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From: "Peter R Christoph" <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Greene Co., NY
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:58:55 -0400


According to Hough's Gazetteer of New York State, p. 25, "The territory of
Vermont was originally claimed by both New York and New Hampshire, and
conflicting grants were made by the two governments. Most of the actual
settlers, holding title under N. H., resisted the claims of N. Y., and many
actual collisions occured. Jan. 15, 1777, the settlers declared themselves
independent, and laid claim to the territory w. to the Hudson, and from its
source N. to the boundary, including a tract along the w. shore of Lake
Champlain. By an act of Congress, passed Aug. 20, 1781, Vermont was required
to recede from this claim. A final agreement was entered into between Vt.
and N. Y. Oct 7, 1790, by which N. Y. surrendered all her claim to
jurisdiction to the present territory of Vt., and Vt. paid $30,000 for the
benefit of certain persons who had been deprived opf lands granted by N. Y.
[There follows a list of the men from each state who drew the boundary at
the time.] The final line was established June 8, 1812." The county chiefly
affected in New York was Washington County (called Charlotte County from
1772 to 1784), from which Clinton County, NY, was taken off in 1788, the
east portion of Washington was ceded to Vermont in 1790, a strip along
Washington's south border was annexed from Albany in 1791, and Warren
County, NY was taken off in 1813. Essex County, NY, was taken off Clinton
County in 1799, but neither of those counties seem to have been affected by
the boundary dispute, according to Hough, p. 225.

Peter

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Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:40 PM
Subject: [D-Col] Greene Co., NY


>My original ancestor that started our Vandecar family line was born in
Ulster
>Co., NY, but some of he and his wife's sons moved to Greene Co., NY (in or
>near Athens). Later, when Vermont was formed, they ended up being a
resident
>of that state. Can someone tell me what portions of Eastern New York were
>broken off to help form Vermont, and what counties in Vermont received land
>from New York? Thanks for the help on this difficult question.
>Steven Brent
>Van Der Kar, Van Schaack, De Voe, Becker and others
>
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