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Between 1786 and 1791, the New York Land Commission sold 5.5 million acres of western New York to speculators. Many settlers first obtained land from companies such as the Holland Land Company. The Hartford Treaty of 1786 gave Massachusetts the title to land in western New York but reserved political governance to New York. | Between 1786 and 1791, the New York Land Commission sold 5.5 million acres of western New York to speculators. Many settlers first obtained land from companies such as the Holland Land Company. The Hartford Treaty of 1786 gave Massachusetts the title to land in western New York but reserved political governance to New York. | ||
Massachusetts sold this land, which ultimately resulted in three large tracts: the Holland Land Purchase | Massachusetts sold this land, which ultimately resulted in three large tracts: theHolland Land Purchase, the Morris Reserve, and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. | ||
In 1791, New York sold a large area of northern New York to Alexander Macomb. | |||
'''The Holland Land Purchase''' | |||
This purchase included present Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties and the western parts of Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee, and Orleans counties. | |||
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 R2p; film 1421412 item 2, {{FHL|266830|item}}. | 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 R2p; film 1421412 item 2, {{FHL|266830|item}}. | ||
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, {{FHL|382438|item}}. 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 | 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, {{FHL|382438|item}}. 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 State 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, {{FHL|675325|item}}. | 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, {{FHL|675325|item}}. | ||
'''The Phelps and Gorham Purchase'''<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1293645131234_257" /> | |||
This purchase included 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. It was purchased by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham. The Phelps and Gorham Papers are located at the New York State Library. | |||
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, {{FHL|197247|item}}. | |||
'''The Morris Reserve''' | |||
The reserve included eastern Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Allegany counties plus the western portions of present Monroe and Livingston counties. Robert Morris bought the land in May 1791 from Massachusetts. Morris sold most of the lands in 1792 and 1793 to the Holland Land Company. | |||
'''The Macomb Purchase''' | |||
The Macomb Purchase was made in | The Macomb Purchase was made in 1791<ref>Dill, David Jr. "Portrait of an Opportunist: The Life of Alexander Macomb." Watertown Daily Times. 9, 16, 23 September 1990. (http://www.mlloyd.org/gen/macomb/text/amsr/wt.htm, accessed 29 December 2010)</ref>. 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 === | ||