; northerly along the bounds thereof to the northerly bounds of said TITLE 5. patent; then northeasterly along the bounds of the said patent to the most northerly corner thereof; then in a straight line to the southwest corner of a patent known by the name of Beaverdam then northerly along the west bounds thereof to a patent granted to John Lindsey; then westerly and northerly along the bounds thereof to the town of Springfield; then westerly along the bounds thereof to the town of Otsego; and then southerly along the towns of Otsego, Hartwick and Milford to the place of beginning. 13. [12.] The town of Milford shall contain all that part of said Milford. county bounded westerly by lots number seventy, forty-one, fortytwo, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six and forty-seven, in a tract of land granted to Charles Reed, Thomas Wharton and others, commonly called the Otego patent, and the eastern boundary line of the said lots continued southerly to the middle of the Susquehanna river; northerly by the town of Hartwick; easterly and southerly by a line beginning at the southeast corner of Hartwick and running thence southerly down the Susquehanna river to the mouth of Cherry Valley creek; then up the said creek to the northeast bounds of lands now or late occupied by Daniel Hunt; then southeasterly along the line of said Hunt's land south fiftyfive degrees east, eighty-eight chains to a soft maple tree marked for a corner; then south twenty-nine degrees fifteen minutes west, along a line of marked trees, nine hundred and eight chains to the middle of the Charlotte river; then down the middle of said river to the mouth of the same; then down the middle of the River Susquehanna until it intersects the easterly bounds of Otego. Lisbon. 14. [13.] The town of New Lisbon shall contain all that part of New said county bounded southerly by a line beginning at the southeast corner of Smith's patent, on the north line of the town of Laurens, and running thence westerly on said line and the north line of the town of Butternuts to the southeast corner of Pittsfield; westerly by Pittsfield; northerly by the line described as the north bounds of Pittsfield continued easterly to Hartwick; and easterly by Hartwick and Laurens. Otego name 15. [14.] The town of Otego [Oneonta] shall contain all that [84] part of said county bounded northerly by Laurens; westerly by altered, and Butternuts; southerly by a line beginning at the southwest corner changed to of lot number seventeen in the Otego patent; and running thence Oneonta. along the northerly bounds of lots number eighteen and twentyone in said patent to the west branch of the Otsdawa creek; then down the same as it runs to the Susquehanna river; then up the said river to the southwest corner of the town of Milford; and easterly by Milford. Otego. [From and after the first Tuesday in March next, all that part of Part of the town of Milford lying southwesterly of a line commencing on annexed to the line of the town of Laurens, at the southwest corner of great lot number fifty in the Otego patent; and running thence an easterly course along the southerly boundaries of said lot number fifty to the southeast corner thereof; thence a southerly course along the easterly boundaries of lot number fifty-one to the southeast corner thereof; thence an easterly course along the southerly TITLE 5. boundaries of lot number fifty-seven to the southeast corner thereof; thence a southerly course along the easterly boundaries of lot number fifty-eight to the southeast corner thereof; thence a southeasterly course to the westerly corner of James Fern's farm; thence along said Fern's southwest line to the Susquehanna river, and across and down the same to the northwest corner of lot number two in Fitch's patent; thence along the north line of said lot number two to the line of the town of Maryland, be annexed to the town of Otego. Part of ed to Otego. All that part of the town of Huntsville lying northeasterly of a also annex line commencing on the line of the town of Franklin, and at the southwesterly corner of lot number nineteen in Wallace's patent, and running from thence along the southwesterly boundaries of said lot to the Susquehanna river, be also annexed to the town of Otego. Part of Otego changed to Otego. And all that part of the town of Otego lying southwesterly of a annexed to line commencing on the Susquehanna river, at the southwest corHuntsville. ner of John Van Woert's farm, and running along the southerly Huntsville boundaries of said farm west twenty degrees north sixty-five chains to the northwest corner of said lot; thence north to the line of the town of Laurens; be annexed to the town of Huntsville: And the said town of Huntsville, as altered by this act, shall hereafter be known by the name of Otego; and the said town of Otego, as hereby altered, shall hereafter be known by the the name of Oneonta.]1 Otego changed to Oneonta, Otsego. Pittsfield. 