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Tl»e digitol doto were used to create Cornell's replacement volume on paper that meets ANSI Standard Z39.48-1 992. Cl^ocnell Hniaecaitg Sibrarg It^ata, Slem Qatk BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE JACOB H. SCHIFF ENDOWMENT FOR THE PROMOTION OF STUDIES IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION 1918 Military History -OF- yAyt^E Coii^jy^ N- Y- '\l^ C^Li n\sj i Q \l\i^ CiVi I Wap. BY LEU/IS H. cmm PUBLISHERS: LEWISH, CLARK, HULETT & G-fiYLDRI], SDDTTS, N, Y. TRIIiilR, SMITH & HR-OCE, PrlntETS and HlndETS, SyracusE, N, Y, 1BB3, ^^^ DEDICATION. THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDI- CATED TO THE SURVIVING SOLDIERS OF THE COUNTY OF WAYNE, AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO PER- ISHED IN WAR, OR WHO HAVE GONE DOWN TO HONOR- ED GRAVES IN THE SUCCEE®ING YEARS OF PEACE. THEIR HEROIC SACRIFICES CONSTITUTE THE PRICELESS INHERITANCE OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND THE RECORD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS WILL FORM ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST PAGES IN THE ANNALS OF THE COUNTY THROUGH ALL COMING TIME. P^Er/\. CE In the month of December, 1 880, the author of the pres- ent work was at Newburgh finishing the history of Orange county, upon which he had been engaged for several months, in company with Mr. E. M. Ruttenber, a gentleman of emi- nent qualifications. Urging him to write a chapter upon the part which the county had taken in the civil war, he replied: "Kchapter!! Impossible! If the publishers will issue a volume, entitled ' Orange County in the Civil War,' I shall be glad to write it." The suggestive remark led to the preparation of the work now submitted to the people of this county. To write Wayne county in the civil war was the original thought. The thought grew as it was studied. It seemed proper to give to such a work an introduction which should allude to previous military events in the history of the county. As soon as the materials were examined they proved to be of too much importance to be compressed within the limits of a simple introduction ; and hence what was intended to be an introductory chapter became an introductory part of nine chapters. This enlargement of the plan rendered the title as originally designed slightly inapplicable, the work having expanded to a general military history of the county. It was evident, too, that any such historical work would be increased in value by including a notice of the civil organization of the county, with a list of officers, from the beginning to the present time. Hence the first chapter of the first part took its present form. It is believed that it 6 PREFACE. now comprises within a few pages, easy of reference, clearer and more complete information upon the organization of the cdunty and of the several towns than is found in any book heretofore published- In chapters two, three, four and six of part first, several matters are treated of which are not exclusively military, but they are either closely connected with military matters or a discussion of them seemed necessary to explain actual military affairs. The preparation of this volume has required extensive research and careful investigation. An examination of its contents will show the magnitude of the imdertaking. In attempting to publish a book which contains names by the thousand, and so large a number of dates, it is too much to hope that perfect accuracy has been secured. It is scarcely, possible that every name will be found correctly written or every date correctly given. It has been the steady aim of the author, however, to reduce the ordinary errors found in names and dates to the smallest possible percentage. Neither labor nor expense has been spared to accomplish this end. To perfect the soldiers' Hsts by towns several sources of information have been sought. 1st. All the names found in the imperfect lists of the Wayne County History of' 1876 were taken. 2d. The eight large volumes containing the muster-in rolls of the State were searched for additional names. 3d, The marshals' reports of 1865, prepared in taking the census (bound up and deposited in the County Clerk's office), were carefully read. 4th. The muster-out rolls, on file in the Adjutant-Gen- eral's office at Albany, were thoroughly studied. 5th. Newspaper lists of enlisted men, or of the killed and wounded, were used to perfect the records. PREFACE. 7 6th. General inquiry has been made from every available source. 7th. Subscribers to the book have been afforded an opportunity of writing out their own records upon blanks furnished to them, and these blanks have been freely dis- tributed, whether soldiers subscribed or not. Equal care has been given to all other portions of the book. The author is very sure that he has had in the preparation of this volume a deep, personal interest, amounting almost to actual enthusiasm, as he has studied the patriotic services of the soldiers of Wayne. He is equally conscious that he has devoted to the work a great amount of steady and per- sistent labor, with the sincere design of making the best pos- sible book upon the subject. He therefore confidently sub- mits the finished work to the charitable, reasonable judgment of the public. Acknowledgments are due to the editors of all the news- papers published in the county for the hearty words of encouragement they have at all times given to the work, and for the courtesy and liberality which they have shown in publishing numerous and repeated requests for information upon various points as well as articles of greater length, explanatory of the designs. Books consulted have been Turner's History of Phelps' and Gorham's Purchase, Charlevoix Works, Champlain's Journals, Adjutant-Generals' reports. Colonel Kreutzer's valuable history of the Ninety-Eighth, Hall's " Cayuga in the Field," Mcintosh's Wayne County History, Judd's His- tory of the Thirty-Third, French's State Gazetteer, Super- visors' proceedings, Military Register of 1823, Lossing's Field Book of 1812, History of the War of 18 12 — published in 1816, and others "too numerous to mention." Thanks are hereby returned to Rev. Dr. Hawley and Col. John S. Clark, of Auburn ; to George Conover, of Geneva, 8 PREFACE. and to Hon. Diedrich Willers, of Seneca county, for assist- ance rendered, suggestions made and material furnished. Within the county various correspondents are entitled to thanks for prompt response to letters of inquiry and for val- uable data furnished. To all who have afforded any aid whatever our acknowledgments are hereby tendered. The courtesy of various public officers in furnishing access to records, and of publishers in allowing free use of their files is worthy of thanks. Special credit for material furnished will appear in the various chapters. L. H. C. P^^RJ Pl^SJ. CHAPTER I. WTKODTJCTOKT — FORMATION OF THE COUNTY — COUNTY OFFICBKS AND THE BAB OF WAYNE COUNTY, 1823 — OFFICERS TO THE PRESENT TIME — TOWNS — FIRST MEETINGS — SUPERVISORS DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. THE earliest county organization extended over Western New York was that of Albany. This was one of the original twelve counties into which the province of New York was divided by an act of the Colonial Legislature, passed November i, 1683. Albany was then described as comprising " the manor of " Rensselaerwyck, Schenectady, and all the villages, neigh- "borhoods and Christian plantations on the east side of " Hudson's river, from Roeloffe Jansen's creek, and on the " west side from Sawyer's creek to the outermost end of " Saraghtoga." This description can scarcely be said to include the terri- tory of Western New York, which was then an unknown land. It limited Albany county north and south, but left its western boundary indefinite. Subsequent statutes, how- ever, made Albany county to include the whole territory of the province westward ; but no exercise of county authority under the name of Albany could have taken place upon the soil of Wayne. The next county organization in order was that of Montgomery (first called Tryon), which was formed from Albany, March 12, 1772, just before the opening of the Revolutionary war. All of Western New York was virtually included in Mont- gomery county for seventeen years. At the close of that period it had become necessary that actual civil authority should be exercised over this section of country. lO MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. The purchase by Phelps & Gorham in 1787 led to imme- diate settlement, and Ontario county was formed from Montgomery, January 27, 1789. Canandaigua became the county seat. A part of the terri- tory now included in Wayne county was included in Ontario for thirty-four years, and the early settlement of western Wayne took place under that organization. The eastern part of Wayne county must be traced through a different line. Ontario county had been taken from Montgomery in 1789, bounded east by the " old pre-emption line." Herki- mer county was next formed from Montgomery, February 16, 1791, extending westward to the same pre-emption line. From Herkimer, Onondaga county was formed, March 5, 1794. Cayuga cotmty was formed from Onondaga, March 8, 1799, and finally Seneca was organized out of the territory of Cayuga, March 29, 1804. This brings the record down to the formation of Wayne county, which took place April II, 1823. The present territory of Wayne lying east of the "new pre-emption line " was taken from Seneca, comprising Huron, Wolcott,* Rose, Butler, Galen and Savannah. The territory lying west of that line was taken from Ontiario County, Sodus, Williamson, Ontario, Marion, Wal- worth, Lyons, Arcadia and Macedon. ABSTRACT OF THE ACT ERECTING THE COUNTY. AN ACT to erect a new county from parts of the counties of Ontario and Seneca, by the name of Wayne, and for other purposes. Passed April i-i, 1823: Section i. Be it enacted by the people of the State of New York represented in S.enateand Assembly, that all that part of the counties of Ontario and Seneca hereinafter men- tioned ; that is to say, the towns of Wolcott and Galen, in *It appears that Wolcott was for a time a part of the County of Cayuga. Chapter 94, Laws of 1812, is as follows : "AN ACT to annex the Town of Wolcott, in the County of Seneca, to the "County of Cayuga. Passed June 6, 1813. "Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York, represented in " Senate and Assembly : "That all that tract of land included within the boundaries of the Town of "Wolcott, in the County of Seneca, be annexed to, and from and after the "passage of this act shall form a part of the County of Cayuga." By Chapter 189, Laws of 1817, the town was again made a part Of Seneca County. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. II the county. of Seneca, and the towns of Lyons, Sodus,, Will- iamson, Ontario, Palmyra and Macedon, and all that part of the town of Phelps which lies north' of an east and west" line to be run froiri the southwest corner of the town' of Galen, in the county of Seneca, to the east line of the town of Man- chester, in the county of Ontario, together with such part of the territory of said counties as is included between the southern shore of Lake Ontario and the boundary between the United States and Upper Canada on the north, the east- erly line of the town of WOlcott continued to the said boundary line on the east, and the westerly line of the town of Ontario fcontinued to the said boundary line on the west, shall constitute a distinct county, to be known by the name of Wayne. By section second Wm. D. Ford, of Jefferson county, Samuel Strong, of Tioga county, and Oliver P Ashley, ot Greene county, were appointed a commission to determine the proper site of the court house and jail. By section three, courts were provided for. By section four the first term of the Court of Common Pleas for the new county was required to be holden in the Presbyterian church at Lyons. By section five, authority was given Wayne county to confine prisoners in the jail of Ontario county. By section six the county was declared to be entitled to two members of Assembly. ******* By section nine, Nathaniel Kellogg, William Patrick and Simeon Griswold were appointed commissioners to erect jail and court house. By section ten the first meeting of the supervisors was directed to be held at the house of Henry L. Woolsey, in Lyons, first Tuesday of October, 1823. The election for county officers was held May 6, 1823. The Board of Canvassers, which received the returns and made the determination of the result, consisted of Enoch Morse, of Sodus ; Russell Whipple, of Williamson ', Ezekiel Price, of Lyons; Elisha Benjamin, of Wolcott; Frederick Smith, of Palmyra ; Harry ,S. Moore, of Ontario ; William P. Capron, of Macedon, and John Lewis, of Galen. Thomas Armstrong was elected Sheriff ; Israel J. Rich- ardson, Clerk, and Russell Whipple, Coroner. They took the oath of office May 13, 1823. John S. Tallmadge also qualified as Surrogate on the same day, and that may be considered the day of organization. 12 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. The first court was held on the fourth Tuesday of May, 1823. Judge John S. Tallmadge presided, assisted by Enoch Morse and William Sisson. William H. Adams was District Attorney, and the lawyers practicing here were the follow- ing gentlemen, as shown by their signatures to the anti- dueling oath (a curiosity, by the way, still on file in the office of the county clerk) : William H. Adams, Frederick Smith, Orville L. Holley, Wm. J. Hough, John Fleming, Jr., Graham H. Chapin,- Hugh Jameson, William Wells, E. M. Coe, Charles F. Smith, T. P- Baldwin, L. B. Mizner, Nathan Parke, David Hudson, Jesse Clark, Jarred Willson, L. W. Ruggles, Mark H. Sibley, Alexander R. Tiffany, John Ben- ton, Hiram K. Jerome, Rodney Church, George W. Scott, Joseph Skinner, Samuel Dickinson. All of these, except the last five, qualified on the opening of the court. May 23, 1823 — the five a few months later. Judge John S. Tallmadge had been sworn in as Judge, May 7th, before Judge Luther F. Stevens, of Seneca county, and was therefore qualified to administer the oath of office to the County Clerk elect.* The records at Albany show the following appointments for the new county of Wayne. We add, also, a few of the more important officers through subsequent years down to the Constitution of 1 846 : April 18, 1823, Governor and Senate appointed: William Sisson, David Arne, Jonathan Boyington, Judges of the County Courts of the county of Wayne. Ambrose Hall, also nominated by the Governor for Judge, was not confirmed. Subsequently, John S. Tallmadge was nominated in the place of Hall and confirmed. April 18, 1823, John S. Tallmadge was confirmed as Sur- rogate. April 19, 1825, Jacob W. Hallett was confirmed as first Judge of the county of Wayne. *Hugh Jameson was appointed Deputy County Clerk, May 30, 1823, and was active in organizing the business of the office. He was deputy for many years, and his work appears in all the earlier books. Reuben H. Foster was appointed Deputy Sheriff June 21, 1823, and Sanford Sisson, August 4, 1828. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 1 3 January 11, 1826, the Senate confirmed Frederick Smith to be Surrogate of Wayne county, vice Tallmadge, deceased. March 10, 1826, the Senate confirmed Graham H. Chapin to be Surrogate of Wayne county. March 23, 1825, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Truman Heminway and Henry Yersington to be auction- eers of the county of Wayne. April 9, 1824, the Senate confirmed the appointment of George Culver to be Inspector of beef and pork for the county of Wayne. February 21, 1824, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Martin W. Wilcox to be Inspector of distilled spirits for the county of Wayne. March 23, 1827, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Alexander R. Tiffany to be First Judge of the Courts of Wayne county. January 29, 1830, the appointment of William Sisson First Judge was confirmed by the Senate. February 5, 1830, Thomas P. Baldwin, of Palmyra, and Daniel Eddy, of Marion, were appointed Judges. April 20, 1832, Russell Whipple was appointed Judge. April 26, 1833, David Arne, Jr., of Wolcott, wasappointed Judge- January 12, 1830, Graham H. Chapin was appointed Sur- rogate. April 16, 1827, Hiram K. Jerome was appointed Master in Chancer}^ February 11, 1 834, Lyman Sherwood was confirmed by the Senate as Surrogate. February 3, 1835, William Sisson was appointed First Judge. March 13, 1835, Theodore Partridge wasappointed Judge. January 7, 1837, Daniel Poppino and Marvin Rich were appointed Judges vice Whipple and Barber. March 18, 1838, Lyman Sherwood appointed Judge. March 18, 1838, David Arne, Jr., Judge. January 29, 1840, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Hiram K. Jerome, of Palmyra, as First Judge, in place of William Sisson, whose term was to expire February 6, 1840. 14 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. James C. Smith was confirmed as Surrogate April lo, 1843, in place of Lyman Sherwood. April 12, 1843, Oliver H. Palmer wais confirmed as First Judge, in place of Jerome, resigned. May 12, 1846, William H. Adams, of Galen, was appointed First Judge, vice Palmer, resigned. The County Judges elected by the people under the Con- stitution of 1846 have been as follows: George H. Middle- ton, elected fall of 1847; Leander S. Ketehum, 185 1 ; Lyman Sherwood, 1859; George W. Cowles, 1863; Luther M. Nor- ton, 1869; George W. Co wles, 1873; Thaddeus W Collins, 1879, and now in office. CIVIL LIST. SHERIFFS. May 6, 1823 — Thomas Armstrong. Nov. i825^Reuben H. Foster. 1 828^CTillen Foister. 1831— Calvili D. Palmeter. 1 834-^Truman Hemin way, 1837 — Hiram Mann. 1 840 — Simon V. W. Stout. 1843 — ^John Borradaile. 1846 — George W. Barnard. 1 849 — ^Chester A. Ward. 1852 — George W. Paddock. 1855 — WiUiam P. Nottingham. 1858 — Adrastus Snedaker. 1 861 — John P. Bennett. 1864— Bartlett R. Rogers. 1867 — John P. Bennett. , 1870 — John N. Brownell. 1 873— Richard P. Groat. 1876— Thomas M, Clark. 