TITLE 5. RENSSE- Berlin. Brunswick [part annexed to Lansingburgh, 1 16. The county of RENSSELAER shall be divided into the towns of Berlin, Brunswick, Grafton, Greenbush, [North Greenbush, East Greenbush,] Hosick, Lansingburgh, Nassau, Petersburgh, Pittstown, Sand Lake, Schagticoke, Schodack, Stephentown [Poestenkill] and the city of Troy, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Berlin shall contain all that part of said county bounded easterly by the east bounds of the county; westerly by the town of Sand Lake; southerly by a continuation of the south bounds of Greenbush and Sand Lake to the east bounds of the county; and northerly by a line drawn from the northeast corner of the town of Sand Lake, and running east until it intersects the east line of the public highway leading from Stephentown to Hosick; thence southeasterly to a point in the south line of the farms heretofore or late of Šilas Maxon and Silas Maxon, junior, and in the north line of the farm heretofore or late of Elijah Millard, on the summit of the mountain; then along the summit of said mountain easterly and northerly as it winds and turns until it intersects a line beginning on the height of land in the west line of the land heretofore or late of Archibald Jones; and then southerly and easterly on the said height of land to the east bounds of the county; and then along the line so intersected to the said east bounds of the county. 2. The town of Brunswick shall contain all that part of said county bounded westerly by the town of Lansingburgh and the city of Troy; southerly by the towns of Greenbush and Sand see sub. 81. Lake; northerly by Lansingburgh and Pittstown; and easterly by a line to commence in the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, eight miles and one-third of a mile east of Hudson's river, and running thence southerly in a straight direction to intersect the north line of the town of Sand Lake, eight miles and onethird of a mile east of the Hudson river. Grafton. Greenbush [altered by of North Greenbush and East Greenbush, 3. The town of Grafton shall contain all that part of said county bounded westerly by Brunswick; southerly by Sand Lake and Berlin; northerly by the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; easterly by a line to commence on the said north bounds, seven miles east of the northeast corner of Brunswick, and running from thence southerly parallel to the east line of Brunswick to the north line of Berlin. 4. The town of Greenbush shall contain all that part of said formation county bounded on the north by an east and west line heretofore run through a point on the east bank of Hudson's river, sixteen miles from the southwest corner of the county; on the east by a see subs. 5' line south seventeen degrees and fifty-seven minutes west from a point in the before mentioned line five miles easterly from said bank of Hudson's river; on the south by a line run south eightysix degrees and forty-eight minutes west, as the needle pointed in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, through a and 6]. 47] Vol. 3. 1 The supervisors of Rensselaer county, on the 23d of February 1855 (see Laws of 1855, ch. 587, divided the town of Greenbush into three parts; one part they erected into the town of North Greenbush, another part into the town of Clinton, and the remaining part into the town of Greenbush. The legislature subsequently changed the name of the said town of Clinton to that of East Greenbush. See Laws 1858, ch. 194. point which is six hundred and thirty-two chains from the north TITLE 5. bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, in a line heretofore run from a point in said bounds nine miles from Hudson's river to a point in the south bounds of the county ten miles distant from said river; and on the west by the bounds of the county. [All that part of the city of Troy described within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at a stake standing on the east side of Hudson's river, and at the distance of one chain on a course south eighteen degrees west from the southwest corner of the Troy and Albany iron store, and runs from the said stake south eighty-four degrees and thirty minutes east, fifty chains, to a stake; then north eighty-five degrees ten minutes east, fifty-six chains, to a stake; then south fifty-nine degrees and thirty minutes east, eighty chains and twenty-five links to a stake in the original division line between the city of Troy and the town of Greenbush; and then along said division line south eighty-eight degrees and fifteen minutes west, two hundred and one chains, to the east side of the Hudson's river; and then along the same as it winds and turns to the place of beginning; containing about six hundred and thirty acres, shall be annexed to and become a part of the town of Greenbush.]1 [All that part of the town of Sand Lake, in the county of Rensselaer, on which the dwelling-house of Andrew L. Wetherwax now stands, shall be annexed to and form a part of the town of Greenbush.]2 The board of supervisors on the 23d day of February, 1855, divided the town of Greenbush into three parts, as follows, to wit: [5. First. By a line beginning at a point in the western boundary North line of the present town of Greenbush, and at the northwest Greenbush, corner of the chartered limits of the village of Greenbush, and running along the northern line of said chartered limits to the northeast corner of said limits; then on a straight line eastwardly to the south side of