I want to thank all of you who sent me information for locating the Town of Pratt. I received many messages and it seems to be that there wasn't any community actually known as "Town of Pratt" but I am investigating all the possibilities you have sent. Here are some of the replies, I am sending on in case the information will help others: There was a Pratts Hollow in Madison Co., Eaton Twp acc. to fannings 1850 Gaz. <http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html> Geographic Names Information System Query Results PRATT, NEW YORK - 18 Feature records selected from GNIS I don't know of a town of Pratt, but there was a Stephen Pratt who was an early settler of Hector...See Hector History on the Schuyler co., NY website...<http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyschuyl/hecthist.htm#Hector> History >From French's 1860 Gazetteer of NY: Pg. 534: Stephen and Thomas Pratt from Mass. settled in 1787 in the town of Clarksville, Otsego Co. is on Cherry Valley Creek. Pg. 611: The first marriage in Steamburgh was between Stephen Pratt and Betsey Livingston. Steamburgh is in Hector Township, Schuyler County. Hector was formed for Ovid (Seneca Co.) in 1802. That may have been Prattsburgh/prattsburg later...I used to live in NY state, born and raised there and i remember Prattsburg...so perhaps look into that possibility.. The following is for an online 1895 atlas that has a town of Pratt's shown in New York. This is the best reference I have found for the late 1800's towns that may no longer exist. <http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm> Could the description possibly be referring to the Town of Seneca instead of Seneca Lake or Seneca County? If so, Town of Seneca is in Ontario Co., west of Geneva. Margaret