Replica of the Half-Moon

GENERAL HISTORY

OF

COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis

1878

Everts & Ensign

Philadelphia, PA

1878

   

CHAPTER I - Geographical and Descriptive.

CHAPTER II - The White Man's First Visit, and the Indians Whom He Found Here.

CHAPTER III - Land Grants--Purchases from Indians.

CHAPTER IV - Earliest Settlements in the County.

CHAPTER V - Indian Incursions-The French and Indian War-The Revolution

CHAPTER VI - Civil History, Formation of Districts--Erection and Subdivision of the County.

CHAPTER VII - The Massachusetts Boundary-Anti-Rent-1751-1852.

CHAPTER VIII - POLITICAL - Property in Men and Women--Politics and Parties in the County.

CHAPTER IX - Courts

CHAPTER X -The Columbia Civil list

CHAPTER XI - Distinguished Men of Columbia County

CHAPTER XII - The Professions - The Press

CHAPTER XIII - Education and Religious

CHAPTER XIV - Internal Improvements

CHAPTER XV - Manufacturers and Agriculture

CHAPTER XVI - Valuations and Taxation

CHAPTER XVII - Military