----- Original Message ----- From: Deanna Smith To: Susan Perkins Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: Oregon Land donations with Herkimer Co. Connections OREGON LAND DONATIONS: NEW YORK CLAIMANTS. An index to settlers born or married in NY State, as extracted by Eleanor Myers from "Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims", published by the Genealogical Forum of Portland, Ore. [This may not be a complete list of Herkimer connections]. This was taken from TREE TALKS, Vol. 23, 1983. Michael Myers, b. 1817 Herkimer Co. Donation Certificate # 1798 Pelatiah Chappel b. 1814 " " " " 1799 Thaddeus R. Harrison b. 1815 Herkimer Co., m 1840 Herkimer Co., Cert #3649 William H. Gray b. 1810 Fairfield, Herkimer Co., Cert. # 4192 Charles Gaylord b. 1827 Montgomery Co., Cert. # 3842 William B. Perry b. 1825 " " 3943 James Kinney b. Ireland, became citizen 1844, Montgomery Co., Cert # 4147 James Valentine (Vallentine), b. 1800 Montgomery Co., Cert. #3145 Joseph Churchill b. 1811 Montgomery Co., Cert. #3596 Edward H. Bellinger b. 1815 " " 1886 Aaron B. Sturges, b./ 1798 Saratoga Co., m. 1823 Montgomery Co., Cert #4752 Sidney Smith b. 1809 Montgomery Co., cert #5145 Samuel S. Nealy b. 1792 Montgomery Co., Cert 5237 Isaac Voorhees b. 1821 Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., Cert # 5283 Charles R. Nealy, b. 1829 Allegany or Steuben Co., m. 1855 Oneida Co., Cert. #4538 Jerome B. Jackson, b. 1824 Oneida Co., Cert #2225 Hiram Eddy, b. 1804 Oneida Co., Cert. # 4241 Wells Halladay [X] (sic) [perhaps it should be Halladay Wells??, b. 1801/2 Oneida Co., Cert. #4408 Deanna