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OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.
Fisher, Samuel W., Rev., 269 Fisk, Job, 399
Flandrau, T. M., Dr., 528 Fletcher's, Governor, land grants, 93, 94
Florence, town of, 432-437 churches of, 434, 435 first officers of, 433
list of supervisors of, 436 pioneers of, 433, 434 topography of, 432 village, 435 Floyd, town of, 437-445 churches of, 441
leading farmers of, 442
list of supervisors of, 439
pioneers of, 437-441 topography of, 437 Corners, 441 John G., 356 William, 68, 75, 991, 599
Fonda, Jellis, 25, 109
Foot, Moses, 61, 445
Ford, Stephen, 281
Forestport, town of, 443-455 churches of, 444 first officers of, 443
lumber business of, 444
State dam at, 443
supervisors of, 443
topography of, 442
Forman, Joshua, 221 Fort Bull, 10, 11
Schuyler, establishment of, 20
Stanwix, armament and condition of in August, 1777, 30 building of, 19, 20 called Fort Schuyler, 27
Col. Gansevoort's letters relating to affairs at, 29 Colonel Willett's account of his sortie at the siege of, 44
destruction of homes at, by Tories and Indians in 1776, 26 discontent at, in 1778, 50
importance of, during the Revo- lution, 26
investment of, by Colonel Bird and Brant, 37 location of, 20
murder of two girls at, in 1777, 29 raising of the siege of, through Arnold's ruse, 49 repaired by Colonel Gansevoort, 27
St. Leger's proposal of surrender to .. 45 siege of, in 1777, 32-49
Fort Stanwix, troop in occupation of, in 1776 and 1777, 31, 32
Forts at Wood Creek, capture of by De Lery, 9 Foster, Francis, 64
Henry A., 180, 190, 225; sketch of 238 Francis, 279 Thomas, 226 Fox, Henry (Lord Holland), 105
Francis, John J., 306
Franklin, Abraham, 121 and Robinson Tract, the, 121
French, John, 181 power in America, end of, 21 spy, narrative of a, 15
Frisbie, Willard J., 419
Fuller, Russell, Major, 545
Fulmer, John C , 358
Gage, Thomas, Sir, 106
Gale, George W., 273
Gallup, J. C., Dr., 276
Gang Mills, 564
Gansevoort, Peter, Col., 27, 29, 32, 45, 46, 50, 67 Gardner, Benjamin, 441 James S., 274
Gates, Horatio, 17
Geddes, James, 220
Genesee Road, the Great, 89
street, Utica, houses on, in 1786, 58 George. Samuel, 285
Gibbs, Zenas, 80 Gibson, Henry, 292 Henry B., 291, 361 William T., Rev., 360
Gilbert, Elisha M., 306 Nathaniel, 60, 514 Sarah A., Mrs., 330
Globe Woolen Mills, 368
Gold, Theo. S., 302, 354 Thomas R., 143, 182; sketch of, 234; 620 Goodrich, Roswell, 58 Solomon P., 287, 329, 349
Goodsell, Thomas, Dr., 252
Goodwin, Evan R., 333
Governor, etc., 204
Graham, Edmund A., 226, 369
Grannis, Timothy O., 362
Gray, John P., Dr., 254
Great Carrying Place, the, 3-5 destruction of forts at, by Col. Webb, 14
Green, Beriah, Rev., 274, 313 George S., Mrs., 344 Griffith, Harry H., 404
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INDEXES.
