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  Saratoga County, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean.
Saratoga County is in the northeastern part of New York State, north of Albany, northwest of Troy, and east of Utica.
In the county the population is spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 31.50% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 11.50% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Schoharie County, New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of Schenectady, and the county included the western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River.
Schoharie County is in central New York State, west of Albany and southeast of Utica.
In the county the population is spread out with 24.00% under the age of 18, 10.60% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Rensselaer County, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rensselaer County is a county in the state of New York.
When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Rensselaer County was part of Albany County.
In the county the population is spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Herkimer County, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the other pieces, Tryon County, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific).
Herkimer County is in central New York State, northwest of Albany, and east of Syracuse.
In the county the population is spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Tryon County, New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tryon County, New York is a former county in New York, part of the Province of New York, named after Governor William Tryon.
In 1784 the county was renamed as Montgomery County, New York after General Richard Montgomery.
Tryon County was created in 1772 from part of Albany County, partly through the instigation of William Johnson.
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 Articles - Hamilton County, New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the county the population is spread out with 19.70% under the age of 18, 5.20% from 18 to 24, 24.20% from 25 to 44, 30.90% from 45 to 64, and 20.00% who are 65 years of age or older.
Hamilton County is the smallest in the state based on its population (Kings County is the largest).
The county is perenially the most Republican of New York state, being one of only two to be won by Howard Mills during the 2004 Senate election.
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 Articles - Steuben County, New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Steuben County was reduced in size in 1823 by the combination of a portion of the county with a portion of Ontario County to form Yates County.
Steuben County was reduced in size in 1854 by the combination of a portion of the county with portions of Chemung and Tompkins Counties to form Schuyler County.
In the county the population is spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 Monroe County New York - info, facts, communities on Key to the City
Ontario County is to the southeast and Livingston County is to the south.
Genesee County is to the southwest and Orleans County is to the northwest.
The old counties weren't happy about letting go of all the progress and new settlement which was occurring, but the legislators voted to approve the new county on 23 February 1821.
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 Yates County, New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Yates County was part of Albany County.
Yates County is in the western part of New York State, west of Ithaca and southeast of Rochester.
In the county the population is spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who are 65 years of age or older.
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 New York Books - Monroe County
Today, Monroe County is comprised of 19 towns, 10 villages and the City of Rochester with a combined population of approximately 750,000 residents and a land area of 663.21 square miles.
Monroe County is home to the World Headquarters for both the Eastman Kodak and Bausch & Lomb Corporations and to manufacturing facilities such as General Motors, Xerox, and ITT Automotive.
In addition to its corporate neighbors, Monroe County is home to the University of Rochester, the Rochester Institute of Technology and the National Institute for the Deaf, Monroe Community College, the State University of New York College at Brockport, Saint John Fisher College, Nazareth College and Roberts Wesleyn College.
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 tryon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tryon is the name of some places in the United States of America:
Tryon County, New York (former name of Montgomery County, New York)
All were named for William Tryon, colonial governor of North Carolina (1765-1771) and New York (1771-1780).
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 New York Books - Essex County
With an area of 1,836 square miles, the second largest in the State, an average elevation of 3,000 feet, the highest in the State, it is a remarkable combination of lofty peaks, deep ravines, glorious lakes and streams which make it the mecca of thousands of lovers of nature's grandeur.
In 1799 came the organizing of the county with Elizabethtown as the seat of justice, and the territory divided embracing four towns-Crown Point, formed 1780; Elizabethtown, 1798; Willsborough formed 1788, both from Crown Point; and Jay from Willsborough in 1798.
The county seat of Essex was first located at the town of the same name, and from 1799 to 1807 the courts were held there.
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 Marlette Family Genealogy
In 1769 John Marlette settled in Tryon County (today known as Montgomery County, New York) where he settled on land lying along the south side of the Mohawk River and to the south of Auries Kill or Auries Creek.
