FOREWORD TO MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES
This section includes references to the following among others: Academies and colleges referred to in the History, whether or not in Yates County Animal stories about bears, beavers, deer, rattlesnakes, squirrels and wolves Black population and stories about blacks mentioned in the History Businesss names Cemeteries mentioned in the History Church names and denominations mentioned in the history Civil War soldiers, including men who served in states other than New York Indians, stories about and location of their burial grounds Mexican War soldiers Newspapers mentioned in History, whether or not in Yates County Organizations, such as Masonic lodges, medical societies, professional associations, etc. Place names, mostly in Yates County, and if name was changed, note is made of that Reference works cited in the History Roads and highways, surveying of, routes of Revolutionary War soldiers Slaves, population of and discussion about Statistics provided in the history on population, farm and industrial output, etc. War of 1812 soldiers Whisky and liquor, popularity of Women's work - types of work women did to support themselves and/or their families GENERAL MISCELLANEOUS Accidental deaths 123, 126, 145, 154, 163, 294, 343, 380, 424, 429, 432, 437, 471, 537, 801, 810, 815-16, 854, 903, 925, 984, 994, 1004, 1065, 1145 Ague and fever 37 Altitudes in Yates County 583-84 Bears, stories about 35, 182, 216, 218, 220, 252-53, 396-97, 457, 469, 554, 628-29, 697, 716, 839, 1115-16, 1140 Beavers 36, 827 Blacks, population of, stories about 26, 94, 350, 369, 371, 402-04, 442, 569, 624, 627, 761, 1122, 1146 Cayuga Indians 16 County Poor House 477, 583, 805 Crimes 143, 191, 283-84, 411, 604, 798, 803, 817, 827 Deer, stories about 33, 35, 140, 142, 398-99, 456-57, 514, 536, 1115 Erie Canal 31, 496, 498, 506, 531, 867, 942, 1156 Flax, crops of and importance to pioneers 146, 836 Family size 1114 Hornby Estate 139, 148, 375-76 Indian burial grounds 178, 281, 573, 638-39, 715-16 Indians, stories about 10-19, 33, 204, 386-87, 373, 390, 410, 447, 449-50, 462, 665-66, 573, 594, 672-73, 712-13, 765, 796, 798, 839, 847, 1126 Iron plow (first one) 334 Iroquois Indians 9-10, 12, 16-18, 172, 765 Jerusalem currency (shingles) 551, 554 Jesuit missionaries 10-11 Livingston Manor (Columbia Co., N.Y.) 324, 486, 491-93 Lumber business 531-32, 551 Mistake in surveying the Pre-Emption Line 23-25 Mohawk Indians 11-12 Niagara Suspension Bridge 861 Old Fort Farm 765 Phelps and Gorham's Purchase 18, 23-27, 29, 32, 55, 373, 375, 634, 634, 636, 892 Pickering's Indian Treaty 22, 49-50 Postal service, postmasters 155, 307, 367, 388, 394, 420, 443, 567, 632, 889-90, 962, 1118, 1120, 1123, 1130, 1144 Potash, asheries, making and marketing of 142, 369-71, 424, 442, 511, 761, 1146 Pultney Estate 24, 29-30, 139, 169, 375-76, 436, 803, 895 Rattlesnakes, stories about 36, 60, 142, 374, 378, 414, 459, 468, 607, 754, 798, 804, 830, 1161-62 Roads, surveying of and names 31, 141, 146, 160, 173-75, 367, 371, 476, 536, 569-72, 575, 763-64, 796, 932, 1141-42 Rusco Bible 1030 Senatorial Electors 254, 368, 420, 569, 627, 761, 1146 Seneca Indians 10-13, 15-16, 26, 49, 373, 587-89, 712-14, 716 Shay's Rebellion 712, 954 Six Nations (Iroquois Indians) 11, 15, 29, 49 Slaves, population of and discussion of 85, 94, 369, 371, 552, 624, 627, 648, 680, 778, 987, 1143-44, 1146 Solar eclipses 141-42, 562 Squirrel hunt 458-59 Statistics (population, industrial output) 32-33, 166, 368-70, 439, 442-43, 567-69, 626-28, 760-63, 890-91, 1146-50 Sugar, making and value of 94, 210, 370, 460, 663, 890 Vineyards 167, 368, 513, 559, 573-74, 628, 765, 793, 815, 850, 1150-51 Washington Territory 847 Wheat, crops of and prices for 22, 30, 283, 376, 432, 523, 661, 698 Whiskey, liquor 142, 154, 188, 235, 370-71, 478-79, 552, 574, 650, 663, 666, 706, 727, 859, 915, 1089-90, 1116, 1144 Wisconsin Soldier's Home 201 Wolves 34-35, 140, 148, 154, 253, 257, 413, 456-57, 459, 469, 472-73, 596, 600, 603-04, 620, 716, 836, 839, 859, 1140, 1145 Women's work, types of vi, 9, 39-48, 50, 60, 87-88, 90-91, 93, 96, 109, 116-17, 124, 130-31, 137, 159, 166, 201, 251-52, 260-61, 264, 269, 305, 312, 360, 380-81, 392, 394, 455, 550, 553, 557, 563, 567, 574, 603, 622, 628, 683, 691-92, 724, 729, 770, 772, 775, 791, 804, 807, 856, 865, 877, 906, 931, 939, 981, 1013, 1036, 1105, 1109-10, 1112-113, 