Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/17/24
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
39 South Street
Trumansburg, NY 14886
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The New Military Tract is a group of 28 towns in central New York State that were laid out and then surveyed into one-hundred 600-acre lots from 1789-91. The military lots were used to compensate New York soldiers for their service during the Revolutionary War. The lots were awarded by random ballots, one lot for each private and multiple lots for officers. There were various set-asides and reservations. The towns of Ovid, Hector and Ulysses are a part of the military tract.
The surveyors’ journals for these lots have been transcribed and their notes have been entered on a digital map by a group of volunteers. The BRHG received generous support of the Nelson B. Delavan Foundation for this project.
https://backbone-ridge.github.io/military-lots
This interactive map will allow you to follow the original survey lot lines of the towns encompassing the Backbone Ridge, located between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. Eventually you will have access to views of the original manuscript, the transcription of each page and other information. The current edition of the map shows the original ballotee—the soldier who was awarded the lot – and identifies the person who settled the lot. It also provides the surveyors’ descriptions of the forest landscape along the survey lines and photos of the area described.
