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    1. Additional notes
    2. For those who haven't been following along, some notes on "The Crick" as locals sometimes refer to North Creek: 1) Baptist, Union, Holcombville (and often just plain North Creek Cemetery) all refer to the same cemetery. There are only two cemeteries in the entire town and the "other one" is the Catholic Cemetery whose internment guidelines were a little more stringent as I understand it. There may be (converted) relatives in there that I don't know about. I never walked around that cemetery. 2) New York State is divided into counties. Each county, including Warren, is divided into several "Townships". One township includes several (or more!) villages and hamlets, not to mention small settlements like Holcombville that are little more than crossroads with a few houses. Inside The Town(ship) of Johnsburg, you will find the villages or hamlets of North Creek, North River, and just to make it a little more confusing, Johnsburg. So you could be from the hamlet of Johnsburg, in the Town(ship) of Johnsburg, in the County of Warren, in the State of New York. You could be from the hamlet of North River, in the Town of Johnsburg, in the County of Warren, in the State of New York. Outsiders find this old system very confusing, especially if they search for North Creek's high school and only find Johnsburg Central School. Granville is in Washington County, NY and I'm not sure of the township there. 3) Roblee- Cross connections: My Calvin O. Roblee (son of Lyman and Amy Smythe and grandson of Calvin and Fanny/Frances) married Sarah Adelaide Cross, probably around 1865 as both were born in 1847 and 1846 respectively (if my documents are right - I defer to Cindy on this!). Oliver Hazard Perry Cross was Sarah Adelaide Cross' father. Siblings of (Oliver Hazard) Perry Cross have names Judith, Halsey, James Mattison (Madison?), Sarah, Andrew Jackson Cross and Maria S. Cross as mentioned under Hughes-Waldron ancestry on Rootsweb. This Andrew Jackson Cross has dates b 1819-d July 11,1902. If this is your same Andrew mentioned, father of Judson Cross, are the dates wrong? Did Judson have a falling out with his father, was his father a widower, or too sick to care for him and the census taker was told erroneously that Judson was an orphan? Interesting! I leave that for other Cross researchers. Happy hunting! Phyllis Reed

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