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Former Residence of Maj-Gen Jacob Brown at Brownville

Early History of Brownville, New York

4 Comments / 7 minutes of reading / Jefferson County / Blake, Brodhead, Brown, Chassanis, Evans, Hammond, Le Fevre, Macomb, Marvin, Newland, Northrup, Skinner, Smede, Smith, Tillier, Tupper, Ward, Wheeler, Young

Transcription of an early history of Brownville, New York from History of Jefferson County, New York by Durant and Pierce.

History of Ox Bow, New York

Leave a Comment / 9 minutes of reading / Jefferson County / Adair, Barrow, Beardsley, Benton, Bonfy, Brainard, Clarke, Collar, Cooper, Cowper, Crary, Crofoot, Culbertson, Darling, Dickson, Dodge, Douglas, Fleming, Frazer, Gibbs, Gilbert, Gillett, Graves, Green, Hawley, Hoard, Howe, King, Lewis, Loomis, Matthews, McGregor, Morris, Nicol, Ormiston, Payne, Pierce, Proudfit, Reynolds, Sandford, Shepard, Smith, Stowell, Streeter, Turnbull, Vrooman, Wheeler, White, Williamson, Wood

This little village is located on the left bank of the Oswegatchie, at the southernmost point of the groat bend in that river. It lies due north of Antwerp village seven and one-half miles, and its communication with the latter place is over an excellent turnpike-road. Ox Bow, at the present time, contains a post-office, one hotel, four stores, one physician, one drugstore, one wagon-shop, three blacksmith-shops, one harness- and saddlery-shop, a good school-house, two churches, and about 300 inhabitants.

