Tryon County, New York
Tryon County was a
The county was divided into five districts: Mohawk, Palatine, Canajohorie, German Flatts, and Kingsland. The county court house and jail were erected in
Its members in the Province of New York assembly were Sir John Johnson and Hendrick Frey.
American Revolution
In August 1774, shortly before the outbreak of the American Revolution, some members of the county formed the Tryon County Committee of Safety to harass their Loyalist neighbors, eventually causing many to flee to the safety of Canada. Guy Johnson and a large party of supporters left in May 1775. Sir John Johnson and a large party of his supporters left in May 1776. By 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County had fled.
In December 1780, the results of a census stated that the number of uncultivated farms was 1200 and that 354 families had abandoned and had fled the county. In some places such as Cherry Valley, Springfield, and Harpersfield there was no one to conduct a census. This was out of a pre-war population of around 10,000. Schenectady came near to being the limit of civilization.
After the war
On April 2, 1784, the new state's
See also
- For the history of Tryon County prior to 1772 see Albany County, New York
- For the history of Tryon County after 1784 see Montgomery County, New York
- List of New York counties
- List of former United States counties
References
- ^ "Introduction to Tryon County of 1772-1784". NYGenWeb. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ Anderson, p. 67
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Sylvester, p. 12
Bibliography
- Anderson, George Baker (1897). Landmarks of Rensselaer County New York. Syracuse, New York: D. Mason and Company. OCLC 1728151.
- Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Rensselaer Co., New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. OCLC 3496287.
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