Town of Chenango, NY Website
Town of Chenango, NY Website
We have good authority for believing that the first settler in the township of Chenango was Thomas Gallup, who moved into the territory in 1787. He did not stay long, however. In the same year Col. William Rose, accompanied by his brother, established himself on the site of Nimmonsburg, acquiring title to land from the Indians then inhabiting that section.
Being a well favored country, with rich soil and pleasant surroundings, the valley soon began to fill up with a sturdy company of settlers, not a few of whom had been patriots of the Revolution. We shall tarry to name a few of these pioneers: William Hall, Jedediah Seward, John Newell, Jared Page, Stephen and Henry Palmer, Foster Lilly, James Temple, Nathaniel Bishop, Henry French, Nathaniel Lee, and Tyrus Page. Henry French in 1788 built a sawmill at Castle Creek and carried it on for some time. This was one of the first industries of the township.
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