1122-23, 1144-45, 1151 World Challenging Bran Duster, invention 269 Wyoming Valley Massacre (Pennsylvania) 15, 339, 509, 677, 686, 721 BUSINESSES A. & J. Thomas, furniture 878 American Hotel 337 Andrew Raplee's Tavern 1142 Andrews & Briggs, mill & distillery 1124-25 Armstrong & Gage, hardware merchants 217, 273 Augusus Maltby & Son 1128 Ayrault & Co. 1028 Bank of Bainbridge 690 Bank of Geneva 337, 951 Barnes Mill 178 Barnes & Sharp 949 Barnes & Zook 1010 Beekman & Co., furniture 1128 Beers and Folwell 1120-21 Benham House 963 Birdsall Machine Shop 205 Blood & Gage 443 Botsford Brick Yard 575 Boyd & Booth 907 Bush & Andrews, druggists 564 Campbell's Pottery 716 Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad 1070, 1124 Carmichael's Mill 1134 Cascade Paper Company 939 Casner & Scheetz Mill xxi, 332 Casterline & Terrill 1125 Clifton Springs Hotel 963 Commercial Iron Works 1050 Corey & Rohde 306 Cornwell & Teets, shoe & boot makers 564 Covert & Chubb, grocers 726 Crandall & Peterson's Mill 973, 1034 Crystal Spring House 1000 Cyrus P. McLean & Co. 1128 D. Lanning & Co., dealer in coal and lumber 930 Daniel Rapalee Tavern 165 Davison Moshier Mill 529 Demary & Hollister 1123 Devereaux & Fiero 764 DeWitt & Galusha Foundry 1129 DeWitt, Wheeler & Co. Foundry 1129 Drake's Ferry 1017 Drake's Tavern 903, 1017 Dresden Hotel 280 Dundee Mill 1135 Dunn & Dorman, tailors 1123 Dunning and McAlaster, jewelers 694 Dunning and Sunderlin, jewelers 694 Eagle Hotel 726 Ellis House 1126, 1131 Ellis & Baker 726 Ellsworth & Booth Mercantile 563, 907 Erie Railway 268, 678 Factory Mill 527, 529 Ferris & Underhill 628 Finley's Tavern 147, 149 Flinn & Dwelle, hardware 878 Fowler & Ward 1125 Fox Paper Mill 527 Frost & Tunnicliff, law firm 336 Gage & Mariner, wagon makers 564 Geneva and Southwestern Railroad 891 Geneva Hotel 175, 241 First National Bank of Geneva 337 Ganundawa Grape Co. 628 George Benton & Co., ashery 371 George C. Gage & Co. 177 George Hollowell & Son 878 Gibson's Ferry 921 Glass Factory 827, 853, 1051 Gleason Ferry 918, 1065-66 Goodrich, Easton & Co., merchants 563 Goodwin Ferry 918, 1017, 1065-66, 1124 Green Tavern 533 Grove Hotel 1066 H. Birdsall, Son & Co. 260 Hahnnemann Life Insurance Company 116 Hamlin & Sons 335-36 Harpending's Tavern 1127 Hecker & Brothers, New York 698 Henderson Mill 118 Henneberg & Quick, wagon makers 564 Henry & Vail, harness makers 564 Herries & Paris, wagon makers 564 Hess & Smith 573 Honey & Simmons 1023 Hopeton Mills 226, 238, 274 Hunt & Armsberger, dry goods 878 Ithaca Co., The 1062 Jacob, Allington & Co. 757 Jillett Mill 729 Jillett & Longwell Mill 569 John J. Hollett & Son, carriage factory 1129 Joy's Oil Mill 26, 46 Kimble's Penn Yan Augurs and Bits 717-18 Lathrop & Lilly, merchants 178 Lawrence & Smith, merchants 563 Lawrence Mill 276, 640, 642 Lessee Company (see also New York Lessee Co.) 18-19, 23, 29, 54, 57, 139, 634-35, 650, 727-28 London Association 29, 55, 375 Marshall & Shearman, merchants 726 Martin, Vosburgh & Co., merchants 977, 998, 1017, 1128 Mile Point House 175, 241 Mosher Mills 276 New York Central Railroad 861 New York Genesee Land Company (see also Lessee Co. and New York Lessee Co.) 18, 55, 139 New York Lessee Company (see also New York Genesee Land Co. and Lessee Co.) 139, 262-63 Niagara Genesee Company (see also New York Genesee Land Co.) 19, 172 Nichols & Seeley 628 Northern Central Railway 145, 224 Norton's Mills 1039, 1134 Oliver & Wisner, attorneys 522 Pacific Railroad 1079 Paddock & Nichols, lumber yard of Yonkers 531 Pelton Brothers, shoe & boot makers 564 Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad 320 Peterson Gun Shop 1134 Pioneer Mills 61 Plum Point Creek Mills 663 Powell's Hotel, Geneva 187 Pritchard & Chrysler, blacksmiths 631-32 R. M. & Z. Williams 859 Raymond & Sprague 877 Red Mill 987, 1134-35 Rice & Tunnicliff xxii Richard and Philo Hurd & Co. Mill 1134 Riggs & Bennett, blacksmiths 564 Riley & Snow 1123 Royce & Montgomery 986-87, 1125 S. Booth & Son 907 S. Horton & Co. 573 S. J. Larham & Co., grocers 328 Seeley & Brownell 1069 Semans & De Mott 985 Second National Bank of Watkins 1074 Seneca Lake Grape and Wine Company 727 Seth Harris & Sons, scythe manufacturer 529 Shearman & Weaver Mill 527, 730 Shepherd & Shaw 169 Smith's Mills 253, 280 Spencer & Kirnan 957 Spicer & Wolcott, attorneys 995 Stafford & Ross 949, 1023 Stark's Mill 966, 1046, 1126 Starkey Hotel 986 Starkey