1879— William J- Glen. 1 882--Vernori R, 'Howell. CpUNTy CLERKS, May 6, 1823 — Israel J. Richardson. Nov. 1825 — John Barber, Jr. 1828^-John Barber, Jr. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. I 5 Nov. 1 83 1 — John L. Cuyler. (Resigned after serving two years^ 1833 — Cullen Foster. 1836 — Cullen Foster. 1839 — James Hawley. 1842 — Daniel Chapman. 1845 — Alexander B. Williams. 1848 — Alexander B. Williams. 1851 — Saxon B. Gavitt. 1854^ — Saxon B. Gavitt. 1857 — Lyman Lyon. i860 — Lyman Lyon. ■• 1863 — Clark Mason. 1866 — Thaddeus W. Collins. 1869— Albert F. Redfield. 1872 — Alfred H. Gates. 1875 — Volney H. Sweeting. 1878— Abel J. Bixby. 1 88 1 — John McGonigal. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. May, 13, 1823 — William H. Adams. . Sept. 23, 1823 — William H. Adams., Sept. 26, 1829 — Graham H. Chapin. Sept. 29, 1830 — William H. Adams. Feb. I, 1831— John M. Holley; Jan. 31, 1835 — Theron R. Strong. Feb. 26, 1839 — Charles W. Lawton. Oct. 5, 1842— John M. Holly. Sept. 26, 1845 — George H. Middleton. May 26, 1845 — Lyman Sherwood. June — 1847 — Coles Bashford. Oct. 6, 1850— George Olmsted. (In place of Bashford, resigned.) Nov. — 1850 — Stephen K. Williams, 1853 — Joseph Welling. 1856— Jared F. Harrison. (Served only 2 years.) 1858 — Jacob B. Decker. . 1 861— William F. Aldrich. 1864— George W- Williams, Jr. 1867 — John H. Camp. ,, ,1870— Charles H. Roys. 1873 — Murganzy Hopkins. 1876 — Marvin ]. Greenwood. 1879— John Vandenburgh. 1882 — ^Jefferson W- Hbag. l6 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, COUNTY TREASURERS. Oct. — 1823 — Samuel Hecox was appointed by the Board of Supervisors, and served, by successive reappointments, for nineteen years, until November 13, 1841. -Under that date Seth Smith was chosen and served one year. Nov. 19, 1842 — Joseph M. Demmon. Nov. 18, 1845 — Joseph M. Demmon. (After the Constitu- tion of 1846, County Treasurers were elected by the people, as follows:) Nov. 1848— Bartlett R. Rogers. 185 1 — Philander P. Bradish. 1857 — John Adams. i860 — John Adams. 1862 — Smith A. Dewey. 1865 — Smith A. Dewey. 1868 — Smith A. Dewey. 1 87 1— William R. Stults. 1874— William R. Stults. 1877 — William R. Stults. (Resigned Jan. 2, 1 879.) Jan. 3, 1879 — Elijah P. Taylor. (Appointed by Board of Supervisors.) Nov. 1879 — Andrew F. Sheldon. 1882 — Andrew F. Sheldon. Assemblymen* prior to 1823, for the counties from which Wayne was formed : — Ontario — Isaac I. Chapin, i792-'3 ; Thomas Morris, 1794, 1795, 1796; Lemuel Chipman, Charles Williamson, 1798. Ontario with Steuben, 1799 — Amos Hall, Charles William- son. Cayuga, 1800 — Silas Halsey. Ontario with Steuben, 1800 — Nathaniel Norton, Charles Williamson. Cayuga, 1802 — Solomon Buell. Ontario with Steuben, 1802 — Daniel Chapin, Peter B. Porter. Cayuga, 1803 — Salmon Buell, Silas Halsey, Thomas Hewett. Ontario with Genesee, 1803 — Thaddeus Chapin, Augustus Porter, Polydore B. Wisner. Cayuga, 1804 — Silas Halsey, Thomas Hewitt, Amos Rathbun. * Of course not many of these men resided in what is now Wayne County. All are given here for convenience of reference by those studying the history of this section. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE. COUNTY. 1 7 Ontario with Genesee, 1804 — Amos Hall, Polydore B. Wisner, Nathaniel W. Howell. Seneca, 1805 — John Say re. Ontario with Genesee, 1805 — Amos Hall, Daniel W. Lewis, Alexander Rea. Seneca, 1806 — Cornelius Humphrey. Ontario with Genesee, 1806 — ^Daniel W. Lewis, Ezra Pat- terson, Alexander Rea. Seneca, 1807 — Cornelius Humphrey. Ontario, with Genesee and Allegany, 1807 — Alexander Rea, Philetus Swift, Asahel Warner. Seneca, 1808 — John Sayre. Ontario, with Genesee and Alleganv — Amos Hall,* Will- iam Rumsey, Philetus Swift, Asahel Warner, Jr. Seneca, 1809 — James McCall. Ontario, 1809— Micah Brooks, Samuel Lawrence, Richard Laech, Hugh McNair, William Rogers. Seneca, 18 10 — Oliver Comstock. Ontario, 18 10— Valentine Brother, Israel Chapin, Daniel Dorsey, William Markham, Gideon Pitts. Seneca,*i8ii — Robert S. Rose. Ontario, 1811 — Septimus Evans, Reuben Hart, Hugh McNair, Stephen Phelps, Asahel Warner. Seneca, 181 2 — Oliver Comstock. Ontario, 1812 — Nathaniel Allen, Valentine Brother, David Sutherland, Joshua Van Fleet, Ezra Waite. Seneca, 181 3 — James McCall. Ontario, 181 3 — Abraham Dox, Gilbert Howell, Hugh McNair, David Sutherland, Asahel Warner. Seneca, 1814 — James McCall. Ontario, 18 14 — Hugh McNair, Stephen Phelps, Dalvid Sutherland, Joshua Van Fleet, Asahel Warner. Seneca, 1815 — David Woodcock. Ontario, 1815 — Peter Allen, John Price, James Roseburgh, Ira Selby, David Sutherland. Seneca, 1816 — Nicholas Halsey, Jacob D. Larzelere, Will- iam Thompson. Ontario, 18 16 — ^ Peter Allen, Israel Chapin, Jonathan Child, Henry Fellows, Myron Holley, Alexander Kelsey, Thomas Lee, Roger Sprague. Seneca, 1 8 1 7 — Archer Green, Jacob D. Larzelere, William Thompson. Ontario, 1817— -Peter Allen, Jonathan Child, Byram Green, Caleb Hopkins, Joshua Lee, James Roseburgh, Nathan Whitney. * Returned as elected ; resigned in favor of Rumsey. 2 1 8 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Seneca, 1818 — Myndert M. Dox,* John Sutton, William Thompson. Ontario, 1818 — Phineas P. Bates, Nathaniel Case, Samuel Lawrence, James Roseburgh, Ira Selby, John VanVossen, Ezra Waite. Seneca, 18 19 — William Thompson, Annanias Wells. Ontario, 1819 — William Billinghurst, Byram Green, Eli Hill, William McCartney, Elijah Spencer, John A. Stevens, Asahel Warner. Seneca, 1820 — Thomas Armstrong, Robert S. Rose. Ontario, 1820 — Valentine Brother, Byram Green, John Price, John C. Spencer, Elisha B. Strong, John VanVossen, Matthew Warner. Seneca, 1 82 1 — Robert S. Rose, WiUiam Thompson. Ontario, 1821 — Claudius V. Boughton, William Cornwell, Oliver Culver, Truman Hart, Myron HoUey, John C. Spen- cer, William H. Spencer. Seneca, 1822 — James Dickson, John Maynard. Ontario, 1822 — Birdseye Brooks, Byram Green, Isaac Marsh, Aaron Remer, David White. Seneca, 1823 — Jonas Seeley, Annanias Wells. Ontario, 1823 — Birdseye Brooks, Richard Hogarth, Jacob Leach, Aaron Remer, Ira Selby, Philetus Swift. MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY FOR WAYNE COUNTY. 1824 — James Dickson, Russell Whipple. '25 — Wm. H. Adams, Enoch Morse. '26 — Ambrose Hall, John L. Kip. '27 — Thomas Armstrong, Jonathan Boynton. '28 — Thomas Armstrong, Luther Fillmore. '29 — Thomas Armstrong, Jonathan Boynton. '30 — Luther Chapin, Seth Eddy. '31 — Annanias Wells, Seth Eddy. '32 — James Humeston, Ambrose Salisbury. '33 — James Humeston, Ambrose Salisburj'. '34^ — James P. Bartle, Russell Whipple. '35 — Elisha Benjamin, Wm. D. Wylie. '36 — Reuben H. Foster, Robert Alsop. '37 — David Arne,Jr., Pomeroy Tucker. '38 — John M. Holley, Esbon Blackmar. '39 — Thomas Armstrong, Ambrose Sahsbury. '40 — Horace Morley, Durfee Osband. '41 — John M. Holley, Esbon Blackmar. *Died, in Buffalo, on the 8th of Sept., 1830, Myndert M. Dox, Esq., late Col- lector of the Port of Buffalo, and during the last war a Captain in the U. S. anny. He was a gallant officer ami won the esteem of his associates. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 19 1842 — James M. Wilson, Theron R. Strong. '43 — Philip Sours, Frederick U. Sheffield. '44 — Austin Roe, Isaac R. Sanford. '45 — John J. Dickson, Alanson M. Knapp. '46 — James T. Wisner, EHas Durfee. '47 — Israel R. Southard, Samuel Moore. '48 — Eliada Pettit, John Lapham. '49 — Isaac Bottum, Theron G. Yeomans. '50 — James M. Wilson, Elihu Durfee. '51 — Edward W. Bottum, Theron G. Yeomans. '52 — William Dutton, Theron G. Yeomans. '53 — Benjamin H. Streeter, Loami Wh'itcomb. '54_Willis G. Wade, John P. Bennett. '55 — James T. Wisner, John P. Bennett. '56 — Harlow Hyde, Thomas Barnes. '57 — Thomas Johnson, Joseph Peacock. '58 — Edward W. Sentell, Charles Estes. '59 — Henry K. Graves, John A. Laing. '60 — James M. Servis, Abel J. Bixby. '61 — Jabez S. L'Amoreaux, Joseph W. Corning. '62 — Eron N. Thomas, Abram Pryne. '63 — Thaddeus W. Collins, Lemuel Durfee. '64 — Thaddeus W. Collins, Lemuel Durfee. '65 — Thaddeus W. Collins, William H. Rogers. '66 — John Vandenburgh, William H. Rogers. '6^ — John Vandenburgh, Ornon Archer. '68— De Witt Parshall, Elijah M. K. Glenn. '69 — Merritt Thornton, Amasa Hall. '70 — Anson S. Wood, Amasa Hall. '71 — Anson S. Wood, Henry R. Durfee. '72 — Edward B. Wells, Lucien T. Yeomans. '72 — Edward B. Wells, Lucien T. Yeomans. '74 — Emory W. Gurnee, Henry M. Clark. '75_W'm. H. Clark, Allen S. Russell. '76— Emory W. Gurnee, Allen S. Russell. 'j'j — Jackson Valentine, Jeremiah Thistlewaite. '78 — Jackson Valentine, James H. Miller. '79 — John A. Munson, Jefferson Sherman. '80 — Alfred P. Crafts, Jefferson Sherman. '81 — Rowland Robinson, Addison Gates. '82 — Oscar Weed, Wm. E. Greenwood. '83 — Oscar Weed, Leman Hotchkiss. SENATORS FROM WAYNE COUNTY. 1823, '24 — Byram Green. '30, '31 — Thomas Armstrong. '32, '33— Thomas Armstrong. 20 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 1834, '35 — Thomas Armstrong. '36, '37 — Thomas Armstrong. '43, '44 — Lyman Sherwood. •54, 'ss—William Clark. '56, '57 — Samuel C. Cuyler. '58, '59 — Alexander B. Williams. '60, '61 — Alexander B. Williams. '64, '65 — Stephen K. Williams. '66, '67— Stephen K. Williams. '68, '69— Stephen K. Williams. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE SENATE. 1868, '69 — John H. Kemper. '76, '"jf- — John W. Corning. '80, '81 — John W. Corning. '82, '83 — John W. Corning. DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE. 1840, '41 — Philip M. DeZeng. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 1867 — John H. Kemper. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF COMMON SCHOOLS. Under the act of April 17, 1843, this office was created. It was abolished March 13, 1847. The appointments for Wayne * county were : Nov. II, 1841 — Philo D. Green. Nov. 18, 1843 — Samuel Cole. Nov. 26, 1846 — James Redfield. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. 1824 — Solomon St. John. '28— John Beal. '36 — Alanson M. Knapp. '40 — Charles Bradish. '44 — Jonathan Boynton. '48 — Joseph W. Gates. '60 — William Van Marter. '72 — John H. Camp. '76 — George W. Knowles. SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. Appointed 1856— M. F. Sweeting, Albert S. Todd. * Appointed by the Board of Supervisors. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 21 Elected 1857— M. F. Sweeting, Albert S. Todd. '60 — Thomas Robinson, Myron W. Reed. [man. '63 — Alonzo M. Winchester,* Jefferson Sher- •66— John McGonigal, Ethel M. Allen. '69— John McGonigal, Ethel M. Allen. '72— Joseph H. L. Roe, Felix J. Griffin. '75 — Sidney G. Cooke, Wm. T. Goodenough. '78 — Sidney G. Gooke, Wm. T. Goodenough. '81 — E. C. Delano, Daniel VonCruyningham. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. ' 1801 — From Cayuga county then including Eastern Wayne, Silas Halsey. From Ontario then including Western Wayne, Moses Atwater. 1 82 1 — From Seneca county, Robert S. Rose, Jonas Seely. From Ontario county, Micah Brooks, John Price, David Sutherland, Philetus Swift, Joshua VanFleet.. 1846 — From Wayne county, Ornon Archer, Horatio N. Taft. 1867 — Ornon Archer, LeanderS. Ketchum. 1872 — Constitutional Commissioner, Van Rensselaer Rich- mond. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. 1839, '40 — Theron R. Strong, '43, '44 — By ram Green. '47, '48— John M. HoUey.t Esbon Blackmar, (vice HoUey.) '59, '61 — Martin Butterfield. '69, '71 — George W. Cowles. '■jy, '83 — John H. Camp. STATE OFFICERS. From the territory now comprised in the county of Wayne. CANAL COMMISSIONER. Myron Holley, appointed April 17, 181 7. CANAL APPRAISERS. George W. Cuyler, appointed April 18, 1843, declined ; Ambrose Salisbury, appointed May 11, 1843, served three years. * Supervisors awarded certificate of election to Thomas Robinson, but the courts subsequently declared Mr. Winchester elected. •J Died in Florida, March 8, 1848, at Jacksonville. 22 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. Nov. 4, 1851— Theron R. Strong. STATE ENGINEER. Nov. 3, 1857 — Van Rensselaer Richmond. Nov. '59— Van Rensselaer Richmond. Nov. 5, '67 — Van Rensselaer Richmond. Nov. '69 — Van Rensselaer Richmond. SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR. February 3 February 3 February 3 November 30, November 16, November 16, November 13 November 13 November 14 November 14 November 14, November 1 1 Novemberii November 1 1 November 15 November 15 November 15, November 14, November 14, November 14, November 13 November 13 November 13 November 12 November 12 November 12 November 12 November 12 November 12 November i November i November i November i November i November i 13 1830 — Lyman Dunning.* '30 — Isaac Durfee. '30 — Cyrus Smith. '31 — Reuben H. Foster. '32 — Jonathan Boynton. '32 — Lyman Dunning. '33 — Lyman Dunning. '33 — Reuben H. Foster. '34 — Jonathan Boynton. '34 — Lyman Dunning. '34 — Reuben H. Foster. '35 — Calvin D. Palmeter. '35 — Jonathan Boynton. '35 — Lyman Dunning. '36 — Jonathan Boynton. '36 — James Edwards. '36 — Calvin D. Palmeter. '37 — Calvin D. Palmeter. '37 — James Edwards. '37 — Jonathan Boynton. '38 — Jonathan Boynton. '38 — Calvin D. Palmeter. '38 — James Edwards. '39 — Jonathan Boynton. '39 — James Edwards. '39 — Reuben H. Foster. '40 — Jonathan Boynton. '40 — James Edwards. '40 — Reuben H. Foster. '41 — George Boynton. '41 — Gardner Warren. '41 — Philander Mitchell. '42 — James Edwards. '42 — Martin Lazalier. '42 — Truman Heminway. '■Appointed by the Board of Supervisors. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 23 November 22, 1843 — James Edwards. November 22, '43 — Martin Lazalier. November 22, '43 — Truman Heminway. November 21, '44 — James Edwards. November 21, '44 — Martin Lazalier. November 21, '44 — Truman Heminway.* SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR. 1845 — Abram Parsons. '46— Wm. D. Wylie. '47 — John Dratt.f '48 — Abijah Moore, Maltby Clark, James Miller, Jr. '49 — Nelson D. Young. '50— Duncan Wilson. '51— Maltby Clark. '52— Wm. D. Wylie. '53 — Israel J. Clapp. '54 — Wm. Mockridge. '55— Maltby Clark. '56— Philander Mitchell. '57 — William Mockridge. '58 - Clark PhiUips. '59 — Philander Mitchell. '60 — Isaac Z. Hodges. '61 — John S. Roe. '62— Cliark Phillips. '63 — Isaac Z. Hodges. '64 — John S. Roe. '65 — Durfee Wilcox. '66 — Isaac Z. Hodges. '67— John S. Roe. '68— Durfee Wilcox. '69 — John Everett. '70 — Morgan Cookingham. '71 — Durfee Wilcox. '72 — Johh G. Mead. '73 — Morgan Cookingham. '74— Durfee Wilcox. '75 — John G. Mead. '76 — James B. Wiley. * By Chapter 315, Laws of 1845, one Superintendent of the Poor was directed to be elected by the people at the general election, and his term of office com- menced on the third Monday of November. fBy Chapter 498, Laws of 1847, three Superintendents of the Poor were directed to be elected at the general election of 1848, to be classified for one, two and three years, and thereafter one was to be elected annually, to hold oflSce three years. 24 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 1877 — D wight Flint. '78— John G. Mead. '79 — James B. Wiley. '80— D wight Flint. '&i— William W. Burbank. '82 — James B. Wiley. CORONERS. Elected May 6, 1823 — Russell Whipple, Sanford Sisson, Andrew G. Low, Wm. P. Capron. November, 1825 — Russell Whipple, George Smith, Wm. Terry, Garry Burnham. November, 1828 — Calvin D. Falmeter, James Edwards, Ira White, James Dickson. 1 83 1 — Joseph Williams, James Dickson, Ira White, Harlow Hyde. 1832 — Theodore Partridge, Philip Grandin, Abraham Knapp. 1833 — John Condit. '34 — Joseph Williams. •35_Wm. W. Willets. '36 — John J. Dickson, Abel Wyman, James Satterlee. '37 — Samuel C. Cuyler, Maltby Clark. '38 — Theodore Partridge. '39 — Thomas I. Romeyn, Joseph A. Phelps. '40— Maltby Clark. '41 — Theodore Partridge. '42 — George E. Dill, Peter Thatcher. '43 — Bruce Everson. '44 — Daniel F. Luce. '45 — Caleb A. Carpenter, Oren Gaylord, Edward Beach. '47 — John N. Harder. '48 — John F. Packard,Thomas Wickham, DuncanWilson. '50 — Daniel Jemison. • '51 — Samuel Miller, Jesse Owen, Daniel Grandin. '52 — Harlow Hyde. '53— Wm. Culliford. 'S4 — James W. Pennington, Daniel Grandin. '55— Nathan P. Colvin. '56 — Daniel Conger. '57- — Daniel Grandin, Fenner Palmer. '58— Henry D. Whitbeck. '59^Henry C. Rice. '60 — Russell Allyn,- Fenner Palmer. '61 — Joseph F. Case. '62 — Henry C. Rice. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 2$ 1863— Russell Allyn, Henry R. Taber. '64 — Samuel Weed. '65 — David R. Hamilton. '66 — Henry M. GrifRn, George G. Jessup. '67 — Samuel Weed. '68 — David R. Hamilton. '69 — Abraham J. Barhite, George G. Jessup. '70 — Samuel Weed. '71— A. F. Gillette. '72— Charles H. Kelly. '73 — Alfred P. Crafts, Alexander G. Austin. '74— A. F. Gillette. >5— Charles H. Kelly. '76— Alfred P. Crafts, John D. Briggs. ^7 — George P. Livingston. •78— Charles H. Kelly. '79 — Eben W. Newbury, John D. Briggs. '80 — George P. Livingston. '8i— John Pitkin. '82 — Eben W. Newbury, John D. Briggs. JUSTICES OF SESSIONS. ^49 — John J. Dickson, Clark Mason. '50 — Harlow Hyde, Nathan Bostwick. '51— William A. Fuller, Manlius W. Gage. '52 — Isaac E. Beecher, William A. Fuller. '53 — Theodore Dickinson, William A. Fuller. '54 — Chauncey B. Collins, Reuben T. Conklin. '55 — Harvey Miller, Marvin Rich. '56— Harvey Miller, Ira S. Beal. '57 — Isaac Z. Hodges, Theodore Dickinson. '58 — Joseph F. Case, Theodore Dickinson. '59 — Luther M. Norton. Simon V. W. Stout. '60— Aldice P. Warren, Merritt Purdy. '61— George E. Dill, Simon V. W. Stout. '62— Merritt Purdy, Simon V. W. Stout. '63— Simon V. W. Stout, George E. Dill. '64 — Henry R. Tabor, Alonzo W. Casey. '65 — Henry R. Tabor, Alonzo W. Casey. '66 — Joseph F. Case, George E. Dill. '67 — Joseph F. Case, George E. Dill. '68— Joseph Peacock, Reuben T. Conklin. '69 — :Canneld C. Teall, John L. Hedden. '70 — Alonzo W. Casey, Thomas Johnson. '71 — Richard T. Ellison, Alonzo W. Casey. '72 — John L. Hedden, Eben W. Newbury. 26 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 1873— John D. Bennett, Edgar W. Kelly. '74— John D. Bennett, Edgar W. Kelly. '75_John D. Bennett, Alanson Church. •■jd — John D. Bennett, Alonzo W. Casey. •'J-] — Henry R. Tabor, Alonzo W. Casey. '78 — Jacob T. Van Buskirk, Alanson Church. "70 — Richard T. Ellison, Alanson Church. '80 — Fred A. Peacock, Alanson Church. '8 1 — Charles O. Peterson, Samuel A. Jones. '82 — Charles O. Peterson, Samuel A. Jones. