Twenty Townships

Twenty Townships

The Twenty Townships are an area in central New York than now is largely a part of Madison and Chenango counties. The area was also known as Clinton's Purchase.

On September 22, 1788 at Fort Schuyler, a treaty between Governor George Clinton and the Oneida Indians ceded this land from the tribe to the state of New York. The southern part of the Twenty Townships became a part of Chenango County and the northern part was included in Madison County when it was created from Chenango County in 1806.

The names of the northern townships that became a part of Madison County, New York were:
*1. Nelson
*2. Eaton
*3. Madison
*4. Hamilton
*5. Lebanon
*6. Georgetown
*18. south part of Brookfield
*19. north part of Brookfield

In 1829, the names of the southern townships that became a part of Chenango County, New York were:

*7.Otselic
*8. Smyrna
*9. Sherburne
*10. north part of Norwich
*11. Plymouth
*12. Pharsalia
*13. McDonough
*14. Preston
*15. south part of Norwich
*16. New Berlin (also includes parts of 10 and 15)
*17. Columbus

Township 20 became the Town of Sangerfield and the western part of Bridgewater in Oneida County.

ources

*Child's Gazetteer and Directory
* [http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps4178.html Map of the County of Chenango by David H. Burr, 1829. David Rumsey Map Collection; shows towns and lot numbers]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=R_zHwh4xByQC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&source=web&ots=u7dTKY_QKo&sig=fQ29qy7n28FGdwHwZM4CbWEPrg4 Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the State, and a Complete History and Description of Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality with Full Tables of Statistics by J. H. French, 1860, p. 224.]


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