Another Fort Schuyler was in the area that is now Utica NY in Oneida
County. It was built in 1758 and named from Col. Peter, an uncle of
General Phillip Schuyler. It was a stockaded work and stood between
Main and Mohawk Streets below Second Street. A blockhouse was built
before the close of the Revolution on the site of the present depot.
Among the early settlers were Uriah ALVERSON, Phillip MOREY, Francis
FOSTER, Stephen PORTER, Joseph BALLON, Jason PARKER, John
CUNNINGHAM, Jacob CHRESTMAN and Matthew HUBBELL. The first store and
inn were kept by John POST in 1790, on the N. corner of Genesee and
Whitesboro Streets. POST had been a dealer among the Indians, and
purchased large quantities of ginseng. Some years after, he ran 3
"stage boats" for passengers to Schenectady.
page 469
footnote 2
Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State
by J. H. French
published by r. Pearsall Smith in 1860 Syracuse, NY.