TOWN OF HOUNSFIELD
A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents. (702K file)
An 1864 map of The Village of Sackets Harbor
1918 TOWN OF HOUNSFIELD FARM MAP Hough's History--Town of Hounsfield (in Part)
"The Old Historic Village Awakening" (Sackets Harbor, from Shirley Farone's site)
A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.
1810 Census--Town of Hounsfield
Town of Hounsfield 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Hounsfield
Town of Hounsfield Civil War Enlistments
American Local History Network Hounsfield
NORTHERN NEW YORK BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1867-68 SACKETTS HARBOR
Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the town of Hounsfield. Child's Business Directory for the Town of Hounsfield. Haddock Family Sketches--Town of Hounsfield
Bartlett's Cemetery Inscriptions for the Town of Hounsfield. Vital Records 1847-1849 for the Town of Hounsfield.
| OFFICE | CONTACT | PHONE | ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Historians | ROBERT & JEANNIE BRENNAN | 107 E. Washington Street, Sackets Harbor 13685 | |
| Town Clerk | DIANE M. NIER | (B)782-6380(H)646-2073 | 14202 Co Rt 75, Sackets Harbor 13685 |
| E Hounsfield Free Library | MARY FARRINGTON | 788-0637 | Arsenal St Rd, Watertown 13601 |
| Sackets Harbor Village Clerk | LISA GREGORY | 646-3548 | Village Office, PO Box 335, Sackets Harbor 13685 |
| Sackets Harbor Village Historian | BOB & JEANNIE BRENNAN | 646-3663 | 106 Hounsfield, Sackets Harbor 13685 |
| Hay Memorial Library | TONI ELLINGER | 646-2228 | 101 S Broad St, Sackets Harbor 13685 |
| Pickering Beach Museum | JEANNIE BRENNAN | 646-2815 | 501 W Main St, Sackets Harbor 13685 |
| Sackets Harbor Historical Society | MARY JO DEANS | (B)646-1708(H)646-2757 | 100 W Main St, Sackets Harbor 13685 |
On 20 Jun 1801, Augustus Sacket bought the land now comprising the Town of Hounsfield. He named the new town after an Englishman, Ezra Hounsfield, a businessman who once owned the southern part of the township. Mr Sackett began at once to make improvements in the town, and to build himself one of the most pretentious houses in the area. February 17, 1806, the town was created. Hounsfield is best known for its historical connection with the War of 1812, a battle of which was fought at Sacketts Harbor, which was one of the best known Great Lakes ports of its day. Madison Barracks, still standing, were built of stone to house troops of the War of 1812. It was the center of operations during the embargo period and the War of 1812. Perhaps four fifths of the town's population of 1200 suffered some loss during that war.
Hounsfield lies in the center of the western boundary of Jefferson county, and is bounded north and west by the Black River and by Black River and Henderson Bays, and is thus washed by the waters of Lake Ontario. It includes the Galloup Islands, one over 2,000 acres and the other about 48; Stony Island of some 1,500 acres, and Calf Island, some 34 acres. The Town of Brownville is to the north of Hounsfield, the Town of Watertown to the east, while Adams and Henderson are on its south.
East Hounsfield and Sackets Harbor are the only centers of population within its borders, but Dexter and Brownville are on its borders. Camp's Mills was once a hamlet.
History of the Town of Hounsfield linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page taken from CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY by HAMILTON CHILDS, published in 1890, transcribed by Shirley Farone. History of the Town of Hounsfield from "RAY'S PLACE"from OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE by EDGAR C. EMERSON, 1898 History of the Town of Hounsfield, taken fromA HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M.D. linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page
For a Sacketts Harbor Chronology
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From the 1864 Jefferson County Atlas: a summary of statistics for Hounsfield
ACRES OF LAND
Improved 21,622
Unimproved 6,168 3/4
VALUATION
Real Estate 455,213
Personal Property 83,750
Total 538,963
POPULATION
Males 1,656
Females 1,595
Number of Dwellings 627
Number of Families 640
Freeholders 443
SCHOOLS
Number of Districts 17
Children Taught 1,221
LIVE STOCK
Horses 908
Working Oxen and Calves 1,227
Cows 1,842
Sheep 4,021
Swine 959
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Bushels of Grain
Winter 17,686 1/2
Spring 84,772 1/2
Tons of Hay 3,982
Bushels of Potatoes 12,588
Bushels of Apples 10,147
Dairy Products
Pounds of Butter 148,966
Pounds of Cheese 60,118
YARDS OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE 1,878
Names of the Early Settlers |
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| Allen, Ebenezer Ames, Horace Arnold, Daniel Ashby, Sarah Ashby, William Barker, Nathan Bates, Samuel Bates, Samuel Jr. Bell, Hannah Berry/Barrie, Charles Broadbent, Thomas Buss, Loren Conklin, Daniel Coster, Henry Doolittle, Hezekiah Evans, John Evans, William Fawdrey, Daniel Field, Elijah Fox, Amasa Goodrich, Jeremiah Graham, Gouverneur M. Harbridge, James Harris, John Hinman, Theron Holden, Timothy Holloway, Daniel Houghton, Sally |
Hulbert/Hollibut, Amasa Inglehart, Ira Ives, Erastus Ives, Jonathan Ives, Titus Jenks, George Washington Joiner, Asahel Knowlton, Joseph Ladd, Elisha Landon, Joseph Lane, Thomas Luff, Edmund Luff, Jesse Luff, Joseph Luff, Samuel Luff, Samuel Jr Merritt, David Metcalf, Henry Metcalf, William Mcwayne, Josiah Patrick, John Pease, Ambrose Pease, William C. Phelps, John W. Reed, Daniel Resseguie, Samuel |
Robbins, Asher Robbins, Austin Robbins, Joshua Robbins, Robert Robbins, Solomon Root, John Rowlson/Roulison, Uriah Sacket, Augustus Sherman, Eunice Sherwin, Azariah P. Simmons, Stephen Slater, Stephen Sloman, George Smith, Daniel Spicer, David Spicer, Thomas Stoodley, William Taylor, Emeline Tisdale, George L. Tyler, Ezra WARING, William HOUNSFIELD Washburn, Stephen Westcott, Palmer Wilder, Jotham Wright, Thomas |
Another List of Hounsfield Pioneers
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