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Slavery in New York State, 1790-1850; treaties with Indians; early inhabitants of Tompkins and Tioga Counties; etc., 1790 - 1896

 File — Box: 4, Volume: 5

Scope and Contents

Notebook 5 (formerly Mss Ii 81); Census of Free Blacks and Slaves in Tompkins County (1820); In 1820, 32 slaves lived in Caroline, then part of Tioga County; Origins of Dryden and Speedsville; Legends of early inhabitants of Slaterville, Speedsville, and Ulster County; Folklore of Mulks family; Complete Assessment Roll of Caroline Township for the year 1813; Settlement of Ellis Hollow, 1804-1816, by Ellis, Hurd, Parmenter, Gosper, and Smith families; Settlement of Rawson Hollow, 1802, by Lyman Rawson and Samuel Blackman; Stories about Augustus Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Ennist from Ulster County, Robert Freeland, Bartholomew Green, Henry D. Green, John Edward Green, Thomas Heggie, "General" Robert Hyde, William Jackson,Thomas McLeese, the Patillos, George Pumpelly, Joseph Speed, and William Thomas; Notes on the following families: Clinton, Dain, Gunderman, Halliday, Levi Hawkins, Heath, Samuel Dean Hutchings, Garret and Reuben Mandeville, James Personius, William Rounseville, Whittaker, and Williams; Dutch Reformed Church of Caroline, early members of; Stories of cottage prayer meetings in Mott's Corners and Brearley Hill; Settlement of the James R. Speed estate (1857)

Dates

  • 1790 - 1896

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2.8 cubic feet. (2.8 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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