Coxsackie, Town of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The town of Coxsackie is one of the two original townships which make up modern Greene County. Originally colonized by Pieter Bronck in 1663, the region became the Coxsackie District of Albany County during the Revolutionary War. When Greene County was founded in 1800 Coxsackie became one of the first townships in its boundaries, and over the course of the next several decades had the townships of New Baltimore, Greenville, and Durham partitioned from it. The origins of the name Coxsackie, like that of Catskill, are obscured by time. It is an original Native American place name, and on early European documents was styled variously in ways that phonetically sounded out the name Cook-Sah-Kee or Cooks-Hack-Ee. It has been debated whether the name means something similar to the following: "Hoot of the Owl/Place of the hoot of the owl," "Honking Geese," and even "Place of snakes" by various scholars. It is not known whether any of them were qualified to make conjectures on possible translations, nor is it known if these translations can be corroborated. Coxsackie is one of four townships in Greene County bounded on the east by the Hudson River, and it is bounded on the north by New Baltimore, west by Greenville, and south by Cairo and Athens.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Map of the Lands of the late John Lampman at Coxsackie
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2020.0004-LOB 6.113
Scope and Contents
Map is a survey composed by William Tolley on behalf of Peter and Leonard Lampman, sons of the late John Lampman at Coxsackie. Shown is the route of the Albany and Greene Turnpike and the location of the house of John Lampman situated on the west side of the road. The dimensions of the lots owned by the estate are given. No other manmade or geographic features are shown. Land is described as being within the Loonenburg Patent.
Marriages at the First and Second Reformed Churches of Coxsackie, NY [Arthur Kelly Transcript], 1797 - 1899
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3371
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is meant to be a representative listing of published vital statistics materials for churches in Greene County currently available at the Vedder Research Library.
Record of the Coxsackie Baptist Church, 1832 - 1850
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3373
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is meant to be a representative listing of published vital statistics materials for churches in Greene County currently available at the Vedder Research Library.
Regulations & Orders of the Board of Health, Town of Coxsackie, 1888
Item
Identifier: MSS 2019.0004.0007
Survey of the Boundary between the Towns of Coxsackie, Loonenburg, and Shinglekill.
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2020.0010-LOB 6.141H
The George M. White Dairy Farm Collection
Collection — Carton MSS Box 92: [MSS 2019.0008.0001]
Identifier: MSS 2019.0008
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises a large selection of photographs of Guernsey Cows and Bulls bred on George M. White's "Gayhead Farm" during the first half of the 20th century. Also included is ephemera from various events George M. White attended either as a contestant with prize-winning animals or as a judge of Guernsey Cows which he was a nationally recognized breeder of. Additional materials in the collection concern Gayhead Farm itself, notably there is a folder listing all the cattle on the farm in...
Unidentified Cash Book, 1899
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1734
Scope and Contents
This cash book seems to contain a daily cash account of a hardware store in the vicinity of the Village of Coxsackie. Several Coxsackie family names are referenced in daily tabulations, and the paying down of an outstanding account of the Four Mile Point Lighthouse is mentioned.