. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . period the names of John Leggett, ArentMeddaugh, Peter Snyder, Rocloff Ganz, Isaac De Lameter,Jonas Bronk, Christoffel Miller, Andrew Garner, JohannesSpoor, John J. Van Ness, Abraham Van Vleck, DanielWeidman, Aaron Ostrander, Hendrick Shevor, SylvesterBayley, Jacob Legget, Peter Ham, John Reynolds, Jo-hannes Pruyn, Johannes Laut, and Johannes Moet appearupon the church records as prominent citizens of whatwas then Kinderhook, although it is probable that a fewof the
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . period the names of John Leggett, ArentMeddaugh, Peter Snyder, Rocloff Ganz, Isaac De Lameter,Jonas Bronk, Christoffel Miller, Andrew Garner, JohannesSpoor, John J. Van Ness, Abraham Van Vleck, DanielWeidman, Aaron Ostrander, Hendrick Shevor, SylvesterBayley, Jacob Legget, Peter Ham, John Reynolds, Jo-hannes Pruyn, Johannes Laut, and Johannes Moet appearupon the church records as prominent citizens of whatwas then Kinderhook, although it is probable that a fewof the foregoing, and those named in the list following,may have resided in Claverack. In 1784, John Mesick,Cornelius Miller, Mathew Pruyn, Jacob Sprugstein,Thomas Son, Peter Wynkoop, Philip Diedrick, Nich-olas Holsapple, Jacobus Sickles, Zachariah Sickles, IsaacVan Ness, John Schenkel, Peter L. Van Alen, BartonFlagelar, John Conklin, Daniel Ludlow, and Joseph are noted as living in the territory tributary to theold church. In the same connection, a little later, appearthe names of Walter Carpenter, Johannes Hover, Daniel. HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. Paddock, Michael Shufelt, Samuel Buskirk, John Pruyn,Nicholas Miller, John Salsberg, Adam Hoffman, PeterSnyder, Jr., Isaac Labajh, John Devoe, Peter Pulver,John Holland, and John Bogardus. Owing to its proximity to the river, and the favorableconditions afforded by it for the sale of fiirm products, thesettlements of Kinderhook were denser at an early daythan in some of the other towns. This proportion has notbeen maintained to the present day. The population in1875 was three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six,twelve less than in 1865. PIONEER MILLS. As near as can be determined, the first mill in the countywas erected in old Kinderhook. Frans Peiters Clavershad a saw-mill on the little stream, two miles north fromStuyvesant Landing, as early as 1665. Here, doubtless,was sawn the lumber used by the eai-ly settlers, and
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