Independence
Independence was formed from Alfred on March 16, 1821. Andover was taken off in 1824 and a part of Willing in 1851. It is the southeast corner town of the county.
The first settlement was made in 1798, by John Cryder, who built a sawmill and made other improvements and soon abandoned them and left the country. The first permanent settlement was made by Samuel S. White from Madison county in the spring of 1819 at Whitesville. In the spring of the same year John Teater, from Dutchess county, David Wilson and Stephen Royce, from Mass. Settled in or near Whitesville. The first child born was Dugald C. White on Oct 23 1819. The first marriage was Daniel Remington and Eliza Eaton on Jan 1, 1824. :The first death was Samuel W. Goodridge on Jan 27, 1822. The first school was taught at Whitesville by Deborah Covel in the summer of 1822. Samuel S. White kept the first inn in 1827, at Whitesville and Josiah W. Green the first store at Greens Corners in 1822. Nathaniel Covel erected a sawmill on Cryder Creek in 1822. James Maxwell built the first gristmill at Spring Mills in 1820. [Source: J.H.French, Gazetteer of State of New York, 1860, p.168]
Hamilton Child's 1875 Gazetteer - Independence
Cities, Villages and Hamlets
Independence - hamlet near the north town line
Whitesville - hamlet near the east town line; named after Samuel White
Spring Mills - hamlet in the southeast corner by Spring Mills Creek
Greens Corners
780 Harris Road Wellsville, NY 14895 Telphone: 607-356-3536 | Cindy Clark PO Box 38 Whitesville, NY 14897 Telephone: 607-356-3608 |
Churches
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Cemeteries
*code #s refer to the Allegany County Cemetery Index card file at the Allegany County Historical Society and LDS Family History Library microfilm. See Western New York Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. II, No. 1 |
Book List
- Cemetery Records, 1756-1973, Potter County, Pennsylvania includes cemetery records of Spring Mills
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