Gazetteer of
the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology,
And General History of the State, and a Complete History and Description of
Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality. With Full Tables Of Statistics.
By J. H. French. Syracuse, N.Y.: Published By R. Pearsall Smith
1860.
Page 625.
HARTSVILLE-- was formed
from Hornellsville, Feb. 7, 1844. It lies on the W. border of the
co., S. of the center. The surface is a hilly upland, broken by several
deep valleys. Purdy Creek flows E. through the N. part, and the valley of
Bennetts Creek extends along the E. border. These creeks are bordered by steep
hillsides 400 to 600 feet high. The soil is a shaly and clayey loam.
Hartsville Center, (Purdy Creek p. o.,) on Purdy Creek, near
the center of the town, contains 15 houses. The first settlement was made
in 1809, by Benj. Brookins. 13 The is no
church in town.
13 Joseph Purdy settled in the town in 1810;
- Blake in 1815; Thos. Williams, - Satterlee, Joshua Davis, and - Neff in
1818; William D. Burdick and Perry Potter in 1819; Daniel P.
Carpenter, Frost Powell, Joseph Thompson, John and Robert G. Martin,
and - Hudson in 1822; and Casper Van Buskirk and Wm. Ellison in 1823. The
first birth was that of Sarah A. Carpenter; the first marriage, that of Robert
G. Martin and Mary A. Gleason; and the first death, that of an infant child of
Ebenezer Mather, - all in 1823. Daniel P. Carpenter opened the first store, in
1825, and built the first sawmill in 1828; and Henry Frisbee kept the first
tavern, in 1849. The first school was taught by Miss Z. A. Purdy, in
1826.
