Dear List, My mother-in-law had an old Bible which belonged to her ggggrandfather Jonathan C. JOHNSTON. Printed in 1819, Jonathan wrote inside the cover, "Jonathan Johnston, his book the gift of the Oneida Bible Society 1820." It is a small (4 in by 7 in) leather bound Bible with the initials "O.B.S." stamped into the front cover. He also listed the names/birth dates of himself, his wife (Nancy) and their nine children. Jonathan and Nancy are buried in the Hastings Cemetery, Oswego County, NY. From 1850 census records, the family must have moved to Oswego County about 1835. Jonathan was born in New Jersey (wish I knew what county), and Nancy was born in Schohaire County, NY. Can anyone tell me where to find information about the Oneida Bible Society? Did the Society do missionary work among the Indians tribes living in Oneida County? I have reason to believe that Jonathan was an Indian agent in Oneida County during the 1820s. An old 1938 Syracuse newspaper clipping, that my mother-in-law had saved, showed a photo of an old man, her uncle Thomas ROBINSON, looking at Indian Treaties which belonged to his grandfather Jonathan C. JOHNSTON. The article told the following about Johnston: "...Jonathan Johnston, who in 1822 was a government Indian agent in New Jersey. Most interesting of the documents is a copy of a treaty drawn in Green Bay, Mich., between Indians living in that region and clans of the Oneida, Stockbridge, St. Regis and Tuscarora Indians of New York State. The treaty was drawn in 1822 while Robertson's copy was made and certified the next year before one John W. Quinney of the town of Stockbridge in Oneida County. It provides for the sale of lands by the Menomini Indians of the vicinity of Green Bay, Wis., to the New York State tribes which wished to settle in that vicinity. The tribes of this state agreed to pay the Wisconsin Indians $3,000 for the lands in question. The treat bears the "x's" of the chiefs of the tribes concerned together with their names in English and the Indian languages. On the rear of the treaty is its approval signed by President James Munroe in 1823. Other papers in Robinson's possession deal with business affairs of the Brotherton Indians of New Jersey." I would appreciate hearing any ideas you might have about locating an Indian agent in the 1820s. Several years ago I wrote to NARA about Jonathan C. Johnston, Indian agent. They replied that they had no records concerning him. Best wishes, Cora McDonnell [email protected]