1890 Business Directory of Alexandria New York

Leave a Comment / 58 minutes of reading / Directories, Jefferson County / Adams, Adkins, Ador, Ahles, Allen, Apple, Arnold, Augsbury, Avery, Babcock, Bachman, Bacon, Bailey, Baker, Baldock, Baldwin, Barker, Barrows, Bartlett, Bartram, Bascom, Bates, Bauder, Beckwith, Beebee, Bell, Bellinger, Benson, Berry, Bert, Bertrand, Betz, Bickelhaupt, Blatz, Blevins, Bogert, Boles, Bolton, Bowles, Boyer, Branaugh, Bretsch, Briggs, Britton, Broso, Brown, Bruce, Burdick, Burnham, Burns, Burtch, Butterfield, Calkins, Campbell, Caple, Capron, Carlile, Carmon, Carter, Case, Cassidy, Caswell, Catlin, Cavanaugh, Chaine, Chisamore, Clark, Cline, Clink, Clyde, Cole, College, Comstock, Conant, Connoly, Cook, Corliss, Cornwal, Cornwall, Cornwell, Corwall, Cosgrove, Cosselman, Countryman, Courtenay, Coy, Crandall, Cranker, Crossmon, Cudworth, Cummings, Curran, Curtis, Dalano, Dana, Davis, De Young, Deans, Delano, Derian, Dickhaut, Diehl, Dietrich, Dillin, Dillinbeck, Dingman, Dobbins, Dockham, Dollinger, Donald, Donovan, Dowen, Draper, Drummond, Du Bois, Duclon, Dumas, Eagans, Eblie, Eckart, Edgerly, Edgley, Eichhorn, Elliott, Ellis, Elmore, Ely, Emrich, Engesser, Estes, Evans, Everson, Failing, Fall, Fanning, Farrell, Felder, Filow, Flath, Forbes, Fortune, Fox, Fradet, Francis, Fredrick, Freeman, French, Frizell, Frizzell, Frost, Furbush, Furness, Gates, Gaudett, Gaylord, George, Geru, Getman, Giegerich, Giffin, Gilman, Gilmore, Gilts, Giltz, Girard, Gladd, Gould, Grapotte, Graves, Green, Griffin, Grinnell, Griswold, Groub, Gurnee, Haas, Hafford, Hagan, Hall, Hamilton, Handschuh, Harder, Hardy, Harland, Harris, Hart, Hartman, Haskins, Hawkins, Heath, Helmer, Hemenway, Henderson, Herrick, Herron, Hibbard, Hiel, Hill, Hind, Hinman, Hoadley, Hodge, Hofferberth, Hoffman, Hoffmann, Holcomb, Holloway, Holmes, Hosner, Hotis, Hottis, Hough, Houghton, House, Howard, Howe, Howell, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hume, Humzeker, Hunneyman, Hunt, Hunter, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Hyle, Inglehart, Inman, Jarvis, Jennings, Jerome, Jewett, Joles, Jones, Joyner, Julia, July, June, Kabel, Keeler, Kenyon, Kepler, Kimball, Kincaid, King, Kirkland, Klaus, Knell, Knight, Knox, Kring, La Favour, La Point, La Rue, Lackey, Lacky, Ladue, Laird, Landon, Larabee, Lashbrook, Lathrop, Lavier, Layng, Lee, Leidermann, Leiterman, Lenoard, Leonard, Lewis, Livery, Loucks, Lyman, Lynch, Mahana, Makepeace, Manning, Marckel, Marklie, Marsden, Marshall, Martin, Massey, Mathias, Matthews, McAllister, McCallops, McCue, McDonald, McDonell, McDougal, McHugh, Mcintyre, McLear, McNeil, McWilliams, Meeker, Menue, Merrill, Meyer, Micheau, Miller, Millot, Minor, Mitchel, Moore, Morse, Nash, New, Newman, Nicholas, Northup, Norton, Nunn, O'Brien, Olsson, Osborn, Ostrander, Otis, Overacker, Oviatt, Padget, Page, Parker, Passet, Patterson, Pattison, Payne, Pearse, Peck, Perry, Petrie, Phelps, Phillips, Pickert, Pierce, Pilger, Place, Plantz, Plato, Plimton, Podwersky, Pool, Pope, Porter, Poth, Proctor, Putman, Quincer, Quinn, Rand, Rapp, Rappole, Rawley, Read, Rebscher, Reed, Reester, Reynolds, Ritter, Robertson, Rogers, Rowell, Roy, Rudes, Rundlet, Russel, Russell, Ryan, Sanborn, Sanderson, Schad, Schnauber, Schriver, Schultz, Schwappachor, Scott, Sebry, Senecal, Service, Shannon, Shaver, Sheley, Sheppard, Sherman, Shields, Shindler, Shoulette, Simpson, Skinner, Slate, Smith, Snell, Snider, Snow, Snyder, Souerwine, Spalsbury, Spies, Sprague, Springer, Staring, Steele, Stephens, Stevens, Stilwell, Stine, Storm, Stowell, Suit, Suits, Swan, Swanton, Swart, Swartout, Sweet, Sykes, Takash, Tamblin, Tanner, Tassay, Taylor, Theobald, Thompson, Thomson, Tibbles, Tidd, Tilley, Tooha, Townsend, Trembley, Trickey, Truvalley, Tueslar, Turner, Tuttle, van Brocklin, Van Dresar, Vanallen, Vanamber, VanBrocklin, Vanscoy, Visger, Waggoner, Wagner, Wagoner, Wakefield, Walrath, Walton, Walts, Ward, Warner, Watier, Watson, Webster, Weller, West, Westcott, Wetterhahn, Wheeler, Whitakar, White, Whitford, Whitney, Wickwire, Wilber, Wilcox, Wiley, Wilkie, Willax, Williams, Williamson, Willix, Wilson, Wiswell, Wood, Woodworth, Worthen, Wright, Yerden, Young, Youngs, Zellar, Zimmer, Zoller

This 1890 Business Directory of Alexandria New York is transcribed from Child’s Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890.

