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 626.
HORNBY 1-- was formed from "Painted Post," (now Corning,) Jan.
27, 1826. Campbell was taken off in 1831, and a part was annexed to Orange
(Schuyler co.) April 11, 1842. It lies near the center of the N. border of
the co., and its surface is mostly a high, rolling upland. The streams are Dry
Run in the N.W., and Post and Borden Creeks in the S., all flowing in deep,
narrow valleys. The soil is a shaly and clayey loam of good
quality. Hornby Forks (Hornby p. o.) contains 2
churches, several manufactories, and 21 dwellings. The first settlement was made
in 1814, by Asa and Uriah Nash, from Otsego Co. 2 There are
4 churches in town. 3
1 Named from John Hornby, an English
landholder to a large extent in this and other western
cos. 2 Jesse Platt, John Robbins, and
Edward Stubbs settled in the town in 1815; John St. John, Amasa Stanton, James
S. and Hiram Gardner, Chester Knowlton, and Aden Palmer in 1815-16; Benj.
Gardner, Isaac Goodell, Aaron Harwood, and John Sayer in 1818. The first birth
was that of George Stanton; the first marriage, that of John Bidler and Miss
Platt, in 1816; and the first death, that of John Stanton. Ezra Shaw kept the
first inn; Hon. A. B. Dickinson, the first store; and __ La Fevre built the
first mill. James C. Leach taught the first school.
3 Bap., Christian, Presb., and Wes. Meth.
