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Saint Mark's Episcopal Church Parish Register, front pages (1868).pdf
[AI transcription]
The Reverend George G. Parnell, A.M., of the Diocese
of Buffalo, N.Y., held the first service according to the rites
and…
Tonawanda Cemetery on maps (1857, 1866).jpg
The graves in this early Tonawanda burying grounds (shown on an 1857 map as the "Niagara River Cemetery") are moved starting in the 1840s to Sweeney…
1837 Tonawanda Cemetery and 2025 Sweeney Cemetery locations, map overlay.jpg
Cemetery as it appears on Chart of Tonawanda Harbor, with villages of Tonawanda and Whitehaven (1837).
(Some) John Sweeney correspondence with War Department over disability suffered at Fort George in November 1813 (1813–1821).pdf
This is probably not the famous "Colonel John Sweeney." This John Sweeney in 1813 joined Capt. Ransom Harmon’s company of the 13th New York…
Bascule bridge south abutment construction, railroad bridge in use just east, photo (Annual canal report, c1918).jpg
Clear view of old train bridge with pediments
Future Fish Place (Fireman building) photo, gypsy story, front page (Tonawanda News, 1923-05-22).pdf
Niagara Frontier War of 1812, map (1888).jpg
Showing Tonawanda "Guard House." Is this the block house? Maybe. In small outposts, a blockhouse might also serve as a guardhouse if it was the only…
Locke cemetery plot deed for children, transcription (1865-01-03).jpg
AI Transcription:
Cemetery Association Deed
Know all Men by these Presents, That the Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery…
Fonner to Chadwick, 62 acres for $5,200, formality (Index of Deeds 154 p153, 1881-05-11.jpg
This never takes effect; the sheriff's sale actually transfers title
John and Hannah Johnson, collected federal and state census information.doc
1840 U. S. Census - Town of Wheatfield Name Category John Johnson Free colored male between ages of 24 and 35 * Free colored…
John Chadwick in court over cow with Old Man Behring, over alleged barn arson with Oldenburgh, articles (Tonawanda Herald, 1883-1885).jpg
Clippings by Bille
New trial in Johnson-Fonner property dispute scheduled at Lockport, article (Tonawanda Herald, 1878-04-18).jpeg
Clipped by Bille.
Jesse F. Locke land sale to John Chadwick (1853-11-02).jpg
Chadwick pays $500 for a 31-acre strip in center of Lot 10 from its north boundary to Tonawanda Creek (not Johnsons land)
Johnsons quit-claim their 12 acres to John Chadwick for $1, indenture and deed, transcription (New York Land Records, 1873-07-08).jpg
John Johnson to Chadwick (Index of Deeds) 161:78 (Lot 10) 12 Acres - On July 8, 1873, John and Hannah sell the land to Chadwick for $1.
AI…
John and Hannah Johnson appearances in U. S. Census (Bille, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1880).jpg
Compiled by Dan Bille. Scribbling by me.
Chadwick called untrustworthy by many Tonawanda heavies in unrelated trial v Hewett, plaintiff (Supreme Court of New York, 1894).png
Payne, Felton Kent and others say defendant Chadwick's reputation for veracity is "not good." Defendant does summon a few middlng defenders. B. L.…
Fonner v. Johnson, Fonner keeps title (69 N.Y. 404, 1879-11-11).png
AI summary: "Fonner actually first took title in **April 1868**, when he bought the 62‐acre tract (including the 12 acres in dispute) from Locke’s…
John Fonner to John Chadwick, Deed Covenant against Grantor (NY Land Records, Vol.141, p.547-8, 1874-07-25).jpg
*AI Transcription*
John Fonner
To
John Chadwick
Deed. Covenant against Grantor
This Indenture…
Chadwick, Johnson and Sherman v. Fonner reversed, new trial granted (Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York Volume 69, 1878, 1877-04-24).jpg
AI: "In which the Court reversed the General Term decision printed at 6 Hun 543 and granted a new trial on the ground that Johnson’s own testimony…
Chadwick, Johnson and Sherman v. Fonner, report (Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Supreme Court of New York, Vol. 13, 1876)
This appellate decision [later reversed?] upholds a referee judgment confirming that Johnson held an equitable title (a court-recognized right to the…
Niagara County, map (D. H. Burr, 1829).jpg
Author Burr, David H., 1803-1875
Date 1829
Short Title Niagara County.
Publisher D.H. Burr
Publisher Location New York
Type Atlas Map
Obj Height…
Jesse F. Locke surrogate court documents, transcripts (1861-1865).doc
Jesse F. Locke dies March 12, 1861, without a will. The land John and Hannah Johnson have been living on is believed to be his. His old pal Lewis S.…
Wurlitzer Centennial, articles (Tonawanda News, 1956-08-25).pdf
A special edition of the Tonawanda News with dozens of articles and photos pertaining to the city's most famous business.
Map of Niagara River or streights between the lakes Erie and Ontario, map (1765).jpg
"with the islands, falls, and rapids therein, as also the carrying place with its road and distance.'
Niagara Hotel and the unreliable stagecoach, article excerpt, transcribed (1833-09).jpg
AI transcription:
THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
EXTRACT TO THE EDITOR, DATED
Niagara Falls, Sept. —, 1833.
Having arrived at Tonawanda about 1…