Militia of Charlotte County, New York, 1775-1781

2 Comments / 1 minute of reading / Charlotte County, Military Records, Revolutionary War, Warren County, Washington County / Armstrong, Avarill, Backus, Baker, Barber, Bartlet, Bartlett, Barttler, Bateman, Battey, Beatty, Bell, Bellows, Blackley, Boges, Bothell, Boyd, Bradshaw, Brown, Brundage, Buell, Cady, Cambe, Campbell, Chambers, Childs, Christie, Clark, Cleaveland, Collins, Colvr, Conkey, Cook, Cool, Covel, Crighton, Crookshank, Crookshanks, Croset, Crosset, Crouch, Dibell, Doan, Dune, Durkee, Eaton, Edgar, Evens, Fitch, Foster, Fowler, Fuller, Gelt, Getty, Gilbert, Gilchrist, Gilles, Gillespy, Graeer, Graham, Gray, Grayams, Grayham, Griffethe, Grimes, Grott, Grover, Gutrey, Hamilton, Hanna, Harnden, Harow, Harris, Harsha, Henderson, Herrinton, Higbe, Hopkins, Hoy, Hugans, Hunsdon, Hunter, Jerrel, King, Lamen, Law, Lindsay, Little, Livingston, Long, Lyon, Lytle, Martin, Mathews, Matterson, Mattison, McArter, McCallister, McCarter, McClaughry, McCleary, McClothery, McCoy, McCraken, McDanold, McFarland, McGinnis, McKnight, McMichel, McMillan, McMurray, McNaughton, McNees, McNeil, McNight, McNish, McNitt, McNorsh, McWelthy, McWethy, McWhorter, Moncief, Moncrief, Moor, Moore, Morrison, Mount, Muncreff, Munson, Nellson, Nelson, Nevins, Olds, Orcutt, Osgood, Page, Paig, Parker, Parrish, Pattengill, Patterson, Pattison, Peck, Pennell, Perrise, Peterson, Powers, Ramag, Ramage, Randles, Reid, Reynolds, Rice, Roge, Rogers, Rowan, Rowen, Rumage, Russell, Savage, Sawyer, Seely, Shapley, Shaw, Shepard, Sheperd, Sherwood, Simpson, Simson, Skinner, Slarrow, Smith, Steel, Stevenson, Steward, Stewart, Stocking, Stone, Stuart, Tackee, Tackels, Taner, Tanner, Teller, Terril, Terrill, Thomas, Thompson, Tinkee, Tinkey, Tomb, Tombs, Tozer, Tucker, Turner, Tyrel, Vanduee, Walker, Wallace, Warrin, Webb, Webster, Welch, Whedon, Wheedon, Wheeler, Williams, Willson, Wilson, Wright

This is a list of men who served in the Revolutionary War from Charlotte County, present-day Warren and Washington counties, New York. Many of the original pay lists from this period have been lost. These records are taken from both muster rolls and land bounty records.

Adams Rural Cemetery – W Surnames

Leave a Comment / 1 minute of reading / Cemetery Records, Jefferson County / Wade, Waggoner, Wagner, Wagoner, Wait, Waite, Walker, Walsworth, Walts, Ward, Wardwell, Washburn, Waterbury, Waters, Watson, Weal, Weaver, Webb, Weidinger, Weidman, Weir, Welch, Weller, Wells, Wentworth, Wescott, West, Wetmore, Wetterhahn, Wheeler, Wheelock, Whipple, Whitcomb, White, Whiting, Whitney, Whittemore, Widrig, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Wilds, Wiley, Willard, Williams, Willis, Wilmot, Wilson, Wing, Wiswell, Wood, Woodard, Woodward, Wool, Woolworth, Worden, Wratten, Wright

Adams Rural Cemetery is located on the west side of of South Main Street 1)NYS Route 3 at the southern edged of the Village of Adams. The cemetery is very well maintained. Stones, for the most part, are in excellent condition and readable. 2)Description of Rural Cemetery. Due to the large size of this cemetery …

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Barnes Settlement Cemetery, Alexandria Bay, New York