Station 1123-24 Stark's Mill 1046 State Bank at Dundee 1128 Stever & German, blacksmiths 564 Stillman & Gilbert 877 Stone & Stewart Publishers xx Stone Mill 1034, 1134-35, 1142 Teeples' Tavern 140-41 Tomer Brothers 564 Tompkins & Simmons 1062 Townsend & Barkley 1073 Townsend & Bronson 1072 Townsend & Co. 1072 Townsend Tavern 270-71 Union House 1127 Union Mills 942, 1127, 1131, 1134-35 Van Ness & Johnson Foundry 564 Vine Valley Grape Co. 628 Wagener Mill 277, 332 Walter Grape Co. 628 Waterous & Kinner, boot & shoe makers 564 Way & Brown 527 Wayne Hotel 143 Wesley Benedict Dry Good Dealers 1128 Whitman & Green 878 Wickham & Murray Mill 1134, 1141 Wilkes & Simond 942 Williams, White & Co. 1119 Winters Saw Mill 1135 Wise Race Track 336-37 Wisewell & Co. 878 Yates County Bank 205, 277, 939 Yates Hotel 903 CEMETERIES Barrington Methodist Church Cemetery 158 Baptist Church in Dundee cemetery 1143 Benton Centre Cemetery 214-15 Benton Cemetery established by L. Townsend 689, 694 City Hill Cemetery 33, 98, 137-38, 277, 476, 540 Dundee Cemetery 157 Eddytown cemetery 1008 French Farm Cemetery in Potter township 814 Friend's Burying Ground 138, 547 Fulkerson Burying Ground 896 Hazen Cemetery (Penn Yan) 271 Hunt Family Cemetery 652 Indian burial ground on Kashong bluff 178 Italy Hollow Cemetery 414 James Peckens farm cemetery 496 John Blair Farm Cemetery 633 McDowell burying ground 521 Mount Pleasant Cemetery 357 Otis Barden Burying Ground 119 Penn Yan Cemetery xxii, 215, 494 Royce-Henderson Farm cemetery 898 Rushville Cemetery 797 Sabintown burying ground 477 Second Methodist Church Potter cemetery 882-83 Second Milo Baptist Church cemetery 751 Shuman Burying Ground 826 Simeon Royce Burying Ground 993 Spencer Burying Ground 251 Stoddard Family Cemetery 537 Yatesville Methodist Cemetery 886-87 CHURCHES American Board of Foreign Missions 847 American Home Missionary Society (Presbyterian) 164 Baptist Church in Barrington 144, 147, 161-63 Baptist Church in Benton Centre 350-54 Baptist Church in Branchport 578-79 Baptist Church in Italy Hill 446-47 Baptist Church in Italy Hollow 388, 394, 414, 422, 428, 433, 444 Baptist Church in Milo 692 Baptist Church in Milo (Second) 143, 753-55 Baptist Church in Reading 1079 Baptist Church in Starkey 1083 Baptist Church in Warsaw 163-64 Catholic Church in Geneva 550 Christian Church 1100-001 Christian Church at Rock Stream 1004-05 Christian Church of Eddytown 924 Congregational Church in Rushville 600, 619, 846, 877, 880-81 Congregational Church in Naples 797 Dundee Baptist Church 1079 Dundee Methodist Church 1095-99 Episcopal Church of Canandaigua 826 Episcopal Church of Geneva 826 First Baptist Church of Himrods 751-52 First Christian Church of Starkey 1104-105 First Christian Church Starkey/Barrington 1103-04 First Christian Church Starkey/Reading 1101-02 First Free Baptist Church of Potter 884-85 First Presbyterian Society Starkey 1084-87 Free Communion Baptist Church Barrington 150-51 Free Will Baptist Church Baker's Corners 752-53 Free Will Baptist Church of Barrington 149-150 Free Will Baptist Church of Middlesex Centre 630 Free Will Baptist Church of Potter 875 Free Will Baptist Society of Italy 433, 445 German Lutheran Church in Potter 824 Methodist Church at Barrington 143-44 Methodist Church at Bellona 349-50 Methodist Church at Branchport 577-78 Methodist Church at Italy Hill 445-46 Methodist Church at Italy Hollow 443-44 Methodist Church at Milo Centre 755-58 Methodist Church at Overacker's Corners 629 Methodist Church at Rushville 606, 881-82 Methodist Church at Starkey 1093 Methodist Episcopal Society of Jerusalem 576-77 Methodist Episcopal Society of Yatesville 885-86 Methodist Class at Rock Stream 1099-1100 Methodist Episcopal Church in Jerusalem 576 Plainville Baptist Church 1080, 1083 Presbyterian Church of Barrington 149 Presbyterian Church of Benton 282-83, 322, 354-57 Presbyterian Church in Branchport 580-81 Presbyterian Church of Dundee 916, 952, 1087-89, 1091-93 Presbyterian Church of Eddytown 913, 985, 1084-87 Presbyterian Church of Rock Stream 1089 Presbyterian Church of Starkey (3rd) 1089-91 Presbyterian Church of Warsaw 149, 164 Presbyterian Society at Rushville 843 Quaker Society of Penn Yan 805 Second Methodist Church of Potter 882-83 St. Luke's Episcopal Church Branchport 582-83 St. Mark's Episcopal Church Penn Yan 1077 Universalist Church at Rushville 334, 882 CIVIL WAR SOLIDIERS General Note: According to statistics in the History, 834 men served in the Civil War from the townships of Benton, Italy, Jerusalem, Milo, Middlesex, Potter and Starkey (see pp. 369, 443, 569, 627, 762, 891 and 1150). There's no record in the history of how many soldiers served in the Civil War from the townships of Barrington and Torrey, since this information was omitted from the chapter on Barrington township, and the chapter on Torrey was left incomplete. The names below also include men who served from areas other than Yates County. Adams, John C. 611 Allen, Valentine 333 Anderson, Albert 512 Andrews, John T. 998 Andrews, Silas A. 864-65 Andruss, Dwight 523 Angus, Charles T. 183 Angus, Luther W. 183 Anton/Auton, Joseph R. 276 Babcock, Charles 686-87 Baker, Henry 677-78 Baker, Isaac 677-78 Bardeen, ______ [Mr.] 436 Barden, Oliver P. [Dr.] 190 Barden, Orin 189 Barden, Tilson C. 193-94 Barnes, Edmund F. [Confederate] 1009-10 Barnes, James Warren 256 Barnes, ______ 130 Barrett, George 133 Bartlett, George W. 397 Bartlett, James 397 Bartlett, Morris 397 Bassett, Charles E. 157 Bassett, Erasmus E. 157-58 Bassett, George W. 157-58 Bassett, Oscar G. 794 Bassett, Richard A. 156-57 Bates, Orrin 1031 Beam, Byron 947 Becker, George 926 Beeden, Nathan P. 897 Beeman, George 425-26 Bennett, James A. [Dr.] 820 Benton, Ezra Levi 268-69 Benton, Henry Norton 268-69 Bigelow, Francis 971 Bigelow, Stanford 971 Bishop, Charles P. 156 Bordwell, Hiram 806 Bostwick, Nathan 848 Bradley, Samuel C. 531 Brennan, George [Capt.] 438, 738 Briggs, Gardner 785 Brockway, Isaiah D. 468 Brown, Arnold 272 Brown, John V. 543 Buell, ______ [Gen.] 777 Burr, George 196 Bush, Alexander H. 314 Bush, Elliott N. 530 Bush, Harlem P. 530-31 Bush, Henry M. 530 Bush, Robert P. [Dr.] 530-31 Butler, ______ [Gen.] 609 Carpenter, Benjamin 1039 Carpenter, Stephen 934 Case, John 876 Chamberlain, Frank O. [Lt.] 794 Chambers, Harmon 912 Chambers, William 912 Chapman, Charles E. 212 Chase, John 876 Clark, William T. 111 Clawson, John M. 1018 Cleveland, John W. 207 Cole, Edward 498-99 Coleman, George 247-48 Conley, James N. 831 Conley, John J. 831 Conley, Martin 831 Cook, Foster P. 952 Cook, Henry P. 952 Corey, Charles R. 865-66 Corey, Silas A. 863 Corey, Vaughn B. [Dr.] 865-66 Corwin, Perry W. 557 Corwin, ______ [Mr.] 751 Crandall, George 973 Crandall, John 973 Crouch, James 543 Crouch, ______ 388 Crozier, George W. 341 Dains, Bryant 134 Dains, ______ 134 Davidson, Philo 1031 Delvin, James 609 Demorest, Festus [Dr.] 1002-03 Demorest, George M. 1002-03 Denison, Ben. A. 1076 Denison, Charles 1076 Deyo, Peter K. [Capt.] 658 Doubleday, Jerome 421 Drake, Alexander H. 1018 Durand, Adolphus 507 Durham, James H. 474 Durham, John W. 474 Eastman, David W. 742 Eastman, ______ 741 Ellis, David D. 274 Ford, Augustus 605 Ford, Charles 605 Ford, George 605 Fox, ______ [Capt.] 790 French, Henry M. 792 Fulkerson, Caleb 914 Fulkerson, George G. 776 Fulkerson, Norman 914 Fulkerson, Wallace W. 914 Gabriel, Charles 917 Gabriel, George 917 Gage, Bradley 236 Gage, Daniel 231 Gage, E. Edwin 235 Gardiner, ______ [Capt.] 605 Gilbert, Porteus C. [Dr.] 772 Gordon, Samuel B. 794 Graham, Gorton 393 Graham, Robert H. 395-96 Grant, ______ [Gen.] 156, 436, 483, 866 Greek, William 1031 Gregory, Aaron Y. 232 Guthrie, Myron A. 338 Hallock, Stephen K. 1042 Harford, Francis A. 287-88 Haring, Garrett 1013 Harlow, Augustus 285 Harrington, Charles 613-14 Harrington, Erastus 613 Harrison, T. Spencer [Rev.] 1083 Hathaway, Aaron 925 Havens, Edgar 289 Havens, Egbert 289 Hawley, James 605 Hawley, Myron 605 Hawley, William 605-06 Hay, George 926 Hay, John 925-26 Hedges, Church 688 Hedges, Dayton 688 Hedges, George W. 687 Hedges, John 688 Heltibidal, Henry 710-11 Hibbard, James R. 555-56 Hicks, Henry Augustus 259 Hicks, Martin S. 259, 285, 543 Hillegus, Freeman L. 925 Hixson, Foster A. 815 Hobart, William L. 872 Hobart, ______ 873 Hobbie, Isaac 1005 Hollowell, Joseph, Jr. 737 Holmes, Bradley 236 Holton, Charles M. 843-43 Holton, Samuel M. [Dr.] 842-43 Hood, ______ [Gen.] 530 Horton, Andrew J. 434 Horton, Lewis 434 Hoyt, Charles S. [Dr.] 874 Hull, Cyrus 202 Humphrey, Charles 1031 Humphrey, Thomas W. 523 Hunt, George 290 Hunt, Marriot 290 Hunt, ______ 290 Hunter, David 396 Huson, James K.P. 1019-20 Huson, Samuel 1019-20 Jackson, Stonewall [Confederate] 863 Jones, Albert 1004 Jones, Fred 1005 Jones, George 934 Jones, Levingston 1003-04 Jones, Richard M. 221 Jones, William 