Timeline of Sources

1831 - Letter from John Hankins to Susan Hankins 

1834 - Letter from John Hankins to Chauncey Thomas

1835 - Letter from John Hankins to Susan Hankins (April)

1835 - Letter from John Hankins to Susan Hankins (December) 

1872 - Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County, N.Y. for 1872-3.

1875 - County Atlas of Sullivan, New York. 

1875 - New York State Census and Agricultural Census


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