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 5 Collections and/or Records:
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.