In a message dated 3/13/04 4:22:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, karen_colin@paradise.net.nz writes: > Someone sent me a copy of a census for 1860 from Savannah, Wayne Co., New > York with Edwin and Mary Ann Cox, almost the right ages (suggests born in 1835 > as opposed to 1832), and born in England. What I would like to find is > their childrens record of birth or census returns. Perhaps this census is not > them, or perhaps their children were elsewhere, I dont know. Does anyone has > access to the census and can try and find their children, or perhaps Edwin and > Mary Ann elsewhere with their kids? Or can someone find the childrens birth > records? Perhaps someone can help me with why they might have been in > Savannah - what kind of town / city is it (or was it then more like)? Why would > they have come back to the UK? Flood? Drought? He was a labourer and she > was a housekeeper. > > Thanks, > > Karen > New Zealand Karen, maybe this will be of interest to you. see below: Janice Boston ****************************** PROFILE OF SAVANNAH, WAYNE COUNTY, NEW YORKFrom the 1860 Gazetteer of the State of New York, by J. H. French SAVANNAH (1) - was formed from Galen, Nov. 24, 1824. It is the S E. corner town of the co. Its surface is broken by drift ridges in the N., and is low and marshy in the S.; about one-third of the S. part is a woodland marsh, known as Crusoe Island. Seneca River forms the S. part of the E. boundary. Crusoe Lake is a small, shallow body of water near the center; its outlet, Crusoe Creek, flows into Seneca River. The soil in the N. is a sandy and gravelly loam, and in the S. it is principally composed of muck and shell marl. (1) A tract of about 1,900 acres in the S. E. part is an open marsh, producing coarse grass. Savannah (p.v.) near the center, is a station upon the N. Y. C. R. R. and contains 20 houses. The first settlement was made by Elias Converse and Joseph Mozier, in 1812. (2) The first preacher was Rev. __ Wiers (Bap.). There is no church in town. Footnotes: The Galen Salt works of an early peiod were in this town. Among the early settlers were Michael Weatherwax, Benj. Seeley, Garret Burnham, Henry Taylor, Chauncey Ives, John Green, Abner and Ezra Rockway, Henry Myers, David Cushman, Smith Ward, and Sampson McBane, mostly from Eastern N. Y. The first marriage was that of Geo. Fredenburgh and Sally Converse; the first birth was that of a child of Geo. Fredenburgh; and the first death, that of __ Sweetman. Lorin Brown taught the first school, in 1817. Current Place Names in the Town of Savannah:Pangburn Corners, Savannah 1867 Directory of Savannah1914 Farm Directory of Savannah: added 2/16/01The Town of Savannah: from "History of Wayne County, N.Y. 1789-1877" by Everts, Ensign & Everts, 1877Tales of the Village of Savannah - from the 1877 "History of Wayne County"Savannah Business Notices in 1874Names Index to the 1874 Map of the Town of SavannahNames Index to the 1874 Map of the Village of Savannah Names Index of Savannah Citizens from "Landmarks of Wayne County"names index from the 1895 bookCivil War Soldiers Buried in Savannah, NY CemeteriesCivil War Soldiers of Savannah, NYSavannah Historical Trivia QuizEarly Photos of Savannah Schoolchildren1874-75 Savannah Marriage and Death RecordsThe Hon. Nelson Ferris : and Ferris family documentsButler-Savannah CemeteryHolbrooks, Ferris or Pilgrim's Rest CemeteryPilgrim's Rest Cemetery Photo Album: added 2/11/01Small Savannah Cemeteries: Harwood-Sprague, Crusoe Island (Old Evans, Farrand), New Evans, Wilsey Farm, Harrington, Wilson Farm, John Jackson (Allen), Olmstead Road Single BurialTallman Cemetery, Savannah Back to Wayne County Townships Page Last Revision 2/16/01 Copyright © 1998 - 2001 Martha Perry Magill/ Allyn Hess Perry/ Marge Sherman Lutzvick Wayne County NYGenWeb All Rights Reserved. > >