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REPORT OF THE 



BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN. 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMIL. 



BUILT BY. 



Essex, 



Lewis, 



1798 



1809 



Asa Farnsworth. 



Essex, 



Minerva, 



1804 



1807 



William Hill. 



Essex, 



Moriah, 



1785 



1810 



Alexander Spencer. 



Essex, 



North Hudson, 



1802 



1812 



Elihu Phelps. 



Essex, 



Schroon, 



1797 



1814 



Joseph Richards. 



Essex, 



Ticonderoga,* 



1769 



1772 



Fox & Huntington. 



Essex, 



Willsborough, 



1765 



1767 



William Gilliland. 



Essex, 



Wilmington, 



1803 



1812 



Reuben Sanford. 



Franklin, 



Bellmont, 



1816 



1825 



Roswell A. Weed. 



Franklin, 



Chateaugay, 



1796 



1797 



David Mallory. 



Franklin, 



Constable, 



1800 



1803 



James Welch. 



Franklin, 



Dickinson, 



1810 



1830 



Warren Ives. 



Franklin, 



Duane, 



1823 



1823 



James Duane. 



Franklin, 



Fort Covington, 



1794 



1796 



William Gray. 



Franklin, 



Franklin, 



1827 



1827 



McLenatham & Wells. 



Franklin, 



Malone, 



1802 



1804 



N. & J. Wood. 



Franklin, 



Moira, 



1803 



1803 



Appleton Foote. 



Franklin, 



Westville, 



1800 



180I 



Amos Welch. 



Fulton, 



Broadalbin, 



1783 



1810 



Duncan McMartin. 



Fulton, 



Caroga, 



1785 



1790 



Cornelius Van Allen. 



Fulton, 



Ephratah, 



1743 



1808 



Henry Yanney. 



Fulton, 



Johnstown, 



1760 



1762 



Sir Wm. Johnson. 



Fulton, 



Mayfield, 



1761 



1773 



Sir Wm. Johnson. 



Fulton, 



Oppenheim, 



179I 



1806 



Henry Cline. 



Fulton, 



Stratford, 



1799 



1806 



Martin Nichols. 



Genesee, 



Alabama, 



1806 



1824 



Samuel Whitcomb. 



Genesee, 



Alexander, 



1802 



1804 



Rea & Fellows. 



Genesee, 



Batavia, 



1801 



180I 



Joseph Ellicott. 



Genesee, 



Bergen, 



1805 



181I 



Jared Merrill. 



Genesee, 



Byron, 



1807 



1813 



William Shepherd. 



* The French troops, while engaged in the construction of 

 outlet of Trout Brook; but it was destroyed soon after. 



Fort Carillon, built a sawmill at the 



