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8 THE MILITARY TRACT to each non - commissioned officer a n~ private soldier, who would enlist to Tte Military Tract of New York serve during the war, unless sooner State is comprised of 28 townships, discharged by Congress . each with 100 lots of about 600 acres, each. Except when border "That Congress make provision for ing along a body of water, each granting lands in the following prop lot was laid out as near as poss ortions to the officers and soldiers ible in a square. New York was who shal l so engage in the service, and not the only state with such a to the representatives of suc h officers reser vation, in fact it was the and soldiers as shall be slain by the fifth to have land set aside for enemy . " a military reserve. A.colonel was to receive 500 acres; On Sept. 16, 1776, the recently a 11eutenant-colonel, 450 ;major, 400; organized Congress of the United captain, 300; lieutenant, 200; ensign, States met and considered the 150 and each non-commissioned officer report of the Board of War. The and soldier, 100 acres . Revolutionary War was now a de finite part of the life of the The appointment of a l l officers ex new nation and more men were cept generals was to be left to the needed if the war was to be won. governments of the individual states . Each state was asked to furnish Each state was to provide arms, clo its quota of men according to thing and every necessary for its its population. Delaware and troops . The expense of the clothino was Georgia with the least was to to be deducted from the pay of the provide one battalion each . New sold iers. Jersey and New York, four and Massachusetts which then included On Aug. 12, i780, Congress passed ari what is now Maine and Virginia, act wh~ch would allow a major-general having the most people were to ~o claim 1,100 acres and a brigadier furnish enough men for 15 batt general, 850. alions. On March 27, 1783, the Assembly of Congress realized that men the State of New York passed a resol would not be willing to leave ution which would give the soldiers their homes and bear the hardship additional lands as a gratuity . of war unless they and their fam Specific regiments were named to re ilies benefitted by such an effort ceive this land. They were the major on their part. general and brigadier-generals, then serving in the line of the Army of Granted they would be willing the United States and citizens of to serve in the militia for short New York; the officers, non -commiss tours, guarding the frontiers of ioned officers and privates of the two their neighboring countryside, but regiments of infantry ~ommanded by they were being asked to sign up Colonels Goose Van Schaick and Pierre fo r the duration of the war or Van Cortlandt; such officers of the. until they might be discharged regiment ~f artillery commanded by by Congress. Col . ~ohn Lamb and the corps· of sappers and miners. The following resolutions were passed that day, Sept. 16, 1776 . All officers deranged by any Acts of A bounty of $20 would be given Congress, subsequent to Sept . 16,
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12 other in the southwest, the third "'."h~ vet•;ran3 \'f'?re ag~in reQuired to sub in the southeast and the four mit their claio.The crcbably applied for the state lots would become a 400 same lot. T":ey then h:;d to pro\'e it was acre parcel. rightly t"eirs, oth~ ."\lise it v:cm:. to another person, prof)ably this tin.~ ttirough a sale. The same was done with the sur vey lots. If the state 100 was For example, ccnsit.ier Lot 1 ir, Ovid. located in the northwest corner, This lot went to Scmuel Gilberto the Second the survey lot would be in the Company, F?rst Regiment, under Capt. Cornelius southeast corner and four lots T. Jansen. The deeds show that en Dec. 19, would produce a 200 acre parcel. 