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REPORT OF THE 



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. 



Tl)e ;^e^innin^s of tl)e lyCimber Indastr^^ in tl)e ^tate of 



New ^orl^. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN. 



FIRST 



SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Albany, 



Albany, 



1630 



1654 



Jacob Janse Flodder, 



Albany, 



Berne, 



1750 



1755 



Jacob Weidman. 



Albany, 



Coeymans, 



1673 



1651*^ 



Hans Jan sen. 



Albany, 



Knox, 



1789 



1800 



Amos Crary. 



Albany, 



New Scotland, 



1700 



1760 



Uziah Conger. 



Albany, 



Watervliet, 



1700 



1775 



Shaker Colony. 



Albany, 



Westerlo, 



1763 



1795 



Lobdell & Baker, 



Allegany, 



Alfred, 



1807 



182I 



E. S. Davis. 



Allegany, 



Allen, 



1820 



1820 



Moses Treat. 



Allegany, 



Alma, 



I833 



1843 



John W. Post. 



Allegany, 



Almond, 



1796 



1806 



Phineas Stevens. 



Allegany, 



Amity, 



1804 



1806 



Philip Church. 



Allegany, 



Andover, 



1795 



1819 



Luther Strong. 



Allegany, 



Angelica, 



1802 



1803 



Philip Church, 



Allegany, 



Belfast, 



1803 



1809 



David Sanford. 



Allegany, 



Birdsall, 



1816 



1823 



Hull & Peterson. 



Allegany, 



Bolivar, 



1819 



1822 



Cowles Brothers. 



Allegany, 



Burns, f 



1805 



1813 



David McCardy. 



Allegany, 



Caneadea, 



1803 



1816 



John Hoyt. 



Allegany, 



Centerville, 



1808 



1813 



Blanchard &: Hotchkiss. 



Allegany, 



Clarksville, 



1822 



1832 



Samuel King. 



Allegany, 



Cuba, 



1814 



1815 



William Downer. 



* The sawmill was built before there was any settlement in this town. 



f The first deaths among the settlers in this town were those of Jeremiah Gregory, who was killed 

 by the fall of a tree, April 4, 1812, and his twin brother, killed in the same manner on Sept. 17, same 

 year. 