1005 Jones, ______ 1004 Keech, Hiram 437-38 Kilbourn, Charles L. 464 Kilpatrick, Jesse 613 Kinney, Andrew G. 511 Kinney, Coates 511-12 Kinney, George 511 Lamport, William 273 Lanning, Frederick 678 Laurens, Robert 595 Lawrence, Melatiah, Jr. 641 Lawyer, Henry [Capt.] 848 Lee, George 649-50 Lewis, Charles G. 990 Lewis, Clayton 990 Lewis, Dennis 990 Lewis, Eli 990 Lewis, Robert B. 990 Lewis, Wilson A. 990 Linkletter, Homer 294 Longstreet, ______ 996 Lord, Robert D. 1077-78 Marshall, Wellington 1033-34 Mathews, Anson 724 Mathews, Nelson 724 McComber, Lawrence 844 McConnell, Benson 907 McFarren, Cassius N. 245-46 Millard, Lewis 674, 1057 Millard, Phinney 1057 Miller, John C., Jr. 702 Misner/Mizner, Michael B. 944-45, 1053 Nichols, Charles L. 658 Nichols, Henry W. [Dr.] 855 Nichols, Samuel B. 659 Norris, Nelson 667, 919 Noyes, Henry T. 1010-11 O'Neil, Levi 926 Pierce, Herschell W. 1037-39 Perry, Charles H. 790 Perry, Frederic 790 Perry, William R. 790 Pope, ______ [Dr.] [Confederate] 863 Porter, Orson 595 Porter, Thomas 595 Potter, Hazard A. [Dr.] 771-72 Potter, Henry A. 777 Potter, William 773 Potter, Ziba Hazard [Dr.] 772 Potter, ______ [Gen.] 724 Quick, Albert 926 Raplee, Anson A. 935 Raplee, Oliver 937 Raplee, Thomas 934-35 Reddout, Abraham P. 821, 823 Reddout, Nelson 822 Reddout, Orin 822 Remer, Clarence 281-82 Reynolds, Daniel L. 608-09 Reynolds, Thomas B. 608-09 Robinson, James C.B. 844 Root, Edward E. [Capt.] 236, 335, 863 Rosecrans, ______ [Gen.] 708, 777 Royce, James R. 555-56 Rugar, Francis H. 321 Rusco, David 1029 Rusco, Nathaniel 1029 Ryal, Otis B. 191 Scofield, George 483 Scofield, Henry 483 Scofield, John M. [Maj. Gen.] 216, 409 Scofield, Wheeler [Brig. Gen.] 216 Sears, Caleb 918 Sears, William 918 Shannon, John 944-45 Shannon, Myron B. 944 Shepley, George F. [Gen.] 724 Sheppard, Morris F. [Capt.] 245-46 Sheridan, Philip [Gen.] 202, 650, 1053 Sherman, ______ [Gen.] 276, 289, 609, 777, 790, 855, 866, 926 Sherwood, Amos 749 Sherwood, Joel 749 Shoemaker, James M. 1007 Shoemaker, John H. 1007 Simmons, John 116 Smith, George 485 Sofield, Harlow 1001 Speer, ______ [Col.] 333 Spence, Byron [Dr.] 1026-27 Squier, Charles Y. 431 St. John, John C. 738 Stanley, Wesley 1004 Stark, Molly 956 Stevens, Asher T. 539 Stoddard, Andrew 708 Strobridge, William M. 849-50 Struble, Hanford 723-24 Terrill, Harvey 946 Terrill, Timothy J. 946 Terry, LeGrand 1007 Tower, Reynald H. [Dr.] 772 Townsend, William 273 Twitchell, Thaddeus B. 793 Viele, Egbert [Gen.] 724 Voak, Isaac 841 Vogdes, ______ [Gen.] 724 Voorhees, Abraham R. 822 Walling, Samuel 920 Warfield, Andrew W. [Dr.] 819 Warfield, Charles 819 Warfield, Myron P. 820 Warner, Emmet 809 Weare, Arthur R. 854 Weare, Daniel G., Jr. [Dr.] 854 Webb, Frederic 815 Webb, Hadley 815 Webb, James 815 Weedman, John 485 Weitzel, ______ [Gen.] 724 Welch, Maurice 233 Westcott, Martin R. 1075-76 Wheaton, ______ [Mr.] 428 Wheeler, Frank 198 Wheeler, Jared [Dr.] 248 Wheeler, Jesse 248 Whitaker, Augustus 285 Whitbeck, John 495 Wild, ______ [Gen.] 724 Winants, Augustus 304 Wolcott, John Gregg [Dr.] 994 Wolcott, Walter, Jr. [Confederate] 995-96 Zook, ______ [Mr.] [Confederate] 1010 COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS Academy of Aurora 860 Academy of Canandaigua 860 Colleges and Schools, cont. Albany Commercial College 731 Albany Law School 395, 724 Andover Theological Seminary 957 Auburn Theological Seminary 1091 Bowdoin College 771, 1108 Christian Biblical Institute 1111-12 Classical and Mathematical Institute 1109 College of Physicians & Surgeons 190, 854, 1026, 1190 Columbian College Law School 864 Cornell University 345, 641, 772, 911 Cortland Academy 531 Dansville Seminary 221 Dartmouth Medical College 649, 771, 832, 957 Dundee Academy 561, 724, 959, 1096, 1112 Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia 190 Elmira Commercial College 863-64 Elmira Female College 985 Fairfield Medical College 236 Female Seminary at Rockford (Ill.) 158 Genesee College 221, 249, 273, 724 Geneva Hygienic Institute 1061 Geneva Medical College 562, 772, 986 Hamilton College 475 Harvard University 771 Hobart College 772, 1077 Homoeapathic Medical College Philadelphia 190 Lane Theological Seminary 959, 1108 Lima Seminary 807 Musical Institute 719 New York University 1027 Ontario County Medical College 833 Ovid Academy 958 Oxford Academy 1109 Pelham Priory 336 Penn Yan Academy 306, 771, 789 People's College 649 Rochester