In 1774 it was petitioned that John Marlatt be appointed as Justice of the Peace for Tryon County.
In the calendar of New York Council minutes 1668- 1783 it states that John Marlett was appointed as Justice of the Peace for Tryon County in 1774.
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 Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Staley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Eugene, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and husband of Catherine Gokey.
William A. Sweet was born in Florida, New York, October 8, 1824, died December 4, 1893, in the same town.
Annie Serviss, his wife, was born September 5, 1834, died in the city of Amsterdam, New York, July 21, 1895, daughter of John J. and Sarah A. (Herrick) Serviss.
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 Hamilton County, New York Genealogical Records Information
The Vital Records Section of the New York State Department of Health files certificates for births, deaths and marriages that occurred in New York State outside of New York City since 1881.
The purchase by the State of land within the County did not encourage any increase in the permanent population, for with more than half owned by New York, and eighty per cent of the remaining territory in private parks or controlled by lumber companies there was but a small fraction left open to private ownership.
After the Revolution, the name Tryon was so hated that in 1784 this section was called Montgomery in honor of the hero who died before the walls of Quebec.
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 Jefferson County, New York Genealogical Records Information
Military posts were established during the French and Indian war, notably at Henderson, and garrisons were placed in various parts of the northern New York country during the Revolution, but the district as a whole was only the haunt of the wandering trapper.
Tryon County was formed 1772 from Albany but the name was changed after the Revolution to one less distasteful, Montgomery.
In 1798 Oneida County was erected, including what is now Jefferson, and not until March 28, 1805, was this district set off with the name of the third President of the United States.
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 BuckGeorge1740
1770 in Canajoharie, Tryon County, New York, and died July 07, 1856 in Storrington Township, Ontario, Canada.  He married Anne Hannah Snook, UE February 14, 1792 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.  She was born July 22, 1773 in Manorton, Columbia County, New York.
John Horning is Listed in Turlock, Tryon County, New York Militia 1775-77 and later in the Kings Royal Rangers of New York.  Sir John Johnston's Brigade/Butler's Rangers formed in June 1776.  This list was found in "Loyalty on the Northern Frontier of NY 1775-84" by Dwight M. Turner and found in Families, Vol.
Turlock was a small village in Tryon County New York that had been settled by Palatine immigrants in the early 1700s.
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 Johnstown, New York - Colonial Court House
On March 12, 1772, the Provincial Assembly created Tryon County out of the western half of Albany County and designated Johnstown as the county seat where King's Court was to be held.
However, the dissatisfaction of the people living in the northern part of old Montgomery County was such that a new County, named Fulton after the inventor of the steam engine, was formed by the State Legislature on April 18, 1838.
In 1851, the County Judge's salary was fixed at the munificent sum of $600, and 12 cushioned chairs were purchased for the comfort of Petit jurors.
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 John Butler
He was a well-known resident of Tryon county, New York (a name then applied to the Mohawk region west of Schenectady), and commanded a militia regiment there.
In 1775 he was one of a party of Tories that broke up a patriot meeting in Tryon county, New York, and was active in the predatory warfare that so long disturbed that part of the state.
He fought Sullivan in central New York in 1779, and took part in Sir John Johnson's raid on the Schoharie and Me-hawk settlements in 1780.
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 Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - John McNairn
(Montgomery County is now located where Tryon County used to be.) John McNairn remained loyal to the Crown, and was subsequently jailed twice for refusing to take part in the American Revolution and aiding refugees.
The women and children were soon accommodated in a refugee camp, and John enlisted in the King's Royal Regiment of New York, where he served as a sargeant in Bateau Company under Capt. Jost Herkimer.
John McNairn and his family arrived at New Johnstown (later renamed Cornwall) in May or June of 1784 to claim their new property, which was just the land; they had to build their own homes and make their own furniture.
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 Tryon County Family Profiles
Many other men from one of the Frank families, (John, Michael, and Henry) served under General Herkimer in the Tryon County Militia, and fought in the Battle of Oriskany in 1777 which ended in a stalemate, after which the Iroquois Indians withdrew from the British army and St. Leger was forced to retreat to Canada.
