Athens, Village of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Athens is an incorporated village founded in 1805 located originally within the boundaries Catskill township and currently within the boundaries of Athens township [since 1815]. Athens was the first of five villages incorporated in Greene County. The village was surveyed as a planned community at the start of the 19th century and founded within the same vicinity as an existing and sparsely populated dutch agrarian settlement known as "Loonenburg" [spelling varies] originally settled in the 1680s when the region was still a part of southern Albany County.
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Account Book of the Hudson and Athens Ferry
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1717
Scope and Contents
Item is a ledger of accounts of the "Horse Boat" and "Small Boat" operated as ferries between the Village of Athens and City of Hudson between 1820 and 1838. Included within are revenues from each boat as well as names of those compensated for operating the ferry and servicing it. The most notable aspect of this ledger is the level of detail included in the accounting of revenues and debts, and the vast list of names of those involved with supplying and operating the Hudson-Athens Ferry at this...
Athens and West Camp, NY Early Records [Arthur Kelly Transcription], 1703 - 1899
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2005.0581
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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.
Athens and West Camp, NY Early Records [Arthur Kelly Transcription], 1703 - 1899
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3355
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.
Athens: Minutes and Papers of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1806-1878
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 115
Scope and Contents
File contains a selection of the earliest surviving paperwork of the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church. Included within are signed copies of resolutions, inventories of pews sold annually, the deeds for the pews of Samuel Hamilton, Isaac Northrup, and Samuel Haight, and an array of correspondence and letters related to the governance of the church, the purchase of the land for the original edifice, and the introduction, hiring, and death of Reverend Joseph Prentiss. Some later materials relate...
Athens: Smith Family Papers, 1804-1839
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 108
Scope and Contents
File contains family and business correspondence of Charles F. Smith, including letters dated 1838-1839 from Caleb Coffin, a Quaker, that mention Castle Seeley, an offer from Henry Van Loan on the brick house,a sale of a glue factory to Abram Bedell, the Timothy Bunker estate and account, a deed for "the Negro house," and a dispute about a well. 1804 assurance policies insure the cargo of Schooners Sally, Isabella, and Seaflower out of Boston, while an 1832 letter discusses a steamship and an...
Athens: Trinity Episcopal Church Index to Register, 1948
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 113
Scope and Contents
Index to the register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths at Trinity Episcopal Church compiled in 1948 by Schuyler Van Loan as Clerk of the Vestry.
Athens: Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Register, 1807-1825
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 114
Scope and Contents
File contains a complete photocopy of the records of Trinity Episcopal church of Athens as kept by Reverend Joseph Prentiss during his tenure. Within appear Baptisms, Marriages, and Funeral services held by the church within the date ranges specified. Also within are some notes on marriages and baptisms conducted by Rev. Prentiss on behalf of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Catskill. During this period Trinity Episcopal Church was the only financially solvent faith community in Athens with a...
Athens: Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Register, 1835-1888
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 116
Scope and Contents
File contains a complete photocopy of the records of Trinity Episcopal church of Athens. Within appear Baptisms, Marriages, and Funeral services held by the church within the date ranges specified. This photocopy of the church register was created by the staff of the Greene County Historical Society from the original which was provided for scanning by Schuyler Van Loan as the last Clerk of the Vestry of Trinity Church prior to it closing.
Athens: Van Loon and Magee [Shipyard], 1881
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 121
Scope and Contents
File contains a single letter conveying an estimate for the construction of the Steamboat "Catskill."
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...