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s. e. through near the center, and receives as tributaries Jackson and Langfords Creeks from the n,
and Bakers Creek from the s. The soil on the hills is a clay loam, and in the valleys a gravelly
loam. Van Ettenvilie (p.v.) contains 3 churches and 20dwellings; Cayuta,is a p. o. The
first settlements¹ were made along the valley of Cayuta Creek in 1795, by Alexander and Benjamin
Ennis, Peter, Jacob, Emanuel, and Isaac Swartwood, from N.J. The first church (Bap.) was
formed by Rev. Ebenezer Jayne, the first settled preacher.²

VETERAJV—was formed from Catharines, April 16, 1823. It lies on the n. line of the co., w.
of the center. The surface is principally a hilly upland. Catharine Creek flows n. along the w.
border, affording an abundance of waterpower.³ The other streams are Newtown and Beardsley
Creeks. The soil is a clay and gravelly loam of good quality. Millport (p. v.) contains 2 churches,
flouring and saw mills, and various manufacturing establishments. Pop. 706. Sullivan vllle₅
(p.v.,) in the s. part of the town, contains a church and 155 inhabitants. Veteran and Pine
Valley are p. offices. The first settlements were made at about the commencement of the cen¬
tury,—in the n. part of the town by immigrants from Conn., and in the s. part by immigrants from
Penn.⁴ The first church (M. E.) was formed in 1817.⁵

	Acres of Land.		Valuation of 1858.			Population.		§i	8		Schools.
Names of Towns.	Improved.	1 ! '1	Real Estate.	Personal Property.	l Total.	\|	Females.	1 G\| > 4	1. £	Freeholders.	vi 41	Children taught.
Baldwin*................. Big Flats................	12.616}	11,125	$641,430	$54,576	$696,006	929	924	342	353	203	7 8	427 655
Catlin.....................	11,670	9,316	276,084	6,064	282,148	759	759	295	300	245	13	651
Chemung................	19,864	20,364	561,100	54,600	615,700	1,437	1.348	493	498	386	14	929
Elmira...................	10,094}	6,425	2,130,801	869,850	3,000,651	4,137	4.349	1,463	1,589	1,023	11	2,865
Erin......................	9,638	18,169	141,873	3,227	145,100	604	586	229	231	232	10	524
Horseheads.............	12,490	7,840	707,870	81,850 34,950	789,720	1,356	1,292	430	467	314	9	1,037
Southport...............	15,831}	16,990}	903,544	81,850 34,950	938,494	2,285	2,194	814	869	578	18	1,833
Van Etten..............	12,689	12,083 8,073	102,448	2,650	105,098	781	741	277	281	268	12	659
Veteran..................	15,326	12,083 8,073	482,471	24,600	507,071	1,423	1,384	’ 574	568	416	14	1,061
Total..............	120,219}	110,385}	5,947,621	1,132,367	' 7,079,988	13,711	13,577	1 4,857	5,156	3,665	116	10,621

Live Stock.

1,215

809

1,785

9,853

Agricultural Products.
Bush, of Graik.		i	% .		I)airy Products.
fe			* S	•i s	's si	'e «•
£			■ss	“§!	Sfci
I	&	£ .	(qa,		„° S B, cq	EC .82
13,867}	132,203	2,654	12,101	16,771	86,702	570
4,863	83,270	2,031	9,225	5,503	65,720
8,583	117,986}	4,856	15,189	19,511	209,735	560
6,778	75,813}	2,461	34,842	6,870	79,767	350
2,697	51,960	1,898	8,947	8,322	72,140
10,873}	120,262}	2,825}	13,741	13,916	108,260	2,770
9,813	95,526}	3,391	15,625	9,513	118,899
2,708	41,055	1,868	6,936	8,964	57,870
7,129	109,430	2,956}	14,685	17,994	125,552	3,611
67,312	827,507	24,941	131,291	107,364	924,645	7,861

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7,013

Sam’l, James, Daniel, and Joshua Westbrook, John Lattimore,
Johnson, and Crammer, all from Pelaware Kiver, set¬
tled on the Cayuta Flats, at and near Van Ettenvilie, from 1795
to 1800. Harmon White, (from Litchfield, Conn.,) David Jayne
and Gabriel Ogden, (from N. J.,) settled, in 1802, on a branch of