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REPORT OF THE 



BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Monroe, 



Parma. 



1794 



181I 



Jonathan Whitney. 



Monroe, 



Penfield, 



180I 



- 



Daniel Penfield. 



Monroe, 



Riga, 



1805 



1808 



Samuel Church. 



Monroe, 



Webster, 



1805 



1806 



Caleb Lyon. 



Monroe, 



Wheatland, 



1789 



1810 



Peter Shaeffer, Jr. 



Montgomery, 



Amsterdam, 



1716 



1742 



Sir William Johnson. 



Montgomery. 



Canajoharie, 



1770 



1770 



Col. Hendrick Frey. 



Montgomery, 



Charleston, 



1737 



1785 



Judah Burton. 



Montgomery, 



Florida, 



I7IO 



1750 



Philip Frederick. 



Montgomery, 



Glen, 



1705 



1790 



Peter Quackenboss. 



Montgomery, 



Minden, 



1750 



1740 



Fox. 



Montgomery, 



Root, 



1770 



- . - 



Solomon Hamilton. 



New York, 



Manhattan, 



1614 



1633 



West India Company. 



Niagara, 



Cambria, 



1800 



1806 



Joseph Hewett. 



Niagara, 



Lewiston, 



1800 



1808 



Joseph Howell. 



Niagara, 



Newfane, 



1807 



1811 



James Van Horn. 



Niagara, 



Porter, 



1803 



1816 



John Clapsaddle. 



Niagara, 



Royalton, 



1803 



1817 



Gad Warner. 



Niagara, 



Somerset, 



181O 



1822 



John Randolph. 



Niagara, 



Wheatfield, 



1802 



1825 



Col. John Sweeney. 



Niagara, 



Wilson, 



1810 



1815 



Daniel Sheldon. 



Oneida, 



Augusta, 



1793 



1795 



T. Cassaty. 



Oneida, 



Ava, 



1798 



180I 



Benjamin Jones. 



Oneida, 



Boonville, 



1795 



1796 



Holland Land Co. 



Oneida, 



Bridgewater, 



1788 



- 



Major Farwell. 



Oneida, 



Camden, 



1796 



1798 



Jesse Curtis. 



Oneida, 



Lee, 



1790 



1796 



David Smith. 



Oneida, 



Manchester, 



1787 



1788 



Captain Casey. 



Oneida, 



Marcy, 



1793 



1825 



John F. Allen. 



Oneida, 



Vienna,* 



1798 



1801 



Ambrose Jones. 



* The first death in the town occurred by an accident in a sawmill, in 1801, whereby Alex. Graves 

 was killed. 



