Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . ing thus traced the history of the city from the beginning of thecentury to the time when pioneership and early settlement became lostin the general growth and advancement, and having recalled the namesand something of the deeds of as many as possible of the persons andfamilies who were instrumental in accomplishing achieved results, it isnow proper that the subject of municipal history be divided into itscomponent elements, and classified, and that a record of each branch bemade for the use of future generations. I 126 BINGHAMTON, ITS SETTL
Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . ing thus traced the history of the city from the beginning of thecentury to the time when pioneership and early settlement became lostin the general growth and advancement, and having recalled the namesand something of the deeds of as many as possible of the persons andfamilies who were instrumental in accomplishing achieved results, it isnow proper that the subject of municipal history be divided into itscomponent elements, and classified, and that a record of each branch bemade for the use of future generations. I 126 BINGHAMTON, ITS SETTLEMENT, CHAPTER X. VILLAGE ORGANIZATION AND MUNICIPAL HISTORY. The first known survey for a village plot on the site of the city wasmade in 1797, but by whom and under what authority is not now per-fectly clear. It is probable, however, that the work was done by JamesWilson, one of the proprietors of the Hooper-Wilson-Bingham tract, as TJAT OF CHENANGO POINT PonaM oiavinaj IN 1797. ?VVjiitiJcys yf I // A A ^ XrniUj made here withthelndMh.^in ; Vj, Orave Yard he was engaged to run the lines of the purchase and also to complete thesurvey and subdivision into farm lots. The plot referred to is of noconsequence in village history as nothing shows that it was ever usedin making sales. According to the map the village was laid out in lots,though the place was not then designated by name. The general situ-ation of the region in 1797 is shown in the map herewith produced, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 127 which by special permission is taken from Wilkinsons Annals of Bing-hamton. At the time indicated a few settlers under title and a larger numberof squatters were scattered over the territory. The only cleared spaceof any size was that formerly occupied by the Tuscarora village ofOchenang, but the Indian habitations had been destroyed by Clintonsmen nearly twenty years before.
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