TITLE 4. two last described courses, to the northwesterly bounds of the county; and then northeasterly along the same, to the northeasterly bounds of the Whitesborough patent; then southeasterly along the same, to the most northerly corner of lot number four in said patent; then southwesterly along the northwesterly bounds of said lot, and of lot number fourteen to the most westerly corner of the last mentioned lot; then southeasterly along the southwesterly bounds of said lot number fourteen, and the same course continued to the place of beginning.

Hamden.

Hancock.

Harpersfield.

Kortright.

7. The town of Hamden shall contain all that part of said county, beginning at a point in the division line, between the towns of Delhi and Andes, where the line between great lots number thirty-eight and thirty-nine of the Hardenburgh patent intersects the same, and running thence northwesterly on said line, to the west branch of the Delaware river; then down said river to the point where the westerly line of the Whitesborough patent strikes the same; then northwesterly on said Whitesborough line to the line of the town of Franklin; then along the line of the town of Franklin to the northeasterly bounds of Babbington's patent; then southeasterly along the same, to the northeasterly corner of lot number two in said patent; then southwesterly to the northwesterly corner of lot number ninety-six in Peter Van Brugh Livingston's patent, now or lately occupied by William P. Felter and George Felter; then on the westerly line of said lot to the Delaware river; then down said river to the south line of lot number seventy-nine, in the Atkinson tract, in great lot number thirty-seven, in the Hardenburgh patent; then southeasterly along the line of lots to the continuation of the dividing line between the southeasterly and northwesterly lots, in great lot number thirty-five, in said patent; then along said continuation to Andes; then along Andes to the place of beginning.

8. The town of Hancock shall contain all that part of said county, bounded on the Northeast, by a line running north twenty-one degrees and thirty minutes west, and south twentyone degrees and thirty minutes east, from the east branch of the Delaware river, on the line between the lands now or heretofore of Abraham Sprague and Stephen Fuller: on the Northwest, by the line dividing the southeasterly from the northwesterly lots in the subdivision of great lot number thirty-five in the Hardenburgh patent, and a northeasterly continuation of said line: and on the Southwest and Southeast, by the bounds of the county.

9. The town of Harpersfield shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Northeasterly and Northwesterly, by the bounds of the county: Southeasterly, by Stamford: and Westerly, by Kortright and Davenport.

10. The town of Kortright shall contain all that part of said county, bounded as follows: beginning at the corner of the

town of Davenport in the division line between the patents of Kortright and Harpersfield, and running thence along said division line southeasterly to the Delaware river; then down the same to the southwesterly bounds of the patent of Goldsborough; then northwesterly along the same to the town of Meredith; then northeasterly and northwesterly along the bounds of Meredith to Davenport; and then along the bounds of Davenport easterly and northeasterly to the place of beginning.

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11. The town of Masonville shall contain all that part of Masonville. said county, bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a certain station in the bounds of the county, west from the northwest corner of great lot number nine in Evans' patent, and running thence east to the said corner; then easterly on the north bounds of the said great lot number nine, and on the north bounds of great lots number ten and eleven to the northeast corner of said lot number eleven; then south about fifty-seven degrees east, so as to intersect the northerly bounds of the town of Walton, sixty chains westerly from the southwest corner of the town of Franklin; then southwesterly on the northerly bounds of the towns of Walton and Tompkins to the bounds of the county; and then along the same northerly to the place of beginning.