1791, Samuel Gilbert of Hudson sold the lot to .John DeWitt 01 New York City for 25 The plan was simple and should pounds. On u~c. 27, 1791 , Samuel Gilbert of have worked. A soldier or officer Hoosick, Renssealer County, sold the would report to the commissioners lot to Joel Abbott for two pounds. and present his papers to show he In 1798, Samuel Gilbert who served was eligible to receive one or under Col. Goose Van Schaick, sold the more lots. A ballot would be drawn lot to Benjamin Hawks of Renssealer Co. and papers prepared for the proper for 100 pour.ds and in 1795, Gilbert signatures. now livina in Rirhfield, Otsego Co. sold it to John Pringle, Samuel Many factors helped to break Latham 13 14 7 Early settlers of Tompkins and Paul of Massachusetts sold his lots. Schuyler Counties were: Joseph Gillespie, Benjamin Pelton, 2. GEORGE ROBESON(ROBINSON} rn the Michael Dunning, Mayberry Owens, Second Regiment with Capt. Henry and Jeptha lee. Also the family Vandenburg . Probably from Dutchess of Francis Hanmer. County. His service was generally in Abraham Van Amburgh and Barthol the area of Albany and Poughkeepsie. omew Von Volkenburgh, both of He died early and his widow had re whom received lots as officers married before she sold the lot. were employed with Simeon DeWitt in laying out the military tract. 3. PETER DUMAS. He was a gunner in Van Amburgh settled in Tompkins Gershom Mott's Compa·ny in the artillery. Co. with Oe~itt, Von Vol~enburgh He settled on his lot but it is not · is buried at Skaneateles. known whether he remained in Seneca Another officer Abner French liv County. ed in Cayuga County. 4. RESERVED FOR THE STATE. Part of it, Further research would certain probably the state 100 acres, purchased ly bring forth others who came by Samuel Bear, the pioneer of the and remained here. Between one village of Waterloo. half and two-thirds of the men who participated in the Sullivan 7. CAPT. THOMAS LEE . He also received Campaign recei ved a lot in the 22 in Sempronius and 69 in Solon. He mi 1 itary tract. wa$,.born in Dublin, Ireland and lived ~ in ~ishkill during the war. He was a captain under Col. Lewis DuBois in the Fifth Regiment . He sold his lets and settled in Yates County . He was the first supervisor of the town of Jerusalem and worked for Charles Will iamson in the disposition of his land. His four daughters married men from Waterloo: Nancy married Hezekiah Keeler of Hudson but later Waterloo; Patience, married Lewis Birdsall; (Hundreds of pleasant hours have Elizabeth, Lambert Van Alstyne and been spent researching the milit Waty, Jacob Chamberlain. ary lots and the men who received these lots . Much as been learned 11.· EZRA WEED. Born in Stamford, Conn., about a few of these men; a little he enlisted in 1776 in the Benjamin about many others and much less Hicks Co. of the First Regiment . about the remainder. Here are He was promoted to sergeant. On July some facts found regarding some of 23, 1779 he was taken prisoner by the the men who received lots in what Indians and sent to Canada where he is now Seneca County.) remained until 1782. He died at Stam ford. ROMULUS 12. Lt ROBERT HUNTER. He also re l. EBENEZER HUTCHINSON, surgeon's ceived 87 in Dryden. He was born 1761 mate; also received Cato 44 and i n Carlisle, Pa . During the war he Brutus 66. He apparantly died was with the William Malcom Regiment. befo·re 1791, when his brother He remained in the service after the 15 8 war. In 1787 he was captain of a the soldiers lots. New York Regiment under Aaron Burr, and in 1794 was commissary of 39. NEHE~IAH CARPENTER, an ensign, military stores of the state. He he also received lot 22 in Dryden . died in 1840 in Fairfield Co. Ohio On Oct. 6, 1777 ne was taken prisoner by the British at the capture of 13. JEREMIAH BENNETT was born on Forts Clinton and