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The first meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County, was held at Henry L. Woolsey's hotel, in the village of Lyons, on the first Tuesday of October, 1823. The Super- visors present were Eli Frisbie, of Galen ; Robert W. Ash- ley, of Lyons ; Abraham Spear, of Macedon ; Luther Fill- more, of Ontario ; William Rogers, Jr., of Palmyra ; Arad Tallcott, of Wolcott ; Russell Whipple, of Williamson. Luther Fillmore, of Ontario, was chosen chairman, and Robert W. Ashley, clerk /ro tern. Alexander R. Tiffany was afterwards chosen permanent clerk. Samuel Hecox was elected Treasurer of the county. His bond was required to be made in the sum of $20,000, and the sureties were Cyrus Hecox, Jacob Leach and Stephen M. Palmer, all of Lyons. The Board approved the bonds and sureties of the committee who had charge of the erection of the public buildings of the county. Ebenezer Smith, of Lyons, was allowed seventy-six dollars and sixty-two cents damages on account of a road laid out through his improved land, and two dollars and twenty-five cents costs. The same sum was voted to Joseph Luce, of Lyons, for a like purpose. Peter Brinkerhoff, of Wolcott, on account of similar dam- ages, was allowed eighteen dollars, and Thomas Armstrong, two hundred and forty dollars ; Peter Eddy, of Williamson, ten dollars, and David Eddy, eleven dollars ; Levi Ward, of Macedon, fifteen dollars and eighty-three cents; Zina L. Buck, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, and Reuben Starks, seventeen dollars and fifty cents, to be assessed on' Palmyra and Macedon ; also to be assessed on the same towns, dam- ages to Darius Comstock, Otis Comstock and Asa B. Smith, two hundred and five dollars and seven cents. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 27 Five thousand dollars were appropriated for contingent purposes, including twenty-five hundred to build court house and jail. A State tax of one mill on the dollar, was ordered to be raised. The town of Wolcott was assessed sixty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents, to be paid to Kitchel Bell, Peter Pratt and Hastings Curtiss, for services as a commission to lay out a road, it is presumed, or to appraise damages. It was voted that five per cent, be added to all sums required to be col- lected. In accordance with a law passed by the Legislature directing a road to be. laid out in the town of Wolcott, five mills was assessed on each dollar of the valuation of farms adjoining said road. Bills were audited in favor of Samuel Strong, Oliver P. Ashley, William D. Ford, Henry L. Woolsey, William H. Adams, John Barber, Seth Eddv, Nell Alexander, Thomas Wickham, Daniel Grandin, John R. Taintor, Alexander B. Roys, Samuel Hecox, Samuel Soverhill, George B. Brinker- hoff, David Arne, Jr., Jacob M. Gilbert, George Smith, John M. Gillespie, Henry Parks, James Reeves, Oliver Clark, Stephen J. Hazard, John Lewis, Zadock Huggins, Andrew Cornwell, George Crane, Isaac Durfee, Nathaniel Kellogg, Simeon Griswold, William Patrick, Marvin Rich, Abraham Spear, Alexander R. Tiffany, Israel J. Richardson, John S. Tallmadge, Joel Blakeman, David Hanchett, A. Dorsey, Jonathan Boynton, Annanias Wells, Stephen Ferguson, Reuben H. Foster, James Dickson, Thomas Armstrong, Newell Taft, William Voorhies, Abner Brown, and Sanford Sisson. The real estate of each town was stated as follows ; Galen, $385,531; Lyons, $518,709; Macedon, $289,571; Ontario, $270,227; Palmyra, $358,654; Sodus, $261,273; Williamson, $297,232 ; Wolcott, $389,136. The personal estate was given at the following figures : Galen, $7,499 ; Lyons, $21,224 ; Macedon, $19,973 ; Ontario, $2,750; Palmyra, $49,306 ;■ Sodus, $3,377 ; Williamson, $11,- 989 ; Wolcott, $2,997. At that time Lyons included what is now Arcadia. Wol- cott included Huron, Rose and Butler; Galen included 28 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Savannah ; Williamson included Marion ; and Ontario in- cluded Walworth. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The presiding officers of the Board have been as follows : Luther Fillmore, 1823-24; Russell Whipple, 1825; James P. Bartle, 1826; Russell Whipple, i827-'28; Thomas Arm- strong, i829-'30-'3i ; Luther Fillmore, 1832; Thomas Arm- strong, 1833 ; Russell Whipple, 1834 ; James P. Bartle, 1835 ; Daniel Poppino, 1836; Ambrose Salisbury, 1837; James P- Bartle, 1838 ; John Adams, i839-'40 ; Joseph Patterson, 1841 ; By ram Green, 1842; Alanson M. Knapp, 1843; Thomas Armstrong, 1844; Philander Mitchell, 1845; John Dradt, 1846; John McLouth, 1847; Philander Mitchell, 1848-49; Thomas Armstrong, i850-'5i; William D. Wylie, 1852; Eron N. Thomas, 1853 J Israel R. Southard, 1854; James D. Ford, 1855; Philander Mitchell, 1856; Elias Durfee, 1857; A. P. Crandall, 1858; Elias Durfee, 1859; James M. Servis, i86o-'6i ; Elon St. John, 1862 ; Jackson Valentine, 1863; Benjamin J. Hance, 1864-65; A. J. Bixby, 1866; Jackson Valentine, 1867-68; William R. Stults, i869-'7o; Benjamin J. Hance, i87i-'72-'73-'74 ; John E. Hough, i875-'76-'77; Alanson Church, 1878; Rowland Robinson, 1879; John P. Bennett, i88q-'8i-'82. CLERKS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Alexander R. Tiffany, 1823 to 1831 ; George W. Scott, 1832-33; Pomeroy Tucker, 1834-35, and resigned during session of 1836; Thomas Lakey, 1836 to 1840; George W. Scott, 1841 ; Robert W.' Ashley, 1842 to 1845 ; Charies A. Hart, 1846; Nathaniel Merrill, 1847, 1848, 1849; John Boylan, 1850 to 1853; C. P. Hopkins, 1854; R. K. Andrews, 1855; J. F. Harrison, 1856 ; John A. Boyd, 1857, 1858, 1859 ; E- Will- ard Sherman, i860 to 1870; Charles P. Patterson, 1 871 to 1882 (twelve years), and the present incumbent of the office. TOWN ORGANIZATION. Before giving the record of town organizations, it is inter- esting to notice that the old town of Canandaigua included all the territory of the nine western towns of Wayne county. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 29 To show the few names from Wayne county in those earliest years, we insert the town officers of Canandaigua in full for five years, 1791 to 1795 inclusive.* {From Canandaigua Town Records.) TOWN OFFICERS OF 1791. Supervisor — Israel Chapin. Town Clerk — James D. Fish. Assessors— ]o\in Call, Enos Boughton, Seth Reed, Nathan Comstock, James Austin, Arnold Potter, Nathaniel Norton. Collectors — Phinehus Bates, John Codding. Overseers of the Poor — Israel Chapin, Nathaniel Gorham. Commissioners of Highways — Othniel Taylor, Joseph Smith, Benjamin Wells. Constables — Nathaniel Sanborh, Jared Boughton, Phineas Pierce. Overseers of Highways and Fence Viewers — James Latta, Joshua Whitney, John Swift, Daniel Gates, Jabez French, Gamaliel Wilder, Abner Barlow, Isaac Hathaway, Hezekiah. Boughton, Eber Norton, WiUiam Gooding, John D. Rob- inson. CANANDAIGUA, 1 792. — TOWN OFFICERS. Supervisor — Israel Chapin. Town Clerk — James D. Fisk. Assessors — JudahColt, David White, Ezra Patterson, Enos Boughton, Nathaniel Norton, Levi Parrish, Elijah Wilder. Collectors — Phinehas Bates, Noah Porter, Solomon Warner, Jonathan Edwards, Eber Norton, Elias Gilbert, Aaron Rice. Overseers of the Poor — Moses Atwater, Israel Chapin. Commissioners of Highways — Othniel Taylor, John Swift, Eber Norton. Constables — Jarvis Rose, John Russell, Asa Ransom, Sey- mour Boughton, Benjamin Keyes, Jonathan Lee, Elizur Hills. Overseers of Highways and Fence Viewers — Orange Brace, Luke Phelps, Hugh Jameson, Israel Chapin, Jr., Job Durfee, Bennett Gates, Nathan Aldrich, Thomas Sisson, Phineahas Stevens, Sanford Williams. * A similar record has been sought for Eastern Wayne, through town records of Junius, or "Washington," but has not been secured in time for this chapter. If found, it will appear in the Appendix. 30 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Overseers of Highways — John D. Robinson, Jonathan Oakes, James Rice, Jabez Morehouse, John Keyes, Nathaniel Norton, William Gooding, William Watkins, Elias Gilbert, Ephraim Wilder. Pound Master — Moses Barlow. Inspectors of Lumber — Othniel Taylor, Jerome Loomis, Phinehas Bates, Joseph Kilburn, Davi'd Gilbert, Eiam Crane, Israel Chapman, Jr. Scaler of Weights and Measures — Samuel Gardner. Sealer of Leather — Daniel Shaw. CANANDAIGUA, 1 793. — TOWN OFFICERS. Supervisor—\sT2i^ Chapin. Town Clerk — Samuel Gardner. Assessors — Moses Atwater, David White, David Suther- land, Enos Boughton, Nathaniel Norton, Levi Parrish, Elijah Wilder. Commissioners of Highways — Othniel Taylor, Ephraim Wilder, John Adams. Constables — Orange Brace, Thomas Rogers, Francis Briggs, Seymour Boughton, Benjamin Keyes, Joel Watkins, Elizur Hills. Pound Masters— Ahner Barlow, Abraham Lane, John Russell, James Gooding. Collectors — Phinehas Bates, Noah Porter, Jared Boughton, John D. Robinson, Israel Beach, Elias Gilbert, Eliezur Hills. Overseers of the Poor — Abner Barlow, Israel Chapin, Jr. Overseers of the Highways — Timothy Dunham, David Sutherland, Charles Adams, Isaac Watkins, Bebus McKin- ney, James Austin, John Codding, Israel Beach, Wilham Markham, Eber Norton, Joseph Brace, Levi Haycock, Daniel Shaw, Rufus Case/ Moses Gunn, Samuel Day, Sr., Nathan Aldridge, Uriiis Gumenstalk, William Rogers, Philetus Swift. CANANDAIGUA, 1 794. — TOWN OFFICERS. Supervisor — Israel Chapin. Town Clerk — James D. Fish. Assessors — Israel Chapin, Jr., William Rogers, Arnold Potter, Jared Boughton, Eber Norton, Jabez Metcalf, John Codding. Collectors — Jonathan Barlow, Jonathan Warner, Otis Com- stock, William Burnet, Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Tib- betts, Theophilus Allen. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 3 1 Overseers of the Poor — Martin Dudley, Phinehas Bates. Coinmissioners of Highways — Othniel Taylor, William Gooding, Jared Boughton. Constables — Gideon Dudley, Timothy Smith, Pardon Dur- fee, Reuben Parish, Seymour Boughton, Jr., Allen Sage, Faunce Codding, Elisha Granger, Benjamin Brown. Overseers of Highways — Francis Briggs, Jabez French, James Lewis, Ephraim Cleaveland, Jr. Overseers of Highways a?td Fence Viewers — Robert Wiley, David Wilder, Nathaniel Fisher, Israel Beach, Erod Hop- kins, Joel Steele, Seymour Boughton, Samuel Bunklebank, John Clark, Seth Ilolcomb, Nathan Waldon, Joab Gillet, Jonathan Smith, Joseph Bradish, Cyrus Parker, John Crandall, David H. Foster, William Burnet, Robert Whit- aker, Seth Spraguejoseph Sanders. . Pound Masters — Abner Barlow, Abram Lane, James Good- ing, William Jackways. CANANDAIGUA, 1 795. — TOWN OFFICERS. Supervisor-. — Israel Chapin. Toivn Clerk — John Wickham. Assessors — Phineas Bates, WiUiam Rogers, Arnold Potter, Jared Boughton, Daniel Chapin, Jabez Metcalf, John Cod- ding. Collectors — Thaddeus Remington, Jonathan Warner, Jona- than Smith, William Adams, Levi Parrish, George Cod- ding, Jr., Pierce Granger. Coinmissioners of Highways — Benjamin Wells, Asher Sax- ton, Daniel Brainerd. Constables — Dirck Speer, Stephen Bates, Samuel Ballard, Reuben Parrish, Jabez Morehouse, Jr., John Keyes, James Gooding, David Herman, Robert Perry. Pound Masters — Thaddeus Remington, Francis Briggs, James Gooding, Reuben Town, Nathan Watkins. Poor Masters — William Clark, Martin Dudley. Overseers of Highways — George Bates, Rouse Perry, Mi- chael Pierce, Jabez Metcalf, John Johnson, Nathan Allen, James Gooding, Gideon King, Elijah Rose, Jonathan Adams, Elisha Brace, Jonathan Barlow. Overseers of Highways and Fence Viewers — Gideon Dud- ley, Hugh Jameson, Elijah Hamlon, Matthew Sweet, John Dillons, Abiather Powers, Bennett Bates, Jacob Gannet, John Russell, Humphrey Sherman, Pierce Granger, William Wyckoff, William Durston, Abraham Lane, Rufus Case, Elam Crane, Joel Howe, John Sutherland, Philander Saxton. 32 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. TOWNS OF WAYNE COUNTY. SODUS was formed by an order of Court, January, 1789. It included the present territory of six other towns, viz. : Will- iamson, Ontario, Marion and Walworth, taken off under the name of Williamson February 20, 1802 ; Lyons and Arcadia taken off, as Lyons, March i, 181 1. The town derives its name from the Bay, and the latter was known to the early French explorers as Osoenodus ; probably changed in common usage to Sodus. The first recorded town meeting was held April 2, 1799, ^t the house of Evert Van Wickle, a mile or more west of what is now Lyons village, on the Lyman farm, so-called. The first town meeting after Lyons was taken off, and Sodus reduced to nearly its present dimensions, was held in 181 1, at the house of Daniel Arms, then standing in what is now an old orchard near the present residence of Edward Messenger, at Wallington. Supervisors — Azariah Willis, elected in the spring of 1799 !* Timothy Smith, 1800, '01 ; John Perrine, 1802, '03 ; Daniel Dor- sey, 1804, '05, '06; Gilbert Howell, 1807, '08, '09, '10 ; Nathan- iel Merrills, 181 1, '12, 13 ; Enoch Morse, 18 14 to 1824, eleven years; Jonathan L. Powell, 1825, '26; Byram Green, 1827; William Danforth, 1828 to 1832, five years; James Edwards, 1833, '34; Robert A. Paddock, 1835, '36, '37; William Edwards, 1838, '39; Byram Green, 1840; Charles W. Rees, 1841 ; Byram Green, 1842 ; Alanson M. Knapp, 1843, '44; Alexander B. Williams, 1845; Jerry C. Rogers, 1846; Thomas Wickham, 1847; Jedediah Allen, 1848; Andrus A. Whitbeck, 1849; Alanson M. Knapp, 1850; Jerry C. Rogers, 1851, '52; Alanson M. Knapp, 1853; Aldice P- Warren, 1854; Noadiah M. Hill, 1855; David Poucher, 1856, '57, '58 ; Merritt Thornton, 1859, '60, '61 ; Levi Gurnee, 1862; Durfee Wilcox, 1863, '64; George W. Tillotson, 1865; *The full list of town officers chosen at the lirst meeting, 1799, were : Aza- riah Willis, Supervisor ; Joseph Taylor, Town Clerk ; Norman Mary, Samuel Caldwell, Charles Cameron, Assessors ; Moses Gill, Evert "Van Wickle, Timothy Smith, Commissioners of Highways ; David Sweezey, Joseph Wood, Constables ; David Sweezey, Collector ; John Van Wickle, Sen., Pence Viewer ; William White, Keuben Adams, Poormasters ; Daniel Kussell, Henry Lovewell, Will- iam White. Pathmasters. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 33 Lewis Bates, 1866, '67 ; George W. Tillotson, 1868, '69, 70, '71 ; Lewis Bates, 1872, '73, '74 ; David Poucher, 1875 ; Charles D. Gaylord, 1876; Rowland Robinson, 1877 ^o 1880, four years ; Lewis H. Clark, 1881, '82, '83. Palmyra was formed by an order of Court January, 1789. Macedon was taken off in 1823. Palmyra was first known as Swift-Town, and then Tolland ; but neither was satisfac- tory to the people, and at a meeting held January 4, 1796, they agreed upon the name Palmyra. It is said to have been suggested by Daniel Sawyer, brother of Mrs. John Swift, who was reading ancient history and had become interested in Palmyra of old. The first town meeting recorded was held the first Tuesday in April, 1796, "at the house of Gideon Durf ee." This was on the. place now owned by the heirs of Captain Ira Lakey, deceased, about half a mile east of the railroad station at Palmyra. Supervisojs — John Swift, elected in 1796;* Jonah Howtll, 1797, 98; John Swift, 1799, 1800, '01, '02; Nathan Comstock, 1803; John Swift, 1804, '05, '06; William Rogers, 1807, '08; Pardon Durfee, 1809 to 1814, six years; David White, 1815 to 1820, six years ; James White, 1821, '22 ; William Rogers, 1823; Stephen Sherman, 1824; Frederick Smith, 1825; Stephen Sherman, 1826; Frederick Smith, 1827, '28 ; Am- brose Salisbury, 1829, '30, '31; Frederick Smith, 1832, '33, '34; Ambrose Salisbury, 1835, '36, '37; George W. Cuyler, 1838, '39; James Hubbell, 1840, '41; Ambrose Salisbury, 1842; Samuel Cole, 1843; Samuel E. Hudson, 1844; Pome- roy Tucker, 1845; WilHam Beals, 1846; Augustus Elmen- dorf, 1847, '48; Thomas W. Gurney; 1849; Augustus Elmen- dorf, 1850; Pomeroy Tucker, 1851, 52; Abraham I. Carl, 1853 ; Philip Palmer, 1854; Charles E. Thurber, 1855 ; A. P. * The full list of town oflBcers chosen in Palmyra at the first meeting, 1796, were : John Swift, Supervisor ; Jonathan Edwards, Town Clerk ; Jonathan Warner, Festus Goldsmith, Humphrey Sherman, Assessors ; William Porter, Collector ; Noah Porter, Thomas Goldsmith, Overseers of the Poor ; Jared Com- stock, Reuben Town, William Rogers, Commissioners of Highways ; Joseph Bradish, James Reieves, Constables ; James Reeves, John Hurlburt, Joel Foster, Festus Goldsmith, Edward Durfee, Luther Sanford, David Warner, Benjamin Wood, Abner Hill, Cyrus Parker, Henry Wilbur, Thomas Hamilton, Henry Lovewell, Norman Mary, Nathan Harris, Jacob Gannett, Pathmasters. 