Excerpt from History of Chenango County: Containing the Divisions of the County and Sketches of the Towns; Indian Tribes and Titles; Gov. Clinton's Purchase of the Twenty Townships; Early Inhabitants and Settlements; Also Land Patents, Rise and Progress of Agriculture, Etc There are many incidents connected with the early settlement of the county resting in the recollection of aged people. If these are. Not soon record ed they will be lost. Many valuable sources of information are already cut off by the death of individuals. It is believed that but three of the original settlers of this village are yet alive, and these three are far advanced in life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.