Montgomery. He LOng Island . He was a shoemaker was born in Jamaica, NY June 29, 1757, and enlisted at IS, at Haverstraw. and lived in Dutchess Co during the In his first enlistment in 1775 he ~ar. He remained a prisoner until served at Lake George in the John 1780. In 1816 he moved tc Onondaga Hulbert Co . He later was in trie County and died there Feb. 24, 1832. Second and Th il"d Regiments of the It is possible that the Nehemiah Line. It was on his lot that the Carpenter who settled in Onondaga Church of Latter Day Saints was Co. is not the same man who received organized. the lots. The Balloting Book indicated that his patent was picked up by 20. LT . JAMES BARRET. was born in James Carpenter, administrator. 1750 . From November 1776 until January 1781 he was quartermaster 48. JOHN ARMS TR ONG . lie enlisted at in the Fourth Regiment. He was at Rome in the Cttarles Parson Company Valley Forge, the winter of 1778 ard later served under Capt. Leonard but generally his duty was in the Bleecker. With t~o other 5oldiers Albany-Fort Plank area. His duties he transferred his lot to Lt . Col. were many and were often noted in Cornelius Van Dyck, in June 1783, the Samuel Tallmadge Orderly Book. while he was still in the field. They each received three pounds for their 23. THOMAS RUSSELL. As a soldier in lot. In 1819 when he applied fer a the Henry V,andeburgh Company of the pension he was living in Aurelius, Second Regiment he cook part in the Cayuga County. Sullivan-Clinton Campaign. During part of hi~ service he served as 51 . CAPT . JAMES GREGG. He was a fifer in the Jchn ~amtramck Co. captain 1n the First Regiment and later When he was in Vandeburgh's company the T~ird Regi~ent. On June 25, 1777 he had just returned from desertion . r.e was shot through the body, tomahawked He probably had gone home to check and scalped at ~ort Schuyler. He on his family. He died on Feb.l,1782 recovered fromhis wounds and cont-. in the service but his son-in-law, inued to serve until the end of the John Rumsey settled on his lot. war. He died in 1792. His brother in-law Henry Brewster received lots 24. ISAAC SAMPSON, born in 1760, he in Sterling and his widow Mary, later was an artificer in Joh~ Lamb's settled in Cayuga County. Another Artillery. He received the badge brother- in-law, Jesse Brewster lived of merit for six years service. In in Romulus and was one of the organ 1791 he sold his lot to William izers of the Romulus Presbyterian Thompson of Goshen, for five shill Church ings . Thompson was one of the land speculators who bought up many of 94. ROBERT PROVOOST, Ensign, he was 16 9 born in 1737 a~d served as quarter- ~dr~tc~~ and at the surrender of master and paymaster of the Second BurgoyPe. On March 1780 he was taken Regiment. He also received lot '00 prisoner by the I~dians at Fort Stan in Marcellus. He sold his Romulus wix and ta~en t0 Canada. He was ex- lot to Anthony Swarthout, Sr. changed and arrived at Boston, Jan. 1, George and Semuel Bailey. The lot 1781, rejoined his regiment and was is the present site of the hamlet discharged June 17. Ke also received of Willard and part of the hospital.Lot 32 in Junius which went to his brotl1er S i.:ephen. Stephen al so served OVID under Major John Davis and died in 13 . MAJOR JOHN DAVIS. He also re service in 1777. Both of these lots ceived lots in Locke. Fabius and were sold to Silas Halsey but app Solon. He was in the Fourth Reg nrantly he also came to Seneca County. ment, enlisted at East Hampton He applied for a pension at Covert and much of his service was on in 1819 .. Long Island. While on duty he was captured at Sag Harbor, Nov. 3, 47. JOHN MILLS, served under Capt. 1781 and was imprisoned in New Benjamin Hicks in the First Regiment. York City. He died in prison in Men who jerved in the First Regiment 1782 and according ~o tradition. did