Athens, Town of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Athens is a township in the eastern portion of Greene County and one of four townships in the county bounded easterly by the Hudson River. Athens was formed from a partition of the towns of Coxsackie and Catskill in 1815. IT is bounded on the west by Cairo, north by Coxsackie, southerly by the town of Catskill, and easterly by the Hudson River and Columbia County. Within Athens lie the hamlets of West Athens, Green Lake, Limestreet, High Hill, and the Village of Athens.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Athens: Wills, 1784-1946
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 128
Scope and Contents
File contains a selection of miscellaneous Last Wills and Testaments of individuals who resided in the vicinity of the current boundaries of the Town and Village of Athens. These documents include Wills that were never probated in Albany or Greene County which were retained by the family and subequently donated, as well as copies of Wills which were probated and filed within the records of the Greene County Surrogate's Court (making these duplicates). Included is an inventory of Wills in this...
Bonds: Greene County, 1803-1835
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 33
Scope and Contents
File contains an assortment of several dozen personal bonds for money made between private individuals across several townships in Greene County. The majority of the bonds were written and witnessed by John L. Bronk, Abraham Van Dyck, and Peter H. Silvester as partners of the Coxsackie law firm of Bronk and Van Dyck and the subequent firm of Bronk and Silvester. An inventory of the bonds within is included.
Boundary Survey of Lands of Mount Hope Cemetery Association, 2022
Item
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection comprises records of the Mount Hope Cemetery Association of Athens, NY dating from the founding of the Association in 1849. Included in the collection are purchase books with listings of plot owners alongside dates of purchase, as well as some documents concerning land owned by the cemetery and early records of Association Governance. Of particular note are two registers of burials in both Mount Hope Cemetery and Mount Hope Cemetery Annex listing the date of burial, name of the...
Greene Lake School Papers of Alice E. Williams
Collection — Box MSS Box 49
Identifier: MSS 2021.0023
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a small assortment of attendance books from the 1940s and an attendance sheet from the 1920s for students at the Green Lake School.
Map of the Division of the Roseboom Patent
Item — Case Flat File Drawer 11
Identifier: MAP 2020.0008
Scope and Contents
Map shows the Roseboom Patent as it existed in 1761. The parcels shown lie between the Hans Vosen Kill and the Potic Creek and border the Loonenburg Patent, Casparus Bronck Patent, and Mathias Houghtaling Patent. Each parcel in the survey is clearly labeled by owner. Buildings are shown within the adjoining Loonenburg Patent as are the homes of Jans Spoor and Isaac Paris within the boundaries of the Roseboom Patent. Names of parcel owners include Jacob Roseboom, Lawrence Boskirk, Nicholas...
Rebecca Doherty Memorial Collection
Collection — Carton MSS Box 20: [MSS 2020.0006.0001]
Identifier: MSS 2020.0006
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises one container with folders holding a sampling of various types of family documents ranging from correspondence to legal papers and evidential records of business transactions. When possible, items are processed and identified at the item level. Of note are several bills of sale between the Van Loon and Van Hoesen families for enslaved persons.
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
Town of Athens Justice Court Civil Docket
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1720
Scope and Contents
Item is a ledger of civil cases not requiring a jury heard in the Town of Athens by Justice Claude B. Whiting from 1936 to 1939. The ledger comprises 299 pages front and back, of which only approximately 140 are filled out in any way.