16. [15.] The town of Otsego shall contain all that part of said county beginning in the northerly bounds of the town of Hartwick at the southwest corner of a tract of land called the twelve thousand acre tract; and running thence north seven degrees east, along the west line of said tract to the south line of Colden's patent; then east to the southeast corner thereof; then north along the east line thereof to the southeast corner of Schuyler's patent; then along the southerly bounds of Exeter to the southeast corner of land now or late of William Lidall on Oak's creek ; then up the said creek and along the southerly and westerly shores of Schuyler's lake to the northeast corner of Exeter; then easterly and northerly along the bounds of Richfield to the town of Springfield; then easterly along the bounds of Springfield to the east shore of Lake Otsego; then southerly and westerly along the waters on the easterly shore of Lake Otsego to the outlet of said lake; then down the same to the town of Hartwick; and then along the easterly and northerly bounds of Hartwick to the place of beginning. 17. [16.] The town of Pittsfield shall contain all that part of said county bounded southerly by Butternuts; easterly by the division line of Croghan and Butler's patent; westerly by the bounds of the county; and northerly by a line beginning in the west bounds of the county, at a tree marked A. D. T., about six miles in a straight line northerly from the northwest corner of the town of Butternuts; and running thence north eighty-eight degrees east, to the west line of Veree's tract in Croghan's patent. 1 Laws 1830, ch. 239. 18. [17.] The town of Plainfield shall contain all that part of TITLE 5. said county bounded westerly and northerly by the bounds of the Plainfield. county; northeasterly by Richfield; southeasterly by Exeter; and southerly by the north bounds of Colden's patent and the same continued westerly to the bounds of the county. Town line Exeter and sub. 7. 19. [18.] The town of Richfield shall contain all that part of said Richfield. county beginning in the bounds of the county at the most north- between erly corner of lot number sixty-four in Schuyler's patent and run- Richfield ning thence along the bounds of the county to the southeast altered, see corner of lot number seventy-three, in Schuyler's patent; then easterly along the line of lots to Exeter; then along the bounds of Exeter to Schuyler's lake; then with a direct line across said lake to the southwest corner of lot number ten in Stewart's patent; then south fifty-three degrees east along the bounds of said lot to the most westerly corner of Springfield; then along the bounds of Springfield northerly to the bounds of the county; and then westerly along the bounds of the county to the place of beginning. [85] 20. [19.] The town of Springfield shall contain all that part of Springfield. said county beginning on the east bank of Lake Otsego at the Vol. 3. southwest corner of a patent granted to John Groesbeck and others, and running thence easterly and northerly along the bounds of said patent to the northeast corner thereof in the north bounds of the county; then westerly, southerly and westerly along the bounds of the county to the northeast corner of lot number four in McNeal's patent, commonly called Stuart's patent; then southerly along the east bounds of lots number four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of said patent to the southeast corner of said last mentioned lot; then easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of the land now or late of Elias Van Benschotten; then along the north bounds of said Van Benschotten's land to Lake Otsego; and then across said lake in a straight line to the place of beginning. altered; 21. [20.] The town of Unadilla shall contain all that part of said Unadilla county bounded northerly by Butternuts; easterly by Huntsville; part taken and southerly and westerly by the bounds of the county. off and annexed to see sub. 2. 22. [21.] The town of Westford shall contain all that part of Butternuts, said county comprehended within the following bounds, to wit: Westford. Beginning twenty-five chains west from the southeast corner of lot number five of McKee's patent, and running westerly to the center of the east line of lot number thirty-two of said patent; then west to the town of Milford; then northeasterly along the bounds of Milford and Middlefield to the southwest corner of the town of Cherry Valley; then easterly and southerly along said bounds to the northwest corner of Louden's patent; then east twenty-five chains; then southerly in a straight line to the place of beginning. 23. [22.] The town of Worcester shall contain all that part of Worcester. said county bounded westerly by Maryland; northerly by Westford and Decatur; southerly and easterly by the bounds of the county. [24. All that part of the town of Butternuts, lying north of a Morris. line commencing at the southeast corner of subdivision lot No. 12 TITLE 5. in great lot No. 5, Otego patent; thence west on the subdivision line to the Morris patent line; thence west in same course across lot No. forty-four, Morris patent; thence north to the northwest corner of lot number forty-four; thence west in line of lots forty-three and thirty to the southwest corner of lot number thirty-seven; thence north to the northwest corner of lot number thirty-seven; thence straight to the southwest corner of Hillington patent; thence north on the Hillington patent line to the Shunpike road; thence on the south side of said road to the Unadilla river, at the south side of the south New Berlin bridge is hereby taken from the said town of Butternuts and erected into a new town by the name of Morris.]1 CHENANGO. Bainbridge. Afton. Bainbridge $36. [Sec. 35.] The county of CHENANGO shall be divided into the towns of Bainbridge, [Afton,2] Columbus, Coventry, Guilford, German, Greene, Lincklaen, Macdonough, New Berlin, Norwich, Otselic, Oxford, Pharsalia, Pitcher, Plymouth, Preston, Sherburne, Smithville, Smyrna, [and