3 34 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Crandall,i856, 57, '58 ; William H. Bowman, 1859; William B. Crandall, i860 ; Henry S. Flower, 1861 to 1865, five years ; Charles J. Ferrin, 1866; Charles D. Johnson, 1867, '68, '69, '70; William Foster, 1871 ; Henry P. Knowles, 1872, '73; Robert Johnson, 1874; George Harrison, 1875 to 1879, five years; Henry M. Clark, 1880, '81 ; Nelson Reeves, 1882, 83. Williamson was formed from Sodus, February 20, 1802, and named for Charles Williamson, the first land agent of the Pultney estate. Ontario, including Walworth, was taken off in 1807, and Marion, in 1825. The first town meeting of Williamson, was held in March, 1803, at the house of Timothy Smith, at Marion Corners. The site is not certainly determined. It is believed to have been at what is known at the " Upper Corners." The pres- ent place of Frank W. Langley, was a tavern, sixty or seventy years ago, and may have been the place of the town meet- ing in 1807. Supervisors — Luke Phelps, 1803 to 1808, six years ; Jacob W. Hallett, 1809, '10, '11 ; Stephen H. Caldwell, 1812 to 1816, five years; David Eddy, 1817, '18, '19, '20; Russell Whipple, 1821 '22; FreemanHart, 1823 ; Russell Whipple, 1824 to 1 831, eight years; Abel Brockway, 1832; Russell Whipple, 1833, '34; Daniel Poppino, i835,'36 ; John Borradaile, i&37,'38 ; William Johnson, 1839, '40; Jedediah Allen, 1 841, '42 ; William John- son, 1843, '44 ; Daniel Grandin, 1845 ; John Cottrell, 1846, '47, '48; WiUiam I. Stoutenberg, 1849; Hiram Gallup, 1850; Hayden W.Curtis, 1851-52; John S.Todd, 1853; Asahel Todd, 1854; EHas Cady, 1855 ; William H.Rogers, i856-,'57, '58/59; Benjamin Hance, 1 860 to 1874, fifteen years ; Wash- ington H. Throop, 187s, '76, yy, '78 ; John P. Bennett, 1879, '80, '8 1, '82, '83. WoLCOTT was formed from Junius, Seneca county, March 24, 1807, though the town vi'as not organized under the law, until 1 8 10. Butler, Rose and Huron were taken off in 1826. The Wolcott records were destroyed by fire about fifteen years ago ; but it is understood that the first town meeting was held the first Tuesday of April, 18 10, in the grist-mill then owned by Jonathan Melvin. The site has been occu- MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 35 pied by a grist-mill to the present time, and is now the property of the Rumsey estate. Supervisors — Osgood Church, 1810, '11,12, '13;* Adonijah Church, i8i4,'i5, '16, '17 ; G.L. Nicholas, 181 8, (succeeded the same year byThomas Armstrong) ; Jesse Mathews, 18 19; Geo. B. Brinkerhoff, 1820; Norman Sheldon, i82i,'22; Arad Tall- cott, 1823; Norman Sheldon, 1824, '25 ; David Arne, Jr., 1826, '27, '28; Daniel Roe, Jr., 1829 to '34, six years; Abel Lyon, 1835; David Arne, Jr., 1836; Abel Lyon, 1837, '38, '39; James M. Wilson, 1840, '41 ; WilHam O.Wood, 1842, '43, '44; Aaron H. Boylan, 1845; James M.Wilson, 1846; William O.Wood, 1847, '48-'49; James M. Wilson, 1850; E. L. Leavenworth, 1851; James M. Wilson, 1852, '53; E. L. Leavenworth, 1854; W. J. Preston, 1855 ; John Boylan, 1856; Andrews Preston, 1857 ; James M. Wilson, 1858, '59; Thad- deus W. Collins, i860; Amos Nash, 1861 ; William O. Wood, 1862, '63, '64, '65 ; Edwin H. Draper, 1866 to 1870, fiveyears ; James W. Snyder, 1871 ; Edwin H. Draper, 1872 to 1877, six years; Marion Conklin, 1878, '79) '80, '81 ; Myron Wood, 1882, '83. Ontario was formed from Williamson under the name of "Freetown" March 27, 1807; afterwards taking the name of the Lake which bounds it on the North. Walworth was taken off in 1829. The town records were destroyed some years ago and the place where the first town meeting was held is not easily ascertained. * Osgood Church was a local agent for the sale of lands on the Williamson Patent. This patent was granted in compensation for the loss of lands in the Gore. His account-book of contracts is still extant, and in possession of Hiram Church, of Wolcott. It is a very important record, opening with the account, of Abraham Bunce, under date of June 16, 1808, and shows the names of one hundred and seventeen early settlers, in the present towns of Wolcott, Butler, Rose and Huron. Osgood Church settled in Wolcott, in the spring of 1808. He was from New Marlboro, Mass. Mr. Church executed this sale of lands under the general agency of Frederick Wolcott, on behalf of Charles William- son, and his successor, Robert Troup. It is the opinion of Hiram Church, that his father suggested the name of Wolcott for this town, in honor of his prin- cipal. The five years, 1812 to 1816, are somewhat conjectural. Hiram Church is of the opinion that his father served four years, and that Adonijah Church sue-- ceeded next. 36 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Supervisors — The names of the Supervisors prior to 1823 have not been secured for the same reason and because the records of the Ontario County Board of Supervisors are also missing for the early years. Luther Fillmore, 1823 to 1828, six years ; Joseph Patterson, 1829; Henry L. Gilbert, 1830; Joseph Patterson 1831, '32; John Stolp, 2nd, 1833, '34; Joseph Patterson, 1835, '36; Joseph W. Gates,- 1837, '38, '39; William A. Fuller, 1840; Joseph Patterson, 1 841, '42; Ira Hill, 1843 ; Billings P. Bab- cock, 1844; Joseph W. Gates, 1845, '46, '47; Elihu Durfee, 1848; Benjamin Mack, 1849, '50; D. Whitcomb, 1851 ; Ira Hill, 1852; Joseph Patterson, 1853; Ezra Duel, 1854; Abel J. Bixby, 1855 ; Benjamin Mack, 1856; Abel J. Bixby, 1857 ; Ezra Duel, 1858 ; Stephen N. Maine, 1859 ; Joseph W. Gates, i860; Theophilus Williams, 1861, '62, '63; Abel J. Bixby, 1864, '65, '66; John C. Houck, 1867, '68; Abel J. Bixby, 1869; Rensselaer Palmer, 1870; Abel J. Bixby, 1871 ; Joseph Middleton, 1872 ; Francis A. Hill, 1873, '74 ; E.Munsell Davis, 1875; Byron W Gates, 1876; Stephen N. Maine, 1877, '78, '79, '80, '81, 82 ; F. A. Hill, 1883. Lyons was formed from Sodus, March i, 1811, taking the name of the village which is said to have been given to the place by Capt. Williamson from some fancied resemblance in situation to the city of that name in France. Arcadia was taken off in 1825. The town records for the early years are missing, and the Supervisors' records of Ontario county are lost ; therefore the early supervisors cannot be given prior to 1823.* Supervisors — Robert W. Ashley 1823; James P. Bartle, 1824 ; Oliver Allen, 1825, '26; Robert W. Ashley, 1827, '28, '29, '30; Abel Lyman, 1831 ; Eli Johnson, 1832, '33 ; John M. Holley, 1834, '35, '36, '37; Nelson Peck, 1838; John Adanas, 1839, '40; John Lay ton, 1841 ; Aaron Remsen, 1842 ; CuUen Foster, 1843 ; Thomson Harrington, 1844, '45 ; John Layton, 1846, '47, '48, '49; Cullen Foster, 1859; Aaron Remsen, 185 1 ; Jas, Rogers, 1852; W. W. Sanford, 1853; Bartlett R. Rogers, 1854; Dewitt W. Parshall, 1855 ; Miles S. Leach, 1856; John * The place of the first town meeting was the Cronise farm a few miles west of Lyons village. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 37 Adams, 1857; Caleb Rice, 1858; Bartlett R. Rogers, 1859, '60, '61 ; Miles S. Leach, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '66, 'ej, '68 ; Nelson R. Mirick, 1870, '71, '72, '73, '74; Wm. VanMarter, 1875, '76, '77; George W. Cramer, 1878, '79; Leman Hotchkiss, 1880, '81, '82; M. H. Dillenbeck, 1883. Galen was formed from Junius, Seneca county, February 14, 1812. The town was a part of the military lands, and the towns upon those lands received ^classical names. Galen was so named in view of the fact that several surgeons of the Revolutionary army drew lands in that town and the name of the famous physician . and surgeon of the second century was an appropriate selection from the noted men of antiquity. The place of the first town meetingis not ascertained, as the ■early records are destroyed.* Supervisors — Jonathan Melvin, 1812; James Dickson, 1813, '14, '15 ; Loammi Beadle, i8i6,'i7; Ann4nias Wells, 1818; Benjamin Langdon, 1819; Annanias Wells, 1820; James Dickson, 1821 ; Annanias Wells, 1822 ; Eli Frisbie, 1823, '24; Annanias Wells, 1825 to 1830, six years; James Humiston, 1 83 1 ; Annanias Wells, 1832, '33, '34, '35 ; Hiram Smith, 1836 ; Annanias Wells, 1837; Hiram P- Jones, 1838, '39; Ananias Wells, 1840; Aaron V. Waterbury, 1841, '42 ; Israel R. South- ard, 1843, '44, '45, '46; Aaron V. Waterbury, 1847; Samuel S. Briggs, 1848; Isaac Miller, 1849; Wm. C. Ely, 1850; B. H. Streeter, 1851 ; Zina Hooker, 1852, '53; Israel R. South- ard, 1854, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59; Byron Ford, i860; Albert F. Redfield, 1861, '62, '63 ; Porter G. Denison, 1864, '65, '66; Mathew Mackie, 1867; Stephen .D. Streeter, 1868, '69; Edward B. Wells, 1870, '71 ; Mathew Mackie, 1872 ; Emory W. Gurnee, 1873 ; E. W. Sherman, 1874, '75 ; Thomas P. Thorn, 1876; Elijah P- Taylor, Jr., 1877, '78; Adrastus Snedaker, 1879; Albert F. Redfield, 1880, '81; Marvin S. Roe, 1882; George G. Roe, 1883. Macedon was formed from Palmyra, January 29, 1823. No special reason for the name has been discovered in our * Subsequent enquiry has shown that the first town meeting of Galen was leld at the house of Jonathan Melvin, which stood on the site of the present residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon. 38 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. enquiries* The first town meeting was held February il, 1823, at the house. of Lydia Porter. It stood about a mile and a half west of Macedon village, and was destroyed by fire in the summer of 1881. It was for many years kept as a tavern, being on the old Rochester road traveled by stage coaches. Supervisors— KkiXdim. Spear, 1823, '24, '25 ; Charles Bradish, 1826; Abraham Spear, 18^27, '28 ; George Crane, 1829, '30,'3r ; Abraham Spear, 1832, '3*3; John Lapham, 1834; Charles Bradish, 1835; Isaac* Durfee, 1836, '37; Charles Bradish, 1838, '39, '40; Thomas Barnes, i84i,'42, '43; Alexander C. Purdy, 1844, '45; John Lapham, 1846, '47; Abiel D. Gage, 1848; Samuel Everett, 1849; Nathan Lapham, 1850; Evert Bogardus, 1851, '52; A. P. Crandall, 1853, "54; George C. Everett, 1855; Purdy M. Willets, 1856; Lemuel Durfee, 1857; Joab S. Biddlecome, 1858, '59, '60; Thomas W. Mead, 1861, '62, '63 ; Robert H. Jones, 1864, '65 ; Marvin A. Eddy, 1866; Walter W. Brace, 1867; H.H. Hoag, i868,'69; Lyman Bickford, i870,'7i,'72; Wallace W. Mumford, 1873; Lyman Bickford, 1874; Wallace W. Mumford, 1875; Jeremiah Thistlewaite, 1876; Charles B. Herendeen, 1877, 78, '79 ; Hiram C. Durfee, 1880, '81 ; Daniel S. Shourds, 1882 ; Geo. W. Kirkpatrick, 1883. Savannah was formed from Galen, November 24, 1824. The name was suggested by the swamps and low grounds which characterized the town, particularly at an early day.f The first town meeting was held at the " Crusoe House," April 5, 1825. The place was then owned by Elias Converse, and was a favorite stopping place in the early times. The house is still standing on the road north of the village of Savannah, though the noise and revelry of early times long since ceased in its old-fashioned rooms. It is now owned by J. B. Laird. *Dr. Plunkett Richardson was active at Albany, in securing the legislation necessary to organize the town, and undoubtedly suggested the name. f H. H. -Wheeler writes : — With a morass nearly two miles wide on the east, and one mile wide on the west, the two spanned on the north by a swamp extending up to South Butler, and including Crbsoe Lake and Turtle Pond, it is not strange that the town should have been called "Savannah." MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 39 Supervisors— RusseW Palmer, elected in 1825, '26; David Cushman, 1827/28; Russell Palmer, 1829; Jonathan Beadle, 1830; Russell Palmer, 1831; Luther Chapin, i832,'33 ; Harvey Cooley, i834,'35 ; Charles A. Rose, 1836; Chauncey Ives, 1837,* '38, '39, '40, '41 ; Winans S. Winnegar, 1842; Nelson Payne, 1843, '44; Sylvanus D. Thompson, 1845 ; Nel- son Payne, 1846; Chauncey T. Ives, 1847, '48 ; Nelson Payne, 1849 ; Benajah Abrams, 1850; Charles D. Hadden, 1 851, '52; Ebenezer Fitch, 1853; Franklin Knapp, 1854; Benajah Abrams, 1855; James M. Servis, 1856 to 1861, six years; Richard W.Evans, 1862, '63; William G. Soule, 1864, '65 ; William R. Stultz, 1866 to 1871, six years; Charles Wood, 1872, '73, '74; John A. Munson, 1874 to 1878, five years ; Ammon S. Farnum, 1879, '80, '81, '82, '83. Arcadia was formed from Lyons, Feb. 15, 1825. Consid- erable enquiry has failed to ascertain what led to the choice of the name, or who suggested it. The first town meeting was held at the house of William Popple, in the village of Newark, April 5, 1825. This was on the corner now occu- pied by M. M. Kenyon, druggist, and was the second public house in Newark. Supervisors — James P. Bartle elected in i825,'26, '27 ; Geo. W. Scott, 1828; John L. Cuyler, i829,'3o; Joseph A. Miller, i83i,'32; Edmund B. Bell, 1833; Esbon Blackmar, 1834; James P. Bartle, 1835.; James Miller, Jr., i836,'37 ; James P. Bartle, 1838; Silas Pierson, 1839; Vincent G. Barney, 1840; Joseph A. Miller, 1841 ; Ezra Pratt, 1842; Abraham Fair- child, 1843; Perry G. Price, 1844; George H. Middleton, 1845, George C. Mills, 1846; George W. Scott, 1847; Geo. Howland, 1848; James S. Crosby,. 1849 ; Clark Mason, 1850; Ezra Pratt, 185 1; Esbon Blackmar, 1852; James D.Ford, 1853 ; Albert F. Cressy, 1854; James D. Ford, 1855 to 1859, five years; Elon St. John, i860, '61, '62; Artemas W. Hyde, 1863, '64, '65 ; Elon St. John, 1866; Henry Cronise, Jr., 1867; George H. Price, 1868; Charles C. Chad wick, 1869; Oliver Crothers, 1870; Chester W. Stewart, 1871, '72 ; Jacob P. Lusk, 1873 ; E. K. Burnham, 1874 ; James H. Miller, 1875, '76 ; •In 1837 there was a tie for Supervisor, and Chauncey Ives appears to have been appointed|by the Town Board. 40 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. George H. Price, 1877, '78, '79; James Jones, 1880; J. Dupha Reeves, 1 881, '82; E. K. Burnham, 1883. Marion was formed from Williamson, under the name of " Winchester " April 18, 1825. The name was changed to Marion April 15, 1826, and this was given in honor of Gen- eral Marion, of the Revolutionary army. The first town meeting was held April 4, 1826, at the house of Daniel Wilcox, now the village hotel kept by George M. Sweezey. Supervisors — Seth Eddy elected in 1826; Jesse Mason, 1827; Isaac R. Sanford, 1828; Elias Durfee, 1829 to 1833, five years; Wm. R. Sanford, 1834; Elias Durfee, 1835; Marvin Rich, 1836; Elias Durfee, 1837, '38 ; Seth Eddy, 1839, '40; Ornon Archer, 1841 to 1845, five years ; Peter Boyce, i846,'47; Nelson D.Young, i848,'49; Oscar Howell,* 1850; EHas Durfee, 1851, Nelson D. Young, i852-'53; Isaac A. Clark, 1854; EHas Durfee, 1855 to 1859, five years; Pardon Durfee, i86o,'6i ; Ira Lakey, i862,'63 ; Orville Lewis, 1864, '65; Nelson D. Young, 1 866,'67,'68,'69; Dwight Smith, 1870, '71 '72; Charles Tremain, 1873; Dwight Smith, i874-'75 ; Nelson D. Young, iSy6,'yy,'y?, ; Henry R. Tabor, 1879 J Ches- ter F. Sweezey, i88o,'8i,'82 ; Henry R. Tabor, 1883. Rose was formed from Wolcott February 5, 1827, and named in honor of Robert L. Rose of Geneva. The first town meeting was held the first" Tuesday in April, at the house of Charles Thomas, which occupied the site of the sub- sequent residence of Hon. Eron N. Thomas, now the resi- dence of F. H. Closs. Supervisors — Peter Valentine, elected in 1826, '27, '28, '29; Philander Mitchell, 1830, '31, '32; Dorman Munsell, 1833; Thaddeus Collins, 1834; Ira Mirick, 1835 ; Peter Valentine, 1836, '37. '38, '39; Dorman Munsell, 1840, '41 ; Peter Valen- tine, 1842 ; Eron N. Thomas, 1843 ; Philander Mitchell, 1844, '45; Elizur Flint, 1846; Hiram Mirick, 1847; Philander Mitchell, 1848, '49, 'so; Eron N. Thomas, 1851; Solomon Allen, 1852 ; EronN. Thomas, 1853 ; Thaddeus Collins, 1854; Jackson Valentine, 1855 ; Philander Mitchell, 1856; Harvey * Died in office. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 41 Closs, 1857, '58 ; Jackson Valentine, 1859 to '69, eleven years; James M. Home, i87o,'7i ; Charles S. Wright, i872,'73 ; Jackson "Valentine, i874,'75 ; J. S. Sheffield, 1876; Wm. J. Glen, 1877 ; S. Wesley Gage, 1878 ; Wm. J. Glen, 1879 ; Wm. H. Griswold, i88o,'8i ; George Catchpole, i882,'83. Huron was formed from Wolcott, under the name of " Port Bay," February 25, 1826. The name was changed to Huron March 17, 1834.* The first town meeting was held at the house of Josiah Upson, April 4, 1826, the well-known Upson residence from that time to the present, and still the place of the Huron postoffice. Supervisors — Norman L. Sheldon, 1826 to 1830, five years; Elisha Benjamin, 1831, '32 ; Jedediah Wilder, 1833 ; Harlow Hyde, 1834, '35 ; Philip Sours, 1836 to 1840, five years ; Har- low Hyde, 1841, '42 ; Ebenezer Jones, 1843, '44; Jedediah Wilder, 1845, '46, '47; Edward W. Bottum, 1848; James T. Wisner, 1849; John F. Curtis, 1850; Ralph Sheldon, 1851 ; Reuben Sours, 1852, '53; James T. Wisner, 1854; Elisha Cady, 1855 ; Roswell E. Reed, 1856; John F. Curtis, 1857; Reuben Sours, 1858 ; Elisha Cady, 1859, '60 ; Rufus B. Sours, 1861 to 1867, seven years; Samuel Gardner, 1868; Oscar Weed, 1869; Samuel Gardner, 1870; Oscar Weed, i87i,'72; Reuben Sours, 1873, '74; Dwight B. Flint, 1875, '76; Will- iam W. Gatchell, 1877; Alanson Church, 1878; William W. Gatchell, 1879; Elisha Cady, 1880; Robert A. Catchpole, 1881, '82 ; Roswell Reed, 1883. Butler was formed from Wolcott February 26, 1826. It was named in honor of Gen. Butler and was suggested by a committee consisting of Ezekiel Scott, Eli Wheeler and Will- iam Moulton.f * Of the change of name, Harlow Hyde writes : " There being a bay in Wol- cott named Port Bay, it had a tendency to mislead persons enquiring for one or the other of the places. I well remember the Rev. William Clark calling at my house, asking me to sign a petition to be presented to the Legislature to have the town named Huron. Huron was deemed a desirable name, because all the letters would stand on the line." f Of the name Hon. H. H. Wheeler writes : "I reinember hearing the matter discussed at the time, by my father (Eli Wheeler) with old Mr. Ezekiel Scott, and with Esq. Prentice Palmer and Maj. Wm. Moulton. Whether he or one of 43 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. The first town meeting was held April 4, 1826, at the house of Jacob S. Viele,now occupied by Lucius S. Viele. Supervisors — Thomas Armstrong, 1826 to 1833, eight years; Uriah G. Beach, 1834, '35, 36; Austin Roe, 1837; Thos. Armstrong, 1838; Austin Roe, 1839; John Dradt, Jr., 1840, '41 ; Nathaniel W. Tompkins, 1842, '43 ; Thomas Armstrong, 1844, '45; John Dradt, 1846; Horatio N. Wood, 1847; Frankhn Knapp, 1848 ; John Dradt, 1849 ; Thomas Arm- strong, 1850, '51; H. K. Graves, 1852, '53; John Dradt, 1854; Charles Mead, 1855; H. K. Graves, 1856; Horatio N. Wood, 1857; C. D. Hadden, 1858. Abram Gibbs, 1859; John E. Hough, i860, '61, 62 ; Gibson S. Center, 1863; Ben- ham S. Wood, 1864 ; Henry K. Graves, 1865 ; Anson S. Wood, 1866; Andrew Spencer, 1867, '68, '69; Joel Laberteaux, 1870, '71, '72, '73; John E. Hough, 1874, '75, 76, 'tj, '78; William Wood, 1879, '80; Eugene M. Walker, 1881, '82; Joseph H. L. Roe, 1883. Walworth was formed from Ontario April 20, 1829, and named in honor of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth. The first town meeting was held at the house of George Smith, on the 6th day of April, 1830. This was. the old " tavern " that stood on the site of the present beautiful Temperance House, erected by the liberality and largely sustained by the public spirit of Hon. T. G. Yeomans, and known as the " Pacific." Supervisors — Luther Fillmore, 1830, '31, '32, '33 ; William D. Wylie, 1834; Artemas Mathewson, 1835, '36, '37, '38 ; John McLouth, 1839; Artemas Mathewson, 1840 ; John McLouth, 1 841 ; William D. Wylie, 1842 ; Joseph Peacock, 1843 ! Will- iam