Hankins, New York and the People who Lived There

I'm starting to create timelines for residents of Hankins, New York. These aren't going to be great prose - more summaries of the information I find as I'm finding it.  First up in Frederick Albert.  From the 1872 Gazetteer  In 1872, Frederick W. Albert had a postal address in Hankins. He was a lumberman and farmer, who farmed 130 acres. [1] From the 1875 New York State Census, both the population schedule and the agricultural schedule.  In 1875, Frederick W. Albert lived with his wife Mary A., and his widowed father-in-law, William Kettle, in Fremont, Sullivan County, New York. They lived in a frame house valued at $ 600. Frederick, a 51 year old farmer was born in Pennsylvania. His wife Mary, age 40, and his father-in-law, William, age 60, were both born in Schoharie County. Both Frederick and William were native born citizens who were entitled to vote. Frederick owned the land where his house stood.[2]  Frederick owned 40 acres of land, half of which was impr...

 In 1875, Frederick W. Beers published an atlas of Sullivan County, New York that shows many of the landowners. These cadastral maps are an incredible tool for helping to figure out where people lived at the time. The Atlas is available at the Library of Congress at  https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3803sm.gla00190/. The Table of Contents on page 1 shows what is in the volume. [1] Page 17-18 show a map of Sullivan County. [2] The Town of Fremont is located on the west side of the county bordering Delaware County, New York and the Delaware River. Across the river is Wayne County, Pennsylvania.  Page 33 shows a map of the Town of Fremont. [3] Hankins is located in District 1 at the bottom of the map in the center.  By cropping in and enlarging District 1 on the map of Fremont makes it easier to see the names of people who lived in that area. [4] I believe District 1 refers to the School District - since School no. 1 was at Hankins.  Page 35 shows the area that I thin...

Pages 236-241 of Hamilton Child's Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County, N.Y. for 1872-3  contains a list of individuals and firms in Fremont, including those with Post Office Address at Hankins. Copies of the Gazetteer  can be downloaded from the Internet Archive and FamilySearch.   Information for each entry was: "1. Name of individual or firm. 2. Post office address in parenthesis. 3. Business or occupation." For farmers, the number after their occupation was the number of acres owned or leased. Names of subscribers to the directory were in capital letters. [1] Page 236 Albert, Frederick W. (Hankins) lumberman and farmer 130.  Battlemash, Anna Mrs. (Hankins) famer 150.  Bauer, Michael. (Hankins) farmer 63. Bear, John, (Hankins) shoemaker and farmer 60  Brant, Church (Hankins) farmer 72.  Page 237  Brown, M.S., (Hankins) farmer 115. Buestman, Chas., (Hankins) town clerk and carpenter. Claus, Martin Jr. (Hankins) farmer 100. CORR, ...