>From your neighbor, the NYMADISON LIST> Check out their spirit! making connections LIST to LIST. Share your knowledge and others' knowledge and help one another become more connections savy! Jim H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita Ingalls" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:28 AM Subject: Re: [NYMADISO] Revolutionary land grants in Madison county > Bety Auten has 'The Ballotting Book" which contains the names of all the > Revolutionary War soldiers who received lots in the Military Tract. Betty > can be reached at: [email protected] > > Anita Ingalls > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Salyer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:19 PM > Subject: RE: [NYMADISO] Revolutionary land grants in Madison county > > > > Yes, I've been meaning to call Carol about this. However, I'm not sure > when > > to call. I'm sure she is busy. I'm aware of the map your talking about. > The > > Madison County Historical Society has a real good copy of it. It shows > > Joseph's son, Benjamin, owning his land and someone called Richard owning > > the rest of lot 55 (probably related to Derrick, but I haven't identified > > him yet). The John you mentioned is the same John I mentioned. He turn his > > lot 55 land over to his brother, Derrick, and moved south a couple of > > miles. There's quite a bit of info available about him, a little about > > Derrick, but almost nothing about Joseph (who I'm really interested in). I > > suspect John's descendents still live in the area but I don't know who > they > > are (they submitted an Adams family file a couple of years ago to the > > Madison County Historical Society). > > > > Greg > > > > > > At 05:35 PM 11/3/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >I found the Town of Sullivan Historian, Carol Greene @9065 North Rd. > > >Bridgeport, NY 13036 to be extremely helpful. (no e-mail though) She > sent > > >me a copy of a1853 map which shows "John Adams #47 our relatives were > John > > >Haywood lot #(?)43. I too would like to learn about the land grants. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Greg Salyer [mailto:[email protected]] > > >Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 3:49 PM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: [NYMADISO] Revolutionary land grants in Madison county > > > > > > > > >Elisha Adams was given lot 55 in Sullivan Township for his work during > the > > >Revolutionary War. The lot is about 2 miles south of Bridgeport. Elisha's > > >sons John and Derrick and my ancestor Joseph Adams settled on the land > > >around 1806. Elisha then sold part of the land to Joseph in 1815. The > > >record of that sale indicate the land was "granted by letter patent dated > > >the 22nd day of September 1813". I've been trying to find a record of the > > >original land grant. I have a few questions perhaps someone can answer. > Was > > >land in this part of the county given by New York State or the Federal > > >government? Was it normal for people to settle on the land several years > > >prior to an official grant? Does anyone know were I could find this > grant? > > >Thanks. > > > > > >Greg > > > > > > > > >==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== > > >Search the list archives: > > >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put NYMADISO for > > >the name of the list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== > > >Search the list archives: > > >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put NYMADISO for > > >the name of the list > > > > > > ==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== > > Search the list archives: > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put NYMADISO for > > the name of the list > > > > > ==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== > Search the list archives: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl - put NYMADISO for > the name of the list >