Griffiths, C. C., 355 Griffith O., 546 James, Rev., 331 J. C., 359. 360 Owen, Rev., 359 Thomas J., 358, 359 Griswold, Chester, 303 Joab, 143 Grosvenor, Francis, 353 Grove, De Witt C., 324, 356 Groves, William, 272 Guernsey, J. J., 531
Guiteau, Calvin, 105, 285, 428 Francis, Dr., 248; sketch of, 252 jr., Francis J., Dr., 285 Luther, Dr., 285, 555 Gurney, Nathan, 534
Hadley, Hiram, 259 Hahn, John, 358 Hale, Minivera, 434 Halleck family, the, 598 H. W., Gen., 77 Hallock, Robert T., 316, 350 William, 428
- Halstead, Timothy, 589 Hamilton College, 268-272 Oneida Academy, 266-268
Hamlin, William D., 306, 364
Hammill, E. S., Mrs., 350
Hammond, John, Rev., 282
Handy, John H., 297 Harger, Ebenezer, 393 Harrington, Elisha, 349 Harris, Joseph, 285 Hart, Alexander B., 367 Ephraim, 291, 297, 310, 367, 449 H. Gilbert, 367 Henry R., 312, 367 Martin, 226, 318, 367 Thomas, 449 Harter, Nicholas and Philip, 59, 427
Hartler, Isaac S., Rev., 332
Hartwell, Thomas, Dr., 517 Hasbrouck, David, 248, 252, 287 Haselton, J. S., 528
Hastings, Charles, 302 Seth, Dr., 248 Hatch, Jarvis M., 356 Hathaway, Joshua, 143, 179, 180, 240 Haven, S. Z., Dr., 259
Hawkinsville, 405
Hawley, Chester W., Rev., 277 Jesse, 220 Hayes, Mary, 273 Head, Harvey, 210 Heath, Hawley E., 324 Heatherington, Isaac, 429
Hecla Works, 611 Heffron, Daniel S., Rev., 274, 347, 351
Hemenway, W. F., Rev., 335
Herbert, Philip, 333 Herkimer county, formed from Mont- gomery, 85 jail, 139 George, 61 Han Yost, 61 Nicholas, Gen., 39-43
Herlan, F., Rev., 336
Hicks, Thomas G., 559
Higginsville, 585
Hill, David, 598 Jonathan A., Gen., 444
Hillman, Levi, 399 Hillside (Leila), 600 Hinman, Benjamin, Maj., 282 John E., 293, 297, 301 Samuel, 283 Hitchcock, Marcus, Dr., 287, 291 Hobby, John, Epenetus, and Elkanah, 281 Holcomb, Roswell, 346, 348
Holland Patent, 562 Hollister, Ephraim, 507 Frederick, 371, 488, 497 Hiel, 287 Holman City, 502
Holmes, Alexander, 381
Home for Aged Men, the, 344 for the Homeless, the, 343 Homestead Aid Association, the, 365
Homoeopathic Medical profession, the, 255-260 Hopkins, Mark, 272 Sewal, Dr., 248 Hopper, James, Capt., 285 Thomas, 319 Hotchkin, Beriah B .. 354
Houghton Seminary. Clinton, 276 House of Good Shepherd, 343 John, 90, 281 Hovey, George, 443 Solomon, 61 Hoyt, John C., 283, 329 Hubbard, Bela, 285 O. P., Dr., statement of, relative to building the Erie Canal, 222 Samuel, 61 Hubbell, Alrick, 303 Matthew, 279, 280 Hull, Amos G., Dr., 248, 252 Humaston. John, 76, 77, 589 Humphrey, Erastus, Dr., 255 G. H., 359 Hunt, Jacob, Dr., 255 Montgomery, 291, 292, 361
390
OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.