University 1036 Scientific Rensselaer School 860 Starkey Seminary 158, 872-73, 904, 906, 931, 958, 979, 995, 1027, 1042, 1080, 1085, 1101, 1105-11, 1115, 1132, 1144 State Normal School 876 Union College 321, 559 U.S. Naval Academy 686 Vassar Female College 1013 Wabash College 957, 959-60 West Point Military Academy 133 Williams College 562 Wisconsin Deaf and Dumb Asylum 863 Yates Academy in Penn Yan 979, 995 MEXICAN WAR SOLDIERS Bragg, ______ [Capt.] 484 Danforth, Augustus 261 Foster, Alanson 601 Kilbourn, Charles L. 464 Kress, Thompson 921 Taylor, Zachary [Gen.] 464 NEWSPAPERS Auburn Bulletin, Preface Christian Advocate (New York City) 909 Christian Palladium 1111 Chronicle Express, Preface Dansville Advertiser (New York) 221-22 Democratic Organ 311 Dundee Expositor 1132 Dundee Herald 1132 Dundee Record 155, 927, 1020, 1075-76, 1131-32, 1153 Dundee Telegraph 1133 Elmira Whig 475 Genesee Valley Gazette 324, 395 Geneva Gazette 228, 307 Goshen Democrat (Indiana) 795 Grand Haven Union (Michigan) 1060-61 Lyons Republican 865 Mishawaka Tocsin (Indiana) 795 Moline Independent (Illinois) 395 Niles Republican (Indiana) 795 Ontario Messenger 689 Ontario Repository 307 Orleans American 865, 1038, 1132 Penn Yan Democrat 450, 689-90, 795 Penn Yan Express 1132 Penn Yan Herald 689 Pomeroy Crescent (Ohio) 258 Rochester Advertiser 311 Rochester Christian Observer 800 Rural New Yorker 167 Seneca Patriot 133 South Bend Free Press (Indiana) 795 Spafford's Gazetteer 369, 892, 894, 1115 Steuben Courier 727, 1010 Syracuse Journal 431 Talladega Sun (Alabama) 690 Tribune Almanac 561 Western Star 795 Whig Alamanac 561 Xenia Torchlight (Ohio) 512 Yates County Chronicle Preface, 4, 119, 236, 249, 324, 747, 927, 996 Yates County Express 747 Yates County Gazette 324, 395 Yates County Republican 336 Yates County Whig 254 Yates Republican 336 ORGANIZATIONS, FRATERNAL ORDERS, AND ASSOCIATIONS Dundee Masonic Lodge 1129-30 Glen Spring Farmers Club 753 Italy Hill Masonic Lodge 417 Masonic Lodge at Dundee 1129-30 Masonic Lodge of Reading 1129, 1143 Medical Society of Vermont 910 Ontario County Medical Society 833, 1117 Otsego County Medical Society 1168 Steuben County Medical Society 911 Syracuse Journal 431 Universalion Society of Vernon 264-65 Vernon Lodge 649 Yates County Agricultural Society 298 Yates County Historical Society Preface, 209, 263, 461, 632, 766 Yates County Medical Society 833, 911, 995-96, 1002, 1010, 1066 Yatesville Cemetery Association 886-87 PLACE NAMES Andrews' Hollow 686 Arnold's Hollow (now Yatesville) 473, 569, 768, 779, 885 Augusta, township of (now Middlesex and Potter) 32, 586, 626, 632, 767 Barrington, addition to Yates Co. 164, 892 Barrington (formerly Wayne) 143, 164, 167, 1100 Barrington, naming of 167 Bath, founding of 30-31 Beartown 948, 965, 1018, 1019, 1041, 1043, 1047, 1094, 1144 Beddoe Tract 465, 525, 549-556, 559, 574 Bellona 246, 367, 369-71 Bellona, naming of 176-77 Bennett's Settlement 963, 971, 1007-08, Benton, naming of 115, 168, 176 Benton (formerly Vernon) 168, 1030 Big Stream Point (now Glenora) 1120-22 Big Tree (Geneseo) 674 Blood's Corners 480-81 Blossburg 31 Bradford Hollow 688 Branchport, naming of (formerly Esperanza) 563 Bruce's Gulley 98, 1156, 1162 Canandaigua 59, 792, 799, 805 Carpenter's Patent 895 Catharine, town of 26, 670, 1053 Cherry Valley 811 Chemung Valley 15 Chubb Hollow 140, 675 Cromwell's Hollow 25 Crooked Lake Canal 277, 280, 971 Crystal Springs 151-53, 166-67, 678, 944 Dansville Village 472, 830 Decatursville 895, 1115 DeWitt Patent 908-09 Dundee, history of, naming of 34, 932, 1125-33 Eddytown, naming of 895, 932, 1115 Elgin, Illinois, naming of 1131 Elizabethtown, proposed town 148-49, 696, 714-15 Elmira (formerly Newtown) 430 Esperanza (now Branchport) 563 Ferguson's Corners 175, 334, 367 Flint Creek, naming of 373, 385, 827 Fox's Corners (now Kinney's Corners) 510-11 Frederickstown, naming and history of 164, 892, 909, 1146 Garter, The 27, 118 Geneva (formerly Kanadesaga) 17, 22, 26, 263, 31, 430, 932 Glen Spring 727 Glenora (formerly Big Stream Point) 1122, 1150 Goodwin Point 1065 Gore, The 119, 135, 143, 637, 1163, 1166 Green Tract 533-34, 537-38, 541-42, 544-46 Hale Tract 825 Hall's Corners 233, 340 Harmoneyville 506 Harpending's Corners 967, 969, 1046, 1126 Hathaway's Corners 1120 Havens' Corners 291, 479 Himrods, naming of town 726-27 Himrod's Corners 726-27, 932 Hoardtown 810 Hopeton 256, 506 Hurd's