not participate in the Sullivan died of poison. Cl inton Campaign, but Mills took advant&ge of his patent and did 17. CAPT. BENJAMIN PELTON. He settle on his let. On March 20, 1777, enlisted in 1775 and was with just one month after he had enlisted Montgomery when he went to Canda. he was taken prisoner by tne enemy. At Ticonderoga he was in the He was returned from captivity on First Regiment under Richard Feb. 9, 1778. He was in Ovid in 1800 Varick. H~ sold his lot in Ovid ar.d In fact he sold one section of 50 also the ones he got in Camillus d~res or his lard as early as 1793. and Manlius and settied in rort !t is not known whether he died in land County and Ithaca. Early SenPca County. Seneca County records contain many documents in which, he, his 63.JOHN/JOSE?ll '(HOADES. Served in the wife Jane and son Richard were Second Regiment under Capt. Henry involved. It is possible that he Pa~ling. The lot was sold to William and his son were agents for Simeon Vredenburgn Jn 1790. At the end of DeWitt, the surveyor-general for the deed 13 written, John Rhoades. the disbursement of the Jots in served in the army for two years. South Seneca and Tompkins/Schuyler At that ti~e his brother Joseph County areas. took his plac~ 2nd served until the end of the war. Both names are list 33. JOHN BARRETT. He served under ed in the Balloting Book. Jacob Wendell in the First Regiment and died in the war on Dec. 4, G8 . SY l VAN US 1 RAV I S • Ac. co r di ng to hi s 1781. His only child. John Barrett penson appiiccition filed Feb. &, Jr. of New Paltz and his widow, 1821J, in Ctuvert, he enlisted in 1775 then widow of Peter Loman, ~laimed for nine months in Caot. Ambrose and sold his property. Horton's Company. He ~ent with the army to Canada. He re-e~listed for 37. EP~RAIM WHITE. Pe was from . twc one ;ear terms , the last with Southampton. NY and served under Col. Mo5es Hazen. He was committed Major John Davis. He was at the to jail for a misde , battles of Monmouth; Germantown, from the s•c~e house. Released at 17 West Point. he could not fine iment ii :tis ten', at rrlght 1dth an Hazen 1 s regiment so he signed up unlawful weapon . Also for disobeying _,,with Lamb 1 s Artillery. He was at E"''"'g'1 °~~i,.... 1·1hen in tt1e line of his the battl of Brandywine and duty and for ottempttr:g his life by Germantown.Both Travis and John knocking ~•~ ~oun s~nseless with the Mills filed their pe11sion pepers sa~e Je~pon . He vat trir~. found guilty while living in Covert. but of a hrea~h oi tr~ Fif~h Article, 2nd Lodi had not been set o~f at that Section of th~ t~ticles of War and was time. Both men lived in what is ser:ten~!2c1 to lje :;;·ot tc deatl1 . Tried today Lodi. Travis died there et ~orr:stow~. N.J.~He was executed in !842. :.uQ. 25, Pa: JUNIUS 13. i10SES BEDOEL, t!ane MOSES BEADLE in muster rolls . He enlisted Nov. 21, 1776 5. MAJOR WILLlAM POPHAM. Also re and se~~ed in First Regiment under ceived Junius 31-58and 74. He was Capt. Benjamin Hic~s. On July 23, 1779 born in Bandon, rounty Cork, Ire HP was taken prisoner by the enemy and and came to America in 1761. He died while a prisoner, date unknown. His was educated for the ministry at two daug1ters, ~rs. Lidia Moore of Newark, N.J. but with the advent Somerset Co. N J. and Sarah Haddock of of the Revout!onary War, he en Essex Co. N.J. sold the property in ~ol led in the service. He served 17%. first on Long Island, with Col. Moses Hazen in Canada. and was al~-37. JOHi G"~CHR!ST. He also received de-camp for Gen. James Ciinton Lot 37 i1 :tcrling. He served in the during the expedition. In 1781 he Fourth Regiment. He ~as listed a number became aid-de-camp to Baron of ti~cs in the muster rolls, He enlisted Steuben and retired Jan. I, 1783. 0Pc. 28. 