This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Lewis County, New York and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1860.

 

A

History of Lewis County,

In the

State of New York

 

From the

Beginning of it’s Settlement to the Present Time

 

By Franklin B. Hough

 

 

Albany:

Munsell & Rowland,

78 State Street

 

1860

 

320 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.

CHAPTER II. - COUNTY BUILDINGS.

CHAPTER III. - LAND TITLES.

CHAPTER IV. -  HISTORY OF TOWNS.

CHAPTER V.-STATE TURNPIKE AND PLANK ROADS.

CHAPTER VI.  - CANAL AND

RAIL ROAD
PROJECTS.

CHAPTER VII. - NOTICES OF SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.

CHAPTER VIII. - RELIGIOUS BODIES.

CHAPTER IX. - THE NEWSPAPER PRESS.

CHAPTER X. - OFFICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL LISTS.

CHAPTER XI. - MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.

Surnames in Index

Adams, Aldrich, Alford, Allen, Alsop, Angerstein, Arthur, Ashley, Astor, Bancroft, Bannister, Barnes, Barney, Beach, Belfort, Benton, Blake, Blodget, Bonaparte, Booge, Boshart, Bossuot, Bostwilt, Boylston, Brantingham, Breese, Brodhead, Brown, Brunei, Buck, Budd, Burnand, Bush, Card, Carret, Cavanaugh, Clapp, Clark, Clinton, Collins, Colquhoun, Conklin, Constable, Cooper, Costar, Coxe, Crary,

Cratzenberg, Crofoot, Croghan, Darrow, Davis, Dayan, Dean, Deponceau, Desjardins, Devouassoux, Dewey, DeZotelle, Doig, Eager, Easton, Edwards, Favarger, Fay, Foster, French, Freudenrich, Gerry, Glensdale, Goff, Graves, Green, Hall, Hamilton, Hammond, Handel, Harrison, Harris, Harrisville, Hart, Henderson, Herreshoff, Higby, House, Houseville, Hovey, Illingworth, Inman, Ives, Jay, Johnson, Jones, Joulin, Judson, Kelley, Kelsey, Kerr, Kilham, Kimball, La Farge, Leonard, Le Ray, Lewis, Livingston, Lord, Loud, Low, Lyon, Lyonsdale, McCarthy, McCollister, McDoivell, McVicker, Martin, Mayhew, Merriam, Miller, Monterey, Moore, Morris, Murdoch, Northrup, Norton, Oboussier, Ogden, Paddock, Pahud, Parish, Parsons, Peebles, Perry, Pharoux, Phillippe, Pike, Pitcher, Post, Puffer, Rathbone, Reamer, Rockwell, Rogers, Roseburgh, Safford, Saint Michel, Salmon, Sawyer, Scrantom, Seger, Shaler, Shaw, Shepard, Smith, Stephens, Stewart, Sterlingbush, Starrs, Stoiv, Talcott, Tassart, Taylor, Tillier, Topping, Underbill, Varick, Waggoner, Walker, Ward, Waters, Watson, Welles, Wentworth, Whittlesey, Wilcox, Wilder, Wilkinson, Willard, Williamson, Woolworth, Wright, Yale, Yeomans,