Corners (now Rock Stream) 116, 946, 964,1119-20 Indian Run 941 Irelandville 1077, 1142 Italy, formation and naming of 438 Italy Hollow 125 Jacob's Brook 34, 368, 712 Jerusalem, naming of 448 Johnson's Settlement 1053 Kanadesaga (now Geneva) 17, 22, 26-27, 169, 263, 430 Kashong Creek 172 Kashong farm 28, 172, 178, 181 Keuka Lake Canal 551 Keuka Landing 693, 921 Kinney's Corners (formerly Fox's Corners) 510-11 Lansing's Location/Purchase 54, 56, 636, 1155 Larzelere's Hollow 470-71, 476, 479 Little Gore, The 56, 637-38 McKnight's Location 895, 912, 971 Middlesex, erection of township 586 Middlesex (formerly Augusta) 626 Middlesex Centre 631-32 Middletown (now Italy) 633 Milo, naming of 115, 634 Milo Centre (formerly Nichols' Corners) 658, 764-65 Moontown 810 Morrisville (now Penn Yan) 571 Naples Creek 373 Nettle Valley 473, 804, 882-87 Newtown (now Elmira) 43, 45, 49, 250, 430, 662, 670, 830, 908, 919, 932, 960 Nichols' Corners (now Milo Centre) 656, 658, 668, 764 Norris' Landing 45-49, 70, 97, 118, 250, 666, 1161-62 Olmstead's Landing on Lake Keuka 693 Overacker's Corners 629 Owen's Patent 895, 933 Penn Yan, naming of 220, 571 Phillips' Location/Patent 895, 912, 933, 983 Pine Tract 741, 745 Plainville 1126 Point Pleasant 148 Potter, naming of 768 Potter, town of 32 Potter Centre 879-80 Potter's Creek 373 Potter's Location 54, 636, 769, 894-95 Pre-emption Line 17-18, 23-25, 32, 49, 54-56, 168-69, 635-38, 657, 892, 895, 975, 1126 Quick's Patent 895, 912, 971 Reading Village 1115 Reading, town of 164, 892, 895, 898-99, 901, 911, 922, 928, 941, 978, 985, 1115, 1135-36, 1144, 1146 Reading, naming of 1144 Reed and Ryckman's Location 28-29, 54, 169, 636, 1155 Reeder's Corners (now Starkey's Corners) 952, 960, 962, 985, 1122 Rochester, town of 830 Rock Stream (formerly Hurd's Corners) 116, 946, 964, 1119-20 Rushville 405, 877-79 Sabintown 477-78 Secor Corners 840 Seneca, town of 334, 339-41, 343 Severne 679, 727 Shannon's Corners 894, 946, 952 Shannontown 904, 1124-25 Shearman's Hollow 567 Shepard's Gully 368 Shingle Point 679 Slab City 1044 Smith's Hollow 668 Starkey (formerly Reading) 682, 1146 Starkey's Corners (formerly Reeder's Corners) 952, 960, 986, 1122 Starkey, added to Yates Co. 164, 892 Starkey, naming of 892, 985, 1136 Sucker Brook 368 Summersite, proposed town 714, 716 Sunderlin Hollow, naming of 151 Torrey, erection and naming of 115, 828, 1153-56 Tyrone 164 Valley of Kojandaga 381 Vernon (now Benton and Torrey) 168, 570, 859, 1030 Vine Valley 587, 606-07, 632, 793-94, 815 Vredenburgh's Purchase 636, 1155 Walker Location 56, 636 Warsaw 140, 149, 161 Watkins' Location 895 Watson's Purchase 894, 913 Way and Andrews' Hollow 643 Wayne (now Barrington) 143, 164, 1100, 1146 West (also Dutch) Woods 324, 329 West River Hollow 375 Western New York, ownership by Massachusetts 17-18, 50, 1156 Whitestown 797, 806 Yatesville (formerly Arnold's Hollow) 473, 569, 768, 779, 885 REFERENCES CITED IN HISTORY Albany Atlas Apr. 1847, No. 2009 861 Appleton's New Cyclopedia 772 Assembly Doc. No. 69, 1843 860 Bluff Point Survey Map by John N. Hight in 1814 514-15 Census records for Yates Co. taken by the state of New York and U.S. government (summaries of) 32-33, 166, 368-70, 439, 442-43, 567-69, 626-28, 760-63, 890-91, 1146-50 Deposition of Daniel Guernsey taken in lawsuit in 1837 at Monroe, Indiana over title to Lot 9 of Jerusalem twp. 451 French, J. H., 1857 Map of Milo, Yates Co. New York xxi Hathaway Family History 116 Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans 297, 299 History of Phelps & Gorham's Purchase by Orsamus Turner, published 1851 26-27, 1162 Howe, Perley, Map of Potterstown, 30-Oct-1784 589, 767-68, 793 Johnson, Reports of Cases, vol. 258 Keenan, Map of Yates County, pub. 1852 xx Map of the Gore 118 McMaster, History of Steuben County 31-32 North East Survey of Middletown taken by John Smith, June, 1795 375-76 O'Reiley, Incidental Notices of Western New York 23-24 O'Reiley, Sketches of Rochester 23 Schoolcraft's Notes 588 Senate Docket No. 149, Vol. 4, 1847 861 Shattuck Genealogy, published 1855 548-49 Slot's Survey Map of Middletown (later Italy Township) dated 1793 taken by Alexander Slot 375 South Survey of Middletown (later Italy Township) dated 1795 taken by Biles & Patterson 375-76 Spafford's Gazetteer 369, 894, 1115 Stewart & Stone, Map of Yates Co., pub. 1865 xx-xxi Tax roll dated May 25, 1792 for District of Jerusalem, Ontario