This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3RB.2ACE/496.1 Message Board Post: If you go to Search & enter his name you will get several sites @ Schuyler Co History & Watkins Glen & Dr Watkins. French's Historical Gazetteer of NY c 1860 has short bits of information also.Schuyler Co History was originally in a book called Four Counties available in local libraries not usually a uncirculated book.Hope this helps.Schuyler Co was formed from Steuben,Chemung & Tompkins Co April17 1854.Chemung was formed from Tioga in 1836.Tompkins was formed from Cayuga & Seneca in 1817 3 towns from Tioga added in1822 & part of Schuyler taken off in 1854.Tioga was formed from Montgomery in 1791.I find no land Patent for Samuel Watkins .John Watkins had a land patent in Washington Co in 1775 (French's Gazetteer)