County Names # 3
Essex Named for Essex County,England Franklin Named for Benjamin Franklin Fulton Named Robert Fulton,engineer, inventor and builder of the steamboat "Clermont" in 1807,the first steam vessel and the first to sail the Hudson River. Genesee , From the Seneca Indian word meaning "good valley" Greene , In honor of General Nathaniel Greene ,considered by many as the greatest soldier of the Revolutionary War,next to General George Washington (Note by Kitty) According to the General N. Greene Genealogy posted on the Internet -A former Lindley resident Lt. Robert Redner is a descendant of this family. Lt. Redner died in a plane crash in the Pacific in WWII toward the end of the war. As far as I can determine -he is still listed as Missing in Action. (The General Greene genealogy provides the details of his death) . Hamilton, In honor of Alexand