Jones, Pomroy. Annals and Recollections of Oneida County. Rome [NY]: Published by the Author, 1851. First Edition. [10744]
Rebound in 1967 in brown cloth, binding very good with titles in dark blue to spine. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, xvi., 893 pp., some foxing, tight. Previous owner's names on front end papers; binder's 1967 stamp on rear end paper. Good. Hardcover.
No. 3041 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "A very helpful study with considerable material on Finney's revival work as well as details on Emerson Andrews, Jedediah Burchard, Orson Parker and Jacob Knapp."
The author collected oral and written account from the first settlers of the county and their children. Included are Philo White, the son of Judge White, one of two first settlers in the area. Also that of Joseph Blackmer, Esq., Lydia Parkman (who moved to Westmoreland in 1790). He made use of the history by Joshua V. H. Clark, Esq., of Manlius; two lectures by William Tracy, Esq.; two lectures by Hon. O. S. Williams; a number of "anniversary sermons" preached in the County which gave details of local history; and "a native of Oneida county, born in the year 1789, and not once having changed his residence."
Besides the county in general, and the Indians, there are histories of the following towns and villages - Annsville, Augusta, Ava, Boonville, Bridgewater, Camden, Deerfield, Florence, Floyd, Kirkland, Lee, Marcy, Marshall, New Hartford, Paris, Remsen, Rome, Sangerfield, Steuben, Trenton, Utica, Vernon, Verona, Vienna, Western, Westmoreland, and Whitestown.
