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Massachusetts sold this land, which ultimately resulted in three large tracts: the Holland Land Purchase (present Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties and the western parts of Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee, and Orleans counties); the Morris Reserve (eastern Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Allegany counties plus the western portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties); and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase (Ontario, Yates, and Steuben counties; the eastern portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties; the western parts of Wayne and Schuyler counties; and part of Allegany County). | Massachusetts sold this land, which ultimately resulted in three large tracts: the Holland Land Purchase (present Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties and the western parts of Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee, and Orleans counties); the Morris Reserve (eastern Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Allegany counties plus the western portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties); and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase (Ontario, Yates, and Steuben counties; the eastern portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties; the western parts of Wayne and Schuyler counties; and part of Allegany County). | ||
The Holland Land Company surveyed the land and then sold it to individuals. The records are described in Wilhelmina C. Pieterse's ''Inventory of the Archives of the Holland Land Company. 1789–1869'' (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Municipal Printing Office of Amsterdam, 1976; Family History Library book 974 A1 no. 4; film 1421412). | The Holland Land Company surveyed the land and then sold it to individuals. The records are described in Wilhelmina C. Pieterse's ''Inventory of the Archives of the Holland Land Company. 1789–1869'' (Amsterdam, Netherlands: Municipal Printing Office of Amsterdam, 1976; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=266830&disp=Inventory+of+the+archives+of+the+Holland++ 974 A1 no. 4; film 1421412]). | ||
A partial index to the collection is Karen E. Livsey, ''Western New York Land Transactions, 1804–1835: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company'', Two Volumes. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991, 1996; Family History Library book 974.7 R28L). This record indexes land tables (company accounts) and is useful for finding someone in a particular place at a particular time. The collection is at the Municipal Archives of Amsterdam and on microfilm at the state library, the Daniel E. Reed Library at the Statue University of New York at Fredonia, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library. The largest single set of Holland Land Company records at the Family History Library is the Van Eeghen collection, Holland Land Company Records (Family History Library 202 microfilms). | A partial index to the collection is Karen E. Livsey, ''Western New York Land Transactions, 1804–1835: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company'', Two Volumes. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991, 1996; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=382438&disp=Western+New+York+land+transactions%2C+18%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.7 R28L]). This record indexes land tables (company accounts) and is useful for finding someone in a particular place at a particular time. The collection is at the Municipal Archives of Amsterdam and on microfilm at the state library, the Daniel E. Reed Library at the Statue University of New York at Fredonia, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library. The largest single set of Holland Land Company records at the Family History Library is the Van Eeghen collection, Holland Land Company Records (Family History Library 202 microfilms). | ||
A history of the Holland purchase is Wyckoff, William, ''The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape''(New Haven, Connecticut and London, England: Yale University Press, 1988; Family History Library book 974.7 E3w). | A history of the Holland purchase is Wyckoff, William, ''The Developer's Frontier: The Making of the Western New York Landscape''(New Haven, Connecticut and London, England: Yale University Press, 1988; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=675325&disp=The+developer%27s+frontier%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.7 E3w]). | ||
Another large tract was purchased by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham. The Phelps and Gorham Papers are located at the New York State Library. The Family History Library does not have these records. A history is Orsamus Turner, ''History of Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham Purchase and Morris' Reserve'' (1851; reprint with supplements and indexes by LaVerne C. Cooley and George E. Lookup, Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1976; Family History Library book 974.7 H2t index; film 871566 item 3). | Another large tract was purchased by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham. The Phelps and Gorham Papers are located at the New York State Library. The Family History Library does not have these records. A history is Orsamus Turner, ''History of Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham Purchase and Morris' Reserve'' (1851; reprint with supplements and indexes by LaVerne C. Cooley and George E. Lookup, Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1976; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=197247&disp=History+of+the+pioneer+settlement+of+Phe%20%20&columns=*,0,0 974.7 H2t index; film 871566 item 3]). | ||
The Macomb Purchase was made in 1792. This four-million-acre tract included all of modern Lewis County; most of modern St. Lawrence, Franklin, and Jefferson counties; and parts of Oswego and Herkimer counties. | The Macomb Purchase was made in 1792. This four-million-acre tract included all of modern Lewis County; most of modern St. Lawrence, Franklin, and Jefferson counties; and parts of Oswego and Herkimer counties. | ||
=== County Land Records === | === County Land Records === | ||