Jonathan Gillette's 1859 Map of Madison County Town of Nelson   Go to the INDEX of Names and Businesses for this map   Last Modified January 26, 2002 by Daniel H. Weiskotten   Click here to go back to the Cazenovia, Fenner, and Nelson Main Page   Click here to go back to the Cazenovia, Fenner, and Nelson Historic Maps Main Page where links to other portions of this map may be found  

        This is one of the more common of the historic maps of Madison County - one or more being found in any good local history collection.  This wall map, a portion of which is presented here, it is wonderfully detailed, showing land divisions (tracts and lots), houses, mills, cemeteries, roads, and a great variety of geographical features. Because of its incredible detail there are many minor errors.

        Tracts shown on this map include: Township No. One of the Governor's Twenty Townships, 186 lots total

        Because of the difficulty of copying and scanning this fragile map I have had to make a few clarifications of names that appear.  Nothing has been changed, only made clearer.

     An INDEX of Names and Businesses is available for this portion of the 1859 map See also the Detailed Inset Maps of the Hamlets of Nelson Flats and Erieville   Click on the map to see a larger version