In a message dated 8/7/04 10:16:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wrpotter@smnet.net writes: > Town of Orange, Schuyler co., NY > Orange was formed from Wayne, Steuben co., NY on Feb. 12, 1813 as "Jersey" > and on Feb. 20, 1836 the name was changed to "Orange", on the division of > "Jersey" which lost its existence at that time, being formed into Orange and > Bradford. On Apr. 11, 1842, a part of Hornby [Stueben co.] was annexed, and on Apr. > 1854, a small part of Bradford [Steuben co.]. It lies in the southwest > corner of Schuyler county, being bounded east by the pre-emption line. It > contains 32,000 acres, and its surface is a rolling and hilly upland broken by > irregular valleys. Mead's Creek, flowing south-west, forms the principal > drainage. > Monterey (Orange P.O.) situated on Mead's Creek in the south part of Orange. > It has 3 churches, a gristmill, 2 inns, and 3 stores, with about 200 > inhabitants. > Sugar Hill is a post office in the north-east part of the town of Orange. > Mead's Creek is a post office in the south-western part of Orange. > East Orange is a post office in the east part of the town of Orange, near > the line of Dix. > Pine Creek is a post office north of the center of the town of Orange. > Settlement was begun in 1799 by Abraham Rosenback and Samuel Scomp, > north-east of Monterey. Henry Switzer from New Jersey settled in Swizer Hill in > 1820. D. Hewitt from Rensselaer Co.,NY was the first settler in Monterey, in > 1811. Asa Nash was the first settler in Monterey in 1811. Abner and Thomas > Hurd, and Brigham Young (the Mormon leader), were early settlers in the > northeast part of the town. Mr. Chapman, Wm. Wilkins, Wm. DeWitt, Andrew Foot > /Fort, Daniel Curtis, and Jedediah Miller settled on Mead's Creek in 1811. > David Kimball and his brother Moses Kimball, John Dyer, Sylvester Goodrich and 3 > men by the name of Hewett settled in the town a few years later. Joshua > Chamberlain came into the town and purchased the land where the village of > Monterey stands, of a man named DeWitt. The north-east part of the town, known as > "Sugar Hill", did not receive its name from any considerable elevation in > that place, but from the following circumstance: In this place was a fine > grove of maples, and the early settlers in the adjacent region, having in their > hunting excursions discovered that there were no settlers upon this land, were > accustomed to resort thither in the spring and manufacture a supply of sugar > for the year; hence the name "Sugar Hill". Settlement in this vicinity was > commenced about 1819 or 1820. Lewis Nichols, William Webb, Thomas Horton, > Abraham and John Allen, Ebenezer Beach, Mr. Eveleth, Seymour Lockwood and two > families of Comptons, were among the first settlers. Dr. Hibbard and Abraham > Lybolt came about the year 1821. After that, the town was rapidly settled, > with the land office in Bath, NY. Elsie Switzer was the first child born. > The first school was taught by Daniel McDougall, in 1819, near Monterey. > Thomas Hurd kept the first inn, in 1816 at Monterey, and Walter Hurd the first > store, south-west of the same place. The first church (M.E.) was formed by Rev. > Peregrine Hallett, the first preacher. The population of the town of Orange > was 2,094 in 1865. > > > >