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1788 Survey of Chemung (now Southport/Ashland)

Chemung County, New York (In Town of Chemung - Tioga County in 1788) 
Includes all land in Chemung County south of the Chemung River in what is now the town of Southport and a portion of the present town of Ashland from the Southport town line east to Wellsburg south of the Chemung River. Taken from the original survey of the Map of the Town of Chemung laid out by James Clinton, John Hathorn, John Contine dated 1788 containing 207,656 acres. The original Chemung County survey containing the entire county is at the Chemung County Clerk's Office - J. Kelsey Jones.
Name Lot Acres Notes by J. Kelsey Jones
Baldwin, Isaac 42 260  
Boice, Jacob 73 123  
Brown, Benajah 205 116  
Brown, Elisha 44 160  
Carpenter, Nehemiah; Gale, Peter; Wells, Israel; Holbrook, David 104 1,178  
Clark, Benj. 52 152  
Culver, Jabez 54 101  
Culver, Jabez 56 150  
Culver, Jabez and John 124 300  
Denton, James 190 330  
DeWitt, Daniel 105 not given   
Dusham?, Jno. Jr.; VandeWinter, Peter 59 104  
Edsall, Joseph; Rummerfield, Anthony 143 1,426  
Edsall, Samuel; Hetfield, Abner;       
Seley, Nathaniel, James, and Adam 100 2,553  
Foster, Albert 107 140  
Foster, Albert 108 150  
Gale, Peter; Carpenter, Nehemiah; Wells,      
Israel; Holbrook, David 104 1,178  
Gardner, Stephen 47 194  
Garlinghouse, James 111 620  
Griswell, David 62 104  
Griswell, Elijah 60 104  
Haggerty, John 109 300  
Hall, Geo.  57 109  
Hammond, Lebeus 49 225  
Hammond, Lebus; Miller, Abraham 133 1,000  
Hetfield, Abner; Seley, Nathaniel, James, and Adam; Edsall Samuel 100 2,553  
Holbrook, David; Gale, Peter; Carpenter, Nehemiah; Wells, Israel 104 1,178  
Ives, Ambrose 72 105  
Ives, Titus 67 100  
Jackson, Silas; Wells, Israel 106 800  
Jemmison, John 70 123  
Jenkins, Wm 58 104  
Kelsey, Abner 43 277  
Kent, Stephen; Suffern 46 234  
King, Thomas 103 950  
Landon, Nathaniel 101 266  
Lane, Solomon 48 327  
Mann, Levy 69 104  
M.Cormick, David 65 162  
Miller, Abraham 50 212  
Miller, Abraham; Hammond, Lebus 113 1,000  
Montgomery, Daniel; Starret, Robert 144 2,000  
Newkirk, Jacobus - issued to John Contine 200 743  
Purdy, Daniel 61 104  
Roberts, Cornels 66 142  
Rockwell, James 112 397  
Rummerfield, Anthony; Edsall, Joseph 143 1,426  
Seley, Nathaniel, James, and Adam; Hetfield, Abner; Edsall Samuel 100 2,553  
Shoff, Michael 110 356  
Starret, Robert; Montgomery, Daniel 144 2,000  
Stevens, Uriah 64 164  
Stull, Abraham 71 105  
Stull, Jacob 55 150  
Stull, Jacob 63 152  
Suffern; Kent, Stephen 46 234  
Swart, Daniel 68 100  
Tubbs, Lebens 53 200  
Tubbs, Samuel 51 258  
Tuthill, Benjamin 99 374  
VandeWinter, Peter; Dusham?, Jno. Jr. 59 104
Waeir, John 102 414  
Webber, William 45 205  
Wells, Abner 41 420  
Wells, Isaac; Holbrook, David; Gale, Peter; Gale; Carpenter, Nehemiah 104 1,178  
Wells, Israel; Jackson, Silas 106 800  
White, Thomas 141 640  
Wisner, Henry   400 one of several military lots issued to Wisner with a portion of this lot on south side of Chemung River
vacant   14,550 present area of Dutch Hill and Mt Zoar
vacant   5,620 south Christian Hollow area to state line


Published On Tri-Counties Site On 4/26/98
By Joyce M. Tice & J. Kelsey Jones
Email: kjones@spectra.net or JoyceTice@aol.com 

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