The Niagara County Sheriff's Dept. site (http://www.ncsd.com/ncsd-history.htm) reports that one of the commissioners who put the county seat in Lockport in 1822 was Abraham KYSER, Jr. of Schoharie County. Has anyone come across his direct (or lateral) descendants in their research? (In those days, the name could also have been spelt KEYSER, KISER, KAYSER, et al.) Cheers, Ron Kyser