Hi Anna - As the preparer/publisher of the Muster Rolls Database, I can answer part of your question. You will notice that several enlistees were recorded as being born "Mohawk River". I am not sure how many settlements there were along the Mohawk River, in those days but much of the area was still wilderness so it is likely that someone could have been born at a 'camp site' or primitive community that had no established name. Of course, they could have been born on a boat; the counterpart of being born in a "taxi", today <G>. As for geography, the Mohawk River extends roughly from the southern border of Saratoga County (Waterford) where it joins the Hudson River, westward to Oneida Lake, beyond Rome, NY. This was part of the old Erie Canal which continued westward to Buffalo and Lake Erie. I'll let the geographers and historians fill you in here. I do not find a Cartwright on my NY State maps and a search of the GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) , at http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/ for Locale or Populated Place, does not return a matching feature. Fletcher At 11:40 AM 04/16/2000 -0500, anna wrote: >Could someone on the list help me with >finding these locations. > >On the Saratoga NYGenWeb, Listed under >New York Colonial Muster Rolls, >are the Troops enlisted in the parent Albany Co., NY., >some of whom may have settled in Saratoga County >which was formed in 1791. > >One person, enlisted in 1760 at age 18, >which would make him born 1742 >Then it states he was born.........Mohawk River. > >My question is this, where was that? >Was it a town, or do you imagine he was actually born on the river? > >Second, was there a Cartright in the Mohawk Valley? >I do know there was a Kortright in Delaware Co. > >Thanks, >Anna >[email protected] > > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi