Village Sites of the Genesee Valley. 



By H. C. Foixett, Avon, N. Y. 



The numbers correspond with those on the map. 



1. Located at Millville on Wadsworth farm, tenant A. Mil- 

 ler. Several skeletons were removed about twenty years ago. 

 Digging" at the present time prohibited by the owner. 



Sufficient iron implements removed from site to iron a large 

 grist mill erected in the vicinity in an early age. Surface find- 

 ings have been numerous, consisting of iron, flint, bone, copper, 

 and large quantities of Jesuit beads. 



One of the old residents of Avon, Dr. Nisfet, in examina- 

 tion of the skeletons removed from the site, stated positively that 

 they were not Indian. 



2. Located on Cleary farm one mile south of Lima road. 

 Unable to find any record of burial plot being worked. It must 

 be a large one as the evidence of several years' habitation is 

 conclusive. The ash pits are from two to eighteen inches in 

 depth. Surface findings consist of stone, copper, flint, iron and 

 Jesuit beads. This is one of the villages named in the history of 

 Livingston County as having been destroyed by the Marquis 

 Denonville, in the year 1687. 



3. Crouse farm near Gilbert's Mills. Burial lots have been 

 excavated on a small scale. Site not large. Surface findings 

 consist of stone, flint, and large quantities of white clay pipe 

 stems. 



4. Crouse farm. Small site, but little surface findings, and 

 evidently a temporary village. 



5. Stull farm near West Rush. Small site, several excava- 

 tions have been made but little discovered. Cemetery not located. 



6. Wadsworth farm. Cemetery No. 7, east bank of Gen- 

 esee River. 



8. East of Genesee Valley Junction near railroad. Surface 

 findings are small. Many skeletons have been removed from 

 this site. They were buried in pits. 



