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.
GREENWOOD-- was formed from
Troupsburgh and Canisteo, Jan. 24, 1827. West Union was taken off in 1845, and a
part of Jasper was annexed in 1848. It lies upon the w. border of the co., s. of
the center. Its surface is mostly a rolling upland. Bennets Creek flows
northerly through the E. part of the town, in a valley 400 to 600 feet
below the summits of the hills. The soil is a gravelly and clayey
loam. Greenwood, (p. v.) on Bennetts Creek,
contains 1 church and 35 houses; and Rough and
Ready (p. v.) 12 houses. West Greenwood
is a p. o. The first settlement was made in 1820, by Christian
Cobey and John H., Ezra, and Phineas Stephens. 11 The census reports 3 churches.
12
11 Eleazar Woodward, John J. Hoyt, H. Carr,
and Lewis Ordway settled in town in 1822. The first birth was that of Charles C.
Stephens; and the first marriage, that of Hiram Putnam and Lucinda
Stephens; and the first death, that of Ezra Cobey. The first gristmill was built
by Col. John Stephens; and the first inn and store were kept by Levi Davis.
Sarah Carr taught the first school. 12 Presb.,
Univ., and R.C.
