Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Comstock's History Page One

SOME OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SCIPIO
CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK  by Austin B. Comstock

I will be posting each page of this history separately. The index, posted on June 24, 2014 in 4 parts, provides the page numbers; you can also search the blog for a particular name appearing anywhere within it. I hope you find something new!

Page One

CAYUGA COUNTY WAS ORGANIZED MARCH 8, 1799 FROM ONONDAGA COUNTY

It was part of the following counties during these years:
Albany 1683 – 1772
Tryon 1772 – 1784
Montgomery 1784 – 1791
Herkimer 1791 – 1794
Onondaga 1794 – 1799

TOWNS

 Auburn City formed (as a town from Aurelius) March 28, 1823
Aurelius formed                                               January 27, 1789
Brutus formed (from Aurelius)                          March 30, 1802
Cato formed (from Aurelius)                            March 30, 1802
Conquest formed (from Cato)                          March 16, 1821
Fleming formed (from Aurelius)                        March 28, 1823
Genoa formed (originally as “Milton)                January 28, 1789
Ira formed (from Cato)                                    March 16, 1821
Ledyard formed (from Scipio)                          January 30, 1823
Locke formed (from Genoa/Milton)                  February 20, 1802
Mentz formed (from Aurelius as “Jefferson)       March 30, 1802
Montezuma formed (from Mentz)                      April 8, 1859
Moravia formed (from Sempronius)                   March 20, 1833
Niles formed (from Sempronius)                        March 20, 1833
Owasco formed (from Aurelius)                        March 30, 1802
Scipio formed                                                    March 5, 1794
Sempronius formed                                            March 9, 1799
Sennett formed (from Brutus)                              March 19, 1827
Springport formed (from Scipio and Aurelius)      January 30, 1823
Sterling formed (from Cato)                                 June 19, 1805
Summerhill formed (from Locke as “Plato”)          April 26, 1831
Throop formed (from Aurelius, Mentz & Sennett) April 8, 1859
Venice formed (from Scipio)                                January 30, 1823
Victory formed (from Cato)                                 March 16, 1821

END OF PAGE ONE

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