Historic Businesses of the County 1783 - Hollenbeck's Store at Newtown Chemung County NY

Home Page Elmira Page Photo: Matthias Hollenbeck (painting/drawing) Township: Newtown, (Now Elmira) Year: 1783 Submitted by: J. Kelsey Jones See also excerpts of Ledger of store at Tioga Point (Athens) 1787-1783

The account book begins with an entry dated Wyoming 22 November 1783 and the next entry is dated 13 Dec 1783 Newtown at which time Matthias Hollenbeck evidently traveled from Wyoming, Pennsylvania up the Susquehanna River and opened a store at Newtown, somewhere at or near present Elmira, New York. On 18 June 1785 is a notation that the store was removed from Newtown to Tyoga (present area of Athens, Pennsylvania). The information below gives the names of those persons whom had accounts with Matthias Hollenbeck at the Newtown store location and does not continue with those in the Tyoga location. For that information consult File Box A125 at the Tioga Point Museum in Athens, Pennsylvania. Typical items listed for a person may have been rum, hides, calico, sundry goods, etc. Another book is entitled Inventory of Newtown and Tioga Stores begun Dec 4th 1788 & ended Jan 9th 1797, which indicates Matthias Hollenbeck returned to Newtown and again operated a store there. Besides a lengthy list of inventory for both stores there is also a list of persons with debts owed for both store locations for the latter book. The following only endeavors to establish when a person may have arrived in the area.