TOWN OF RUTLAND
A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents. (545K file)
An 1864 map of Black River
An 1864 map of The Hamlet of Felts Mills
An 1864 map of The Hamlet of Tylerville
1918 TOWN OF RUTLAND FARM MAP
A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.
1810 Census--Town of Rutland
Town of Rutland 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Rutland
Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the Town of Rutland.
Child's Business Directory for the Town of Rutland.
Haddock Family Sketches--Town of Rutland
Bartlett's Cemetery Inscriptions for the Town of Rutland.
Vital Records 1847-1849 for the Town of Rutland.
| OFFICE | CONTACT | PHONE | ADDRESS | |
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| Town Clerk | LIZ BERGHORN | 788-3440 | 28411 NYS Rt 126, Black River 13612 | rutland1@imcnet.net |
| Town Historian | WILLIAM REICHARD | 773-5179 | 28411 NYS Rt 126, Black River 13612 | rutland1@imcnet.net |
Four Rivers Historical Society
P.O. Box 504Carthage, NY 13619
(315)773-5133
History of the Town of Rutland linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page taken from CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY by HAMILTON CHILDS, published in 1890, transcribed by Shirley Farone. History of the Town of Rutland from "RAY'S PLACE"transcribed from OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE by EDGAR C. EMERSON, 1898 History of the Town of Rutland, taken fromA HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M.D. linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page
Rutland Cemeteries Part 1
Rutland Cemeteries Part 2
Settled early and fairly quickly, the Town of Rutland attracted many people from New England. As early as 1800, a developer built a road into the interior of the town, and then disposed of two thirds of the land in less than four years. He kept a list of the purchasers, which forms the basis for our list of pioneers.
Rutland lies just east of the city and Town of Watertown, south of Le Ray and thus on the border of Fort Drum military reservation, and west of the Town of Champion. Its southern border is Lewis County. Black River flows along its northern border, at first supporting grist and lumber mills at places whose names later became Felts Mills and Black River. Settlers in the northern part of the county could, from a high place, "look away south to the Rutland Hills."
The township derived its name from Rutland, Vermont, from whence many of the early settlers came. Populated areas within the town include Rutland Centre, Tylerville, and Felts Mills. Black River village, at first in the township on the border with Le Ray, suffered a removal without moving, when the boundary was changed to locate it within the Town of Le Ray. Black River is today the chief village of the area.
From the 1864 Jefferson County Atlas: a summary of statistics for Rutland
ACRES OF LAND
Improved 20,768 1/2
Unimproved 6,470
VALUATION
Real Estate 501,695
Personal Property 59,649
Total 561,344
POPULATION
Males 1,021
Females 1,076
Number of Dwellings 400
Number of Families 420
Freeholders 383
SCHOOLS
Number of Districts 12
Children Taught 731
LIVE STOCK
Horses 568
Working Oxen and Calves 926