12. The town of Meredith shall contain all that part of said Meredith. county, contained within the following bounds, to wit: beginning at a stake and stones near the dwelling-house now or late of Andrew Dibble, standing in the line between the patents of Franklin and Goldsborough near Elk creek so called, and running thence south fifty-eight degrees and fifteen minutes west, seven miles and three rods to a stake and stones standing in the middle subdivision line of the patent of Whitesborough; then along said middle line, north thirty-one degrees and forty-five minutes west, to the most westerly corner of great lot number fourteen in said patent; then along the northwesterly bounds of lots number fourteen and four to the most northerly corner of lot number four; then along the east bounds thereof southeasterly to the northeast corner of lot number five; then north fifty degrees and fifteen minutes east, about seven miles and three rods to a certain point bearing north thirty-one degrees and forty-five minutes west, and distant fifty-one rods and ten links from a stake and stones, near a maple tree blazed and marked I. B. D. Z. H.; then in a line of marked trees south thirty-one degrees and forty-five minutes east, five miles fifty-one rods and sixteen links; and then south fifty-eight degrees and fifteen minutes west, two miles one quarter and eight rods, to the place of beginning.

13. The town of Middletown shall contain all that part of Middle said county, bounded as follows: beginning in the bounds town. of the county at the most easterly corner of Andes, and running thence along the bounds of the county northeasterly

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Roxbury.

Sidney.

Stamford.

Tompkins.

Walton.

and northwesterly to the most southerly corner of Roxbury; then along the bounds of Roxbury northwesterly to Bovina; then southwesterly along the bounds of Bovina to Andes; and then southerly and southeasterly along the bounds of Andes to the place of beginning.

14. The town of Roxbury shall contain all that part of said county, bounded as follows: beginning at the eight mile tree in the division line between lots number forty and forty-one in the Hardenburgh patent, and running thence according to the line run by Philip Walker in the year one thousand eight hundred and one, to the high peak of the mountain near the head of Rose's brook; then following the ridge or chain of mountains northerly from peak to peak to the highway or road on the top of the mountain that leads from the town plot, so called, to the dwelling-house now or heretofore of John Moore, esquire; then due north to the northeasterly bounds of the county; then southeasterly and southwesterly along the same to the north line of great lot number eight, in the Hardenburgh patent; then along the same and of great lot number forty to the place of beginning.

15. The town of Sidney shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Southerly, by Masonville: Westerly and Northerly, by the bounds of the county: and Easterly, by Franklin.

16. The town of Stamford shall contain all that part of said county, bounded as follows: beginning in the bounds of the county at the most northerly corner of Roxbury, and running thence along said bounds northwesterly to the Delaware river; then down along the same to where it is intersected by a continuation of the division line between lots number forty and forty-one in the Hardenburgh patent; then along said continuation and said division line southeasterly to the bounds of Bovina; then along the same northeasterly and southeasterly to Roxbury; and then northeasterly along the bounds of Roxbury to the place of beginning.

See Laws of 1834, ch. 143.

17. The town of Tompkins shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Northwesterly, by Masonville: Easterly, by Walton: Southerly, by Hancock: and Westerly, by the bounds of the county.

18. The town of Walton shall contain all that part of said county, within the following limits: beginning where the southwest line of a gore of land in Rapelje's patent belonging to the late William Cockburn crosses the division line between Masonville and Tompkins; thence running on the said line southeasterly to the corner of lots number one hundred and two, and one hundred and eleven; then south along the westerly line of lots number one hundred and eleven, one hundred and twenty in said Rapelje's patent, and the same continued to the north line of lot number two hundred and six in said patent; then westerly along the line of lots to the corner of

lot number two hundred in said patent; then southerly along the same to the Delaware river; then up the same to the north line of great lot number thirty-five in the Hardenburgh patent; then along the same to the line which is the northwesterly bounds of Hancock and Colchester; then along the said line to the town of Hamden; then along the bounds of Hamden to the town of Franklin; and then along the towns of Franklin, Sidney and Masonville, to the place of beginning.

