Clute. 1867, Henry Sandford. 1868, Anson B. Pease. 1869, Henry Sandford, Elisha Alvord. 1870, Joseph B. Soule, Abram Manchester. 1871, Jere C. Bogart. 1872, John Rosevelt. 1873, Charles E. Deuel. 1874, Joseph B. Soule. 1875, Jere C. Bogart. 1876, Joseph Clute. 1877, Charles E. Deuel. 1878, Howland Briggs. 1879. John F. Mastin. 1880, Jacob Clute, Henry M. Lewis. 1881, Jacob Clute. 1882, L. L. Gibbs, Thomas H. Shaw. 1883, Henry L. Trevett, Jere C. Bo- gart. 1884, Jacob Clute. 1885, E. A. Closson. 1886, Henry L. Trevett. 1887, Jere C. Bogart. 1888, Daniel Shaw. 1889, Alexander Van Dyke, Lansing Finch. 1890, Henry L. Trevett, Alexander Van Dyke. 1893, Alexander Van Dyke. 1894, Elmer Van Pelt, O. E. Sism. 1896, Daniel Shaw. 1897, Amos Rhoades. 1898, Albert Allen.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Discovery and Development of the Celebrated Mineral Springs of Saratoga County .- High Rock, "the Medicine Spring of the Great Spirit," First Seen by a French Officer-Sir William Johnson's Visit-George Washington, Philip Schuyler and Joseph Bonaparte Also Early Visitors-Analysis of the Principal Springs of Saratoga-Discovery of the First Spring at Ballston Spa in 1771-Development of the Resort-Saratoga Gains the Lead as a Resort and Holds it-Analysis of the Ballston Springs.
The mineral springs of Saratoga county, which are located princi- pally in Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa, are among the most cele- brated in the world, on account of the valuable medicinal properties they possess. To the presence of the springs the village of Saratoga Springs owes its prestige as one of the most famous summer resorts in the world. The mineral springs are located, for the most part, in an irregular valley several miles in length. Those at Ballston Spa are
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located mostly in the valley, but one rising in comparatively high ground. The White Sulphur spring is located near the eastern shore of Saratoga lake. A spring, now inactive, is located at Round Lake.
The narrow valley at Saratoga Springs in which the most important springs are located is at the base of the chains of mountains toward the northwest. Beneath it is a "fault" or fracture in the earth's crust, which penetrates several geological strata. The rocks on the east side of the "fault " are several hundred feet below those on the west side, this displacement preventing the free flow of waters past the "fault," thus throwing the mineral water towards the earth's surface.
The historic spring of Saratoga is High Rock. Long before the white man visited the Western Continent it was known and appre- ciated by the red man, who called it the "medicine spring of the Great Spirit." Probably the first white man who visited the spring was a sick officer of the French army, carried thither by the Indians from Fort Carillon. Sir William Johnson was carried there on a litter in 1767, having been persuaded by the Indians that its waters would cure an illness of long standing he frequently suffered in consequence of an old wound. General Philip Schuyler erected, in 1784, the first frame house built at the springs.
Sir William Johnson at this time-August, 1767-was the British government's general superintendent of Indian affairs in North Amer- ica, colonel of the Six Nations of New York and a major-general in the British army. He then resided at Johnson hall, his splennid baronial mansion at Johnstown. His wife was Mollie Brandt, an Indian prin- cess, a sister of the great Mohawk war-chief, Ta-en-da-ne-ga, or Joseph Brandt. His first wife, to whom he had never been formally wedded, was Lana Wallaslous, a German girl employed as a servant by Alexander and Harmon Phillips, who resided two miles below Johnson's residence on the south side of the Mohawk.1
When Sir William visited High Rock spring in 1767 he was carried there by an escort of his Mohawk braves, the wound received at the battle of Lake George never having healed. The party descended the Mohawk as far as Schenectady in canoes. Thence they journeyed to
1 Sir William at this time lived on the north bank of the Mohawk, the site of the western sub- urbs of the city of Amsterdam. Lana Wallaslous, or Catherine Weisenberg [histories do not agree as to her name], was the mother of Sir John Johnson, and two daughters, who married re- spectively Colonel Claus and Colonel Guy Johnson .- See Simms's " Border Wars of New York."
