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 623.
CAMPBELL 5
- was formed from Hornby, April 15, 1831. It is an interior town,
lying S.E. of the center of the co. Its surface consists of high, broken ridges,
separated by the valleys of the streams. The declivities of the hills are
generally steep and their summits are 300 to 500 feet above the valleys. The
streams are Conhocton River, flowing S.E. through the W. part of the town, and
its tributaries Wolf Run, McNutt Run, Meads Creek, Dry Run, and Stephens and
Michigan Creeks. The valley of the river is about 1 1/2 mi. wide. The soil is a
clayey and gravelly loam upon the highlands and a rich alluvium in the
valleys. Campbelltown, (p. v.,) on the
Conhocton, is a station on the B., N.Y. & E.R.R., and contains 1 church, 3
sawmills, a flouring mill, 2 tanneries, and about 20 houses. Curtis is a station on the same R.R.
Settlement was commenced in 1800. 6 The first
church (Presb.) was organized in 1831; Rev. B. B. Smith was the first settled
pastor. There are 2 churches in town; Presb. and M.E.
5 Named from the Campbell family, who were
early and prominent settlers. 6 The first
settlers were Samuel Calkins, Elias Williams, Joseph Wolcott, Rev. Robert
Campbell and his son Archibald. The first birth was that of Bradford
Campbell; the first marriage, that of Asa Milliken and Rachael Campbell; and the
first death, that of Frederick Stewart, in 1806. Campbell & Stephens built
the first sawmill, and Campbell & Knox the first gristmill. Robert Campbell
kept the first inn, and Frederick Stewart the first store.
