A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents.
An 1864 map of The Village of Henderson
1918 TOWN OF HENDERSON FARM MAP
Henderson NY Historical Sociey & Museum
A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.
1810 Census - Town of Henderson
1820 Census - Town of Henderson
Town of Henderson 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
1863 Civil war draft and exemption list
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Henderson
Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the Town of Henderson.
Child's Business Directory for the Town of Henderson.
Haddock Family Sketches - Town of Henderson
Bartlett's Cemetery Inscriptions for the Town of Henderson.
Vital Records 1847-1849 for the Town of Henderson.
| OFFICE | CONTACT | PHONE | ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Historian | ERIC ANDERSON | (315)955-2800 (Daytime) | PO Box 40, Henderson 13650 |
| Town Clerk | Website | (315)938-5542 | 11120 NYS Rt 178, PO Box 259, Henderson 13650 |
| Henderson Free Library | Mary Bidwell | 938-7169 | 8939 NYS Rt 178, Henderson 13650 |
| Henderson Historical Society | ERIC ANDERSON | 938-7163 | PO Box 322, Henderson 13650 |
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Contact person:
Debbie Quick
When Benjamin Wright surveyed the town now known as Henderson in 1796, he called it "a pretty good town," with a good harbor, plenty of desirable timber in the interior, and fine mill sites below the pond, though none above. He called Stony Creek the largest stream in the township, and mentioned its pond and the 400 acre cranberry marsh about it. In 1801 the township was subdivided into lots, and sales of the lots began that year, but no permanent settlement or improvement was made until the following year. Henderson, named for William Henderson, the original owner of what is now the Towns of Pinckney in Lewis County, as well as Henderson and Rutland and part of Worth, is bounded by Lake Ontario on the west and north. Adams is its eastern neighbor, and Ellisburgh lies to the south. Henderson's villages include Henderson, once called Salisbury's Mills, Henderson Harbor, and Smithville, which lies partly in the Town of Adams.
History of the Town of Henderson linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page taken from CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY by HAMILTON CHILDS, published in 1890, transcribed by Shirley Farone.
History of the Town of Henderson, taken from A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M.D., linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page.
A List of People who contributed information concerning the Town of Henderson in 1878 to Durant and Peirce's History of Jefferson County.
History of the Town of Henderson, from Durant and Peirce's History of Jefferson County, 1878.
| ACRES OF LAND | |
| Improved | 16,885 |
| Unimproved | 6,616 |
| VALUATION | |
| Real Estate | 463,295 |
| Personal Property | 70,500 |
| Total | 533,795 |
| POPULATION | |
| Males | 1,151 |
| Females | 1,108 |
| Number of Dwellings | 401 |
| Number of Families | 430 |
| Freeholders | 322 |
| SCHOOLS | |
| Number of Districts | 13 |
| Children Taught | 810 |
| LIVE STOCK | |
| Horses | 776 |
| Working Oxen and Calves | 1,621 |
| Cows | 1,368 |
| Sheep | 3,975 |
| Swine | 838 |
| AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS | |
| Bushels of Grain | |
| Winter | 7,350 |
| Spring | 71,899 |
| Tons of Hay | 3,219 1/2 |
| Bushels of Potatoes | 12,016 |
| Bushels of Apples | 24,532 |
| Dairy Products | |
| Pounds of Butter | 136,048 |
| Pounds of Cheese | 36,937 |
| YARDS OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE | 2,796 |
Names of the early settlers |
|---|
| Abbott, Frisby Alexander, Robert Armstrong, Sally Arnold, Daniel Aspinwall, Salmon Barney, David Barney, Lowrey Barrett, Moses Barrie, Charles Barrie, Peter Barton, Sarah Bates, Oliver Bell, Eunice Bell,Thomas Bishop, Asa Bishop, Calvin Bishop, Clarissa Bishop, Capt. John Bishop, Rev. John F. Bishop, Rev. Luther Bishop, Rev. Sylvester Bronson, David Brown, Allena Brown, Elisha Bull, Thomas Bull, White Campbell, Duncan Carpenter, John B. Carter, Anna Carter, Charles Chapman, John T. Chapman, Julius Chapman, Levi Clark, George W. Clark, Thomas Clarke, Willett Cramer, Peter Crapo, Jonathan |
Crawe, James Crittenton, Jason Crumett, Philip Dalrymple, Andrew Danley, John Danley, Marvel Davis, Roswell Dobson, Thomas Dodge, Erastus Dodge, James Drummond, Duncan Drummond, John Drury, Thomas Fales, David Farman, John H. Favel, R. Finney, Sylvester Forbes, Alfred Forbes, Daniel Foster, Samuel Golden, William Griggs, Samuel Hammond, Benjamin Hardy, Daniel Harris, Experience Harris, Harrissa (Harriet) Harris, Jeremiah Hart, Amos Hawkins, Joseph Heath, Horace Hitchcock, Bela Hitchcock, Joseph W. Holley, Theron I Hubbard, Samuel |
Hungerford, Amasa Hungerford, Orrin Hungerford, Uriah Hunsden, T. Ivory, John Johnson, William Jones, A. Jones, Russell M. Jones, Samuel Keith, Phineas Kellogg, Serviah Kullinger, Luther S. Lawrence, Amos Montague, Adonijah Moody, George Morgan, Melissa Morseman, Martin T. McCraull, John McCumber, James McCumber, Jedediah McNeil, Daniel McNitt, Samuel Nutting, Ezra Nutting, John Nutting, Leonard Nutting, Luther Nutting, Samuel Nutting, Simeon Osgood, Emory Overton, Isaac Overton, Joel Peck, Luman Peck, Sally Petty, William Pierce, Daniel |
Reed, Stephen Rich, Truman Salisbury, Lodowick Sawyer, Charles Sawyer, Ebenezer Scofield, Levi Scott, Daniel Seaton, Asa Seaton, Leonard Shepard, Abel Skinner, Appleton Skinner, Elias Smith, Asa Smith, Ira Spencer, Daniel Spencer, James Jr. Sprague, Anthony Sprague, Polly Stafford, John Stewart, Samuel Waring, William Warner,Henry R. Wheeler, James Wheeler, Leonard Wheeler, Rachel White, James S. White, William Whitney, Stephen Whittier, David Wilkinson, Abraham Williams, Elijah Williams, Isaiah Wood, Jeremiah |
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