Champion, Jefferson, NY Supervisors |
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Champion, Jefferson, NY Supervisors |
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CHAMPION This town, embracing township No. 4 of the eleven towns, was formed from Mexico, by an act on March 14, 1800, including all the parts of the present town of Denmark north of Deer river. It received its name from General Henry Champion, of Colchester, Connecticut, who was one of the early proprietors of this town, and also very extensively interested in land in Ohio and in the western part of the State.
The following is a record of the first school-meeting in town, as it occurs on the records in the town clerk’s office: "Champion, Oct. 23, 1800. At a regular meeting of the inhabitants of the town aforesaid it is resolved, that there shall be a house erected near a spring, on the road running from Noadiah Hubbard’s to David Coffeen’s , in said town; and likewise resolved, that said house shall be built with logs, sixteen feet one way and twenty feet the other way. Also, resolved by the said meeting, that Daniel Coffeen and Noadiah Hubbard shall act as trustees of said school" Attest. Eli church, Town Clerk
Champion was surveyed by Moses and Benjamin Wright, in 1797, the former subdividing, and the latter surveying around it; the area, according to M. Wright, was 26,703 acres, and by B. Wright, 25,708 acres. It was subdivided into lots of 500 acres each. This town was the first one in which actual settlements were begun in the county, excepting, perhaps, Ellisburg, which was explored with the view of settlements at about the same time. The following advertisement appeared in the Western Sentinel, June 7, 1797: "LAND FOR SALE, lying on Black river, in the county of Herkimer, and the State of New York. Forty lot of land laid out into farms, containing about 100 to 200 acres each. On Inman’s Patent, so called, in this township, there is about forty actual settlers, and a good grist-mill within one mile (illegible….) on said land. This land is of an excellent soil; and the situation convenient and pleasing for settlers. The subscriber will remain on the land the most of the ensuing summer and fall. Terms of payment will be made to accommodate purchasers. Also township No. 4, lying on and adjoining Black river, about thirty miles from Boon’s Mills; this township is of an excellent soil; twenty actual settles will be on the township this summer. For titles, plan to apply to the subscriber, who will reside on Inman’s Patent, or to Captain Noadiah Hubbard, of Steuben, who is making a settlement on said township No. 4 "Also for sale, a township of land lying on Black river, near Lake Ontario. These townships are all laid out in lots, and will be sold by large or small quantities, to suit purchasers, and the title indisputable. Also ten lots of land to be leased on first tract. "Lemuel Storrs,"May 10, 1797." (Jefferson County History, by L. H. Everts, 1878)
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