Greenville, Town of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The town of Greenville was founded as Greenfield in 1803 from a partition of Coxsackie and Durham. It is bounded on the north by Westerlo and Coeymans [Albany County], south by Cairo, west by Durham, and east by New Baltimore and Coxsackie. Within Greenville township are the hamlets of Greenville, Norton Hill, Freehold, Newry's, Greenville Center, Gayhead, O'Hara's Corners, Place Corners, Sanfords Corners, Surprise, Result, and West Greenville.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Blenis Family Papers, 1786-1908
File — Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 31
Scope and Contents
File contains assorted papers of the Blenis Family. Included is an inventory of papers in the file.
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.
Botsford-Clark Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2019.0002
Content Description
Collection is an accumulation of original manuscript material and papers of the Botsford Family of Greenville, NY. Collection comprises two cubic feet of material and contains land records, wills, financial records, personal papers, ephemera, and information related to the late-20th century restoration of the Botsford House and its inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
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Botsford-Clark Papers
Essays of Augusta Hallock at Norton Hill
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1716
Scope and Contents
This volume contains the handwritten compositions of Augusta Ann Hallock of Norton Hill in the town of Greenville, New York. Entries are ordered numerically rather than by date, and the first two pages of the book contain an index of composition titles. Compositions are in some cases possibly copied passages delivered by an instructor, and in other cases possibly original work of Augusta. The compositions are as follows: Valentines;
Friends;
Composition Day;
Twilight;
Nothing...
John H. Wood Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2019.0006
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a range of materials, including legal records, property records, correspondence, business and household records, photographs, and memorabilia. Of particular note are the selections of family correspondence from the Civil War and song lyrics written by Levi Wood when he was a soldier. A colored tintype portrait of Levi is included in the collection. The collection also includes an account book, business receipts, and correspondence from Hezekiah’s shoemaking business. In...
Found in:
Vedder Research Library
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John H. Wood Collection
Record Books of Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt
Collection — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MSS 2019.0017
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises two ledgers of cases heard and ruled on by Stephen Platt, Justice of the Peace for the Town of Freehold between 1792 and 1799. The cases within each ledger relate primarily to civil complaints, and the decisions rendered generally resulted in the payment of settlements. Both of the books are covered with a sheet of brown paper and bound with linen thread, though the first ledger has separated into two blocks.
Record of the Greenville Presbyterian Church, 1790 - 1850
Item — Genealogical Shelves Bay One
Identifier: 2004.3387
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.
Stephen Platt's Record Book for the Town of Freehold, 1792-1794
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1221
Scope and Contents
Item is a bound volume that contains the cases heard and decisions rendered by Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt at Freehold between 1792 and 1794.
Stephen Platt's Record Book for the Town of Freehold, 1797-1799
Item — Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1222
Scope and Contents
Item is a bound volume that contains the cases heard and decisions rendered by Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt at Freehold between 1797 and 1799.
The James C. Stevens Memorial Collection
Collection — Box MSS Box 49
Identifier: MSS 2021.0021
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises a selection of documents relating to the James Stevens line of the Stevens family of Greenville, NY. Included in the collection are miscellaneous papers related to fraternal orders and agricultural ventures as well as municpal and court papers which concerned the family. Of particular note is a Road Book listing the freeholders of various road districts in Greenville and the number of days labor they were required to contribute to the maintenance of the Town's roads. Also...