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EXCERPTS from "Recollections.. The Town of Tompkins" by Perry Shelton
During the year 1770 the following patents were granted:
2/24 Kortright 22,000 acres
In 1772 the boundary between Ulster and Albany Counties was moved northward to the West Branch of the Delaware River and a new county by the name of Tryon was erected. All land north of the West Branch of Delaware River, now contained in Delaware County was a part of this new county. By Act of Legislator April 2, 1784, the name Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County in honor of Gen. Richard Montgomery who was killed at the Battle of Quebec. The County of Otsego was erected from a portion of Montgomery Feb. 16, 1791. Delaware County was erected from portions of Ulster and Otsego counties March 10, 1797.
The act of 1797 provided that until a suitable court house should be available, the courts be held at the house of Gideon Frisbee in the town of Kortright. It also stated that a court house and jail be erected at such places as the judges, justices and supervisors appoint, but not at a greater distance than two miles from the mouth of the Little Delaware.
Although Township Rights had been included in the granting of six of the Land Patents, no township had been erected until the formation of Harpersfield April 11, 1787. The original township included all the land in the Harper Purchase plus the land in the Johnstown Purchase between the easterly and westerly bounds of the Harper Purchase extended to the Charlotte and Susquehanna Rivers.
The following year all land in New York State was placed in townships. Under this Act all land in Delaware County at its erection became parts of four townships. Harpersfield in Montgomery County was extended westward. Mamakating (1758), Rochester (1703), and Woodstock (1787) extended their boundaries to the West Branch of the Delaware River.
March 3, 1789 - Middletown was formed from portions of Rochester and Woodstock.
The original six townships have been divided to form 13 other towns as follows:
March 17, 1797 Walton taken from Franklin.
Most of these townships have at various times had other alterations made in their boundary lines.
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Establishment of Common School Districts
District Number Location Remarks School District Now in
1 Cannonsville 2 rooms after consolidation Deposit
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Tompkins Cemeteries
1. Airport Cemetery - next adm. bldg., White Birch Field
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CIVIL WAR
Field and Staff Officers:
MUSTER ROLLS
Captain, Palmer L. Burrows
Lafayette Axtell
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Cannonsville Grange #1510
Cannonsville Grange #1510 was organized in 1930 with the following officers:
Master Stephen Judd
The officers for the year 1956 are:
Master Jay Yoepp
Mrs. William (Grace) Storrer served for over 25 years as Secretary of Cannonsville Grange.
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Town of Tompkins, Veterans of the Wars
Revolutionary War Veterans
Erastus Booth John Heath
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War of 1812
Nathaniel Webb
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Civil War
Uriah Costello Solomon Sutliffe
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Spanish American War
Charles Davis John Carlson
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World War I Veterans
Arthur Bonker Fred Hoag
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The following are men who served in the Army Expeditionary Force during World War I
Charles E. Adams Claude L. Haynes
*Sgt. Herman T. Lawson was killed in action during the Battle of the Hindenburgh Line on Sept. 29th, 1918.
*Private, Roy D. Gardinier was killed on Oct. 12th, 1918.
World War II Veterans
Curtis Shoup* Donald Bonker
Stephen Peter Judd* Berkley S. Boyd
Chas. Finch* James Brundege
Milo Stevens * Robert Budine>
Richard Finch (Bronze Star) Robert Burnside
William Bush William Burnside
James Finch Everett Card
James Hornbeck Virgil Card
Morris Hornbeck Kenneth Conway
Marvin Stoutenberg Ernest Davis
Floyd Stoutenberg Clifford Faulkner
Perry Shelton George Faulkner
Laverge France Paul Greenman
Donald Storrer Elwyn Hendrickson
Robert Galley Robert Bennett
Earl Simmons Dale Stafford
Edward Cook George Judd
Nathan Beardslee Gleason Judd
Paul Close Joseph Judd
Carl Close Richard Judd
Dewey Ellis Kenneth Mapes
Richard Ellis Raymond Mapes
Ray Ellis, Jr. Edwin Martin
Ralph Munson Lynn Martin
Glenn Beardslee Robert Martin
Percy Smith Roland Martin
Guy Gifford Dayton McLaughlin
Seymour Shackelton Eugene Monroe
Benjamin Constable Robert Monroe
Fred Reynolds James Mills, Jr.
Edgar L. Layman Wellington Mills
Norvall L. Hurlburt Henry Muller
Donald Stringer Winton O'dell
Russell Hood John Offnick
Ralph Holbert Willard Peaslee
Floyd Dufton, Jr. Harold Rhinebeck
Woodrow Dufton Preston Schall
Chas. Drumm Homer Scofield
Harold Drumm Durwood Smith
Maynard Allen Robert Stevens
Thomas Allen Richard Storrer
Chester Backus Leo Vanderlip
Gerald Backus Richard Walker
Leon Backus William Walker
Harold Backus Wayne Walker
Paul Backus Charles Webster
Warren Backus Donald Wood
Jack Bennett Glen Reynolds
Arthur Bonker, Jr. Michael Onufer
Martin Onufer John Onufer
Edwin Bonker Howard Bonker
Robert Bonker
* Curtis Shoup - Killed in Action January 11, 1945. Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor .* Stephen Peter Judd - Co-Pilot of a bomber forced down and crashed in Holland. * Chas. Finch - Killed in Action April 14, 1945. * Milo Stevens - Killed as a result of a training flight crash. He was an Air Cadet. |
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