Oneida County, NY: history

The Kirkland Township chapter from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896).  16+ pages, PDF format, download.  $3.50  

The New Hartford Township chapter  from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896).  18+ pages, PDF format, download.  $3.50  

The Paris Township chapter from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896). 15+ pages, PDF format, download.  $3.50   

The Vernon Township chapter from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896). 14+ pages, PDF format, download.  $3.50  

The Annsville Township chapter from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896). 8+ pages, PDF format, download.  $2.75

The Augusta Township chapter from from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896).  For students of migrations, it is noteworthy that of the first 48 families to settle Augusta Township, 18 were from Litchfield County, CT, another area we cover.  18+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.00.

Oneida County, from French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860).  This source is considered authoritative for the period just preceding the Civil War.  Most subsequent gazetteers borrow heavily from French's. 

The following Oneida County localities are mentioned in boldface type in this chapter:  Annsville, Glenmore, Taberg, Blossvale, Augusta, Knox Corners, Oriskany Falls, Ava, Ava Corners, Boonville, Alder Creek, Forest Port, Hawkinsville, Hurlbutville, Bridgewater, North Bridgewater, Babcock Hill, Camden, West Camden, Hillsborough, Deerfield, Deerfield Corners, North Gage, Florence, Empeyville, East Florence, Florence Hill, Floyd, Floyd Corners, Kirkland, Clinton, Manchester, Franklin, Clarks Mills, Lee, Lee Center, Delta, West Branch, Stokes, Marcy, Stittsville, Marshall, Deansville, Hanover, Forge Hollow, New Hartford, Washington Mills, New York Upper Mills, Willow Vale, Paris, East Sauquoit, West Sauquoit, Clayville, Cassville, Paris Hill, Holman City, Remsen, Forest Port, Port Woodhull, Rome, West Rome, Stanwix, Greens Corners, Ridge Mills, North Rome, Sangerfield, Waterville, Sangerfield Center, Stockwell Settlement, Steuben, Steuben Corners, Steuben Station, Trenton, Trenton Falls, South Trenton, Holland Patent, Prospect, Stittsville, Utica, Vernon, Vernon Center, Oneida Castle, Turkey Street, Verona, Durhamville, Verona Depot, State Bridge, Higginsville, New London, Sconondoa, Dunbarton, Vienna, North Bay, McConnellsville, Elpis, Fish Creek Landing, West Vienna, Western, Westernville, North Western, Big Brook, Delta, Westmoreland, Hampton, Lowell, Hecla Works, Lairdsville, Spencer Settlement, Eureka, Whitestown, Whitesboro, Oriskany, Yorkville, New York Mills, Walesville, Colemans Mills, and Pleasant Valley.  

16+ pages, PDF format, download now for $1.75. 

Educational Institutions in Oneida County, from Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York (1896).  20+ pages, PDF format, download.  $3.75 

The Whitesboro Central High School yearbook Che-Ga-Quat-Ka for 1943.  This quite extraordinary yearbook, only 18 pages in length, clearly reflects the dark years of World War II and their impact upon the home front.  The dedication -- to class members who would be in the Armed Forces -- and the statement that given the times they are a bit embarrassed to be publishing a yearbook at all, are unique in our experience.  Please note that water damage affects the legibility of a few pages.  Download now in PDF format, 18+ pages.  $4.00.

The Whitesboro Central High School yearbook Che-Ga-Quat-Ka for 1944.  This somewhat unusual high school yearbook is the second in a series of World War II era yearbooks from this high school.  A clear awareness that “there’s a war on” permeates this volume as it did the one for 1943.  That pages four and five list the members of the classes of 1941 – 1944, as well as faculty, serving in the armed forces drives the point home.  The binding of this year’s thin volume is paper, as was the 1943 edition, and as will be the 1945 edition.  The timing of the yearbook makes clear why: at a time of scarce resources, the booklet appears to have gone to print in January, and January 1944 was still not a good time for the Allied forces.  There was a lot of war still to go, and the seniors in this year’s class could expect to be personally involved in its execution.  Download now in PDF format, 27+ pages. $4.00.

The Whitesboro Central High School yearbook Che-Ga-Quat-Ka for 1945.  This is the third number of the World War II yearbooks from this high school.  This class began high school in September 1941, and, from December 7 of that year, spent all their high school years in wartime. A clear awareness that “there’s a war on” permeates this volume as it did the one for 1943 and the one for 1944, but we sense that this class somehow knew that World War II was coming to an end.  The listing of graduates and faculty currently serving is shorter this year since photos from previous class members is omitted.  Nonetheless, there is still a war on, as the paper binding of this year’s thin volume (following the precedents of the 1943 and 1944 editions) makes clear.  This year’s seniors – at least the ones who waited for graduation to enter the service – would play only a very limited role in the war’s conclusion.  30+ pages.  Download now in PDF format.  $4.00.

The Honorable Horatio Seymour: An address by Dr. George L. Miller on the occasion of dedication of a bust in his honor by the Oneida Historical Society (1903)  (re-published from the Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, NY – No. 9). Horatio Seymour, twice governor of New York State, was a very important personage in the Democratic party nationally in the post-Civil War years.  The address provides a human side to events and people who were central to those tumultuous years, both in New York and the nation as a whole.  Once considered a serious candidate for the Presidency, Seymour knew everyone who was important to know, and this address offers anecdotes about some of them as well as of Governor Seymour.  17+ pages, PDF format, download now for $3.00.

Charity in New York State in 1906: State Institutions.  This chapter from volume II of the Annual Report of the State Board of Charities for the year 1906 contains a section about the New York State government's Rome State Custodial Asylum.  See our New York State Miscellany page for more information about this chapter.

Daniel E. Wager's Oneida County, New York

(1896). A three part book of local history about a section of New York State with plenty of it to recount.  Part 1, consisting of 636 pages, is a more or less traditional county history, including history of all the townships that make up the county. We've begun publishing this section as a series of downloads, one per township.  Several are already available (see above) and more will be coming soon.  

Part 2 is biography of locally eminent personages -- 211 pages of it.  That is followed by 382 pages of family history in Part 3. 

We'll be adding the chapter about Oneida County from Mather & Brockett's Geographical History of the State of New York (1848) shortly as a download. 

Since our Principal Partner is an alumnus of Hamilton College, in Clinton, Oneida County, NY -- in fact, that is where he majored in History and acquired a lifelong interest in the subject -- you can expect to see more Oneida County material from us in the future.