Hunt, Ward, 313, 396
Huntington, Benjamin N., 292, 362 George, 143, 223 Henry, 188, 291, 292, 362 William R., 258
Hurd, Elliott, 389 Hurlburt, Augustus, 310 Kellogg, 301, 362 Samuel, Mrs., 395 Hutchinson, Charles W., 211 Edwin, Dr , 255 Holmes, 303
Immigrants of 1789-92, 75 et seq. Immigration, beginning of, 55 inducements to, 75 Ingham, Joseph, Capt., 546
Inman, William, 282, 293
Inspector of State prisons, 204
Internal improvements following 1830, 192, 194, 200 Iroquois, the, 1 Confederacy, the, 73 Ives, Jesse and Joel, 408
Ivison, Henry, 304
Jackson, Asahel, 580 William B., 368 Jail, burning of, in Rome, 182
Jauncey, James, 102 Jenkins, Timothy, 570
Jennings, Joseph, 183 Jervis, John B., 223 Jewell, N. 1., 354
Jewett, Benjamin F., 342, 314 Johnson, Avlmer, 285 A. B., 282, 346 A. S., 324 Bryan, 282, 346 B. P., Col., 190 Sir John, and his Orderly Book, 33- 35 Sir William, 6, 21, 102, 101
Jones, Isaac, 60, 608 John B., 352 J. Mather, 353, 459 John W., 358, 359 Joseph, 60 Nehemiah, Capt., 60, 607 Pomroy, 60% Simon, 281 Thomas, 281 Willlam, 299 Judd, Elnathan, Dr., 248 Jonathan, Rev., 332 Justices of the peace, appointment of, 143
Kane, Archibald, 284
Kaselitz, O., Rev., 337 Kasson, Ambrose, 349
Keiner, Andrew, 357
Keiser, Paul, 358
Keith, C. B., 292
Kellogg, Hiram H., Rev., 277 John L., Dr., 259 Palmer V., 304, 324 Spencer, 301, 304, 318, 350 Truman and Webster, 481 & Sons Company, 368
Kelly, Dennis T., 357 Jane E., Miss, 344, 350 John, 105, 137 Kent, James, 143 Kernan, Francis, 243, 324, 326, 335, 350, 363 Kessinger, A. C., 531 A. R., 528
Kimball, Nathan, 382 Richard, 283
Kingsley, W. J. P., Dr., 528
Kipp, James S., 281, 291, 292, 362
Kirkland, Joseph, 143 Samuel, Rev., 67, 115, 266-268; and family, 450 Kirkland, town of, 445-460 churches of, 452 early manufactures of, 453-456
first burglary in, 449
first events in, 448
Indians in, 450
iron industry in, 455
leading farmers of, 456
list of supervisors of, 447
, period of famine in, 448 pioneers of, 444-450 schools of, 451 topography of, 445
Kirtland, Orlando, 213
Kittle, John F., 355
Kline, William, 24
Klock, J. G. and George, 119
Knox, James, 312 John J., and family. 385
Koelbel, Fred, 358
Kruempel, Henry, 35S
La Fayette, General, 57 La Fayette's visit. 189-192 reception at Utica, newspaper ac- count of, 190-192 Laird, Samuel, 64, 608
Lairdsville, 611 L'Amoreux, Andrew, 348
" Land grabbers," trouble with, 66 patents and sales, 141 Lands, rights to, 93 Langley, H. A., 392
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INDEXES.
Lansing, Antill, 293 Barent Bleecker, 297, 301 Gerrit G., Col., 620, 632, 633 John, 75, 143 jr., John, 117, 118 Leavenworth, Lemuel, 57 Lee, Arthur, 57 town of, 460-469 churches of. 468 early mills in, 464
early residents at 60th anniversary of settlement of, 461 first officers of, 465
libraries of, 466
list of supervisors of, 469
post-offices of, 466
proceedings leading to the erection of the town of. 464 review of settlement of, by Hon. A. S. Miller 461-464 schools of, 465 topography of, 460 Center, 467
Legislation affecting the county, 145 153 " Lessees," legislative action concerning the, 66 Leutheuser, Joseph, 358 Lewis, Benjamin F., 359 Edward Z., Rev., 333 Ladd J., 488 Randall, 61 William, 550
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, 55, 67, 103
" Line of Property," 104 Little Paul at the treaty of 1788, 70-72
Lloyd, David R., 443 Long, William W., 324
Loomis, Nathaniel, 57
Lathrop, John H., 286, 353
Lowell, 612 Lush, Stephen, 117 Lyman, Samuel P., 354 Lynch, Dominick, 91, 100, 146, 157 James, 339 James S., 320 Lyon, Joseph M., 354, 355
McBride, Robert, 296, 310 McCabe, Hugh P., 357 McCall, John, Dr., 253 McConnellsville, 593
McElwaine, John, 310 McGuire, Philip, 444 McHarg, John B., 177 McIlvane, Joshua H., Rev., 330 Mckesson, John, 126 McLauren, Samuel, 350 McLean, William, 137, 283, 333
McMillan, Andrew, 351, 352 sr., Andrew, 380 McNeil, Henry, 492 McQuade, James, Gen., 303 Michael, 303 M., Rev,, 339 T. R., 360 Machin, Thomas, 112
