Folks, I have a letter from the grandson of Amos and Hope King of New Salem, Hampshire county, Massachusetts. As a Revolutionary War Veteran. The info that I have says that Amos wanted to go by canoe across Lake Erie directly to Michigan. It is indicated that Hope King nixed that idea and then Amos began marking trees at Hastings for his Donation Land Claim to which he was entitledeas a veteran on the side of the United States. We his descendants only know that he left New Salem, Hampshire County in 1785 with two young sons of the 10 he is enumerated to have in the Census enumerations up to 1810. We do not know when he came to Oswego County at Hastings. We do know that he left this place and died in 1839 in Columbia County, NY. I would appreciate information on how to contact the Oswego County surrogate Court or to contact when our Amos King might have registered his claim if he did register it at all. Thanks for your time. Daniel
Google the county and it comes up with: http://www.co.oswego.ny.us/ Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland From: mckenzie_market@mckenzievalleymarket.com Reply-To: nyoswego@rootsweb.com To: NYOSWEGO@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Amos King at Hastings need County seat for info Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:50:33 -0800 (PST) Folks, I have a letter from the grandson of Amos and Hope King of New Salem, Hampshire county, Massachusetts. As a Revolutionary War Veteran. The info that I have says that Amos wanted to go by canoe across Lake Erie directly to Michigan. It is indicated that Hope King nixed that idea and then Amos began marking trees at Hastings for his Donation Land Claim to which he was entitledeas a veteran on the side of the United States. We his descendants only know that he left New Salem, Hampshire County in 1785 with two young sons of the 10 he is enumerated to have in the Census enumerations up to 1810. We do not know when he came to Oswego County at Hastings. We do know that he left this place and died in 1839 in Columbia County, NY. I would appreciate information on how to contact the Oswego County surrogate Court or to contact when our Amos King might have registered his claim if he did register it at all. Thanks for your time. Daniel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYOSWEGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline