FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 

 BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



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COUNTY. 



TOWN 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Sullivan, 



Fremont, 



1780 



1792 



Aaron Pierce. 



Sullivan, 



Highland, 



1825 



- 



N. Patterson. 



Sullivan, 



Liberty,* 



1790 



1799 



Capt. Chas. Brodhead. 



Sullivan, 



Mamakating, 



1728 



1730 



Manuel Consalus. 



Sullivan, 



Thompson, 



1749 



1795 



William A. Thompson. 



Sullivan, 



Tusten, 



1763 



1760 



John Moore. 



Tioga, 



Barton, 



1787 



1803 



George W. Buttson. 



Tioga, 



Berkshire, 



179I 



1810 



Bull & Brown. 



Tioga, 



Candor, 



1785 



1829 



Orange F. Booth. 



Tioga, 



Newark Valley, 



I79I 



i83ot 



Patterson & Day. 



Tioga, 



Nichols, 



1787 



1833 



George Kirby. 



Tioga, 



Owego, 



1785 



1826 



Willard Foster. 



Tioga, 



Richford, 



1809 



1818 



Caleb Arnold. 



Tioga, 



Spencer, 



1794 



1800 



Edmund Hobart. 



Tioga, 



Tioga, 



1789 



1792 



Major Wm. Ransom. 



Tompkins, 



Caroline, 



1795 



1800 



Gen. John Cantine. 



Tompkins, 



Danby, 



1795 



1797 



Dumond & Yaple. 



Tompkins, 



Dryden, 



1797 



1800 



Ruluff Whiting. 



Tompkins, 



Enfield, 



1804 



1812 



Benjamin Ferris. 



Tompkins, 



Groton, 



1798 



1811 



Jonas Williams. 



Tompkins, 



Ithaca, 



1789 



1813 



Phineas Bennett. 



Tompkins, 



Newfield, 



180I 



1809 



Eliakim Dean. 



Tompkins, 



Ulysses, 



I79I 



1796 



David Atwater. 



Ulster, 



Denning, 



182I 



1827 



Dewitt & Reynolds. 



Ulster, 



Gardiner, 



1724 



1794 



James Jenkins. 



Ulster, 



Hardenburgh, 



1800 



i860 



Hiram Seager. 



Ulster, 



Kingston, 



1650 



1847 



Peter J. DuBois. 



Ulster, 



Marlborough, 



1772 



1780 



James Hallock. 



* This mill, which stood on the outlet of Brodhead Pond, was built wholly of logs and hewed 

 timber. The race was constructed from large hemlock trees, " with much labor and ingenuity." 



f Steam mill. There may have been a water mill in the town before this one was built; but if SO, 

 there is nothing in the town records to indicate it. 