1 Comment / 1 minute of reading / Cemetery Records, Jefferson County / Adams, Alker, Allen, Amyot, Anderson, Andress, Angel, Apel, Ayles, Aznoe, Babcock, Ball, Barden, Barker, Barry, Bauter, Bedoar, Beebe, Bevans, Bevens, Bigley, Bishop, Blount, Bowles, Boyd, Brandt, Brennan, Brown, Brownell, Bullock, Burdick, Burgess, Burgoon, Burtch, Busto, Cameron, Caprin, Carlisle, Carpenter, Carter, Caylor, Charlton, Clark, Coles, Collins, Conklin, Conrey, Cooley, Coon, Couglar, Crary, Cullen, Curtis, Curtiss, Daily, Davidson, Davis, Dawley, Delano, Dingman, Dobbins, Dorr, Downing, Duclon, Duprey, Edgar, Eichhorn, Eichorn, Elk, Evans, Farrell, Faubert, Felder, Fisher, Fitch, Fitzsimmons, Flinn, Folts, Fox, Fram, Gage, Gamble, Garlock, George, Gilman, Gilmore, Gionet, Gove, Gray, Greenwood, Griffin, Grimes, Griswold, Hansson, Harrick, Harrison, Hart, Hartman, Havens, Hawley, Hawn, Heath, Hebert, Helmer, Herrick, Hibbard, Hill, Hodge, Hogan, Hollett, Holmes, Horner, Houghton, House, Howe, Hubbard, Hughes, Hughts, Hutchinson, Jobson, Johnston, Jones, Joyner, June, Kahnt, Kall, Keil, Kelder, Kellogg, Kent, Kernehan, Klock, Kortz, Kring, Lally, Langford, Larson, Lascelles, Lavigne, Lawton, Lear, Ledger, Lee, Leistra, Leonard, Longway, Lorusso, Lowe, Maeder, Makepeace, Makepiece, Martin, Mason, Massey, Maxam, May, McAllister, McArdle, McCauley, McCormick, McRobbie, Meler, Michaeu, Micheau, Millett, Monica, Moore, Murphy, Murrock, Nelson, Nestor, Neubireser, Neuroth, Newberry, Nicholas, Northrup, Northup, Ortleib, Ortlieb, Overacker, Oviatt, Paige, Parker, Patience, Patterson, Peck, Perry, Peters, Petrie, Pickert, Pierce, Plantz, Pledger, Plimpton, Porter, Poth, Pratt, Price, Quencer, Rae, Rappold, Rawley, Recupero, Reed, Reef, Reester, Reff, Reynolds, Richards, Richardson, Rigers, Robb, Roberts, Rogers, Root, Running, Russell, Ryan, Sackett, Sargent, Schell, Schoff, Scott, Seeley, Senecal, Service, Shangraw, Shannon, Shepard, Side, Simpson, Singer, Skinner, Slate, Snow, Solar, Springer, Steele, Stewart, Strait, Strough, Sutton, Swan, Sweet, Taylor, Tedford, Theobald, Thomas, Thorn, Thornton, Tompkins, Trueblood, Truesdell, Turner, Umstead, Vadeboncoeur, van Brocklin, Van Rensler, VanBrocklin, VanDresar, Walts, Ward, Waters, Waterson, Watson, Wheeler, Wilbur, Williams, Wills, Wood, Zoller

View Larger Map | Get Directions | View Bird’s Eye Barnes Settlement Cemetery, on the Alexandria Center Road, seems isolated, far out in the country, with no house in sight. It covers an expanse of rolling ground well shaded with old trees, and is excellently kept. “No artificial flowers” warns a sign. Several trash barrels …

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1890 Business Directory of Adams New York

