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N., and Ciram Creek, (p. o.,) in the s. part, are hamlets. The first settlement was commenced by
Germans, before the Revolution.¹ Rev. Jacob Frisband held the first religious services, about 1800.^J

PERTH⁸—was formed from Amsterdam, (Montgomery co.,) April 18, 1838. Parts of May¬
field and Broadalbin were annexed Feb. 17,1842. It is the s. e. corner town of the co. Its surface
is gently rolling. Chuctenunda Creek flows through the extreme e. part of the town. The soil is
mostly a clay loam. Limestone crops out in several places; but the prevailing rock is slate.
West Galway, (p. v.,) in the sr. e. corner, on the line of Saratoga co., contains a church and
20 houses. Perth, (p. o.,) in the sr. part, contains .a church and 8 houses. West Perth
fp. o.) is a hamlet. The first settlement commenced on the road from Tribes Hill to Sacondaga,
•it 1760.² The census reports 2 churches in town; Presb. and Asso. Ref. Presb.

STRATFORD ³—was formed from Palatine, (Montgomery co.,) April 10, 1805. A part of
Caroga was taken off in 1842. It is the sr. w. corner town of the co. Its surface is a high, rolling,
and hilly upland, 800 to 1,200 ft. above the Mohawk, and in the extreme N. 1,800 to 2,000 ft. above
tide, with a general inclination to the s. w. East Canada Creek flows through the sr. w. corner and
forms a part of the w. boundary. North, Ayers, and Fish Creeks are the principal streams. In
the n. part are several small lakes, the principal of which are Dexter, Spectacle, North Pleasant,
and Ayers Lakes. The soil in the s. w. and in the valley of East Canada Creek is a clayey loam;
and in other parts it is light, sandy, and gravelly. Nicliolsville, (Stratford p. o.,) on the w.
border, partly in Herkimer co., at the junction of Ayers and East Canada Creeks, contains 2
churches, 4 sawmills, a gristmill and tannery, and 32 houses. Wliitesburgli (p. o.) is a hamlet,
in the s. w. corner. The first settlement was commenced by Samuel Bennett, in 1800.⁶

Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Live
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Fulton County.

1

Rudolph Yonker was the first settler; John Shaver, Jacob
Youron, Moses Johnson, Daniel Dickman, Wm. Alterburgh,
Henry Burkdorf, Frederick Bellenger, and- Simeon Schuyler
settled in the s. part; Benjamin Berry, Peter Clive, Jacob
Ladue, James Johnson, Wm. Bean, Richard Hewett, and Daniel
Guile, from New England, settled in the central part in 1797.
William Alterburgh kept the first inn; Andrew Zabriskie the
first store; and John Beardsley built the first mill. Mr. B. was
the pioneer millwright in Central New York, and took an active
part in the first improvements of this class.

2

Charles Mereness, Richard Bowen, Marcus Reese, -

3

Davis, Michael Swobe, and Francis Frey settled before 1770.