D. Wylie, 1844, '45; George Boynton, 1846; John Mc- Louth, 1847 ; William D. WyHe, 1848 ; Theron G. Yeomans, 1849, '50; William D. Wylie, 1851, '52, '53; Joseph Peacock, 1854, '55, 56; Eliab Yeomans, 1857, 'S8; H. H. Hoag, 1859, the others first suggested the name I do not remember (if I ever knew). I think Maj. Moulton had a fancy for the name, in honor of G-en. Wm. Butler, of the Revolution, who did such signal service in South Carolina, imder Lee, Lin- coln and Greene, t&c. At the same time Mr. Wheeler queried as to the danger possibly, of perpetuating the name of the notorious Tory and Indian leader. Col. John Butler. But this 1 well remember, that they aU cordially agreed as to the propriety of adopting the name." MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 43 '60; Elihu Durfee, 1861 ; Henry W. Downing, 1862; John Everett, 1863, '64; Erastus F. Maine, 1865 ; William W. Edgerton, 1866, '67, '68 ; Philetus Miller, 1869, '70, '71 ; Ormond O. Mason, 1872; William E. Greenwood, 1873; Jerome R. Peacock, 1874; Frederick W. Moore, 1875; William W. Edgerton, 1876, 'jj ; Jay White, 1878, '79! Jeraain Andrew, 1880, '81, '82, '83. CHAPTER II. FRENCH VOTAGETJRS TOUCHING AT POINTS ALONG THE NOKTHBBN BORDER — CHAMPLAIN — HENNEPIN — DE NONYILLE'S ENCAMPMENT AT PLTLTNETVILLE JULY 9th, 1687— APPLEBOOM, the early name OF THAT PLACE. THOUGH the settlement of this county only dates back to 1789, yet its northern border, and perhaps other portions, had been included in French explorations a hundred and fifty years earlier. A few dates of general historical interest will make clear the chain of early dis- covery. In 1535, Jaques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River as far as the present site of Montreal, then occupied by an Indian village. There is no evidence that he penetrated farther west. He made another voyage from France a few years later, but does not appear to have penetrated farther westward than Montreal. A long period intervened before France made any further efifort at exploration or coloniza- tion. Champlain was the next enterprising voyageur who came to the St. Lawrence upon the work of discovery. He first sailed for the New World March 15, 1603. Sailing up the St. Lawrence, and passing Montreal, they anchored at the foot of the falls. This was the extent of his westward route. He returned to France, after an absence of six months and fifteen days. On Champlain's second voyage, he sailed from France April 7, 1604. This expedition was devoted to an explora- tion of New Brunswick' and Nova Scotia, and the founding 6f a colony on the Island De Monts, in the River St. Croix. He also explored the Southern shore of Maine, named the well-known Island Mount Desert, went as far south as Martha's Vineyard, and spent about three years before returning to France. Champlain sailed from France a third time, April 13, 1808. He left his vessel in the harbor of Tadoussac, St. Lawrence ■MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 45 Bay, and having built a barque of twelve or fourteen tons burden, he sailed up the St. Lawrence again. This time he founded Quebec, and passed the succeeding winter there. June 18, 1809, he left Quebec on a tourof exploration. Arriv- ing at the mouth of the outlet of what has since been known as Lake Champlain, he ascended the river and entered the lake. July 30th, he assisted his friends, the Hurons, in a battle against the Iroquois — a battle that w^as fought some- where on the ground between Lake George and Lake Cham- plain, or in that vicinity. Champlain and his men were therefore the first white men who made an entry upon the soil of the State of New York. Sir Henry Hudson sailed into New York Bay September 3d, of that year, and traced the Hudson River to Half-moon Point (six miles above Albany), reaching that place Septem- ber 22, 1609. Champlain was therefore the earliest, by about forty days ; but he made no further exploration westward at that time. Champlain sailed from France on his fourth voyage the next year, arriving at Tadoussac April 26, 1610, and at Quebec soon after. He remained there a few months and returned to France. His fifth voyage was especially for the purpose pi assist- ing the colony at Quebec, and was made in 1611, leaving France March ist. His sixth voyage resulted in further explorations, but northward in Canada. He left France March 6, 1613, reached Quebec May 7th, came up to Montreal soon after, explored the Ottawa River some distance into the interior, and returned to France in August. In Champlain's seventh voyage he sailed from France April 24, 161 5, and at this time there came w^ith him four Jesuit Missionaries. Champlain now penetrated westward through Canada as far as Lake Huron, retu-rned to the Bay of Quinte on the north side of Lake Ontario, then across the lake and joined the Hurons in an expedition against a strong fort of the Iroquois. This fort was in the vicinity of Oneida Lake. The French and Hurons were repulsed. Champlain at this time must have landed on the south 46 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.. shore of Lake Ontario, at Oswego, or some point further east. The progress of discovery was therefore brought very near to our own section of country at this early date, 1615, five years before the Pilgrim fathers landed at Plymouth. Champlain came. again to Quebec in 1620, and remained four years, and while no direct account has been found showing that he then explored the southern shore of Lake Ontario, yet it is very probable that either Champlain or other French voyageurs made the first discovery of Sodus Bay and other points on this side about that date. As thus shown, the earliest expeditions turned westward from Frontenac (now Kingston), on the north side of the lake and bearing away from the lake, penetrated as far as Lake Huron. Indeed, the general account of historical writers shows- that the first white men reached Niagara Falls while journeying eastward from points previously reached on Lake Huron. They were two Jesuit mission- aries, Brebeauf and Chaumonot, and the date of the visit to the Falls was November 2, 1640. There is, however, some evidence that Recollet Father Dallion, a Catholic missionary, was in Western New York as early as 1626, and this gives quite a basis for the theory above given, that Sodus Bay was discovered before that date.* Between Jaques Cartier's first voyage up the St. Law- rence and the advent of La Salle in 1678, there is a period * Shea's History of Catholic Missions, page 170 : "In October, 1626, Father de la Roche Dallion left the Jesuits at Toanche, and set out to explore the country of the Attiwandaronk, or Neutrals. This tribe lay on both sides of the Niagara River, at peace with both Hurons and Iroquois, and like them, of the same stock and language. "He was at first well received, and being adopted by Soharissen, the chief of the whole nation took up his residence among them at Ounontisaston, near the Seneca border, but was soon after robbed and brutally beaten by a lawless party. By the advice of Father Brebeauf, he then abandoned the Neutrals and returned to the Huron country, after an absence of several months." The mention of the "Seneca border" at this eaJrly date, and the fact that Champlain had been at Oswego or near there in 1615, renders it extremely probable that Father Dallion knew something of the south shore of Lake Onta- rio, and that in a stay of several months, he must have also known something of "Western New York. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. ' 47 of nearly one hundred and fifty years. French expeditions were frequent, certainly after 1600, and it is not probable that so magnificent a body of water as Lake Ontario remained unexplored. The operations of the Catholic mis- sionaries among the Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas, must have often brought those devoted men as far west as the present territory of Wayne county. It is very probable that they sometimes reached the scene of their labors, by coming from Montreal up, or along the St. Lawrence, and then by the southern shore of Lake Ontario to Sodus Bay, and over the old Indian trail via Crusoe Lake. Oswego, Sodus Bay, Pultneyville and Irondequoit were points of fre- quent visits by French traders, and undoubtedly by French missionaries, more than two hundred years ago. The following paragraph from Turner's History of the Pultney estate, gives one of the many intimations of this fact that are scattered through the early annals of French explo- ration. It occurs in an account of the voyages of Count Frontenac, from whom Fort Frontenac (now Kingston) toOk its name : " With an Italian named Tonti, Father Hennepin, a num- ber of mechanics and mariners, naval stores, and goods for the Indian trade, the Count arrived at Frontenac in the fall of 1678 ; and soon after a wooden canoe of ten tons, the first craft of European architecture that ever entered the Niagara River, bore a part of his company to the site of Fort Niagara. La Salle, followed soon after with a sail vessel, in which he had a stock of provisions, and materials for ship building ; crossed the lake, coasted along its southern shore, entered the mouth of the Genesee River or the Irondequoit Bay, and visited some of the villages of the Senecas to reconcile them to his enterprise ; and on his way from the Genesee to the Niagara River, encountered a gale and lost his vessel, saving but a part of his cargo. " Arrived at Niagara, he erected some rude defences, estab- lished a post, and at Lewiston erected a trading station with palisades. Late in January the business of ship building was commenced at the mouth of Cayuga creek, six miles above the Falls of Niagara. " In mid-winter, the necessity occurring, the intrepid adven- turer, on foot made the journey to Frontenac, around the head of the Lake, returning on the ice along the northern shore, with a dog and sledge for the transportation of his baggage." 48 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. For further illustration of the importance of these points in very early times, we refer to the accounts of DeNonville's expedition against the Senecas, which terminated in a deci- sive battle at or near what is now Victor, Ontario county, N. Y. The force was organized on the north side of the Lake, at Kingston, (Frontenac) or some other strong hold of the French in that direction, and consisted of regular French troops and friendly Indians. At Fort Niagara and further west a similar force was gathered which moved eastward, and met DeNonville's army, at Irondequoit Ba}'. Thence the march was overland southward to the scene of the battle. The accounts show that DeNonville crossed the lake from " Cataracony " to La Famine Bay, the latter of which is below Oswego. From there to Irondequoit Bay, the main army had coasted by slow stages, encamping on shore when night over- took them. They arrived at Irondequoit Bay, July lo, 1687. The narrative says : " Their last and most considerable halt was upon the pres- ent site of Pultueyville, Wayne county, N. Y. From this period that became a prominent stopping place for French batteauxmen, and after them for the English lake coasters. The species of apple tree which the French introduced in this region, was growing there, and there was the remains of an old log building, vvhen white settlement commenced. The place was known as Appleboom, before its present name was conferred." It probably has no connection with early French explora- tion, but we mention the fact that a few years ago Andrew Erasmusson, of Pultueyville, while hoeing corn in a field on the west side of the road, just north of Williamson Corners, found a Spanish milled silver dollar, dated 1726. It was thoroughly crusted with dirt, and needed to be washed and cleaned before it could be read. The name Appleboom owes its origin to the fact that an apple tree, supposed to have been set out, or the seed planted by early French voy- ageurs, stood upon the extreme point of the bank west of the creek, at Pultueyville. It was partially undermined, and a long limb projected from it over the water, in about the oblique^position the " boom " on a vessel occupies. It became MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 49 a land mark, and gave name to this point. Captain Horatio Throop, and his brother Washington Throop, concur in this explanation as the one they heard in their boyhood, from old navigators, though the tree had even then disappeared. At Pultneyville, in possession of Henry M. Griffin, is a French axe, of peculiar pattern. It was brought there by Thomas Fish, deceased. It was one of a small quantity, said to be fifteen or twenty, found about 1814, on the banks of the creek west of the present vinegar factory. They were taken from under a rotten hemlock log. Sodus Bay was of much greater note, in early times, than would be indicated by the brief mention which we can make in a work limited to one line of historical research. It was the Bay of the Goigouens, the Bay of the Cayugas ; an Indian trail, (and probably it was the route of early traders and missionaries,) led from the bay up the stream that flows in from the south ; then by a short carrying place at some point, a stream was reached that flows into Crusoe Lake ; then through Crusoe outlet to the Seneca river, and up the Seneca to Cayuga lake. Probably also there was another route by a short carrying place from the head waters of the stream that flows into the bay, across to some creek flowing into the Clyde river. From a biographical sketch of M. Picquet, " King's Mis- sionary and Prefect Apostolic to Canada," it appears that in June, 1751, "he made a voyage around Lake Ontario, in a King's canoe." In returning from Niagara, along the south shore of the lake, he made close observations with reference to maintaining the future power of France along this line. The narrative says : " He desired greatly that Choeguen (Oswego,) were destroyed, and the English prevented re-building it; and in order that we should be absolutely masters of the south side of Lake Ontario, he proposed erecting a fort near there, at the Bay of the Cayugas. (Sodus Bay i) which would make a very good harbor, and furnish a very fine anchorage. No place is better adapted for a fort." If there had previously been a Fort at Sodus Bay it might have been expected that M. Picquet in the above sugges- tion would have spoken of rebuilding or repairing instead 4 50 » MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. of establishing one. Still there is evidence that there had been a Fort at that place at some earlier date. In a cor- respondence between this French Governor of Canada and the English Governor of New York, the former under date of July 20, 1727, says: " You cannot be ignorant of the possession during a very considerable time which the King, my master, has of all the Lands of Canada, of which those of the Lake Ontario and the adjacent lands make a part, and in which he has built forts, and made other settlements in different places, as are those of Denonville, at the entrance of the River of Niagara, that of Frontenac, another called LaFamine, that which is called the Fort-des-Sables, ««o^/^^r at the Bay of the Cayugas, at Oswego, &c., &c., without any opposition, they having been one and all of them possessed by the French, who alone having had a right and have had possession of carry- ing on the trade there." We give the following additional extracts from ancient documents containing allusions to Sodus Bay : From Colonial History of New York, Vol. "i, pp. 433, 434. Examination of Adandidaghko, an Indian prisoner sent from Albany to New York, 1687, Sept. the first. ***** extensive out- look to be obtained from their summits, by their convenience as signal points between the lake and distant places to the south, vye shall easily decide that here dwelt the plumed and painted warriors, and here were located camps and vil- lages in the long, dim ages of the past. FORT HILL, SAVANNAH. This well known site of ancient Indian remains lies about a mile southeast of the village. It is a beautiful eminence, 68 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. and rises abruptly upon the east from the low grounds of the Seneca river. The north declivity of the hill is also quite steep, and this formation extends a short distance along the west side rendering the northern portion of the hill a distinct, bold elevation. From the summit extending southward there is a series of gentle slopes descending to nearly the level of the low grounds on the east ; towards the southwest the descent is quite steep, but does not reach so low a point as upon the other portions of the outline ; and here it is somewhat connected to other hills lying upon the west. From the summit there is an extensive outlook, commanding the low lands of the Seneca, and the river itself for several miles above and below. Northward a distant view is obtained comprising small elevations of inconsiderable height and a wide extent of lower uplands. Directly west appears a range of hills not quite as high as Fort Hill ; and beyond this range lies the valley and adjacent marshes of the Clyde river. Fort Hill is upon the tract of country known in Savannah as "The Island," and not far from its southern boundary. The Seneca river forms what may be approximately termed the eastern boundary ; Crusoe Lake and its outlet that falls into the Seneca the northern boundary ; the Clyde river as it flowed to the Seneca before its channel was changed by the canal, the southern boundary ; while the western boundary consists of the Clyde river there flowing south- ward, and Marsh creek flowing northward into Crusoe Lake. To close the tract and make it an island there is a marsh covered with water a large portion of the time, lying between Marsh creek and the Clyde river. This marsh cannot of course differ much from the level of both the creek and the river, and must have to some extent the features of a bifurcated river, flowing in different directions at different times. The whole "Island" was evidently a favorite resort of the Cayuga Indians ; very likely a place of residence and thickly populated. The