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BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN. 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Chautauqua, 



Charlotte, 



1809 



1810 



Samuel Sinclair. 



Chautauqua, 



Cherry Creek, 



1812 



1824 



William Kilbourn. 



Chautauqua, 



Ellery, 



1806 



1808 



William Bemus. 



Chautauqua, 



EUicott, 



1806 



1808 



Edward Works. 



Chautauqua, 



Gerry, 



1811 



1819 



Hines & Newton. 



Chautauqua, 



Hanover, 



1797 



1804 



Abel Cleveland. 



Chautauqua, 



Harmony, 



1805 



1810 



Reuben Slayton. 



Chautauqua, 



Kiantone, 



1807 



- 



Robert Russell. 



Chautauqua, 



Mina, 



1816 



1824 



Alex. Finley. 



Chautauqua, 



Poland, 



1805 



1805 



Dr. Thos. R. Kennedy. 



Chautauqua, 



Pom fret. 



1804 



1807 



Baker, Berry & Co. 



Chautauqua, 



Villenova, 



1810 



1815 



John Kent. 



Chautauqua, 



Westfield, 



i8or 



1804 



John McMahan. 



Chemung, 



Ashland, 



1788 



1800 



Isaac Baldwin. 



Chemung, 



Baldwin, 



1813 



1828 



Elisha Hammond. 



Chemung, 



Big Flats, 



1787 



1795 



William Miller. 



Chemung, 



Catlin, 



1816 



1827 



James Wheeler. 



Chemung, 



Chemung, 



1786 



1790 



Major Wm. Wynkoop.* 



Chemung, 



Erin, 



1815 



1824 



McMillan Brothers. 



Chemung, 



Horseheads, 



1787 



1805 



Nathan Teal. 



Chemung, 



Southport, 



1788 



1798 



Col. Abraham Miller. 



Chemung, 



Van Etten, 



1795 



1800 



Isaac Swartwood. 



Chemung, 



Veteran, 



1775 



1805 



Teal. 



Chenango, 



Afton, 



1786 



- 



Cooper & Miner. 



Chenango, 



Columbus, 



1791 



1794 



Job Vail. 



Chenango, 



Greene, 



1792 



1795 



Conrad Sharp. 



Chenango, 



Lincklaen, 



1796 



- 



Catlin & Shipman. 



Chenango, 



Macdonough, 



1795 



1798 



Henry Ludlow. 



Chenango, 



New Berlin, 



1790 



- 



Job Vail. 



Chenango, 



Norwich, 



1788 



- 



Elisha Smith. 



* Major Wynkoop built the first frame house in this town, the boards and timbers for which were 

 sawed out with a whipsaw. 

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