APPENDIX. 



THE ROLL OF PIONEER LUMBERMEN. 



It may fairly be assumed that in each locality throughout the State the commence- 

 ment of the lumber industry was coincident with the erection of the first sawmill; 

 all work before that was confined to individuals who labored to supply their per- 

 sonal needs only. But with the building of a mill there ensued a combination of 

 labor to supply a general demand, which constituted to some extent what is known 

 as lumbering operations. 



In the statistics 'here appended will be found the year when the first settler located 

 in each town mentioned, the list including the greater part of the State; also, the 

 year in which the first sawmill was built in that town, together with the name of 

 the pioneer who built it. Most of these towns of course had no existence then as 

 towns, and the date given here means that the foundation of the first settlement or 

 sawmill occurred at that time in a locality which to-day is within the town named. 



The historical facts here given were compiled by the author from the various town 

 and county records in the State Library at Albany. Much valuable information 

 relating to the first settlement of each town was found in Hough's Gazetteer of the 

 State of New York, and some interesting facts connected with colonial times were 

 obtained from Dr. O'Callaghan's Documentary History of New York. 



As this part of the work necessitated a careful examination of the early history of 

 each one of the 977 towns in the State, it will be seen that the task required no 

 small amount of time and patience. This information, however, will be of little 

 interest to the general reader; and the question may arise whether the resuit is 

 worth the cost. In answer it should be said that any history of the lumber industry 

 must properly commence with the beginning of that industry, and that there was 

 no other way to determine when it began except by ascertaining the date when the 

 first sawmills were put in operation in the various localities. 



It may be noticed that the list is incomplete as regards some of the towns in the 

 Hudson and Mohawk valleys. An exhaustive examination was made of the town 

 and colonial records relating to that region, but with only partial success, as but 

 little mention is made in them of the erection of sawmills, or of the lumber industry. 

 These valleys, however, contained the oldest settlements, and from their borders 

 the wave of civilization spread outward through the State, its advance being marked 

 everywhere by the advent of the lumberman and his mill. Next came the church 

 and the schoolhouse. 



The beginnings of the lumber industry in (he Stale of New York. 



County. 



Albany 



Town. 



Albany 



Berne 



Coeyniuns 



Knox 



New Scotland 

 Watervliel ... 

 Westerlo 



Built by— 



Jacob Janse Flodder. 

 Jacob Weidman. 

 Hans Junsen. 

 Amos Crary. 

 Uziab Conger. 

 Shaker Colony. 

 Lobdell & Baker. 



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