the dwelling-house of J. Pruyn Van Allen; thence eastwardly on a straight line to the south side of the dwelling-house of John P. Defreest; thence on a straight line eastwardly to the south side of the present dwelling-house of George J. Sharpe; thence on a straight line eastwardly to a point in the eastern boundary of the town of Greenbush and the western boundary of the town of Sand Lake, which said point is distant about eight chains and eighty links southerly from the center of a road or public highway leading to the Albany and Sand Lake plank road, past the late dwelling-house of Peleg Thomas and where his widow now resides, which said line shall be the southern boundary of a new town hereby erected; and the eastern and western boundary lines of said town shall be and remain such parts of the present eastern and western boundary lines respectively of the present town of Greenbush as lie northwardly of the points in said eastern and western boundary lines respectively, where the same are respectively intersected by said southern boundary line of the aforesaid new town. And the northern boundary line of the 1 Laws 1836, ch. 515. 2 Laws 1843, ch. 102. TITLE 5 town of Greenbush shall be and remain the northern boundary line of the said new town, and all the territory lying within the boundaries above named is hereby erected and constituted a new and separate town by the name of North Greenbush.] [See Laws 1855, ch. 587, § 1.] East Greenbush, formerly Clinton. All that part of original town of not taken to [6. All the remaining part of the town of Greenbush, excepting that part thereof embraced within the present limits of the village of Greenbush, and bounded northerly by the southern boundary line of said village and southern boundary line of the above named town of North Greenbush hereby erected; easterly and southerly by the present easterly and southerly boundary lines respectively of the town of Greenbush; and westerly by the present westerly boundary line of the town of Greenbush and the eastern boundary line of said village, is hereby erected and constituted a new and separate town by the name of Clinton.] [Same ch., § 2.] [All the remaining part of the town of Greenbush, being that part thereof embraced within the corporate bounds of the village Greenbush of Greenbush, as described in the act of the legislature of the erect North State of New York, passed April ninth, eighteen hundred and fiftyGreenbush two, chapter one hundred and ninety-one of Session Laws of eighteen Greenbush hundred and fifty-two, shall be and remain a separate town by the Greenbush. name of Greenbush.] [Same ch., § 3.] and East remains Clinton changed to bush. [The name of the town of Clinton, in the county of Rensselaer, East Green- is hereby changed to East Greenbush, and said town shall hereafter be called and known by the name of East Greenbush with the same territory and boundaries as heretofore.] [1858, ch. 194.] Hosick. Lansingburgh. Lansingburgh altered. 7. [5.] The town of Hosick shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly and easterly by the bounds of the county; southerly by Petersburgh and Grafton; and westerly by Pittstown. 8. [6.] The town of Lansingburgh shall contain all that part of said county beginning at the mouth of a brook called Deepy kill, and running thence up along said kill to the westernmost corner of the grist mill now or heretofore of Michael Vandercook; then south twenty-three degrees west, to the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; then along said bounds to a point one mile east of Hudson's river; then southerly parallel to the said river, to the north bounds of the city of Troy; then along said north bounds to the bounds of the county; then northerly along the bounds of the county to a point west of the place of beginning; and then east to the place of beginning. [All that part of the south portion of the town of Lansingburgh lying and being south of a line commencing at the northwest corner of the twenty acre lot of land formerly owned by Aaron B. Hinman, and now occupied by Horace Turner, and running thence due east to the east boundary of the town of Lansingburgh, is hereby Part set off set off and annexed to the city of Troy, and shall become a part of the fourth ward of said city of Troy.] to Troy. [All that part of the town of Brunswick in the county of Rensselaer, lying northwestwardly of the following lines, viz.: Commencing at a point in the north line of Brunswick, in the center of 1 Laws 1836, ch. 444. Brunswick the first northern turnpike road, leading from Lansingburgh to TITLE 5. Granville, and running thence south forty-eight degrees and fifteen Part of miautes west, seven chains; thence south thirty-eight degrees and annexed to fifteen minutes west, seventeen chains; thence south eighty-seven burgh. degrees and thirty minutes west, to the town line of the town of Lansingburgh, shall be and is hereby annexed to the town of Lansingburgh, and shall hereafter be part and parcel of the same.]1 Lansing 9. [7] The town of Nassau shall contain all that part of said Nassau. county bounded southerly, by the bounds of the county; westerly, by Schodack; easterly by Stephentown; and northerly by the towns of Sand Lake and Berlin. burgh. 10. [8.] The town of Petersburgh shall contain all that part of Peterssaid county bounded southerly by Berlin; easterly by the east bounds of the county; northerly by the north bounds of the manor of Rensselaerwyck; and westerly by Grafton. 