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=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
Early settlers in central New York most likely traveled there | Early settlers in central New York most likely traveled there from [[Connecticut]], and [[Massachusetts]]. But people from almost every part of the eastern seaboard and Europe also were common in the area. | ||
No complete list of settlers in New York who used the '''Catskill Turnpike''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived 1722 to 1850, and therefore who were the most likely candidates to have traveled the Great Genesee Road or Seneca Turnpike. | No complete list of settlers in New York who used the '''Catskill Turnpike''' is known to exist. Nevertheless, local and county histories along that trail may reveal pioneer settlers who arrived 1722 to 1850, and therefore who were the most likely candidates to have traveled the Great Genesee Road or Seneca Turnpike. | ||
For partial lists of early settlers who may have used the Catskill Turnpike, see histories like: | For partial lists of early settlers who may have used the Catskill Turnpike, see local histories like: | ||
''''' | '''''Delaware County''''' | ||
*Crisfield Johnson, ''History of Oswego County, New York, 1789-1877 : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers'' (Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1877). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1302975 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|287027|item|disp=FHL Film 874492}}. Indexed in ''Index to History of Oswego County, New York'' (Salt Lake City : Family History Library, 1991). {{FHL|135331|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6087924 (4 fiche); Book 974.767 H2j index}}. | *Crisfield Johnson, ''History of Oswego County, New York, 1789-1877 : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers'' (Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1877). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1302975 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|287027|item|disp=FHL Film 874492}}. Indexed in ''Index to History of Oswego County, New York'' (Salt Lake City : Family History Library, 1991). {{FHL|135331|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6087924 (4 fiche); Book 974.767 H2j index}}. | ||
''''' | '''''Chenango County''''' | ||
*Samuel W. Durant, ''History of Oneida County, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers'' (Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia : Everts & Fariss, 1878). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15238689 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|240000|item|disp=FHL Film 823718}}. | *Samuel W. Durant, ''History of Oneida County, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers'' (Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia : Everts & Fariss, 1878). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15238689 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|240000|item|disp=FHL Film 823718}}. | ||
''''' | '''''Tompkins County''''' | ||
*Samuel T. Wiley and W. Scott Garner, ''Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York'' (Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia : Gresham Pub. Co., 1892). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3009409 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|317821|item|disp=FHL Film 317821 Item 4}}. | *Samuel T. Wiley and W. Scott Garner, ''Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Niagara County, New York'' (Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia : Gresham Pub. Co., 1892). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3009409 WorldCat entry]. {{FHL|317821|item|disp=FHL Film 317821 Item 4}}. | ||
'''''Steuben County''''' | |||
=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||