History of Montgomery County : embracing early discoveries, the advance of civilization, the labors and triumphs of Sir William Johnson, the inception and development of manufactures, with town and local records, also military achievements of Montgomery patriots . e this charge was never sustainedit so embarrassed him that he resigned the superintendency of Indianaffairs; nor would he again accept the office when subsequentlyrequested to resume its duties, until he yielded to Braddocks solicita-tion. The title of Colonel Johnson first appeared in 1746 in correspon-dence which he held with Gove
History of Montgomery County : embracing early discoveries, the advance of civilization, the labors and triumphs of Sir William Johnson, the inception and development of manufactures, with town and local records, also military achievements of Montgomery patriots . e this charge was never sustainedit so embarrassed him that he resigned the superintendency of Indianaffairs; nor would he again accept the office when subsequentlyrequested to resume its duties, until he yielded to Braddocks solicita-tion. The title of Colonel Johnson first appeared in 1746 in correspon-dence which he held with Governor Clinton, and soon afterwards hewas ordered to organize the militia for frontier defence. In obedienceto this commission he formed the Germans and other settlers into militiacompanies ; and thus the former land agent, now known as ColonelJohnson, having this force under his command, together with hisIndian allies, established a formidable barrier against the so dreadedFrench invasions. In 1750 Colonel Johnson received a still higher honor, being ap-pointed a member of the governors council, a body whose decisionscontrolled the highest public interests. His opinions in its deliberations * Johnsons Indian name is differentlyigiven in a preceding SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. 61 had a peculiar value because of his familiarity with Indian affairs, andhere he proved eminently useful. As an acknowledgment of hisservices, and also as a compensation for ad\ances and expendituresmade for the public benefit among the Indians, Colonel Johnson wasvoted by the council a belt of land two miles in width surrounding On-ondaga lake, and including, of course, the site of Syracuse, whose saltsprings had even then attracted attention. We now reach that interval of almost peaceful nature which precededthe last struggle between the French and the British, and Colonel John-son improved this opportunity to advance the welfare of his estates,which were rapidly increasing in extent as well as in va
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