Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site
Hardcopy submitted by Shirley Houck, electronic text by Joyce Riedinger October 16, 2000
(W)=Whole District
(J)=Joint District
Common School Districts
TOWN OF KORTRIGHT
Jan. l - Dec. 31, 1855
Dist. Dist. School Year Material 1855 District School-house Location
No. Town(s) Located Built Built Condition Trustees
l(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- Adam Jaques In, or near, the village of
Wm M Forman Bloomville
1(J) Kortright Davenport 18-- ----- ----- Ira B Hanford In the Town of Davenport, at
& Davenport John Gaddis intersection of County Route
#12 & Dehning Road
1(J) Kortright Delhi 18-- ----- ----- Jesse Betts In the Town of Delhi, on
& Delhi Robert Elliott present State Route #10, near the
Webster Brook Road
l(J) Kortright Meredith 18-- ----- ----- Charles Dibble In the Town of Meredith, on
Meredith James Gibson Elk Creek Rock near the Mer-
& Delhi edith/Kortright Town line
2(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- Stephen M. Brown On Kiff Brook Road, near the
Joseph Beilby intersection with the present
John Rice Road
2(J) Kortright Harpersfield 18-- ----- ----- Samuel Mahaffy In the Town of Harpersfield,
& Harpersfield Thomas Telfer Jr at the intersection of Gun
House Hill Road & Odell Lake Road
3(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- wood & very Solm M Sackrider At the intersection of Betty
shingles good David W Thomas Brook Road & Swantak Road
3(J) Kortright Harpersfield 18-- ----- ----- B F Gibbs In the Town of Harpersfield; at
& Harpersfield R E Davis the intersection of Trusdell
Road & the present State Route #23
4(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- M Sanford On present State Route #10,
J McMurdy east of McMurdy Brook Road
5(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- wood bad Ebenezer A Gallup On Betty Brook Road, near the
Jno H McLaury Hobart Bill Road
5(J) Kortright Stamford 18-- ----- ----- John D Gibson In the Town of Stamford, in the
& Stamford Burr Keeler village of South Kortright
6(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- Wm P Riddle At the intersection of McMurdy
Moses Kilpatrick Hill Road & Hobart Hill Road
7(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- John McKee On present County Route # 12
near McKee-Hill Road (see further info)
8(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- wood ----- David Ceas On present County Route # 13,
Hiram Burdick near the intersection with Brae-
Jackson Stouten- head Road
burgh
9(W) Kortright Kortright 1855 wood good William G Roberts On Roberts Road
James H Bromley
9(J) Kortright Davenport 18-- ----- ----- Wiliam H Harper In the Town of Davenport,
& Davenport John E McMorris on present State Route #23,
near Parker Hill Road
10(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- wood ----- Thomas Archer On Stewart Road, near the
Alvy Briggs Kortright/Meredith Town Line
ll(W) Kortright Kortright 1850 frame good Thomas J Harkness On present McCormack Road
Matthew Sixsmith
ll(J) Kortright Harpersfield 1834 wood good Z W Dayton In the Town of Harpersfield,
& Harpersfield Wm 0 Hendry at the intersection of pres-
James Scott ent County Route # 29 & Har
per Road
11(J) Kortright Kortright 1834 wood good Samuel Osborn On Scotch Hill Road
& Meredith James Williamson
12(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- John McClintock At the intersection of Kelso
James Boyle Road & the Catskill turnpike
13(W) Kortright Kortright 1839 wood ----- Burr Keeler 2 At Doonans Corners, the inter-
Hugh Kinmouth section of present County
Routes 12 & 33
14(W) Kortright Kortright probably doubtful E T Gibbs At the intersection of present
wood J W Barlow Jr County Route #33 Braehead Road
15(J) Kortright Kortright 1848 timber good James Adair On present "96" Road
& Davenport Thomas S Clark
15(J) Kortright Meredith 18-- ----- ----- C W M Dibble In the Town of Meredith, at
& Meredith J W Roberts village of East Meredith
James Mitchell
16(W) Kortright Kortright 18-- ----- ----- Dean F McIlwain At the intersection of Under-
William Rowland pass Road & North Road
16(J) Kortright Kortright 1848 wood good Samuel Stewart On Stewart Road, near the Kort-
& Davenport Wm D McFarland right/Davenport Town Line
17(W) Kortright Kortright 1825 wood poor Orrin Coan On Crowe Road, near the inter-
S S Wetmore section with present County
Route # 33
18(W) Kortright Kortright 1804 wood poor Luther Butts Near the intersection of Scott
Robert McArthur Hill Road & McArthur Fill Road
19 No Report was found for this District No.
20(W) Kortright Kortright 1852 wood good Benjamin Gerowe On present State Route # 10,
John McMinn near Kiff Brook Road
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No Report was found for this District No. filed with the Kortright reports. However, such a Report was
filed with the Davenport Reports & the information therefrom is included here to make the record more complete.
NOTE: The school-houses are sited, to the best of our ability, by reference to the Gould Map, the Beers Atlas & present County Highway maps.
NOTE - January 26, 2007: from George Hansen, 65 Plant Road, Clifton Park, NY 12065, 518-371-7225
ghansen@nycap.rr.com,
The location description would more accurately read: "On present County Route #12 near Frisbee Road". (Mckee Hill Road is about half a mile west. Frisbee Road is about 200 feet east.)
The former schoolhouse was purchased from the South Kortright Central school District and converted into a single family dwelling by my parents in 1946 and we lived there until 1965. It is still being used as a home by the current owner. It's interesting to note that this building has had only three owners since roughly 1840 when it was constructed. It was added on to several times during the period my parents owned it, and the current owner has added a large dormer . I still have a copy of the original deed from the school district to my parents.
I also have several snapshots of the Kelso farm in the Town of Kortright that were taken sometime in the early 1940's.
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