Macomber, George, £85
Mail, first, to Utica, 91
Mainwaring, E. L, 358
Manchester (Kirkland P. O.), 458
Manley, E. W., 276
Mann, Charles A., 310, 319, 363, 369
Manning, Edward T., 307 Map of Land Patents in Oneida county, facing 93 of Utica in 1806 288 of Utica about 1835, facing 309
Mappa, Adam G., Col., 554
Marcy, town of, 469-473 churches of, 471, 472 first officers of, 470
list of supervisors of, 472
pioneers of, 469-471 schools of, 471 topography of, 469
Marklove, John G., 369
Marsh, William C., 365
Marshall, town of, 473-479 Brothertown Indians in, 473-475
churches of, 478 first officers of, 488
leading farmers of, 477
list of supervisors of, 479 pioneers of, 475-477 topography of, 473
Martin, James B., 368 Mather Asaph D., 365 Charles IV .. 365 Joshua, 365 Matson, William A., Rev., 360
Matteson, Silas, 513
Maude, John, extract from record of, 90 Maynard, Elisha A., 305, 355 Isaac, 226, 363 William H., 241, 286, 353
Meeker, Moses T., 306
Melvin, James, 476
Members of Assembly, 206-208
Merrill, Andrew, 297, 302 Byron B., 357 Ira, 286, 353 Metcalf & Dering, 368 Meyer, Otto A., 357 Middleton, Robert, 368 Midlam, Thomas, 304
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OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.
Military officers from Oneida county in the war of 1812, list of, 174
operations of the war of 1812, 168 Millar, Charles, 226, 370
Millard, David J., 496, 497 Sterling A., 496
Miller, Addison C., 365 Daniel 374
Eliakim, 374
Isaac, 475
John B., 356 Morris S., 339
Rutger B., 310, 367 Valentine, Rev., 338
Mills, Samuel T., Rev., 347
Mix, J. W., 421
Mohawk, measures to improve the navi- gation of, 87 route, the, 4
valley, condition of, after the Revo- lution, 162 Valley Cotton Mills, 369
Mompeson, Robert, 95 98
Monroe's, President, visit to Northern New York, 181
Montgomery county, 63
inconvenience arising from great extent of, 87
Moore, Horatio S., 352
Morey, Philip, and sons, 61 279
Morrin, Edward, 356
Morris, Daniel, Rev., 285, 331 Frederick, 103 T. B., 358 William, Dr., 253
Morrison, Roderick, 608
Morton, Benjamin, Jonathan, James and Abraham, 374
Moseley, Elizur, Dr., 91, 1443
Moulton, jr., Stephen, 438
Muller, Rembrandt, 121 Tract, the, 121 Munger, Erastus A., Dr., 256
Munson, Alfred, 302, 319, 333, 312, 363, 367, 369 Brothers, 367 Edmund, 36% Myer, Michael, 89
Myers, Thomas, 24
New Hartford, town of, 479-191 churches of, 482, 490, 492 first officers of, 486 list of names and dates from cemetery of, 484-486 list of supervisors of, 406 newspapers of, 484 topography of, 479
New Hartford village, 486-480 list of presidents of, 488 Cotton Manufacturing Company, 487 New London, 585
New Petersburgh Tract, the, 117
Newell, Jesse, 285
Newspapers of Boonville, 403 of Camden, 421 of Clinton, 456 of New Hartford, 484
of Oriskany Falls, 391
of Rome, 530-531 of Utica, 353-361
of Vernon, 573 the first in the county, 137
" New York Genesee Land Campany," the, 66
Mills, 628-632 State Cheese Manufacturers' As- sociation, 212
Neyenhouse, John A., 358
Nichols, James, Rev., 350
Joseph W., 359 Nock, Thomas G., 528 North Simeon, Rev., 269 S. N. D., 355
Northrup, Beardsley, Rev., 333
Northway, Rufus, 354
North Bay, 592
North Bridgewater, 413
North Gage, 431
North Western, 600
Norton, Asahel S., Rev., 214 David, Col., 535 Thomas, 281 Noyes, Josiah, Dr., 268
O'Gorman, Michael, Rev., 339
Old Fort Schuyler, early settlers at, 59 Oneida County Agricultural Society, 212 assessed valuation of, by towns, 203 Bible Society, 214 civil officers from, 204-208 early history of, one of bloodshed,
erection of, 142 Farmers' Alliance, 213
first courts of, 143 first settlers of, 22, 23
geology of, 126-131 Historical Society, 211
houses in, in 1787, 69 Homoeopathic Medical Society, 257-259 in the war of 1812, 168, 169
increase in population of, 192, 195
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INDEXES.
