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Guide to the Land Partition records
The print version of the finding aid was compiled by Laurie Hancock,
Ulster County Clerk's Archives.
© 2005
Overview of the Collection
Repository: |
Ulster County Clerk
Archives |
Sponsor: |
Funding for encoding
this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities. |
Collection Number: |
88-00871_88-00872 |
Creator: |
Ulster County (N.Y.).
Court of Common Pleas |
Title: |
Land Partition records
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Dates: |
1790-1850 |
Physical Description: |
1.5 cu. ft. of textual
records; maps |
Summary: |
Under Chapter 39 of
the Eighth Session of the New York State Legislature, passed
in 1785, land that was held under one title by joint tenants,
tenants in common, or coparceners coonly be divided or partitioned
by commissioners appointed by the Court of Common Pleas. Three
commissioners wereappointed by the court to divide the land
equally among the joint tenants. These records consist of
proceeding returns the Court of Common Pleas dating from 1790
until 1850. |
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Arrangement
There is no apparent arrangement scheme for the material.
Overview
These records consist of proceeding returns of the Court of Common
Pleas. The returns include a summary of proceedings; notices of publication;
notice to the surveyor general; oaths of the commissioners; abstracts
of deeds, surveys and maps; and often a table of errors. Also included
are ballot books used to record the drawing of ballots fo the partition
of lands. The majority of these records relate to lands in the Hardenburgh
and Hurley Patentee Woods.
Biographical Sketch
Under Chapter 39 of the Eighth Session of the New York State Legislature,
passed in 1785, land that was held under one title by joint tenants,
tenants in common, or coparceners could only be divided or partitioned
by commissioners appointed by the Court of Common Pleas. Normally,
this occurred afte the death of one of the joint tenants. Joint tenants
petitioned the court to have the land divided. Notice the partition
was required to appear in two newspapers. Three commissioners were
appointed by the court to divide the land equally among the joint
tenants. A section of the jointly held land, known as an expense lot,
was set aside as payment for the commissioners. Ballots were drawn
for the divided land parcel out the land among the tenants. Commissioners
surveyed the lands held in common and divide each parcel equally.
They were required to submit a return of partition, which included
a summary of proceedings and surveys to the County Clerk’s office.
In 1875, the Ulster County Board of Supervisors appointed Daniel T.
Van Buren to preserve the maps in the County Clerk’s office. At this
time, lan partition records were gathered together, removed from their
original bindings and placed, unbound, in book covers. Also at this
time, some maps were removed from the textual records and placed on
wood rollers. Since that time, the maps had been removed from the
rollers and affixed to pages in large boo presently housed at the
County Clerk’s office.
Administrative Information
Custodial History
The material was filed during the regular performance of the Office
of the County Clerk.
Processing Information
This collection’s description was enhanced as a part of the New York
State Archives Environmental HistoryVirtual Research Collection Project,
2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for
this project.
Use of Collection
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the microfilm
copies; however, the Office of the County Clerk must authorize access
to the original materials.
Available Alternate Formats
Microfilm copies are available in 6 legal-size volumes and can be
found at the Ulster County Records Center.
Related Information
Related Material
Cockburn field notes, land records, and maps, [ca. 1755]-1884 (B1773),
New York State Archives, Albany, N.Y. (forecords related to the division
of the Hurley Patentee Woods); Cockburn Family papers (SC7004); Keirstead
Familypapers (SC17820), at the New York State Library, Manuscripts
and Special Collections, Albany, N.Y. (for related mapsDeed Books,
Ulster County Clerk’s Office, Kingston, N.Y.
Other Finding Aids
A finding aid is available at the repository. The maps that were removed
(detached) from the original documents cabe found at the county clerk’s
office in numbered map books.
Access Terms
Corporate Names
Subjects
Partition of decedents’ estatesPleas (Criminal procedure)County courts
Geographic Names
Ulster County (N.Y.)
Genre/Form
Function
Series
Series
| Title: |
Records of proceedings of the division of land of (deceased)
SimeoTeerpenning in the Second Class Kingston Commons. |
| Dates: |
1814 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Book |
Section |
| 1814 |
Map of Lot No. 57 in
2nd Class Kingston Commons Southside of Rondout Kill. Scale
indeterminable. Page 19. |
A |
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| 1814 |
Map of Lot No. 104 in
2 nd Class South side Rondout Kill Kingston Commons. Scale 5
chains to an inch. Page 20. |
A |
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| 1814 |
Map of the Farm late
of Simeon Teerpenning dec’d of the Town of Esopus. Ulster County.
