Lindley Presho Genealogy and History Blog

20 October 2012 – Bath NY Delivered by Timothy F. Taylor, at his great x 4 grandfather’s, Brigadier General John Taylor, memorial service.   Impact of research – formation of team, re-establishment of ties to lost branches of the family. One of the first documents that the team discovered was a note in the Bath Historian’s office detailing some of the History of General John Taylor and his family.   In that note it states that John Taylor started as a private in the Militia.   Although we have not found any of his Militia Records prior to 1775, we have found that on October 28 th of 1775 he was promoted to 2 nd Major of the 4 th Hunterdon Regiment of the New Jersey Militia. Revolutionary War Pension Applications detail some of his unit’s accomplishments, one of which tells of a detail from Major John Taylor’s command that was sent to patrol the Delaware River in December of 1776.   That detail was under the command of Lt. Daniel Bray and they collected boats and too

1999 From LP School Photo Album Corning Leader Article  Feb.17, 2016  . C-PP gets offer for former Lindley-Presho Elementary The Corning-Painted Post school board has accepted an offer to sell the former Lindley-Presho Elementary School to a local company, but voters will have to approve the sale in May.     By Derrick Ek ek@the-leader.com The Leader By Derrick Ek ek@the-leader.com Posted Feb. 17, 2016 at 8:17 PM     Derrick Ek/The Leader The C-PP school board has accepted a purchase offer for the former Lindley-Presho Elementary School from a business looking to move there, Manufacturing Automation Systems. The school has been vacant since 2010.   By Derrick Ek ek@the-leader.com Posted Feb. 17, 2016 at 8:17 PM  Zoom Derrick Ek/The Leader The C-PP school boaard has accepted a purchase offer for the former Lindley-Presho Elementary School from a business looking to move there, Manufa

The Truth About St. Patrick Dick Eastman · March 14, 2016 · History · 9 Comments March 17 is celebrated by millions of Irish descendants every year. They all know the “facts” about Saint Patrick. Or do they? St. Patrick wasn’t Irish, and he wasn’t born in Ireland. Patrick was probably born in what is now England, Scotland or Wales around A.D. 390. Most agree that St. Patrick’s parents were Roman citizens living in the British Isles. Therefore, Patrick himself was a Roman citizen even though he was born somewhere in what is now Great Britain. He was living in Scotland or Wales (scholars can’t agree which) when he was kidnapped at age 16 by Irish raiders and sold as a slave, reports Catholic Online . He spent years in Ireland herding sheep until he escaped. He eventually returned to Ireland where he spread Christianity. St. Patrick did not bring Christianity to Ireland. Christianity was introduced into

 A portion of a map found in Steuben  County Clerk's Office  This would be part of the Ryer's purchase from Col.Lindsley in 1792. There is a copy of the rest of the map in the Town of  Lindley Historian files at the Town Hall. Is your family shown???   

Up and Down Saw was probably the type used by the Lindsley Family in 1790.       Falls on Watson Creek- Lindley, N.Y. Believed to be the site of Col. Lindlsey's Sawmill 1790