27 May 2008This data was compiled from the original Ledgers. The information
presented here is summarized and arranged from a larger computerized data
base which fully copies the original record.
Notes:
- The name associated with each record is only that of the initial purchaser. Hundreds of lots were transferred to other owners before the account was paid in full, and thus it should not be assumed that the date range indicates that the initial purchaser remained in possession of the lot for that whole time. The Company made no record of secondary transfers and once the property left HLCo. hands no other records were kept by the Company. Secondary records might be found in the County Clerk's Office of Herkimer, Chenango, and Madison Counties. An collection of Articles of Agreement and other papers in the Archives at Lorenzo may give clues as to whom the lot was eventually sold, and I will be investigating this collection as soon as possible.
- The name in parentheses ( ) is as it is given in the original record. They have been rearranged, standardized, and corrected to facilitate computer searching.
- Text within square brackets [ ] is information added from other sources for clarification or correction.
- "Lot D 21" indicates that this is Lot 21 of the DeRuyter Township tract. (I am in the process of building all the links and pages so you can look at the tract plats as wellas the arrangement of the entries by lot number).
- The total price paid for the lot is the initial agreement price and does not include any interest that might have accrued by the time the debt was paid in full.
- When Lots were "Repurchased" by the Company due to failure to pay, abandonment, or through foreclosure, a second (or even third) sales record was begun and will be found in another name. For all records for an individual Lot refer to the Tract and Lot Arrangement. (I am still building this).
- John Lincklaen, agent for the Cazenovia Establishment, was forced to purchase all the remaining Cazenovia lands and the outstanding debts from the HLCo. in 1817. It appears that the transactions which were not completed as of the end of 1816 may have been carried over to another set of books but I have not seen these. They may still exist in the archives of Lincklaen's home, now Lorenzo State Historic Site in Cazenovia.
- The reference at the end of each line "(3:123)" is a citation to the volume and folio in which the original entry may be found.
- blue highlighting indicates there is a question with the name or other entry.
Links to the Name Arrangement