Tompkins County, NY History

The 143rd Regiment, New York Volunteers, Infantry (1892). 

This is the history of the "Sullivan County Regiment" -- a well-respected Civil War outfit, largely populated with Sullivan County boys, but which also included a company drawn from Tompkins County.  Includes rosters and other individual information. 32+ pages, PDF format.  $3.50 

The Tompkins County chapter from French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860).

French’s Gazetteer is, of course, the standard reference for New York information at the point just before the Civil War began.  Most county gazetteers – and there were many, including some re-published by us – subsequent to French’s either acknowledged their use of information from this source or simply used French’s information without attribution.  It is interesting today to read an account of Ithaca, NY, absent a discussion of the institutions of higher learning that are so important there today.  6+ pages, PDF format, download now for $2.25.

Tompkins County from Mather & Brockett's Geographical History of the State of New York (1848)

A dozen years before French's Gazetteer, Mather and Brockett compiled their Geographical History.  Much happened in that dozen years in terms of development of the state, and there's some evidence of it when one compares the treatment Tompkins County received in the two sources.  While Tompkins County receives only four pages in Mather & Brockett, they are an important part of the historical record.  We also include the section about underlying land grants and patents in New York State as background.  4++ pages, in PDF format, download now for $1.50.

See also: Noted Women of the Genesee Country by Mary Hotchkin Hoag (undated).