Oneida county, legislation affecting, 145- 153 list of first officers of, 142
Medical Society, 248-251
population of, by towns, 202 second settlement in, 24 since the war, 199-201 tax ratio and apportionment of, for 1894 and 1895, 204 topography of, 131-133 towns and boundaries of, in, 133 Castle, 570, 571
Community, 576-578
Glass Company, 366
Reservation, 122
Turnpike Road Company, 91
Oothoudt, Henry, 110-112
O'Reilly, Luke G., Rev., 341 Oriskany, 632-634 battle of, 40-42
Falls, and its business interests, 390- 392
newspapers of, 391
Osborn, Amos, 537, 538
Osborne, M. P., 423
Ostrom, David, 143, 287 John H., 297, 310 Joshua, 92, 296 Oswego, capture of, by Montcalm, 13
Otis, Joseph, 514 O'Toole, Francis, 339, 381 Otsequette, Peter, 125
Owen Brothers, 368
Paddock, Benjamin G., Rev., 334 Paine, Benjamin, 290 John A., 259 Palmer, Chauncey, 306 Cyrus F., 370
Paris, town of, 491-505 churches of, 503-505 first officers of, 492
pioneers of, 492-495
schools of, 498, 501
supervisors of, 503 topography of, 491 Hill, sketch of, by Lorenzo Rouse, 493-495 Parker, Amos, 380 Ezra, 64, 77, 409 Jason, 92, 281 Milton D., 312 Parmalee, Truman, 303
Patent, Adgate's, 126 Banyar, 117 Bayard, or Freemason, 108 Coxe, 108 Curtenius, 118
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Patent, Dean's, 114 Fonda's, 109 Gage's, 106 Holland, 105
Kirkland, 115
Lansing, 117
Lawrence, or Smith, 125
Mckesson, 126 Oothoudt, 110 Oriskany, 95-100
Otsequette, 125
Remsenburgh, 119
Sadequahada, 103
Sargeant's, 121 Scriba's, 119 Servis, 104
Steuben, 113
Sumner, 107
Van Epps, 124 Willett, 119
Patents, Bleecker, 124 Machin, 112 Wemple, 123
Patterson, Albert C., Rev., 332
Pease, Harmon, 158 Herbert J., 352
Peck, Gates, 361
Peckham, Edwin, 367 Frank, 367
John S., 366 Merritt, 367
Peleg B., Dr., 253 Seth, 356
Peirce, Nehemiah N., 411
Penfield, Thomas D., 420
Penney, Joseph, Rev., 269
Penniman, William, 296
Perkins, Elijah, 415 George R., 276 Phelps, Jedediah, 56, 58, 512, 581 Zerah, 534 Phillips, W. S., 392
Philo, C. H., 488
Phoenix Iron Works, 370
Piatt, J. C., Mrs., 350
Pierce, Joseph, 281
Pike, Benjamin, Capt., 437 Jarvis, 437 Pixley, Henry D., 365 & Son, H. D., 368
Plank road era, the, 194
Plant, Benjamin, 280, 329
Platt, Jonas, 85, 88, 143, 183, 184, 188, 214, 220, 223; sketch of, 234; 296, 619 Zephaniah, 55, 103
Point Rock, 468 Pomeroy, George D., 368 Theodore, Dr., 368
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OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.