11. [9.] The town of Pittstown shall contain all that part of said county bounded southerly by Brunswick and Grafton; westerly by Schaghticoke; northerly by Schaghticoke and the north bounds of the county; and easterly by a line beginning at the distance of ten miles east from Hudson's river, on the north line of Schaghticoke continued east, and running from thence to a place in the north bounds of Grafton, at the distance of thirteen miles from Hudson's river. Pittstown. [part an Greenbush, kill. see sub. 16]. 12. [10.] The town of Sand Lake shall contain all that part of Sand Lake said county bounded as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner nexed to of Greenbush, and running thence along the north bounds of see sub. 4]. Greenbush, continued east to a point in said continuation, thirteen miles distant from Hudson's river, then southerly parallel to a line (Poestendrawn from a point in the north bounds of the manor of Rensse- taken from, laerwyck, ten miles distant from Hudson's river, to a point in the north bounds of the town of Nassau, eleven miles distant from said river, to the south bounds of Greenbush, continued east; then westerly along the same to the southeast corner of Greenbush; and then northerly along the same to the east bounds thereof to the place of beginning, including also the house heretofore or late of Andrew Weatherwax. coke. 13. [11.] The town of Schaghticoke shall contain all that part of Schaghti said county bounded as follows: Beginning in Hudson's river at the northwest corner of the county, and running thence east along the north bounds of the county to the middle of Hosick river; then down along said river to Viele's or Toll's bridge; then a direct course to the westernmost corner of the grist mill heretofore or late of Michael Vandercook, in Cooksburgh; then westerly [48] along the bounds of Lansingburgh to the bounds of the county; and then northerly along the same to the place of beginning. Vol. 3. 14. [12.] The town of Schodack shall contain all that part of Schodack... said county bounded southerly and westerly by the bounds of the county; northerly by Greenbush and Sand Lake; and easterly by a line running from the eight mile stake standing a little east of the house heretofore or late of Timothy Philips, and extending southerly 1 Laws 1839, ch. 249. TITLE 5. to the grist mill pond heretofore belonging to Jonathan Hoag; and then southerly as the creek runs to the south bounds of the county. Stephentown. 15. [13.] The town of Stephentown shall contain all that part of said county bounded easterly and southerly by the bounds of the county; westerly by a line running parallel with the east bounds of the county, at the distance of eight miles from the same; and northerly by Berlin. Poestenkill. [16. All that part of the town of Sand Lake, in the county of Rensselaer, which is bounded as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the town of Greenbush, running thence east along the south line of the towns of Brunswick and Grafton, to the northwest corner of the town of Berlin; thence southerly along the west line of the town of Berlin four miles to the south line of the eighth range of lots in the Middletown survey, in the line of lots known as numbers one hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and thirty-four; thence west along the line of said range of lots, to the north side of the dwelling-house of John Peck; thence west to the intersection of the roads, about four rods easterly from the Troy and Sand Lake turnpike toll-gate; thence westerly to the north side of the dwelling-house of Coonrad Reichard and Andrew Link, and to the Greenbush line; thence northerly along the east line of the town of Greenbush, to the place of beginning, shall be and is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Poestenkill.]1 SCHOHARIE. Blenheim, part inclu S17, The county of SCHOHARIE shall be divided into the towns of Blenheim, Broome, Carlisle, Cobleskill, Fulton, Jefferson, Middleburgh, Scoharie, Sharon, Summit, [Conesville, Seward, Esperance, Wright, Gilboa and Richmondville,] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Blenheim shall contain all that part of said ded in Gil County beginning at the northwest corner of the town of Broome, boa, sub. 15. then south along the east line of Walter Butler's patent to Smith's patent; then south along the line of Smith's patent to Edward Clark's patent; then along the east and south bounds of Edward Clark's patent to the middle of Schoharie creek; then southerly through the middle of said creek, to the south bounds of the county; then westerly along the same to the east bounds of the third range of lots in the Blenheim patent; then northerly between the third and fourth ranges of said lots, to the southerly bounds of Fulton; and then easterly along the said southerly bounds to the place of beginning. Broome, [part in and part in 11 and 15]. 2. The town of Broome shall contain all that part of said county, Conesville bounded on the north by a line commencing in the east line of Gilboa, sub. Walter Butler's patent, at a point where the same is intersected by an easterly line run from the northeast corner of the Blenheim patent, to the northeast corner of the dwelling-house heretofore or late of Moses Winter; then easterly along said line and the same continued to the bounds of the county; on the east and south, by the bounds of the county; and on the west, by Blenheim. [The territory lying in the town of Middleburgh, in the county of Scho 'Laws 1848, ch. 64. |