splendid opportunities for fishing and hunting in this region of forest and streams ; its bound- MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 69 aries to some extent a natural line of defence, and its central location between Sodus Bay on the north, and the Cayuga Lake region upon the south, must have given it decided advantages, and made it a desirable place of encamp- ment or of permanent settlement. Fort Hill was undoubtedly strongly fortified and made capable of protracted defence. The fort occupied the highest part oi the summit at the northern end. It has been cleared of the ancient forest and been subjected to the leveling process of cultivation. The plow and the harrow have done their work of destruction upon the ancient lines, but the outline of the breastwork can still be fairly traced. The ground was about sixteen rods in its greatest length and eight rods in width, thus comprising from a half to three-quarters of an acre. The general figure is somewhat pear shaped, with the narrow end at the north. A portion of the way the breastwork is still quite distinct. Well in- formed persons who saw it only a few years ago before it was cleared and plowed, describe the breastwork, the ditch and the gateway, as quite prominent. From the south end of the fort down the slopes already mentioned, and dividing them in- to parallel ridges, is a slight ravine which might have formed a covered and protected pathway for friends to enter the fort even though it was hotly attacked, east, north and west. Old people living at Savannah, say that the early forest was thick and heavy upon this ground and that large trees had grown from the breastworks. It does not appear that any very great amount of relics has been gathered either from the grounds of the fort or from the vicinity. Arrowheads have been found as they are occasionally through all this country. Mrs. May, widow of the elder Dr. May, states that when she was a little girl, sixty years ago or more, she was often on Fort Hill ; that there were stumps of posts along the embankment; that pieces of guns were picked up in those days and bits of pottery. There does not appear to be any collections of these relics remaining in the vicinity. In digging gravel for the Central Railroad, there were .some Indian graves opened and the bones removed, along the •JO MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. line of the hill forty rods or more north of the track and a mile north of Fort Hill. It does not appear that any crosses have been picked up on Fort Hill or in the vicinity. So that it is not entirely clear that Fort Hill is the site of the Jesuit mission St. Ren6 as has been supposed by recent investigations of ancient records. Judged by the distances given in a pamphlet edited hj Rev. Dr. Hawley, of Auburn, and published by the Cayuga Historical Society, St. Rent^ or the village Onontare could hardly have been so far north. They should be looked for perhaps in the vicinity of Montezuma rather than Savannah.*" On the Ramsdell farm, northeast of Savannah village, near the Seneca river, and just off of the Island is an Indian bury- ing ground. The story of the Catholic missions is one of romantic inter- est, though it cannot be given in this volume. The Jesuit fathers having established themselves at Onondaga in 1653^ deputies from the Cayugas and Senecas, even then sought to have missionaries sent to them. Two or three years elapsed however, before this was done. Shea's history says : " When the faith had thus acquired a footing at Onon- daga, the band of apostolic men spread themselves among- the Cantons. In the latter part of August, 1656, Fathers Chaumont and Menard set out to answer the invitations of the Cayugas and Seneca. The former leaving Menard at Cayuga, proceeded to the populous villages of the Senecas. " Alter a paragraph descriptive of the work among the Senecas, the narrative goes on, meanwhile Menard was now rapidly acquiring the Cayuga dialect under the instructions of an excellent family in whose cabin he was often a guest. His mission was advancing ; his chapel was crowded with, catechumens ; but he baptized few adults and seldom but in case of danger. After a stay of two months he was re-called to the Onondagas." An outbreak of hostilities compelled a termination of these missions. The French colony at Onondaga silently departed about midnight, March 20, 1658, and succeeded in reaching Montreal. * The fact, however, that distances anciently stated do not appear to agree with our more accurate measurements should not be considered as disproving the location of St. Ren6 at Fort Hill. Onontare is believed to have occupied several different locations, and it is very certain that Fort Hill was one. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 7 1 The mission at Onondaga, was re-established August 12, 1660, by the arrival of LeMoyne, at Onondaga, where he was welcomed by deputies from the Onondagas, the Cayugas and the Senecas. Various interruptions, however occurred, in extending the work. In October, 1667, Father-de-Carheil left Onondaga for the west, arrived at the Castle of the Cayugas on the 6th of November, and found them devouring with sacrile- gious rites a Conestogue girl to propitiate their god. Yet they received the missionary kindly and at once raised a chapel which Father-de-Carheil dedicated to St. Joseph, pat- ron of the Jesuit missions and of Northern America. The historian, Shea, is very brief in relation to this work among the Cayugas, nor is there a sufficient fullness of description to enable modern students to locate accurately the scenes of these missionary labors. Rev. Dr. Hawley, of Auburn, has supplemented these narratives by a translation of the actual " Relations of the Jesuits." The general theory is that there were three Cayuga stations. One in the vicinity of what is now Union Springs, Cayuga county ; a second near the foot of Cayuga lake, not far from the Railroad bridge, and a third farther North at Fort Hill, Savannah. There may have been other points where mission work was done to some extent. Bishop McQuade, in an address at the laying of the corner stone of the Catholic church in Clyde, in 1869, advanced the theory that there was a Jesuit mission near Clyde, estab- lished about 1661.* Local tradition as to Indian occupancy added to the statements of the Bishop, points to the Watson farm as the site of an Indian village, and the possible Cath- olic chapel. No crucifixes have ever been picked up in the vicinity so far as is known, so that that species of evidence is wanting. The Watson farm was, however, undoubtedlj' the site of *Bishod McQuade, as reported in the Clyde Times, only said : " Two hun- dred years ago, on the borders of Cayuga Lake, stood a church, another house of God, erected by missionaries for the conversion of the Indian tribes ; that ■was the house of God, too, although built of the bark of trees and Mentezuma reeds. It was the house of God because in it the sacrifice of Christ was offered.'' Those who heard him on the occasion referred to, understood him to allude to the vicinity of Clyde much more than this newspaper report indicates. 72 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. a large Indian village, whether it was visited by Catholic missionaries or not. It lies a little south of Clyde, or south- west. There was originally a forest of magnificent growth largely free of underbrush. A spring yielding an abundant supply of water added to the attractions of the place. It is but a short distance from the Clyde river, a stream so con- venient as an Indian highway through the forests, and it is just far enough from Lake Ontario to make it a place of safety ; the Indians preferring to locate their towns in the interior, rather than along large bodies of water. Near by, too, is a hill of considerable elevation, from which a watch could be kept over the surrounding country — northward toward Sodus Bay, eastward towards Seneca river and Cayuga lake, and southwest to Old Castle and Canandaigua. The indications of Indian encampment were very marked and clear over all the large, nearly level area, not far from the present barn. Relics have been found there from the first settlement of the country ; and besides, there were numerous deep, black spots of earth, evidently the remains of fire-places. And so the evidence accumulates, that here was a village or encampment of considerable size ; that it was doubtless a town permanently occupied and the home of a large body of Indians.* In the recent excavations for the West Shore Railroad on the Andrew Mead hill, not far from Clyde, a valuable curi- osity was secured, and is now in the possession of Mr. Morley. It is an ancient stone pipe, the bowl square, abbut one and a half inches long, with a stem a little longer than that. It seems to be lettered, in one word — ATIX ; though it is not very clear just what the inscription is. * Similar evidences of an Indian encampment were also very clear upon the farm formerly owned by Adrastus Snedaker, a half a mile more east of the Watson farm. CHAPTER ly. CONQUEST OP WESTERN NEW TOKK BY THE ENGLISH IN 1759 — ENCAMPMENT OF THE AKMY UPON THE SOIL OP WAYNE COUNTY. FROM the advent of Jaques Cartier upon the St. Law- rence in 1535, down to the "Old French War" of 1 756-' 60, the chain of the Great Lakes, their shores and the adjacent country remained either nominally or actually under the dominion of France. Two and a quarter centuries had passed away. England and France, rivals in the old world and the new, had repeatedly contended for the prize of Colonial Empire. The long struggle was now to end. The white lily of France and the red cross of St. George were once more waving over hostile squadrons dis- puting the title to a country rich in its natural scenery, rich in its treasures of lake and river, forest and field, but richer still in its future destiny as the seat of civilized nations. The British opened the campaign of 1759, with three dis- tinct objects it! view, viz. : the capture of the three strong- holds of French power — Niagara, Montreal and Quebec. The attack upon the first of these is the only one that is intimately connected with the history of Western New York, and involves to some extent the pioneer history of Wayne county. The force destined for Niagara rendezvoused at Schenec- tady early in May. It consisted of two British regiments, a detachment of Royal Artillery, a battalion of Royal Amer- icans, two battalions of New York Provincials, and a large force of Indian Allies under the command of Sir William lohnson. The Indians were mostly Mohawks, Oneidas and Onondagas ; the remainder being Cayugas and Senecas, with a few from such western nations as had been partly won over to the British interests. Brigadier-General Prideaux was the Commander-in-Chief ; next in rank was Sir William Johnson, who, previous to this, had been regu- larly commissioned in the British array. 74 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. The force moved from Schenectady on the 20th of May, 1759, came up the Mohawk, and by the usual water route reached Oswego, where it remained for over five weeks, completing the preparation of Batteaux for navigating Lake Ontario. On the first of July, the whole force were embarked, and coasting along the shore of the lake. Their destination was Fort Niagara, a strong fortress, the seat of French dominion, over a widely extended region ; the key. to the primitive commerce of the western lakes; its battlements in solitary grandeur frowning defiance to any force that would be likely to reach it through difficult avenues, in its far-off location in the wilderness. Never in all the modern periods, have the waters of Ontario borne upon their bosom a more formid- ble armament. In addition to a large force, requiring abund- ant stores and camp equipage, there was the heavy artillery, and all the requisites that British military skill had deemed necessary for the reduction of a strong fortress, by regular approaches ; such as the plan of attack contemplated. How mingled and various were the different races, and of how different habits and characters, were the men of this expedition ! There was the proud titled Briton, who had seen more of the refinements and luxuries of courts, than of the hardships of camps in the wilderness; there were veteran officers and Soldiers, who had fought in European wars, inured to the camp and of the field ; and there were the sons of the wealthy and influential colonists in New York, and along the Hudson river counties, who had sought commissions in the army, and were going out in their first campaign. There were provincials, men and boys, trans- ferred from the stores, the counting-houses, and the mechanic shops of New York and the rural districts of Westchester, Richmond, Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Albany, and the lower valley of the Mohawk bound for the camp, for the drill, and for a march that seemed then further extended, and more difficult than one over the mountains to Oregon, would at the present time. Lastly there were the warriors of the Iroquois, fully imbued with their ancient war spirit, decked out with feath- MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 75 ers, chains and hoops, the spoils of the forest chase, and with new paint, broad-cloth blankets and siver ornaments, the gifts of the King. The armament coasted along the southern shore of the lake. The first night they encamped at Sod us, invited there by the beautiful bay, in which their water-craft could be made secure from winds and waves, as their frail structure demanded. Their other halting place for the night, were at Ironde- quoit, Braddock's bay and Johnson's creek. Arrived at the mouth of the Eighteen Mile Creek, (where is nc*v the village of Olcott,) within eighteen miles of Fort Niagara, a halt was made to enable reconnoitering parties to go out and deter- mine whether the French had made a sortie from the Fort in anticipation of their arrival. On the 7th of July, the British moved forward and the siege of Niagara commenced. The fort was bravely defended, but the French commander was compelled to sur- render on the 24th, and Western New York passed from the dominion of France to thatof England. During the remainder of that year and in the next cam- paign of 1760, the other strong-holds were captured and French supremacy was terminated all along the line of the St. Lawrence and the Lakes. CHAPTER V. NOTICES OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN WAYNE COUNTY — THEIR MILITARY SERVICE — SETTLEMENT — AGE — DEATH — BURIAL PLACE — MILITARY LANDS OF EASTERN WAYNE. THE only connection which Wayne county can be said to have with the War of the Revolution arises from the fact that there was among the early settlers a considerable number of soldiers who had been engaged in that struggle for Independence. It was several years subsequent to the peace of 1783, that the first white men located within the limits of this county. The adoption of the Constitution and the inauguration of General Washington as the first President, were the national events that were really coeval with the settlement of Wayne county, as the Stansells and Featherlys made an opening at Lyons in that year. In these days of growing respect for the memory of the soldiers of the Republic in whatever war they may have fought, it is interesting to gather into permanent form the names of these pioneers who came to establish homes upon the soil which had been secured by their valor, and to live thereafter in peace under a government founded by their efforts. We have first the following official list of . pensioners as they were recorded upon the books of the government in 1835. To these the dates of death and place of burial have been added so far as they can now be obtained. The age given refers to the year 1835 : James Adams — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension, $30, commenced April 11, 1833; aged seventy-four; died December 8, 1833. James Adams — Private, New Jersey Militia, annual pension, $30, commenced August 7, 1833 ; aged seventy-three. George Austin — Private, Rhode Island Continental Troops, annual pension, $26.66, commenced March 4, 1831 ; seventy-eight yeai-s of age. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Tl George Babcock, Arcadia — Private, New York Militia, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy. It is understood in his family that he also served in the war of 1 81 2, at Sodus Point and elsewhere. Thaddeus Bancroft, Sodus — Private, New York Militia, annual pension, $20, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged sixty-nine. Lived in the east part of the town ; was a public man of considerable prominence, and a Justice of the Peace for many years. Joel Bishop, Rose — Private, Connecticut Continental Troops, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-four. [See additional notes below.] Phineas Bill, Palmyra — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension, $70, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged eighty. He was born in Groton, Connecticut, removed to Pal- myra in 1818; died January 25, 1839, and was buried in Palmyra Cemetery. Benjamin Billings, Macedon — Ensign, Connecticut Militia. Was with the army at Cambridge and in the battles of New York and White Plains. Annual pension, $160, commenced March 4, 1831. He was born in Preston, Connecticut, September 23, 1753, and died in Macedon, January 13, 1838; he was buried in Palmyra Cemetery. He was in the battle of Saratoga, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne ; served about three years. Samuel Black — Private, Massachusetts Militia, annual pen- sion, $30.88, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy. Moses Blakely, East Williamson — Private, Connecticut Con- tinental Troops, annual pension, $96, commenced April 30, 1818. Dropped from the roll under the act of May I, 1820; pensioned again under the act of June 7, 1832, annual pension, $60 ; aged seventy-five. Joseph Carry, Walworth — Private, Massachusetts Continental Troops, in service seven years, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; age not given ; died in On- tario, at the house of Isaac Carey. His grave is in the Patterson burial place, Ontario. Wessel Cornue, Arcadia — Private New Jersey Militia, annual pension, $31,07, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged sixty- nine. Isaac Curtiss, Williamson — Private, Massachusetts Con- tinental Troops, annual pension, $46.66, commenced March 4, 1831 ; died February 10, 1849, at the age of ninety-four years and six months, and was buried in the Williamson cemetery. 