More on early town boundaries: I was intrigued by the following passage from the 1881 book, History of the Town of Paris by Henry C. Rogers. On page 55, Hon. Lorenzo Rouse writes: "...Paris was originally included in the town of Whitestown, then a part of Herkimer County. In 1792, the town of Paris was organized as a separate town, and included not only Kirkland and Marshall, but also the present towns of Sangerfield, Brookfield, Hamilton, Cazenovia and Sherburne. These five latter towns were taken off in 1795, and Kirkland, including Marshall, in 1827, leaving the town of Paris with nearly its present boundaries, the only change being the addition of a narrow strip from Kirkland, in 1839, to accommodate a few individuals." These facts might help clarify early census records, especially the 1790 census, which would have included this area in Herkimer County. Joanne Garland