Sir William's so-called marriage to Mollie Brandt was celebrated in true Indian style, but he never acknowledged her as his legal wife.
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the home of the McDonalds, the first settlers at Ballston lake, where they remained over night. The following day he was carried on a litter to the springs, where he remained several days. So greatly was he benefited by drinking of the waters that on his return journey he was able to walk most of the way over the rugged trail that led to the Mohawk. The intelligence of the remarkable cure effected in the case of such a distinguished personage immediately caused the springs of Saratoga to come prominently before the public, and visitors began to journey to them in ever-increasing numbers thereafter.
In 1783 General Philip Schuyler constructed a road from his country seat, at the mouth of Fish Creek, now Schuylerville, to the now famous High Rock spring. That summer he encamped near the spring for several weeks. The season following he brought his family and erected a rough frame house on the bluff to the south of the spring. He was thereafter a regular summer visitor up to the time of his death.
The most distinguished of the early visitors to the spring was no less a personage than George Washington, who drank from the bubbling spring in 1783. He was then at his headquarters at Newburgh waiting for the conclusion of the negotiations which ended in a treaty of peace between Great Britain and her colonies. Time hung heavily on his hands and he determined, by way of diversion, to visit the mineral waters of which he had heard such marvelous reports. In company with Governor Clinton, General Alexander Hamilton and others he sailed to Albany, proceeded on horseback to Bemus Heights and inspected the scene of Burgoyne's surrender; thence continued on to Lake George, returning home by way of High Rock spring. From Lake George to the spring Washington and his party were escorted by General Schuyler, who entertained them at his summer home there. The distinguished party returned home by way of Ballston Spa, Ballston lake and Clifton Park, going thence down the Mohawk to Albany, and from there to Newburgh by way of the Hudson. At Ballston they were entertained by General Gordon, who accompanied the party to Schenectady. A year or two after his visit General Washington made an endeavor to purchase the springs and the land surrounding them, but was not suc- cessful, for the Waltons and Livingstons had already secured perfect titles of the land.
Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king of Naples and of Spain, also made an attempt to gain possession of the springs in 1824, while an exile, in- tending to establish a magnificent country seat there; but he was not
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successful. However, he continued a frequent visitor to the now most popular resort, and used to travel thence from his home in Borden-
High Rock spring is one of the most remarkable natural curiosities in the world. The rock through which the water flows at the surface is over twenty-four feet in circumference at its base, and nearly four feet high above the surface. The water bubbles up through an aper- ture in the centre of the rock, remaining ten inches below the top, where the opening is about a foot in diameter. The walls of the rock are. of nearly uniform thickness. The water originally overflowed the rock, which has been formed from the mineral deposits held in solution. A chemical analysis of the water of High Rock spring shows the follow- ing ingredients in one gallon of 231 cubic inches:
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Congress spring was discovered in 1792 by Governor John Taylor Gilman1 of New Hampshire, while he was on a hunting expedition. Governor Gilman had been a delegate to the Continental Congress, and in his honor his friends at once named his discovery Congress spring, the name by which it has always been known. Its medicinal value was instantly apparent, and the demands upon it became very great. In
a few years it was found that the supply of water was insufficient, so
governor, who had been assistant adjutant-general of General Horatio Gates. It is said he found
the spring while visiting the scene of Burgoyne's surrender, but the date of such visit is not
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in 1804 Gideon Putnam, the owner, discovering indications of gas near
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gas. Congress spring, and the splendid park surrounding it, known as Congress Park, for many years has been owned by a stock company. An analysis of the spring shows that one gallon of water contains;
The Columbian spring is located in Congress Park, near Congress
spring. A gallon of water contains:
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The spring was retubed in 1859 by H. H. Lawrence, the owner, and. since that time its waters have become well-known to the public. A gallon of water contains:
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THE MINERAL SPRINGS.
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Sulphate of soda
Silicate of soda
Iodide of soda
Bromide of potassa
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