. Pioneer history of the Holland purchase of western New York : embracing some account of the ancient remains ... and a history of pioneer settlement under the auspices of the Holland company; including reminiscences of the war of 1812; the origin, progress and completion of the Erie canal, etc., etc., ERIE C OUNT Y HOLLAND PURCHASE. 575 135,344 of corn, 908 of rye, 285,131 of oats, 14,696 of buckwheat,3,063 of beans, 46,550 of peas, 226,946 of potatoes and 4,627pounds of flax. It then contamed 17,306 head of neat cattle, 7,929cows, from which 687,582 pounds of butter and 216,613 pounds
. Pioneer history of the Holland purchase of western New York : embracing some account of the ancient remains ... and a history of pioneer settlement under the auspices of the Holland company; including reminiscences of the war of 1812; the origin, progress and completion of the Erie canal, etc., etc., ERIE C OUNT Y HOLLAND PURCHASE. 575 135,344 of corn, 908 of rye, 285,131 of oats, 14,696 of buckwheat,3,063 of beans, 46,550 of peas, 226,946 of potatoes and 4,627pounds of flax. It then contamed 17,306 head of neat cattle, 7,929cows, from which 687,582 pounds of butter and 216,613 pounds ofcheese were made the preceding year; 6,510 horses, 98,024 sheep,16 churches, 3 academies, 1 female seminary, 120 common schools,18 grist-mills, 40 saw-mills, 36 clergymen, 18 attornies and 31physicians. [For soil, climate, timber «&c. of each county, ttU see topography of the HollandPurchase.] ERIE COUNTY. The old county of Niagara, of which Bufl^alo was the county siteand from which Erie county was erected in 1821, was organized in1808. The first courts were held at the public house of JosephLandon, in Buffalo, in June of that year. Augustus Porter wasthe first Judge, Erastus Granger, Zattu Gushing, James Brooks,Martin Pendergast, Judges.* Asa Kansom was the first Sheriflf,Louis Le Gouteulx t
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