1775 and ::rrm January 1778 un- He was at one time president of ti! he died en Jan. 30, 1779, he was of Society of the Cincinnati. listed as sic~ in camp at Fiskill or He was born 9/19/1752 and died Valley Forge. His widow , Catharine, 9/27/1847. Early deeds show he McVeah ~rd h:s d~ughtP.r Nancy were living was very careful in selling his on the lOT .n 1807. lots. Mostly they were sold in smaller parcels and ~il~elmu~ 5~. JOHN Y H:T~. He served in the Second Mynderse, often servea as his ReGi~ent L~ae~ C~pt. Cnarles Graham . He agent in selling the lets. died in serv:c2 D~c. 4, 1776. li'~tie is ava1lab!e regarding him as ~e died 6. EDMUND BURKE. He was in the early in t~e ~ar. The Balloting Book First Regiment urder Capt. Henry noted him was not entitled to the lot Tiebout. He enlisted 10/31/1776 but the patent was orderea reinstituted and in 1796 his lot was so1d by hi 18 I. L soon became one of the most im in 1726 and d1ed in 1813 . portant officers on Long Island. He took part in many of the raids 100. JAMES PATTERSON . He 9nlisted on on boats on Long Island Sound. He July IO, 1775. A·t~in two months ne was was employed as a confidential at Ticonderoga. He continued to serve and secret agent of Congress in under different captains in the First 1788. During the remainder of Regiment under Col. Marinus Willet. As the war, he worked at receiving a member of the First Regiment he did and transmitting, information on not participate in the Sullivan Campaign the enemy . He was seriously wounded so he n~ver harl the opportunity to view on Dec. 7, 1782 but he kept it a this area. His lot proved to be the one secret until the enemy nad surr- considered the most valuable in what endered. He continued to serve became Seneca County. It was at the and was captain of a revenue cutter junction of the Senec~ River at the for the District of New York oe- falls. Early visitors to this area real ginning In 1793. He was sheriff of ized its value and New York and Albany Suffolk County in 1810-1812 and industrialists made every effort to 1814 . He died in Black Rock,Conn. procure this lot. It was sold by Patt- in 1827. One of the prominent ~rson to Elkanah Watson in 1790, to pioneers of Junius was a man Elisha Paine in 1791, to Cornelius named Caleb Brewster. One may Haring in 1792 and again to Paine in wonder whether ther0 was any 1797. A deed dated Sept.29, 1797 listed relationship between these two Robert Troop, Col. McGregor of New York, men. James Caldwell and Elkanah Watson of AI bany as o>tiners of this and other 79. PETER TUMAN. He was a private lots . Later Seth Grosvenour was also in the Second Regiment under Capt owner. In 1797 they appointed Wilhe lmt John Hamtramck. The name in the Mynderse of Albany as their attorney and deeds was sometimes spelled agent for this prope~ties. TRUMAN. He was at Valley Forge and became sick there in February ******************************* 1778 and died on May 20, 1778. His son Peter, Jr. and other members of Subscription rates are $5 a year; his family, settled on the lot. $1.50 for a single copy . Back copies are available, eight in number, at 97. CAPT. MICHAEL DUNNING. He the same rate. Write to Mrs. Betty also received Lot 3 1n Brutus and Auten, Seneca County Historian, Lot 13 in Sempronius. He first 31 Thurber Dr. Waterloo, NY 13165 eared in the Albany County itia and later as captain in ***********~*~***************** Seth Warner Regiment. Hi~ e appeared in the Orderly k of Capt. Samuel Tallmadge ~ presiding at various court ~tal s. In researching early deeds andjustice papers it app - ears that he later settled in the Ithaca area and worked witn Benjamin Pelton and Simeon DeWitt on the survey and disbursement of the militaly lots. He was born 19 20 13 Gladys Haney Mary C. Hagar Minnie B. Harris Kate Hurlbert Myrtie House Hattie Horton Nancv Harris Anna Hillis Anna Harris Jennh Huff Kate Howell Theresa House Emma E. Hunt Mina Horton Lotta Harris Minnie Hunt