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828 GENESEE COUNTY.
loam intermixed with clay. Stafiford (p. v.) lies on Black Creek, near the center of the town.
It is a station on the C. & N. E. branch of the N. Y. C. II. R., and contains 3 churches, a private
seminary, and a pop. of 3-50. Morganvflie1 (p. v.) contains 2 churches, 2 sawmills, a flour¬
ing mill, a brown earthen ware factory, and 200 inhabitants. A fall in Black Creek at this
place is 30 ft. perpendicular and 30 ft. in rapids, affording a fine water power.2 Hoanolie,3
(p.v.,) formerly “ Orangeburgh,” contains a church, several mills,, and 20 dwellings. The settle¬
ment was commenced in 1801, by Col. Wm. Rumsey and Gen. Worthy Lovel Churchill, (from Yt.,)
who located on the Buffalo Road, w. of Stafford.4 The first religious services were held at the
house of Col. Rumsey, by Rev. Mr. Green. The first church (Bap.) was formed by Rev. Amos
Lampson, in 1815.5
Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Live
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Genesee County.
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Names of Towns. |
Acres of Land. |
Valuation op 1858. |
Population. |
1
1
Cl
o-
4 |
1
4 |
1 |
Schools. |
|
Improved. |
"S
0
1
J. |
e
"e |
Personal
Property. |
Total. |
1 |
Females. |
No. of
Districts. |
Children
taught. |
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Alabama................ |
18,345* |
10,194* |
805,535 |
43.350 |
848.885 |
1,159 |
1,035 |
416 |
436 |
315 |
14 |
903 |
|
Alexander.............. |
17,234 |
4,539 |
769,370 |
66,650 |
836,020 |
911 |
887 |
351 |
378 |
268 |
14 |
585 |
|
Batavia.................. |
20,803* |
5,320* |
2,371,128 |
723,600 |
3,094,728 |
2,653 |
2,651- |
924 |
990 |
723 |
16 |
1,705 |
|
Bergen................... |
12.504 |
4.126 |
684,266 |
40,410 |
724,676 |
905 |
895 |
366 |
363 |
303 |
9 |
638 |
|
Bethany................. |
18,118 |
4,882* |
517,316 |
48,338 |
565,654 |
925 |
954 |
356 |
382 |
327 |
11 |
604 |
|
Byron.................... |
15,409 |
4,162 |
775,776 |
151,835 |
927,611 |
843 |
798 |
313 |
329 |
272 |
9 |
562 |
|
Darien................... |
23,527 |
6,907 |
696,870 |
71,282 |
768,152 |
1,112 |
1,064 |
418 |
435 |
362 |
16 |
822 |
|
Elba...................... |
15,614 |
6.535 |
678,131 |
112,130 |
790,261 |
959 |
910 |
375 |
384 |
251 |
9 |
616 |
|
Le Roy.................. |
20,427 |
5,872 |
1,266,937 |
392,770 |
1,659,707 |
2,117 |
2,098 |
716 |
532 |
511 |
13 |
1,363 |
|
Oakfield.................. |
9,208* |
3,476* |
398,916 |
36,600 |
435,516 |
817 |
693 |
286 |
279 |
178 |
8 |
589 |
|
Pavilion................. |
16,986* |
4,322* |
606,308 |
81,400 |
687,708 |
915 |
843 |
323 |
333 |
280 |
10 |
536 |
|
Pembroke............... |
15,187* |
12,297* |
814,001 |
38.600 |
852,601 |
1,432 |
1.412 |
549 |
566 |
452 |
14 |
977 |
|
Stafford.................. |
15,648 |
3,098 |
773,125 |
151,099 |
924,224 |
1,073 |
982 |
360 |
385 |
186 |
9 |
744 |
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Total................ |
219,012* |
75,732 |
11,157,679 |
1,958,064 |
13,115,743 |
15,821 |
15,222 |
5,753 |
5,792 |
4,428 |
152 |
10,644 |
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1 Named from the wife of Wm. Morgan, of masonic notoriety.
2 Two caves are found in the w. bank of the creek a few rods
below the falls.
a Named from the residence of John Randolph by Major Jas.
Ganson.
4 Peter Stage (from Onondaga co.) settled in 1802. Benj. Gan¬
son and John Annis were the first settlers in the e. part of the
town. Gen. W. L. Churchill served with credit in the War of
1812, and subsequently as sheriff of Genesee co. from 1820 to
1825. The first birth was that of a child of W. L. Churchill,
March 9, 1803; and the first death, that of the wife of W. L. |
Churchill, at about the same time. The first school was taught
by Esther Sprout, in 1806. Frederick Walthers kept the first inn,
at Stafford Village, in 1799; and this was one of the first three
taverns kept on the Holland Purchase. The village was then
known as the “ Transit Store House” from its being the principal
supply station for the surveying company while running the
“ Transit Line.” The first sawmill was built on Bigelow Creek,
in 1810, by Amos Stow; and the first gristmill, on the same
stream, in 1811, by Seymour Ensign.
5 The census reports 7 churches in town; 2 M. E., and 1 each
Prot. E., Cong., Bap., Christian, and Univ. |
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