Leave a Comment / 50 minutes of reading / Jefferson County / Allen, Alport, Andrus, Angell, Archer, Archibald, Arms, Armsbury, Atwater, Averill, Ayers, Babbitt, Babcock, Bader, Bailey, Ball, Banister, Bannister, Barney, Barrett, Bartlett, Bassett, Bateman, Bates, Bedford, Beedle, Belcher, Bemis, Bentley, Bersie, Blackstone, Blair, Blasier, Blount, Bond, Boomer, Bosworth, Boudiette, Bovee, Bowen, Boynton, Bradbury, Bradley, Brainard, Briggs, Brimmer, Bristol, Brooks, Broom, Brown, Brownell, Brundidge, Bryan, Bullard, Bullock, Bunce, Bundy, Burlingame, Burns, Butler, Cagwin, Cameron, Campbell, Carley, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Case, Casler, Castler, Cemmerman, Chafin, Chamberlain, Chandler, Chapman, Chase, Churchill, Clark, Clements, Cleveland, Clifton, Cobb, Coit, Colfax, Collings, Colton, Comins, Converse, Cook, Cooke, Cool, Cooley, Coon, Cooper, Copeland, Copland, Corey, Cosner, Coughlan, Cowles, Crandall, Crosby, Crowner, Cummings, Curry, Daily, Damon, David, Davis, Dawley, Dealing, Dekin, Delano, Deling, Delmater, Dennis, Denny, Devendorf, Dewey, Deyden, Dixon, Dodge, Dodson, Doren, Douglas, Downie, Doxtater, Dryden, Duncan, Dwight, Dyer, Edgar, Edmonds, Eggleston, Ellinwood, Elmer, Emerson, Empey, Enos, Fairbanks, Farr, Fassett, Fawdrey, Ferrin, Fish, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Foley, Fox, Franklin, Frasier, Freeman, Fuller, Gabriel, Galway, Gardiner, Gardner, Garlock, Garvin, Gaylord, Gero, Gibbs, Gilbert, Gillman, Glass, Glazier, Godfrey, Goodenough, Goss, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Gregory, Griffiths, Griswold, Groff, Grummon, Guess, Gurley, Gussman, Haight, Hakes, Hale, Hall, Hallett, Halley, Hammond, Hannahs, Harrington, Harris, Hart, Hathway, Haven, Hawes, Hawley, Haydn, Hazel, Heath, Heidenfelder, Hicks, Hill, Hinds, Hodge, Hodges, Hogan, Holloway, Holman, Horth, Hovey, Howe, Huestis, Hull, Hungerford, Hunniwell, Hunt, Huntington, Huson, Huson House, Hustis, Ingraham, Irons, Irvin, Isham, Ivory, Jeffrey, Jemieson, Jemmieson, Jenkins, Jimerson, Johnson, Jones, Judd, Kane, Kearns, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelly, Kenyon, Ketchum, Kirkland, Lamson, Landon, Lane, Langworthy, Larkin, Larkins, Larock, Lawrence, Leavitt, Lee, Leonard, Lewis, Linsey, Little, Littlefield, Livermore, Lockwood, Loomis, Lord, Loveland, Lovelle, Lyman, Lyon, Lyons, Magill, Main, Mainard, Maldoon, Maloney, Manville, Marriott, Martin, Mather, Maxon, Maxson, McAuley, Mccady, Mccalley, McCarty, Mccomber, McCormick, Mcdougall, Mcdowel, McGill, Mcintyre, McKee, McNeil, Medcalf, Merrick, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Miner, Mitchell, Monroe, Moody, Moore, Morgan, Moulton, Munderbach, Munson, Muzzy, Narrom, Nellis, Nelson, Newton, Niblock, Nichols, Nickelson, Norton, Nott, O'neil, Oatman, Oderkirk, Overton, Owens, Page, Palmer, Parham, Parker, Parsons, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Payne, Pease, Peasley, Pelo, Pelsue, Penny, Perkins, Petrie, Pettit, Pharm, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pitcher, Plumb, Pool, Poole, Porter, Post, Potter, Powers, Pratt, Prentice, Presley, Pruyne, Pryor, Puffer, Ramsdell, Randall, Ranney, Read, Reed, Remington, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richardson, Richmond, Ripley, Roach, Robbins, Roberts, Rodgers, Rogers, Rose, Ruff, Rundall, Ryder, Safford, Salisbury, Salter, Sanford, Saunders, Schram, Schrodt, Scidmore, Scriven, Seacor, Searles, Seeley, Seely, Shannon, Sharples, Shaw, Shepard, Sinclair, Sischo, Smith, Snell, Snow, Snyder, Spencer, Spicer, Squire, Stanley, Steele, Stevens, Steward, Stewart, Stillman, Stitt, Stokes, Stone, Stoodley, Strickland, Stuart, Sullivan, Swan, Tabor, Talcott, Tarbell, Taylor, Tedam, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tifft, Timmerman, Titsworth, Tolls, Tomlinson, Totman, Towle, Towles, Towsley, Trowbridge, Twiss, Underwood, Utter, Van Auken, Van Schaick, Van Slyke, Van Waldick, Van Wormer, Visscher, Waggoner, Waite, Wakefield, Waldick, Walker, Wall, Walsworth, Ward, Wardwell, Warner, Warriner, Washburn, Waterbury, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weller, Westcott, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitford, Whittam, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wiswell, Withington, Witter, Wolcott, Wood, Woodard, Woodward, Woolworth, Worden, Wright, Wylie, York, Young