Pomeroy, Thomas F., Dr., 260 Pond, Andrew S., 304, 310, 369 Barnabas, 61 Pool, Simeon, 91 Population and valuation, table showing the, 153
Porter, Augustus, record left by, 78 Joseph S., 296
Post, John, 279, 280, 399
Potter, H. C., Dr., 355 Stephen, Capt., 280
Powell, Watkin, 285
Presidential electors, 205
Preston, Stephen, Dr., 536
Principal of State Normal School, 205
Proctor, Thomas R., 364
Prospect, 563
Prost, Joseph, Rev., 340
Punitory laws, comparison of, 159
Putnam, Charles, 80
Quinn, William, 24
Radford, C. J., 354, 355
Railroad, New York Central, 225
New York and Oswego Midland, 228 New York, West Shore and Buffalo, 228 Rome and Clinton, 228
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, 226
Utica and Black River, 226
Utica and Syracuse, 224
Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley, 227
Utica, Clinton and Binghamton, 227 Ramsdell, Francis, 342 Ranney, Abel, 385 Seth, 60 sr., Willett, 60, 69, 514 jr., Willett, 60
Rathbone, Justus, 352
Rathbun, Achus, 582
Rathbunville, 585
Rawson, Pelatiah, 64, 273
Reall, Christ Jan, 24, 57, 426
Rebellion, the, 195-198
Recruiting during the Rebellion, 196, 197
Reddy, William, Rev., 334
Reed, David, 285 Regents of the University, 205 Remsen, Henry, 119 Peter, 102
Reminiscence of an overland journey through Westmoreland in 1791, 79 Remsen, town of, 506-511 churches of, 511
Remsen, pioneers of, 506-508 schools of, 509 supervisors of 508 topography of, 506 village, 509-511 Welsh settlers of, 508
Representatives in Congress, 205
Reusswig, Fred G., 357
Revolution, closing of the, 52 the summary of, to 1777, 26-32
Reynolds, J., 381 Rhodes, Anthony, Maj., 411
Rice, Captain, 76 C. E., Rev., 339
Richardson, John, 180
Risley, David and Allen, 481 Elijah, 137 Roberts, Ellis H., 324, 354, 355 II. 1., 355 T. C., 359 Robert W., 355
Robinson, Horatio, Dr., 256 William, 121
Rockwell, Thomas, 297
Rogers, Charles B., 362 Jacob, 398 Publius V., 292, 362 Rome, town of, 511-533 banking institutions, 529
churches of, 523-526 city, business interests of, 528-532
city, officers of, 523
" Expense Lot" in, 518, 519
first officers of, 512
manufacturers of, 532
pioneers of 512-520
post-office, 529 press of, 530, 531 schools of, 526-528 supervisors of, 533 village, incorporation of, 523 village, settlers of, 520-522 Roof, John, first settler of the county, 23, 25, 512
Roosevelt, John and Nicholas I., 119
Rose, Elisha 987
Rowe, Chauncey, 310
Royce, Amaziah, Major, 492
Rudd. John Churchill, Rev., 360
Russ, John A., 310 Russell, David, 209 William, Dr., 254
St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Home, 344 St. John's Female Orphan Asylum, 312 St. Leger's confidence, 36 message, proposing the surren- der of Fort Stanwix, 45
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INDEXES.
