A correspondent just sent me the following, which may be useful to some Oneida County researchers: Joanne Garland ...a chronology of the towns...and as >you will see, there were a lot of changes. which means that a census >showing someone in a particular town/city, and then in the next census >showing them in a different town/city..doesn't necessarily mean that >they had moved to a different city/town/village..but rather, that a new >town had been created/ceceded . > Chronology of the Towns >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >1795 Town of Brookfield formed from Town of Paris, Oneida County, > 5 March 1795 >1795 Town of Cazenovia formed from the Towns of Whitesboro and > Paris, Oneida County, 5 March 1795 >1795 Town of Hamilton formed from Town of Paris, Oneida County, > 5 March 1795 >1798 Town of DeRuyter formed from Town of Cazenovia, 15 February > 1798 >1807 Town of Eaton formed from Town of Hamilton, 7 February 1807 >1807 Town of Lebanon formed from Town of Hamilton, 7 February 1807 >1807 Town of Madison formed from Town of Hamilton, 7 February 1807 >1807 Town of Nelson formed from Town of Cazenovia, 13 March 1807 >1807 Town of Smithfield formed from Town of Cazenovia, 13 March 1807 >1809 Town of Lenox formed from Town of Sullivan, 3 March 1809 >1815 Town of Georgetown formed from Town of DeRuyter, 7 April 1815 >1823 Town of Fenner formed from Cazenovia & Smithfield, 22 April 1823 >1836 Town of Stockbridge formed from Towns of Vernon & Augusta, > Oneida County and Smithfield and Lenox, 20 May 1836 >1803 Town of Sullivan formed from Town of Cazenovia, 22 February 1803 >1896 Town of Lincoln formed from Town of Lenox, 18 May 1896 > >Good example would be: >Prior to March 5th 1795, Hamilton, Madison Cty did not exist. >Checking the Plat maps one can see that not only were new >towns created, but county lines were also changed. >SO, that the physical location of part of the Town of Paris, >Oneida County on March 6th 1785 was now..Village of Hamilton, >Madison Cty. >