A little side note/early reference: A Carpenter genealogy says that one Jedediah Strong was killed by Indians at Wood Creek, NY, Oct 12 1709. The GNIS mapping service shows Wood Creek, Washington Co., NY, as a gut (twice), near Whitehall, and as a stream nearer Fort Ann/Glens Falls. See their site for more: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form --- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 11/17/2004 1:14:41 PM > Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Could anyone tell me where a "Wood Creek" is > located in Wash. County, or > > whatever was once known as Wood Creek in > about 1770? > > > WHITEHALL, a flourishing post-village of > Washington co., New York, is > beautifully situated in Whitehall township, at > the head or S. extremity of Lake > Champlain, and on the Saratoga and Washington > railroad, 77 miles N. by E. from > Albany. The Champlain canal terminates here, > connecting the village with Troy. > Five steamboats ply daily to the ports on the > lake during the summer. Pawlet > river and Wood creek enter the lake at this > place, and furnish extensive > water-power. It contains 4 or 5 churches, 2 > banks, 2 newspaper offices, and has an > extensive trade with Canada. Machinery, woollen > goods, flour, lumber, and other > articles are manufactured. A railroad is > projected from this place to > Plattsburg. Population of the township, 4726; > of the village, about 4000. > > ---------------------------------- > Here is a quote from "The Hortons in America." > > HON. NATHANIEL COE, son of Huldah Horton and > Joel Coe (Dea. Nathaniel, > Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb, Barnabas > I.), born in Morris Co., N. J., 12 > Sept., 1788; moved with his father to Scipio, > N. Y., in 1795; went by sloop to > Albany--4 days--thence in wagons up the Mohawk, > by way of Schenectady--thence to > Cayuga and Wood Creek to Auburn, N. Y., and > then Scipio, being one > > At that time period, counties were not fully > formed.. > Cumberland county in 1766, Gloucester in 1770, > and Charlotte (later > Washington) in 1772, were formed out of Albany > county. The two first and part of the > last, are now in the State of Vermont. > > Anoother mention for Wood Creek is in the > History of Broome County. > "Tryon county was erected in 1772, also out of > Albany, and comprised the > country west of a north and south line > extending from St. Regis to the west bounds > of the township of Schenectady, thence running > irregularly southwest to the > head of the Mohawk branch of the Delaware, and > along the same to the southeast > bounds of the present county of Broome; thence > in a northwesterly direction to > Fort Bull, on Wood Creek, near the present > village of Rome; all west of the > last-mentioned line being Indian Territory. > Thus the Province consisted, at the > Revolution, of fourteen counties.1" > > > ----------------- > The gazetteer also does mention a "Wood creek" > this way.... > FISH CREEK, Oneida county, New York, falls into > Wood creek, about 2 miles > from its mouth in the Oneida lake. The east > branch of this stream abounds with > fine mill-seats. > > > Let us know what you are looking for there or > who the people were? that might > help the pursuit. > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories > about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added > in the last 12 months. > Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com