78 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. David Cowen—Fuvate, Rhode Island Militia, annual pension, $63.33, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy. £>avtd Dalrymple, Walworth — Private, Massachusetts Con- tinental Troops, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1 83 1 ; aged sixtj-eight. He came from Coleraine, Massachusetts, resided in Walworth about ten years, but removed to Jefferson county and died there in 1859. Benjamin Billings reports him to have moved to Michi- gan, and to have previously resided in Macedon. Beebe Denison, Sodus — Private, New York Militia, annual pension, $20, commeneed March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy- three. He died at an advanced age in East Palmyra, and was buried in the cemetery"at that place. Benjamin Deuel, Savannah — Private, New York Militia, annual pension, $43.33, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged sixty-nine. Samuel Dunn — Private, Massachusetts Militia, annual pen- sion, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged eighty. Josiah Dunning, Sodus — Private and Sergeant, New Hamp- shire Militia, annual pension. $41.66, commenced March 4, 1 83 1 ; aged seventy-nine.* Beeri Foot, Galen — Private, Connecticut Continental Troops, annual pension, $21.43, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-one. He died May i, 1841, at Lock Berlin, and was buried in Lyons Rural Cemetery. David Glidden, Lyons — Private and Sergeant, New Hamp- shire Militia, annual pension, $61.33, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-four. Valentine Hahn, Williamson — Private, Pennsylvania Militia, annual pension, $70, commenced March 4, 1831; aged seventy-four. Job Harrison, Williamson — Private, New Jersey Militia, annual pension, $56.66, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged sixty-eight; died February .1.9, 1833, and was buried in the cemetery at PultneyviUe. Velin-a Hoisington — Private, Vermont Militia, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-one. Shevah Houghton, Arcadia — Private and Lieutenant, Con- necticut Militia, annual pension, $113.33, commenced March 4, 183 1 ; aged seventy-six. ^ ■ Darius Howard, Huron — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension, $30, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged sixty- seven. * From the Wayne Se/iimei.' "Died, in Sodus, on the 27th of February, 1842, Mr. Josiah Dunning, a soldier of the Revolution, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He was formerly from Vermont." MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 79 Joseph Jackson, Walworth — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-seven. He is indistinctly remembered as resid- ing in Walworth about 1835, but it is not ascertained where he died, and it is supposed he rfemoved from the town. Solomon Leonard, Marion — Private, Connecticut Continental Troops, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 183 1 ; aged seventy-four. Solomon Lombard — Private and Sergeant, Connecticut Militia, annual pension, $55, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged eighty-one. Michael Lusk, Arcadia — Private, New York Continental Militia, annual pension, $30, commenced May 4, 183 1 ; aged sixty -four. Daniel Matthewson, Walworth — Ensign and Lieutenant Rhode Island Militia, annual pension $63.33, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged eigh ty -three ; died September 8, 1832, and is buried in the Baker cemetery. James McDonald — Private, New York Continental. Militia — annual pension $40.26, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-four. Simeon Merrill, Butler — Private, New York Militia, annual pension, $30, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy- three. Joh7i Myers — Private, New Jersey Militia — annual pension $50, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-four; died in Michigan. He was the grandfather of John W. Myers, now residing at Sodus village. Noles Negus, Marion — Private, Rhode Island Continental Troops, annual pension $96, commenced April 13, 1818, dropped from the roll underact of May i, 1820; pen- sioned again March 4, 1831, $8o.a year; aged seventy-five. Buried m the Negus family cemetery in the orchard on the farm now owned by Wm. Vandusen. Seba Norton, Sodus — Private, New York Militia, annual pen- sion $80, commenced March 4, 1831, aged seventy-three. [See notice under the head, Sodus.] Roger Olmstead, Butler — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension $26.66, commenced March: 4, 1831, aged sixty- nine. Jacob Patrick, Lyons— Private, New York Militia, annual ■ pension $56.66, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged sixty- nine. 8o MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Noah Palmer, born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, Aug. 25, 1759, settled in Macedonin 18 10, Private and Corporal, Rhode Island Militia, annual pension $84.90, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy -four ; died March 6, 1875, and is buried in the Palmyra cemetery.* Jonathan Pendell, Sodus— Private, New York Continental Troops, annual pension $55.09, commenced March 4, 1831; aged eighty-four. He resided east of South Sodus, in a log-house on the right of the road before reaching the Robinson hill. He was born in 1749, and died at South Sodus in 1839, aged about ninety years. Christopher Pope, Galen — Private Massachusetts Militia, annual pension $80, commenced March 4, 1831, aged seventy-nine. Buried at Ferguson's Corners.f William Rice, Marion — Private Massachusetts Militia, annual pension $30.00; commenced March 4, 185 1 ; aged sixty- eight. He was the lather of Josiah Rice, of Sodus, and is buried in the Corey cemetery, west part of the town of Marion. Joseph Roby, Macedon — Captain Massachusetts Militia, annual pension $160, commenced March 4, 183 1 ; aged eighty. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Feb. 22, 1753. Settled for a time in Macedon, but removed to Brock- port, where he died April 13, 1836. He was at one time a merchant in Boston, Mass., and helped throw the tea overboard in the harbor. Elijah Root — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension $66.66; commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-six. Israel Sabin, Wolcott — Private, Connecticut Militia, annual pension, $23.33, commenced March 4, 1.83 1 ; aged seventy-nine. Ezekiel Scott, Butler — Private, Connecticut Continental troops, annual pension $96, commenced May 6, 1818. Dropped from rolls under act of May i, 1820. Pensioned again commencing March 4, 1831, $80; age not given Matthias Shear — Private, New York Militia, annual pension, $30.66, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy-five. Gabriel Smith — Private in Infantry and Cavalry Connecticut Continental Troops, annual pension, $90, commenced March 4, 1831; aged seventy -two. Nathan Smith, Lyons — Sergeant, Vermont Militia, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy- two. * Noah Palmer served in the Revolution five years, and was a deacon in the Baptist church 40 years, f Another informant says " buried in Spier's cemetery, Lyons. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 8 1 Ebenczer Still, Walworth — Private, Massachusetts Conti- nental Troops, annual pension, $96, commencing April 4, 1 81 8. Dropped from the rolls under act of May i, 1820 ; pensioned again May 4, 1831, $80. He died Feb- ruary 8, 1848, and was buried at West Walworth; age not given. Jonas Stevens — Private, Massachusetts State Troops, annual pension, $80, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy- eight. Alexander Stewart, Williamson — Private and Corporal, Mas- sachusetts Continental Troops, annual pension, $49.33, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged eighty-three; died 'May 26, 1833.* Charles Sweet — Private, Rhode Island Militia, annual pen- sion, $22.31, commenced March 4, 1831 ; aged seventy- four. Garner Wait — Father of Mrs. Rufus Sweezey, formerly of Marion, was a soldier of the Revolution. He died in Walworth, and is buried in the cemetery at that place. Seth Watkins, Galen — Private, Massachusetts Militia, annual pension, $94.92, commenced March4, 1831 ; aged seventy- eight. In 1840, the Marshals taking the United States Census, made what appears to have been a careful enumeration of the pensioners then living ; and the following names appear. Twelve of them are the same as in the list of 1835. The others had either moved into the county or had established their claims subsequent to 1835. The ages refer to the summer of 1840, when the Marshals collected the data : ARCADIA. Wessel Cornue, 76; Shevah Houghton, 85 ; Thomas Treat, "jy ; George Babcock, tj. BUTLER. Simeon Merrill, 80 ; Roger Olmsted, 76 ; Reuben Barnes, 84 ; Ezekiel Scott, 81 ; Josiah Munson, 75 ; Ebenezer Pierce, 78! *'STorsiVi\^ Wayne Sentinel: " Died in 'Williamson on the 36th of May, 1833, Alexander Stewart, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 83 years. Mr. Stewart was born in the Parish of White- horn, County of Wighton, Scotland, and emigrated to this country in the year 1774— having imbibed the spirit of independence which animated our country, he in the following year joined the patriot band who fought for and secured its independence, with whom he served and suffered at various times, until their object was attained. He sustained during a long life an unblemished character and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him." 6 82 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. GALEN. Beeri Foot, 78 ; Benjamin McClary, 79 ; John Selfridge, 82, died in November, 1849, ^"d is buried in the Evans Cem- etery, Savannah ; Timothy Mcintosh, 80 ; Gilbert Hooker, 82, died May 9, 1849, buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Clyde. HURON. Charles Kent, 78 ; Darius Howard, 75 ; Abram Van Size, 'j'j : Paul Sherman, 81, probably buried in the northeast part of the town, near Port Bay ; Gad Hall, 81 ; Bulkley Johnson, 83. LYONS. Josiah Dunning, 86; Jacob Patrick, 76 ; Nathan Smithy 79 ; Elijah Whiting, 82; David Glidden, 81 ; Benjamin Avery, 82. MARION. Obadiah Archer, 79; Solomon Leonard, 81, reported to have died in January, 1862, and buried in Marion, but this would make him 103 years old, so there is probably a mistake somewhere. ONTARIO. John Mack, 82, died June 14, 1852, buried at Wawarsink, Ulster county; John Speller, 74, died September 3, 1847; Willard Church, 82. PALMYRA. William Jackways, 81, died July 28, 1848, in his 90th year, buried in Palmyra ; Daniel Wood, 83 ; Durfee Hicks, 83, died February 12, 1844, and was buried on the Benjamin Cole farm in Palmyra ; James G. Smith, 86. ROSE. John Featherly, 80, died about the year 1843, in the town of Galen, and was buried in the York Settlement Cemetery,* no tombstone ; Emanuel Winfield, 79. SAVANNAH. Moses Lent, 78, died in 1846, and was probably buried in the town of Tyre, Seneca county ; Jabez Carter, 80, (W. F. Baggerly writes that Mr. Carter probably lived in the town of Butler ;) Francis Needham, 73, died in 1843, ^nd was buried in the town of Butler, on the farm of Hiram Abrams ; Ben- jamin Deuel, 73, — he resided on Great Lot No. 39, a noted tract in the history of the town ; he removed from there and old settlers do not know what became of him. * He, with Nicholas Stansell, made the first settlement iti the county, at Lyons in 1789. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 83 SODUS. James Green, 82; Elizabeth Fitzhugh,* 74; Jonathan Clemmons, 85 ; John Norris, 86 ; Philip Demarest, 79. WALWORTH. Joseph Carey, 83. WILLIAMSON. James Calhoun, y-j ; Isaac Curtiss, 86 ; Marshal Barmore, 84 ; Valentine Hahn, 80. WOLCOTT. Jocob Ward, 84 ; Jerusha Pease, 80. The following additional notices have been secured in which a few repetitions occur, but generally giving addi- tional facts. They are in many cases meagre and unsatis- factory, but they are the best which could be obtained from the relatives and descendants of the heroes of that struggle. Public invitations were repeatedly given through the press of the covmty asking that all items known concerning sol- diers of the Revolution who settled here, be furnished for use in this volume. Every response to those invitations has been carefully collected, and the facts inserted in their proper place. The editor has also given much additional labor to personal enquiries upon this point. The record is doubtless incomplete ; yet it affords much valuable informa- tion upon the services and burial places of these honored men. Their names are here preserved in permanent form, and the Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic will here- after have the opportunity in their annual decoration services of casting upon their graves floral tributes, emblematic of the love of a grateful people : ARCADIA. Peter Shirts, of Claverack, Columbia county, was in the Revo- lutionary army for several years. His wife's maiden name was Houser. Her father Frederick Houser, gave to his children 640 acres of land, east of what is now Newark village, near the well known Price grist-mill. Peter Shirts settled upon the share falling to his wife about 1800. It is the tradition of the family that he was a captain. He is entered, however, as a private in the list recorded at Albany, of those who received land. He belonged to the second company in the first regiment of the State of New York, in the service of the Conti- nental Congress for three years or during the war. * Widow of Captain Peregrine Fitzhugh, mentioned below. 84 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. From the Wayne Sentinel. Died in Newark, on the 20th of February, 1842, Mr. John McCarn, a soldier of the Revolution, aged eighty years. Died in Arcadia, on the 17th of March, 1844, Ebenezer Smith, a soldier of the Revolution, aged eighty-six years. Benjamin Lewis. — He was born in Hartford, Conn., and had four brothers also in the War of the Revolution, his young- est brother Reuben, being a drummer. He went into the service at the age of sixteen as a bearer of despatches,, afterwards enlisted in a company of dragoons, served for several years. He is understood to have been in sev- eral general engagements, among them Bunker Hill, Monmouth, Brandywine and Germantown. He was wounded three times and twice taken prisoner; "the last time while out in a scouting party of six. Before their captors could disarm them, Lewis shot one man from his horse, knocked another down and escaped back to his regiment. He received a ball in his leg which he car- ried through life. He lived a portion of his subsequent life in Dryden, Tompkins county, and came to Newark about 1832. He died December i, 1838, at the age of eighty-two, and is buried in Newark cemetery. He received a pension for some years before his death. Mrs. Lucinda Suthers and Mrs. Patterson are surviving chil- dren. The late Mrs. William Spears, of Sodus, was- another daughter. Nicholas Stansell suffered in the Indian wars connected with the Revolution, and is buried in Willow Avenue cem- etery. Silas Payne, an early settler at Hydesville, was a Revolution- ary soldier. Benjamin Luce, born in Morris county. New Jersey, Feb- ruary 5, 1761 ; enlisted in 1777, and served until the close of the war ; was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point. He moved to Palmyra, in 1796 ; to Arcadia, in 1805, one mile north of Newark village, where he died the next year, February 12, 1806. He left ten children, one of whom, D. F. Luce, now aged eighty-one, of Marion, is still living, and furnishes these facts. The widow survived until 1839. WiUiam Luce, another son, is still living at Palmyra, with his son George, ninety years of age. Robert Luce, another son, is still living at Ottawa, Kansas, ninety-five, (May, 1883.)* * Robert Luce was in the war of 1812. Captured September 17, 1814, and held at Halifax four months. Taken at iPort Erie. A son of Robert Luce, Robert M., was in the war of 1861 -'5, a member of a Wisconsin regiment. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 8$ Amos Jenks was a Revolutionary soldier, and is buried in Willow Avenue Cemetery. Ger shorn Salmon was a soldier of the Revolution ; born in Reading, Fairfield county, Connecticut, September 26, 1753. He lived for some time in this town, with his son- in-law, Joseph Crandall, but passed the closing years of his life in East Bloomfield, with his sons, where he died May II, 1843, aged seventy-eight years, seven months and sixteen days. BUTLER. Abner- Bivins, father of Edward Bivins, was a Revolutionary soldier. He served some years as a justice of the peace. The Bivins came in 181 5. Silas Winans lived on the C. M. Foster place. He was a Revolutionary soldier ; occupied land granted to him for services. Roswell Fox, grandfather of A. J. Fox, was in the Revolution^ ary war. He was born and lived in Connecticut until about 1800, when he moved west and settled in Oneida county, where he remained until 1810, when he removed to Wayne county. He settled on what is now known as the Post farm, in the town of Butler, and died in 1812, at about the age of sixty years. His wife lived to the age of ninety-six years. There were born to them three sons and seven daughters, of which David Fox, was the youngest, born 1798. He came from Connecticut when two years old; came into Waynecountyin i8io,andhas lived in this section nearly ever since. He is now nearly eighty-four years old, and in very good health, having seen a great many changes in the seventy-two years that he has lived in this county. When became into this section, there were but two houses in Syracuse. Ebenezer Pierce was a Revolutionary soldier. He was wounded in the. thigh with a bayonet. He settled in Lyons, afterwards lived in Butler, where he died about 1850, and was buried in Lyons Cemetery. He received a pension during the late years of his life. Major Daniel Fowler, Buried in Miller's Cemetery, was a Revolutionary soldier; no dates have been obtained with reference to him. The following letter forms an excellent preface to several notes furnished by its writer, which we give below : South Butler, N. Y., February 26, 1883, Lewis H. Clark, Esq., Sodus : My Dear Sir — My recollection of the Revolutionarj soldiers who were early settlers in this neighborhood is 86 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. quite distinct, but I was never possessed of the facts and dates of their muster and service, items most desirable, as I understand, for your history. My father came into this country m 1808, and althoug-h but a lad of thirteen years at the close of the Revolution, he was intimately acquainted with many (a few years older) who saw service, the theme of which never ceased to be a matter of conversation in their subsequent social interviews. His house, a mile north of my present residence, became a sort of rendezvous for early settlers in this neighborhood, among whom were several of these old soldiers — two or three perhaps, having preceded him— in their location and settlement of their Bounty lands ; this town, as you are aware, being included in the " Military Tract." Possibly, the accompanying sketches may be of service to you in finding the missmg links which must frequently be felt in your war history. " Such as I have give I unto thee," and remain, truly, H. H. Wheeler. " Captain " Peter Mills, the pioneer settler in this town,, who " drew " his bounty land, and lived where Lucius H. Viele now lives, (near the center of the town), I have always understood was a Captain in the Revolu- tionary war ; though I have no knowledge of the fact, nor of the man. He buried his wife, making the earliest grave in the town, prior to iSio, and left the country himself, before my time. Daniel Mills, his son, resided some time later, on the hill, now the northerly part of the farm which I occupy, and is among the earliest residents within my recollection. Captain Mills is believed to have settled here as early as the year 1803. Patd Wellman was a soldier in the Revolution, and settled about half a mile north of my present residence, as early as 1803 or 1805. I remember him as ah intimate friend and hear neighbor of my father during my earlier years, and remember the time he obtained his pension and some of the circumstances attending it, as early, perhaps, as 181 7 or 1820. But 1 never heard him say much about his military service, and don't know the fields he may have been in, nor the commander which he served. Silas Winans and Seth Craw, the one living a mile and the other two miles east of South Butler, in early times, I think, were Revolutionary soldiers, but, though I remember the men, I do not remember any particulars of their service. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 87 ^' Major" William Moulton who drew, and for many years lived upon, his six hundred acre lot of bounty land, since known as " Moulton Hill," near the center of this town, I think stands on the muster roll as "Captain," though in our neighborhood he was always called "Major." He was one of the familiar, socfal callers and diners at my father's house during my youth ; a man of courtly manners, of some ability and education, and a great Democratic politician. Ezekiel Scott came into this town in 181 3, succeeding Seth Craw, and subsequently residing, till his death, in 1848, w^here his grandson, Abram C. Scott, now resides. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and served six years. He used to refer incidentally to his fatigue and services in the line, especially to the operations in and about Stillwater, which terminated in Burgoyne's surrender. I remember his saying, at the time the old soldiers were applying for their pensions (under the general pension act), that he was well enough off, and could live without a pension ; and yet I think in subsequent years he did apply and obtain his pension. He died September 13, 1848, and was buried in the Hubbard Cemetery. Titus Lockwood lived about two miles west of here, where Frank Cobb now lives ; came into the woods there somewhere from 18 17 to 1820. He had but one leg (besides a wooden one), but whether the loss occur- red in the service or not, I have no recollection of hearing. Of war reminiscences, he liked to talk of the " Battle of White Plains," in which he took an active part. Joel Bishop, who came into this county in 1812, and lived many years where his grandson, Chauncey E. Bishop, now resides, two miles north of Rose Valley ; was a Revolutionary soldier; was a prisoner, confined in the same building (the old Stone Prison) with the renowned Ethan Allen, in the city of New York ; and, I think, was detailed for special service as " Orderly," or servant for that renowned hero, certain distinctive privileges, according to rank, being granted to officers. He used to relate the mad pranks of Allen, putting his head out of the window (in his upper story room), jeering the red coats and telling them Burgoyne would have to surrender and they all be driven out of the city, etc. 88 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Lott Stewart, oi " Stewart's Corners," and " Captain" (John?) Harmon, half a mile east of there, just over the town line of Butler, were " Revolutioners ; " but they both left the country (removed to Cattaraugus county) as early, perhaps, as 1825 — certainly prior to 1830 — and although I well remember the men, I have no recollec- tion of ever hearing much of their service — nothing of their enrollment or commands. GALEN. Spencer Clark, of Angell's Corners, sends the following names of Revolutionary soldiers in that vicinity : Abiather Stephenson, fought at Bunker Hill, and at the battle of Brandy wine, served through the war, and drew a pen- sion for some years before his death. Simon Burlingame and Jacob Coffin, were also Revolutionary soldiers who settled near Angell's Corners. Sylvester H. Clark, of Clyde, furnishes the following names : William Van Millier, a Revolutionary soldier, who died in Galen, April, 185 1, and was buried in the "White school house cemetery," two miles north of Clyde. Timothy Mcintosh, a Revolutionary soldier, is supposed by Adrastus Snedaker to have been buried on the old Briggs farm northeast part of Galen, in what has been called the Caywood cemetery. In connection with Galen, it should be mentioned that there has long been a tradition that in Sullivan's expedition, the army or a portion of it went through this town. The general route of Sullivan's march was south of here a few miles on the line of Waterloo. Yet there is of course a pos- sibility that scouting parties were thrown out northward. This tradition and the story of abandoned cannon are given by " G. P. L." in the following newspaper article : From the Lyons Republican of April 3, 1 879. "The tradition is that General Sullivan in his invasion of the territory of the Six Nations in 1779, swept everything before him clear to the shore of Lake Ontario ; that on his return he passed through the gap near where the first toll gate formerly stood on the plank road to Rose, then west- ward around the north end of the hill on the Peter Gordon farm, striking the river at Bruin's cove just west of Clyde, MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 89 where he sunk and abandoned the cannon in question. When Mr. Aaron Griswold first came to this town in 181 3, about thirty-four years after the invasion, the story of an abandoned cannon was common talk. A man named King claimed to know the exact location; asserted that he had dived down and not only seen it but put his hand in the muzzle. No attempt was made to recover it at this time, but somewhere about the year 1840, a search was made for it. Mr. Aaron Griswold and Beriah Redfield in company with the Mr. King who clainrted to know exactly where it was, went up the river and spent some time in searching for the old can- non but failed to find it." The tradition itself has thus come down to the present time through sources entirely reliable, but whether the tra- dition is " founded on fact " will probably never be settled ; the stream has changed its course somewhat, and search would doubtless be a failure. Sylvester H. Clark also furnished to the Rochester Express the following notice of this interesting tradition which gives a different ownership to the supposed cannon : FACTS IN RELATION TO THE CANNON IN THE CLYDE — 1 878. Correspondence of the Evening Express. Clyde, May 27. — Considerable has been written of late hereabouts in relation to a cannon — (six pounder) that was once sunk in the Clyde river — a little west of this village, by Butler's Rangers from Pennsylvania on their retreat before the victorious Sullivan in September, 1779. We have endeavored to discover the truth of the story and have par- tially succeeded in so doing. Butler, it appears, was a friend of the celebrated Indian warrior, Joseph Brandt, one of the six nations, the six nations being then composed of the Mohawks, Senecas, Cayugas, Oneidas, Onondagas and Tuscaroras, none of whom were on friendly terras with the white population of this section. When Butler's Rangers found that the indomitable chieftain, Sullivan, was in hot pursuit and very close upon them, it became necessary to and they did sink a cannon beneath the swift rolling waters of the Clyde. Of this fact, we have the testimony of men who settled in this region at an early day and from whom several persons now residing here have derived information relative thereto. John King, who was a business man in Clyde many years ago and whose father was a genuine pioneer, said, "that in his boyhood it was cur- go MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. rently reported among the trappers that a cannon had been sunk a little west of Clyde by Butler's men, and that rafts- men, in passing through the stream, had touched it with their poles." Mac De Golger, another old settler and once a raftsman, who had been dead manj years, used to say " that he had seen Butler's cannon." It is therefore a historic fact that there is now a cannon buried, not necessarily beneath the waters of the Clyde River, for the stream may have changed its course since then, but very near and possibly on the shore of it. The uncertainty of its exact location, how- ever, will forever preclude any attempt to secure the prize." As remarked above, it is scarcely possible now to verify either the fact that such abandoned cannon are there or settle the question who abandoned them. THE BLOCK HOUSE OF CLYDE. This has been a subject of discussion for many years. The settlement at Clyde was known for a time as " Block House." Roads are described in the early town records of all this section, by their relation to, and their connection with the " Block House road." Many speculations have been indulged in as to the date of its erection, and the purposes for which it was built, or for which it was subsequently used. It was not standing within the recollections of any persons now -living. In 1805, Captain Luther Redfield, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Dryer, visited this locality. They ascend- ed Dickson hill, the one in the rear of the present residence of Mr. E. B. Wells, and then climbed a tree to take in the outlook. From there they were able to catch a glimpse of the waters of Lake Ontario, with a broad view of unbroken forests. Descending the hill to the river, they made a raft of flood wood, and came over to the site of the Block House. It had been burned, but there were still left the charred ends of the logs at the corners — a few remains that entirely dis- appeared not long after. This account Mr. Adrastus Sned- aker received direct from Captain Luther Redfield himself. Other information is derived from Mr. John King. The latter was the son of a pioneer who located, probably about 1790, at the point of the hill, a mile or more south or south- east of Lock Bertin. John King, in his boyhood, rambled up and down this valley with old trappers, and was himself MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 91 an expert hunter. He became familiar with their stories and their descriptions of the Block House. It stood on the north bank of the Clyde river, and east of the mouth of Vanderbilt creek. The latter now a mere ditch through the village, enters the river beneath the bridge, a few rods east of the New York Central Freight Depot. The ground on which the Block House stood was a rounded elevation, sufficient to place it above the reach of high water. It was removed in the building of the railroad ; and it is yet a matter of regret at Clyde that this old historical landmark was lost by the grading at that time. The usual tradition of past years with reference to the Block House, is expressed in the following paragraph from a newspaper article by S. H. Clark : " Local historians have differed as to the origin, date of erection and history of the old Block House that once decorated the locality of the present village of Clyde, but the most direct, we think, authentic account comes through Adrastus Snedaker, an old and esteemed resident oi Clyde, who gained his information from John King, a pioneer long since dead, who in turn secured his knowledge of the events narrated bv the trappers that in olden time passed up and down the Clyde river. These trappers place the date of the erection of the building in 1756, during the French and Indian war, and say that it was originally a fort, where the inhabitants congregated for protection from the Indians. The building was two stories high, the upper projecting over the lower at the sides and ends. In the floor of the upper story — near the sides and ends — were port-holes, through which a volley might reach the enemy, should they undertake to fire the shanty. During the Revolutionary war the building was used as a depot for the storage of goods smuggled to and from Canada. We have no record of its destruction. Every vestige of it, however, had dis- appeared in 1805." Subsequently, the following account appeared in one of " Macauly's" letters to the 'R.ochesX.er Democrat and Chronic le, which dates the erection subsequent to the Revolution : " Having revived Fulton's first business voyage up the Hudson, I will add as a suitable accompaniment a sketch of the first boat on Lake Ontario. In 1789, John Fellows, a Massachusetts Yankee, started from Schenectady for Canada on a trading expedition. He reached the present site of 92 MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. Clyde, where he built a small log cabin in which to store his goods, while he was engaged in 'bushing out' a sled road to Sodus bay. His boat, w^hich he had brought with him, was hauled to the bay by an ox team, and in this he crossed to Canada and returned, having had good success. On his return he landed at Irondequoit. The boat was afterward bought by Judge Porter, who used it while cruising along the shore of the lake, being then surveying the Phelps and Gorham purchase. This boat, which was not honored with a name, is said on good authority, to have been the first white man's craft ever launched upon that lake, which is now so abundant in its magnificent and useful shipping." Macauly's authority was probably Ketchum's history quoted in the following letter from James Reeves : East Palmyra, June 23, 1883. Lewis H. Clark, Esq. : Dear Sir — Much has been said about the old Block House at Clyde, that was built east of the Clyde depot on the north side of the river. William Ketchura, in his " History of Buffalo and the Six Nations," makes the following state- ment, Ketchum's History, vol. 2, page 194 and 5 : " He says the first American craft that I knew 01 as navi- gating Lake Ontario was a Schenectadv batteaux, fitted out for a trading expedition to Canada in 1789, by John Feller, of Sheffield, Massachusetts — its cargo mostly tobacco and tea. On arriving at the Oswego river, he ascertained that he would not be permitted to pass the British posts at Oswego — and he manifested no little ingenuity and enterprise in overcom- ing the difficulty. He took his boat up the outlet of Canan- daigua lake to what is now called Clyde, where he built a small log house (long known as the Block House) to store his goods until he cleared out a sled road to Sodus Bay, where he transported boat and goods, and pursued his voyage, and with the aid of some secret friends disposed of his cargo to great advantage. He brought his boat back to Irondequoit creek and sold it to a man by the name of Lusk." Feller met Phelps at the Indian treaty, and he became a land speculator in Western New York. He went from Irondequoit direct to Canandaigua. The history of that log hut as I heard it from the early settlers, varies but little from Ketchum's, it was about 12 by 18, without chimney, with split logs for a floor; it was used for many years by trappers, hunter and boatmen, as a camp- ing place. I have heard its history from a dozen different pioneers. Peeled basswood logs in the woods would not have lasted from the French war. James Reeves. MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. 93 This takes away something of the romance from the old traditional story. This account dates the building of the Block House only back to 1789, the year the Stanselis and Featherlys were making the first settlement of the county, at Lyons. If it was gone in 1805, it only stood fifteen or sixteen years. Yet, in this view even the Block House of Clyde, must remain an item of great interest in the early history. According to this account it belonged to that period subsequent to the Revolution, and prior to the Jay treaty, when as yet the British had not surrendered the forts at Oswego or Niagara, and when Indian alarms still ren- dered it a very wise precaution to have an actual fort for protection. The tradition at Clyde, coming direct from John King, is very strong in favor of an older building than Ketchum's History describes. Mr. Red