St. Leger's retreat from Fort Stanwix, 49
siege of Fort Stanwix, 33-49
St. Luke's Home, 345
St. Vincent Male Orphan Asylum, 443
Salyea, Hendrich, 279
Sampson, Caleb, Dr., 248
Sanborn, Nathaniel, Mrs., extract from reminiscences of, 79
Sang, Frank, 358 Sanger, Jedediah, 64, 85, 90, 102, 137, 143, 146, 480, 481, 536 Richard, 304
Sangerfield, town of, 533-543 churches of, 541-543 first officers of, 534 pioneers of, 534-537 schools of, 541 supervisors of, 543 topography of, 533
Sargeant, John, 121
Sauquoit, 498-501
Sawyer, George C., 348, 352 1. Gilbert, 404 J. T., Rev., 276
Sayles, Welcome, Dr., 248 Sayre, James, 226, 302, 363 Theodore S., 331 Schermerhorn, Jacob H., 429 John F., Rev., 332 School system, establishment of the common, 260-266
Schreiber, John C., 352, 358
Schuyler, Han Yost, the medium of Gen- eral Arnold's ruse, 48 Peter, 95, 96, 102 Schultz, Christian, statement of, relative to Utica, 290 Scotch cap factories, 370
Scovill, Isaac, 492 Scriba, George, 120
Selden, jr., Thomas, 515, 516 Senators, State, 206 United States, 205 Seneca Road Company, the, 90
Servis, Peter, 104 Settlers and settlement before 1788, 56-69 Seward, Alexander, 354 Asahel, 286, 353 Nathan, 293, 481
Seymour, Arden, 190 Henry, 302 Horatio, 211, 213, 318, 319, 369 Shaw, B. F., 342 Sheard, Titus, 355 Shearman, Ebenezer B., 285, 346 Joseph, 306, 324 Richard U., 354, 355 Robert, 297
Shearman, W. H, 209, 285 Sheldon, Esek, and sons, 461 Urania, Miss, 350
Shepard, Abraham, 304 Asa, 77 Sheriffs, 233 Sherman, Hazard, 428 John, Rev., 555 Lewis, 61 Watts, 282 Shirley, General, 6, 12, 13
Sicard, Stephen, 363
Siemers, John, 352
Silliman, Horace B., 269
Simon. Joseph, 296
Simons, Aaron, Adam and Abel, 76,
Six Nations, territory occupied by the, 1,2 Skenandoa Cotton Company, 369 Skinner, Thomas, 293, 346
Smith, Bill, 514 David, and sons, 461
Eldad, 416
George A., 580 Melancthon, 55, 103, 125
Nathan, 291
Nicholas, 293
Peter, 76, 117, 279, 380
Stephen R., Rev., 276 Timothy, 427
Snow, Jotham, 398 Samuel, Dr., 398
Snyder, Rudolph, 310, 350 Soper, Albert, daring feat of, 156 Alexander C., 269 Arthur W., 269 James P., 269
Sources of settlers' knowledge of Central New York, 53
South Trenton, 563
Sparrow, William, 349
Special judges, 232 Spencer, Hamilton, 158 I. S., 275 Joshua A., sketch of, 239 L. C., 594 Thomas, friendly half breed Oneida, 30 Spinning, John, 432 Spriggs, T. J., 324 Stafford, Daniel, 287, 296 Stages, 92 Stanford, Jonathan and Samuel, 374
Stansfield, William H., 419 Stanwix, John, Gen., 18, 21 Starr, David, Capt., 546 Starring, Hendrick, 88
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OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.
