Daniel, have you checked the 1779 taxlist of Kings District yet ? It's on our genweb site. It shows Capt. Gideon KING as having his own BEAT , an area to collect taxes , and next to Asahel KING , both had large holdings. That might be an area to investigate. Best I can make out from the neighbors , their area was Lebanon Springs ( Mott Cemetery) and part of Lebanon Mountain ,( Darrow Brothers gave lots of land to the Shakers.) Have a wonderful day Karin searching for BROWN GARRISON PORTER FLORANCE LAMOREAUX FINCH BEERS HOUGHTAILING RICH FRINK LOW BAILEY in NY http://community.webtv.net/JayFamNY/EarlyAmerican

I paid a title company in Hudson to research the King lands in New Lebanon and I have or had the history of the land right down to some of it being given or sold to the shakers. Amos King may have come directly to New Lebanon from New Salem, Hampshire County, Massachusetts leaving there in 1785. But I understand that He and Hopestill may have gone as far west as the southeast shore of Lake Erie near where Hastings, Oswego county is not located. His purpose given in a letter by a grandson in 1903 was to take claim on the free land he was due for being a Veteran of the Revolutionary War in Michigan and the idea he had was to take a canoe to Michigan from that point. The letter said that Hopestill didn't like the idea with two small children and one on the way with the turbidity of the lake. John F. King wrote that Amos started to mark trees in that area but didn't say were that area was exactly. I have some promissory notes and receipts prior to 1790 in New Lebanon that are signed by Amos King and some other receipts by his creditors saying that he was paid in full. Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karin Brown" <JayFamNY@webtv.net> To: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> Cc: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] KINGs of New Lebanon > Daniel, have you checked the 1779 taxlist of Kings District yet ? It's > on our genweb site. It shows Capt. Gideon KING as having his own BEAT > , an area to collect taxes , and next to Asahel KING , both had large > holdings. That might be an area to investigate. Best I can make out > from the neighbors , their area was Lebanon Springs ( Mott Cemetery) > and part of Lebanon Mountain ,( Darrow Brothers gave lots of land to > the Shakers.) > > Have a wonderful day Karin > > searching for BROWN GARRISON PORTER FLORANCE LAMOREAUX FINCH BEERS > HOUGHTAILING RICH FRINK LOW BAILEY in NY > > http://community.webtv.net/JayFamNY/EarlyAmerican > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message