North Norwich ;] the extent and limits of which said several towns shall be as follows: 1. The town of Bainbridge shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly by Oxford and Guilford; easterly and southerly by the bounds of the county; and westerly by Coventry and the bounds of the county. [2. All that part of the town of Bainbridge, in the said county of Chenango, bounded and described as follows, viz.: Beginning at the northwest corner of lot No. 47 in said town of Bainbridge, running from thence easterly on the line between lots No. 44 and 47, and 45 and 48, to the northeast corner of lot No. 48; thence south along the line between lots No. 48 and 49 and 51 and 52, to the northwest corner of lot No. 55; thence east along the line between lots No. 52 and 55, and 81 and 85, and 82 and 86, to the northeast corner of lot No. 86; thence south along the line between the lots No. 86 and 87 to the northwest corner of lot No. 91; thence east along the line between lots No. 87 and 91 to the northeast corner of lot No. 91; thence running the same course a direct line east to the east line of the said town of Bainbridge, containing about twenty-five thousand six hundred and forty acres of land, is hereby erected into a separate town to be hereafter known and distinguished by the name of Afton.] [§ 1 of act of board of supervisors, passed Nov. 18, 1857; Laws 1858, ch. 377.] All the remaining part of the said town of Bainbridge shall reas altered. main a separate town by the name of Bainbridge. [§ 2 of same act and ch.] Columbus. 3. [2.] The town of Columbus shall contain all that part of said county distinguished as township number seventeen on the map made by the surveyor-general of this state. Coventry. 4. [3.] The town of Coventry shall contain all that part of said county comprehended in the following bounds: Beginning in the south bounds of the county at the southeast corner of the gospel and school lot in the township of Greene and running thence along the line of lots north to the northwest corner of lot number thir 1 Laws 1849, ch. 248. 2 Afton was taken from the town of Bainbridge by act of supervisors, passed November 18th, 1857. See Laws 1858, ch. 377. teen of said township; then east to the southwest corner of lot TITLE 5. number ten; then along the northwest bounds of lot number ten to the northwest corner of said lot; then east to the northeast corner of lot number nine, in the west bounds of the township of Fayette; then along the same south to the northwest corner of a tract of sixteen thousand acres of land in the township of Clinton, granted to Robert Harpur; then along the bounds thereof east, south and west to the bounds of the county, and then along the same north and west to the place of beginning. [86] Vol. 3. Greene annexed to [All that part of the town of Oxford described as follows: Be- Oxford and ginning at the southwest corner of Fayette township; thence run- [parts of ning easterly along the south line of the town of Oxford to the Coventry northeast corner of the town of Coventry; thence northerly at right angles to the north line of lot number seventy-eight; thence westerly along the north line of lots number seventy-eight, eighty-four, eighty-seven, eighty-eight and eighty-nine to the west line of Fayette township; thence southerly to the place of beginning; also all that part of the town of Greene beginning at the north end of the west line of the town of Coventry; thence running northerly to the south line of lot number forty; thence easterly at right angles along the south line of lots forty, thirty-nine and thirty-eight, to intersect the oblique line of the town of Coventry, be and are hereby annexed to the town of Coventry.]1 5. [4] The town of German shall contain all that part of said German. county bounded northerly by Pitcher; westerly by the bounds of the county; easterly by Pharsalia and Macdonough; and southerly by the south bounds of Macdonough continued westerly to the bounds of the county. [altered, see $ 37]. 6. [5.] The town of Greene shall contain all that part of said Greene county, bounded southerly and westerly by the bounds of the coun- sub 4 and ty; northerly by Smithville; and easterly by Oxford and Coventry. 7. [6.] The town of Guilford shall contain all that part of said Guilford. county bounded northerly by Norwich; easterly by the east bounds of the county; southerly by the south bounds of the township of Fayette; and westerly by a line beginning in the north bounds of the township of Fayette, between lots number forty-six and fiftyfive, and running thence south until it intersects the south bounds. of said township, between lots number sixty-three and seventy-one. 8. [7.] The town of Linklaen shall contain all that part of said county bounded northerly and westerly by the bounds of the altered, see county; easterly by the west bounds of the twenty townships; and southerly by the town of Pitcher. Linklaen sub. 15). nough. 9. [8.] The town of Macdonough shall contain all that part of Macdosaid county distinguished on said map as the thirteenth of said twenty townships. [altered, off and 10. [9.] The town of New Berlin shall contain all that part of New Berlin said county comprehending the sixteenth of the said twenty town- part taken ships, and the three eastern tier of lots in the tenth and fifteenth annexed to townships, so far south as the quarter line of the said fifteenth township. Sherburne, see sub. 181. 1 Laws 1843, ch. 101. |