Description: History of Rensselaer Co., New York With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneersby Nathaniel Bartlett SylvesterWith this CD you can search for names or places in the Book CDOriginally published by Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, PA in 1880716 pages__________________________________________________________________-CONTENTS Chapter I. Introduction Chapter II. Civil divisions - original counties - towns Chapter III. Topography Chapter IV. Geological outlines Chapter V. Indian occupancy Chapter VI. Early navigators Chapter VII. The manor of Rennsselaerswick Chapter VIII. The French-and-Indian wars - 1642 to 1763 Chapter IX. War of the revolution Chapter X. War of the revolution Chapter XI. The Hampshire grants Chapter XII. County organization - county buildings - early courts Chapter XIII. County civil list Chapter XIV. The early militia of Rensselaer County Chapter XV. Anti-rent troubles Chapter XVI. Rensselaer County in the Great Rebellion of 1861 Chapter XVII. The Bench and Bar Chapter XVIII. The medical profession Chapter XIX. The press - books and authors Chapter XX. County societies Chapter XXI. Internal improvements - river navigation, railroads, etc. Chapter XXII. Statistical tables History of the city of Troy History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Lansingburgh History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Greenbush History of the towns of Rensselaer County. North Greenbush History of the towns of Rensselaer County. East Greenbush History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Hoosick History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Schodack History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Nassau History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Schaghticoke History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Petersburgh History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Pittstown History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Stephentown History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Berlin History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Sand Lake History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Brunswick History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Grafton History of the towns of Rensselaer County. Poestenkill BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMESAlden, Archibald, Anthony, Abbott, Armstron, Allen, Allendorph, Ball, Bratt, Buell, Beach, Bolton, Bullard, Browne, Breese, Butts, Button, Bulkley, Bloss, Brinsmade, Bontecou, Burton, Bloomingdale, Barton, Bosworth, Blatchford, Burden, Clough, Colby, Clowes, Carr, Cluett, Cornell, Clark, Corliss, Clark, Coleman, Carpenter, Coleman, Carmichael, Collyson, Cottrell, Davis, Dickerman, Derrick, Eaton, File, FitchForsyth, Fursman, Flagg, Francis, Freeman, Frear, Griswold, Green, Gurley, Gould, Graves, Gilbert, Green, Huntington, Hale, Hubbard, Hart, Haynes, Hogeboom, Harder, Husted, Hemstreet, Heartt, Hotchkin, Harthorn, Henderson, Hall, Havermans, Hollister, Hull, Huff, Ingalls, Kellogg, King, Knickerbocker, Knox, Kemp, Kinney, Karner, Lansing, Loudon, Lomax, Lane, Locke, Lape, Link, Leversee, Marcy, MannMcClellan, MacArthur, Miller, Murphy, McConihe, McChesney, McLean, Olin, Parmenter, Pawling, Parmele, Prescott, Peck, Quackenbush, Robertson, Rousseau, Robbins, Reynolds, Rogers, Reynolds, Reed, Rousseau, Rising, Reynolds, Roberts, Smith, Seymour, Strait, Shirland, Shepard, Skilton, Strong, Squire, Spalding, Strait, Strong, Stiles, Silliman, Stewart, Stevens, Townsend, Thompson, Thorn, Tibbits, ThurmanTwogood, Thomas, Van Rensselaer, Van Schoonhoven, Vandercook, Vail, Virgil, Warren, Ward, Willard, Weed, Wool, Wood, Wotkyns, Whiton, Young The area that is now Rensselaer County was inhabited by the Algonquian-speaking Mohican Indian tribe at the time of European encounter. Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch jeweler and merchant, purchased the area in 1630 and incorporated it in his patroonship Rensselaerswyck. (It was part of the Dutch colony New Netherland). The land passed into English rule in 1664; the Dutch regained control in 1673, but the English took it back in 1674. Until 1776, the year of American independence, the county was under English or British control.The county was not organized as a legal entity until 1791, when it was created from land that was originally part of Albany County. In 1807, in a county re-organization, the rural sections of Troy were set off as towns, and the city was incorporated. The two towns created were Brunswick and Grafton, both named after British dukes, (the Duke of Brunswick and Duke of Grafton). A third town, Philipstown, was set off in 1806, but renamed in 1808 to Nassau after the Duke of Nassau. Rensselaer County is in the eastern part of New York State. The eastern boundary of Rensselaer County runs along the New York-Vermont and New York-Massachusetts borders. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 665 square miles (1,720 km2), of which 654 square miles (1,690 km2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km2) (1.72%) is water. The terrain runs from level and flat near the Hudson and then rises into the Rensselaer Plateau around Poestenkil and Sand Lake, then to the Taconic Mountais along the Massachusetts state line. The highest point is Berlin Mountain, 2,818 feet (859 m) above sea level, in the town of Berlin. The lowest point is sea level at the Hudson. The Hoosic River, a tributary of the Hudson River, is in the north part of the county.
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