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S 13. The county of Greene shall be divided into the Greene. towns of Athens, Cairo, Catskill, Coxsackie, Durham, Hunter, Greenville, Lexington, New-Baltimore and Windham, the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows:

1. The town of Athens shall contain all that part of said Athens. county, bounded as follows: beginning in the east bounds of the county at a point south seventy-three degrees east, from a buttonwood tree standing on the west bank of Hudson's river, near the southerly point of an island, called Paddock's Island; and running thence north seventy-three degrees west, to said tree; then on the same course four hundred and four chains to the Schoharie turnpike road near the Hooge Bergh, or high hill; then along the northerly side of said road to a creek, called Potock creek; then down along the same to an oak tree standing on the bank of said creek near where a fulling mill owned by Ezekiel Benton, formerly stood; then south sixty degrees west, sixty-four chains to the Catskill creek; then down along the same one hundred and ninety-six chains to a small buttonwood tree standing on the east bank thereof, thirty chains above or northerly of the dwelling-house now or late of Martin G. Schuneman; then south sixty-three degrees east, thirty-seven chains to the Athenian turnpike road; then south fifty-five degrees and thirty minutes east, one hundred and ninety-eight chains to the northeasterly side of the Corlear's kill; then down along the same to the Hudson's river; then south fifty-five degrees and thirty minutes east, to the bounds of the county; and then northerly along the same, to the place of beginning.

2. The town of Cairo shall contain all that part of said Cairo. county, included within the following bounds: beginning at an oak tree, on the bank of the Potock creek, near the fulling mill now or late of Ezekiel Benton, and running thence northerly along said creek until it intersects the Schoharie turnpike road, at or near the dwelling-house now or late of Calvin Wright; then westerly, along said turnpike road, until it intersects the line of Coeyman's confirmation, continued south from the southwest corner thereof; then southerly to the Susquehanna turnpike road, two chains south of the dwellinghouse now or late of Daniel Crane; then in a direct line to the Batavia road, one chain north of the dwelling-house now or late of Bildad Hines; then continuing said line to the

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Catskill.

Coxsackie.

Durham.

summit of the Catskill mountains; then southerly along the top of said mountains until it intersects a line run from the place of beginning, south sixty degrees west; and then along said line, to the place of beginning.

3. The town of Catskill shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Southerly, by Hunter and the bounds of the county: Northwesterly, by Cairo: Northerly, by Athens: and Easterly, by the bounds of the county.

4. The town of Coxsackie shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Easterly, by the bounds of the county: Southerly, by Athens and Cairo: Westerly, by Greenville: and Northerly, by New-Baltimore.

5. The town of Durham shall contain all that part of said county, bounded Northerly, by the bounds of the county: Southwesterly, by Windham: Southeasterly, by Cairo: and Easterly, by Greenville.

See Laws of 1836, ch. 31.

Greenville, 6. The town of Greenville shall contain all that part of said county, beginning at the northwest corner of the patent of Augustus Prevoost, and running thence easterly along the bounds of the county, to the line of Coeyman's confirmation; then easterly along the bounds of the county, three and an half miles; then southerly to the Schoharie turnpike road, parallel with the line of confirmation, and a line continued south from the southwest corner thereof; then westerly along said turnpike road, until it intersects the said line of confirmation, continued south; then south sixty-five degrees and thirty-six minutes west, to the middle of Catskill creek; then up the middle of said creek, until it intersects a straight line, to be drawn in continuation of the west line of Augustus Prevoost's patent; and then along the line so intersected, and the west line of said patent, to the place of beginning.

Hunter.

7. The town of Hunter shall contain all that part of said county, bounded as follows: beginning in the south bounds of the county, at the southwest corner of great lot number twenty-three, of the Hardenburgh patent, and running thence along the bounds of the county easterly and northerly, to a rock-oak tree, being the southwest corner of land now or late of Gilbert E. Palin and Jonathan Palin; then north twentyfour degrees east, to stones on the top of the Catskill mountain, at Pine-Orchard, (bearing south forty-eight degrees east, thirty-one chains from the monument in the Cader's kill, at the outlet of the upper lake, the northeast corner of the Hardenburgh patent;) then along the top of said mountain, on a line run by John Kiersted in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to a stake and stones in the east bounds of great lot number twenty-two, of the Hardenburgh patent, twelve chains south from the north bounds of said patent, (or the northeast corner of said lot;) and then along the east