Stars and Stripes, the first, unfurled at Fort Stanwix, 44
State Arsenal at Rome, 157 Hospital at Utica, 209 engineers, 204 superintendent of public instruction, 204 Bridge, 585 Statistics of losses in the Mohawk valley during the Revolution, 52
Stebbins, Joseph, 276 Steere (or Steeve), John, 24
Stephens, Levi, 92
Steuben, Frederick William, Baron, 75, 113, 545
town of, 543-552
churches of, 551
first officers of, 544
pioneers of, 545-551
supervisors of, 552
topography of, 543
Welsh settlements in, account of, by Griffith (). Griffiths, 547-549
Stewart, Samuel W., 256
Stillman, Josiah, 76
Stittville, 564
Stocking, Samuel, 286
Stocks and pillory, 158
Stockwell, Lieutenant, perilous trip of, with Colonel Willett, 46-48
Stoddard, Eliakim, 590 Israel, 415, 416
Stokes, 466 Stone, Benjamin D., 420 W. C., 421 Storrs, Cordial, 61 Shubael, 296
Stryker, Melanethon Woolsey, Rev., 271
Strong, Theodore, 268
Sumner, Hezekiah, 107
Surrogates, 232
Swan, Jonathan, 597 Joseph R., 355, 364
Sweeney, Timothy H., 357 Sylvan Beach, 591 Symonds, Charles S., 363
Taberg village, 375-377
Taft, Dan, 137, 375
Talcott, Samuel A., 241
Taylor, Othniel, 89 Thomas, Abijah and Anson, 287 Anson, 346 Briggs W., 297 Daniel, 285, 550 Daniel G., Dr., 254 Thomas, 296, 550 Thomson, Nathan, 432
Thorn, John, 226 Thummel, C. B., Rev., 276 Thurston, D. W., Rev., 335 Tiffany, Israel, 303
Tillman, William, 287
Toll, rates of, on the Seneca turnpike, 90 Toomey, John J., Rev., 341
Tower family, the, 537 Town meeting in Whitestown, the first, 77 officers of Whitestown, the first, ?? Towns, changes in territory of 144 dates of erection of, 148, 149
divisions of, 155, 157 erection of, 1794-97, 140, 145, 192 Townsend, F. W., Rev., 331 Jesse, Rev., 346 John and Nathan, 76 Nathan, Capt., 440 Nathaniel, 80
Tracy, Gardner, 305
Seymour, 296
William, 312, 354
William G., 91
Treaty of Ghent, 174 of 1788, festivities at, 70-72
with the Indians in 1988, at Fort Stanwix, 67-69
Trenton, town of, 552-566 churches of, 564-566
first officers of, 553
items of early history of, from Cen- tennial address, 556-558
pioneers of, 554-559
supervisors of, 566
topography and natural features of, 553 village. 560-561 Falls, 564
Trevvett, Edmund, 365
Troops in Utica in 1812-1814, 169, 170
Tryon county, subdivision of, into dis- tricts, 63 Tuttle, Noah, 415
Timothy, 61 Vincent, 558
Ure, James, 285 U'tica, abolition excitement in, 313-315 Academy, 346 arrivals in, from 1800 to 1805, 284- 289 banks and banking in, 361-365 beginning of banking and manufac- tures in, 291 Board of Charities, 345 Board of Trade, 213
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INDEXES.
Utica Burial Case Company, 370 charter amendments of 1843, 318 charter amendment proposed, 320, 321
charter amendment concerning city indebtedness, 322 charter amendments, 324, 327
charter, third, of, 267
cholera in, 311, 312 churches of. 328-41 city debt, 320, 321
city hall, 319
City Hospital, 345
Clothing Company, 368
commom council of, first. 310
condition of at close of first decade as a city, 318
contention over police commission of, 325
description of, in 1816, by Dr. Bagg, 293 development of, since the war, 327, 328
directory of, first, 293 early growth of, 288
early newspaper enterprises in, 286
early travel through and hotels in, 284
English traveler's notes on, an, 292 events in, from 1852-55, 320 Female Academy, 350
financial crash of 1837 in, 315-317
financial panic of 1857 in. 322
fire department of, in 1839, 317
fire department of, trouble in, 326 fire engine, first, in, 292 fire of March 31, 1837, 317 fires in, incendiary, 320 first newspaper in, 283 first religious society in, 287
first settlers on the site of, 279
free school, 348
growth of, from 1815 to 1825, 297- 299
growth in population of, 318 High School, 349
Holland Land Company's purchase in, 284 improvement in water supply of, 326 in the Rebellion, 323 incorporation of the village of, 144, 283
incorporation of the city of, 309 Knitting Company, 370 leased lands in, 284 libraries in, 352 manufactures of, in 1845, 319 manufactures in, 366-370
Utica, market house, 292, 300, 301 mayors of, list of, 371
municipal business, 1836-37, 315
municipal changes and improve- ments in, from 1827-1832, 300-302 officers of, under village charters, 307-309 origin of the name of, 283 Orphan Asylum, 341
period of prosperity in, after the war, 324
Pipe Foundry Company, 370
police commissioners, 324
press of, the, 353-361
private schools, 348
progress of, from opening of Erie Canal to 1837, 299-300
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