Cows 2,643
Sheep 966
Swine 928
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Bushels of Grain
Winter 3,623
Spring 42,036 5/8
Tons of Hay 4,206
Bushels of Potatoes 16,832
Bushels of Apples 13,943
Dairy Products
Pounds of Butter 234,065
Pounds of Cheese 247,331
YARDS OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE 1,815
Names of the Early Settlers |
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| ADAMS, ROBERTS ALLEN, HENRY ANDREWS, EZEKIEL ASMER, JOSIAH BAILEY, ISAIAH BARNES, AMOS 2d BEECH, ELIJAH BLACKSTONE, Calvin BOSS, CLARK BOSS, JONATHAN BOSTWICK, William Buckley BRIMHALL, SYLVANUS BRONSON, ISAAC BROWN, ASA BROWN, LUTHER BULL, ASHER BUNCE, JACOB BUTTERFIELD, LEVI CARPENTER, James CHASE, ASAPH CLARK, ARCHIBALD CLARK, ASA CLARK, ELIAS CLARK, ELISHA CLEVELAND, Isaac CLEVELAND, Gardner COFFEEN, David COFFEEN, Goldsmith COFFEEN, William CONKLIN, David CONVERSE, THOMAS COOK, PETER CORP, CALEB CORP, ISAAC COTES, JOHN COVEY, JONATHAN CROSS, Abel CUMMINGS, STEPHEN CUMMINS, ALFRED CUMMINS, CHARLES DAVIS, JONATHAN DENTON, THOMAS DEXTER, LUTHER W. DOLE, JOHN DUNLAP, ANDREW EAMES, DAVID EARL, DANFORTH EARL, JOHN EARL, JOHN Jr EDDY, ENOCH EDDY, JOHN ELLIS, TURNER ENO, ORANGE FELT, JOHN FOOT, LUTHER FOSTER, WARREN FRENCH, CLIFT FRINK, CARL FULLER, JACOB GRAVES, JONATHAN |
GREEN, NATHAN GREEN, THINYON HALE, JESSE HARDY, ROBERT HARE, LEVI HARRIS, CALEB HARVEY, ZELOTUS HERMAN, PHILIP H. HILL, CHARLES HILL, JONATHAN HILL, THOMAS HOPKINS, JOSEPH HOSMER, THOMAS HOUCK, HENRY HOUCK, MATHIAS HOWLAND, DAVID HOWLAND, RICHMOND HOWLAND, RUFUS HOWLAND, WILLIAM HUBBELL, WOLCOTT HUSTON, VERNON INGALSBE, JOHN JEROME, ROBERT KELSEY, CHARLES KEYES, PERLEY KEYES, WILLIAM KILLIAM, JAMES KIMBALL, Dr C. P. KIMBALL, STEPHEN KING, JEPTHA LARKIN, KENYON LEE, THOMAS LUDDEN, ELISHA LUDDEN, JOSEPH MALTBY, CHANDLER MALTBY, ERASTUS METTEY (MATTY), Jacques MIDDLETON, ANDREW MIDDLETON, ANDREW Jr MIDDLETON, JOHN MIDDLETON, ROBERT MIDDLETON, SAMUEL MOONEY, Thomas Sr. MORSE, JAMES MUNSON, SIMEON MURRAY, JAMES McCLURE, LOTT NEWTON, ETHEN NEWTON, WILLIAM OLMSTEAD, JOB OLNEY, L.D. PARKER, SAMUEL PARKINSON, ASA PARKINSON, William PATTERSON, JOHN PATTERSON, JOSEPH PHILLIPS, Dr |
PHILLIPS, SILAS PIERCE, SILAS PIKE, ARTEMAS PIKE, BENJAMIN PORTER, RAFAEL PORTER, SAMUEL POST, ETHEN RANDAL, RENAL RAWSON, CHAUNCEY RUSSELL, DANIEL RUSSELL, JOSEPH SANFORD, ENOS SATTERLEE, RACHEL SCOTT, REUBEN SHERMAN, Dr. Abel SHERMAN, Abel SHOOK, JACOB SMITH, JOHN SPAULDING, WARREN STAFFORD, ANDREW STAFFORD, DAVID STAFFORD, JAMES STANLEY, JOHN STARK, MORGAN STARKWEATHER, THOMAS STEBBINS, AMOS STEBBINS, JOHN STEVENS, WILLIAM H. TORME, FRANCIS & RELIEF TREADWAY, SAMUEL TUCKER, AMARIAH TUTTLE, GERSHOM TUTTLE, SOLOMON TYLER, DAVID TYLER, FREDERICK TYLER, JOSIAH UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH VEBBER, DAVID VIBBER, PERON or PERRON VEBBER, ELISHA WAKEFIELD, JOSEPH WARNER, ALEXANDER WARREN, ALEX WEBB, JOEL WEEKS, STANLEY WHITE, ABNER WHITE, BENJAMIN WHITE, GEORGE WICKS, STUCKLEY WILCOX, DAVID WILCOX, JAMES WILCOX, JOHN WILCOX, SAMUEL WILLARD, MICAH WILLIAMS, JACOB A. WILLIAMS, ROGER WOODWARD, BILDAD WRIGHT, ISRAEL WRIGHT, PETER |
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