Lawrence and Mary had 15 children, many of which migrated to Western New York State to Lake Chatauqua in 1811 and settled in the town later called Busti in honor of the Holland Patent agent that sold the land.
John was in the Tryon Co. Militia, his farm was burned in Indian raids, and Fort Gile/Guile was erected as a local refuge.
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 New York State genealogy books for sale
The Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies, was officially created on February 5, 1778 in response to the invasion of New York by the British army, and the fear of domestic foes, such as the Tories.
New Concord, located in the Town of Chatham, was founded in approximately 1760 by predominantly Connecticut settlers who brought with them their Congregationalist traditions.
The French continued to claim New York as French territory, and settlements near Lake Ontario would pass back and forth between French and English possession, depending who had the upper hand, until the territory was surrendered to the United States in 1796.
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 New York City Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The New York skyline soared in the 1930s with the building of some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
In the decades after World War II, however, the city slid into gradual decline with the loss of population to the suburbs and the erosion of its industrial base.
Like many US cities, New York suffered severe race riots in the 1960s, and by the 1970s, the city had gained a reputation for being a crime-ridden relic of history.
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 Genealogy Resources on the Internet - WWW/New York
For the Enchanted Mountain area of New York and Pennsylvania.
Also has a page of New York State genealogy societies and other helpful resources at http://www.hopefarm.com/geneatop.htm.
If you have ancestors who are buried in New York City, you may want to have their tombstones photographed if you cannot get to the cemetery yourself.
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 New York Counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1812 Cattaraugus became part of Allegany county, From - 1814-17 county record of Olean and Iscuhua were kept in Belmont, of Perry kept in Buffalo).
Earlier surrogate's records are evidently in Montgomery, Fulton and St. Lawrence counties.
Many surrogate's files before about 1870 are now at the New York City Archives and on microfilm at the FHL.
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 CAMPBELL, William W. (1806-1881) Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Border Warfare of New York During the Revolution: The Annals of Tryon County.
February 23, 1852, at Metropolitan Hall, New York City, on the occasion of the celebration of the birth day of George Washington, by Order of United Americans.
William W. Campbell, of New York, on the Oregon question, delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., January 27, 1846.
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 The Other One's John McMARTIN 2
Tryon County New York Province, Settled in 1775 on Sir John Johnson's land and remained there until 1780 when he came to Canada and was the remainder of the war in the Engineers Dept. Served in the Kings Royal Regiment of NY as a Sergeant in Kings Works.
United Empire Loyalists Proceedings of 1787: Loyalist Commissioners Montreal 1787-8, Vol XII - A new Claim, #309, Evidence on the claim of John McMartin, Late of Tryon County, N.Y. Province Page 385, Claimt.
John married Helen Ellen CAMERON, daughter of John CAMERON and Nancy GRANT, in Fonda, Montgomery City, New York (Caughnawaga Near Johnstown).
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 New York State County and Town History for sale from Hope Farm Press and Bookshop
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal, A Natural History of New York City is a personal report after fifty years of study and enjoyment of wildlife within the boundaries of greater New York, complete with over seventy-five illustrations.
She is the chronicler of a society that determines much of the intellectual and political future of New York.
The written capsule history of the county accompanies the photographs and provides the reader with a meaningful overview of the evolution and growth of the county.
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 Murphy Orchards - Our Underground Railroad Heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
iagara County, New York, was extremely active in the organized effort to guide and help people escaping from slavery out of the United States and into the protective boundaries of Canada, especially during the period from 1850 to 1861.
A day's drive through this area offers a unique opportunity to step back in time and gain an appreciation for the extent of the humanitarian effort which was made to give freedom to enslaved people, simply because those involved felt that it was morally right.
avid Barker was a founder of the Quaker community in Barker, New York, and is believed to have been a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
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