History of Gouverneur, published 1905:
The first settlement in the town of Fowler was made by Brigadier General James Haile from Fairfield, Herkimer Co, who came into the town to explore and who purchased of Richard Townsend agent for Gilchrist and Fowler, in the month of June 1807, a tract one mile square on the ground where the village of Hailesboro now stands, under obligation to build mills within a year. in the fall of the same year, General Haile came with several men to commence the creation of the mills, with Captain Ward as millwright and Captain James Robinson as carpenter.
The first settlement in the town of Fowler was made by Brigadier General James Haile from Fairfield, Herkimer Co, who came into the town to explore and who purchased of Richard Townsend agent for Gilchrist and Fowler, in the month of June 1807, a tract one mile square on the ground where the village of Hailesboro now stands, under obligation to build mills within a year. in the fall of the same year, General Haile came with several men to commence the creation of the mills, with Captain Ward as millwright and Captain James Robinson as carpenter.
History of Gouverneur, published 1905:
The first settlement in the town of Fowler was made by Brigadier General James Haile from Fairfield, Herkimer Co, who came into the town to explore and who purchased of Richard Townsend agent for Gilchrist and Fowler, in the month of June 1807, a tract one mile square on the ground where the village of Hailesboro now stands, under obligation to build mills within a year. in the fall of the same year, General Haile came with several men to commence the creation of the mills, with Captain Ward as millwright and Captain James Robinson as carpenter.
The first settlement in the town of Fowler was made by Brigadier General James Haile from Fairfield, Herkimer Co, who came into the town to explore and who purchased of Richard Townsend agent for Gilchrist and Fowler, in the month of June 1807, a tract one mile square on the ground where the village of Hailesboro now stands, under obligation to build mills within a year. in the fall of the same year, General Haile came with several men to commence the creation of the mills, with Captain Ward as millwright and Captain James Robinson as carpenter.
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