This 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York is transcribed from Child’s Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890. Adams Collegiate Institute, D.A. Dwight, pres.; James G. Kellogg, vice-pres.; A.K. Hale, M.D., sec’y; T.T. Carter, treas.; Orlo B. Rhodes, prin.; Mrs. Helen Butterworth Coughlan, prec. Adams Laundry, Hodge & Potter, props., Church. Adams Lumber Co., …

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O De Grasse Greene Residence and Sash, Door and Blind Factory

Adams New York Biographies – Part 2

Leave a Comment / 9 minutes of reading / Biographies, Jefferson County / Atwell, Averil, Beal, Benjamin, Blackstone, Bond, Brown, Bullard, Burdick, Calkins, Colton, Doxtater, Duncan, Fisher, Fuller, Gillman, Gordon, Gray, Green, Greene, Halsey, Hollet, Howard, Huntington, Keep, Kellogg, Kendall, Kent, Kenyon, Knight, Lyon, Mansfield, Mariam, Nickelson, North, Perry, Phillips, Potter, Quibell, Randall, Read, Reed, Ripley, Robbins, Rounds, Scott, Sly, Snell, Stanley, Stone, Sweet, Taylor, Walrath, Ward, Warriner, Webb, Wells, Wheeler, Whipple, Williams, Witter, Woodruff, York

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Heman Colton; O. De Grasse Greene; Perly D. Stone; Fayette Stanley; Herman Keep; Samuel Bond; Joseph Ripley; Daniel Stanley; Joseph Green, 2d; and Calvin Warriner.

Biography of Lemuel Wheeler

Leave a Comment / 3 minutes of reading / Biographies, Jefferson County / Blackstone, Gould, Green, Henry, Penney, Thomson, Tucker, Wheeler, Wilder, Wright

Lemuel Wheeler, who served his country faithfully during the whole of the Revolutionary war, was born in Concord, Mass., in 1755. He reared a family of 12 children, most of whom came to Jefferson County and located in the town of Lorraine, about 1816, and together took up a large tract of land. Eli died …

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History of Adams Village, New York

Leave a Comment / 10 minutes of reading / Jefferson County / Andrus, Armsbury, Barney, Bartlett, Benton, Bliss, Bond, Burch, Carter, Chittenden, Clark, Cleveland, Cooper, Curtiss, Doane, Eddy, Edmonds, Estes, Fish, Fox, Frasier, Gilbert, Grant, Greene, Grenell, Griswold, Harmon, Hungerford, Huntington, Huson, Ingraham, Johnson, Kellogg, Kenyon, Lookwood, Lovelee, Lyons, Marsh, Maxon, Mendell, Merriam, Mitchell, Mondell, Morton, Munson, Nolton, Overton, Phillips, Pitcher, Ripley, Salisbury, Saunders, Skinner, Smiley, Smith, Sterne, Stone, Totman, Vickery, Wardwell, Wheeler, Whipple, White, Wilcox, Witcomb, Withington, Wood, Woodward, Wright

The location of this large and thriving village of 2000 inhabitants is on Sandy creek, one and a half miles from the Rodman town-line, and extending on its south to the towns of Lorraine and Ellisburg. The principal part of the village is in the valley of the creek, mostly on its north bank, although …

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