Scale 5 chains to an inch. Page 21. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Marbletown Patent (formerly Rochester)-Division of the
Estate of Adam Yeaple Dec’d-records of proceedings of division
of Lots No. 8 and 9. |
| Dates: |
1814 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Book |
Section |
| 1814 |
Map of Lands belonging
to the Heirs of Adam Yeaple Dec’d lying in Marbletown Ulster
County. Scale 5 chains to an inch. Following page 58. |
A |
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| 1814 |
Map of Lands belonging
to the Heirs of Adam Yeaple Dec’d lying in Marbletown Ulster
County. Scale 4 chains to an inch. Following page 60. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
A Field Book and Map of a Partition made of a Tract of
land situate in the Town of Marlborough in the County of Ulster,
the property of the Children of Welhelmus Dubois deceased.
Record of proceedings of division of land. |
| Dates: |
1810 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Book |
Section |
| 1810 |
Map of a Partition made
of a Tract of land situate in the Town of Marlborough in the
County of Ulster, the property of the Children of Welhelmus
Dubois deceased. Scale 5 chains to an inch (#102). Map Boo3;
Page 56. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Kingston Village. Partition of Lands of Adijah Dewey and
Others. Records of proceedings |
| Dates: |
1806 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Book |
Section |
| 1806 |
Map of A Partition and
Division made of Lands in the Village of Kingston. Scale 100
feto an inch. Page 130-A, 130-B |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Village of Pleasant Valley, Town of Plattekill. Division
of the Estate David Lockwood deceased and Cornelius Lockwood
deceased. |
| Dates: |
1814 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1814 |
Map of The Estate of
David Lockwood deceased and Cornelius Lockwood deceased [ the
Village of Pleasant Valley, Town of Plattekill]. Scale 2 chains
to an inch. Page 174-A, 174-B, 174-C |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Hurley. Estate of Zachariah Sluyter Dec’d. Return andproceedings
of partition. |
| Dates: |
1797 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1797 |
Map of the division
of the Farm held in Common by Isaac Sluyter and Sarah Sluyter
Minor Late of Zachariah Sluyter of Hurley Deceased. Scale 5
chains to an inch. Page 184. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
A Field Book and Map of Lot No. 9 in Bradley and Jevon’s
Tra lying in the Town of Plattekill, County of Ulster and
Sate of New York belonging to James DuMond, David Relyea,
Simon Alsdorf and Elizabeth Ostrander. Record of partition
and division. |
| Dates: |
1812 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1812 |
Map of part of Bradley
and Jevon’s Tract situate in the Town of Platt Kill in the County
Ulster known and distinguished by Lot Number Nine in the said
Tract. Scale 4 chains to an inch. Page 217, 217-A. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Survey and Division of The Estate of Benjamin Masten, Deceased,Situate
in the Town of Kingston |
| Dates: |
1798 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1798 |
Map of the Survey and
Division of the Estate of Benjamin Masten in the Town of Kingston,
Lot No. 1. Scale indeterminable. Page 248. |
A |
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| 1798 |
Map of the Survey and
Division of the Estate of Benjamin Masten in the Town of Kingston
Lot No. 2. Scale 2 chains to an inch. Page 254. |
A |
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| 1798 |
Map of the Survey and
Division of the Estate of Benjamin Masten in the Town of Kingston,
Lot No. 3. Scale 2 chains to an inch. Page 259. |
A |
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| 1798 |
Map of the Survey and
Division of the Estate of Benjamin Masten in the Town of Kingston,
Lot No. 4. Scale indeterminable. Page 263. |
A |
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| 1798 |
Map of the Survey and
Division of the Estate of Benjamin Masten in the Town of Kingston,
Lot No. 5. Scale 2 chains to an inch. Page 266-A. |
A |
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| 1798 |
Map of the Survey and
Division of the Estate of Benjamin Masten in the Town of Kingston,
Lot No. 6. Scale 2 chains to an inch. Page 269. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Survey and Division of The lands of the late Jacob Turck
deceased[Portion of Lot No. 37 in Seventh Class, Kingston
Common. |
| Dates: |
1822 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1822 |
Map of the lands of
the late Jacob Turck, deceased. Scale 4 chains to an inch. Map
B12 Page 80. |
A |
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Series
| Title: |
Records of the partitioning of the Cornelius Brink’s Estate,
Marbletown Patent |
| Dates: |
1791 |
Container List
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
| 1797 |
Map of the Division
Cornelius Brink Estate, Marbletown Patent. Scale 5 chains to
an inch. Map Book 8Page 42. |
A |
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