Jane Hunt Helga Hansen Lena Havens Sarah Halsey Carri£. Joe Huff Florence Hild~eth Ida Horton Roeine O. Huff Maude Huff Clara Houseworth Lizzie Halsey Leah Halsey Ellen Huff Amy Hamilton Lizzie Jaynes Mary Jones Lettie Jones Anna N. Night Emma Kelsey Margaret Keady Martha Kelly Mary L,Kase Al ice B. Kerns Hattie Kitson Ida Kilberry Edna Koch Edith Keyser Jennis £. Lamoreaux Mary £. Lott Mary c. Lincoln Alice Lott Sarah K. Lott Helen E. Lott Lizzie Ann Lambley Judith Lott June Lewis Anna Lamoreaux Sarah Lewis Franees Lott Anice Lamoureaux Ella Lamoreaux Mabel S. Meeker Isabella Maxwell S. Maude Myer Mary Myer Li 11 y Mo~1rcr Alice Mason Estella Miller Carrie Myer Flossie S. Matthews Lena Miller Amy Mulford Nellis Miller Catherine McEvoy Mame McEvoy Georgianna McCall Lina f>lcKay Elizabeth M. MCEvoy Sarah McAnnor. Belles. MacDill Catha~ine 0. McEvans Alice s. Neely Helen W. t.1eal Cyr.th i a t.iea 1 Lottie Nivison Leria Nic~ols li ... 1€n Neal C:dith Neal Cora Nea 1 Ida Osgood ~lorence Parmelee i'uba Predmore Elnora Pierce Clara Pierce Minnie Viva Payne Heier. Peterson Jennie Pe;! 21 22 23 EDMOND J. MAGUIR~, 93, of Seneca U5 Navy veteran. Buried in Newark Falls, former owner of Cocley's '>~mete ry . Grill in Geneva, died July 26, 1986. He ttas born in Seneca ROBERT H. WATSO~ 60, of Ovid died Falls, son uf Johr. F. end Bridge~ /\ug. 26, 1986 . He was born in Syra Dwyer . He was a veteran of World cuse, son of Herbert W. and Norma E. War I. Buried :n St. CoJumbkii:e Watson. He served in the Navy during Cemetery. World War II, and was mayor of Ovid from 1~59 to 1973 THE REV. FRANK DERS~AM, 82, of Willard, JuJy 28, 1986. He was ******************************* born in Pennsylvania, son of Thomas and Margaret Turner. He AS SPACE WILL PERMIT, BIRTHS, was pastor of Magee and Phelps MARRIAGES AND DEA THES OF 1847 Baptist Churcnes amo ng others. 1848 and 1849,NEVER BEFO RE Buried i1 MtGrPen Cemetery . PRINTFD WILL BE COPIED . WILLIAM F. MATTESON, 68, of MARRIAGES: 1847 Seneca Falls, died Aug. 2, 1986 . John Markham to Matilda McDuffie, He was bcrn in Seneca Fa1ls, Feb. both Varick ages 44 and 39, by Elder 2, 1918, son of James Williams Shaw in Fayette, Sept. 20 . and Mary Agnes Reagan. He was ff veteran of Wcrld ~ar II, serving Morris t. Kinne 27 to Harriet Sayre, with i..he 7tll Division in the 20, both Romu!us, by qev. Calvin G. Pacific Thettre. He received the Carpenter in Vienna, Ortario Co. Purple Heart Award for injuries .Jan . 20. during the capture of the Island of Leyte in 1944 and was also Arth~r Walker, to Margaret Sullivan, awarded the Bronze Sta~ Medal . both Seneca Fails, 37 and 27, by Rev. Buried St . Columbkille Cemeter1. Mr. O'Flaherty, Geneva. Jan. 17. THE REV. DAVID R. WAGNER, SS, of iheot!0.'e Do.1ers, 21, to Elizabeth Sen~ca Falls, died Aug. 3. 1986. Huff, 2i, both Ovid by Rev . Benjamin Born in Rush, ~on of Benjamin and warren, Jan. 6. Lillian ~ussell, he was a veter.1n of World War II ~ith the Army Jnrvis S. Southerland, 25 to Em1Jy Air Corps. He was a rftdio evange- Northrup, 25, both Junius, by Lewis 1 ist on WAU8 for 13 years . Buried B. Southerland, Junius, Jan. 20 . in Pine Hill Cemetery, Rus~. Benjamin Scrtt, 25 to Lydia ? both CHARLES E. RYAN. 70, cf Seneca Fayette, by Rev. Mr. Shaw, De c . 27, Fall$, died Aug. 5, 1986. Born in 1846. Auburn, son of Thomas 1nd Lorie Ne 1 son. lie was a veteran of Walter G. aenn~t:, Ovid 28, to World War 'T i~ the Marine Corps. Lucinda Wilkins, FarmerviliP., /4, hy Buried St. Joseoh CemetLry, Rev. \.lil!iam McCarthy, Farmerville, Auburn. Feb. J. JOHN DAVID STEWART, 29 of Town Robert Cross, 35 of Phelps, to of Seneca Falls died Aug. 12, Henrietta Strong, Tyre, 28, by 1986 in a tractor=trailer acc Samuel H. Gridley. Waterloo, Jan. 28 . ident in Yates Co. ·le was bc"'n ir Rochester, March l. 1957. son of Karlyle a~d Lucy Kent. He was a 24