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BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN. 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Saratoga, 



Wilton, 



1774 



1784 



John Laing. 



Schenectady,* 





- 



- 





» 



• 



Schoharie, 



Broome, 



179I 



1794 



Griswold & Wells. 



Schoharie, 



CobleskiU, 



1750 



1774 



Christian Brown. 



Schoharie, 



Jefferson, 



1794 



1796 



Stephen Judd. 



Schoharie, 



Richmondville, 



1770 



- 



Company of settlers. 



Schoharie, 



Seward, 



1754 



1773 



William Hynds. 



Schoharie, 



Sharon, 



I771 



1784 



John Hutt. 



Schoharie, 



Summit, 



1794 



1798 



Van Buren. 



Schoharie, 



Wright, 



1771 



1783 



Zimmer &: Becker. 



Schuyler, 



Catharine, 



1788 



179I 



Phineas Bowers. 



Schuyler, 



Cayuta, 



1798 



1816 



Jesse D. White. 



Schuyler, 



Dix, 



1798 



1828 



Col. Green Bennett. 



Schuyler, 



Hector, 



1790 



1795 



Reuben Smith. 



Schuyler, 



Orange, 



1802 



- 



Wm. Conlogue. 



Schuyler, 



Reading, 



1790 



- 



Eliadia Parker. 



Schuyler, 



Tyrone, 



1799 



180I 





• 



Seneca, 



Fayette, 



1789 



1797 



Samuel Bear. 



Seneca, 



Seneca Falls, 



1787 



1795 



Wilhelmus Mynderse. 



Seneca, 



Tyre, 



1794 



1807 



Nicholas Traver. 



Steuben, 



Addison, 



1791 



1793 



George Goodhue. 



Steuben, 



Avoca, 



1800 



1809 



Henry Kennedy. 



Steuben, 



Bath, 



1793 



1793 



Chas. Williamson. 



Steuben, 



Bradford, 



1793 



1795 



Frederick Bartles. 



Steuben, 



Cameron, 



1800 



1808 



Richard Hadley. 



Steuben, 



Campbell, 



1800 



1807 



Campbell & Stephens. 



Steuben, 



Caton, 



1819 



1822 



Abner Gilbert. 



Steuben, 



Cohocton, 



1796 



1808 



Jonas Cleland. 



Steuben, 



Corning, 



1788 



1793 



Ichabod Patterson. 



* The colonial patent of 1684, embracing lands in this county and the present site of the city of 

 Schenectady, refers to sawmills which had already been built within the territory granted ; but nothing 

 appears now in the town or county records to show when or by whom they were erected. 