County, pp. 1158-60 Universal Friend's Advice [to her followers] 101-107 Untitled Manuscript owned by S.C. Cleveland 28 Wendell, Reports of Cases, vol. 1 74 REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS Abbey, Samuel 763 Allen, Ethan 332 Anderson, Alexander 512 Andrews, Laban 997 Armstrong, Archibald 594 Barden, George 184 Barden, Thomas 184-87 Baxter, ______ [Col.] 305 Beal, John 568 Beebe, ______ [Capt.] 435 Benedict, Elisha 568 Bigelow, Samuel [Rev.] 970 Brown, Daniel 306 Brown, Elisha, Jr. 306 Buell, Cyrus 207-08 Buell, Samuel, Sr. 207-08 Buell, William 207 Bush, William 529 Butler, Zebulon [Col.] 721 Cole, John 627 Cole, Matthew 496 Comstock, Archilles 460-61 Corwin, Stephen 556 Dains, Castle 133, 568 Denslow, Martin 529 Finton, Joseph 145 Fredenberg, Jacob 568 Fulkerson, Caleb 913 Gibson, Isaiah 919 Gillett, Jabez, Sr. 435 Green, George 808 Green, ______ [Gen.] 270 Harpending, Peter 966 Harrington, James 612 Hartwell, Samuel 480 Hartwell, Stephen 480 Havens, Thomas 288 Hazard, Griffin B. 682 Hazard, Jonathan J. 680 Hazard, Jonathan J., Jr. 681 Henderson, Richard 672 Hoard, Isaac 811 Hobart, William [Rev.] 868 Holton, William 841-43 Hull, Eliphalet 194 Hull, Seth 203 Hutchins, Charles (see also Hutchins, Henry) 406 Hutchins, Henry 533 Jayne, Samuel, Sr. 241-42 Kinney, Stephen 511 Knapp, James 711 Lamport, William 291 Lawrence, James [Com.] 639 Loomis, Ezra 553 McNair, Robert 621, 624, 627, 627, 810 Parker, James 117, 119 Parker, Peter [Sir] [British] 117 Pierce, Abner, Sr. 1036 Pierce, Michael 627 Purdy, John 501 Remer, Bryan 274 Remer, John 274 Rusco, David 1029 Rusco, Nathaniel 1029 Shaw, Jeremiah 223 Shuman, Jacob [Hessian] 824, 826-27 Smith, William 442 Southerland, David 834 Spencer, Truman 250 Stark, Molly 956 Swarts, Tewalt 963-64 Taylor, James 319 Taylor, Simon 1011 Thrall, William 544 Torrance, Thomas 1049, 1051 Townsend, Lawrence [Capt.] 270 Treat, Thomas 442 Tubbs, Enos 286 Van Lew, Frederic 1025 WAR OF 1812 SOLDIERS General Note: Since Yates County was not created until 1823 from portions of Ontario and Steuben Counties, records for the soldiers of the War of 1812 listed below will probably be found in records for the militia units raised in the counties of Steuben or Ontario. Many of them may have received bounty land warrants for their service and moved to the Midwest. Andrews, Jeremiah B. [Dr.] 127, 685 Arnold, Israel [Col.] 779-80 Baker, Gilbert 677 Barden, Thomas 4th 191 Barnes, Enos [Dr.] 1008-09 Barton, Daniel 1068 Bates, David 785-86 Bates, George 785-86 Bates, Peleg 785-86 Beard, Richard 1051 Bennett, William 1068 Blair, James 600 Blair, John, Jr. 600 Blair, Warren 600 Blodget, Cyrus 1068 Boyd, Robert M. 507 Brady, Hugh [Gen.] 127 Bunce, Isaac 977, 1068 Clark, William 1049 Conklin, Gamaliel D. 1063 Culp, Phillip 1068 Cowing, Caleb 929 Dean, Leonard 305 DeWitt, James 909-910 DeWitt, John 909 Foster, Alanson 601 Francisco, Michael L. 792 Gabriel, Alanson 916 Gabriel, Leverett 916 Harrison, William H. [Gen.] 780 Hazard, James P. 683 Hilton, Benjamin 214 Hilton, Eli 214 Hilton, Hooper 214 Hull, Eliphalet, Jr. 202 Hurd, Simeon 908 Hurd, Timothy [Capt.] 899, 909, 929, 948, 1049, 1051, 1056 Huson, Calvin 1019 Hyatt, David 1025 Jones, Timothy E. 1004 Keeler, Caleb 1068 Lamoreaux, Peter [Capt.] 608, 819-21 Lanning, Isaac 928-29 Lee, Joshua [Dr.] 127 Lee, Sherman 644, 647 Lee, Thomas, Jr. 644-45 Logan, Robert 1056 Macomb, Alexander [Gen.] 525 McClure, George [Gen.] 929, 954 Nichols, John 984 Parish, Fielden 383 Parish, Levi H. 383 Patterson, John 226 Perry, Oliver H. [Com.] 600 Phillips, Sylvester P. 918 Pierce, Samuel 1036-37 Porter, Archibald 594-95 Potter, John 769-70 Purdy, Abijah 501 Purdy, Isaac S. 501 Purdy, Joshua 501 Remer, Aaron 274, 276-78, 505 Remer, Joseph 279-81 Rogers, Henry 1068 Ross, Samuel, Jr. 947-48 Royce, Reuben 911 Sayre, Nathan 1068 Scott, ______ [Gen.] 663 Sisson, Jonathan 505 Smith, Avery [Col.] 127, 647 Smith, James 335 Smith, John J. [Col.] 999-1000 Stanley, ______ [Capt.] 202 Supplee, Peter 663-64 Sutherland, Roger 750-51 Sutherland, Simon 750-51 Sutphen, John S. 984 Swarts, Tewalt 2d 983-84 Thomas, ______ [Capt.] 811 Titsworth, Hiram 984 Tubbs, Amos 286-87 Van Zandt, Abraham 1068 Van Zandt, Garrett 816 Vance, Samuel 1006 Warfield, Lindsey 819 Warner, John [Dr.] 910-11 Wheeler, Caleb 1068 Wickes, Silas 1009 Williams, John W. 596-97 Wolcott, Roger 993 Woodworth, Abner 2d 227-29 Young, Jesse [Dr.] 1117