Scope and Contents The full title of this survey is "A Map of a tract of land on the Northerly side of the Schoharie Kill in the Great Hardenbergh Patent the property of Bacon, Tomlison, and Day surveyed and run into lots in the Month of July AD 1786 by William Cockburn and John Cox." As such, the map is a highly detailed and color coded rendering of a more or less rectangular plot spanning from the Batavia Kill southward to the Schoharie Kill where it meets with the East Kill. Built landscape...

Scope and Contents This map of the Kiskatom Patent, lying north of the modern hamlet of Palenville in the western part of the Town of Catskill, was prepared by William Cockburn showing its division among three proprietors following the Revolutionary War. The patent was originally granted to Hybartus Livingston and Henry Beekman in 1718 and 1719, first as a grant of 390 acres and subsequently enlarged by 2000 acres. The proprietors of the patent upon its division in 1789 are given as Jacob Schermerhorn or his...

Scope and Contents This map is a period copy of a survey prepared by William Cockburn for Donald McLean, Malacky Treat, and Lieutenant Niel McLean showing two tracts of land granted to them by the King of England in 1768. The full title of the map is as follows: "A Map of Two Tracts of Land on the West Side of Hudson's River Granted in Nov. 1768 by his Majesty's Letters Patent to Drs. Donald McLean, Malachy Treat, and Lieut. Niel McLean."The first parcel, which sits against the northern edge of the...