Dear Carol, and the rest of the list:

On Saturday, July 3, 1790, the Commissioners of the Land Office of the
State of New York, Governor George Clinton presiding, met in New York City.
They reviewed new surveys of twenty-five Military Townships and named the
townships with the catalog of classical and literary names that are so
characteristic of Central New York.  The Commissioners then appointed Lewis
A. Scott and Robert Harpur to proceed with the drawing of ballots. From two
boxes, one containing over 2,000 names of veterans, and the other
containing numbers from one to one hundred designating lots in the
townships, names and numbers were drawn and matched.  By this process,
which took the next six days, lots of 500 to 600 acres were randomly
assigned to the veterans of the four regiments of the New York Continental
Line.

See these Sources:

Published:
New York State., The Balloting Book and Other Documents Relating to
Military Bounty Lands in the State of New York., Albany, 1825,  pp. 15-21.
Schein, Richard H., "Urban Origin and Form in Central New York." Journal of
Historical Geography., 1991, as well as other articles Schein has written
on the Military Tract, which I do not have at hand.
Sherwood, Jennette., "The Military Tract" NYS Historical Association
Quarterly Journal, Vol. 7 (1926)

Unpublished Sources
Rose, Robert S., "The Military Tract of Central New York.", MS Thesis
(History) Syracuse University, 1935
Schein, Richard H., "A Historical Geography of Central New York: Patterns
and Processes of Colonization on the New Military Tract.", Ph.D.
dissertation (Geography) Syracuse University, 1989

Manuscripts, etc.
Albany. New York State Archives. Abstracts of Albany County Clerk's Land
Records and Abstracts of Patents.
Syracuse. Onondaga County Courthouse. Proceedings of the Onondaga
Commissioners.
Syracuse. Arents Research Library. DeWitt Family Papers. Vredenburgh
Papers.

Edward Knoblauch
University at Albany & SUNY New Paltz

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> From: carol kammen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Military Track Land Grants
> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 11:26 PM
>
>         Where did the actual drawing take place in 1790 when the Military
> Tract land was distributed?
>
>         I understand that Robert Harper and Lewis Scott were to conduct
the
> actualy drawing of the two sets of papers, one for the 25 towns and one
for
> the lot numbers.
>
>         I believe that the drawing was to occur in Montgomery County.
Does
> anyone know exactly where?
>         With thanks,  carol kammen