Sorry about that! I meant to say, of his boy hood, not, "of his boy friend" and Northern half of Tomkins County in Seneca instead of "southern half of Tomkins in Seneca. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick" <patrick20@attbi.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 11:33 AM Subject: Re: New York Muster rolls > I'm going to take a shot at this, so here goes. FIRST; We really don't know > how accurate Zimri's memory is of his boy friend, nor how many years after > that his memory of his boyhood was recorded. Also the next sentence sounds > more like, as if someone was writting what his thoughts were, rather than > the recording of his actual words.( Father William sentence) > Maine didn't become a state until 1820, which leaves the possibility of > William Baxter being recorded in the Mass. Militia. Maine was part of Mass. > until its statehood. There is a William Baxter registered in the 1st > Regiment (Nye's) Mass. Militia Roll 13, Rollbox 589. > Now I think your interpretation of Synga County actually being Seneca > County is great. Now how about Gnore ?? If we stick Ca in place of G, we end > up with Canore. This could be Candor, which is further south down in Tioga > County. > A lot of areas I have seen as I have searched the old records were known by > the local people for a name given for the area. . The 7.5 Minute Quadrangle > maps section covering this area covers from Seneca & Onondaga south all the > way to the Pennsylvania border, including Tioga, Chemung, Tomkins Couties > and parts of Cortland, and Schuyler Counties. This mapping process began I > think in 1796, but I'm not sure what the name is for this area, it could be > Seneca, but either way the southern half of Tomkins County used to be in > Seneca County. This puts Candor at this stage about 8 miles or less from > being in Seneca County at the time William was there. William may have gone > there because he had relatives, as the areas somewhere around there was > claimed by Mass , plus a number of the Rev. war soldiers had sold off their > land grants up towards Seneca and moved down into the Tomkins & Tioga areas. > I would also put Seneca, and Candor in front of a person that speaks > Gaelic, or Welsh, or has a pronounced Irish or Scottish accent. Zimri may > not have had a speech impediment. > Just my take on things, hope it helps. > Patrick > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike and Cynthia Baxter" <Baxter_2@msn.com> > To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:54 AM > Subject: New York Muster rolls > > > > I'm hoping to locate the military records for William Baxter. The > information provided is from his son, Zimri Baxter. As of yet I have not > been able to locate any mention of my William Baxter in any list from the > War of 1812. The family originated from Vassalborough, Kennebec, Maine and > according to Zimri's oratation, they moved to a mysterious New York county. > I have been trying to identify what Zimri Baxter was referring to (see bold, > underlined text). Other records where he dictated the information are as > confusing, but have been translated. It is thought that he had a speech > impediment. I'm on the west coast and don't have a clue as to what the city > and county can be, other than perhaps "Synga" means Seneca? What the heck, > if anybody wants to give it a shot. > > From an enclosure of a letter written in 1959 by Hazel Lovell > Walker..."History of Zimri Harfford Baxter According to Dates and Scraps" > > ..."When I was young my parents moved to Gnore, Synga County, New York. > Father William enlisted in the United States Army in a war with England in > 1814 and in 1815 he died of Typhoid Fever. Two years after father died, > mother with her five children (I being the oldest) moved back to Maine in > 1817 where I lived with my Uncle John Roberson till I was of age, then I > married Eunice Sevy who was born March 1, 1811 in Cornish York County, > Maine. We were married May the 2, 1832 in Melton, Maine. Her father, Thomas > Sevy was born in Scorboro, Maine in 1749 and died in 1819. His wife (at that > time) was Mary Fly. She was born 1770 and died in 1847 in Maine." > > Hopefully, this will ring enough of a bell so that I can move forward > again! > > Thanks! Cynthia Baxter > > > > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > > ADDRESS MESSAGES TO: > > WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > ADDRESS MESSAGES TO: > WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >