. The journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York continental regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's campaign against the western Indians . rst year of his age. He married at theage of nineteen, and seven years afterwards, in 1800, hemoved with his little family to Scipio. His family occupieda log house, two and one-half miles south-east of what is knownas Poplar Ridge, until he could erect a log house and open aclearing on land located three-fourths of a mile west of PoplarRidge which was given him by his father. When the housewas ready he moved his fam
. The journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York continental regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's campaign against the western Indians . rst year of his age. He married at theage of nineteen, and seven years afterwards, in 1800, hemoved with his little family to Scipio. His family occupieda log house, two and one-half miles south-east of what is knownas Poplar Ridge, until he could erect a log house and open aclearing on land located three-fourths of a mile west of PoplarRidge which was given him by his father. When the housewas ready he moved his family into it. In this they livedfor years until his farm was cleared, when a frame housewas erected on the same ground and continued to be occu-pied until his decease. The house is yet standing, and isowned and occupied by Wm. R. Hazard. Mr. Woods mechanical and inventive talent manifesteditself at an early age. It is said when only five years old hecommenced his experiments. He melted his mothers pewterspoons to cast a mould-board for a little plow, and cut thesmall buckles from his fathers harness to complete one forthe cat to draw the plow with. These early attempts were. 118 INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS suppressed, for awhile at least, by the old fashioned whip-ping that followed, and no active efforts were made in thatdirection again until after marriage. At the time of hisfirst settlement in this County, the condition of the countrywas such that plows were not a necessity under the thensystem of cultivation. Mr. Wood, long before the countrywas really in condition for the plow, began his experiments,and turnips and potatoes were shaped by his knife and handsinto miniature plows, as models of form. He commencedactive experiments in Scipio as early as 1812, and his first})atent was obtained July 1, 1814, and his patent for the})low in its perfected form, Se})tember 1, 1819. When or where his first plow was cast, is uncertain, asseveral localities claim the credit. One of Woods p
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