Gazetteer of New York, 1860 & 1861, page 608

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608 SCHOHARIE COUNTY.

dwellings. liiitlieranviSle, (p.o.,) in the n.w. part, contains a church and 10 dwellings;
and Eminence, (p. v.,) on the line of Blenheim, 2 churches and 15 dwellings. The first settle¬
ment was made in 1794, by Frederick Prosper, from Dutchess co.¹ Rev. M. Sherman was the first
preacher. The census reports 7 churches in town.²

WRIGHT ³—was formed from Schoharie, April 4, 1846. It is the n. town on the e. border
of the co. Its surface is a hilly upland. The highest summits, along the s. line, are 600 to 800 ft.
above the valleys. The principal stream is Foxes Creek, flowipg n. w. through the center. The
soil is a clay and gravelly loam. Gallupville_; (p.v.,) near the center, contains 3 churches, 2
'sawmills, tannery, carding machine, and 50 houses. Sliutters Corners, (p. o.,) in the w. part,
contains a sawmill, gristmill, and 10 houses. Waldensvilie is a p. o., near the e. line. The
town comprises the whole of several patents and parts of several others, principally granted from
1760 to 1770. The first settlement was made by Jacob Zimmer, near Gallupville, several years
prior to the Revolution;⁴ A stone house built by Johannes Becker, an early settler, was used as a
fort during the war.⁵ There are 5 churches in town.⁶

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

	Acres of Land.		Valuation of		1858.	Population.		§a	i '		Schools.
Names of Towns.	'S o It	■s g 1 ll	e $	N t g	Total.	Males.	g s $	1 o' 4	1 8 4	Freeholders.	No. of Districts.	Children taught.
Blenheim..........	9,864	16,102	$186,667	$18,990	$205,657	686	665	225	245	186	12	601
Broome—...........	18,623	8,375	204,346	50,884	255.230	1,071	1,067	421	. 427	270	19	1,034
Carlisle.............	14,612	6,243	394,171	42,410	436,581	873	850	311	■ 326	276	9	760
Cobleskill..........	11,742	6,296	347,926	56,175	404,101	1,096	1,112	373	401	335	9	776
Conesville.........	12,907	8,552	229,460	27,506	256,966	700	707	262	292	215	13	629
Esperance.........	7,679#	2,715#	237,915	71,622	309.537	643	727	239	262	177	8	606
Fulton...............	17.120#	17,192	464,350	58,550	- 522,900	1,450	1,367	509	530	402	15	1,182
Gilboa...............	23,139	13,398#	302,308	56,950	359,258	1,306	1,351	478	526	322	18	1,105
Jefferson...........	15,Off!	8,04£#	278,140	. 30,478	308,618	820	868	292	321	252	13	683
Middleburgh......	14,240$	11,609	431,345	53,850	485,195	1,621	1,454	480	547	363	13	1,179
Richmondville....	14,207#	5,475	374.599	32,760	407,359	1,028	999	345	. 378	291	12	840
Schoharie..........	9,401	6,429	522,591	222,650	745,241	1,429	1,440	498	495	310	10	1,068
Seward.............	14,381	5,420	388.128	28.920	417,048	962	963	316	335	247	12	705
Sharon..............	19.297	4,878	552,188	100,162	652,350	1,360	1,356	460	489	424	15	1,066
Summit............	13,027	6,040	320,735	45,065	365,800	940	950	854	374	268	16-	687
Wright.............	12,599	5,276	338,707	62,265	400,972	843	815	283	310	236	10	697
Total........	227,904#	132,046#	5,573,576	959,237	6,532,813	16,828	16,691	5,846	6,258	4,574	204	13,808

Lite Stock.

Agricultural Products.

Bush, of Grain.

Daisy Products.

Names of Towns.

Rh K|

252

~873

1,117

1,078

1,388

5,438

3,348

2,930

3,460

1,165

3,520

3,385

2.241
3, '
2,182

2.241
2,001
3,923
2,030
3,076

618

962

1,137

1,463

916

618

1,484

1,229

791

1,749

1,093

1,804

1,444

•1,384

941

1,171

915

1,586

1,338

1,228

1,238

801

1,867

1,903

1,477

1,498

1,120

1,244

1,072

1,349

1,115

807

16,109

52.362#

61,044$

63,671

17,185#

49,561

70,860#

33,427#

33,261$

77,305

62,354

73,555

73,296#

129,765

51,884

57,001#

1,940

3,315

2,705

2,745

3,130

1,869#

3,436#

5,035#

4,369

2,819#

3,122

2,159#

3.213

2,881

4,297

1,737

5,539

7,270#

11,349

1L724

5,740

5,889

18,926

10,694

11,164

16.356

liyei

16,754

13,206

16,925

18,971

8,164

6,746
10,481
12,992
14,093
10,686
7,132
11,847
13,440
9,472
11,108
15,261
10,372
18/ ‘
47,182
12.210
11,154

86.230

92,146

115,586

93,725

95.550

53,745

140,939

207,265

183.877

93,970

98.580

72,060

136,430

124.965

150,815

86,374

2,605
5,379
6,716
2,640
. 8,025
869
3,090

500

1,883

200

40,661

2,240

200

■400

141

443

379

707

597

452

838

601

758

583

1,001

506

578

540

1,492

1,927

1,753

750

1,009

1,006

1,260

1,201

1,530

823

9,682 20,558 18,213

45,596 18,804 106,237

922,644#

8,774;

190,432# 222,182 1,832,257

71,016

34,915

Blenheim........

Broome.........

Carlisle..........

Cobleskill.......

Cones ville.......

Esperance.......

Fulton.... .

Gilboa...........

Jefferson .

Middleburgh..-.

Richmondville.

Schoharie .

Seward ......

Sharon...............

Summit..........

Wright..........

^; Total.....

³ Named in honor of Gov. Silas Wright.

⁴ Among the early settlers were Johannes Becker, Shaffer,

Frederick Dening, John Nashold, Frederick Beller, Christopher
Shoefelt, and John Hilsley. Jacob Zimmer kept the first inn,
John and Henry Becker the first store; Jacob Zimmer built the
first gristmill, and Zimmer, Becker & Shaffer the first sawmill.

⁶ On the morning of July 26,1782, a band of tories and Indians
appeared in the valley of Foxes Creek, murdered several persons,
took some prisoners, and attempted to dislodge the inmates of the
stone house, but failed. This house is still standing.

⁶ 2 M. E., Ev, Luth., Ref. Prot. D., and Christian.

Clement Davis, Samuel Allen, Martin Van Buren, Morris
Kiff, Robert and Abraham Van Duser, A. M. Frydenburgh,
Joseph L. Barnet, Amos Baldwin, Jonathan Hughes, Baltus
Prosper, and James Brown were early settlers. The first birth

•was that of Frydenburgh, and the first marriage that of

Clement Davis and Lovjna Allen, in 1797. Daniel Harris taught
the first school, in 1798. Benj. Rider kept the first inn, James

Burns the first store, and Van Buren the first sawmill.

The town comprises a part of the Straasburgh, Charlotte River,
{Stephen Skinner, and Walter Franklin Patents.

* 2 Bap., 2 M. E., Ref. Prot. D., Ev. Luth,, and Christian.

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